Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ways & Means Committee members Terri Sewell (D-AL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Judy Chu (D-CA) and MomsRising families to highlight real examples of the GOP Tax Scam’s disastrous impacts on American families and children across the nation. Below are the Leader’s remarks:

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after Senate Republicans announced that they will add the repeal of the individual mandate to the GOP tax bill, causing health premiums to soar and leading to an additional 13 million uninsured Americans:

“Congressman Gene Green’s lifelong dedication to public service is an inspiration to us all.  For nearly fifty years, as a Member of the Texas Legislature and as a Member of the House of Representatives, Gene has been a relentless champion for hard-working families in Texas.

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement on the passing of longtime House staffer Sterling Darnell Spriggs:

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released this statement following news of a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 400 people and injured nearly 6,000 more in Iraq and Iran: “The thoughts of Americans are with the families and loved… Continue

The American people must hope that the nomination of Alex Azar will begin a shift from the Trump Administration’s constant spiteful sabotage of Americans’ health care.  Months of cynical attempts to force families to pay more for worse coverage and to ransack Medicare and Medicaid have cruelly and needlessly hurt seniors, veterans, rural communities and hard-working Americans in every corner of the country.

Thank you very much to [Deputy] Chief Williams here for your hospitality in this very special place.  It makes me a very important person in my family when I can bring one of my grandchildren to a firehouse.  Because we have firefighters as icons in our society and we owe them all the support we can get.  And we had no greater lesson than that in the past month, and I thank the firefighters of San Francisco for what they did for the North Bay in the very sad situation.

Good afternoon, everyone. 

We’re all awaiting the next version of how the Republicans in the House of Representatives will rip off the middle class in our country.  In the meantime, it was curious to see President Trump in China. 

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day, which is observed each year on November 11th:

Washington, D.C.—Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after Senate Republicans unveiled their version of the GOP tax scam and the House Ways & Means Committee voted to pass the last-minute revisions to the House GOP tax scam along party lines: