Press Releases
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Department of Labor released its final rule to update and expand federal overtime pay protections to 4.2 million American workers across the country:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released this statement on the commemoration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Supreme Court told the Administration and the plaintiffs in the Zubik v. Burwell challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage requirement to go back to the lower courts and try to find a solution that satisfies both parties:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement after Republicans moved to begin bringing appropriations bills to the floor without having enacted a budget, the final admission that Speaker Ryan has given up attempting to pass the Ryan Road-to-Ruin Budget proposal:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Members of the Republicans’ Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health held a press conference today. Below is a transcript of the press conference.
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Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today marking Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day:
“Today we celebrate the ingenuity, tenacity, and boundless courage of a proud nation. For 68 years, the State of Israel has grown and blossomed. Through the beautiful commitment to the arts and sciences, technology and medicine, Israel’s innumerable gifts to the world fosters our shared hope for a better future.
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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.
Leader Pelosi. Good morning, good morning. I guess none of you stayed up late to watch the Golden State Warriors win again, 125 points. High scoring game. Nice work by Portland, 121 points, very high scoring. But that ends that series. I don't know, basketball that starts at 10:30 at night is getting a little late.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks today at House Democrats’ Steering & Policy Committee hearing entitled 'The Zika Public Health Crisis: the Urgent Need for the President’s Emergency Funding Request’. Below are the Leader’s opening and closing remarks:
Leader Pelosi’s Opening Remarks
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the White House announced President Obama will be the first-sitting president to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. With her visit as Speaker in 2008, Pelosi is currently the highest-ranking American official to have gone to Hiroshima.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 160,000 jobs in April. With businesses adding 171,000 jobs last month, April represents the 74th consecutive month of private sector job growth.