Nancy Pelosi

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.

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

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.

Israel fights back, which is very much at odds with the Jewish instinct to discuss and deconstruct everything until action itself seems senseless.

Realistically speaking, I don't know how many more years I will want to be acting or will be invited to be.

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