~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture Pelosi — House Dems and the Headlines 08/02/2012 Nativegrl77 Pelosi Floor Speech Calling on House GOP to End Economic Uncertainty by Preventing Tax Hike on Middle-Income Families “The bill provides for fairness to the middle class and ends uncertainty, as I mentioned. The Republican alternative, which says: ‘not only do we want to give 100 percent of the American people a tax cut, we want to give a bigger and better tax cut to people making over $250,000 year.’ Two percent of the American people. In order to do that, we greatly increase the deficit, we would incur borrowing from other countries including China, and to top it all off, in order to give a tax cut to the wealthiest people in our country, we have to increase taxes for the middle class in order to pay for it. If you make over a million dollars a year the Republican tax proposal will give you a tax cut of $160,000 on average. And on average America’s middle-income families would have to pay $1,000 more in taxes…” August 01, 2012 Pelosi Remarks at Press Availability with Chinese Human Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng “What an honor it is for all of us to be in the same room with a person of such courage and such bravery and such commitment to the rule of law and human rights as Mr. Chen…” August 01, 2012 Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference in Support of DARE Agenda to Clean Up Elections and Break Partisan Gridlock “But we’re in a situation, and why this is so urgent is that with this endless money they’re suffocating the airwaves, suffocating the airwaves with unlimited, special interest, undisclosed money. B, they’re suppressing the vote – how can that be right? And they’re poisoning the debate that average person says: ‘a pox on both your houses, I don’t know what this is all about.’ And that is a victory for the special interests in our country. It doesn’t matter who can outraise whom; it isn’t right in any event…” August 01, 2012 Pelosi Statement on FHFA Acting Director’s Refusal to Help Underwater Homeowners “By ignoring his own agency’s analysis Acting Director Ed DeMarco has undermined the health of the housing market, and jeopardized the economic security of our middle class. With nearly a quarter of the nation’s mortgages still underwater, he must change course.” August 01, 2012 Pelosi Statement on Passage of Iran Sanctions Bill “A nuclear Iran is a threat to the security of the United States, the region, and the world, and today’s measure is a sign of our unwavering resolve and unyielding commitment to deter Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon. I commend Ranking Member Howard Berman and Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for their leadership in passing this legislation.” August 01, 2012 Pelosi, Nadler, Honda, and House Democrats Urge Department of Homeland Security Again to Recognize LGBT Family Ties in Deportation Cases “Keeping loving families together, particularly in cases in which one partner or spouse is a U.S. citizen, should be a priority for immigration enforcement,” Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said. “The Department of Homeland Security has stated that their policy will positively factor in family ties, including those of LGBT couples, but we have now asked them to put this in writing to provide a measure of clarity to those enforcing our laws and confidence to families facing separation…” August 01, 2012 Pelosi: House GOP Inaction Leads to United States Postal Service Default “To manufacture yet another crisis, the Republican leadership refused to allow consideration of postal reform legislation that passed the Senate with a strong bipartisan majority months ago and that would have easily prevented a default. Instead, Republicans have shown no interest in offering meaningful solutions – including a path to address the Postal Service’s unique requirement to prepay retiree health benefits.” August 01, 2012 Transcript of Pelosi Remarks and Question & Answer Session at Press Availability on Middle Class Tax Cuts “Well, we want a tax cut for the middle class and we think the Republicans do too. And that’s why it’s hard to understand why they won’t – we agree on this. You want to talk about the rest of it? Save it for another day, but remove the uncertainty in the lives of the American people and the life of our economy.” August 01, 2012 Pelosi Statement on Framework to Prevent Government Shutdown “The announcement of a framework to prevent a government shutdown is a good start; now comes the hard work of filling in the details.” July 31, 2012 Pelosi Statement on Latest Federal Court Decision Declaring DOMA Unconstitutional “The District Court’s decision marks the fifth time Speaker Boehner has wasted taxpayer dollars on a failed effort to defend discrimination and undermine civil rights. The congressional Republicans’ single-minded effort to uphold DOMA at any cost comes at great expense to the American people and rejects our nation’s heritage of equality for all.” July 31, 2012 Share this:TweetShare on TumblrMore Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like Loading...
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