Speaker 1: You and Me Both is a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: I'm Hillary Clinton, and this is You and Me Both.
Speaker 1: I'm excited that our podcast will officially return on February six,
Speaker 1: but in the meantime, some significant events have unfolded over
Speaker 1: these last few weeks, so we're back with a special
Speaker 1: bonus episode. I think everyone listening knows what happened on
Speaker 1: January six, when the United States Capital was attacked by
Speaker 1: a group of seditionist insurrectionist traders. You know, I try
Speaker 1: to get out if the weather permits, to take a
Speaker 1: long walk every day. And I was out walking and
Speaker 1: I don't look at my phone, and I don't know
Speaker 1: what's going on in the world. And I walked back
Speaker 1: into my house after the attack had started, and my
Speaker 1: husband and had the television on. He said, you've got
Speaker 1: to see this. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Speaker 1: I was just shaken and shocked and angry and sad.
Speaker 1: Presiding over the house at the time that our capital
Speaker 1: was breached was the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.
Speaker 1: You know, she's someone I've known a long time, worked
Speaker 1: with over a lot of years. She's incredibly thoughtful, tough, smart, effective.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just not an accident that after having
Speaker 1: literally five kids, she joined politics thirty years ago when
Speaker 1: she was fifty years old and just ascended because of
Speaker 1: her character, her smarts, her skills. She's someone I've been
Speaker 1: eager to have as a guest on the podcast. I
Speaker 1: never ever could have predicted that I would finally talk
Speaker 1: to her about such an unprecedented, terrible moment in American history. So,
Speaker 1: Speaker Pelosi, thank you for being here, and I, as
Speaker 1: an American, am incredibly grateful for your steadiness and your
Speaker 1: devotion to our democracy. How are you holding up? Well? First,
Speaker 1: let me just say I was very much looking forward
Speaker 1: to being with you at the kind words that you say,
Speaker 1: I accept on behalf of my House Democratic Caucus colleagues.
Speaker 1: They've been so courageous, so steadfast, so patriotic, so committed
Speaker 1: to their oath of office, and and that's the source
Speaker 1: of not only inspiration but strength to me. So I'm sad.
Speaker 1: I'm deeply sad because here it is the capital, this
Speaker 1: symbol of democracy, to the world being overrun by people
Speaker 1: who are being incited by a person he was not
Speaker 1: speaking truth, but he said, well, we've got to move on.
Speaker 1: No we can't move on. No, we can't move on.
Speaker 1: We we will move on, but we have to take
Speaker 1: stock of what this is when the really invasion, because
Speaker 1: that's what it was. The invasion of the capital happened
Speaker 1: January the six. You were in the middle of certifying
Speaker 1: the November election, doing the work of democracy following the constitution.
Speaker 1: When did you realize the capital itself had been breached
Speaker 1: by the mob? Well, we were, as you say, we
Speaker 1: were counting the Electoral College votes to ascertain that Joe
Speaker 1: Biden and Kamala Harris would be President and Vice president
Speaker 1: United States. So it wasn't a coincidence that had happened
Speaker 1: that day. It was purposeful that it happened that day
Speaker 1: to prevent us from exercising our constitutional duty to get
Speaker 1: this done. With two thirds of the House Republicans voting
Speaker 1: that the election was not legitimate and that's really heartbreaking.
Speaker 1: So anyway, we were having the debate when the security
Speaker 1: just pulled me off the podium. Sometimes staff takes me
Speaker 1: off the podium when they think the Republicans are going
Speaker 1: to do something obnoxious and I'm like, no, I can
Speaker 1: handle it. I can and this now you have to
Speaker 1: go so fast that I even left my phone on
Speaker 1: the podium. I was using it so I could gauge
Speaker 1: the time as people were speaking. The Parliamentary and tells
Speaker 1: me at the time, but I like to know a
Speaker 1: little in advance, so I left, just pulled me right out,
Speaker 1: and they said at that point that there were storming
Speaker 1: the capital, and the security just whisked away. But it
Speaker 1: was stunning. But now again they are protective, and I thought, well, okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll go with you because it's your job to make
Speaker 1: sure that I do and I don't want to endanger
Speaker 1: anybody else and I'm the target, you know. So so
Speaker 1: when we got in the car, I said, well, were
Speaker 1: we going like to another room. No, we're going to
Speaker 1: an undisclosed location. But it wasn't about me, because I security,
Speaker 1: It's not my members. And they were traumatized by it
Speaker 1: somewhere on the floor, somewhere on the gallery watching Because
Speaker 1: of COVID, we had to have our distancing and those
Speaker 1: up there they had to go under their seats for
Speaker 1: a long time, and then they had to like do
Speaker 1: a belly crawl across the gallery so that they could
Speaker 1: have a safe egress from the chamber because if they
Speaker 1: had gone out the door. They were nearest too. They
Speaker 1: were there, They were there, and they were out to
Speaker 1: harm people. Yes they were. That's becoming clearer and clearer
Speaker 1: every day with the evidence that is being found. You know,
Speaker 1: it is terrifying though in you know my however, many
Speaker 1: years now, being in public life at a high level,
Speaker 1: you do have to follow your security. You sometimes grumble
Speaker 1: about it. You think, come on, you're overreacting. I know
Speaker 1: it's your job, but you know, when I've been told
Speaker 1: I need to put on a bulletproof vest or a
Speaker 1: bulletproof raincoat, or people run up to this stage and
Speaker 1: grab my arm, it's a terrifying experience. But as you
Speaker 1: rightly point out, this wasn't only about you. This was
Speaker 1: about your members, Democrats and Republicans, because I know what
Speaker 1: a caring heart you have, Nancy, and just the image
Speaker 1: of these members elected to represent Americans crawling on their
Speaker 1: bellies to escape the House chamber is just beyond outraging.
Speaker 1: And it was several hours before you were given the
Speaker 1: go ahead to return. What happened then, well, let me
Speaker 1: just say that first about my members. I've asked all
Speaker 1: of them to write a journal to record how they
Speaker 1: saw it. I said, this is history. Your perspective, your
Speaker 1: individual perspectives are very important part of that. And then
Speaker 1: in another month, I want you to write again your
Speaker 1: perspective because it's this is a pain that people will carry.
Speaker 1: It's a big scar on our nation. And again people
Speaker 1: felt it very up close and personal. Then so I've
Speaker 1: asked them all. I said, this will be the historic record,
Speaker 1: and so I'm very excited about seeing what they put
Speaker 1: down there because the world should know. Okay, So in
Speaker 1: a bipartisan way, Miss McConnell, Chuck Shumer and I that
Speaker 1: Stanny Hoyer was there too in Kyburne, we all agreed
Speaker 1: we had to go back to the capital. The security
Speaker 1: was making suggestions that we would all be transported by
Speaker 1: buses to an undisclosed location. The members would come there
Speaker 1: and said, now the world has to see. Now, just
Speaker 1: get it ready. We're coming back, and so you give
Speaker 1: us a reasonable estimate as to when that could be.
Speaker 1: But understand this, we're coming back and we're opening the
Speaker 1: session in the capital of the United States, and our
Speaker 1: place was still a mess, but that's unimportant. It was
Speaker 1: safe for us, and we're not coming back one minute
Speaker 1: before it's safe but not one minute after it's safe.
Speaker 1: So let's just get that done. And I think it
Speaker 1: was really important. But that was by Parson. Miss McConnell
Speaker 1: was very insistent as well that we do that, and
Speaker 1: I think it was important for our country and for
Speaker 1: the members. I thought so too. I was horrified by
Speaker 1: everything that I saw happening on television, but I was
Speaker 1: heartened by the return to the capital and to the
Speaker 1: business at hand. It was an absolutely essential message to
Speaker 1: send not only to our country, but to the world,
Speaker 1: and in particular to those who thought that they could
Speaker 1: disrupt our democracy. I know that in the vandalization of
Speaker 1: your office, in addition to taking things like your left
Speaker 1: turn and other objects from your office, they left you
Speaker 1: a message that said we will not back down. Well,
Speaker 1: you did not back down, and the leadership and the
Speaker 1: members did not back down. When you look forward, Nancy,
Speaker 1: what do you see as a path that you and
Speaker 1: members of Congress, and obviously the incoming Biden Harris administration,
Speaker 1: but really Americans across our country can follow to try
Speaker 1: to overcome the damage that has been done. Well, we
Speaker 1: have that responsibility, that's for sure. But I do believe
Speaker 1: that Joe Biden is a unifier that he will be
Speaker 1: respectful as he is firm as we go forward. I
Speaker 1: do think a strong economic package that lifts people up.
Speaker 1: You said so beautifully in your campaign about people seeing
Speaker 1: a place for themselves in the future. Many of these
Speaker 1: people don't see that place. And if he shows them
Speaker 1: that there is a place for them, it's not a
Speaker 1: zero sum game. Women and minorities and LGBD cube people
Speaker 1: are are thriving. That isn't at their expense because we're
Speaker 1: addressing the climate crisis. It isn't at the expense of
Speaker 1: their job. Now there's one other element that I have
Speaker 1: been talking about for a long time that gives me
Speaker 1: great grief as a Catholic. I think that Donald Trump
Speaker 1: as a president because of the woman's right to choose.
Speaker 1: When he signed that paper saying these are the judges
Speaker 1: that I will appoint. That was the dog whistle to
Speaker 1: the evangelicals, to the Catholics and all the rest, a
Speaker 1: woman will not have the right to choose. And when
Speaker 1: you see the polls of that impeachment, now think what
Speaker 1: happened was wrong somebody some percent said he's responsible, but
Speaker 1: forty percent don't think he should be impeached. Well, why
Speaker 1: one issue? Abortion? And that is that is enough. When
Speaker 1: you take the greed of those who want their tax cut,
Speaker 1: that's probably a small number, but nonetheless a number. And
Speaker 1: then you take the abortion issue. And many of these
Speaker 1: people are very good people, that's just their point of view,
Speaker 1: but they were willing to sell the whole democracy down
Speaker 1: the river for that one issue. And you know, one
Speaker 1: of the terrible ironies of their position is that starting
Speaker 1: in the nineties under democratic presidents, the abortion rate went
Speaker 1: way down, and with proper contraception and education and stigma
Speaker 1: free conversation, the numbers can continue to go way down.
Speaker 1: So what's really incredibly sad is how those who, in
Speaker 1: my opinion and experience, do not view this issue as
Speaker 1: a priority, have used the legitimate questions, concerns, and yes,
Speaker 1: understanding of faith to obtain and use power. When we
Speaker 1: said then was if you reject terminating a pregnancy, you
Speaker 1: should love contraception. That's right. And again there's a great
Speaker 1: deal of hypocrisy here because many of these people, of course,
Speaker 1: so they're not having thirteen children as one as somebody
Speaker 1: who had five children, almost exactly to the day in
Speaker 1: six years I said to my colleagues, when you have
Speaker 1: five children six years you come around and talk to
Speaker 1: me as a Catholic. You know, I come from a
Speaker 1: family that is I would like to see me soften
Speaker 1: my message on this subject. But they know this is
Speaker 1: something I am all the way with and and so
Speaker 1: I understand and I respect their point of view for them, right,
Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean it's a point of view for
Speaker 1: somebody else, right. And your overall point is, you know,
Speaker 1: let's have a true economic safety net. Let's have a
Speaker 1: true jobs program, including an infrastructure program, which I know
Speaker 1: is at the heart of your commitment to the future.
Speaker 1: Let's have a health care system that covers everyone with quality,
Speaker 1: affordable healthcare. And then let's talk. I think first things first,
Speaker 1: we'll be right back. We learned a lot about our
Speaker 1: system of government over the last four years with a
Speaker 1: president who disdains democracy and as you have said numerous times,
Speaker 1: has other agendas. What they all are, I don't think
Speaker 1: we yet know. I hope historically we will find out
Speaker 1: who he's beholden to, who pulls his strings. I would
Speaker 1: love to see his phone records to see whether he
Speaker 1: was talking to putin the day that the insurgents invaded
Speaker 1: our capital. But we now know that not just him,
Speaker 1: but his enablers, his accomplices, his cult members have the
Speaker 1: same disregard for democracy. Do you think we need a
Speaker 1: nine eleven type commission to investigate and report every thing
Speaker 1: that they can pull together and explain what happened? I do.
Speaker 1: Let me again to your point of who is he
Speaker 1: beholden to? As I've said over and over, as I
Speaker 1: said to him in that picture with my blue suit,
Speaker 1: as I was leaving, what I was saying to him,
Speaker 1: as I was pointing rudely at him, with you, Mr President,
Speaker 1: all roads lead to Putin. I don't know what Putin
Speaker 1: has on him politically, financially, or personally, but what happened
Speaker 1: last week was a gift to Putin because Putin wants
Speaker 1: to undermine democracy in our country and throughout the world.
Speaker 1: And these people, unbeknownst to them, maybe are Putent puppets.
Speaker 1: They were doing Putin's business when they did that at
Speaker 1: the incitement of an insurrection by the President of the
Speaker 1: United States. So yes, we should have a nine eleven commission,
Speaker 1: and there's strong support in the Congress to do that.
Speaker 1: We can't do that until we can pass a bill,
Speaker 1: and since the Senate's not in, we'll have to do
Speaker 1: that as soon as Senate is him. But there is
Speaker 1: or for that. In the meantime, though, I've announced that
Speaker 1: General Honoray would be giving us guidance as to control
Speaker 1: and command. Clearly there needs to be a restructuring of
Speaker 1: the infrastructure of security in the capital. For listeners who
Speaker 1: may not know, General Honorey is the retired general who
Speaker 1: literally came to the rescue of the Katrina disaster. Recovery
Speaker 1: and reconstruction. His command, presence, his sense of humor, his
Speaker 1: toughness are all ingredients to do exactly what you've asked
Speaker 1: him to do. So we're not waiting for the commission,
Speaker 1: but the commission will have a bigger agenda and we'll
Speaker 1: get to the bottom of what complicity members of Congress
Speaker 1: have in all of this, and if they did, they
Speaker 1: should be prosecuted as well as others. Whether it's in
Speaker 1: a security anybody who has anything to do with the
Speaker 1: Capital could have been a res worse for whose offices
Speaker 1: were here. I didn't care that they damage things in
Speaker 1: my life. I don't care about things broken. The big
Speaker 1: mirror and the speakers always, I don't care about. I
Speaker 1: do care that they traumatized my staff, young staff, traumatized them,
Speaker 1: scared them. If you could see the look in their
Speaker 1: eyes after having to be under the desk or nearly
Speaker 1: three hours silent in the dark as people were pounding
Speaker 1: on the doors out for blood. When you return that
Speaker 1: night to certify the election in those very same chambers
Speaker 1: that had been breached, it was an affirmation of democracy,
Speaker 1: but it was also a rebuke of the president on
Speaker 1: the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue who tried to undermine
Speaker 1: our election. I know that you reached out to Vice
Speaker 1: President Pence. Can you tell us about that. Well, we
Speaker 1: had been in touch with Vice President Prince all during
Speaker 1: the time that we were in undisclosed locations. He was
Speaker 1: protected in the capital all although they were looking for
Speaker 1: him as well. They're going to hang him and something
Speaker 1: violent to me and the other members were expendable as
Speaker 1: well in their view. So during the day we had
Speaker 1: a shared view that as soon as we could, we
Speaker 1: would resume the ascertaining that Biden was president. And I
Speaker 1: have to say that he had resolved that the constitution
Speaker 1: would be honored. So our communication was more in terms
Speaker 1: of how long did he think it would take what
Speaker 1: intelligence was he getting compared to what we were getting
Speaker 1: and was it consistent. And then at some point all
Speaker 1: of us on the same calls at the same time,
Speaker 1: Democrats and Republicans, House and Senate, and the Vice President.
Speaker 1: So he was a positive factor in the course of
Speaker 1: the day, and I was very concerned that he was
Speaker 1: still in the capital. But he said at one point
Speaker 1: at the entourage of a vice president leaving the capital
Speaker 1: could have been provocative in some ways as well, So
Speaker 1: that decision was made following that. Of course, we wanted
Speaker 1: him to do the amendment to the Constitution, which he
Speaker 1: did not feel he could do. I was disappointed because
Speaker 1: this president is a clear and present danger to the country.
Speaker 1: Every day that he is in office, every hour that
Speaker 1: he is in office, he can do something very damaging.
Speaker 1: Just for example, we got sworn in on January three,
Speaker 1: a Sunday, not a normal day for swearing in. Normally
Speaker 1: we would wait until Tuesday to get sworn in, but
Speaker 1: we could not give him that time, which would be
Speaker 1: recess between the end of one session at the beginning another.
Speaker 1: He could appoint hundreds of appointees that would take maybe
Speaker 1: a year to undo damage the ability of the Biden
Speaker 1: administration to make appointments and proceed with an agenda. So
Speaker 1: we'd and will give him five minutes. We adjourned and
Speaker 1: we came in session right away. He's a very dangerous man,
Speaker 1: and we had to make sure that we protected against
Speaker 1: anything he might do to hurt the country. And you
Speaker 1: were so concerned that you actually called the Chairman of
Speaker 1: the Joint Chiefs Staff, the highest ranking military officer in
Speaker 1: our country, to express your concern about this man starting
Speaker 1: a war, even god forbid, using a nuclear weapon. Didn't you, Well,
Speaker 1: here's a man who is not allowed to be on Twitter,
Speaker 1: and yet he has access to the nuclear code. Really,
Speaker 1: that's right. I think that of the Chairman of the
Speaker 1: Joint Chiefs is a patriotic American. He understands his oath
Speaker 1: of office to the Constitution. I don't know that he
Speaker 1: appreciate it might call, but in any event, I thought
Speaker 1: it wasn't very important to know that there had to
Speaker 1: be safeguards from this person who was unhinged. He is
Speaker 1: unhinged and really either doesn't know what the Constitution says
Speaker 1: or doesn't care. Yeah, I think it's both. I think
Speaker 1: it's both, and I was heartened by the statement the
Speaker 1: Joint Chiefs put out calling what happened a sedition and insurrection,
Speaker 1: which lays a framework and a foundation for the Congress
Speaker 1: to proceed to hold members accountable. If what we're seeing
Speaker 1: and hearing proves to be true that there were guided
Speaker 1: tours and information provided before the six and even during
Speaker 1: the attack, that's unacceptable, beyond the pale, and there has
Speaker 1: to be accountability. You know. One of the things that
Speaker 1: gets lost in all of this, which you are never
Speaker 1: far from focusing on, is the agenda that you want
Speaker 1: to get past with the new administration, and in particular,
Speaker 1: it is just heartbreaking that while this attack on our
Speaker 1: democracy proceeds, the numbers of people Americans dying from COVID
Speaker 1: keep going up, small businesses keep closing, unemployment requests keep rising,
Speaker 1: the vaccine rollout is too slow. So you're once again
Speaker 1: going to be in the position of balancing how we
Speaker 1: hold the president and everyone else accountable with the very
Speaker 1: urgent needs that the people of America have. How are
Speaker 1: you thinking about that? At least you're going to have
Speaker 1: good partners with the incoming Biden Harris administration and thankfully
Speaker 1: control of the Senate it's a big difference. The day
Speaker 1: of the insurrection, thirty six hundred eighty six people died
Speaker 1: of coronavirus. The next day, four thousand people die. The
Speaker 1: record keeps being broken. It's so sad. And when you
Speaker 1: think it's January, go back a year when the President
Speaker 1: was first surprised of this and then the subsequent actions
Speaker 1: he took. It's a hoax, denial, delay, rejection of science,
Speaker 1: rejection of governance. See, they don't believe in governance. So
Speaker 1: if government says we're a mask, they reject governance and
Speaker 1: they reject the science that says we're the mask. So
Speaker 1: a lot of these depths, not all, many of these
Speaker 1: deaths are at the President's store step. So recognizing there
Speaker 1: has to be a change and the attitude of the
Speaker 1: American people and the availability of the vaccine now in
Speaker 1: a fair and equitable way. So I'm very pleased that
Speaker 1: the agenda, the rescue and recovery package that Joe Biden
Speaker 1: has put forth. His agenda is very close to what
Speaker 1: we've had in our legislation already. As you said, the infrastructure,
Speaker 1: peace job creating good paying jobs in our country with
Speaker 1: all the workforce development, so that many more people can participate.
Speaker 1: Many more small businesses, women, minority people of color, Native
Speaker 1: American veterans, rural businesses can participate in how we build
Speaker 1: back better. So we're very excited about it, and I
Speaker 1: would hope that we could do so in a bipartisan way.
Speaker 1: Infrastructure has usually not been a partisan issue, right, and
Speaker 1: so hopefully we can find common ground there. But I
Speaker 1: don't have to tell you the importance of the bully
Speaker 1: pulpit of the President of the United States. So when
Speaker 1: people talk about, well, we couldn't convince some of this
Speaker 1: or that, no, we didn't have the bully pulpit. So
Speaker 1: having that bully pulpit is going to I think make
Speaker 1: a very big difference. As we said it earlier, Then
Speaker 1: people see a place for themselves economically, for themselves and
Speaker 1: their children to take some of the edge off of
Speaker 1: that insecurity, we're taking a quick break. Stay with us.
Speaker 1: I'm going to be at the inauguration, and I know
Speaker 1: you'll be at the inauguration. I know that it's not
Speaker 1: going to be like any inauguration we've ever attended, but
Speaker 1: I think it's possible once uh it's finalized and we
Speaker 1: have a new president and a new Vice President to
Speaker 1: proceed on both the economic agenda and the democracy agenda,
Speaker 1: because one of the very first bills that you passed
Speaker 1: in the Congress back after the election was to fix
Speaker 1: our voting system, to set the rules so that these
Speaker 1: arguments and these conspiracy theories can be easily deflected or
Speaker 1: punctured because we all know what the rules are. And
Speaker 1: I'm really looking forward to the Congress acting on both
Speaker 1: the economy and democracy and all that that will mean
Speaker 1: for the country. Well, I appreciate your saying that that
Speaker 1: will be a large part of our agenda when we
Speaker 1: go in. I talked about build back better. But to
Speaker 1: build back better, people have to have the confidence that
Speaker 1: their voice means something, that their participation means something. It
Speaker 1: won't be guided by big dark money or abuse of
Speaker 1: the system in terms of the voting rights and the
Speaker 1: rest of that. But let me just say to you,
Speaker 1: thank you the inspiration that you are the courage. It's
Speaker 1: encourages the thing when people talk about their convictions and
Speaker 1: their commitment to this or that, do they have the
Speaker 1: courage to make the fight? Can they take the heat
Speaker 1: that goes with it? And you, I often wondered when
Speaker 1: you were in the White House, and since how does
Speaker 1: she do it? Because these people are so they have
Speaker 1: such bad intentions. It's one thing we go confident in
Speaker 1: what we believe in that we've come to fight, debate
Speaker 1: and prevail or compromise, find a way. We respect difference
Speaker 1: of opinion. But what happened during those Clinton years, the
Speaker 1: particular presidential Clinteers coming from New Language and um Congress
Speaker 1: of the United States, the House of Representatives in particular changed.
Speaker 1: That was the threshold that was crossed, that went from
Speaker 1: differences of opinion to the politics of personal destruction. You
Speaker 1: handled it so patriotically, so personally strong, a real inspiration
Speaker 1: to the country. But two women something so very very special.
Speaker 1: I'll keep saying to women, another woman's success is your success.
Speaker 1: You don't have to be concerned. Take heart with that.
Speaker 1: You made a difference, you changed. It was transformative what
Speaker 1: you did for a country. I'm getting emotional even to
Speaker 1: talk about it, because our whole family in a way,
Speaker 1: if you feel personally, we're loving to you for your
Speaker 1: contribution to the country, but particularly to the courage, the brilliance,
Speaker 1: the vision that you had the knowledge of all these things. Nobody,
Speaker 1: nobody in recent times is as qualified as you to
Speaker 1: be president of the United States now, Joe Biden, he
Speaker 1: was vice president, but up until then, George Bush, Barack Obama,
Speaker 1: they would admit, Bill Clinton would admit, well, I just
Speaker 1: feel very blessed to have been able to stand up
Speaker 1: for our country. And I know that's how you feel, Nancy.
Speaker 1: I mean it sounds, maybe to some ears listening incredibly
Speaker 1: old fashioned and out of date, but if you're raised
Speaker 1: to love America with all of its faults, it's like
Speaker 1: the unconditional love you want to give to a child,
Speaker 1: or that a child hopes to get from a parent.
Speaker 1: You're not a perfect person, we're not a perfect country,
Speaker 1: but we have come so far toward trying to realize
Speaker 1: our fundamental founding values. And I think what gets me
Speaker 1: up in the morning, and I know what gets you
Speaker 1: up in the morning is to continue to stand up
Speaker 1: for those values despite the storms that can be create
Speaker 1: it around us. And you have been speaking of beacons
Speaker 1: the extraordinary leader that we need it at this time.
Speaker 1: And I can only thank you and pass on not
Speaker 1: only my gratitude, but I know the gratitude of many,
Speaker 1: many hundreds of millions of people here at home. And
Speaker 1: around the world that in one of our country's darkest
Speaker 1: hours we had a leader like you. Well, you're nice
Speaker 1: to say that. I will be there in your corner,
Speaker 1: cheering you on doing everything I can to be part
Speaker 1: of the effort to build back better and not only
Speaker 1: deal with our immediate problems, but our long term challenges
Speaker 1: that our country faces. Well, I thank you for your
Speaker 1: very kind words. As I say, except on behalf of
Speaker 1: my house Democrats, who are so courageous. It takes no
Speaker 1: courage for me. My district gives me so much latitude,
Speaker 1: but for them it does. But also just say has
Speaker 1: said this about you before. When people ask me what
Speaker 1: are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I
Speaker 1: always say the same thing. Our children are children are children,
Speaker 1: their health, their education, the economic security of their families,
Speaker 1: safe environment which they can thrive, and world at peace
Speaker 1: in which they can reach their fulfillment. And as I've
Speaker 1: said about you, nobody has done more for our children,
Speaker 1: our children, their children than Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton.
Speaker 1: And now that your grandmother, we all understand it's all
Speaker 1: about the future. We can take care of our children,
Speaker 1: but the grandchildren there are messengers to the future. Is
Speaker 1: Elijah Cummings is a message to a future that we
Speaker 1: will never see. So I thank you for that. I
Speaker 1: always say to the women, when you get into the arena,
Speaker 1: you have to be ready to take a punch. You
Speaker 1: also have to be ready to throw a punch. That's
Speaker 1: right for the children. Amen. We will wrap up on
Speaker 1: the note of I think your nine grandchildren, uh my
Speaker 1: three grandchild, and so we have a dozen perfectly good
Speaker 1: reasons to get up every day and continue the fight
Speaker 1: for the future. We want not just for our grandkids,
Speaker 1: but really for every child to live up to his
Speaker 1: or her God given potential. That's what it's all about.
Speaker 1: Thank you, madam Speaker. My pleasure, my pleasure, thank you.
Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi is the fifty second Speaker of the House
Speaker 1: of Representatives, now serving her fourth term in that position.
Speaker 1: She is the second in line to the presidency after
Speaker 1: the vice president, and she's the first woman ever elected
Speaker 1: to be Speaker of the House of Representatives of the
Speaker 1: United States of America. Well that's it for now. We'll
Speaker 1: be back in mid February to celebrate a new president
Speaker 1: and vice president, a new Congress, and hopefully a new
Speaker 1: chance to bring a out the real changes our country
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