Press Releases

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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.

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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:

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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:

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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.

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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:

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Havana – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Members of the Congressional delegation trip to Cuba held a press conference yesterday. Below is a transcript of the press conference:

Leader Pelosi. Thank you very much. Good afternoon, everyone. Buenas tardes. Is it tardes yet or is it still dias?

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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in recognition of the Lunar New Year:

"As Asian Americans and families around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, we welcome the Year of the Ram by expressing gratitude and sharing warm wishes of prosperity, opportunity, and joy. In the streets of San Francisco and across America, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities remind us that the beauty is in the mix.

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Havana – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on the first official delegation from the House of Representatives to visit Cuba after President Obama's announcement on the U.S.-Cuba relationship in December. After arriving in Havana, the delegation met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla; the Director of U.S. Affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal; the Vice President of the National Assembly Ana Maria Mari Machado; and Members of the National Assembly.