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Nancy Pelosi: There are many other issues that the American people are concerned about that relate to education, to a prescription…

On the recordSeptember 19, 2002
There are many other issues that the American people are concerned about that relate to education, to a prescription drug benefit, to access to health care, pension security. The list goes on and on; and as we come in for our 2-day-a-week work weeks in Washington, D.C., we are becoming less relevant to the problems that the American people are facing. It is almost as if they are saying to us, Earth to Congress, we are still here, we have these challenges in our economy and our workforce, et cetera, and get to work and get some of this done so that we can go forward.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Addressing the need for Congress to focus on pressing issues facing the American people.

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