Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the House floor asking Speaker Boehner and House Republicans to get specific on revenues in the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations. Below are the Leader’s remarks: “Thank...
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s decision to push anti-worker “right to work” legislation through the lame-duck session of the state’s legislature:“No matter how many...
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding the sentencing of Chen Kegui, the nephew of Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, to 39 months in prison for defending himself against armed intruders...
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Supreme Court announced that it would hear cases challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8:“With the...
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a press availability today. Below is a transcript of the press availability:Leader Pelosi. Good morning. This morning we received the encouraging news that the economy had added 146,000...
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Department of Labor reported that the economy added 146,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in November. With 147,000 jobs...
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below is a transcript of the press conference:Leader Pelosi. Good morning. Here we are, Thursday in December. Talk...
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a press conference during which she delivered remarks on the fiscal cliff and answered reporters’ questions on House Republicans leaving town without addressing the middle income tax...
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the passing of longtime Texas Congressman Jack Brooks:“For more than four decades, Congressman Jack Brooks stood tall as an unapologetic champion of his...
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a press conference with House Democratic Leaders and House Democratic Ranking Committee Members of the 113th Congress. Below is a transcript of the press conference:Good morning everyone. We’re...