“There are the fundamental core values of the Democratic Party, which is to work to grow the economy, to create jobs, to encourage small business, to encourage ownership, to expand access to quality health care, to enhance opportunity by making higher education more affordable to American's young people, to have our children live in safe neighborhoods, drug-free, crime-free, and a safe and clean environment, first and foremost to provide for the national defense, to protect and defend the American people, and to have accountability for our budget and for our spending.” PeopleFirstsChildrenCareJobsYoungValuesOpportunityGrowsPartyQualityEconomyEnvironmentCrimeHigherDrugProtectSafeOur ChildrenFundamentalsCleanDemocraticSpendingDefenseAccessCoreHealth CareBudgetsNeighborhoodAccountabilityOwnershipSmall BusinessDemocratic PartyAffordableHigher EducationCore ValuesNational DefenseQuality Health CareDrug Free Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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.” IfsWayChildrenRealityMotherPoliticsStrongJusticePoorCompanyFamilyFivePlansRiskGenerationsPolicyHealthMetsEqualEthicsResourcesHuman RightsIdeologyDisabilityEqual RightsConstituentsInsurance Companies Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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.” IfsChildrenIdeasGrowthCuttingOur ChildrenInvestmentSpendingWhere You AreDeficitInstituteBad IdeasInstitutesSpending Cuts Author:Nancy Pelosi
“On GOP Tax Cuts: They'll take food out of the mouths of children to give tax cuts to the wealthiest.” GivingChildrenCuttingTaxesMouthsTax CutsGop Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I'm a mother of five, and raising five babies, little children, you have to make use of time in a very effective way. So, I think that may have trained me.” ThinkingWayMayChildrenLittlesUseMotherFiveBabyUse Of Time Author:Nancy Pelosi
“[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.” FirstsChildrenDoneFourWeekSpeechProgramBarackAddressesSessionJoints Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Who's taking care of the children is an important question for all of us.” ChildrenImportantCareImportant Questions Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I specially want to have young women not to wait as I did until my children were grown, but young women to come in to gain their seniority so they could be respected leaders at a much earlier age. It's important for all women to see young women who share their experience whether it's as a working mom with young children, who understands the struggle and the aspirations of young women in a similar situation. And if they don't have family and they're pursuing their career women should see that as well.” IfsWantShouldWellsChildrenImportantAgeYoungWaitingSituationLeaderCareersStruggleShareMomGainsMy ChildrenAspirationYoung WomenYoung ChildrenCareer WomenWorking MomSeniority Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or, eh, a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance, or that people could start a business and be entrepreneurial and take risk but not be job-locked because a child has asthma or someone in the family is bipolar. You name it. Any condition is job-blocking.” PeopleThinkingChildrenArtistWorryEconomyRiskPhotographerEntrepreneurialBipolarAsthma Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I promise to do everything in my power to achieve energy independence and to do so within ten years and to stop global warming, which says to the American people that we are about the future, about addressing how we create jobs, how we care for our children, how we grow our economy, and how we preserve our planet.” PeopleChildrenCareEnergyEconomyAchievePromiseOur ChildrenIndependenceGlobal WarmingI Promise Author:Nancy Pelosi
“What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people.” PeopleGivingChildrenJobsCuttingTaxesOur ChildrenBudgetsEducateHealthcareDeficitDiscussingTax CutsBlueprintsBudget Deficit Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Women are leaders everywhere you look - from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes.” LooksChildrenCountryRunningStrongWomenCompanyLeaderBreakWallBuiltEmpowermentRaisesFortuneOur CountryEmpoweringWomen EmpowermentHouseholdStrong WomenCeoStereotypeBreaking DownEmpoweredEmpowering WomenGender EqualityHousewifeFamous WomenEmpowered WomenWomen Empowering WomenInspirational WomenInspirational Strong WomenWomen PowerStrong FemaleInternational Women's DayStrong Women And LoveInternational Women DayCareer WomenWomans DayWoman LeaderInspirational FeministFamous Women InspirationalHappy Womens Day Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Having five children in six years is the best training in the world for Speaker of the House.” WorldYearsChildrenPoliticalHouseFiveSixTrainingElectionSpeakersElection Day Author:Nancy Pelosi
“[Martin Luther King, Jr.] would want us to celebrate him, his birth, and his legacy by acting upon his agenda, by realizing the dream, by making the minimum wage a living wage, by having not just family and medical leave, but paid sick leave for our workers, [and] by having quality, affordable child care so that our families, the power of women can be unleashed in our economy and in our society.” WantChildrenDreamCarePoliticalRealizingActingQualityEconomyBirthKingsSickPaidWorkersMedicalCelebrateLegacyOur FamilyOur SocietyAgendasMinimumWant ULutherAffordableMinimum WageUnleashedChild CareLiving WageSick Leave Author:Nancy Pelosi
