Press Releases
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in reaction to the President?s comments at the White House urging Congress to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling and open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration:
"Oil companies are sitting on 68 million acres of public lands they have already leased, but President Bush and Senator McCain want to award them with even more.
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement tonight in advance of President Bush's speech tomorrow on energy:
"The President's proposal sounds like another page from the Administration's Energy Policy that was literally written by the oil industry: give away more public resources to the very same oil companies that are sitting on 68 million acres of federal lands they've already leased.
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this afternoon after the House voted 274 to 137 to pass legislation that will help workers who have lost their jobs as a result of an economy on the brink of recession. The Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act passed by a 2/3 majority, a margin large enough to override a threatened veto by President Bush.
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today her support for Congressman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts to be the new Co-Chair of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. Congressman McGovern joins Congressman Frank Wolf of Virginia as Co-Chair and replaces Congressman Tom Lantos, the co-founder of the Human Rights Caucus, who passed away in February.
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush's decision to posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week to former House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, who passed away this past February:
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Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Equal Pay Act:
"Exactly 45 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, recognizing that the right to equal pay for equal work is a fundamental value.
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Washington, D.C. -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in response to Senate Republicans blocking consideration of the Consumer-First Energy Act and the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008:
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement as the price of oil by the barrel reached $139, an $11 increase from yesterday â€" the largest one-day increase in history:
"With crude oil prices reaching another record high today, Democrats in Congress are fighting to reverse seven years of Bush-Cheney energy policies that have driven up the price at the pump for Americans struggling to make ends meet.
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Washington, D.C. -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today a Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration grant of $1.35 million for the replacement of Doyle Drive in San Francisco:
"This award is a significant step forward for San Francisco and the Bay Area. Funding will be used to replace an aging and unsafe roadway with a new parkway connecting the City of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Presidio.