Archive: 2017

Trumpcare’s assault on seniors and working families is indefensible and Republicans on both sides of the Capitol know it. In the House, Republicans raced to pass Trumpcare before the CBO could expose its staggering consequences. Now in the Senate, Republicans are once again racing toward a vote on a secret bill to blindside the American people.

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai opposing the FCC’s proposal to reclassify broadband as a service under Title I of the Communications Act. Leader Pelosi also requested a public hearing in San Francisco on the FCC’s harmful plan to dismantle consumer protections on the internet.

Almost five months into the Trump Administration, House Republicans still haven’t met their most basic responsibility to pass a budget. The House GOP is now months behind the statutory budget deadline, deeply divided but unwilling to abandon their budget giveaways to the richest few.

Two years ago, nine innocent men and women were gunned down at Bible study in one of the nation’s oldest black congregations. The memory of this horrific act of racial hatred is made all the more painful by the other events of this week: the attack on Members of Congress in Virginia, the shooting that killed three people in San Francisco, and the one-year remembrance of the Pulse shooting that killed 49 people in Orlando.

As Senate Republicans work secretly in back rooms on their version of Trumpcare, no one seems to know what’s in it.  It’s being crafted with such secrecy, even HHS Secretary Tom Price has not seen the bill.  And it turns out, we’re… Continue

Today, President Trump announced a job-killing Cuba policy that chokes off vital, growing commercial links between the U.S. and Cuba. This short-sighted decision is a disaster for American workers, destroying newly-created American jobs, freezing future business deals and hurting American farmers and agribusinesses who want to export to Cuba.

Jim Graham was a trailblazing champion for LGBT equality and a towering hero in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic, Jim’s determined leadership of the Whitman-Walker Clinic provided a beacon of compassion, healing and hope. With his boundless energy and strength, Jim boldly confronted the stigma facing those with HIV and drove vital progress in treatment and support.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, Assistant Democratic Leader, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address.  In this week’s address, Assistant Leader Clyburn wished House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and those involved in the Alexandria baseball practice shooting a complete… Continue

Today, Leader Pelosi joined Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss the need to come together in support of Whip Steve Scalise and the other victims of the shooting that took place at the Congressional baseball practice in Virginia. She highlighted the heroism of the Capitol Police, and said that everyone will be on Team Scalise during the Congressional Baseball game tonight.

Almost five months into the Trump Administration, the American people still have not seen Republicans put forward a single concrete legislative proposal to create more good-paying jobs and raise wages for hard-working Americans.