Press Releases

Pelosi: Interior Appropriations Bill Turns Back the Clock on Clean Water

Friday, May 20, 2005

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Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in opposition to the fiscal year 2006 Interior and Environmental Appropriations, which cuts funding for critical clean water initiatives.

Pelosi: American People Are Paying the Price for Erosion of Ethical Standards

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

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Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Congressman George Miller of California, Chair of the Democratic Policy Committee, held a news conference in the Capitol today to discuss the need for ethics reform in the House of Representatives, including an outright ban on gifts from lobbyists to Members of Congress. Below are Pelosi's remarks:

Pelosi: President Still Considering Disability Cuts as Part of Plan to Privatize Social Security

Friday, May 13, 2005

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Washington, D.C. -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the President's Social Security plan, which the White House acknowledged yesterday, would drastically cut benefits to Americans with disabilities:

Pelosi Congratulates Archbishop William Levada on Appointment to Vatican

Friday, May 13, 2005

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Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today congratulating Archbishop William Levada of San Francisco on his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI as orthodoxy chief of the Catholic Church:

"I extend congratulations to Archbishop Levada on his appointment as the new orthodoxy chief of the Catholic Church.

Pelosi Statement on Recommendations to the Base Realignment and Closure Commission

Friday, May 13, 2005

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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the Secretary's Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) recommendations:

"The Secretary has proposed bases for closure and realignment, the communities can challenge it, and the BRAC Commission will make its recommendations to the President.

Pelosi Statement Against Central American Free Trade Agreement

May 10, 2005

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Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement following a speech to the AFL-CIO’s Industrial Union Council:

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.