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December 17, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement on the Senate's failure to reauthorize The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), bipartisan legislation to protect American businesses from financial ruin following a terrorist attack.

"The Senate had an opportunity to remove uncertainty for businesses, for our economy, and for the American people by renewing bipartisan legislation that provides insurance coverage for businesses following a terrorist attack on American soil.


December 17, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after President Obama announced his administration will take steps to normalize diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba:


December 16, 2014

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement on a new report from Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats revealing that 13 million could lose tax credits to help pay for insurance coverage should the Supreme Court rule against the Obama Administration in the politically-motivated lawsuit of King v Burwell.

Issues:Health Care

December 15, 2014
Pelosi Update
With the clock ticking for Congress to avert another government shutdown, House Republicans buried a provision in the spending bill that would weaken Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and allow big banks to gamble with the American people’s money.

December 10, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the World War II Civil Air Patrol. Below are the Leader's Remarks:


December 10, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the inclusion of two deeply troubling special interest provisions in the 2015 omnibus spending bill:


December 10, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Congressional leaders and gun violence prevention advocates today for a press event honoring the second anniversary of the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, and to call for expanded background checks to curb the epidemic of gun violence in America. Below are the Leader’s remarks:

December 9, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement following the filing in the Rules Committee of the 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill which includes only short-term funding for Homeland Security:

"Our goal has always been to keep government open, and to accomplish that goal in a bipartisan manner. We have confidence in our appropriators as they have over the last weeks sought to negotiate a position that represents the values of our Caucus.


December 9, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding the declassified report by the Senate Intelligence Committee on the interrogation practices of the Central Intelligence Agency during the Bush Administration:


December 9, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed bipartisan legislation – H.R. 5059, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act – that addresses the epidemic of suicide among our nation's veterans:

"Every veteran lost to suicide is a tragedy that tears at the heart of our nation. Yet every year more than 8,000 veterans – about twenty-two men and women a day – take their own lives.