Press Releases

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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening on the Strengthening Employment Clusters To Organize Regional Success (SECTORS) Act — part of Democrats’ national manufacturing strategy. The bill, which passed by voice vote, supports industry partnerships to develop and implement plans to train workers and help them advance in high-demand and emerging industries:

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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy teacher Kelly Clark’s bike ride from her school in San Francisco to Washington, D.C. Clark and the “We Ride 3,000” team are biking for 44 days across the nation to advocate for public education. The cyclists are expected to arrive in D.C. on July 17th.

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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Leaders, Committee Chairs, and Members of Congress delivered remarks this afternoon in the Capitol at an enrollment ceremony to sign the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and send it to President Obama for his signature. The House passed the bill on June 30 by a vote of 237 to 192; the Senate passed it this afternoon by a vote of 60 to 39. Below are the Speaker’s remarks.

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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on a new report from the Economic Policy Institute documenting how unemployment benefits create jobs and strengthen the economy. According to the EPI’s analysis, unemployment benefits were responsible for creating 1.1 million jobs since the recession started, increasing the number of hours worked by those who already have jobs, and adding 1.7 percent to the gross domestic product:

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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement hailing House passage of S. 1508, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act. The legislation, which was sponsored in the House by Congressman Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, passed by a voted of 414 to 0 and now heads to President Obama for his signature.

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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Administration issued regulations implementing provisions of the Affordable Care Act that provide for free preventive care benefits in new plans. Specifically, the regulations will help make prevention affordable and accessible by requiring new health plans to cover recommended preventive services without charging a deductible, copayment or coinsurance.

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the President’s Council of Economic Advisers released its quarterly report on the impact of the Recovery Act, finding that the legislation has saved or created as many as 3.6 million jobs so far, and that more than 10 percent of the Recovery Act funds have leveraged significant private investment – with each dollar leveraging three dollars in private investment:

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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers on a study by the Office of Compliance (OOC) that documents “substantial progress in the reduction of life-safety hazards in congressional buildings.” In her letter, the Speaker asks Mr. Ayers to submit a report by the end of this year on the actions taken to address the remaining House-specific life-safety hazards. She issued the following statement on the letter: