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- Pelosi Remarks at Press Availability Following Democratic Caucus Meeting Today "I’m very pleased that we had a very productive meeting with the White House, with Nancy-Ann DeParle, the President’s adviser on health care, where she walked through the President’s proposal. Members had the opportunity to ask questions about it, express some of their priorities — public option, public option, public option — as you can imagine. And, again, another step taking us closer to voting on quality, affordable health care for all Americans." 03/11/2010
- Pelosi Announces Joe Novotny as Reading Clerk for the House of Representatives “As Reading Clerk, Joe will be the voice of the House of Representatives and will play an integral role in the daily operations of Congress,” Speaker Pelosi said. “Joe brings his experience and professionalism from the Education and Labor Committee, and we are grateful for his service.” 03/10/2010
- Pelosi Remarks Before Meeting With President Rene Preval of Haiti "It is a great privilege and a sad one to welcome the President of Haiti to the Capitol at this time. Our two countries have a strong friendship, so Members of Congress have met on many occasions with President Preval. On this occasion, we’ll be focusing on assistance to Haiti in the wake of the earthquake." 03/10/2010
- Pelosi Remarks at Photo Opportunity with the National Association of Public Hospitals “The mission that the hospitals have, the concern that they have for the American people, the professionalism and the innovation and vision that they have about health care for the future, is a blessing to all of us, serves our situation in our country very well. And I am very honored to be with them today." 03/10/2010
- Pelosi Statement on California Furloughs of Fully Federally-Funded Workers “While California must make tough choices as it works to close its budget deficit, furloughing workers whose salaries are fully-funded through the federal government results in the loss of millions of dollars for our state while harming our neediest citizens." 03/10/2010
- Pelosi Statement on House Appropriations Committee Ban on For-Profit Earmarks “When Democrats assumed the majority of Congress in 2007, we pledged to place people ahead of lobbyists and the public interest before special interests. Over the last three years, we fought to replace a culture of corruption with a new direction of transparency and accountability, including earmark reforms in the last Congress." 03/10/2010
- Pelosi Statement on the 51st Anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising “Today, on the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising, we honor the many brave Tibetans who have sacrificed their lives fighting for freedom and the aspirations of the Tibetan people to live in peace." 03/10/2010
- Pelosi: ‘Answering Our Country’s Call, WASPs Demonstrated Courage and Patriotism and Excellence and Competence’ “Answering our country’s call, the WASPs demonstrated courage and patriotism and excellence and competence. Their bravery inspires and awes us; their success allowed the success of generations since and generations to come." 03/10/2010
- Pelosi Remarks Before Meeting With President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador "We have been blessed in our country by many people whose ancestry springs from El Salvador, making America a stronger place. We want to work together for the reduction of poverty, for promoting clean energy as we create jobs to go into the future, for improving security in our hemisphere and for strengthening of trade partnership. We look forward to speaking with the President today on that score." 03/09/2010
- Pelosi Remarks Before Meeting with Prime Minister George Papandreou of Greece "As you know, we have many bonds between our countries, some ancient that we live by today, the roots of our democracy. Other bridges are the millions of Greek-Americans who strengthen our democracy with their values, with their work-ethic, with their commitment to faith and family and to community.' 03/09/2010