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Pelosi: ‘Congress Has Ensured That 23 Million Middle-Class Families Were Not Hit With a Tax Increase’
“Today Congress has ensured that 23 million middle-class families were not hit with a tax increase.”
Pelosi: Subprime Mortgage Bill Will Help Struggling Homeowners Facing Threat of Foreclosure
“Today’s legislation is a critical step by the New Direction Congress that helps struggling homeowners who are faced with ballooning mortgage payments and the threat of foreclosure.”
Pelosi: FOIA Bill Takes First Step Toward Restoring Transparency and Accountability to Our Government
“The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has a vital purpose: to inform American citizens about the conduct of their government. However, the Bush Administration has greatly expanded the veil of secrecy and undermined the Freedom of Information Act.”
Pelosi: ‘Economic Pressure on Sudan Will Intensify Until the Genocide in Darfur Finally Comes to an End’
“Today the U.S. Congress is sending a strong message that economic pressure on the Sudanese government will continue to intensify until the genocide in Darfur finally comes to an end.”
Pelosi Statement on Signing Energy Bill and Sending It to the President
“With a stroke of the pen, both here and then tomorrow when the President signs the bill, we will set America on a path to save more than 4 million barrels of oil per day by 2030. That’s twice the amount of oil we import from the Persian Gulf alone.”
Pelosi: ‘Our Budget Begins to Set Us In a New Direction’
“Democrats began this year with a fiscally responsible budget plan that balanced over five years, cut taxes for middle-class families, and began to reinvest in education, job training, health care, and energy independence for the American people.”
Pelosi: Democratic Budget Begins to Reverse Years of Neglect and Charts a New Direction for Middle Class
“The President’s statement this morning fails to grasp that middle-class families are working harder but earning less, while facing record gas prices, failing mortgages, and rising home heating bills. If President Bush thinks this is success, I would hate to see his definition of failure.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi Delivers Democratic Radio Address
“Energy independence is an economic issue for America’s families; it is an urgent national security issue; it is an environmental and health issue; and it is a moral issue.”
Pelosi and Reid Urge President to Halt Demolition of Public Housing in New Orleans
“We are writing to request an immediate 60-day moratorium on the demolition of New Orleans’ public housing developments: C.J. Peete, St. Bernard, Lafitte, and B.W. Cooper. The Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO), currently under the control of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is demolishing these homes under executive authority.”
Pelosi Statement on the Death of Congresswoman Julia Carson
“On behalf of all Members of the House of Representatives, I express our deep sadness over the passing of our friend and colleague, Congresswoman Julia Carson.”