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" As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. "

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" I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6. "

" When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system. "

" Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me. "

" Democrats embrace The Affordable Care Act. We're very proud of it. "

" When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!' "

" America must be a light to the world, not just a missile. "

" I know about raising money. "

" After over 200 years, not even a fifth of Congress is women. "

" Presidents and speakers for over 100 years had tried to pass affordable care for all Americans. It was challenged over and over. The Supreme Court declared it constitutional. "

" They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party. "

Republican Party

" The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history. "

" I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't. "

" If you don't vote, you don't count. "

" The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas. "

" Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. "

" Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process. "

" As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country. "

" I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory. "

" I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.' "

" Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away. "

" I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan. "

" I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people. "

" I went to Catholic school throughout my whole academic life. In fact, my children - my husband and I and our children in my own family now have over 100 years of Catholic education among us. "

" If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry. "

" I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor. "

" My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow. "

" The American dream is about freedom. "

" Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. "

" We haven't really gotten the credit for what we have done. "