Archive: 2017

Good morning, everyone!  As you may have observed by the bells and other signals, the Senate has votes right now so they’ve asked us – although we’re on the Senate side – the House members to open this important coming together of leaders in the academic community who support the DREAM Act.

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement after Senate Republicans voted to roll back a key consumer protection safeguarding Americans’ right to sue credit card companies and banks.  The House- and Senate-passed bill will now go to the White House, where President Trump is expected to sign it:

Pelosi, Schumer To President: If You Choose Not To Veto Bill, You Might As Well Hold Signing Ceremony With Former CEOs of Wells Fargo, Equifax & Special Interests On White House Lawn

“They think that the rich are going to benefit? … Well, the rich are going to always benefit.  The question is: What works?” – Senator Orrin Hatch What ‘works’?  Certainly not the GOP tax cuts for the rich.  A new Reuters poll… Continue

Thank you my colleague Congressman Espaillat, for your leadership in bringing the brides here, so we can stand against domestic violence.

Republicans plan to pass a budget this week that devastates America’s investments in good-paying jobs, growing wages and the bedrock promise of a secure and healthy retirement – nothing more than a shortcut to the Ryan-McConnell tax plan’s deficit-exploding, multi-trillion dollar tax breaks for the wealthiest.

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks of the Floor on the House of Representatives to express her appreciation for the first responders to the wildfires in California and her opposition to the Republicans’ job-killing, seniors-betraying budget which paves the way for a billionaires-first tax plan.  Below are the Leader’s remarks:

Today on Fox Business, House Budget Committee Chairwoman Diane Black tried to sell the Ryan McConnell tax plan under the false pretense that it ‘socks it’ to the rich.  However, the Tax Policy Center’s analysis shows the highest-income households would in fact reap the most rewards in tax cuts while millions of middle class working families would see an increase in their taxes.  

This morning, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Joy Ann Reid on MSNBC’s AM Joy to discuss Republicans’ flawed Ryan-McConnell Tax Plan for Billionaires, which would cut taxes for the wealthy few on the backs of hard-working American families.  She also highlighted Democrats’ commitment to offering A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future by creating good-paying, full-time jobs, lowering the cost of living and building an economy that gives Americans the tools to succeed.

The White House’s spiteful decision to singlehandedly hike Americans’ premiums by 20 percent was cruel, malicious and unlawful.  Regardless of whether President Trump likes it or not, the Affordable Care Act requires the executive branch to make the cost-sharing reduction payments vital to lowering Americans’ premiums.  The District Court should issue the only ruling consistent with the text and structure of the Affordable Care Act: that the Administration must immediately resume making these premium-lowering payments.