Press Releases
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement following the House passage this afternoon of the Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act. The legislation passed by a vote of 225 to 200.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today following passage in the House Financial Services Committee of financial stability legislation that will prevent future taxpayer bailouts of large financial firms. This bill will be part of a comprehensive package of financial system reforms, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, that will be considered on the House floor next week.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement tonight after President Obama delivered remarks at West Point Military Academy on the Administration strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan:
"President Obama inherited a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan because the Bush Administration did not have a plan to get the job done.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement following President Obama signing her bill, H.R.. 3119, yesterday naming the Chinatown Post Office in San Francisco after former San Francisco Postmaster Lim Poon Lee.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the latest analysis by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on the creation of jobs and higher economic growth from the Recovery Act:
"A series of independent economic analyses now show the Recovery Act is doing its job. The latest analysis by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office is clear: the Recovery Act is likely producing even more jobs and higher economic growth than originally thought.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in recognition of World AIDS Day:
"On World AIDS Day, we remember, we reflect, and we recommit to ending HIV/AIDS. This year's theme - "˜Universal Access and Human Rights' - is a call to action, a sign of the continued urgency of this moral challenge, and a reminder that HIV/AIDS has not disappeared. The fight to end this disease must go on.
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 released the following statement today on the Administration's announcements concerning the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month:
"President Obama's announcements today underscore the urgency with which this Administration is tackling the global warming crisis.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a brief press availability this evening with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the Republic of India before their meeting in the Capitol. Pelosi extended an invitation to the Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress during a future visit to the United States. Below are their remarks:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on legislation that would permanently reform the broken Medicare physician payment system. The Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, which passed by a vote of 243 to 183, repeals a 21 percent fee reduction scheduled for January 2010, and replaces the physician payment formula with a more stable system. The bill also includes statutory PAYGO legislation: