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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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Jan 23, 2021

No, I`m not worried about that. Just because he`s now gone, thank God that we -- you don`t say to a president, do whatever you want in the last months of your administration. You`re going to get a jet -- get out of jail card free. Because…

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Jan 20, 2021

There is no question that there were members in this body who gave aid and comfort to those with the idea that they were embracing a lie, a lie perpetrated by the president of the United States.

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Jan 19, 2021

We broke into the capital. We got inside. We did our part. We were looking for Nancy to shoot her in the frigging brain. But we didn`t find her.

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Jan 19, 2021

I don’t think we could have sustained our democracy if he had two terms in office, for what he was doing to our institutions, or what he was doing to our Constitution.

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Jan 19, 2021

Donald Trump was a stain on our country. I don`t think we could have sustained our democracy if he had two terms in office.

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Jan 19, 2021

Hope is the thing that we have to keep alive.

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Jan 18, 2021

Well, I was actually more thinking about my staff and my colleagues who don’t have the protection that I have.

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Jan 18, 2021

Donald Trump was a stain on our country. I don`t think we could have sustained our democracy if he had two terms in office for what he was doing to our institutions, or what he was doing to our Constitution. He dishonored it.

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Jan 17, 2021

Therefore, this placement should not move forward.

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Jan 17, 2021

The circumstances and timing of the selection of Mr. Ellis, this 11th hour effort to push this placement in the last three days of this administration, Pelosi says, are highly suspect.

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Jan 17, 2021

Dear Acting Secretary Miller. I am writing to follow up on my phone conversation with you earlier today, during which I expressed my deep concern about the irregularities involved in the selection of the general counsel of the National…

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Jan 15, 2021

This is just if you had said that two weeks ago, would you have believed that that was a possibility? It's really, it's really quite remarkable.

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Jan 15, 2021

If in fact it is found that Members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crime, there may have to be actions taken beyond the Congress, and in terms of prosecution for that.

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Jan 15, 2021

We must subject this whole complex though to scrutiny in light of what happened and the fact that the inauguration is coming. To that end, I have asked retired Lieutenant Generous Russell Honore to lead an immediate review of security…

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Jan 15, 2021

To see this punk with that shirt on and his anti-Semitism that he has bragged about, to be part of a white supremacist raid on this capitol requires us to have an after-action review to assign responsibility to those who were part of…

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Jan 15, 2021

When we're talking about security, we have to talk about truth and trust. In order to serve here with each other, we must trust that people have respect for their oath of office, respect for this institution. We must trust each other…

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Jan 15, 2021

If, in fact, it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crime, there may have to be actions taken beyond the Congress in terms of prosecution for that.

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Jan 13, 2021

We here in this House have a sacred obligation to stand for truth, to stand up for the Constitution, to stand as guardians of the republic.

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Jan 13, 2021

Today, in a bipartisan way, the House demonstrated that no one is above the law.

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Jan 13, 2021

The President of the United States incited this insurrection; this armed rebellion against our common country. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love.

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Jan 13, 2021

Today in a bipartisan way, the House demonstrated that no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States. That Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to our country and that, once again, we honored our oath of office…

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Jan 12, 2021

The President's actions demonstrate his absolute inability to discharge the most basic and fundamental powers and duties of his office. Therefore the President must be removed from office immediately.

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Jan 12, 2021

We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced.

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Jan 12, 2021

This is a moment of truth for our nation.

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