Archive: 2012

‘It’s okay to eat ice cream while you’re riding a bike,’ Pelosi told The Huffington Post during an interview earlier this month, adding that her favorite flavor is New York Super Fudge Chunk. ‘If you can’t eat ice cream while you’re doing it, why would you do it?’

“Congressman Akin’s statement is another manifestation of the total disregard and disrespect of women by Republican leaders.”

Democrats have been united in fighting back against Republicans’ efforts to end the traditional Medicare guarantee. Watch: Rep. Paul Ryan has led House Republicans in voting to end the Medicare guarantee, which increases costs on seniors in order to give tax breaks… Continue

“Nancy Pelosi, House minority leader, was soon to head home to San Francisco for a much needed August recess. But first she sat down with me for an interview, reflecting on her years in the House, beginning 25 years ago. One of the most important moments for her was that first speech. “The most exciting speech that I made,” she said, “was about AIDS. I came here to fight against HIV and AIDS, and here we are 25 years later.” With the International AIDS Conference meeting, Pelosi took the floor just last month to urge Congress “to recommit ourselves to a world without HIV/AIDS.”

House Republicans rang the recess bell earlier this month and left behind a long list of unfinished business including a jobs agenda, middle class tax cuts, and the farm bill. Their unwillingness to work with President Obama and their failure to get… Continue

“Today, because of the strong action of President Obama, Secretary Napolitano, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, is an extraordinarily hopeful day for more than a million young people raised and educated here in America but left in legal limbo through no fault of their own.”

77 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law. As a result, seniors were rescued from poverty and the middle class was strengthened. Congressman Xavier Becerra’s office put together this helpful timeline to remind us of Social Security’s achievements:… Continue

Congressional Republicans have been making the rounds in their districts, but there is one topic that they can’t run away from: their vote for the Ryan budget to end Medicare as we know it while shifting costs to seniors. While the GOP… Continue

“With the creation of Social Security 77 years ago, our nation made a commitment to the dignity and retirement security of America’s seniors.”

“Congressman Dennis Cardoza has been a valued member of our caucus and the Congress and his leadership will be missed.”