We're calling to give you the good news that this Congress is now fully sworn in and ready to work with you.
Nancy Pelosi
The Public Record
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.
Nowhere were the American people more clear about the need for a new direction than in the war in Iraq.
Our first order of business is passing the toughest congressional ethics reform in history.
The American people rejected an open-ended obligation to a war without end.
Nowhere were the American more -- people more clear about the need for a new direction than in the war in Iraq.
For our daughters and our granddaughters, today we have broken the marble ceiling.
All of these have been vetted through the committee process. Some of them have even passed on the floor.
... a Congress that will pass legislation the first 100 hours to make American people safer, make our economy fairer, make our Congress more honest and build a better future for all of America's children.
Giving the government power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs, for seniors.
This all comes back to the American people. They have to have confidence that Congress is here to work in the people's interests, not the special interests. They have to know -- and I honestly believe that you cannot advance the people's…
Members of Congress have a responsibility to protect their employees, especially young pages.
They began by saying, we must transition our troops out of Iraq. We begin by changing the mission. Democrats have been saying that all along.
...to change the debate in this country in a way that I think gave us this majority in this November.
To change the debate in this country in a way that I think gave us this majority in this November.
Steny came out a big winner today. It was a stunning victory for him.
Nowhere was the call for a new direction more clear from the American people than in the war in Iraq.





