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Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Oslo, Norway – Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured the Nobel Peace Center and Museum today following the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony at Oslo City Hall.
At the conclusion of her tour, Speaker Pelosi spoke with reporters.
Below are the Speaker’s remarks.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the House voted 409 to 2 to pass the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act, which ensures seniors and military families will be able to continue seeing their doctors. This bipartisan bill blocks the 25 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors, scheduled for January 1, through 2011. The Senate passed this legislation yesterday and it now goes to the President for his signature into law:
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Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on a voice vote by the House Democratic Caucus this morning to reject the tax proposal as currently written:
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Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement tonight after a vote to advance the Defense Authorization bill, which repeals the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, failed in the Senate.
“The failure of the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal, as part of the Defense Authorization bill, on a procedural vote in the Senate is a serious disappointment to the many who have worked so hard to close the door on a fundamental unfairness.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this afternoon after House Republicans refused to support the Seniors Protection Act. As we enter the second consecutive year without a cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security retirees and other beneficiaries, this legislation would have echoed the help provided in 2009 in the Recovery Act and provided 54 million Social Security recipients with a one-time payment of $250 to help them make ends meet during this tough time:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this evening in strong support of the DREAM Act of 2010, which passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 216 to 198. The DREAM Act is common-sense legislation to give hundreds of thousands of young people brought to our country without a choice the chance to earn legal status and contribute to our country’s well-being by serving in the U.S. Armed Forces or pursuing a college education.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening following House passage of H.R. 3082, Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 and the Food Safety Enhancement Act. The bill, which passed the House by a vote of 212 to 206, funds the government for fiscal year 2011 and includes a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s food safety system. It now goes to the Senate.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in support of a resolution congratulating imprisoned Chinese democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo on the award of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. The House will vote on the resolution tomorrow. Below are the Speaker’s remarks.