Press Releases
San Francisco – Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi hosted an Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month roundtable with San Francisco's Asian Pacific Islander Council, bringing together community leaders to address the devastating impacts of the Trump Administration’s budget cuts on AAPI communities.
San Francisco – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the passing of former Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel:
“Today, I join my colleagues in Congress and many across America in mourning the Lion of Lenox Avenue: Chairman Charles Rangel. Serving in Congress for nearly half-a-century, Chairman Rangel was an impactful legislator and a lifelong voice for the voiceless and champion of the oppressed.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi voted NO on the Republican Tax Scam bill: Donald Trump’s extreme legislation that will kick nearly 14 million people off their health care, take food out of the mouths of hungry kids and raise costs for health care and groceries across the board.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Gerry Connolly:
Washington, D.C. – Tonight, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in opposition to the Republicans’ bill that cuts Medicaid by $700 billion, which she condemned as a cruel attack on working families, vulnerable children and Americans with disabilities.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in opposition to Republican efforts to cut SNAP and deprive millions of families, especially women and children, of the food security they need.
Speaker Emerita Pelosi highlighted how the Republican agenda puts the needs of the ultra-wealthy ahead of hungry children and working families across America.
Watch Speaker Emerita Pelosi's remarks here.
Washington, D.C. — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is traveling with a bipartisan Congressional delegation to the Vatican to attend the inaugural Mass of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV.
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined 42 Democratic Women’s Caucus members led by DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Vice Chair Emilia Sykes (OH-13), and Policy Task Force Co Chair Deborah K. Ross (NC-02) in sending a letter to the Republican Members of the House Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture Committees. The letter urged Republicans to stand with women and families by protecting Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs women and families need to thrive in their budget.
Washington, D.C. — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi joined 147 Democratic Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief late Monday night challenging President Donald Trump’s sweeping and chaotic tariffs unlawfully imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The lawmakers’ brief stands up for Congress’s Article I exclusive legislative power to impose tariffs and regulate commerce, and argues that IEEPA does not give the President the power to impose reckless, on-again-off-again tariffs, which have wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on the election of Pope Leo XIV:
“Joyfully, people around the world have learned of a new Pope elected by one of the largest and most diverse conclaves ever — and the first American pope in history.
“For many of us, the name Leo XIV happily brings to mind Leo XIII’s Rerum novarum which was a blessing for working people. And it is heartening that His Holiness continued the blessing that Pope Francis gave on Easter Sunday: ‘God loves everyone. Evil will not prevail.’