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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the House Committee on Agriculture passed H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, the Republicans’ Farm Bill proposal, by a party line vote of 26 to 20:

Leader Pelosi. Mr. Speaker, thank you, and I thank my colleagues.

Leader Pelosi. Good afternoon everyone, as it is now afternoon! I am pleased to be here with each and every one of you as I see many familiar faces. Faces that were there a year ago when we came together across the country to ask for President Trump to release his tax returns. A year later, it still hasn’t happened but in the course of that time, all of you, so many of you here, of course under the leadership of Nicole Gill, have been having events across the country.

“On this Tax Day, Americans are watching the GOP’s tax giveaways enrich big corporations and the wealthiest 1 percent at the expense of seniors and working families nationwide. Around the kitchen table, working families aren’t seeing what they were promised. Instead, they’re seeing that the GOP tax scam has exploded the debt and is now threatening the future of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

“When the reported chemical weapons attack in Syria took place, I called upon the Administration for an intelligence briefing on this attack as soon as possible. Democrats continue to call for an immediate, comprehensive intelligence briefing on this attack and the Administration’s Syria strategy.

“This latest chemical weapons attack against the Syrian people was a brutally inhumane war crime that demands a strong, smart and calculated response.  One night of airstrikes is not a substitute for a clear, comprehensive Syria strategy.

“Under the guise of helping community banks, the GOP is chipping away at essential protections that prohibit big banks from gambling with the savings of the American people. The exemption to the Volcker Rule passed by the House today makes it easier for the Trump Administration to pursue a full repeal, and could once again put taxpayers on the hook if Wall Street is left unchecked.

“President Trump’s pardon of Scooter Libby makes clear his contempt for the rule of law.

Leader Pelosi.  Good afternoon everyone. I thanked the organizers of today for not putting me behind John Lewis, I didn’t realize that I would be following Reverend Martin Luther King with one of the greatest speeches of all time.

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that she will recommend to the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee that Congressman Conor Lamb join the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. The Caucus will approve the recommendations next week.