Showing posts with label Nancy Pelosi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nancy Pelosi. Show all posts

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Families USA Health Action 2008: Nancy Pelosi's Opening Address

Pasted GraphicThe featured highlight address at the opening session of the Families USA conference is by Nancy Pelosi, Congress' first woman Speaker. In person, Speaker Pelosi clearly comes across as a brilliant and warm woman, a friend of Families USA, and she was introduced as a champion of social justice and equality in the 110th (2007) Congress, passing the first minimum wage increase in a decade and making college more affordable for working families. While I'm not certain this is true, I heard comments beforehand that this speech was slated as a major health care policy statement by the Speaker.