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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
Politician
Baltimore
Maryland
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro
Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi
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By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will help strengthen our nation and America's middle class, and spur a new age of innovation and ingenuity in our country.
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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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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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It isn't as much you a spending problem as a priorities, and that is what the budget is, setting priorities. It's about timing. And it's about timing as to when make cuts, as well.
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Hamas is a humanitarian organization.
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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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My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow.
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With President Obama, we will move America forward.
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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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I believe that Hillary Clinton is one of the best prepared people in our history to enter the Oval Office, with her vision, her knowledge, her experience, her strategic thinking, her connection to the American people.
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My daughter Alexandra once told me, Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop. After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.
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I think many times young women do not give sufficient weight to the unique contribution that they can bring to any discussion or any cause. And they have within them something very special, and they should count all of their experiences as a plus.
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I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.
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Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
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As we disagree with each other, we learn more about each other, and more and more people are coming together.
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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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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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You cannot be a party in stagnation. You have to have the constant reinvigoration of fresher ideas and the debate in terms of role of government and the rest is as ancient as - as old as America.
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If women have confidence in themselves, they will have confidence in other women.
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I'm confident in the American people.
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