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Washington, D.C. -- This morning, Speaker Nancy Pelosi participated in a Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation hearing on the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General investigation into the Cosco Busan oil spill. Speaking on the importance of the Bay, Pelosi said: "For our community the San Francisco Bay is a value system as well as an ecosystem." Pelosi submitted the following statement in the record:
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter this afternoon to President Bush in advance of his speech to the nation tomorrow morning on the war in Iraq. In the letter, Pelosi urged the President to answer the following questions on the war and our nation's security:
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel held a news conference immediately following their Democratic Caucus meeting this morning. Below are the Speaker's opening remarks, on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement:
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor tonight to urge the passage of her resolution in support of Tibet, H.R. 1077. Below are the Speaker's remarks, as prepared:
"Thank you Chairman Howard Berman and Ranking Member Ileana Ros Lehtinen for your bipartisan support in bringing this resolution to the floor this evening.
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today regarding the Olympic torch relay's planned route tomorrow through the City of San Francisco, the only city in North America to host the torch:
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on testimony today of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the war in Iraq:
"It is clear from today's testimony by General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker that the Iraqi government remains unwilling or unable to take the steps necessary to reach the political reconciliation needed to secure their country's future.
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on the National Low Income Housing Coalition's annual report titled "Out of Reach" on the state of the rental housing market for low- and moderate-income families:
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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel issued the following statement today on the announcement by President Bush that he will send the Colombia Tree Trade Agreement to Congress tomorrow:
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the troubling jobs report from the Labor Department, which showed that the U.S. economy lost 80,000 jobs in March, the largest monthly job decline in nearly five years. In addition, the January and February job loss numbers were revised downward:
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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after she and members of the bipartisan Congressional Delegation that met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government-in-Exile in India introduced House Resolution 1077. The Resolution, which calls on the Chinese government to end its crackdown in Tibet and to enter into a substantive dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, will be on the House floor next week. Attached is the resolution.