Nancy Pelosi

Every Member of the House came to this effort with one goal, to create a department that will help us win the war on terrorism and protect our citizens from future attacks. We have no greater obligation under this Constitution. We share…

I want to join the distinguished chairman in congratulating the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) for his leadership, not only tonight but on an ongoing basis on this very important issue, addressing violence in the Middle East and our…

It is an exciting day for those of us who have served with Lindy Boggs. I am pleased to be part of this effort to honor an outstanding woman who has been such an important role model for many of us, and for so many women in political life…

Of course, Mr. Speaker, one important option that we have, in order to restore confidence to the markets and diminish the crisis, is to bring the Sarbanes accounting reform bill directly to the floor for consideration. I hope that the…

I just have one other concern that I wish to discuss with the distinguished majority leader. As the gentleman knows, and we have discussed before, there is a crisis in our country, and it is the confidence in our markets that we want to…

I reiterate, methinks the gentleman doth protest too much. Mr. Speaker, another bill that I am wondering will come up is the bill on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, on which I serve as ranking member. We finished our work a…

Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much. The fact is that the events that have followed the passage of the bill in this body have demonstrated its weakness so very clearly. So again, I reiterate my request of the gentleman to take up…

The Senate has acted very responsibly and in a manner that I hope this body will follow suit on in the bill that they have passed. The difference between the House bill and the Senate bill is drastic. That is why I asked that we take up…

If the subject were not so serious about the pensions of America's families, the hopes and aspirations for their children and their children's education that has been greatly diminished by the collapse of the stock market, I would think…

I would say to the leader that I had a couple of issues in that regard. As Members know, the Senate will finish a very tough corporate accountability measure early next week that the President and the Speaker have expressed support for…

I think it is important for both sides of the aisle to remember that the legislation and the issues that we are dealing with are not our private personal property. The American people expect and should demand more transparency than what is…

Is one to infer from what the gentleman has said that the majority would be willing to bring up a freestanding bill with some discussion about what the amount would be for the debt limit, including the $150 billion that the minority has…

This issue is of such grave importance to our country that I would hope that we would have an open debate on the subject and not have it treated the way the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, the gentleman from California (Mr…

I had some questions on that conference. As the gentleman may recall, Democrats were united in opposing another increase in our Nation's borrowing limit when this bill was considered in the House. We believe it is time to sit down and work…

The gentleman is correct, I did not support it, because I thought the bill was harsh to newcomers to our country, and some of those provisions have been corrected over time due to the leadership on this side of the aisle. The gentleman's…

While I have the floor, Mr. Speaker, may I say to the distinguished majority leader, I wish to register a point of deep concern to our side of the aisle. There seems to be a recurring pattern this year where there are no substitutes or…

I rise in support of H.R. 2804, which designates, as has been mentioned, the U.S. Courthouse located at 95 Seventh Street in San Francisco as the James R. Browning United States Courthouse. Judge Browning has been an outstanding jurist and…

I find that disappointing because, as the gentleman knows, we have people who are suffering in our country. We passed the airline bailout bill in a matter of days of September 11, and that was appropriate. We should have at that time…

I think that if the package he was talking about that was this job creation package is the one that gave $250 million back to Enron retroactively, then I think the public will understand why that is something that was unacceptable in a…

Finally, as the distinguished majority leader knows, we are in an economic recession, and millions of workers have lost their jobs. The Senate has completed action on 13 weeks of extended benefits for these workers. When will the majority…

Therefore, one would infer from the gentleman's remarks that even if we complete campaign finance reform on Thursday, there would be no other business that day?

I thank him for the vision with which he has led us, with his knowledge, with his experience, with his integrity. Every one of us who serves in this body has a great privilege to do so. One of our greatest privileges, though, is to have…

In honoring the service of David Bonior, his vision, his knowledge, his effectiveness, his energy, his integrity, his experience, indeed the people of Michigan are very blessed to have him as their future Governor. I also want to…

I do not blame my Republican colleagues for debating this bill in the dark of night. It is a shame. I know why they do not want the American people to hear about this and what the facts are, but I want to address the point of the gentleman…

I rise in support of H.R. 2069. Madam Speaker, we must never forget that every single day, 8,000 people die of AIDS; 8,000 people die every day of AIDS. Think of it. It is so staggering. It is unimaginable, almost.