111th Congress
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on a report from the National Bureau of Economic Research declaring that the Bush recession ended in June 2009:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after President Obama announced the appointment of Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren as Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury to oversee the establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a centerpiece of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act passed and signed into law earlier this year:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement after the Senate voted 61 to 38 this afternoon to pass the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act, which creates jobs, cuts small business taxes, and offers a critical source of affordable capital to Main Street businesses:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE Awards Ceremony this morning at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. The X PRIZE is awarded to the first team to build a car that gets at least 100 MPG equivalent in real world driving, is safe, and offers consumers more efficient vehicle choices. Below are the Speaker’s remarks as prepared for delivery.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Below is a statement from Nadeam Elshami, spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in response to news stories today following the Speaker’s news conference.
“The Speaker has made her position abundantly clear and has repeatedly said that she supports President Obama’s middle class tax cuts.
“The Speaker is opposed to extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent because they add hundreds of billions to the deficit and do not create jobs.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Republican Leader John Boehner, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and Members of Congress were joined by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for a Congressional Remembrance Ceremony today on the steps of the Capitol to pay tribute to the thousands of Americans whose lives were taken on September 11, 2001.
Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins today and runs through October 15:
“Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to honor the achievements of Hispanic Americans in all facets of our national life – in politics and public service, in business and education, in music and the arts – and to celebrate the contributions of the Hispanic community to our history, heritage, and culture.