Pelosi Update
Remembering 300,000 Americans
On Monday, our nation crossed an unthinkable milestone of grief: 300,000 Americans killed by the coronavirus, even more than were killed in combat in World War II. Our hearts are broken for all the families who have lost loved ones, and we are praying for them, all those who have been infected and those courageous essential workers putting themselves at risk of infection.
Urgent Relief is Needed
Every day, the coronavirus and accompanying economic crisis accelerate further out of control – but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans are refusing to give families and frontline workers the help they desperately need.
270,000 Lives
Families all across the country are experiencing the unthinkable, unbearable losses of their loved ones and many are falling into financial ruin because of the economic fallout of the pandemic. The United States is averaging over one million new cases a week and the national death toll has crossed the heartbreaking milestone of 270,000 lives lost.
A Season of Giving
Thanksgiving is a beautiful, all-American holiday, when our nation gives thanks for the great blessings that have been bestowed upon our great country.
Americans Need Another Relief Package
This week, Senate Democratic Leader Schumer and I sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader McConnell demanding he join us at the negotiating table to produce a bipartisan, bicameral COVID-19 relief agreement that meets the needs of the working families who are suffering.
News On A Vaccine
This week the world welcomes good news as Pfizer and BioNTech announce that their vaccine candidate is showing 90 percent effectiveness at preventing COVID-19. We are all praying that this early evidence of extraordinary efficacy and safety holds true so that the vaccine can be approved and distributed soon — but not one day sooner or one day later than it is ready.
The People Have The Power
The right of every voter to have his or her ballot counted as cast is fundamental to American democracy – whether they vote by mail, vote early in person or vote on Election Day.
More Inaction, More Death
Our nation will soon pass the heartbreaking milestones of nine million coronavirus cases and a quarter of a million American deaths – at the same time that eight million are being pushed into poverty, 17 million children are food insecure, and over 23 million workers are on unemployment.
Crushing The Virus
On May 15, five months ago, the House passed the Heroes Act, with $3.4 trillion to meet the needs of the American people from the coronavirus pandemic and deep economic recession. Mitch McConnell responded that the states should just go bankrupt and we needed to take a pause. The virus did not take a pause.
Addressing the Needs of the American People
On May 15, five months ago today, the House passed the Heroes Act, with $3.4 trillion to meet the needs of the American people from the coronavirus pandemic and deep economic recession. Mitch McConnell responded that the states should just go bankrupt, that we needed to take a pause and this week, when asked why he was not willing to support coronavirus relief legislation, he laughed.