Press Releases
April 9, 2021
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202-226-7616
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on President Biden's FY22 discretionary budget request:
"President Biden's strong budget request honors this truth: our federal budget should be a statement of our national values and must reflect America's priorities.
April 8, 2021
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on President Biden's executive orders on gun violence prevention:
"Every day, the gun violence epidemic reaches into countless communities, forcing families across America to endure unfathomable pain and anguish.
Issues:Gun Violence Prevention
April 8, 2021
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today via video conference call. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Good afternoon or good morning, wherever you are in the country.
We've just come through a time, a holy period in our country – Passover, Easter, Ramadan. It should be a time of joy. Instead, we've had some terrible sadness.
April 8, 2021
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day:
"On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the world mourns the six million Jews and countless others who were brutally murdered in the darkest chapter in human history.
April 7, 2021
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Director of San Francisco Department of Public Health Dr. Grant Colfax and Chief Health Officer of North East Medical Services (NEMS) Dr. Kenneth Tai for a ‘teach in' press event to highlight the life-saving resources contained in President Biden's American Rescue Plan and help San Franciscans understand how they can benefit from health provisions in the legislation. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
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Issues:Health Care
April 6, 2021
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after Saudi humanitarian aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan was sentenced by the Kingdom to twenty years in prison followed by a twenty-year travel ban for engaging in peaceful dissent anonymously on Twitter.
April 2, 2021
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San Francisco — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the March jobs report:
"The March jobs report is resounding evidence that, under Congressional Democrats and President Biden, Help Is Here.
Issues:Jobs & Economic Justice
April 1, 2021
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today via video conference call. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you. Hello, everyone. Good morning, if you're on the West Coast. Wherever you are, have a good day. Holy Thursday, a very special day in this Holy Week. Whether you're observing Passover, as this would be the day of Christ's Passover, the Last Supper and Passover Seder, the Last Supper.
April 1, 2021
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi today announced that the Department of Transportation has allocated $250 million in fiscal year 2020 Capital Investment Grant funds to the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) Core Capacity project. BART currently has the capacity to operate a maximum of 24 trains per hour in each direction through the existing Transbay Tube between San Francisco and Oakland.
Issues:Transportation
March 31, 2021
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in honor of César Chávez Day, which commemorates the civil and labor rights leader's birthday, March 31, 1927:
"On César Chávez Day, our nation honors an icon and an unyielding voice for justice and opportunity, whose visionary leadership for America's farm workers helped advance a brighter future for all hard-working Americans.