Nancy Pelosi Quotes on People (29 Quotes)

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.

I cannot support the Patriot Act conference report because it does not secure the right balance between our national security and civil liberties. As we protect and defend the American people, we must remain vigilant in protecting law-abiding American citizens from unaccountable governmental intrusion over their personal records. ... It would still permit personal records to be seized and retained indefinitely without any obligation on the part of the government to demonstrate a connection to terrorism.

This Republican Congress is the most corrupt in history and the American people are paying the price.

A vote that was supposed to take five minutes took more than nine times that long because the indicted Republican leader of the House of Representatives needed extra time to twist the arms necessary to pass a bill that is against the interests of the American people, against consumers, against taxpayers and against the environment,

We can choose to help the people who are affected by Katrina, or we can give tax cuts to the wealthiest people in America.

This isn't about small government. This is about small-minded, petty government that does not meet the needs of the American people.

NMA leaders noted with appreciation that both liberal and conservative leaders have strongly criticized the federal response. The people of the Gulf Coast were struck by two disasters, ... first the Hurricane, and then the failure of the federal government in their time of great need.

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.

a partnership with the people in the region to build new housing, revive farmland, repair infrastructure, construct schools -- to rebuild your communities, to rebuild your lives, to restore your economies.

Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.

This is not a satisfactory response. Let's not call it that, ... It's an insult to the people who are in hospitals. Doctors and health professionals, nurses and the rest who are making enormous sacrifices need it to be much more done sooner.

I feel sad for him today, and for his family. But I even feel sadder for the American people, who have had their lives affected by the culture of cronyism and corruption that exists in Washington.

This legislation contains critical initiatives to help make matters better stop the violence, bring the parties to the table and get the humanitarian assistance to the people.

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.

What is needed in a response like this is one that minimizes death and disease, which minimizes the front assault that this makes on the livelihood of the American people, ... If there's any lesson to be learned, it's that this response was not appropriate.

Never have we been stronger. And yet, at the same time, never have we been more dependent on other countries and other people for the safety and security of our people,

Are these the kinds of people you think are qualified to lead the country. Would you like people with ideas and judgement like this to lead the country

It took that long for the indicted leader of the House of Representatives to twist the arms necessary to get a vote against the American people, against the consumer, against the taxpayer and against the environment - in favor of the energy companies.

His resignation is the right thing for the country and for the people of the Gulf Coast states,

America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people.

If we're ever going to protect the American people, we must have an outside independent committee. Let's not have a charade about oversight.

Congress is rightly spending billions of dollars to help the people and businesses of the Gulf Coast who have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina, ... to ensure taxpayers' money goes to those in need, not to fraudulent contractors.

This port deal is an example of the cronyism and backroom deals of this administration. The American people don't understand why we can't make our own ports secure. They want answers from the Bush administration, and so do the Democrats.

Many in Congress have been concerned for many years about China's violation of human rights, occupation of Tibet, of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and that of course is a national security issue. But on the basis of trade alone, this is a bad deal for the American people.

The American people are concerned about job security and Republicans here have done nothing to create jobs. In fact, they and the president have the worst record of job creation since Herbert Hoover. More people do not have access to health care and this Congress has done nothing to make that better for them.

This is a clear and unmistakable bipartisan signal to the people of the Gulf Coast region that we are going to do everything in our power to recover and rebuild.

The criminal indictment of Majority Leader Tom DeLay is the latest example that Republicans in Congress are plagued by a culture of corruption at the expense of the American people.

As the number of people without health insurance has increased for four years in a row, Republicans are charging ahead with 45 billion in cuts to Medicaid -- the health insurance program that provides medical care to America's poorest children and many of the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, ... Republicans give new meaning to the words 'suffer little children.'

I think what has been lacking this week is the sense of urgency, the judgment and the action needed to save lives and to remove uncertainty from the lives of people,