Press Releases

"After 32 years of inaction, Congress has taken the historic step of increasing fuel efficiency standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020."

"Today, the New Direction Congress has taken a critical step in better protecting America's children. In the wake of record numbers of toy recalls, we are strengthening the Consumer Product Safety Commission by providing it with the necessary tools and resources to protect the public from hazardous products."

"We have made a down payment on the future, but much more needs to be done. And we hope to do it, as we have this year, with strong bipartisan majorities in both the House and the Senate, with strict fiscal discipline, living up to the highest ethical standard."

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today opposing a Senate amendment to the fiscal 2008 Consolidated Appropriations bill that provided additional funding for the war in Iraq.

"Today, by signing the Energy Independence and Security Act, President Bush has joined the Congress in taking a step forward into the future."

"While President Bush and a small Republican minority in the House succeeded in blocking the SCHIP bill this year, our bipartisan coalition in Congress will not stop fighting until we reach our goal--health care for 10 million American children."

"The tragic shooting at Virginia Tech in April starkly demonstrated that serious gaps exist in the transmittal of background records, allowing thousands of people who are barred from acquiring guns to escape proper background checks."

"Today Congress has ensured that 23 million middle-class families were not hit with a tax increase."