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Pelosi: 'We Secured a Victory for America's Children Tonight'
Friday, December 16, 2005
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement tonight on Democrats' victory on a motion by Congressman John Spratt of South Carolina to instruct budget reconciliation conferees to reject draconian cuts in Medicaid, student loans, child support enforcement, and food aid offered in the Republican spending bill. The motion passed by a vote of 246 to 175.
Pelosi: Congress Must Get the Truth on Detainee Treatment at Clandestine Detention Facilities
Friday, December 16, 2005
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today supporting a motion to instruct conferees on the Department of Defense Authorization bill. The motion requiring the Director of National Intelligence to report any clandestine prison or detention facilities was offered by Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO) and passed by a vote of 228 to 187:
Pelosi Statement at Chinatown YMCA Groundbreaking
December 15, 2005
Contact: Dan Bernal or Melanie Nutter (415) 556-4862
San Francisco -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today as Chinatown community members and supporters attended the Groundbreaking Ceremony for San Francisco's new Chinatown YMCA:
Pelosi: Majority's Pension Bill Will Increase Retirement Insecurity for Millions of Americans
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the Republican pension bill that will worsen the crisis in the private pension system and increase the chances that American workers will lose pension benefits:
Pelosi: Reauthorization of Patriot Act a Massive Invasion of Privacy
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon in opposition to extension of provisions of the USA Patriot Act because they would curtail individual liberties. The bill passed the House but faces an uncertain future in the Senate. Below are Pelosi’s remarks:
Pelosi Response to President Bush’s Latest Speech on Iraq
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to President Bush’s speech on Iraq at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington:
Pelosi: ‘Congress Must Stay in Session Until We Get Our Job Done for the American People’
Monday, December 12 2005
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this morning insisting that Congress address skyrocketing home heating costs, the complicated Medicare prescription drug program, and Katrina rebuilding before they adjourn this week. Below are her remarks:
Pelosi Statement on the Death of Former Senator Eugene McCarthy
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening on the death of former Senator Eugene McCarthy:
?All Americans are grateful for Eugene McCarthy?s great leadership and service to our country and admired his principles, compassion, and humor. Senator McCarthy?s passionate commitment to ending the war in Vietnam and to social justice inspired a generation to action.
Pelosi: 'Patriot Act Conference Report Does Not Secure Right Balance Between National Security and Civil Liberties'
Friday, December 9, 2005
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the partisan USA Patriot Act House-Senate conference report that was filed last night by the Republican majority, without the signature of any Democratic conferee:
Pelosi Statement on International Human Rights Day
Friday, December 9, 2005
Contact: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement to commemorate International Human Rights Day which falls on December 10th every year: