Press Releases
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Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement, marking the 81st anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s signing of the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935:
“Eighty-one years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law and transformed the economic security of hard-working Americans. Whether in retirement, disability, or the loss of a relative, generations of Americans have relied on Social Security’s bedrock guarantee.
Contact: Drew Hammill/Caroline Behringer, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 255,000 jobs in July, including adding 217,000 private sector jobs. The economy has added a total of 15 million private sector jobs since early 2010.
Contact: Drew Hammill/Caroline Behringer, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement marking the upcoming 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965:
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Contact: Drew Hammill/Caroline Behringer, 202-226-7616
Contact: Drew Hammill/Caroline Behringer, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced that the number of veterans experiencing homelessness in the United States has been cut nearly in half since 2010:
Contact: Drew Hammill/Caroline Behringer, 202-226-7616
Contact: Drew Hammill/Caroline Behringer, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement marking the 51st anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid being signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson on July 30, 1965:
Contact: Drew Hammill/Caroline Behringer, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released this statement on the first-ever transmission of the Zika virus by local mosquitos on the United States mainland, with four confirmed cases of local transmission in Florida: