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October 11, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee Hearing on Testimony and Proposals on the Opioid Crisis. Below are the Leader's remarks:

Thank you, Mr. Chairman [Michael Burgess]. Thank you, Representative [Markwayne] Mullin for your courtesy. I really came here to listen as well as to convey some thoughts.

Issues:Health Care

October 11, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement following President Trump's speech on the Ryan-McConnell tax plan in Pennsylvania. The GOP plan to end the State and Local Tax deduction could raise hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania families' tax exposure by an average of more than $11,000.

"Today in Pennsylvania, President Trump pushed the same old trickle-down fairy tale that fills the pockets of the richest while abandoning hard-working Americans.


October 10, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement after the Trump Administration announced plans to roll back the Clean Power Plan, a landmark Obama-era initiative to address the global climate crisis:


October 6, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Issues:LGBTQ+

October 6, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Issues:Health Care

October 6, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Department of Labor announced that the economy lost 33,000 jobs in September:

"The devastation of the hurricanes has laid bare the corrosive effect of the Republican Congress' total refusal to act on jobs and wages for working families.


October 5, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolled back a federal government policy protecting transgender people from workplace discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act:

Issues:LGBTQ+

October 5, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives to express her opposition to the House Republicans' radical budget which devastates America's investments in good-paying jobs, growing wages and the bedrock promise of a secure and healthy retirement. Below are the Leader's remarks:

Issues:Health Care

October 5, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616


October 5, 2017

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today. Below is a transcript of the press conference:

Leader Pelosi Opening Remarks

Leader Pelosi. Good morning.