President Trump Claim: “Our massive tax cuts provide tremendous relief for the middle class and small businesses… Since we passed tax cuts, roughly 3 million workers have already gotten tax cut bonuses – many of them thousands of dollars per worker.” [State of the Union, 1/30/18]

President Trump Claim: “All Americans deserve accountability and respect — and that is what we are giving them.  So tonight, I call on the Congress to empower every Cabinet Secretary with the authority to reward good workers — and to remove Federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people.” [State of the Union, 1/30/18]

President Trump Claim: “Since the election, we have created 2.4 million new jobs, including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone. After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages. Unemployment claims have hit a 45-year low…African-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded, and Hispanic American unemployment has also reached the lowest levels in history.” [State of the Union, 1/30/18]

Leader Pelosi.  Aren’t we proud of our Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus [Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham] for her courage and her leadership.  Thank you.  Thank you. 

“I am delighted to learn that Mayor Mark Farrell has appointed County Clerk Catherine Stefani to serve as Supervisor for District Two.  Catherine is the bold leader we need to represent my home district in City Hall.  She is a gun violence prevention leader, former prosecutor and dedicated public servant.  She has worked at City Hall since 2007, after serving San Jose Vice Mayor Cindy Chavez and California Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson.  Catherine, her husband Chris and children Dominic and Gigi are respected volunteers in our community.

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced her guests for tonight’s State of the Union address by President Trump.

Last month, Pfizer – a big drug company pocketing a big tax cut from the GOP tax scam – laid off 300 workers.

Today, Pfizer announced just how massive the tax cut is: an $11 billion gain from the GOP tax scam.

So … what happened to the ‘higher growth, higher wages, and more JOBS?’

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement after the Trump Administration refused to impose new sanctions on Russia, after missing the October statutory deadline for providing the Congress with details of Russian sanctions targets:

Tonight, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi appeared on CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time with Chris Cuomo where she spoke out against House Republicans’ dangerous irresponsibility in releasing a bogus, misleading memo authored by Chairman of the Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes.

“Tonight, the House Republicans crossed from dangerous irresponsibility and disregard for our national security into the realm of cover up.  In doing so, they disregarded the warnings of the Justice Department and the FBI.