“Twenty-five years ago, a people rose up in Tiananmen Square to demand their rights, to demand dignity and respect, to demand a voice. They wanted an end to corruption and a beginning of real economic and political reform. They wanted freedom of expression and assembly. They wanted a dialogue and progress – and they were demonstrating peacefully when tanks came rolling down the street toward the square. A young man stood alone before them, an image of defiance, of determination, of courage, seared into our minds forever.”

How did Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact and Washington Post’s Fact Checker take Speaker Boehner and Republicans’ misleading claims and distorted facts about President Obama’s bold actions to combat carbon pollution?

“Climate change is one of the most pressing dangers facing us today. This accelerating crisis threatens our coasts, our crops and our communities – and its damaging and destabilizing effects are already being felt across our nation and around the world.”

The crisis of climate change is felt across our nation and around the world. Today, President Obama’s Administration proposed a bold plan to responsibly reduce carbon pollution and safeguard our children’s health.

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the announcement that U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has been released by the Taliban in Afghanistan: “Today is a joyful day for our nation.  As Sgt. Bergdahl returns home,… Continue

“As we mark LGBT Pride Month, we celebrate the progress we’ve made in the fight for equality and renew our commitment to upholding America’s most treasured of values: that all men and women are endowed with the unalienable right to pursue happiness, no matter what they look like or who they love.”

“Secretary Eric Shinseki is a leader, a hero, and a public servant of great valor and great sacrifice. He has served our nation in uniform as an officer, a General, and Army Chief of Staff. He has served our men and women in uniform, and their families, as head of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He has dedicated his life and career to the security of our country and the well-being of our troops and veterans.”

“Mr. Speaker, thank you for bringing us together. Congressman Smith, thank you for your leadership, as well as Frank Wolf, our dear friend. We were on the floor together yesterday. I’m honored to be here with both of you, and with my colleagues from the House also: Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Walz, and Mr. McGovern – Mr. McGovern being the Chair of the Lantos Human Rights Commission. And we’re honored that Mrs. Lantos is with us. Thank you, Annette, for the leadership of your family. To Xiong Yan and Chai Ling: thank you for your courage, for your sacrifice, for staying true to the memory and message of Tiananmen Square.”

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the House passed a bipartisan amendment – sponsored by Congressmen Mike Thompson and Peter King, and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty – to invest an additional $19.5 million to help states… Continue

“Congress must act without delay to reduce gun violence across our country, and we have an opportunity now with two bipartisan initiatives: one, the bipartisan amendment, Thompson, King, and Esty, to add $19.5 million to help states improve submissions to the national background check system. This is a system that works. It has bipartisan support on the bill. Today on the floor we are going to try to add that funding. Bipartisan – there is a bipartisan Thompson-King bill you are familiar with to expand and strengthen Brady background checks nationwide. One hundred eighty-nine Members are on the bill.”