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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 28, 2017

The Tibet issue has been very much a part of our human rights in China issue all along.

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Feb 28, 2017

If we do not--if we hesitate to speak out for human rights in China because of commercial interest, we lose all moral authority to speak out for human rights anyplace in the world.

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Feb 22, 2017

It's a stunning thing that a white supremacist, Bannon would be a permanent member of National Security Council.

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Jan 3, 2017

The president asked us, are you ready? You have the fight in you.

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Nov 13, 2016

There must be no sugar coating the reality that a white nationalist has been named chief strategist for the Trump administration.

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Sep 6, 2016

Education is the great equalizer.

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Jul 27, 2016

It's about time we had a woman in the White House.

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Jun 22, 2016

We cannot stop until we get a bill, until we walk is passed. This isn't about politics. It's not about elections. It's not about campaigns. It's about the safety of the American people.

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Dec 18, 2015

That only adds to the urgency of our acting by March 31, 2016, as the Speaker indicated. He also indicated that hearings on this important legislation would begin on our first day back. ____________________

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Dec 18, 2015

I rise for a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Curbelo of Florida). The gentlewoman will state her parliamentary inquiry.

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Oct 21, 2015

I would like to say how proud he was and thrilled he was that Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren was going to succeed him in the Congress. He made that well known to all of us. So his service continues his leadership in your excellent service and…

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Jul 22, 2015

I do want to add to my remarks because I was so taken by speaking about Jim Wright; but on the occasions I did see him in Texas, on the most recent occasions, he expressed the pride he took in your service in the Congress. Congratulations…

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Jun 17, 2015

If there's ever going to be an opportunity to raise the gas tax, the time when gas prices are so low--oil prices are so low--is the time to do it.

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Jun 2, 2015

The fundamental freedoms that come from religious freedom, are the values on which our nation was founded.

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Jun 2, 2015

U.S. trade relations with China must be linked to China's human rights record.

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Mar 29, 2015

We have to pass the bill to find out what is in it.

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Mar 2, 2015

I was near tears because I love Israel very much. I value the importance of the relationship between Israel and the United States.

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Feb 26, 2015

We want to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security. We want to deal with immigration separately.

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Feb 26, 2015

Our unity was a strong statement that the Department of Homeland Security must be fully funded.

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Feb 26, 2015

We're not going to a short-term, we want to expand the department for the entire year.

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Jan 9, 2015

Section 5: ``The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.'' Amendment XV, section 1: ``The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the…

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