Press Releases
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement after Republicans voted for the third time to block a clean appropriations bill to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from shutting down on February 28.
"Republicans are trapped in a dangerous, anti-immigrant fantasy. There are barely three days left before their grandstanding shuts down the Department of Homeland Security, but Republicans still have no plan to avert their latest manufactured crisis.
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in support of the District of Columbia's legal authority to implement its marijuana legalization initiative on Thursday:
"Last November, the citizens of the District of Columbia exercised their democratic rights and overwhelmingly voted to approve Initiative 71.
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Members of the Congressional delegation trip to Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti held a press conference today. The press conference comes after Leader Pelosi last week led the first official House of Representatives delegation trip to Cuba since President Obama announced the change in U.S. policy toward the island nation in December. Below is a transcript of Leader Pelosi's opening and closing remarks, as well as a question and answer session:
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement after President Obama vetoed Keystone XL Pipeline legislation, which blatantly undermines the permitting process and puts our nation's health and security in jeopardy.
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Santo Domingo — Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives delegation to the Dominican Republic held meetings yesterday with the President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrés Navarro; President of the Chambers of Deputies, Abel Martínez; and other government officials.
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. — Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after it was announced that negotiators from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association arrived at a tentative contract deal late yesterday:
"The tentative deal announced between ILWU and PMA negotiators is good news for all Americans.
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Santo Domingo – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement following meetings with President Michel Martelly, Prime Minister Evans Paul and other high ranking Haitian government officials during this visit to the country on Saturday:
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding the Administration's new proposal to protect families' retirement security by requiring financial advisers offering employer-sponsored benefit plans to abide by a "fiduciary" standard, thereby acting in the best interests of their clients:
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Senate voted for the fourth time to reject House Republicans' radical, anti-immigrant Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill. Without action, the Department of Homeland Security will shut down on February 28.
"There are only four days left until Republicans' toxic grandstanding shuts down the Department of Homeland Security, and they still don't have a plan to dig our country out of this, their latest manufactured crisis.
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Havana – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today made the following statement after the delegation from the House of Representatives to Cuba held meetings with Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino, members of civil society, and the First Vice President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel: