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Nancy Pelosi
Representative (D-California); Speaker of the House
Recent Activity
Veterans’ Health Care & Military Construction Appropriations Passes House
Today, the House passed the FY 2010 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill (HR 3082) by a vote of 415 to 3 to fund critical veterans health services and the construction of facilities for training and housing our military. The bill will strengthen quality health care for more than six million patients – including [...]
July 10, 2009, 4:57 PM
Speaker Pelosi Addresses Campus Progress National Conference
This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi addressed more than 1,000 young people at the 2009 Campus Progress National Conference late this afternoon. Below are the Speaker’s remarks as prepared: Thank you, Ray. Like so many of you, Ray has come here today because he’s a leader on his campus – UCLA. I would also like to acknowledge David [...]
July 8, 2009, 8:57 PM
Speaker Pelosi On The Violence In Xinjiang Province
Speaker Pelosi issued the following statement today on the violence in Xinjiang Province of China: Recent reports about the deaths and violence in Xinjiang Province of China are deeply disturbing. The acts of violence and attempts to further exacerbate ethnic tensions on all sides must be rejected. The Chinese government should take the necessary [...]
July 7, 2009, 12:42 PM
The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act At Work
Today, Speaker Pelosi visited the Mission Neighborhood Health Center in San Francisco to highlight critical investments in community health clinics made by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. John Gressman, President and CEO of the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, and Brenda Storey, Executive Director of the Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC), welcome Speaker Pelosi [...]
July 6, 2009, 8:11 PM
Americans Who Are Losing Their Jobs, Homes and Health Care Cannot Afford To Wait
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released unemployment numbers for June showing 467,000 jobs were lost and the unemployment rate is 9.5 percent. Speaker Pelosi: Today’s unemployment numbers are another reminder of the years of failure to invest in making Americans the most highly educated and innovative workforce in the world—and years of delay on affordable health [...]
July 2, 2009, 12:34 PM
Since 1987, Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the House of Representatives. The Eighth District includes most of the City of San Francisco including Golden Gate Park, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and many of the diverse neighborhoods that make San Francisco a vibrant and prosperous community. Overwhelmingly elected by her colleagues in the fall of 2002 as Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi is the first woman in American history to lead a major party in the U.S. Congress.
Before being elected Leader, she served as House Democratic Whip for one year and was responsible for the party's legislative strategy in the House. On January 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. She has been a proponent of increased investments in health research and authored legislation to create an independent national commission to assess the overall performance of the federal government before, during, and after the September 11 attacks.
