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Nancy Pelosi's Public Statements on Issue: Entitlements and the Safety Net

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 11

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10/09/2022 Tweet - "As a part of the GOP campaign to gut the pillars of seniors' economic security, 158 @HouseGOP members have called for raising the retirement age to 70 & slashing & privatizing Social Security. @HouseDemocrats are lowering costs for our seniors and putting #PeopleOverPolitics."
09/10/2022 Tweet - "Republicans want to gut Social Security and Medicare -- threatening seniors' health and financial security. Democrats will never relent in defending the right to a secure retirement. With our #InflationReductionAct, we are proudly bringing down health costs for our seniors."
08/19/2022 Tweet - "Last year, nearly 65 million Americans received Social Security benefits. Yet, the Extreme MAGA Republicans continue to blurt out their dangerous plans to dismantle Social Security and Medicare."
08/16/2021 Tweet - "Thanks to @POTUS , struggling families across the nation will soon see a permanent increase to their monthly SNAP benefits for the first time ever. This action, which was directed by Congress in 2018, will help parents afford enough healthy food to feed their families."
08/14/2021 Tweet - "Every American deserves to retire with dignity and security. For 86 years, Social Security has stood as a pillar of economic security, offering peace of mind to millions of hard-working Americans."
07/02/2021 Tweet - "Today's jobs numbers send a resounding message: thanks to @POTUS and @HouseDemocrats, America is roaring back. By putting vaccines in arms and money in workers' pockets, Democrats are leading an historic economic recovery, with more jobs and higher wages across the board."
06/29/2021 Tweet - "Thanks to Democrats' swift and decisive action to get shots into arms, money in pockets and people back in jobs with the #AmericanRescuePlan, America is coming back stronger."
05/22/2021 Tweet - ".@POTUS' American Families Plan will #BuildBackBetter by ensuring that every working- and middle-class family can afford child care, creating national paid family & medical leave and delivering nutrition assistance for hungry families."
05/04/2021 Tweet - "In @POTUS' first 100 days, we've passed legislation that put shots in arms, money in pockets, kids in school & people in jobs, which helped the economy & families rebound from the devastating effects of the pandemic. We will continue to #BuildBackBetter w/ the American Jobs Plan."
04/10/2021 Tweet - "The #AmericanRescuePlan is about the children, the children, the children. Their health: vaccination, nutrition Their education: resources for safely going back to school The family's economic security: money in the pockets"
03/25/2021 Tweet - "The #AmericanRescuePlan takes decisive action to curb the devastating poverty rate in the United States by putting money in pockets and supporting families with children. Help Is Here!"
02/18/2021 Tweet - "Women are disproportionately bearing the brunt of the devastating COVID-19 unemployment statistics & a severe lack of adequate support for child care is largely to blame .@POTUS American Rescue Plan includes $40B to provide solutions for parents."
12/11/2020 Tweet - "We must remove key barriers that keep Americans from receiving the disability insurance they need quickly following their diagnosis. With my signature, we take a step in that direction and the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act heads to the President's desk."
10/19/2020 Tweet - "For decades, SNAP has been a lifeline in the fight against hunger and a proven pathway out of poverty for millions. The Courts are clear: the Trump Admin's rule stealing food off the table of over one million struggling Americans is contrary to the law."
08/25/2020 Tweet - "It's official: if President Trump gets his way, the sacred promise of #SocialSecurity will be shattered by mid-2023. Democrats will stand strong for America's seniors and Social Security beneficiaries."
12/20/2018 Tweet - "We should be working to help hungry Americans, not take away their food. Yet under a new rule proposed by the Trump Admin (based on ideas the Congress rejected on a bipartisan basis), hundreds of thousands of ppl could lose nutrition assistance. This is the definition of cruelty."
12/12/2018 Tweet - "Today, the House honored a decades-long tradition by passing a strong, bipartisan #FarmBill that strengthens the safety net for families and provides certainty for our farmers. https://goo.gl/6QDkNz "
09/19/2018 Tweet - "THREAD: Republicans are laying out their agenda for 2019, and it's a nightmare for working families and seniors. #Medicare #Medicaid #SocialSecurity #ProtectOurCare"
07/12/2018 Tweet - "Republicans want you to believe America is #BetterOffNow -- but the truth is they threatened the future of Medicare & Social Security in order to give CEOs & wealthy shareholders massive tax giveaways."
06/21/2018 Tweet - "Instead of wasting time on House Republicans' destructive & partisan bill, we should follow the Senate and return to the bipartisan tradition of robust Farm Bills that meet the needs of farmers, producers and hungry families."
05/15/2018 Tweet - "The #GOPFarmBill only makes SNAP better if you define "better" as jeopardizing benefits for nearly 2 million people or 265,000 children losing their free school meals. Then again, @HouseGOP also thought #Trumpcare and #GOPTaxScam were good ideas. #SNAPmatters"
05/10/2018 Tweet - "#MomsDontNeed to see their children go without the nutritious food that helps them to grow strong -- but under the #GOPFarmBill, millions will be kicked off SNAP or see their benefits reduced. #SNAPmatters"
04/18/2018 Tweet - "This is completely false. The GOP #2018FarmBill cuts over $23 billion in SNAP benefits from hungry Americans."
04/12/2018 Tweet - "The #GOPTaxScam mortgaged the futures of our seniors, children & families to enrich wealthy corporations & pharmaceutical companies. And now, they have the chutzpah to propose a massive attack on Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security."
04/12/2018 Tweet - ".@HouseGOP's #FarmBill proposal seals their betrayal of rural communities & the seniors, veterans, individuals with disabilities & vulnerable communities who rely on supplemental nutritional assistance to put food on the table."

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