Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday condemned Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s failure (R-Ky.) to bring up meaningful gun legislation in the upper chamber, arguing that “people are dying” because of his refusal. “Lives are at stake. Sen. McConnell is standing in the way,” Pelosi told reporters in Washington, noting that the House made an effort to address gun violence […]
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid a visit to Broomfield Wednesday to speak on a panel about the Affordable Care Act and the state of healthcare in the country. Pelosi sat on a panel with Rep. Joe Neguse and Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway to answer audience questions about health care on […]
With her chief legislative accomplishment under attack from the political left and political right, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a friendly crowd here Wednesday afternoon that much is at stake in the fight to preserve the nearly decade-old Affordable Care Act. “The times have found us,” the California Democrat said, quoting a Founding Father, Thomas Paine. “This […]
A month after three people were shot and killed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival and just weeks after 31 others were killed in separate mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Jackie Speier called for comprehensive gun violence legislation at a town hall in San Francisco Tuesday evening. Pelosi and Speier, […]
Nancy Pelosi had been to the White House many times, but this meeting felt different. It was 2003 and her first meeting with then-President George W. Bush as elected leader of the Democrats in Congress. “I had no apprehension about going to this meeting, my friends,” Pelosi said Monday speaking to a crowd at NASA Ames Research Center […]
Mountain View — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it takes courage for women to enter politics, despite the gain they have made in Congress since she first took office. The number of female representative has quadrupled since Pelosi entered Congress in 1987. More encouragement, however, is needed, Pelosi said on Monday at an event at NASA’s Ames […]
JUUL’s ballot effort to repeal a San Francisco vape ban was dealt a blow Wednesday night. Addressing a crowd of San Francisco Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she’s firmly against the tobacco-industry city ballot measure, Proposition C. Speaking to San Francisco Democrats at the local Party’s annual dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel downtown, Pelosi spared […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday voiced her opposition to e-cigarette company Juul and its efforts to pass a San Francisco ballot measure, Proposition C, that would overturn a sales ban on e-cigarettes and allow the company to continue selling the products in San Francisco with some new restrictions. “No on C. We can’t afford […]
San Francisco, California – Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered the following remarks at the EMILY’s List Ignite Change San Francisco Regional Lunch: Speaker Pelosi. Good afternoon, EMILY’s List! Thank you, Yvette Nicole Brown. As your fan, I’m honored to be introduced by you. As Speaker of the House, it is my privilege to bring […]
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi rallied with Illinois Democrats Wednesday in Springfield. She was the keynote speaker at one of the party’s biggest annual meetings — the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association brunch. Democrats spent the morning in a packed hotel ballroom celebrating their state legislative accomplishments. Gov. J.B. Pritzker listed them off, including […]