“Boosting America’s competitiveness is essential to our economic recovery today and our economic strength for generations to come. With progress on the reauthorization of the COMPETES Act, Congress is moving forward to create prosperity, expand markets for American products, reassert our leadership throughout the world in the decades to come, and give future generations greater opportunity to achieve the American Dream.”

“The nomination of Dr. Janet Yellen for Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve brings pride to San Franciscans. We know well her deep experience and expertise and have great confidence in her abilities to bring smart, sound economic policy to the Fed.”

“Today, America’s largest insurers acted even sooner than the health insurance reform bill we passed required to end the shameful practice of dropping people’s coverage when they get sick.”

“This afternoon, Republicans announced they will finally allow the Senate to move forward with an open debate over how to protect taxpayers from the recklessness of Wall Street. Now Republicans face the real test: will they continue to stand with Big Banks and special interests and push for a weaker bill – or will they join Democrats to pass strong legislation that defends Main Street and the middle class.”

“Today, the House took two critical steps forward to save U.S. taxpayers tens of billions of dollars and to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending. Democrats are building on our commitment to restore fiscal responsibility and accountability after years of mismanagement by the Bush Administration.”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to committee chairs requesting that each of the committees continue to conduct “oversight of all aspects of federal spending and government operations to help achieve deficit reduction and long-term fiscal responsibility.”

“For the third straight day, Senate Republicans sided with Wall Street over Main Street. Republican leaders chose obstruction and delay over progress for the middle class, threatening to take our country back to the failed Bush policies that cost us 8 million jobs and decimated the retirements, college savings, and homes of America’s families.”

“Today, UnitedHealthcare became the second major health insurer to take action even sooner than the law requires to end the shameful practice of dropping people’s health coverage when they get sick.”

“The failure of Republicans to oversee our financial system resulted in a financial crisis that cost our country 8 million jobs and produced the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Yet, at every opportunity, Republicans choose to protect Big Banks and Wall Street, say no to common-sense reforms, and reject sound solutions to strengthen oversight of our financial system.”

WellPoint’s announcement that it will move more quickly than the law requires to halt the shameful practice of dropping people when they get sick is a clear indication that the health insurance reform legislation passed by Democrats in Congress was the right thing to do and is making a difference for families nationwide.