Press Releases

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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the election of His Holiness Pope Francis:

“With the election of His Holiness Pope Francis, the world’s Catholics turn to a compassionate leader for the poor, a champion of the least fortunate, and a man of humility committed to love and understanding between faiths and nations.

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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released this year’s version of the House Republican budget:

“The Republican budget is nothing more than more of the same. It still destroys jobs and puts our economic recovery at risk. It still protects the wealthiest at the expense of the middle class. It still undermines the health and economic security of the elderly and disabled. It still ends the Medicare guarantee and shifts costs to seniors.

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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today to mark International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women.”

“International Women’s Day is another opportunity to celebrate the distance we’ve traveled toward equality and recommit ourselves to keep moving forward on the path to justice in our country and around the world.

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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today to mark the 54th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day, observed on March 10th, which marks the date of Tibetans' peaceful uprising against harsh Chinese rule and the ensuing crackdown by Chinese authorities that devastated the Tibetan people and forced His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile:

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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 236,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, the lowest level in four years. With private businesses gaining 246,000 jobs, this marks the 36th consecutive month of private sector growth:

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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below is a transcript of the press conference:
Leader Pelosi. Good morning. Good morning.

Q: Good morning. We're tired. We were up watching the filibuster.

Leader Pelosi. Oh, I see. Well, we always like people who can hoot with the owls and soar with the eagles, and this morning you clearly are doing that. Not that it's that early in the morning.

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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took to the House floor today to call upon House Republicans to consider the balanced House Democratic proposal to replace the sequester rather than adopting the Republican continuing resolution that reinforces these damaging across-the-board spending cuts included in the sequester. Below are the Leader’s remarks:

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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took to the House floor today to call upon House Republicans to allow a vote on the balanced proposal introduced by Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen that would replace the sequester by cutting spending responsibly, ending wasteful tax breaks to special interests, and ensuring that millionaires pay their fair share. Below are the Leader’s remarks: