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““Our nation’s men and women in uniform hail from every state, defend every family, and serve every American. They sacrifice abroad to keep us safe at home, and it is a privilege to get a chance to honor their bravery and courage in person, and to express our gratitude to America’s heroes,” Leader Pelosi said.”

“Defunding public radio may fulfill a Republican campaign promise, but it does not create jobs and it does nothing to reduce the deficit. What’s more, it could endanger our children – as every House Republican voted to halt funding for radio networks that play a crucial role in alerting the public to missing and abducted children.”

“Thank you very much, Vice Chairman Becerra. Thank you, Chairman Larson, for bringing us together this morning. Before I join with my colleagues in associating myself with their remarks and expanding on them, I want to once again express the sadness and the sympathy that we have for the people of Japan. We are watching closely to see how we can be helpful in a humanitarian way and the Administration has sent help in that regard. Also, in the technical way as far as the nuclear plant there. It is very, very, beyond biblical proportions–the loss of life, the change in the economy, in the society there. We wish them strength. We want to help them as friends. And again, our sympathy and our support go out to the people of Japan.”

Leader Pelosi. Good afternoon. I am very pleased to be with all of you this morning to stop diabetes, among other challenges that we have, to be here with Congresswoman Diana DeGette, the chair of the Diabetes Caucus–her daughter has Type 1 diabetes, which she will tell us about, her daughter Francesca–with John Griffin, the Chairman of the Board of the American Diabetes Association, with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, herself a breast cancer survivor and fighter for these health issues, Mary Andrus, Assistant Vice President of Easter Seals, and again others, Sue Nelson, Vice President of the Federal Advocacy of the American Heart Association, and Christine Brunswick, the Vice President of NBCC, Director of the D.C. chapter of the National Breast Cancer Coalition that is.”

Democrats are committed to living within our means while investing in the future, cutting the deficit, and continuing to aggressively attack waste, fraud and abuse. The GOP “So Be It” spending bill (H.R. 1) that passed on February 19th fails to meet… Continue

The Republican spending bill (HR 1) on the floor this week cuts jobs. Republicans say ‘so be it.’ Today, the House is considering several Republican amendments to HR 1 that block funds from being used to implement any aspect of the Affordable… Continue

“Mr. Chairman, I rise today to support the amendment presented by Congresswoman Eshoo on behalf of the public interest, the people’s interest, free elections, and a healthy, transparent, and open public discourse. More than one year ago, the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate spending–secret unlimited corporate spending–and influence over our campaigns and our public policy debates.

House Democrats are committed to creating prosperity through science and innovation, reasserting our economic and technological leadership throughout the world in the decades to come, and giving future generations greater opportunity to achieve the American Dream. Today, the White House released a… Continue

On Friday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released the advance estimate of GDP for the final quarter of 2010. Council of Economic Advisers Chair Austan Goolsbee: Today’s report shows that the growth rate of the economy continued to increase in the final… Continue

Helping to lead the economy out of the Bush recession, America’s manufacturing base has grown with 136,000 manufacturing jobs added in 2010, the first increase since 1997: With our Make it in America Agenda, the economy continues to make strides in the… Continue