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300+ Small Business Leaders Call the American Rescue Plan ‘Big, Bold Relief We Need to Save Main Street’

February 24, 2021

Hundreds of small business owners and local economic leaders, including 30 Chamber of Commerce Representatives, released a letter this week expressing their support for the American Rescue Plan, calling it “the big, bold relief we need to save Main Street.”

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Dear Colleague on Loss of 500,000 American Lives to COVID-19

February 22, 2021

Today, sadly, our country marks the loss of 500,000 American lives to the coronavirus: an horrific human toll of staggering proportions and incomprehensible sadness. Every life lost is a profound tragedy that we mourn and that breaks America’s heart.

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Pelosi Statement on Trial of Martin Lee and Pro-Democracy Leaders

February 22, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the Chinese government's ongoing trial of democracy leader Martin Lee, along with eight other pro-democracy leaders:

"Martin Lee is an embodiment of courage and principle, who has inspired millions of freedom-loving people worldwide in his peaceful and persistent fight to advance autonomy and democratic freedoms in Hong Kong and throughout China. The trial of Martin Lee and other pro-democracy leaders is an affront to the rule of law that sends the chilling message that Beijing will stop at nothing in its crackdown on the rights and freedoms of Hong Kong.

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Scalise Urges House Republicans to Block Vaccine Money As He Promotes Anti-Vaxxers

February 22, 2021

Less than one week after urging House Republicans to block $160 billion in funding for vaccines to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Minority Whip Steve Scalise is using his position to elevate Republicans who have publicly urged Americans not to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Scalise is scheduled to lead a CPAC panel with Wayne Dupree, a Republican activist who has repeatedly cast doubt on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and encouraged Americans not to take it.

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Pelosi Statement on 500,000 American Coronavirus Deaths

February 22, 2021

The loss of 500,000 American lives from the coronavirus is an horrific human toll of staggering proportions and incomprehensible sadness.

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Pelosi Statement on Biden Executive Actions on Relief for Small Businesses

February 22, 2021

Today, President Biden has extended a lifeline that will make a difference for struggling small businesses, save American jobs and power the American economy, while promoting equity and fairness across Main Street.

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New York Times: Republicans Struggle to Attack Survival Checks, Economic Relief for Struggling Families

February 20, 2021

A bipartisan majority of Americans support Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan to provide relief to provide survival checks, get schools re-opened, and create 10 million new jobs.

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Transcript of Speaker Pelosi’s Remarks at Tri-Caucus Press Conference on Spike in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

February 19, 2021

Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus for a press conference denouncing the recent the spike in anti-Asian hate crimes and violence.

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GOP Whips Against Survival Checks, Economic Relief for Families

February 19, 2021

With millions of Americans unemployed and demanding relief to reopen schools and get people back to work, House Republican leadership is demanding its members vote against a bipartisan plan to help struggling Americans.

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Transcript of Weekly Press Conference Today

February 18, 2021

Good morning. So, here we are. The hail, hoot with the owls, soar with the eagles here early in the morning here.