Press Releases
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after Senate Republicans blocked a motion to open debate on the Defense Authorization bill, which funds critical assistance for our troops, repeals the discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, and enacts the Dream Act:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that, on average, Medicare Advantage premiums will decrease by 1 percent in 2011, while benefits remain the same. Moreover, contrary to expectations, CMS reported that enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans is projected to rise 5 percent next year:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on a report from the National Bureau of Economic Research declaring that the Bush recession ended in June 2009:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after President Obama announced the appointment of Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury to oversee the establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a centerpiece of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act passed and signed into law earlier this year:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement after the Senate voted 61 to 38 this afternoon to pass the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act, which creates jobs, cuts small business taxes, and offers a critical source of affordable capital to Main Street businesses:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE Awards Ceremony this morning at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. The X PRIZE is awarded to the first team to build a car that gets at least 100 MPG equivalent in real world driving, is safe, and offers consumers more efficient vehicle choices. Below are the Speaker’s remarks as prepared for delivery.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Below is a statement from Nadeam Elshami, spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in response to news stories today following the Speaker’s news conference.
“The Speaker has made her position abundantly clear and has repeatedly said that she supports President Obama’s middle class tax cuts.
“The Speaker is opposed to extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent because they add hundreds of billions to the deficit and do not create jobs.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616