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April 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement following reports FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will move to reverse net neutrality law:

"The internet must be a level playing field where success is founded on the best ideas, not the deepest pockets.  Yet once again, the Trump Administration is acting to stack the deck for the powerful special interests and against the interest of the public.

"Dismantling net neutrality will chill competition, hurt consumers, and punish entrepreneurs.  A month after allowing internet service providers to sell Americans' private browsing history and intimate personal information, the Administration is moving to destroy the openness and dynamism of the internet.

Press Release
April 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the White House confirmed Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments will continue:

"Our major concerns in these negotiations have been about funding for the wall and uncertainty about the CSR payments crucial to the stability of the marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act.  We've now made progress on both of these fronts.

"More progress needs to be made on some of our priorities, and we continue to be concerned about poison pill riders that are still in this legislation.  Our appropriators are working in good faith toward a bipartisan proposal to keep government open."

Press Release
April 26, 2017
Instead of working with Democrats to avert another disastrous Republican Government Shutdown, the Trump Administration is cruelly threatening to raise health premiums on millions of families. Millions of Americans would see their out-of-pocket costs skyrocket and premiums would immediately be driven up by at least 15 percent.
Press Release
April 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on House Republicans' new TrumpCare amendment to raise costs on Americans with pre-existing conditions, all while exempting the health coverage of Members of Congress and their staffers from the damage:

"TrumpCare means higher costs, less coverage, gutting key protections, a crushing age tax, and stealing from Medicare – and Republicans continue to make it even more cruel and costly for America's families.

Blog Post
April 26, 2017
The latest iteration of TrumpCare, released last night by House Republicans, is somehow even more harmful to Americans than the one that failed a few weeks ago. Republicans' cruel (and potentially illegal) bill would mean even higher costs on American families, even fewer covered, and gutting key protections, including for people with pre-existing conditions.
Press Release
April 25, 2017
Today’s ruling against President Trump’s executive order assault on sanctuary cities is a victory for public safety and effective policing strategies. The Trump Administration’s attempt to withhold vital federal funds to bully communities into rounding up immigrants is unconstitutional, immoral and dangerous.
Blog Post
April 25, 2017
Asked about the lack of progress during his first 100 days in office, President Trump brushed it off, saying, "It's not very meaningful…Somebody put out the concept of a 100-day plan" – even though as candidate, he revealed his Contract with the American Voter outlining his 100-day action plan to make America great again.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also deflected by saying, "I think it's got to be kept in context."

Press Release
April 25, 2017
The President's comments this evening are welcome news given the bipartisan opposition to the wall, and the obstacle it has been to the continuing bipartisan negotiations in the appropriations committees. It's time for Congress to act to make it clear that government will remain open for the American people.
Blog Post
April 24, 2017
Two months ago, White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed that investigating Trump-Russia ties is not something "that the American people care about."

"At some point, we get to a place where we've got to move on and start focusing on the things that the American people care about, and I don't think this is it."

Meanwhile, a new NBC News/WSJ poll shows nearly three-quarters of Americans overwhelmingly support having an outside, independent commission to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Press Release
April 24, 2017
Today marks 102 years since the first acts of the Armenian Genocide. In the years that followed, the leaders of the Ottoman Empire would carry out the murder of more than 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children.