Press Releases
Congress to Send President Stem Cell Bill that Offers Hope to Millions
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Dozens of patients and their families joined Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Members of Congress today as they enrolled a bill that offers real hope to millions of Americans suffering from debilitating diseases and conditions by greatly expanding scientists’ access to embryonic stem cell lines. The House passed the bill today after the Senate did so in April.
Pelosi: With Stem Cell Legislation, We Have the Opportunity to Save Lives, Find Cures, and Give Hope
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke this afternoon on the House floor in favor of S. 5, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007. The bill passed the House with a strong bipartisan vote of 247 to 176, and will be sent to the President for his signature. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
Pelosi Statement on the Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Monday, June 4, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre:
â€Å"Today we pay tribute to the brave souls of Tiananmen Square, who 18 years ago defied the powers of their day to demand the liberties and freedom to which all people everywhere are entitled.
Pelosi: President’s Announcement Fails to Respond to the Severity of Global Warming Crisis
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush’s call for an agreement to establish a global target for reducing greenhouse emissions:
Pelosi Statement Regarding the Announcement of the UCSF Pritzker Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
San Francisco â€" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today regarding the announcement of the The Pritzker Center at UCSF:
Pelosi: House Votes to Crack Down on Price Gouging
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C.- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this afternoon on H.R. 1252, the Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2007, which passed the House by a vote of 284 to 141 today, despite a veto threat from the Bush Administration:
Pelosi Expresses Concern to HHS Secretary Over Cuts in San Francisco AIDS Funding
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C.â€"Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter today to Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt on the nearly $9 million cut in San Francisco’s Ryan White Treatment Modernization Act Title I award:
Below is the text of the letter:
May 22, 2007
The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Pelosi: ?House Restores Constitutional Checks and Balances in Appointment of Interim U.S. Attorneys?
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this afternoon on House approval of S. 214, Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007, which passed the House by a vote of 306 to 114:
?Politicization of federal law enforcement erodes public confidence in our justice system.
Pelosi Delivers Opening Remarks at National Summit on America’s Children
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered opening remarks this morning at the National Summit on America’s Children, held in the Cannon House Office Building. Below are her remarks as prepared:
Pelosi Delivers Commencement Address at the University of San Francisco
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered the commencement address this morning at the University of San Francisco's McLaren School of Business. Below are her remarks as prepared: