Press Releases
Pelosi to EPA Administrator: Decision on California Waiver Will be Closely Scrutinized by Congress
Friday, December 21, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency concerning his agency’s decision this week to deny the Clean Air Act waiver requested by the state of California.
Pelosi: ?Congress Takes Step Forward in Improving Gun Background Check System and Making Our Nation Safer?
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening after the House passed Senate amendments to H.R. 2640, the National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, which will now go to the President for his signature:
Pelosi: ?New Direction Congress Has Made a Down Payment on the Future, But Much More Needs to be Done?
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and other Senate and House Democratic Leaders held a news conference in the Capitol today to discuss the progress made by Democrats in the first year of the 110th Congress. Following the Speaker?s remarks is a fact sheet of accomplishments of the New Direction Congress, including a look ahead to 2008.
Pelosi: ‘We Will Keep Fighting Next Year to Cover 10 Million Children and Improve Benefits for Low-Income Seniors’
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Pelosi: ‘I Cannot Support Spending Billions More in Iraq With No Strings Attached’
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today opposing a Senate amendment to the fiscal 2008 Consolidated Appropriations bill that provided additional funding for the war in Iraq:
Pelosi: ?Today, the New Direction Congress Has Taken a Critical Step in Better Protecting America?s Children?
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this evening after the House approved H.R. 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act. The bill now goes to the Senate.
Pelosi Announces Passage of Provision to Partially Restore HIV/AIDS Funding for San Francisco
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today praising the inclusion of a provision in the fiscal year 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Bill that will reduce severe, destabilizing HIV/AIDS funding cuts in 9 jurisdictions, including San Francisco. The bill will now go to President Bush to be signed into law:
Pelosi Announces Funding Increases for Cleanup at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today announcing the inclusion of an additional $73 million for cleanup at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in the fiscal year 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Bill passed by the House of Representatives today. It will now go to President Bush to be signed into law:
Pelosi on Energy Bill: ?This is a Choice Between Yesterday and Tomorrow?
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in strong support of the Energy Independence and Security Act, which passed by a vote of 314 to 100. Below are the Speaker?s remarks:
?I thank the Gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Dingell, the Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, for his kind words and for his tremendous leadership.
Pelosi Statement on Mitchell Report on Steroid Use in Baseball
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on the report issued this afternoon by former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, which found widespread use of steroids and other illegal substances in Major League Baseball: