Press Releases
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Congressman George Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following joint statement announcing that the U.S. Department of Education approved California’s application to receive $1.2 billion as part of the recently passed Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act, which will fund an estimated 16,500 teacher jobs in California.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today, ahead of the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which falls on Sunday:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today to mark Women’s Equality Day and to celebrate the 90th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote:
“On Women’s Equality day, we honor the brave suffragettes who altered the course of history and ushered in a new age of progress for all Americans. These pioneers marched and organized, struggled and sacrificed, for the cause of equality – and in the name of a better life for generations of women and girls yet to come.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on a new report by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, which estimated that the Recovery Act has raised gross domestic product (GDP) by up to 4.5 percent, cut the unemployment rate by up to 1.8 percentage points, and created or saved up to 3.3 million American jobs:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s announcement of the first direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in nearly two years. The Speaker received a briefing on the upcoming negotiations from Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the final American brigade combat team exited Iraq, keeping the President’s promise to drawdown U.S. forces and transition to a civilian-led mission by the end of this month:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today marking the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Ryan White CARE Act:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement concerning the Cordoba House:
“The freedom of religion is a Constitutional right. Where a place of worship is located is a local decision.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement commemorating the 65th anniversary of V-J Day, which marked the end of World War II. Last month, the House passed a resolution honoring the millions of Americans who fought in this conflict and the nearly 2 million veterans still living today:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today to mark the 75th anniversary of the enactment of Social Security, which is tomorrow, August 14: