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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 321,000 jobs and the unemployment rate held at 5.8 percent, the lowest unemployment rate since July 2008. With businesses adding 314,000 jobs, this marks the 58th consecutive month of private sector job growth.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today. Below is a transcript of the press conference.
Leader Pelosi. Good morning, everyone.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement after a grand jury in New York declined to issue an indictment in the death of Eric Garner:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Joe Crowley (D-NY), Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Democratic Members of the House Financial Services Committee held a press conference today to urge the long-term reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA). Below are the Leader's opening remarks, as well as a question and answer session:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered a speech on the House floor today on the Republicans' attempt to block President Obama's Immigration Accountability Executive Actions. Below are the Leader's remarks:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra joined immigration reform advocates at a press conference to speak out against House Republicans' attempts to undermine the President's Immigration Accountability Executive Actions today. Below are the Leader's remarks:
Leader Pelosi's Opening Remarks:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement on the Department of Labor's implementation of the final rule that bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in federal contracts:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement on World AIDS Day:
"Every World AIDS Day, friends and allies in the struggle against HIV across the globe recommit to preventing, testing, treating and destroying this devastating disease. We recognize that as a global epidemic, AIDS requires a global response – and that banishing HIV to the history books will require compassion, ingenuity, and energy from all of us.