Press Releases

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Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks today at a ceremony commemorating the 11th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Below are the Leader’s remarks:

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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring Arnold Palmer. Below are the Leader’s remarks:

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Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after rocket attacks on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, took the lives of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and two other Americans:

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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after Speaker Boehner said that he was “not confident at all” that Congress can reach a bipartisan agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. Moody’s Investors Service announced today it would likely downgrade the U.S. credit rating if budget negotiations fail.

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Washington D.C. – Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Congressman John Conyers, Congressman Barney Frank, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, Congressman Jared Polis, Congressman David N. Cicilline and other House Democrats filed an Amicus Brief in the case of Edith Schlain Windsor v. United States of America.

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San Francisco - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Labor Department announced that the economy added 96,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent in August. With private businesses adding 103,000 jobs, this marks the 30th month of private sector job growth with 4.6 million private sector jobs created:

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Charlotte, NC - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the passing of former North Carolina Congressman Charlie Rose:

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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today to mark the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina:

“Today, we remember the moment seven years ago when Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the levees fell, and the floodwaters rose in New Orleans and throughout the Gulf Coast. Leaving homes destroyed, communities decimated, businesses and schools in ruins, this natural disaster unveiled a human tragedy of poverty and neglect too long ignored.