Speeches
- Pelosi: ‘Today, We Have the Opportunity to Complete the Great Unfinished Business of Our Society and Pass Health Insurance Reform for All Americans’ "This legislation will lead to healthier lives, more liberty to pursue hopes and dreams and happiness for the American people. This is an American proposal that honors the traditions of our country." 03/22/2010
- Pelosi Remarks at Saint Patrick’s Day Luncheon With President Obama and Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen "We come together to celebrate the feast of Saint Patrick. We honor him for his faith and his good works as he is an inspiration to us." 03/17/2010
- Pelosi: ‘Answering Our Country’s Call, WASPs Demonstrated Courage and Patriotism and Excellence and Competence’ “Answering our country’s call, the WASPs demonstrated courage and patriotism and excellence and competence. Their bravery inspires and awes us; their success allowed the success of generations since and generations to come." 03/10/2010
- Pelosi Remarks at the 2010 Legislative Conference for National Association of Counties “The challenges we face, the health, the education, the education of our children, the economic well-being of their families, the safety of neighborhoods, all of this, all roads lead to you. The challenges we all face are too great though for each of us to face them alone. We need to form the partnerships, strengthen partnerships at every level of government and with committed and compassionate leaders to understand that the need to focus on the next generation, we need to focus on the next generation, not the next election." 03/09/2010
- Pelosi on the HIRE Act: ‘We Must Be Unrelenting in Our Efforts to Create More Jobs’ “Today, we are taking another step in creating jobs and laying the foundation for long-term growth and prosperity." 03/04/2010
- Pelosi Closing Remarks at Bipartisan Meeting at Blair House on Health Insurance Reform "But the fact is, as the President said, many of these provisions on their own are largely supported by the American people. So this will take courage to do. Social Security was hard. Medicare was hard. Health care reform for all Americans — insurance reform is hard — but we will get it done." 02/25/2010
- Pelosi Remarks at Bipartisan Meeting at Blair House on Health Insurance Reform “As we sit around this table, I think we should be mindful of what they do when they sit around their kitchen table. What we do here must be relevant to their lives. And for them, they don’t have time for us to start over. Many of them are at the end of the line with their insurance..." 02/25/2010
- Pelosi on Repealing Antitrust Exemption: Health Insurance Companies Will Now Be Playing on the People’s Field “I have always said that any health care reform had to make the Triple-A test. It had to have affordability for the middle class, accessibility for many more people and accountability for the insurance companies. No longer would they have it all their way. And that’s what this legislation does." 02/24/2010
- Pelosi: ‘He Loved This Congress. He Left Us at the Top of His Game. We’ll Miss You, Jack Murtha’ "Many of us had the honor of calling him a colleague in this chamber and some of us here had the privilege of calling him a friend. And when he was your friend, you had a true friend." 02/24/2010
- Pelosi Remarks After Roundtable in San Francisco on One-Year Anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act “Occasions like this are taking place across the country; they have people who have taken advantage, exploited the opportunities in the recovery package in a very positive way. I think that it is indeed today in cause for celebration, to observe the recovery package, all I can say is – more to come." 02/18/2010
- Pelosi Remarks at the Funeral of Congressman John Murtha "Patriot. Champion. Hero. Giant. Jack Murtha. We will never see his like again.” 02/16/2010
- Pelosi Remarks at Libary of Congress Event with President Gianfranco Fini Speaker Pelosi delivered brief remarks at an event last evening with President Gianfranco Fini of the Italian Chamber of Deputies at the Library of Congress. Below are the Speaker's remarks as prepared: 02/04/2010
- Pelosi on Passage of PAYGO Legislation: This Will Put Us on a Path of Deficit Reduction "When I became Speaker of the House, the very first day we passed legislation that made PAYGO the rule of the House. Today we will make it the law of the land." 02/04/2010
- Pelosi Remarks at 78th Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors “The President has said: ‘We will measure our success by the progress that is made by America’s working families.’ You are in command of America’s working families in a very direct way. Our partnership is important to their success." 01/20/2010
- Pelosi on Fallen CIA Officers: ‘May Their Proud and Selfless Acts Be a Source of Strength and Inspiration to Americans’ “They were mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, friends and loved ones. They never asked for recognition or credit, for medals or awards. They simply sought to fulfill their duty: to protect our nation; to secure the blessings of a brighter future for our people; to ‘bear any burden’ — as President Kennedy said — in the name of our safety, our shared values, and our common ideals." 01/20/2010
- Pelosi: ‘A Compassionate and Generous Response from the United States is Essential to Stabilizing Haiti’ “Today with this resolution, we are saying to the Haitian people: in your hour of greatest need, America stands with you." 01/20/2010
- Pelosi Remarks Introducing President Obama at Democratic Issues Conference “Mr. President, we are having a conference dedicated to securing jobs and securing America. And because of the leadership of John Larson and Xavier Becerra, we’ve been focusing on innovation — recognizing that innovation begins in the classroom, that changing energy policy is essential to it, and that essential to it all is health policy. All of the bills have been passed by this House." 01/14/2010
- Pelosi Floor Speech in Tribute to Paula Nowakowski “So it is with great respect, admiration, sadness, and affection that I extend to Paula’s family the sympathy and condolences of the Congress as I join the distinguished Leader in doing so." 01/13/2010
- Pelosi at Women’s Roundtable in Copenhagen: Women Have the Most to Gain and the Most to Lose in Climate Crisis “Women have the most to gain and the most to lose in the climate crisis. The impacts are not gender-neutral; as the primary users, managers, and stewards of natural resources, women feel the consequences first." 12/17/2009
- Pelosi Floor Speech on the Jobs for Main Street Act “This legislation today is neither the first nor the last step in our economic recovery; it is another in a series of ongoing efforts to put Americans back to work. We will continue to work with our colleagues in the Senate until this becomes law. And I hope we can get it to President Obama’s desk for his signature before the State of the Union." 12/16/2009