Pelosi Updates
Sep 20, 2013
Pelosi Update
Yesterday, House Republicans heartlessly voted to gut SNAP by $40 billion over the next decade, slashing the legs on which many families stand.
Sep 13, 2013
Pelosi Update
Last weekend, I was honored to meet with families from the Mission at the launch of one of the city’s largest collaborative efforts to combat poverty: the Mission Promise Neighborhood.
Aug 30, 2013
Pelosi Update
A Symphony of Brotherhood
Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King inspired us as a nation with the “I Have a Dream” part of his speech at the March on Washington. It was a call to action because of the “fierce urgency of now.” As Dr.
Aug 16, 2013
Pelosi Update
Last week, I was proud to join with stakeholders and community leaders for the Covered California Forum at UCSF Mission Bay.
Aug 9, 2013
Pelosi Update
As we continue our work to ensure the smooth implementation of the Affordable Care Act, there is much to be done to educate our nation about the health care law and how these benefits will affect Americans and their families.
Aug 2, 2013
Pelosi Update
Americans want Congress to focus on jobs and economic growth, not partisan games and political posturing.
Jul 26, 2013
Pelosi Update
Last weekend, I was proud to join volunteers at the National AIDS Memorial Grove gathered for the monthly Community Volunteer Workday.
Jul 19, 2013
Pelosi Update
The Women Democratic Members of Congress, are so proud to announce an economic agenda for women and families: When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families.
Jul 12, 2013
Pelosi Update
Today, our thoughts and prayers remain with the victims of Asiana Airlines Flight 214’s horrific crash.
Jul 5, 2013
Pelosi Update
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi attended the opening celebration of an exhibit highlighting the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Nisei (Second Generation Japanese-Americans) veterans of World War II at the de Young Museum.
Jun 28, 2013
Pelosi Update
This week, the Supreme Court once again bent the arc of history toward justice. The court placed itself on the right side of history by discarding Section 3 of the defenseless Defense of Marriage Act and by allowing marriage equality for all California families.
Jun 21, 2013
Pelosi Update
The clock is ticking on this Congress, with little to show for it. It has been 170 days since the start of the new Congress and the House has not passed a single jobs bill and has refused to work towards a budget agreement.
Jun 14, 2013
Pelosi Update
Honoring the Sandy Hook Promise
Today marks six months since the tragedy in Newtown, a tragedy seared into the minds of every person across America and millions across the world. This anniversary serves as another solemn reminder of the persistent plague of gun violence in our society – and of the ongoing challenge to end it.
Jun 7, 2013
Pelosi Update
On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the historic Equal Pay Act, which established the principle of equal pay for equal work for women in the workforce.
May 31, 2013
Pelosi Update
Last week, millions of families learned that California will deliver on a central promise of the Affordable Care Act: access to quality, affordable health care coverage for all. Due to the extraordinary leadership of Covered California, our state will offer more than a dozen comprehensive health plans without the fear of higher premiums.
May 24, 2013
Pelosi Update
This weekend, we pause to honor the sacrifice that thousands of our veterans have made in service of our great nation.
May 10, 2013
Pelosi Update
This week, House Republicans voted for an early Mother's Day Gift: the “More Work, Less Pay” Act. They misnamed their bill the “Working Family Flexibility Act” – but it only offers greater flexibility to bosses and lower wages to workers.
Here’s what this misnamed bill really means: