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During a portion of an interview with CBS released on Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that President Trump’s tweet about former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was designed to “undermine” Yovanovitch and that President Trump’s “insecurity” means that “he has to diminish everyone else.” Pelosi said Trump was tweeting about Yovanovitch because “he knows — he made a mistake, and he knows her strength, and he was trying to undermine it. Of course, presidents appoint ambassadors, but people don’t insult people, especially when they’re giving testimony before the Congress of the United States.” (snip) Pelosi answered, “What...

With Rep. Henry Waxman's retirement announcement, many of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's top lieutenants are abandoning ship. Waxman joins his California colleague, Rep. George Miller, and Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia as close Pelosi allies to retire after this Congress. And after last year's 2012 elections, Pelosi's leading in-house strategist Jen Crider left her office, later announcing she was working for Microsoft. Their decisions are as strong a signal as any that veteran House Democrats hold little hope of taking the House in 2014, and they probably are pessimistic about their long-term prospects for a congressional majority. Miller and...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was booed onstage Saturday when she said former government contractor Edward Snowden broke the law by leaking classified documents on National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs. Speaking at the NetRoots Nation conference in San Jose, Calif., Pelosi told the audience to reject comparisons between President Barack Obama and his predecessor, President George W. Bush, on their oversight of surveillance programs. The top House Democrat said Obama is poised to reveal "in another few days, a few more proceedings" of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Pelosi received the loudest boos and heckles from the...

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich responded to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, who said on Wednesday night on CNN's John King that Mr. Gingrich would never become President of the United States. "There is something I know. The Republicans, if they choose to nominate him that's their prerogative," said Congresswoman Pelosi. "I don't even think that's going to happen." Mr. Gingrich appeared on The Washington Times affiliated radio program "America's Morning News" and forcefully responded to Rep. Pelosi. "There's almost a level of hysteria about the prospect of somebody who really wants to change Washington," said...

Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 09/24/2007 Pelosi: ‘Mr. President - Drop the Partisan Rhetoric, Put Down the Veto Pen’ Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today following President Bush’s remarks this morning on fiscal responsibility. Below are documents on the Administration’s record on fiscal policies and the New Direction Congress’ Commitment to meeting our national priorities -- in a fiscally responsible way, using pay-as-you-go with no new deficit spending: "The President has no credibility on matters of fiscal responsibility due to his astonishing record of compiling historic deficits over the last...

Nancy Pelosi to Publish Memoir Jul 19 07:05 PM US/Eastern NEW YORK (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who this year became the first woman to hold the top spot in the House of Representatives, is writing a memoir, to be released in the summer of 2008 by the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group. "From my parents' home in Baltimore to representing San Francisco in the Congress, my life has been devoted to family and public service. I look forward to telling my story for my grandchildren and in recognition of the contributions of all women across America,"...

Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 03/21/2007 Pelosi Statement on Gore Testimony on Global Warming Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on former Vice President Al Gore’s testimony on global warming at a Energy and Commerce Committee hearing today: “As a global leader on combating climate change, Al Gore has been both an educator and an agitator – spurring so many to take real action. Today, he presented Congress with challenging and creative ideas, and made a compelling case for the urgency to act. “In the House, we have begun the hard...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-0703200146mar20,1,7833118.story?coll=chi-politics-stories2 Pelosi: `I believe we need a new attorney general' `Era of no oversight' for Republicans is over, speaker says Advertisement By Jill ZuckmanTribune national correspondent March 20, 2007 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi added her voice to the growing chorus of discontent over the Justice Department's firing of eight federal prosecutors, saying Monday, "I believe we need a new attorney general." In a meeting with the Tribune editorial board and in an interview with WGN-TV, Pelosi (D-Calif.) said there was a reason Republicans feared a Democratic victory last November. "They knew that the era of no oversight was over...

Nancy Pelosi is marking her ascension to the Speaker of the House post with a four-day celebration befitting a presidential inauguration. "This is a big deal,” the California Democrat’s spokesman Brendan Daly declared. "We’ve never had a woman Speaker before.” The day after New Year’s Day, Pelosi will visit Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood, where she grew up as the daughter and sister of Baltimore mayors. She will visit St. Leo the Great Catholic Church and then eat dinner with her extended family at an Italian restaurant, the Washington Post reports. The next day, Pelosi will attend morning Mass at Trinity...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2006 CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider 202-226-7616 Pelosi: Economists Agree, Democrats’ Policies Are Better for the Economy Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on a news report in The Wall Street Journalthat a survey of 50 economists by WSJ.com found that “most economists said the economy would perform best in the coming years if Democrats take control of at least one chamber of Congress.” “Today’s report confirms that economists agree that Democrats’ policies of fiscal responsibility and increasing opportunity for all are better for the economy. “Democrats will restore...

Looking for a "strong, strong drumbeat" out of California, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi fired up a partisan San Francisco crowd Friday with her vision of a Democrat-led Congress. With Democrats in control, Congress will quickly push through legislation raising the minimum wage, cutting the interest rate of college loans, ending subsidies for oil companies and making Medicare prescription drug costs more competitive, she told a cheering crowd in the heart of her congressional district

Pelosi Statement on Karl Rove and White House CIA Leak 7/13/2005 2:36:00 PM To: National Desk Contact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both of the Office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Web: http://democraticleader.house.gov WASHINGTON, July 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to media inquiries about White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove's involvement in leaking the identity of CIA official Valerie Plame: "The American people deserve the truth about who in the White House recklessly disclosed the identity of a CIA clandestine service officer, endangering our national...

NANCY PELOSI SCREWS UP BIG TIME: TELLS ABC'S THIS WEEK THAT WE SHOULDN'T GO INTO IRAQ FOR TWO REASONS: 1) THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, 2) THEY'LL USE BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST OUR TROOPS!