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February 6, 2008

Pelosi Statement on Lunar New Year

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in commemoration of Lunar New Year, which begins tomorrow, Thursday, February 7:

I am pleased to celebrate the Lunar New Year with Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) across the nation.


February 4, 2008

Pelosi Statement on President Bush?s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget

Monday, February 4, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in response to President Bush?s Fiscal Year 2009 budget:

?The American people expect our nation?s budget to chart a course that reflects their values and aspirations, makes critical investments in our future and is fiscally responsible. The President?s budget fails to meet those standards.


February 1, 2008

Pelosi: ‘Let Us Embrace Our Country’s Diversity and Sustain an Inclusive and United American Identity’

Friday, February 1, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in honor of Black History Month:


January 31, 2008

Pelosi: 'President Bush's Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Are Exactly the Wrong Medicine'

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today following news reports that President Bush plans large cuts in Medicare and Medicaid when he unveils his fiscal 2009 budget next week:


January 31, 2008

Pelosi Statement on Halting U.S. Surge Troop Reductions

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in reaction to news reports that gradual reductions in U.S. surge troops in Iraq could be halted this summer:

"Halting the modest reduction in U.S. surge troop levels that has been underway in Iraq demonstrates the President's insistence on a war without end and will further undermine our military readiness.


January 28, 2008

Pelosi Statement on Coast Guard’s Incident Specific Preparedness Review of San Francisco Bay Oil Spill

Monday, January 28, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C.â€" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in response to today’s release of the Coast Guard’s Incident Specific Preparedness Review assessing their response to November’s oil spill in San Francisco Bay:


January 25, 2008

Pelosi Statement on Investment in California Communities by ZeroDivide and AT&T

Friday, January 25, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616

San Francisco â€" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today as ZeroDivide announced $1 million investment for technology programs in underserved California communities matched by a $1 million investment from AT&T:


January 23, 2008

Pelosi Statement Urging Override of President’s Veto of State Children’s Health Insurance Bill

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616


January 22, 2008

Pelosi Statement on the 35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C.â€"Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the 35th anniversary of Roe V. Wade:

â€Å"Today we recognize the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wadeâ€"a cornerstone of the women’s reproductive rights.

â€Å"On this day in 1973, the Supreme Court recognized that a woman has the power and fundamental right to choose what happens to her body and, by extension, her future.


January 22, 2008

Pelosi Statement on Today’s Emergency Rate Cut by the Federal Reserve Board

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Contact:Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C.â€"Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the Federal Reserve Board issued an emergency rate cut of a key interest rate by 3/4 of a percentage point: