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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of a bill that would ensure back pay for all furloughed federal employees. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Contact: Speaker's Press Office, 202-226-7616
Contact: Speaker's Press Office, 202-226-7616
Contact: Speaker's Press Office, 202-226-7616
Contact: Speaker's Press Office, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the House voted 240-188 to re-open the Treasury Department and other key agencies, to ensure that Americans get their tax refunds:
"While the President petulantly pledges to keep government shut down until he gets his way, House Democrats are taking swift action to restore certainty to people's lives and remove all doubt that hard-working Americans will receive their tax refunds in full and on time, by passing legislation to re-open the IRS.
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on Democrats' continuing actions to re-open government:
"While President Trump threatens to keep the government shut down for 'years', Democrats are taking immediate further action to re-open government, so that we can meet the needs of the American people, protect our borders and respect our workers.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks with fellow Democratic Congressional leaders following a meeting at the White House. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Good afternoon. We just completed a lengthy and sometimes-contentious conversation with the President. We agree that we will continue our conversations but we all recognize, on the Democratic side, that we really can't resolve this until we open up government and we made that very clear to the President.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Department of Labor issued its December jobs statement:
"The December jobs statement contains some positive news, yet these gains threaten to slip away because of the Trump Shutdown. A staggering 800,000 hard-working Americans are at risk of losing their paychecks, because the President insists on senselessly holding the American people hostage to his unpopular, ineffective, immoral and expensive border wall.