Press Releases
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today named three House Democratic Members to serve on a conference committee to complete a final FY 2016 budget agreement. She appointed Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member on the Budget Committee; Congressman John Yarmuth of Kentucky; and Congresswoman Gwen Moore of Wisconsin. Below is Leader Pelosi's statement:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer held a press availability today. Below is a transcript of the Leader's opening and closing remarks, as well as a question and answer session:
Leader Pelosi's Opening Remarks:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after bipartisan legislation to permanently fix the SGR formula of Medicare physician payments and to extend the Children's Health Insurance Plan overwhelmingly passed the Senate by a vote of 92 to 8:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement on the 50th Anniversary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the retirement of Congresswoman Lois Capps:
"Congresswoman Lois Capps has long been a fierce advocate for hard-working American families, our children, and our environment. Throughout her service in the Congress, she translated the knowledge, compassion, and energetic leadership gained from decades of service as a nurse, health advocate, and educator into policies that transformed the lives of people in California and across the country.
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement today following President Obama's call to end the harmful psychiatric therapies aimed at "converting" LGBT people, especially children and youth:
"LGBT lives matter. Yet, we have lost too many loved ones who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender as the result of misguided, harmful efforts to shame, punish, and coerce LGBT Americans into denying who they are or who they love.