Press Releases

Pelosi: 'Social Security Has Represented Dignity and Independence to Millions of Women; Democrats Will Save Social Security First'

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Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Pelosi Decries Middle Class Benefit Cuts

New Data Shows More than 3 Million California Families Would Be Hurt by Bush Proposal

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Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today called for President Bush to tell the truth about his Social Security privatization proposal's impact on middle-class families. Pelosi released new data that shows more than 3 million middle-class families in California could be hit by benefit cuts President Bush proposed last month.

Pelosi, House Democrats Introduce GI Bill of Rights for the 21st Century

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Friday, May 6, 2005

Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after she joined Congressman Chet Edwards of Texas and 155 Democrats yesterday in introducing H.R. 2131, the new GI Bill of Rights for the 21st Century:

Pelosi Statement on San Francisco being Named the Permanent Headquarters of the Stem Cell Institute

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Friday, May 6, 2005

Washington, D.C. -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee's decision to make San Francisco the permanent headquarters of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, known as the Stem Cell Institute, and home to its $3 billion stem cell research initiative:

Pelosi: Bush Administration’s New Regulations Repeal Roadless Rule

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Thursday, May 5, 2005

Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the Bush Administration’s new regulations dismantling the Roadless Area Conservation Rule:

Pelosi: Valuing Fighters for Liberty and Freedom During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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Friday, April 29, 2005

Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which begins Sunday, May 1st.

Pelosi, Reid: Bush's Plan Weakens Social Security

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April 28, 2005

Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid tonight released the following statement on President Bush's Social Security plan:

Pelosi: Reversal on Rules is a Victory for the American People

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Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this evening in favor of H.Res. 240, which reversed the Republicans' partisan ethics rules that were adopted in January. The resolution passed by a vote of 406 to 20, thereby restoring the bipartisan ethics rules that were in place since 1997. Below are Pelosi's remarks: