Nancy Pelosi: “I rise to encourage our colleagues to vote for the Mollohan-Fox amendment. In defense of the Legal Services Corporation…”

“I rise to encourage our colleagues to vote for the Mollohan-Fox amendment. In defense of the Legal Services Corporation, our colleagues have quoted the Constitution, and, of course, most recently the pledge to the flag which we make here every day, and in that pledge to the flag it has been said, and is said here every day, the pledge for liberty and justice for all. That is exactly what the Legal Services Corporation is about. We brag and boast about American values and the rights that we have as Americans, but we truly do not have those rights unless we have access to legal services to protect those rights and the right to sue to protect them. Other colleagues have quoted and referenced their own experience with Legal Services, and I just want to talk about the fact that two-thirds of those eligible for Legal Services are women and children, most of them families. They receive services in areas such as juvenile law, family law, housing, health and education, and clinics perform critical services for victims of domestic violence.”