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Nancy Pelosi

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Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician serving as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since January 2019, and previously from 2007 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party and has represented California's 12th congressional district in the House of Representatives since 1987, making her one of the longest-serving members of Congress. Pelosi is the first woman to hold the office of Speaker, a role in which she has played a significant part in shaping legislative priorities and party strategy.

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Feb 2, 2022

She has been a principled voice for human rights in China and Tibet for decades.

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Feb 2, 2022

What does it benefit a nation to gain the world but lose its soul?

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Feb 1, 2022

The continued bomb threats against HBCUs are hate crimes that must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. This third round of bomb threats on historically black college and university campuses demands a swift response from federal…

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Feb 1, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman for bringing this important legislation to the floor of the House in such a bipartisan way. I rise today in support of legislation to honor the leadership and legacy of Congressman John Robert Lewis. I thank the…

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Feb 1, 2022

These threats come during black history month, when we not only celebrate the immense contributions of black Americans, but also remember the violence so many had to endure to secure civil rights and voting rights.

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Jan 20, 2022

If we care about preserving the planet for future generations and clean air for them to breathe today and water to drink, we need to pass the Reconciliation Bill. So, I would hope that that would be a major part. So, what the President…

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Jan 18, 2022

Because this is a free market and people -- we are a free market economy that should be able to participate in that.

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Jan 17, 2022

We all want bipartisan ship. We all strive for it. We have a responsibility to do so. But when we cannot have it, we cannot confine our democracy to what might be possible. So, I ask our colleagues in the Senate, respectfully for what you…

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Jan 16, 2022

If you want to honor Dr. King, don`t dishonor him by using a congressional custom as an excuse for protecting our democracy.

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Jan 13, 2022

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, today our Nation faces the most dangerous assault on the vote since Jim Crow. Last year alone, more than 440 draconian voter restrictions have been introduced across…

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Jan 12, 2022

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts, the distinguished chair of the Rules Committee, for his leadership in bringing this important legislation to the floor tonight to enable us to fight for voting rights tomorrow when we vote for the…

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Jan 12, 2022

I thank the gentleman for his leadership in bringing this important legislation to the floor and for yielding. We owe our veterans everything. They make us the home of the brave and the land of the free. They protect our democracy. They…

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Jan 10, 2022

What the Republicans are doing across the country is really a legislative continuation of what they did on January 6, which is to undermine our democracy and to undermine the integrity of our elections to undermine the voting power, which…

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Jan 6, 2022

The visuals of what was happening outside the Capitol, now inside the Capitol, it breaks your heart. It breaks your heart. It`s as if somebody in the White House dropped a bomb on the Congress of the United States.

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Jan 5, 2022

It breaks your heart. It's as if the -- somebody in the White House dropped a bomb on the Congress of the United States, that these people -- and they believed the president of the United States. I have great respect for that office, more…

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Jan 3, 2022

The House has nevertheless planned a day of remembrance on Thursday, including a discussion with a historian about the implications for the country and the historical parallels to this kind of crisis.

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Dec 30, 2021

If we allow a president to be above the law, we surely do to the peril of our republic.

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Dec 30, 2021

the House will commemorate the occasion with a moment of silence on the House floor.

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Dec 29, 2021

The staff went under the table, barricaded the door, turned out the lights, and were silent in the dark.

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Dec 23, 2021

He knows he can’t win.

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Dec 19, 2021

This will happen. It must happen. And we will do it as soon as we can. I have confidence that Senator Manchin cares about our country, and that, at some point very soon, we can take up the legislation. I’m not deterred at all.

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Dec 16, 2021

Unfortunately, Republicans, as I say, vote no and take the dough.

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Dec 15, 2021

No, I don`t -- no to this. Second one, is this is a free market and people -- we have a free-market economy that should be able to participate in that.

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Dec 14, 2021

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Gregory Meeks, of the Foreign Affairs Committee, for his leadership in bringing this important legislation to the floor which addresses an issue of faith, of values, and of…

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