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I went to Congress to change the policies of our country. I did not go to change the behaviors of members of Congress.

Nancy Pelosi

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Nancy Pelosi
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: March 26
Minority Leader Of The United States House Of Representatives
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Baltimore
Maryland
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro
Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi
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I know my debt of gratitude to the women who went before, I know my responsibility to young women coming forward.
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We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done.
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Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
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Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I'd ever met anybody who liked his or her plan. But that was not my experience.
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I don’t remember saying that everybody in the country would have a lower premium.
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Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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[Barack Obama] had already signed Lilly Ledbetter, signed SCHIP, the children's health insurance program. By the time he had his first address to the joint session, that is as it is called, the first speech, he could say, this is what I asked for, this is what we have done in the first four weeks.
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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.
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Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for.
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I was raised in an Italian catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. Our faith is very important to us, our patriotism, love of faith, love of family, love of country. I took pride in our Italian American heritage and to be the first woman speaker of the House and the first Italian American speaker of the House, it's quite thrilling for me.
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So when [Donald Trump] makes his address on the 40 days that he has been president, he has nothing to show for it but fear in every way.
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