Archive: 2012

Congressional Republicans have so far chosen to stand with millionaires instead of the middle class. And despite the GOP’s debt ceiling debacle which unquestionably hurt our economy last year, Speaker Boehner is gearing up to do it again. In a column for Bloomberg,… Continue

“Democrats and President Obama have supported a grand bargain to spur our economy and reduce our deficit in a balanced way. We hope Republicans return to negotiations after walking away. Until then, we must not allow the middle class and small businesses to pay the price. We must invest in jobs and growth, as we reduce the deficit and restore certainty for Americans.”

“Although she was born into a powerful Baltimore political family, Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress for the past quarter century, once believed she’d never run for office.”

“Welcome back to the Capitol. I hope that you had an, enjoyable is not the word, but a productive Memorial Day weekend as we honor those who keep us the home of the brave and the land of the free. Our men and women in uniform and their families sacrifice so much for us. Every day is Veteran’s Day for us here. And the days that we pay tribute to those who are in service now, and those who have given their lives, on Memorial Day, and then other days of the year, we take time to honor them.”

“Thank you very much, Congressman Becerra, for your kind introduction, for your invitation to be here today, for your tremendous leadership in the Congress of the United States. This district is very well served and well led by your leadership in the Congress. Congressman Becerra is the Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, he’s a powerful Member of the Ways and Means Committee, and because he has the confidence of his colleagues in the Congress, has served on every budget discussion that we’ve had – whether it was Simpson-Bowles, whether it was the Biden group, whether it was the Supercommittee that met toward the end of last year. In every coming together, we wanted our very best on the committee, most knowledgeable, values-based person who, again, had the confidence of our colleagues to make the difficult decisions. And these decisions are difficult.”

This afternoon, House Democrats held a hearing, co-chaired by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Congressman George Miller (D-CA), to discuss the need for legislation that gives rights to employees to challenge and eliminate pay discrimination in the workplace. The Paycheck Fairness Act,… Continue

“But the fact is that, unless we embrace science, all the things, it’s a national security issue how we defend our country, how we preserve God’s precious gift to us, this planet, how we preserve that, how we advance health wise, how we compete [for] jobs [and] the rest. We really have to – we really have to win this fight as to what the role science is and it is certainly not contradictory to being God-given.”

To:  Congressional Republicans Fr:   Democratic Leader’s Press Office Dt:   May 29, 2012 Re:  Why Wait? We both agree that taxes should not be hiked on America’s middle class.  So why wait to provide American families and small businesses certainty? House… Continue

“In every generation, the members of our armed forces pay any price and bear any burden to preserve the safety of the American people and communities abroad. Throughout our history, they have stormed beaches and fought in the trenches; delivered aid in the wake of disaster and served as our ambassadors around the world; defeated the forces of tyranny and strengthened the forces of liberty. They have put their lives on the line to make the world safe for democracy.”

”Yesterday’s court ruling again affirms that the equal protection of our laws extend to all Americans under our Constitution, and there is no legitimate federal interest in denying same-sex couples the legal security, rights, and responsibilities guaranteed to all married couples. In ruling DOMA unconstitutional, the district court found that the arguments of Speaker Boehner’s taxpayer-funded lawyers did not demonstrate the furtherance of any legitimate federal interest.”