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July 13, 2009

Pelosi to NAACP: 'In Advancing African Americans Issues of Social Justice and Opportunity, You Advanced Our Nation'

Monday, July 13, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed the opening session of the NAACP's Centennial Convention last night in New York City. Below are the Speaker's remarks as prepared:


July 10, 2009

Pelosi Statement in Response to Inspectors General Report on President Bush?s Warrantless Surveillance Program

Friday, July 10, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Pelosi issued the following statement today in response to a report by the Inspectors General of the Departments of Defense and Justice, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director National Intelligence on President Bush?s warrantless surveillance program:


July 10, 2009

Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act

Friday, July 10, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on House passage of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, which will provide critical funding for veterans? health services and the construction of key facilities for training and housing our military. The bill passed today in the House by a vote of 415 to 3.


July 8, 2009

Pelosi Statement on Legislation to Strengthen Consumer Protections in Financial Regulation

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on legislation introduced today by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank to formally implement President Obama?s plan to strengthen consumer protections as a part of a broader financial regulatory restructuring.


July 8, 2009

Pelosi: Small Business Bill Will Foster New Economic Opportunities and Help Small Businesses Create Jobs

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the House approved by a vote of 386 to 41 the Small Business Research and Innovation Act, which will reauthorize and modernize the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs:


July 8, 2009

Pelosi Statement on G-8 Summit Agreement on Global Warming

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on news that the Obama Administration, joined by other G-8 leaders in Italy today, agreed in principle to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developed countries by 80 percent by 2050:


July 8, 2009

Pelosi Remarks at the Campus Progress National Conference

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed more than 1,000 young people at the 2009 Campus Progress National Conference late this afternoon. Below are the Speaker's remarks as prepared:

â€Å"Thank you, Ray [Luo]. Like so many of you, Ray has come here today because he's a leader on his campus - UCLA.


July 7, 2009

Pelosi Introduces the Lim Poon Lee Post Office Act

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced the Lim Poon Lee Post Office Act this week with a bipartisan group of 35 original co-sponsors. Speaker Pelosi released the following statement:


July 7, 2009

Pelosi Statement on the Violence in Xinjiang Province in China

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the violence in Xinjiang Province of China:

Issues:Human Rights

July 6, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke at a news conference at the Mission Neighborhood Health Center today to highlight critical investments in community health clinics made by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. She also discussed the need for comprehensive health care reform. Below are the Speaker's remarks as prepared: