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“President Trump’s executive orders strike a sweeping blow to the time-honored and legally-mandated freedom for federal employees to negotiate better futures.  His spiteful attack on the men and women of labor hurts workers and their families, and devastates the efficacy of the federal workforce.  It is particularly egregious that the President, spurred by Congressional Republicans, is taking a hatchet to official time, which is a vital tool for addressing serious workplace grievances, including sexual harassment claims.  With no justification, the President has moved to eliminate workers’ freedom to seek justice, dignity and equality in the workplace.

“President Trump campaigned on a promise to confront China’s unfair trade practices, but his continued chaotic trade brinkmanship threatens to invite retaliation that harms American workers and farmers, and the American economy.  Last week, the President revealed the utter hollowness of his promises by pledging American government resources to a Chinese company that has violated U.S. sanctions by selling technology to North Korea and Iran, and that is a known cyber security risk to the United States.

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center.  Below are the Leader’s remarks:

“Today’s Gang of Eight briefing was conducted to ensure protection of sources and methods.

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the new CBO report which finds that premiums in the individual market will be going up by an average of 15 percent in 2019 and three million more Americans will lose health coverage, mostly caused by GOP health care sabotage:

Today, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urged Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray to abandon plans to hold a meeting between DOJ and FBI officials and Republican members of Congress to discuss highly sensitive information related to Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation. In a letter to Rosenstein and Wray, the leaders urged the Justice Department officials not to go forward with the meeting, but said that if DOJ was intent on proceeding, they should host a Gang of Eight briefing in place of a partisan meeting.

The Trump Administration is perpetuating an unprecedented culture of corruption, cronyism and abuse of taxpayer money .  Nowhere is that more visible – or more damaging – than in the Trump Toxic Team’s sell-out of our environment to their polluter donors.

Leader Pelosi. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlelady [Congresswoman Maxine Waters] for I commend her for extraordinary leadership in protecting the American consumer, the American taxpayer, our American financial systems that she has been just a remarkable, wonderful leader.

“President Trump’s demands for a wholly unwarranted investigation of the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation are a grave assault on the independence of law enforcement.

Leader Pelosi. Good afternoon everyone. Democrats are here to take the fight for our democracy to the very steps of the Capitol. The American people are confronted with one of the most compromised, corrupt administrations in history. Instead of delivering on his promise to drain the swamp, President Trump has become the swamp. Republicans, the White House and the Congress are cravenly beholden to big-money interests, and the American people are paying the price.