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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the House passed the fiscal year 2009 Defense Authorization bill, which will provide the necessary resources to improve our military readiness and provide our service members in harm's way with the best gear and force protection possible. The bill passed by a vote of 392 to 39:

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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 2638, the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, which funds certain government operations at last year's levels through March 6, 2009. The bill passed by a vote of 370 to 58:

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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening in strong support of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which just passed the House by a vote of 376 to 47:

"Today, the vote by the House this evening has given hope and help to the millions of American families dealing with mental illness and addiction. This significant accomplishment will help ensure that those suffering can receive the often lifesaving treatment they need.

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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the House passed the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights legislation by a vote of 312 to 112:

"With the economic security of the American families in jeopardy, Democrats have been clear that we must insulate Main Street from the crisis on Wall Street. Central to our efforts is ending unfair lending practices by the credit card industry.

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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leadership, and Chairman Barney Frank of the House Financial Services Committee discussed the continuing negotiations with the Administration on legislation to address the financial markets crisis. Below are the Speaker's remarks:

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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today as Congress and the White House work to craft legislation to address the crisis in our financial markets:

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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on a sweeping legislative proposal by the Bush Administration to confront the historic financial crisis:

"Congress is reviewing the Bush Administration's proposal to address the extraordinary crisis in our financial markets. It's clear that the Administration has requested that Congress authorize, in very short order, sweeping and unprecedented powers for the Treasury Secretary to confront a financial crisis of historic proportions.

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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on comments by Senator John McCain advocating deregulation of the health insurance market. In the September/October issue of Contingencies, the magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries, McCain wrote: "Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation."