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August 7, 2009

Pelosi Statement on Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney's Announcement That She Will Remain in the House

Friday, August 7, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the announcement by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney of New York that she will remain in the House.


August 7, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after President Obama signed into law legislation to extend the highly successful Cash For Clunkers initiative with an additional $2 billion in funding:

“Today, by signing the Cash for Clunkers legislation that passed the House and Senate, President Obama joined Congress in providing needed assistance to consumers, dealers, and the auto industry in general, while preserving our planet.


August 7, 2009

Pelosi Statement on Better-Than Expected July Job Loss Numbers

Friday, August 7, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on unemployment numbers for July issued today by the Department of Labor, which showed that 247,000 jobs were lost last month and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent, both better results than economists had anticipated. The July job loss was the lowest of any month since last summer.


August 6, 2009

Pelosi Statement on Senate Confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on the Senate?s confirmation this afternoon of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States:


August 5, 2009

Pelosi Statement on VA Fixing Tuition Technicality in Post-9/11 GI Bill That Affected Veterans in California

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today acknowledging the work of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and the VA in fixing a tuition technicality in the Post-9/11 GI Bill that affected veterans attending college in California.


August 5, 2009

Pelosi Statement on the Release of Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the return home of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two American journalists who had been imprisoned in North Korea for more than four months.


August 4, 2009

Pelosi Statement on New Report from Energy Information Administration That Confirms Low Cost of Clean Energy Bill

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on a new report from the Energy Information Administration, which validates previous estimates of the low costs and large benefits of the American Clean Energy and Security Act that the House passed in June:


July 31, 2009

Pelosi and Slaughter Introduce Legislation to Establish a National Public Health Tracking Network

Friday, July 31, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Rules Committee Chair Louise Slaughter of New York re-introduced the Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act this week.


July 31, 2009

Pelosi on Executive Compensation Bill: 'A Critical Step Forward to Reform the Way Wall Street Does Business'

Friday, July 31, 2009

Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616


July 31, 2009

Pelosi: Cash for Clunkers Strengthens Auto Industry, Strengthens Economy and Helps Preserve Our Environment

Friday, July 31, 2009

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 legislation providing $2 billion in additional funding for the so-called â€Å"Cash for Clunker” initiative, which was so successful this week that it was running out of money. The bipartisan legislation passed in the House by a vote of 316 to 109.