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From the Speaker's Press Office:
Through the Biden Child Tax Credit, House Democrats and the President have delivered for America's working families. While Congressional Republicans abandoned families, Congressional Democrats fought for them. The Biden Child Tax Credit will make historic strides in cutting child poverty, empowering millions of working families and bolstering local economies to Build Back Better.
Outlets across the country are celebrating the impact of the Biden Child Tax Credit for families in their communities:
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the en banc D.C. Circuit granted House Democrats' motion to vacate a wrongly-decided ruling relating to enforcement of House subpoena power. This ruling reinstates the prior D.C. Circuit en banc opinion holding that the House has standing to sue to enforce its subpoenas:
"This ruling reinstates a prior en banc ruling that supported the authority of the Congress to enforce subpoenas and to conduct oversight on behalf of the American people. This decision, which maintains long-standing precedent and Article I authority, is a victory for the rule of law, for our Constitution's system of checks and balances and for the American people.
From the Speaker's Press Office:
Americans are dying preventable deaths from COVID-19, but Kevin McCarthy's House GOP is busy fanning the flames of conspiracy theories about lifesaving vaccines.
From the Speaker's Press Office:
House Republicans ongoing attacks on Capitol Police are having a devastating impact on the officers who protect them on a daily basis. A gut-wrenching new report from the New York Times highlights the "mounting sense of betrayal" felt by many officers as Republicans "have worked to deny, downplay or justify the [January 6th] attack."
From the Speaker's Press Office:
Every single House Republican voted to defund the Capitol Police.
In May, House Democrats voted to provide funding to shore up the Capitol Police budget and provide back pay and mental health services to the heroes who protected our country on January 6th. Republicans voted unanimously to block that funding – and now the Capitol Police may literally run out of money to pay officers.
From the Speaker's Press Office:
Minority Leader McCarthy came down harder on Congresswoman Liz Cheney than he did on a member of his conference being investigated for sex trafficking minors.
It's that type of leadership style that CNN reports is causing extremists in his caucus to "feel more emboldened" as they trivialize the holocaust, socialize with white nationalists, and attack the police officers who protected them from violent insurrectionists.