San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on Republicans’ balanced budget constitutional amendment, which is expected to be considered by the House of Representatives next week:

“EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s tenure has been a part of the Trump Administration’s culture of corruption, cronyism and incompetence. Pruitt must resign.

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Labor Department announced that the economy created just 103,000 jobs in March:

Today, President Trump heads to West Virginia in another attempt to sell the GOP tax scam – a bill that ultimately raises taxes on 86 million middle class families.

“President Trump continues to use every cynical political trick in the book to ignite anti-immigrant fervor. His needless militarization of the border is motivated purely by political calculation, not our national security.

“The 2018 CMS report provides fresh evidence of the needless premium increases due to Republicans’ sabotage and the power of the Affordable Care Act to protect families from skyrocketing costs.

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement marking the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:

Yesterday at an event in Texas, Speaker Ryan recycled his favorite talking points about the GOP tax scam.

“The Trump Administration’s giveaway to big polluters is a startling attack on the clean air our children breathe, and a clear rejection of common-sense scientific truths.  Under the GOP’s dirty energy agenda, our communities will be choked with more carbon pollution, and millions of hard-working Americans will lose billions of dollars and pay more at the pump.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will lead a delegation of Democrats to the Middle East beginning Saturday with stops in Israel and Jordan. Ten House Democrats will accompany Pelosi on the trip, which will focus on “global and regional security and… Continue