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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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Jun 30, 2020

This is quite remarkable and a real expression of this bipartisan concern that we have for democracy.

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Jun 30, 2020

The U.S. Congress has always spoken in bipartisan House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans, with one voice in defense of those who are pressed by Beijing and in support of freedom, justice, and real autonomy for the people of Hong Kong.

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Jun 30, 2020

We continue to urge President Trump to hold Chinese officials accountable for abuses, including taking steps under the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.

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Jun 30, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding and acknowledging my maiden name, D'Alesandro. In any event, Mr. Speaker, this is a special day. In the election, the Democrats said that we were going to increase paychecks by building the infrastructure…

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Jun 30, 2020

So many times this committee, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Eliot Engel; in the Senate, Marco Rubio, Mr. Cardin and others, have put--now Chris Van Hollen, Mr. Toomey over there, Democrats and Republicans, have put the bright spotlight on what is…

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Jun 29, 2020

I thank the gentleman for his tremendous leadership in bringing this important and historic legislation to the floor. He has been a part of advancing lower costs for healthcare and better benefits for all Americans in his career in…

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Jun 29, 2020

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her exceptional leadership on behalf of America's working families. I especially salute her now for bringing the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act to the floor. It is urgently needed…

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Jun 26, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank you and him for making this important memorial possible for us today. I rise to solemnly join my colleagues to honor the 49 beautiful souls murdered 4 years ago in an unfathomable act of…

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Jun 26, 2020

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her tremendous leadership over time to remove obstacles of participation to our democracy, whether it is a voting rights act for all, or whether it is observing the 100th anniversary of women…

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Jun 25, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his stalwart support for justice in policing. Thank you so much for bringing this legislation to the floor, to you, Mr. Nadler, members of the Judiciary Committee, and the…

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Jun 3, 2020

I'm very concerned about the increased militarization and lack of clarity about these agencies that may increase chaos.

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May 28, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding. It is a sad day for us, but what a joy for all of us to have served with Sam Johnson, a bona fide American hero, to serve with him in the Congress. I appreciate that the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr…

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May 27, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him and Mr. McCaul, Mr. Engel, the chairman, ranking member, and senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee for bringing this important legislation to the floor. It is an honor to be here…

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May 27, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for his leadership of the Rules Committee and for bringing us together so that we can present this FISA bill on the floor today. Madam Speaker, when we come to Congress, we all take an oath…

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May 17, 2020

I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and in his, shall we say, weight group, what is morbidly obese, they say.

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May 17, 2020

The American people need this, honoring our heroes by allocating the resources to state and local governments, tribal governments and territories, to meet the needs of the American people.

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May 17, 2020

What this country needs is a robust testing initiative with a plan, a timetable, benchmarks, milestones, to get the job done.

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May 17, 2020

The President should acknowledge why we even have inspectors general. This followed Watergate, to have transparency, accountability, to fight waste, fraud, abuse in our governmental actions.

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May 17, 2020

This is the fourth inspector general that the president has lost confidence in, so to speak, and it's a pattern that I think is unhealthy for a democracy.

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May 15, 2020

I thank the distinguished chair for yielding and thank her for her tremendous leadership. My colleagues, a horrible virus has made a vicious attack on the lives and the livelihood of the American people and, indeed, on the life of our…

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Apr 23, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership as chair of the Rules Committee for bringing this important legislation to the floor today. I also acknowledge the bipartisan cooperation of the Republicans in this…

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Apr 23, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for managing this important legislation on the floor of the House. I also commend him for the work that he did in the previous legislation that we have had. As has been acknowledged, this…

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Apr 19, 2020

Science, science, science, science. I always say it's such an answer to everything, and, indeed, it is an answer to our prayers.

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