LGBTQ+
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 5, the historic Equality Act, to end discrimination against LGBTQ Americans. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding and I'm so proud that you are in the Chair, as well as all the others who will preside in the course of this historic debate today – Angie Craig being one of them.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the Trump Administration's two new rules: a finalized rule allowing health care workers, pharmacies, insurance plans, and hospitals to refuse to provide care based on a personal belief, opening the door to widespread discrimination in health care, and a second expected rule denying transgender Americans their rightful civil rights protections under the ACA.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 1, the For the People Act: bold, transformative legislation to put the power back in the hands of the people and restore the people's faith that government works for the public interest, not the special interests. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement to mark the 24th anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Violence Against Women Act legislation, which President Bill Clinton signed into law on September 13, 1994:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after House Republicans adopted an outrageous anti-LGBTQ amendment to the minibus funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, which allows federally-funded child welfare placing agencies to turn away qualified prospective parents on the basis of sexual orientation and religion:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Supreme Court handed down an anti-civil rights ruling in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement today in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in observance of Harvey Milk Day in the state of California, in honor of what would have been the 88th birthday of the slain civil rights leader and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk: