Sadly, we all awakened this morning to the very sad news of the EgyptAir plane going down. Of course, our prayers and thoughts are with the families, mostly Egyptians, French, and then some other countries, some children. They said even infants. So tragic, so sad.

“House Republicans are so committed to discriminating against LGBT Americans, that they broke regular order to force their Members to reverse their votes and support Republicans’ bigotry.”

“Today, three million of our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico are facing a desperate fiscal and public debt emergency that threatens their economy, their communities and their families. Only Congress can provide Puerto Rico with the tools it needs to emerge from this crisis.”

Former Republican Presidential candidate Marco Rubio blasted the House Republican Conference’s Zika funding proposal.

“ICE’s deportation actions raise significant concerns about whether the rights of due process and the safety of desperate families are being respected. House Democrats have consistently said that ICE must not proceed with deportations unless meaningful action is taken to address these problems.”

Washington, D.C. – Drew Hammill, spokesman for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, released the following statement on the addition of H.R. 897, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act to the suspension calendar for Tuesday.  In the 113th Congress, the legislation (H.R. 935) failed… Continue

“With every day that passes, the Benghazi Committee’s contempt for the truth becomes more blatant,” said Hammill. “As Leader McCarthy openly admitted and as Chairman Gowdy’s Chief Counsel’s statements make clear, the Committee has no interest in the facts of that tragic night, only in using taxpayer dollars to fabricate a brazen smear campaign against Hillary Clinton.”

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Members of the Republicans’ Select Committee to Attack Women’s Health held a press conference today.  Below is a transcript of the press conference.   Leader Pelosi.  Good morning, everyone.  As our Members… Continue

Some of you were with us yesterday when Members of our leadership talked about Mr. Trump’s comments being a direct continuation or reflection of what Republicans in the House have been saying all along.

Speaker Ryan and his House Republican Conference say they’re shocked at presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s appalling policies and despicable rhetoric. Yet for years, Republicans in Congress have advanced the same kind of extremist, reprehensible language and discriminatory legislation.