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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement marking 40 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report on what would later be understood as the first documented cases of AIDS on June 5, 1981:
"Today, Americans mark a solemn milestone: forty years since the discovery of HIV/AIDS, a disease that has inflicted nearly unparalleled anguish, pain and devastation on our country and world. On this day, we take time to mourn the hundreds of thousands of Americans we have lost to this vicious disease and pray for all grieving their tragic loss. We also pay tribute to the more than one million Americans living with HIV today, who have bravely battled not only the virus but its cruel stigma.
President Biden and House Democrats' shots in arms, money in pockets and aid to small businesses are powering rising wages and record job growth with 559,000 jobs added in May and 2 million jobs created since President Biden took office.
But every single House Republican voted to block that progress.
American workers saw rising wages in April and May as the economy created 540,000 jobs per month during the first four months of the Biden Administration – three times more jobs created than the first four months of the Trump Administration, and eight times the number of jobs created during Reagan's first four months in office.
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement marking 32 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre:
"June 4 is a date that is, and must always be, seared into the consciousness of all freedom-loving people. Thirty-two years ago, students, workers and citizens peacefully took to the streets to demand their liberties from an oppressive Chinese regime: one of the greatest acts of political courage in modern times. Beijing's horrific massacre of these heroes, their own citizens, crushed the protest but could not extinguish the flame of freedom that burned in their hearts – which, today, we must keep alive.
House Republicans voted against putting money in pockets, people back in jobs, and kids back in school – and the American people noticed.
New Navigator Research polling shows that a majority of voters – including a majority of independents – believe that Republicans put the interests of "the wealthy and big corporations" over the needs of "middle and working class people."
That might explain why Minority Leader McCarthy and dozens of Members of his conference are scrambling to hide their votes against:
Dear Democratic Colleague,
Together with President Biden, we have created more than 1.5 million jobs since he took office – the most ever created in a president's first 100 days. The economy is growing faster than at any time in the last 40 years. And more than half of U.S. adults are now vaccinated.
The American Rescue Plan is working. But, we cannot afford to miss an opportunity to Build Back Better with millions of Americans still out of work.
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month:
"Every June, Americans celebrate the beauty, bravery and vibrancy of our cherished LGBTQ communities and commemorate the remarkable progress our nation has made toward full equality. Just five decades ago, proud activists at the Stonewall Inn boldly rejected centuries of hatred and persecution in a moment that changed America and, indeed, the world. During Pride Month, we carry on what began in the streets of New York City, proudly marching to demand an end to bigotry and to advance the cause of justice.