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- Pelosi: Cash for Clunkers Strengthens Auto Industry, Strengthens Economy and Helps Preserve Our Environment “So this is a very positive, bipartisan initiative to help our auto industry, to help consumers, to grow our economy, to do it in an environmentally sound way, and I think is the perfect message for us to take home for August.” 07/31/2009
- Pelosi: ‘We Salute Speaker Hastert for His Leadership, Decency, and Long Record of Distinguished Service’ “Speaker Hastert’s presence will now again grace these halls every day. His portrait will stand in testament to his leadership and his integrity.” 07/28/2009
- Pelosi Floor Speech on Pay-As-You-Go Legislation “It’s a very important day for our country because it is a day when the Congress of the United States says to the American people: We will be accountable. We have said it, we have done it, and now we will make it a statute of the law of the land.” 07/22/2009
- Pelosi Remarks at Roosevelt Institute Gala Presenting FDR Distinguished Public Service Award to B. Rapoport “B. Rapoport has said that Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the man he most admires. We are here tonight because Franklin Roosevelt would admire the contributions and the fundamental values of B. Rapoport.” 07/22/2009
- Pelosi Speech to American Association of People with Disabilities “When the ADA became law 19 years, ago, it broke new ground for civil rights, but it is deeply and firmly rooted in a fundamental American ideal: that we are all equal in the eyes of the law.” 07/22/2009
- Pelosi Floor Speech on Legislation Naming Lim Poon Lee Post Office in San Francisco “Today, the House has an opportunity to honor Postmaster Lee’s lifetime of public service and proud patriotism by naming the post office in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, the ‘Lim Poon Lee Post Office.’” 07/21/2009
- Pelosi to NAACP: ‘In Advancing African Americans Issues of Social Justice and Opportunity, You Advanced Our Nation’ “In advancing African Americans issues of social justice and opportunity, you have advanced our nation. You have brought us closer to the ideal of equality that is both our nation’s heritage and our hope.” 07/13/2009
- Pelosi: ‘Remember These Four Words For What This Legislation Means: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, and Jobs.’ “Today, we have an opportunity to lead America toward an effective and affordable transition to a clean energy future. It is a moment we cannot afford to miss. We have a responsibility to create jobs and make America more secure, protect the health of our citizens, and honor our moral responsibility to our children and our future generations.” 06/26/2009
- Pelosi: ‘Congress Expresses Its Strong Support for Italy as it Rebuilds After the Earthquake.” “The Congress expresses its deepest condolences for those who suffered because of the earthquake in Abruzzo in April, and the Congress expresses its strong support for Italy as it rebuilds from this crisis.” 06/15/2009
- Pelosi: Enabling the FDA to Regulate Tobacco A Giant Step Toward Making America Healthier “Today, we have an opportunity to protect public health and prevent disease. And today, we have an opportunity to honor our responsibility to our children to protect them from the harm that can come to them from the use of tobacco.” 06/12/2009
- Pelosi on Holocaust Memorial Resolution: ‘We Commit to Continuing Our Work to Build a World Free of Hatred’ “This is a severe blow to all of us who care about these issues, and I would include in that everyone in the Congress of the United States and in our great country, and those throughout the world who promise never to forget. So we commit never to forget. And we commit to continuing our work to build a world free of hatred.” 06/11/2009
- Pelosi: ‘Labor Movement Was Blessed to Have Jack Henning as a Leader’ “Jack Henning will be long remembered for his distinguished career on the front lines of the labor movement, fighting passionately for justice, equality, human rights and jobs in California, and across America, and throughout the world.” 06/11/2009
- Pelosi: Congressman Ralph Regula’s Leadership Benefited Our Entire Nation “Today we honor a great congressional leader, a great friend to all of us, and a great man.” 06/10/2009
- Pelosi: ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Bill a Benefit to Our Economy and to Our Environment “This legislation today will ensure that we have a strong manufacturing base and get more fuel-efficient vehicles on the road, which is essential to our economy, to our national security, and a clean, green future.” 06/09/2009
- Pelosi on Tiananmen Anniversary: ‘We Will Not Rest Until There is Freedom of Speech and Assembly in China and Tibet’ “Whatever our roles in whatever stage of our involvement, we have to use everything at our disposal so that they know that we have not forgotten, and that we will not rest until there is freedom of speech and expression and assembly and openness in China and in Tibet.” 06/04/2009
- Pelosi Floor Speech on Tiananmen Square Resolution “Today, on this floor, and this week we are observing something that is sacred ground when we talk about human rights in the world. It is a remarkable occurrence that will continue to inspire people throughout the world and also inspire those in China who hope for and aspire to freedom.” 06/03/2009
- Pelosi Remarks at 2009 Asian American and Pacific Islander Summit “I am so pleased to join you again this year for the fourth annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Summit. The theme today, ‘Restoring our economy: Recovery and Reinvestment in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community’ will inform our work in Congress.” 06/03/2009
- Pelosi Remarks at Ronald Reagan Statue Unveiling “With the unveiling of this statue today, we know that all who come after us will forever know — all visitors to this Capitol will know — the respect and the esteem and the admiration that California, this Congress, and the American people had for President Ronald Reagan.” 06/03/2009
- Pelosi Remarks at Ceremony for Task Force on the Future of American Innovation “That is the shared mission of all of us here today: to build our nation’s intellectual infrastructure. I look forward to working with you again this year to usher in the next generation of innovation.” 06/02/2009
- Pelosi Remarks at Tsinghua Unversity in Beijing, China “We have come to China, in the spirit of cooperation, because we believe China and the United States must address the challenge of climate change together.” 05/28/2009
