“To address the long-term threat posed by Ebola, we must come together on a bipartisan basis, as we did to combat HIV/AIDS, to provide the necessary funding to our public health agencies.”

“Six years ago, our nation was confronted with the greatest economic disaster since the Great Depression. In those dark days, Democrats stepped up and put our economy back on track.”

You read the headline correctly. Forty-two percent of working women cite equal pay as their top issue!

U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi donned an apron Thursday to cook up some yogurt-based ranch dressing with television chef Tom Colicchio at San Francisco’s Mission High School to show support for healthy food in schools.

Think the Affordable Care Act is not working? Think again. HHS announced today that, for the second year in a row, there will be no increase in the Medicare Part B premium in 2015, in part due to the ACA!

The Speaker is an expert in frivolous lawsuits – in fact, he and the GOP spent $2.3 million in taxpayer dollars defending discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) – losing in each case in which he intervened.

“Today’s announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services is just the latest evidence that the Affordable Care Act is working, holding down costs and improving the quality of care for seniors across the country.”

Drew Hammill, spokesman for Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, said: “The latest Republican shutdown threat proves the GOP learned nothing from last year’s Tea Party tantrum that cost the U.S. economy $24 billion and 120,000 jobs. It’s time for Speaker Boehner to stop monkeying around and put an end to the reckless shutdown talk.”

Instead of stating the obvious by choosing distraction, dysfunction and obstruction, join Democrats in jumpstarting the middle class for all Americans, Speaker Boehner.

“Today’s action by the Supreme Court to decline challenges to marriage equality victories in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin represents progress for all Americans. As we celebrate the cascade of decisions in favor of marriage equality, we must renew our determination to sweep discriminatory laws into the dustbin of history.”