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December 12, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a press availability highlighting the increasing isolation of House Republicans who continue to hold middle class tax cuts hostage to tax cuts for the rich. Below is a link to the full video of the press availability and selected excerpts:

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December 12, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a press availability today. Below is a transcript of the press availability:

Leader Pelosi. Good afternoon. We’re here because I promised we would be when I was out here earlier with the Foreign Minister of Italy, not to take away from the important focus we had on 2013 – the year of cultural, Italian culture, in America – I said I would be available for questions later, so here I am.


December 12, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the House floor in recognition of the departing Members of the California Congressional delegation. Below are the Leader’s remarks:


December 12, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the House floor in recognition of the departing Members of the California Congressional delegation. Below are the Leader’s remarks:


December 11, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the House floor asking Speaker Boehner and House Republicans to get specific on revenues in the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations. Below are the Leader’s remarks:

Issues:Health Care

December 7, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s decision to push anti-worker “right to work” legislation through the lame-duck session of the state’s legislature:


December 7, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding the sentencing of Chen Kegui, the nephew of Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng, to 39 months in prison for defending himself against armed intruders who had harassed his family:

“The decision by Chinese authorities to sentence Chen Guangcheng’s nephew, Chen Kegui, to prison for simply defending himself and his family is an affront to the rule of law and due process.

Issues:Human Rights

December 7, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Supreme Court announced that it would hear cases challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8:


December 7, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a press availability today. Below is a transcript of the press availability:


December 7, 2012

Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Department of Labor reported that the economy added 146,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in November. With 147,000 jobs added by private businesses, this marks the 33rd consecutive month of private sector job growth: