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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after President Obama's speech on job creation and economic growth at the Brookings Institution:

"President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress share a strong commitment to our top priority: putting Americans back to work.

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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the EPA's announcement today that greenhouse gases threaten public health and the environment:

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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the November jobs report issued today by the Department of Labor, which showed that 11,000 jobs were lost last month, far fewer than economists had anticipated. And the job losses for September and October were revised downward, showing that the rate of job losses has started to decline - from an average of 673,000 per month in the final three months of the Bush Administration to 87,000 during the past three months.

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Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement following the House passage this afternoon of the Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act. The legislation passed by a vote of 225 to 200.

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Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today following passage in the House Financial Services Committee of financial stability legislation that will prevent future taxpayer bailouts of large financial firms. This bill will be part of a comprehensive package of financial system reforms, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, that will be considered on the House floor next week.

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Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement tonight after President Obama delivered remarks at West Point Military Academy on the Administration strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan:

"President Obama inherited a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan because the Bush Administration did not have a plan to get the job done.

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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement following President Obama signing her bill, H.R.. 3119, yesterday naming the Chinatown Post Office in San Francisco after former San Francisco Postmaster Lim Poon Lee.

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Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the latest analysis by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on the creation of jobs and higher economic growth from the Recovery Act:

"A series of independent economic analyses now show the Recovery Act is doing its job. The latest analysis by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office is clear: the Recovery Act is likely producing even more jobs and higher economic growth than originally thought.