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" I love having the support of my caucus. We have a good working relationship. "

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" My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore. "

" 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. "

" We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class! "

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

" For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality. "

" 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. "

" My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college. "

" Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either. "

" But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy. "

" I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office. "

" Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise. "

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

" What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they're saying, 'Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don't let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.' "

" The war on terror is the war in Afghanistan. "

" With President Obama, we will move America forward. "

" Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward. "

" Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented. "

" If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table. "

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

" I never dread going back to Congress. "

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

" I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally. "

" 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. "

" The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition. "

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

" We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us. "

" 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!' "

" I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.' "

" 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. "