Quotes from Nancy Pelosi

We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

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.

I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'

I think there's no question Comey abused power.

Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.

I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.

We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!

Politicians are trying to attract people to issues.

We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.

Take inventory of what you have to offer. Place a value on it. Respect it - because if you don't respect what you have to offer it's hard for other people to.

Hillary Clinton has a vision, she has knowledge and judgment. She is a strategic thinker, based on her experience and her connection.

I have always said, in my own rise in the leadership, please don't ever ask anybody to vote for me because I'm a woman.

Do not ever say to anybody it's time for us to have a woman in the leadership, because that's the least important selling point.

The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.

Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.

With President Obama, we will move America forward.

Democrats embrace The Affordable Care Act. We're very proud of it.

My father died the year I was elected to Congress: 1987.

Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

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.

The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House.

I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'

I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally.