Press Releases
San Francisco – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who represents San Francisco, and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II, who represents Kansas City, announced a friendly wager on the outcome of the Super Bowl. When the 49ers win, Congressman Cleaver will send Speaker Emerita Pelosi’s office a platter of Kansas City barbecue. If the Chiefs win, Speaker Emerita Pelosi will send Congressman Cleaver’s office a variety of See’s Candies and Ghirardelli chocolates.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee Rosa DeLauro and Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee Jim McGovern announced their nomination of Chef José Andrés and his organization World Central Kitchen for the Nobel Peace Prize. Their nomination recognizes Chef Andrés and World Central Kitchen’s quick, extensive and life-saving responses to recent emergencies around the globe, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
San Francisco – Ahead of tomorrow’s NFC Championship Game between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) announced a friendly wager on the outcome of the game.
When the 49ers win and advance to the Super Bowl, Rep. Dingell, who represents Southeast Michigan, will send Rep. Pelosi’s office a variety of Sanders Candy. If the Lions win, Rep. Pelosi, who represents San Francisco, will send Congresswoman Dingell’s office a variety of See’s Candies and Ghirardelli chocolates.
San Francisco – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after a record-breaking 21.3 million Americans enrolled in health coverage under the Affordable Care Act during the 2024 open enrollment period, which ran from November 1, 2023 through January 15, 2024:
San Francisco – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi released the following statement marking the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade:
San Francisco — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued this statement marking fourteen years since the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC:
“In the fourteen years since the Supreme Court's undemocratic Citizens United decision, big dark money continues to flow unchecked, poisoning our politics.
“Americans are blessed by the outside mobilization of those working tirelessly to offset the harm caused by this disastrous ruling.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson urging him to change the Congressional calendar to accommodate bipartisan Congressional delegations to travel to Normandy in advance of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6, 2024. Currently, the House is scheduled to be in session from June 3rd through June 6th.
Washington, D.C. — Aaron Bennett, spokesperson for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, issued this statement as proceedings opened in the state attempted murder trial of the violent assault on Mr. Pelosi:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks during a bipartisan Special Order Hour on the Floor of the House of Representatives honoring the late Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced that the San Francisco Bay Area will soon receive $15 million in new federal funding to deploy 1,600 publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging ports. This funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration under President Joe Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.