111th Congress
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Pelosi issued the following statement today after Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced $727 million in grants to community health centers across the nation, including more than $4 million to San Francisco’s South of Market Health Center and $91.5 million for California, as part of the Affordable Care Act.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the private sector added 64,000 jobs in September, marking the ninth consecutive month of private sector growth, and totaling 863,000 this year:
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the announcement that prominent Chinese dissident and activist Liu Xiaobo has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Last year, Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power” after he authored Charter 08, an online petition by Chinese citizens calling on the Chinese government to improve its policies on democracy and human rights:
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San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi today toured the McRoskey Mattress Company, a family-owned San Francisco mattress manufacturer, and discussed the “Make It in America” agenda with owner Robin Azevedo and Mark Dwight, founder of SFMade, which is focused on building San Francisco’s economic base by developing the local manufacturing sector.
“Thank you very much Mark and Robin. It is wonderful to be here with you. It is always wonderful to be home in San Francisco.
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Washington, DC – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the Obama Administration’s announced U.S. pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The announcement of a $4 billion commitment over the next three years was made by U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby at the Global Fund pledging conference currently being held in New York:
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Pelosi issued the following statement after the Department of Transportation announced two State of Good Repair Grants totaling $43.8 million for transportation projects in San Francisco.
“As our nation’s infrastructure ages, it is increasingly crucial that we ensure our public transit remains in a state of good repair, so that it can continue to provide safe, efficient, and reliable transportation for millions of Americans and thousands of San Franciscans every day.
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after Congress passed, and President Obama signed, an extension until the end of fiscal year 2011 of single family loan limits for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The extension of these loan limits will ensure that families across America will continue to have access to affordable mortgages, and will also provide a boost to the ongoing recovery of the nation’s housing market.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Pelosi issued the following statement today after the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) at the Department of Health and Human Services announced $473 million in Recovery Act grants to support research into patient-centered outcomes.