Press Releases
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to reports that Speaker Boehner told the House Republican Conference, in a private meeting today, that he will abandon efforts to prevent student loan rates from doubling on July 1st:
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after House Democrats supported an amendment that struck language from the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Act that would have prohibited the use of funds for construction bid solicitations that require or prohibit project labor agreements (PLAs). Democrats also defeated a Republican amendment in the bill that prohibited the use of funds to enforce the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act:
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a hearing today entitled, the “Paycheck Fairness Act: Responding to Financial Pressures on Women by Closing the Gender Wage Gap.” The hearing highlighted the experience of pay discrimination by American women in the workforce and underscored the critical need for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act. Below are the Leader’s opening remarks:
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi participated in a roundtable on the Ryan-Republican budget with leaders of the Asian and Pacific Islander community on Monday, May 21st. Below is a transcript of the roundtable:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. Below are the Leader’s remarks:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today to mark Memorial Day, which will be observed on Monday, May 28:
“On Memorial Day, we remember all of the men and women who gave their ‘last full measure of devotion’ to the security of our nation, the defense of our values, and the freedom of families at home and on distant shores.
Washington, D.C. – Drew Hammill, spokesman for Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, issued the following statement in response to a federal district court decision yesterday in the Northern District of California in Dragovich v. U.S. Department of Treasury that ruled the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional and held that federal tax law cannot limit the participation of same-sex married couples and domestic partners in a long-term care insurance plan.
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today to mark the 75th anniversary of the completion of the Golden Gate Bridge, which falls on Sunday. The bridge first opened on May 27, 1937:
Contact: Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today called on Speaker Boehner to bring a permanent extension of the middle income tax cuts to the House floor immediately and use the revenues resulting from the expiring tax breaks for those earning more than a million dollars to pay down the deficit.