Press Releases
Washington D.C. – In an exclusive interview with USA TODAY this week, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi reflected on her nearly four decades in Congress, her decision to retire and the enduring barriers facing women seeking the nation’s highest office. As the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House, Pelosi revisited her early belief that the country would elect a woman president before it ever accepted a woman speaker.
Washington D.C. – On Wednesday, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12), and Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) wrote to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Douglas Collins pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for information on VA’s decision to unilaterally cancel the construction of a Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) and multiphase columbarium in Alameda, California.
Washington D.C. – Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) and 25 members of the California Democratic Congressional delegation in condemning the Trump Administration’s official draft 2027-2032 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program that includes six lease proposals off the coast of Northern, Central, and Southern California.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the House Floor condemning President Trump’s decision to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández—the former President of Honduras who was convicted in U.S. federal court for trafficking cocaine into the United States.
San Francisco – For World AIDS Day, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi reflected with Vogue on her nearly four decades of advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Pelosi recalled her first moments as a new Member of Congress in 1987, when she declared on the House Floor that she came to fight against HIV/AIDS.
Washington D.C. – This week, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined House Democrats in supporting three major Congressional efforts opposing the Trump Administration’s harmful changes to the Continuum of Care (CoC) Programs. These changes could force more than 170,000 people back into homelessness and disrupt services in communities across the country.
San Francisco – Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Navy John Phelan urging strengthened communication, transparency and accountability in the long-running cleanup effort at the Hunters Point Shipyard Superfund site.
Washington D.C. – Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11) and Congressman Kevin Mullin (CA-15) announced that San Francisco is set to receive nearly $40 million from the Federal Transit Administration’s Bus and Bus Facilities and Low-or-No-Emission Bus grant programs.
Washington, D.C. – Tonight, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the House Floor honoring her longtime Chief of Staff, Terri McCullough, who is stepping down after decades of dedicated service to the Congress, to the people of San Francisco, and to the country.
Washington, D.C. — This week, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined 212 Democratic Members of Congress—led by Equality Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Sarah McBride (DE-AL) and Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39)—in sending a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson condemning the rise in anti-transgender rhetoric from Members of Congress and urging the enforcement of the House’s rules of decorum.