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Washington, D.C. (Feb. 9, 2021) On
Friday, February 12, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. EST, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a business meeting to consider legislation that will directly provide states, localities, Tribes, and territories with funding to fight the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic impacts.
“As our nation continues to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Congress must take bold, urgent action to confront this crisis and show the American people that help is on the way,” Chairwoman Maloney said. “This week, the Oversight and Reform Committee will consider legislation to provide direct funding to state and local governments striving to deliver critical services to struggling families and save the jobs of essential public servants like teachers, firefighters, and other first responders during the coronavirus pandemic.”
February 4, 2021 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Good morning, everyone. Busy time in the Capitol. This week we are doing the budget. Yesterday, I was very proud of the vote that we had on the Floor of the House. You have heard me say, again and again, that our budget is a statement of our national values; what is important to us as a nation should be prioritized in our budget. I commend the Chair of the Budget Committee, Mr. Yarmuth, and the members of the Committee for the great work that they did bringing it to the Floor. And Mr. Don Beyer, the Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, for his work in the debate yesterday as well. I am very proud of the vote.
"We will need to establish a 9/11-type Commission to examine and report upon the facts, causes and security relating to the terrorist mob attack on January 6," Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
By CNSNews.com Staff | February 3, 2021 | 2:48pm EST
A fence was erected around the U.S. Capitol after the Jan. 6, 2021 riot there. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) said in a “Dear Colleague” letter that she sent to other Democratic members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday that she believes Congress “will need to establish a 9/11-type Commission to examine and report upon the facts, causes and security relating to the terrorist mob attack on January 6.
“The insurrectionist attack on January 6 was not only an attack on the Capitol, but was a traumatic assault targeting Members,” Pelosi told her colleagues.