“With President Obama, we will move America forward.” AmericaMovingPresidentPresident Obama Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The American people are very, very ready for a woman president. They're far ahead of the politicians. I always thought it would be much easier to elect a woman president of the United States than Speaker of the House, because the people are far ahead, as I say, of the electeds, on the subject of a woman being president.” PeopleStatesWould BeHousePresidentUnitedUnited StatesSubjectsReadyPoliticianEasierSpeakers Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I don't reject the concept of preemptive war. I'm a mother of five. I have five grandchildren. And I always say: Think of a lioness. Think of a mother bear. You come anywhere near our cubs, you're dead. And so, in terms of any threat to our country, people have to know we'll be there to preemptively strike. But what the president [Bush] did was, on the basis of no real intelligence for an imminent threat to our country, chose to go into a war for reasons that are still unknown to us.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsWarRealCountryReasonMotherPresidentTermFiveBearsConceptsBasesThreatStrikesOur CountryRejectsGrandchildrenPresident BushCubsLionessReal Intelligence Author:Nancy Pelosi
“This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008” I CanRememberPresidentOfficeExpectationsLifetime Author:Nancy Pelosi
“You know, God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States, a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject.” PeopleKnowsHeartWarStatesNamesEnergyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomySubjectsLosingBlessCredibilityKnowing GodGod Bless Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qa'ida. I salute President Obama ... in achieving this major accomplishment. ... The death of Osama bin Laden is historic.” FightingPresidentAchieveDevelopmentMajorsMarkSignificantAccomplishmentAlsPresident ObamaHistoricBin LadenOsama Bin LadenSalute Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The president of the United States, the most famous person in the world, maybe in the whole galaxy - in a long time - he had to spend like a billion dollars to set the record straight.” WorldPersonsLongStatesWholePresidentUnitedUnited StatesRecordsLong TimeDollarsBillionsGalaxy Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I have worn my white and purple, colors of the Suffragettes, in honor of the fact that we have our first woman president, soon to be, Hillary Clinton, elected president of the United States.” FirstsStatesFactsPresidentWhiteUnitedUnited StatesColorHonorClintonWornPurpleSuffragettes Author:Nancy Pelosi
“President Obama and the congressional Democrats have certainly been responsive.” PresidentDemocratPresident Obama Author:Nancy Pelosi
“President Obama came up with tremendous ideas, but he was blocked by the Republicans.” IdeasPresidentRepublicanPresident ObamaBlocked Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Hillary Clinton is probably one of the best prepared people to walk into the Oval Office certainly in a generation, with all the love and respect and admiration that I have for President Obama, and he's been a great president, going in he was nowhere nearly as prepared as Hillary Clinton.” PeoplePresidentWalksGenerationsOfficePreparedClintonAdmirationPresident ObamaLove And RespectOvalGreat Presidents Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Hillary Clinton should be president not because she's a woman but because she's the best for the job. I don't think that any woman should be asked to vote for someone because she's a woman, and that - because the candidate is a woman.” ThinkingShouldJobsPresidentVoteClintonCandidates Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Hillary Clinton knows, as I did know, as my women members know - that a woman being elected to a position, it's not about what it means to that woman. It's not about what it means to Hillary to be the first president. It's about what it means to all of the women in America, that a woman has broken the ultimate marble ceiling and that anything is possible for them and their daughters - and their sons. It's about sons, too.” KnowsFirstsMeanAmericaPresidentPositionSonBrokenMembersDaughterUltimateClintonCeilingsMarbleAnything Is Possible Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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.” WayHas BeensShowsPresidentTrumpAddresses Author:Nancy Pelosi
“When President [Barack] Obama was sworn in on the steps of Capitol, he asked for swift, bold action now for jobs and education for the 21st Century, a list, an agenda. One week and one day from that swearing in, the House passed the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.” ActionJobsHousePresidentStepsWeekCenturyOne DayListsRecoveryBarackAgendas21st CenturyPresident Barack ObamaCapitolSwearingBold ActionsJobs And Education Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The Republicans have been baying at the moon for seven years, in March it was seven years since the president signed the bill. They've been baying at the moon that they had a better idea.” YearsHas BeensIdeasPresidentRepublicanMoonBillsSevenMarchSeven Years Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Imagine in what the president [Donald trump] wants to do, the 400 wealthiest families in America will get a tax break of $7 million a year.” WantYearsAmericaPresidentBreakMillionsImagineTrumpTaxesTax Breaks Author:Nancy Pelosi
“My evaluation of President George W. Bush is nothing personal. He's a lovely person. Sadly, I believe he will be remembered for taking us into war unnecessarily at the cost of thousands of American lives, injuries to tens of thousands of our troops, and trillions of dollars to our economy - enormous costs to our reputation, and undermining the capability of our military to protect us. That, I think, will be the overwhelming issue for which his presidency will be remembered: extensive damage to our country.” ThinkingBelievePersonsWarCountryI BelievePresidentEconomyIssuesMilitaryCostProtectDollarsLovelyEnormousReputationOur CountryRememberedDamageInjuryOverwhelmingCapabilityTroopsPresidencyAmerican LifeEvaluationOur TroopsUnderminingPresident George W BushLovely Person Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I do trust that the president is sincere in understanding that the public supports - that overwhelmingly the public supports - not sending these young people back. It was interpreted by some that we had a deal on the deal. But that wasn't on the package. We had an agreement to move forward, in our view, with the DREAM Act as a basis for how we protect the DREAMers and for further discussions on what provisions relating to the border might be in an accompanying bill or whatever as we go forward. So I trust the president in that regard.” PeopleDreamMovingUnderstandingPresidentSupportProtectMoving ForwardDiscussionSincereDreamer Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.” WarPresidentEvidenceBasesInternationalIraqDoctrineRadicalAssertionUnprecedentedIraq WarCoalitions Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.” DreamJobsPresidentFocusedPresident ObamaAmerican Dream Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President's economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation - innovation begins in the classroom - clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform.” WorldWayFirstsBelieveMaySaidCareJobsThreeEnergyPresidentNumbersTechnologyIssuesEconomicCreationThirdsInnovationCleanClimateReformHealth CareClassroomInitiativeInnovativeRemarksPillarsNew TechnologyClean EnergyJob CreationHealth Care Reform Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I believe that the president's (Bush) leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in making the decisions that would have been necessary to truly accomplish the mission without the deaths to our troops and the cost to our taxpayers.” BelieveHas BeensActionI BelievePresidentTermDecisionTakenCostJudgmentIraqAccomplishMissionsTroopsTaxpayersIncompetenceOur Troops Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was one of my top priorities. I applaud the President on focusing on this issue and on taking the lead to disarm Saddam Hussein... Others have talked about this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has chemical weapons, he has biological weapons, he is trying to get nuclear weapons.” TryingYearsEndsPresidentIssuesOfficeWeaponsMassDestructionThreatIraqNuclearDebatePrioritiesPermanentChemicalsSpeakersNuclear WeaponsCommitteesStoppingSaddamHusseinSelectWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionProliferationTop PrioritiesChemical WeaponsBiological Weapons Author:Nancy Pelosi
