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"After passing a bill on the House floor this afternoon, and with her personal signature of approval, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi enrolled the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010, sending the legislation down Pennsylvania Avenue for President Barack Obama's signature next Monday."

"Congress has made historic progress in the last four years expanding education and health care benefits for veterans and military families, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday."

'House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told members of the American Legion on Wednesday that when troops start coming home after serving in Iraq, the nation will say thanks in the 'grandest possible way.'"

"There is nothing more wholesome than the participation of women in the political process. When women gain in numbers in elected representation, when more women engage in the political process, women gain in influence--and that means greater advancement for America's women and families."

"Opponents have long called Pelosi 'bad for business,' but she's not the anti-business ideologue of the typical Republican caricature. She regularly seeks out corporate leaders for their take on the economy and talks frequently with Bay Area business titans like Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Her brain trust includes numerous chief executives and venture capitalists. 'I have found her to be supportive of Silicon Valley and the entire technology industry and always open to a healthy give-and-take on key issues,' says Cisco Systems (CSCO) CEO John Chambers, who helped Pelosi develop an innovation agenda in 2005 that included a permanent R&D tax credit, education funding, and universal broadband access."

"Our president came in. He was president maybe two months, three months, by the time we took the vote last year. And the Republicans said they weren't going to vote for the funding. And so it took all Democratic votes. I persuaded my members to give this president a chance, to give him room in order to have time to implement his plan. And in -- and in the course of time -- now the Republicans said they would vote for it, it gave my members the freedom to express themselves on the war in Afghanistan."

"Nancy Pelosi keeps a watchful eye on her cubs. She marks milestones in their personal lives and pays close attention to the politics back home. She can be fiercely protective and stern in her demands."

"Nearly two years after a Wall Street meltdown left the economy reeling, the House on Wednesday passed a massive overhaul of financial regulations that would extend the government's reach from storefront thrifts to the executive suites of Manhattan."