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America Must Stand Up to Cancer
September 5, 2008
There is not a person in our country who has not seen a loved one suffer because of cancer. Cancer kills 565,000 Americans annually, and each year there are more than 1.4 million new cases. All Americans must work together to make eradicating the scourge of cancer a national priority of the highest order.

The federal government's role in our nation's fight against cancer has been significant but more must be done. We must make key investments in research at the National Institutes of Health, promote prevention and screenings, and be certain that every American gets appropriate treatment. We must also allow scientists to pursue the research that they believe has the highest likelihood to heal.

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Pelosi: 'With Unemployment Rate at Five-Year High, We Must Take Immediate Action to Strengthen Our Economy'
September 5, 2008
"The economic policies of President Bush and the Republicans have delivered another blow to American families, as 84,000 more workers lost their jobs last month alone. Today, more than 9 million Americans are without work and millions more are struggling with the high cost of gas, health care and groceries, yet John McCain told Americans who are out of work or who just lost their jobs that another four years of the same failed Bush economic policies are the right solution for them and for America."
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Pelosi: America Must Stand Up to Cancer
September 5, 2008
"There is not a person in our country who has not seen a loved one suffer because of cancer. Cancer kills 565,000 Americans annually, and each year there are more than 1.4 million new cases. All Americans must work together to make eradicating the scourge of cancer a national priority of the highest order."
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Unemployment Rate at Five-Year High
September 5, 2008
Today, the Department of Labor released its employment report for August showing a loss of another 84,000 American jobs, and an unemployment rate that climbed to 6.1 percent -- the highest since September 2003. The economy has lost jobs for eight straight months, with a total of 605,000 American jobs lost this year.

The State of the Bush Economy

The unemployment rate climbed to 6.1 percent -- the highest level in nearly five years (September 2003).

America has suffered an eighth straight month of job losses -- 84,000 in August -- totaling 605,000 so far this year.

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Asahi (Japan): U.S. House Speaker's visit to Hiroshima atomic bomb memorial a significant step
September 4, 2008
"When the lower house speakers of the Group of Eight (G-8) major countries were about to leave the monument at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park where they had just laid down wreathes of flowers, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a small sign of the cross."
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Pelosi Statement on Humanitarian Aid to Republic of Georgia
September 4, 2008
"The United States forcefully condemned the Russian invasion of Georgia. On a bipartisan basis, Congress and the Bush Administration will deliver reconstruction and humanitarian assistance to the Georgian people as they recover from this assault on their sovereignty."
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On President Bush Agreeing to Release Oil from SPR at Request of Oil Companies
September 3, 2008
For months, the President has ignored the bipartisan request of Congress to release a small portion of oil from our national stockpile to bring relief to consumers struggling with soaring gas prices at the pump. Today, the President announced that he responded to the request from an oil company to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

By ignoring the needs of consumers but responding to the request of oil companies, it is clear that the Bush-Cheney-McCain energy decisions are made with only one thing in mind -- Big Oil.

The New Direction Congress is crafting a comprehensive energy strategy that will provide relief for consumers, end our dependence on foreign oil, create millions of jobs and grow our economy.

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Pelosi Statement on Ramadan
September 2, 2008
"As Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan, a month of inner reflection, spirituality, and charity, it is an opportunity for all Americans to remember and celebrate our nation's religious diversity."
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Pelosi Statement on Comprehensive Energy Plan of New Direction Congress
September 2, 2008
"For too long, the President's and Republicans' ‘drill only' energy policies have reflected the demands of Big Oil."
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Pelosi Statement on G8 Speakers' Conference in Japan
September 2, 2008
"I was pleased to join my colleagues in the G8 in Hiroshima to discuss the critical issues of interparliamentary cooperation on nuclear weapons matters."
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