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November 6, 2007

Pelosi: Congress Invests in America’s Priorities and Delivers on Our Promise to Honor Our Veterans

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

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

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor tonight in support of the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education and Military Construction-Veteran Affairs Appropriations Conference Report, which the House is debating this evening. Below are her remarks as prepared:


November 6, 2007

Pelosi Statement on 2007 Becoming Deadliest Year in Iraq for American Troops

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

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

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after recent deaths made 2007 the deadliest year in Iraq for American troops. According to news reports, at least 852 American military personnel have died in Iraq this year, the highest annual toll since the war began in 2003:


November 1, 2007

Pelosi Statement on Restoration of HIV/AIDS Funding in Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill

Thursday, November 1, 2007

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

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today praising the decision by conferees for the fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill to maintain House language that will reduce severe, destabilizing HIV/AIDS funding cuts in 11 jurisdictions, including San Francisco:


October 30, 2007

Pelosi: ‘Today We Vow That Our Response to California Wildfires Will Not End Once Flames Are Extinguished’

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

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

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the floor this afternoon expressing her support for H.Res 778, to recognize and honor the first responders to the California wildfires last week. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:


October 30, 2007

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representatives Bobby Rush, Rosa DeLauro, Bart Stupak, and Diana DeGette and consumer advocate Donald Mays held a news conference in the Capitol this afternoon on Democratic efforts to promote consumer product and toy safety. Below are the Speaker’s opening remarks:

Tueesday, October 30, 2007

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


October 26, 2007

Pelosi Statement on Vote to Approve New Children’s Health Insurance Legislation

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

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

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leaders held a news conference in the Capitol this evening following the vote on the revised bipartisan SCHIP bill, which passed by a vote of 265 to 142. Below are the Speaker’s opening remarks:


October 24, 2007

Pelosi Statement on President’s Declaration of Southern California as Major Federal Disaster Area

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

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

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today about President Bush signing a declaration that the wildfires in Southern California have created a major federal disaster area:


October 23, 2007

Pelosi Statement on Senate Amendment to Cut HIV/AIDS Funding for San Francisco and Other Areas

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

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

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in response to today’s Senate vote in support of an amendment to the fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill that reinstates severe, destabilizing HIV/AIDS funding cuts in 11 jurisdictions, including San Francisco:


October 23, 2007

Pelosi Statement on California Wildfires

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

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

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon on the need for federal assistance to help fight the wildfires in California and help the hundreds of thousands of residents affected by the fires:


October 19, 2007

Pelosi Statement on Lights Out San Francisco

Friday, October 19, 2007

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

Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement regarding Lights Out San Francisco, a city-wide conservation event in which organizers are inviting the entire San Francisco community to install one compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) and turn off all non-essential lighting from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, October 20: