Nancy Pelosi

Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.

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

I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.'

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.