Nancy Pelosi

America needs a stimulus package. That is why the House and Senate Budget Committees worked in a bipartisan manner to put forth principles to stimulate the economy. The package, it said, should be short-term, give a quick boost to the…

I, too, commend the gentleman. The amendment ensures that those CIA employees for whom the Director of Central Intelligence determines that there is a need to carry professional liability insurance, the full cost of that insurance will be…

I just want to comment that the amendment focuses the attention of the commission to be established by section 306 on U.S. border security. Although I believe that important issue would receive appropriate attention under the charge to the…

The point is in response to the concerns raised by others about the scope of the commission, we made a proposal last night that said we will take out the subpoena power, we will take out the hearing process, we will take out the granting…

What I am saying is the scope of the review is different. What we are talking about is an independent review by those outside the community, in some cases. The difference between our two bills is the Goss amendment does not have an…

I do have some areas of disagreement with the general bill, not with the gentlewoman from New York but with the general bill, so I wanted to take a few moments to express those. I do not think that the bill gives sufficient resources…

Mr. Chairman, clearly the gentleman from California (Mr. Ose) does not understand what our amendment does. What he described and its shortcomings is exactly what the FERC did this week, to give standing to the dirtiest and oldest…

In fact, the Joint Committee on Taxation has estimated that the Republican plan would cost $662 billion over 10 years.

I support the Civil Participation Rehabilitation Act of 1999, which would grant persons... who have been released from incarceration, the right to vote in Federal elections. This rampage that the Congress seemed to have been on... where we…

What I would say is what the gentleman is saying is not accurate. The fact is that we will see a decline. What is a mystery to me is that, while the gentleman is participating in this reauthorization of this very important legislation…

But it seems unfair for us to single out Haiti. If they want to write this to apply to every country, that is one thing, but it really seems kind of unfair to single out Haiti in this report. So holding the principles, we should apply them…

But nonetheless, Mr. Chairman, when we have had offsets, they have been self-contained in one amendment; that is to say, if the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Jackson) wanted to increase the funding at the African Development Bank as he…

I just want a clarification because I do not know what options are available to us. Certainly if this bill goes to conference, and one never knows around here, if the bill goes to conference, I would certainly and I know the gentlewoman…

When the gentleman says that I heed the Pope when he is talking about debt relief, but not when he is talking about a woman's right to choose, or words to that effect, my comments to the gentleman were he was mocking this as a scheme; and…

He worked his entire life for civil rights, equal opportunity, and economic and social justice.

Bennie's presence in the community can never be replaced, but the work of his life will live on after him.

Mr. Holmes' leadership in the civil rights movement and as an anti-poverty activist earned him the respect of our entire San Francisco community.

No, I was going to say so much more about the gentleman, but I have another amendment, so I will spend some time then, because we have been very pleased by his leadership on the committee. So great a leader is the gentleman that he was…

The National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development should be commended for its important work.

It is incumbent upon all of us in the public and private sectors to work for free and open trade with China that is real. The U.S.-China bilateral WTO agreement, however, is seriously deficient in substance, implementation, and…

Sadly I rise to call to the attention of my colleagues the passing of two of San Francisco's finest police officers

I hope future budgets will provide more funding to help low-income Americans obtain affordable housing.

This improved bill is a step in the proper direction and will address some of these problems.

Despite the accomplishments of this bill, millions of Americans still pay more than half their income for rent and too many Americans remain homeless.

I hope my colleagues will take the next step and pass legislation as soon as possible to authorize this needed initiative.