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Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer calling for the prompt retesting of areas of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard subject to massive potential manipulation and falsification of data, as well as the retesting of Parcel A to address residents’ concerns over the health and safety of the Hunters Point Shipyard community.

Dear Democratic Colleague, Next week, House Republicans plan to push forward a partisan, radical Farm Bill that fails America’s farmers and food-insecure families.  House Republicans’ proposal was unanimously rejected by House Agriculture Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Collin Peterson. I am writing to strongly urge all Democratic Members to refrain from offering or cosponsoring amendments, so that we can reject this bad bill and return to the table to craft a balanced, robust Farm Bill.  This bad bill reflects a bad process, in which the GOP leadership cynically rejected a decades-long bipartisan tradition that weds our rural and urban communities together.  

Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Nita Lowey, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member, sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan in response to Republicans’ proposed rescissions package that eliminates billions of dollars from the Children’s Health Insurance Program.  

“Instead of putting forth a bold initiative, the President pulled his punch. The President is breaking his promise to the American people to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, which would save seniors billions of dollars at the pharmacy.

Leader Pelosi.  I guess it is officially afternoon.  Good afternoon everyone.  It is an honor to be here with our colleagues, some of whom have served in the House and now are in the Senate, all of us – Democrats on both sides of the Capitol – coming together to discuss an issue of health and financial stability for America’s families.  The unjust pricing of prescription drugs that families need are rising at unprecedented and astronomical rates while cost of living rises and wages stagnate.