Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosiis the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. She is the only woman to have served as the House Speaker and to date is the highest-ranking female politician in American history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 March 1940
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
I was pampered in the fact that I had five older brothers, which I highly recommend to anyone.
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.
I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either.
When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system.
Michael Brown has no qualifications for the job. He proved that last week. He removed all doubt.
We intend to do it on the first day we take over the House of Representatives.
Just because he says things are improving there, doesn't make it so.
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.
The American people paid the price of corruption.
The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history.
The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, on the National Institutes of Health, where you are hindering growth, you're no going to reduce the deficit.
America must be a light to the world, not just a missile.