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Leader Pelosi's Opening Remarks:
"Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here on this Monday morning. I am honored to be here with our Ranking Member of the Financial Services Committee, our leader, Maxine Waters, with Congressman Foster of Illinois, another Member of the committee, Mr. Brad Sherman of California, and Congressman Gonzalez of Texas, a new Member of Congress, a new Member of the committee.
February 3, 2017
Dear Democratic Colleague,
On January 20th, our nation witnessed the peaceful transfer of power with the inauguration of a new president. The next morning, America awakened to a peaceful show of power from millions of women and men across the country, in the Women's March.
Many marched to protect affordable health care in America. And many people are asking what they can do next to defend it.
In order to maximize the impact of our next actions, we are asking Members to have events on the same day, Saturday, February 18th, to protect the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid. On Presidents' Day weekend, we will honor our Founders' vision of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Instead of creating good-paying jobs and protecting our national security, Republicans spent the past week working to take away health care from millions of Americans, threatening national security by continuing to support an unconstitutional ban on Muslims and refugees, and emboldening Wall Street at the expense of the working class. Democrats and the public will continue to speak out against Republicans' anti-worker, Make America Sick Again agenda.
POLITICO: Republicans face anger over Obamacare repeal during town halls
"The nationwide hold on the President's ban order is a victory for our values, our security and our Constitution. No matter how many times the President attacks this judge, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, it won't change the fact that this ban is unconstitutional, immoral and dangerous.
"From day one, President Trump has cynically and purposefully worked to undermine enrollment in the affordable health coverage available on HealthCare.gov. On his first night in the White House, he issued an executive order to pour uncertainty into the future of the insurance marketplaces. Soon thereafter, it was revealed that President Trump had also abruptly canceled much of the advertising and outreach efforts that help remind Americans to complete their applications on HealthCare.gov.
"January's wage and jobs numbers are an emphatic capstone on the extraordinary economic legacy of President Barack Obama. President Obama inherited an economy in free fall, losing almost 600,000 jobs the month he took office alone. After eight years of leadership for hard-working families, President Obama has handed his successor an economy that is growing wages and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Advocacy groups across the country sounded the alarm on Judge Gorsuch.