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"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Massachusetts Representative Edward Markey blasted BP today for its inability to stop the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."

"Cornell University's convocation speaker, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, has high hopes for the Class of 2010."

"As we move toward this fall's election campaign, the contrast between the two parties could not be more clear: Congressional Republicans are on the side of Wall Street, special interests, Big Oil and insurance companies. They are threatening to return our country to an era of devastating job losses and growing deficits -- to the Bush recession."

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a clear message on the White House's plan to change the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy: Don't wait."

"The 500-plus students who received degrees and certificates at Mills College in Oakland on Saturday were sent into the world by another graduate of a women's college: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi."

"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is touting the passage of healthcare reform as her greatest accomplishment in Congress so far. 'Healthcare reform is my proudest achievement in Congress,' she said. 'But it would not have been possible without the leadership of President Obama.'"

"But under the Capitol dome, Pelosi is a towering figure, perhaps even a historic one. Capped by her central role in passing the landmark health-care bill in March, the California Democrat, 70, has transformed herself from the caricature of a millionaire liberal with impeccable fashion taste into a speaker on par with the revered Sam Rayburn, according to historians, pollsters and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle."

"Ms. Pelosi acknowledged that “there is always a calibration” between concerns about deficit reduction and the spending that is necessary to substantially reduce unemployment. But she believes there are several fronts on which Congress and the Obama administration can -- in fact, must -- still move forward: on infrastructure and green energy initiatives, for example, and assistance to states hobbled with fiscal crises of their own."