Will work with colleagues in Congress to use every parliamentary and budgetary tactic available to block the Trump administration's plan to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison.

I will work with my colleagues in the Congress to use every parliamentary and budgetary tactic available to block this lunacy.

Pelosi commits to use congressional procedural and budget tools to stop the Alcatraz reopening plan.

Pelosi Statement on the Trump Administration's Alcatraz Budget Request | Representative Nancy Pelosi
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Pelosi said the Trump Administration's request for $152 million to renovate and reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison was 'absurd' and stated, 'I will work with my colleagues in the Congress to use every parliamentary and budgetary tactic available to block this lunacy.'

Strong contemporaneous statement of the promise and the tactic she intended to use.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Pelosi Statement on the Trump Administration's Alcatraz Budget Request | Representative Nancy Pelosi
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At the House Appropriations CJS markup, a motion 'To prohibit the use of funds for a Bureau of Prisons facility on Alcatraz Island' was brought by Mr. Aguilar and was 'Not adopted 27 yeas to 31 nays.'

Concrete parliamentary/budgetary attempt to block Alcatraz reopening was made, but it failed at committee.

never same_term A for effort

Full Committee Votes, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2027
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