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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed into law on July 26, 1990:
“For more than three decades, the Americans with Disabilities Act has stood as a beacon of equality and opportunity. This landmark law each day empowers the 55 million Americans living with a disability to reach their full potential, free from the injustice of discrimination or exclusion, and honors our nation’s founding promise as a land of liberty and justice for all.
“As we observe the anniversary of this historic civil rights victory, we remember that the fight for full equality for every American continues. House Democrats remain committed to working with the Biden-Harris Administration to build on the ADA’s transformative progress: strengthening protections in the workplace and every place, expanding access
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July 8, 2021 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Peter Welch and advocates to release a new Oversight and Reform Committee staff report analyzing the financial data of fourteen of the largest drug companies in the world to evaluate the amount they spend to enrich investors and executives, the amount they invest to research and develop new treatments and the potential impact of direct Medicare price negotiations. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you very much Chairwoman Maloney for your strong leadership, and the leadership of the Oversight Committee, in shining a light on the reality of unaffordable prescription drug prices. Congratulations to you and the Committee and the Committee staff on the drug pricing investigation report that you have – that you are releasing with this call. I just want to say if anybody s hearing it that doesn t know: Oversight.house.gov gives
Under cloak of the climate change threat, President Joe Biden ordered an indefinite pause on new oil and natural gas leasing on federal public lands, stoking outrage from Utah and Western leaders, a lawsuit and praise from environmental groups opposed to fossil fuel development.