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December 16, 2014

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement on a new report from Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats revealing that 13 million could lose tax credits to help pay for insurance coverage should the Supreme Court rule against the Obama Administration in the politically-motivated lawsuit of King v Burwell.

Issues:Health Care

December 10, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the World War II Civil Air Patrol. Below are the Leader's Remarks:


December 10, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the inclusion of two deeply troubling special interest provisions in the 2015 omnibus spending bill:


December 10, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Congressional leaders and gun violence prevention advocates today for a press event honoring the second anniversary of the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, and to call for expanded background checks to curb the epidemic of gun violence in America. Below are the Leader’s remarks:

December 9, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement following the filing in the Rules Committee of the 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill which includes only short-term funding for Homeland Security:

"Our goal has always been to keep government open, and to accomplish that goal in a bipartisan manner. We have confidence in our appropriators as they have over the last weeks sought to negotiate a position that represents the values of our Caucus.


December 9, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding the declassified report by the Senate Intelligence Committee on the interrogation practices of the Central Intelligence Agency during the Bush Administration:


December 9, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed bipartisan legislation – H.R. 5059, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act – that addresses the epidemic of suicide among our nation's veterans:

"Every veteran lost to suicide is a tragedy that tears at the heart of our nation. Yet every year more than 8,000 veterans – about twenty-two men and women a day – take their own lives.


December 5, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 321,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held at 5.8 percent, the lowest unemployment rate since July 2008. With businesses adding 314,000 jobs, this marks the 58th consecutive month of private sector job growth.


December 5, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

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, everyone.


December 4, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement after a grand jury in New York declined to issue an indictment in the death of Eric Garner:

Issues:Human Rights