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Fighting Back: The First 100 Days – #ForThePeople

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This past week House Democrats were at an issues conference in Leesburg VA where they were celebrating 100 days of progress For The People.

(Members of the House Democratic Caucus, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), spoke to reporters following the conclusion of a group retreat in Leesburg, Virginia. They talked about their performance during the first 100 days of the party’s majority in the U.S. House and about their legislative agenda for the months ahead.)

From an op-ed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer:

In November, the American people elected Democrats to take back the reins of power in the House of Representatives and put it back to work on their behalf. In our first 100 days in the majority, we have begun to deliver on that promise. With a dynamic, diverse and energized freshman class of 63 new members, Democrats are moving ahead with our agenda for the people: Lower health care costs and the price of prescription drugs, increase paychecks by rebuilding the infrastructure of America in a green, modern and job-creating way, and clean up corruption in Washington so that the government works for the public interest, not the special interests.

One of the first acts of our new majority was to enable the House to defend the Affordable Care Act in court against efforts by Republican-led states and the Trump administration to dismantle it. This was soon followed by the introduction of a comprehensive bill to stabilize our health care system and lower health care costs for consumers. Already, committees are holding hearings and marking up legislation to keep Democrats’ promises to take action to make health care and prescription drugs cheaper. […]

The American people entrusted Democrats with the House majority because we promised to focus on the issues that matter and the challenges too great to be ignored. This is the positive change that the American people voted for in November, and many of our initiatives passed with bipartisan support. It’s time for Senate Republicans to join us or pay a price with the public for their obstruction. House Democrats have taken action for the people. This is what we’ve done in our first 100 days. It is what we will continue to do in the weeks and months ahead.

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Fighting Back: – Nancy Pelosi: “The White House Doesn’t Come with Training Wheels”

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi marked the first 100 days of the Trump administration with a press release “The White House Doesn’t Come with Training Wheels”

This week, as we approach the 100th day of his presidency, President Trump proved once again that he’s out of his depth in the White House. The unpredictable bluster and bravado that was a defining characteristic of Trump in the private sector becomes embarrassing and dangerous for the country when deployed by the President in the Oval Office.

Case in point: this week alone, Trump and his Administration:

– Promised and then walked back a promise to pull out of NAFTA, which would have threatened U.S. jobs.
– Promised and then failed (again) to pass Trumpcare, which would have driven up costs and kicked millions off of health care.
– Promised a tax reform plan, delivered a one-page Word doc that promised tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans while doing almost nothing for the middle class.
– Delivered the weakest job growth in 3 years.
– Defended his hiring of General Flynn, who is being investigated for his ties to Russia.
– Announced during a Reuters interview the U.S. and North Korea might have a “major, major conflict.”
– Declared the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), a five-year old free trade agreement between the US and South Korea that began under President George W. Bush, might be terminated.
– Declared the South Korean government should pay the U.S. for an anti-missile system currently being installed to protect against attacks from North Korea which Trump valued at $1 billion.
– “Joked” to UN Security Council Ambassadors, all men, that if they didn’t like Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the UN, he could replace her.
– Defended leaving hundreds and hundreds of senior-level agency positions vacant, crippling the government, because “we don’t need so many people coming to work.”

It, therefore, comes as no surprise that President Trump didn’t understand being the leader of the free world would be a difficult, demanding job until this week: “This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.”

The first 100 days of the Trump Administration have been marked by consistent missteps, falsehoods, and broken promise after broken promise – and without a single major legislative accomplishment. Instead of working to help promote growth, stability and security in the U.S. and across the globe, the Trump Administration has lurched from crisis to crisis with no coherent agenda to improve the lives of everyday Americans. This government by chaos is hurting workers and their families and dimming the beacon of hope and democracy the US represents in the world’s eye.

The Weekly Democratic Party Address, delivered by Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) is below.

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