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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the Labor Department's announcement that inflation reached a 17-year high last month, due in part to skyrocketing energy and food prices. Consumer prices in July were 5.6 percent above their level of July 2007.
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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after President Bush signed into law the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act passed by Congress late last month. The legislation gives the Consumer Product Safety Commission the resources, authority, and oversight it needs to protect children from lead, dangerous toys, and other unsafe products.
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Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding Russian military action in Georgia:
"The future of Georgia should be decided by the Georgian people."
"The sooner Russian military action ceases, Russian forces are withdrawn, and Georgia's borders are respected, the sooner a settlement of Georgia's internal disputes can be achieved and regional security enhanced."
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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in reaction to the Department of Labor's announcement today on weekly jobless claims. The Department reported that first time claims for unemployment benefits rose to 455,000 - the highest number since the 2001 recession:
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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the Chinese government revoked a visa for Olympic gold medalist and Team Darfur co-founder Joey Cheek:
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, other senior Members of Congress, and families impacted by unsafe toys joined together at an enrollment ceremony today for the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. This bill, which now goes to President Bush for his signature into law, gives the Consumer Product Safety Commission the resources, authority, and oversight it needs to protect children from lead, dangerous toys and other unsafe products.
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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the House passed the fiscal year 2009 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill by a strong bipartisan vote of 409 to 4. The bill builds on the historic increases for veterans and troops passed into law last year, which was the largest funding increase in the 77-year history of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to President Bush, ahead of his trip to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, urging him to make human rights and freedom of the press in China top priorities of his visit.
Below is a text of the letter:
August 1, 2008
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Dear President Bush:
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi today issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released its employment report for July showing a loss of 51,000 jobs, and an unemployment rate that climbed to 5.7 percent - the highest since March 2004. The economy has lost 463,000 jobs in the past seven months: