Nancy Pelosi Quotes
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Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong.
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I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House.
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I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'
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I have a few uniforms – depending on whether I'm going to a college campus or meeting a head of state. But clean and easy works best for me.
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While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'
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The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists.
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Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional.
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We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.
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I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.'
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Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand.
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I never dread going back to Congress.
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The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.
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I don't know that anybody has walked up to me in the street or in a store or in the grocery and said to me, 'I hope you bomb Assad.' Certainly plenty have said, 'No; thumbs down, thumbs down, thumbs down.'
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If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table.
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We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.
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My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.
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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.
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With Americans worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, the New Direction Congress will work in a bipartisan way to lift our economy and help America's middle class.
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Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.