Press Releases
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:
Pelosi: Head Start Is One of America’s Most Popular Investments Because It Is One of Our Most Effective
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the Head Start for School Readiness Act, which President Bush signed into law today after it received strong bipartisan support in the Congress:
Pelosi Resolution Honors San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Volunteers
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the House passing H. Res. 853, a resolution honoring those who have volunteered to assist in the cleanup of the November 7 oil spill in San Francisco Bay. The Speaker sponsored the resolution, which passed the House earlier today by a voice vote: