Press Releases
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after dozens were killed and hundreds wounded in an apparent chemical weapons attack in Syria:
"The use of chemical weapons on civilians is a war crime that violates every standard of morality and civilized behavior.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in honor of Cesar Chavez Day, which commemorates the civil and labor rights leader's birthday, March 31, 1927:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives shepherded the Dodd-Frank Act into enactment, issued the following statement today on joining an en banc amicus brief filed with the D.C. Court of Appeals which will rehear a divided three-judge panel decision finding the CFPB's leadership structure unconstitutional and severing the provision that made the Director of the CFPB removable only for cause:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate to send to the President's desk H.J. Res 43, a resolution under the Congressional Review Act that repeals the Obama Administration rule that was designed to protect Americans' access to family planning and lifesaving preventive care services:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today. Below is a transcript of the press conference.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement after the Congressional Budget Office issued its long-term budget outlook:
"The CBO's long-term budget shows America cannot afford a Republican tax plan that hands multi-billion dollar tax breaks to the richest on the backs of the middle class. There is room for bipartisan tax reform, but it must be fiscally-responsible and it must not come at the expense of hard-working Americans.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks today on the House floor, urging a ‘no' vote on S.J. Res. 34, a Republican measure to eliminate Americans' internet privacy, which passed the House 215-205. Below are the Leader's remarks:
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