Pelosi:"Sadly,the Congress received the news last evening of the passing of a new mbr of Congress,Luke Letlow from LA,due to be sworn in this Sun,but taken by the coronavirus yesterday.He leaves his wife & 2 babies,& we extend great sympathy to his family. It's so sad.41yrs old."
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1344314268871774208
Pelosi on House-passed $2,000 direct payments: "Who is holding up that distribution to the American people? Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans...In blocking it, they are in denial of the hardship that the American people are experiencing now."
"Yes"-Pelosi on whether she'll seat #IA02 House election certified winner Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who won last month by 6 votes, in the House Sunday for 117th Congress. Democratic nominee Rita Hart had filed a petition in the House to contest the election.
Pelosi spox on #IA02: “Every vote counts and that’s why the Committee on House Administration is conducting a thorough and fair review of this election to make sure every vote was counted and counted as cast."
Pelosi spox on #IA02: "Pending the outcome of the Committee’s review and consistent with House practice, we intend to provisionally seat the Republican candidate on Sunday.”
Speaker Pelosi today announced the creation in the 117th Congress of the new Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth "which will be an essential force in Congressional Democrats’ action to combat the crisis of income and wealth disparity in America."
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