Press Releases
Pelosi Statement on President’s Declaration of Southern California as Major Federal Disaster Area
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today about President Bush signing a declaration that the wildfires in Southern California have created a major federal disaster area:
Pelosi Statement on Senate Amendment to Cut HIV/AIDS Funding for San Francisco and Other Areas
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in response to today’s Senate vote in support of an amendment to the fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill that reinstates severe, destabilizing HIV/AIDS funding cuts in 11 jurisdictions, including San Francisco:
Pelosi Statement on California Wildfires
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon on the need for federal assistance to help fight the wildfires in California and help the hundreds of thousands of residents affected by the fires:
Pelosi Statement on Lights Out San Francisco
Friday, October 19, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement regarding Lights Out San Francisco, a city-wide conservation event in which organizers are inviting the entire San Francisco community to install one compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) and turn off all non-essential lighting from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, October 20:
Pelosi Floor Statement Urging Override of President’s Veto of SCHIP
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon urging Members to override the President’s veto of the State Children’s Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill. Below are her remarks:
Pelosi: Dalai Lama Brings Luster to Congressional Gold Medal Award
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda this afternoon honoring His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Below are the Speaker?s remarks:
Pelosi Statement on Judiciary and Intelligence Committees Passing FISA Reform Bill
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees each approved a bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA):
Pelosi: House Passes National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Pelosi Statement on GAO Findings on Ryan White Program Funding
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in response to the release of GAO’s findings regarding the impact of significant funding increases provided by the House of Representatives for Part A of the Ryan White Treatment Modernization Act:
Pelosi: ‘Democrats Are Committed to Taking Concrete Action to Strengthen the Housing Market’
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C.â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 3648, the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, by a vote of 386 to 27. This bipartisan bill provides tax relief by ending the tax on soâ€"called â€Å"phantom income†when a lender forgives some part of a family’s mortgage in foreclosure: