Press Releases
Pelosi Statement on Bush Administration Plans to Keep Pre-Surge Level of U.S. Troops in Iraq
Monday, February 11, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on remarks in Baghdad today by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in which he said he would pause troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer, keeping the number at the pre-surge level:
Pelosi Statement on Passing of Chairman Tom Lantos
Monday, February 11, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the passing of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos of California:
â€Å"The passing of Tom Lantos is a profound loss for the Congress and for the nation and a terrible loss for me personally.
Pelosi: Economic Stimulus Package a Bipartisan Victory for Job Creation and for the American People
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement tonight after the House voted 380 to 34 to pass a $152 billion bipartisan economic stimulus package, which the Senate passed earlier today by a vote of 81 to 16. The bill will now go to the President for his signature into law.
Pelosi Statement on House Passage of College Opportunity and Affordability Act
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the House overwhelmingly passed H.R. 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act. The bill, which builds on a law passed last year that is the largest increase in student aid since the 1944 GI Bill, includes additional steps to make college more affordable and accessible.
Pelosi Statement on Lunar New Year
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in commemoration of Lunar New Year, which begins tomorrow, Thursday, February 7:
I am pleased to celebrate the Lunar New Year with Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) across the nation.
Pelosi Statement on President Bush?s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget
Monday, February 4, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in response to President Bush?s Fiscal Year 2009 budget:
?The American people expect our nation?s budget to chart a course that reflects their values and aspirations, makes critical investments in our future and is fiscally responsible. The President?s budget fails to meet those standards.
Pelosi: ‘Let Us Embrace Our Country’s Diversity and Sustain an Inclusive and United American Identity’
Friday, February 1, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in honor of Black History Month:
Pelosi: 'President Bush's Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Are Exactly the Wrong Medicine'
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today following news reports that President Bush plans large cuts in Medicare and Medicaid when he unveils his fiscal 2009 budget next week:
Pelosi Statement on Halting U.S. Surge Troop Reductions
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in reaction to news reports that gradual reductions in U.S. surge troops in Iraq could be halted this summer:
"Halting the modest reduction in U.S. surge troop levels that has been underway in Iraq demonstrates the President's insistence on a war without end and will further undermine our military readiness.
Pelosi Statement on Coast Guard’s Incident Specific Preparedness Review of San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
Monday, January 28, 2008
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C.â€" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in response to today’s release of the Coast Guard’s Incident Specific Preparedness Review assessing their response to November’s oil spill in San Francisco Bay: