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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush's decision to posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week to former House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, who passed away this past February:

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Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Equal Pay Act:

"Exactly 45 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, recognizing that the right to equal pay for equal work is a fundamental value.

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Washington, D.C. -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in response to Senate Republicans blocking consideration of the Consumer-First Energy Act and the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008:

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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel announced this afternoon that legislation extending unemployment insurance benefits for the long-term jobless will be acted on swiftly by the House.

The House Ways and Means Committee has already passed the legislation to aid millions of workers who have lost their jobs in the struggling economy.

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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement as the price of oil by the barrel reached $139, an $11 increase from yesterday â€" the largest one-day increase in history:

"With crude oil prices reaching another record high today, Democrats in Congress are fighting to reverse seven years of Bush-Cheney energy policies that have driven up the price at the pump for Americans struggling to make ends meet.

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Washington, D.C. -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today a Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration grant of $1.35 million for the replacement of Doyle Drive in San Francisco:

"This award is a significant step forward for San Francisco and the Bay Area. Funding will be used to replace an aging and unsafe roadway with a new parkway connecting the City of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Presidio.

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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement after the Department of Labor released its employment report for May showing a loss of 49,000 jobs, and an unemployment rate that increased to 5.5 percent - the biggest monthly rise since 1986. The economy has lost nearly 325,000 since the beginning of the year:

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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the House voted 233 to 189 to pass the AMT Relief Act (H.R. 6275), which provides $62 billion of tax relief to families that would otherwise have been forced to pay the Alternative Minimum Tax.