Archive: 2018

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.  I thank the gentleman for yielding.  I thank him for his extraordinary leadership and articulating what is right, what honors our oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, the separation of power contained therein, and the integrity of our judicial system.  

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center.  Below are the Leader’s remarks:

Today, President Trump is in Speaker Ryan’s Wisconsin district attending a closed-door fundraiser and touting the GOP tax scam for the rich at the groundbreaking of a new facility owned by Foxconn, a multinational company headquartered in Taiwan… just days after Harley Davidson, an American company headquartered a mere thirty miles away in Milwaukee, announced they would be shifting motorcycle manufacturing overseas.    

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined House and Senate Democrats and labor leaders to announce a major legislative proposal to respond to the Janus decision and guarantee the right for public employees to organize, act concertedly and bargain collectively in states that currently do not afford these basic protections.  Below are the Leader’s remarks:

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today named House Democrats to serve on a conference committee of the House and Senate versions of the Minibus Appropriations bill.

 Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi testified at the House Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform hearing entitled ‘How to Significantly Reform the Budget and Appropriations Process.’  Below are the Leader’s remarks:

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today named House Democrats to serve on a conference committee of the House and Senate versions of the FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA):

“With the resignation of Justice Kennedy, President Trump and Senate Republicans now threaten to destroy a generation of progress for women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, civil rights, workers’ rights and health care.  

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined her fellow House Democrats and people with pre-existing conditions for a press event to condemn Republicans’ latest attacks on protections for people with pre-existing conditions, building up to the 6th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act.  Below are the Leader’s remarks:

“Last week, so-called moderate Republicans folded and destroyed the best chance Congress had to provide a bipartisan, permanent legislative fix – and all they have to show for it is a failed bill of staggering cruelty that would have sold out Dreamers, families, asylum seekers and children at the border.