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- Pelosi Floor Statement on the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act;Wednesday, March 5, 2008.
- Pelosi: 'President Bush's Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Are Exactly the Wrong Medicine';Thursday, January 31, 2008
- Pelosi Statement Urging Override of President’s Veto of State Children’s Health Insurance Bill;Wednesday, January 23, 2008.
- Pelosi: ‘We Will Keep Fighting Next Year to Cover 10 Million Children and Improve Benefits for Low-Income Seniors’;Wednesday, December 19, 2007.
- Pelosi Statement on Vote to Approve New Children’s Health Insurance Legislation;Friday, October 26, 2007.
- Pelosi Floor Statement Urging Override of President’s Veto of SCHIP;Thursday, October 18, 2007.
- Pelosi: ‘We Remain Committed to Making SCHIP Into Law—With or Without the President’s Support’;Wednesday, October 3, 2007.
- Pelosi: Congress Will Complete CHIP Legislation This Week to Secure Health Care Coverage for 10 Million Children;Tuesday, September 25, 2007.
- Pelosi, Slaughter and Tubbs Jones Introduce Health Tracking Legislation;Monday, September 24, 2007.
- Pelosi: SCHIP Bill a Giant Step for America’s Children; Thursday, September 6, 2007.
- Pelosi: 'Once Again, President Is Trying to Throw America's Children Off Health Insurance Rolls'; Tuesday, August 21, 2007.
- Pelosi: ‘CHAMP Act Champions Quality Health Care for America’s Children and for Our Seniors’;Wednesday, August 1, 2007.
- Pelosi: Bush Veto of Stem Cell Bill Says ‘No’ to the Hopes of Million of Families Across America;Wednesday, June 20, 2007.
- Congress to Send President Stem Cell Bill that Offers Hope to Millions; Thursday, June 7, 2007
- Pelosi: With Stem Cell Legislation, We Have the Opportunity to Save Lives, Find Cures, and Give Hope;Thursday, June 7, 2007
- Announcement of the UCSF Pritzker Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health; Wednesday, May 23, 2007.
- Pelosi: Eliminating SCHIP Shortfalls Immediately Is Democrats’ Top Health Priority; Friday, March 9, 2007.
- Pelosi: Requiring Medicare Prescription Drug Negotiation Is a Resounding Victory for America’s Seniors ; Friday, January 12, 2007.
- Pelosi: ‘Stem Cell Research Will Give Hope to Millions of Americans who Suffer from Devastating Illnesses’ ; Thursday, January 11, 2007.
- Pelosi Statement on the State Child Health Insurance Program; Saturday, December 9, 2006.
- Pelosi: A Bush Veto of Stem Cell Legislation Will Say ‘No’ to Hope for Millions of American Families; Wednesday, July 19, 2006.
- Pelosi Urges Senate to Act on House Passed Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act; Tuesday, May 23, 2006.
- Seniors and Democrats Call for Extension to Medicare Drug Deadline; Wednesday, May 10, 2006.
- House and Senate Members Rally for Real Health Care Reform; February 1, 2006.
- Pelosi Statement on President’s Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness Strategy; November 1, 2005.
- Pelosi: The Majority's Medical Malpractice Bill Is a Windfall for Big Drug Companies; July 28, 2005.
- Pelosi: Groundbreaking Biomonitoring Report Will Benefit Our Health; July 22, 2005.
- Pelosi: 'Infants' Biological Systems Are Being Disrupted by Synthetic Chemicals We are Exposed to Every Day'; July 14, 2005.
- Pelosi: Use of Medicinal Marijuana Should Be Left to States; June 15, 2005.
- Pelosi: 'With Great Potential of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Science has Power to Answer the Prayers of America's Families'; May 24, 2005.
- Reid, Pelosi, Congressional Democrats Fight to Close the Health Care Divide; April 27, 2005.
- Pelosi and Hoyer to Republican Leaders: Honor the Wishes of the Majority, Do Not Cut Medicaid; April 14, 2005.
- Pelosi Statement on Terri Schiavo Case; March 20, 2005.
- Democratic Leaders to President Bush: Do Not Shift Medicaid Costs to States; March 7, 2005.
- Pelosi: Congress Must Reopen Medicare Drug Bill to Hold Down Costs and Give Seniors the True Benefits They Deserve; February 10, 2005.
- Study Confirms Scientists' Concerns Over Bush Stem Cell Policy; January 25, 2005.
- Pelosi: 'Republican Medicare Bill Signing a Historic Mistake'; December 8, 2003.
- Pelosi Offers Privileged Resolution Condemning House Process During Medicare Debate; December 8, 2003.
- Pelosi: 'Republican Tactics on Medicare Bill Brought Dishonor to the House'; November 22, 2003.
- Pelosi: 'GOP's Alice in Wonderland Medicare Bill Turns Logic on its Head'; November 18, 2003
- Pelosi Statement on AARP Endorsement of Medicare Prescription Drug Bill; November 17, 2003.
- Pelosi Statement on the Republican Medicare Prescription Drug Deal; November 16, 2003.
- Pelosi Statement on Reported Medicare Deal; November 12, 2003.
- Pelosi Statement on Medical Marijuana; July 8, 2004.
- Pelosi: 'For the Sake of Our Seniors, We Must Dismantle This Cruel Hoax of a Medicare Bill'; January 28, 2004.
- Pelosi Statement on Medicare Prescription Drug Bill; October 29, 2003.
- Pelosi Statement on Republican Failure to Meet Medicare Prescription Drug Bill Deadline; October 17, 2003.
- Pelosi: Employers Must Protect Family Health Care Benefits; August 4, 2003.
- Pelosi Statement on Medicare's 38th Anniversary; July 29, 2003.
- Pelosi: AARP Letter Confirms that House Republican Medicare Prescription Drug Bill Is Another Empty Promise; July 15, 2003.
- Pelosi: Democrats Keep Fighting for Real Prescription Drug Benefit; July 14, 2003.
- Pelosi: Statement on Passage of House Republican Medicare Prescription Drug Bill; June 26, 2003.
- Pelosi: Rural Americans Deserve Medicare Guarantee, June 24, 2003.
- New Report: Most Medicare Beneficiaries Worse Off by 2007 Under House GOP Prescription Drug Plan; June 17, 2003.
- Pelosi: 'Democrats Stand Ready to Deliver a Meaningful Prescription Drug Benefit'; June 11, 2003.
- Pelosi Statement on Covering the Uninsured; March 12, 2003.
- Pelosi Statement on Introduction of Democratic Prescription Drug Plan; March 4, 2003.
- Pelosi: House Passes Bill to Strengthen Health Safety Net; October 1, 2002.
- Pelosi: Republican Prescription Drug Plan a Sham; June 27, 2002.
- Pelosi: We Need An Affordable, Guaranteed Prescription Drug Plan Now; June 13, 2002.
- Pelosi: 200 Members Sign Discharge Petition on Health Care for the Unemployed; April 11, 2002.
- Pelosi Introduces Nationwide Health Tracking Act to Identify and Respond to Disease Clusters Linked to Environmental Hazards; March 21, 2002.
- Pelosi Introduces Legislation to Ensure Children's Access to Vaccines; August 2, 2001.
- Pelosi Demands New Ergonomic Standard to Protect Working Men and Women; April 25, 2001.
- Pelosi Introduces Legislation Accelerating Vaccine Research to Fight Deadly Diseases; April 4, 2001.
- Pelosi Protests Bush Administration Withdrawal of Workplace Protection Grants; March 30, 2001.
- Pelosi Opposes Drastic Measures to Repeal Workplace Safety Protections; March 7, 2001.
- Pelosi Commends New Report Justifying Labor Dept. Ergonomics Workplace Protections; January 18, 2001.
- Pelosi Announces $2.1 Million Grant for San Francisco Homeless Health Care Initiative; October 30, 2000
- Pelosi Introduces Legislation for Vaccine Research; September 20, 2000.
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi Announces the Release of a GAO Report on Environmental Health and Human Exposure; Long-Term-Coordinated Strategy Needed; May 2, 2000.
- Pelosi announces that Surgeon General Reaffirms Value of Syringe Exchange Programs; April 13, 2000.
- Pelosi and Senator John Kerry Introduce Legislation to Provide Incentives for Research on Vaccines; March 1, 2000.
- Pelosi Commends Clinton Administration for Proposed Ergonomics Protections; November 22, 1999.
- Pelosi Announces $1 Million in Federal Grants for," Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment; October 4, 1999.
- Pelosi Welcomes President's Proposal on Prescription Drug Coverage; June 30, 1999.
- Pelosi Signs Petition to Bring Managed Care Reform to House Floor; June 23, 1999.
- On the Scientific Basis for Ergonomic Standards; June 22, 1999.
- San Francisco Seniors Pay Dearly for Prescription Drugs; June 21, 1999.
- Pelosi Seeks Increased Funding for Nursing Research; May 12, 1999.
- Pelosi Introduces Legislation to Fight Infectious Disease On World TB Day; March 24, 1999.
- Pelosi Joins Democrats in Support of Patients' Bill of Rights; March 9, 1999.
- In Support of Labor Department's New Workplace Safety Rules; March 4, 1999.
- Pelosi Supports Medical Marijuana Bill; March 2, 1999
- In Support of Labor Department's New Workplace Safety Rules; February 24, 1999.
- Pelosi Announces Federal Drug Fighting Grants Totaling More Than $3M; October 26, 1998.
- Before the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare; September 25, 1998.
- In Support of Efforts to Increase Access To Treatments for Hepatitis C; September 18, 1998.
- Statement Applauding President Clinton's Democratic Patients' Bill of Rights; July 16, 1998.
- Pelosi Hosts Town Hall Meeting on The Future of Medicare; June 26, 1998.
- Pelosi Emphasizes Science Over Politics in Needle Exchange Debate; April 29, 1998.
- Pelosi at International Tobacco News Conference; April 28, 1998.
- Pelosi Responds to Administration's Failure to Fund Needle Exchange; April 20, 1998.
- Pelosi Takes Aim at International Tobacco; April 17, 1998.
- Pelosi Is Original Co-Sponsor of the Patients' Bill of Rights; March 31, 1998.
- Pelosi Calls for an End to Needle Exchange Program Federal Funding Ban; March 26, 1998.
- Pelosi Supports Safe Access to Medical Marijuana; March 24, 1998.
- Pelosi Supports Medicare Buy-In Proposal For Older Americans; March 17, 1998.
- Pelosi Announces Her Support for Medicare Expansion; January 15, 1998.
- OSHA Issues Ergonomics-Related Grant; September 25, 1997.
- House Republicans Scuttle Needle Exchange Program; September 11, 1997.
- Pelosi Co-Sponsors Medical Marijuana Bill; June 4, 1997.
- Health Insurance Coverage for All Children; March 27, 1997.
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