National Security
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement following the introduction of a bipartisan resolution affirming America's commitment to NATO's Article Five:
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Washington, D.C. — Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement after U.S. forces conducted a tomahawk missile strike targeting a Syrian government airfield, following a brutal chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the Assad Regime:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after President Trump's executive order seeking to reinstate his Muslim and Refugee ban:
"The Trump Administration's repackaging has done nothing to change the immoral, unconstitutional and dangerous goals of their Muslim and refugee ban. This is the same ban, with the same purpose, driven by the same dangerous discrimination that weakens our ability to fight terror.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after 100 House Democrats called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after lying under oath about his conversations with Russia, during his Senate confirmation hearing:
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Baltimore – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously refused to lift the nationwide halt on President Trump's executive order banning refugees and citizens from seven Muslim countries:
"The 9th Circuit's unanimous ruling is a victory for our Constitution and our fight against terrorism. National security experts have urgently warned us that the President's ban is not just immoral and unconstitutional, but downright dangerous.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after a U.S. District Court judge in New York issued an emergency injunction blocking the President Trump's unconstitutional Executive Order creating a ban on Muslims entering the United States:
"The injunction against President Trump's Executive Order must be immediately enforced nationwide to prevent further harm from his immoral and unconstitutional ban on Muslims.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today. Below is a transcript of the press conference.
Leader Pelosi. Good morning. I didn't know if any of you would be here. I thought you would be on the road or something.