Archive: 2017

After weeks of President Trump and Congressional Republicans pushing their cruel and heartless Trumpcare bill, it turns out President Trump still can’t believe how hard health care is – here’s what he said to reporters last night on Air Force One:

Washington – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Rep. Susan Davis, Ranking Member of the Education Committee Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training; Rep. Lois Frankel, Co-Chair of the Democratic Womens’ Working Group; Rep. Brenda Lawrence, Co-Chair of the Democratic Womens’ Working Group; Rep. Jackie Speier, Communications and Policy Chair of the Democratic Women’s Working Group; Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, and Rep. Ann McLane Kuster to respond to reports that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is moving to weaken federal policies to enforce Title IX and combat campus sexual assault. Below are the Leader’s remarks:

The latest Trumpcare text from the Senate shows Republicans are just making this monstrous bill worse. Somehow, Republicans have devised an even grimmer future for Americans with pre-existing conditions.

The only thing worse than the Trump Administration’s math is their intentions. The Trump Budget’s catastrophic cuts would devastate our nation’s investments in jobs, wages and families just to hand more tax breaks to billionaires, and still leave a yawning deficit. Investments in better jobs, better skills, and better wages for America’s families are the only path to real deficit reduction.

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement following reports of the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner and Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo. As Speaker, Pelosi attended the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, as part of the official delegation on behalf of Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia.

Republicans should be ashamed: instead of protecting the men and women who risk their lives to defend our freedoms, they are fighting to rip away the health care of thousands of brave servicemembers. This cowardly Republican amendment targeting transgender men and women in uniform effectively bans these patriotic Americans from serving their country. This disgusting amendment is unprecedented, unacceptable and undermines our national security.

This morning, Speaker Ryan claimed, “We’re well on our way on appropriations.”

That’s funny, because it’s July, and Republicans have yet to pass a single appropriations bill. There’s also been no jobs bill, no infrastructure bill, no budget, and no plan to avert a catastrophic default on the full faith and credit of the United States. Instead, House GOP has unveiled a bill that includes $1.6 billion in taxpayer funds for President Trump’s immoral, ineffective and expensive border wall.

Washington, D.C. — Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after a group of 10 House Democrats, led by the New Democrat Coalition Affordable and Accessible Health Care Task Force, released a set of proposals targeted at stabilizing health insurance markets and bringing down the cost of healthcare for all Americans:

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee has recommended to the Democratic Caucus that Congressman Jimmy Panetta of California be appointed to the House Armed Services Committee. The full Democratic Caucus is expected to consider the nomination tomorrow.

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee has recommended to the Democratic Caucus that Congressman Jimmy Panetta of California be appointed to the House Armed Services Committee. The full Democratic Caucus is expected to consider the nomination tomorrow.