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September 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that she will appoint Nancy Altman to the Social Security Advisory Board. The Board is a bipartisan, independent federal government agency established to advise the President, the Congress, and the Commissioner of Social Security on matters of policy and administration of the Old-age, Survivors and Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security Income programs.
Press Release
September 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after Senate Republicans announced that they will not bring Graham-Cassidy to a vote on the Senate floor:
Blog Post
September 26, 2017
After numerous failures to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have revived Trumpcare and made it worse than ever. Under the Graham-Cassidy bill, veterans, seniors, working families, women, Americans with pre-existing conditions and rural communities will suffer just so Republicans can hand tax breaks to the wealthiest.
There is a growing list of organizations that have sent letters and put out statements strongly opposing this latest version of Trumpcare. Bipartisan governors, insurers, doctors, hospitals, nurses, veterans’ groups, seniors’ groups, patient advocacy groups, long-term care providers, mental health and substance use disorder/addiction groups, state Medicaid directors, disability groups, local government groups, and many others have spoken out against Republicans’ latest attack on the health and well-being of hard-working Americans:
Press Release
September 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks of the Floor of the House of Representatives to express her support for a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on the bipartisan DREAM Act. Below are the Leader’s remarks:
Press Release
September 26, 2017
Thank you very much Madam Chair [Michelle Lujan Grisham]. Thank you for your leadership. I just got a message that [Senator Susan] Collins is a ‘no’ on Graham-Cassidy. We have so many things going on here.
Press Release
September 25, 2017
If House Republicans gave the bipartisan DREAM Act an up-or-down vote, we know it would pass. Our nation’s patriotic young DREAMers are an inspiration to us all, and Congress has a moral responsibility to defend them by immediately passing the bipartisan DREAM Act.
Press Release
September 25, 2017
Washington, D.C. — Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the CBO released its partial assessment of Graham-Cassidy Trumpcare’s impacts on the federal budget and Senator Susan Collins of Maine came out in opposition to the legislation:
Blog Post
September 25, 2017
This afternoon, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss Republicans’ monstrous Graham-Cassidy Trumpcare bill, a last-ditch effort to take health care away from millions of hard-working Americans by gutting key protections, stealing from Medicaid, imposing a crushing age tax and forcing higher costs for less coverage.
Press Release
September 25, 2017
The Trump Administration’s latest Muslim and refugee ban casts the widest dragnet yet, permanently barring millions of innocent people from entering the country on the basis of their nationality and religion. No matter how the Republican White House tries to dress it up, this is the same immoral and dangerous ban as before, with the same discriminatory motivations and the same cruel impacts.
Press Release
September 25, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement calling for swift and immediate assistance for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane Maria: