Press Releases
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San Francisco – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at City College of San Francisco's (CCSF) Chinatown/North Beach Campus yesterday. At an event with community leaders, Leader Pelosi highlighted the significant progress made by City College and emphasized the vital impact CCSF's open doors have on our community. Below are the Leader's opening and closing remarks, as well as a question and answer session:
Leader Pelosi's Opening Remarks
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Janet Yellen as the head of the Federal Reserve. Currently serving as the Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors, Yellen will replace Chairman Ben Bernanke and become the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve.
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San Francisco – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on new coverage taking effect for more than six million Americans, including more than 2.1 million enrolled in a private health insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the expiration of emergency unemployment compensation for 1.3 million Americans, which falls tomorrow:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after President Obama instructed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey to continue efforts to combat and prevent sexual assault in the military, and to report back a full-scale review of the progress of their reforms by December 1, 2014:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi highlighted the state-by-state reports on the millions of Americans benefiting from the protections and savings of the Affordable Care Act released by the White House earlier today:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the report of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies on U.S. government surveillance programs:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Senate passed the bipartisan budget agreement by a vote of 64-36:
"Today's bipartisan vote in the Senate marks a step forward in the effort to lift the sequester and prevent future Republican-manufactured crises that cost jobs, threaten our economic growth, and weaken the middle class.