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Rep. Nancy Pelosi has served as speaker of the U.S. House since January 2019. Formerly the speaker of the House from 2007-11, Pelosi served as the House minority leader from 2003 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2019.

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Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 12, 2020 in a press conference:

Of the Trump administration’s European travel restrictions that exempt the U.K.: “Well, you can just get into the Chunnel, and you’ll be in the U.K.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 17, 2019 in a tweet:

Says voter roll purge would mean "more than 200,000 registered Wisconsin voters will be prohibited from voting."

By Eric Litke • December 18, 2019
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2019 in an interview on "Face the Nation":

President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.

By Chris Nichols • November 22, 2019
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 31, 2019 in an interview with Stephen Colbert:

Says under the Democratic impeachment inquiry, Republicans get "more rights than we ever received in any of the other impeachment proceedings."

By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2019
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 16, 2018 in in a press conference :

"There’s bipartisan consensus that (Matthew Whitaker’s) appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution."

By John Kruzel • November 29, 2018

Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Nancy Pelosi’s “daughter is on the board of the Kennedy Center so that’s why it was so important to send them all that money.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 3, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies” and more.

By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
Bloggers
stated on March 12, 2020 in a story:

Says Nancy Pelosi was “caught trying to include abortion funding in bill to combat coronavirus.”

By Samantha Putterman • March 16, 2020
Bloggers
stated on March 6, 2020 in a story:

Says Nancy Pelosi delayed coronavirus funding so “Dems could campaign on it.”

By Samantha Putterman • March 10, 2020
Viral image
stated on January 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says an image of a pile of needles is from Nancy Pelosi’s congressional district in San Francisco.

By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020

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