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San Francisco – Yesterday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined civic leaders in unveiling a bust of the late Supervisor Harvey Milk at the Treasure Island Job Corps Center. Tomorrow, November 27, 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Supervisor Milk’s assassination. Below are the Speaker’s remarks from yesterday:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening upon the Senate’s passage today of legislation extending unemployment insurance benefits for seven weeks and for 13 additional weeks in states with unemployment rates above 6 percent. The bill now goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign into law this week:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding Labor Department figures released today showing that new U.S. jobless claims rose to their highest level in more than 16 years.
"With more Americans filing for jobless claims than at any time since the 1992 recession, Congress and the President must act to extend unemployment benefits for workers. I am pleased that President Bush has today joined the New Direction Congress in supporting this critical step.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and House and Senate Democratic leaders held a news conference this afternoon in the Capitol to discuss aid to the domestic auto industry. Below are the Speaker’s opening remarks:
"Thank you very much, Mr. Leader. I wish to associate myself with your remarks because I think that you have clearly laid out what the challenge is to our economy, to the auto industry and to Congress as we go forth.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this afternoon following a meeting late this afternoon that House Democratic leaders held with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke:
"House Democratic leaders today made it clear to Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke that they must take immediate action and do everything they can to help hardworking Americans stay in their homes.
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Washington, D.C. -- As Congress prepares to address the economic crisis facing the domestic automobile industry, Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today concerning legislation under development by House Democrats:
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Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on deteriorating economic news, including a steep rise in foreclosures and increased number of Americans filing for jobless claims:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this morning after the Department of Labor released its employment report for October showing a loss of another 240,000 American jobs, bringing the total number of jobs lost this year to 1.2 million, and a 14-year high jobless rate of 6.5 percent:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding the passage of California Proposition 8:
"I am deeply disappointed by the passage of Proposition 8. This ballot measure takes away individual rights and freedoms, and is rooted in the politics of division.
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Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi today issued the following statement on third quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers, which shrank at a 0.3 percent annual rate in the July-September, marking the worst showing since the 2001 recession, and weekly applications for unemployment benefits, which remained at 478,000, near an all time high.