Press Releases
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after President Trump accepted the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt:
"Scott Pruitt's staggering ethical blindness warranted his dismissal many months ago. His blatant and unprecedented abuses of office and his utter contempt for environmental protections put the health of all Americans in peril.
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after reports that the Trump Administration will announce that it will rescind key parts of the Obama Administration's guidance from 2011 and 2016, which allows race to be voluntarily used when appropriate in college admissions policy:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement following a shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland which claimed at least 5 lives:
"As a native of Maryland, my heart is with the victims of the brutal shooting at the Capital Gazette. In mass shootings and daily tragedies, the epidemic of gun violence has stolen too many lives for far too long.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below are the Leader's remarks:
Leader Pelosi Opening Remarks.
Leader Pelosi. Good morning. Thank you for being early. Because of votes on the Floor, we try to stay on schedule.
It's been an eventful week. We've seen the dynamism within the Democratic Party. We've seen more destruction from the policies of the GOP.
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Leader Pelosi Opening Remarks.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after Speaker Ryan's anti-family bill failed on the Floor, 121-301:
"Last week, so-called moderate Republicans folded and destroyed the best chance Congress had to provide a bipartisan, permanent legislative fix – and all they have to show for it is a failed bill of staggering cruelty that would have sold out Dreamers, families, asylum seekers and children at the border.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement after the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision in the case of Janus v. AFSCME Council 31: