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June 19, 2013

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took to the House floor today urging support for the McGovern Amendment to prevent severe cuts to nutritional assistance for America’s low-income families. Below are the Leader’s remarks:


June 19, 2013

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at the ceremony dedicating a statue of Frederick Douglass in the Capitol Visitor’s Center. This is the first statute to represent the District of Columbia in the Capitol. Below are the Leader’s remarks:


June 18, 2013

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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took to the House floor today calling on House Republicans to end their assault on women’s health and act to create jobs. Below are her remarks:

Issues:Health Care

June 18, 2013

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its cost estimate for the Senate’s bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill, finding that the legislation would reduce the deficit by $175 billion in the coming decade and by another $700 billion in the following decade:


June 18, 2013

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after Vice President Biden announced the release of a new report highlighting significant progress on 21 of 23 executive actions outlined by the President to combat and reduce gun violence:


June 14, 2013
Pelosi Update

Honoring the Sandy Hook Promise
Today marks six months since the tragedy in Newtown, a tragedy seared into the minds of every person across America and millions across the world. This anniversary serves as another solemn reminder of the persistent plague of gun violence in our society – and of the ongoing challenge to end it.


June 13, 2013

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below is a transcript of the press conference:


June 13, 2013

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy joined the family and friends of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and delivered remarks at a press conference today marking the 6-month anniversary of the tragedy. Below are her remarks:


June 13, 2013

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took to the House floor today to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT, and to call upon Congress to find the courage to act on behalf of those lost and their families. Below are her remarks:


June 10, 2013

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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today commemorating the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s signing of the Equal Pay Act:

"On June 10th, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act affirming a woman’s right to equal pay for equal work. Recognizing that our economy depends on women in workplace, he took what he called, presciently, ‘a first step’ to end the ‘unconscionable practice’ of paying women less than men for the same amount of work.