House Democratic Agenda

Nov 13, 2009

Harvard University | Kennedy (J.F.) School of Government

Speaker Pelosi spoke about the Democratic party agenda in the House of Representatives. Among the topics she addressed were health care reform, abortion, the state of the economy, and U.S. policy in Afghanistan. She also responded to questions from the audience. David Gergen conducted the interview.
Speaker Pelosi spoke about the Democratic party agenda in the House of Representatives. Among the topics she addressed were health care reform, abortion, the state of the economy, and U.S. policy in Afghanistan. She also responded to questions from the audience. David Gergen conducted the interview.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:04 Unidentified Speaker AND NOW, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY POLICY. SHE IS THE FIRST WOMEN -- WOMAN IN U.S. POLITICAL HISTORY...
00:03:55 Unidentified Speaker TRULY IMPORTANT.
00:03:58 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT SURE THAT WE WOULD GET A CHANCE TO SEE THAT TONIGHT. SHE WAS SWORN IN ON JANUARY 6, 2009,...
00:05:50 Unidentified Speaker OK, LET'S GO.
00:05:54 Unidentified Speaker MADAM SPEAKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE TONIGHT. WE WOULD THINK ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US HERE...
00:06:39 Unidentified Speaker IT FEELS GREAT. OH, WHAT A NIGHT. THAT GOES OUT TO THE JERSEY BOYS. AS YOU STATED, IT WAS SOMETHING...
00:09:46 Unidentified Speaker HE WAS ABLE REPUBLICAN. -- I DO NOT KNOW IF HE WAS A BULL MOOSE AT THE TIME.
00:09:57 Unidentified Speaker HE WAS A BULL REPUBLICAN.
00:10:03 Unidentified Speaker THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS TRYING TO BE EXPANDED UPON, AND WHEN THEY DID SOCIAL SECURITY, THEY HOPE...
00:12:51 Unidentified Speaker IF IT WERE TO COME OUT OF CONFERENCE WITHOUT THE STUPAK AMENDMENT IN AND, CAN YOU GIVE AN AFFIRMATIVE...
00:13:13 Unidentified Speaker LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. WHEN WE SPEAK TO THOSE WHO ARE PRO-CHOICE, PRO-LIGHT, WE RUN DIFFERENT SIDES...
00:15:21 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE PUBLIC HAS A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS. SOME OF YOUR MOST ARDENT FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS,...
00:15:59 Unidentified Speaker YES, THEY ARE. BUT WE ARE NOT WITHOUT OUR POINTS OF COMING TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE. WHAT I WANT YOU...
00:20:37 Unidentified Speaker IN THAT REGARD, SPEAKER, YOU HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PUBLIC OPTION. I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN THE...
00:21:00 Unidentified Speaker NOTHING IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. I WOULD SAY EXACTLY WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID, AND MAY I SAY THAT WITH...
00:22:13 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE A HARD TIME HOLDING THE PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS OF YOUR PARTY?
00:22:18 Unidentified Speaker IT IS NOT JUST PROGRESSIVE, BUT ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT ISSUE WAS NOT AN ISSUE OF RIGHT OR LEFT, BUT...
00:22:59 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY. WELL WE WOULD NOT HAVE A WOMAN SPEAKER WITHOUT MORE WOMEN IN THE HOUSE, FOR ONE THING....
00:23:23 Unidentified Speaker ARE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES OUT THERE THAT COULD HURT THIS? THE PAST HEALTH CARE WITH TWO VOTES.
00:23:35 Unidentified Speaker 5.
00:23:41 Unidentified Speaker ARE THERE ANY ISSUES BEYOND THE PUBLIC OPTION THAT YOU REALLY WOULD FOCUS ON AND SAY, THIS IS REALLY...
00:23:54 Unidentified Speaker LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT THE WHOLE EFFORT. THINK ABOUT THIS IN A MUCH MORE POSITIVE WAY. BETWEEN THE...
00:26:20 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE SPOKEN OUT PASSIONATELY ABOUT AFGHANISTAN IN YOUR DEEP RESERVATIONS ABOUT SENDING IN MORE...
00:26:45 Unidentified Speaker I RESPECT THE DELIVER TO MATTER WITH WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROACHED ALL THIS, AND HE IS LISTENING....
00:30:23 Unidentified Speaker I THINK I HEAR YOU SAYING THAT THE BULK OF YOUR CAUCUS WOULD BE MUCH CLOSER TO GENERAL EIKENBERRY...
00:30:37 Unidentified Speaker WHEN WE HEAR WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO SAY -- WE HAVE TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT ROOM. HE HAS THE BENEFIT...
00:32:20 Unidentified Speaker ONE PERSONAL QUESTION, YOU COME FROM A FAMILY THAT WAS BOTH POLITICAL AND PROLIFIC. YOU WERE THE SIX,...
00:32:53 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION. WHEN I WAS HERE IN 2005, I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING ANY...
00:37:50 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR TELLING US ABOUT THAT LETTER. I DID BRING UP THE BOOK. WE HAVE AMPLE COPIES HERE. PLEASE...
00:38:27 Unidentified Speaker I AM A FIRST-YEAR STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE. YOU SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE STUPAK AMENDMENT, BUT IT IS ...
00:38:43 Unidentified Speaker IT GOES BEYOND THAT, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT IT. TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, WE WERE...
00:42:22 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS ANOTHER FIGHT AHEAD.
00:42:25 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL GET THROUGH IT ALL.
00:42:30 Unidentified Speaker SPEAKER PELOSI, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I AM A SENIOR AT THE COLLEGE. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT...
00:42:42 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE.
00:42:44 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU THINK THAT MOST DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS HAD TIME TO READ THE FINAL BILL?
00:42:50 Unidentified Speaker WE HAD THREE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE BILL COMING OUT OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. THEN WE PLANTED THEM INTO...
00:44:20 Unidentified Speaker YOU TALK ABOUT A PLAN THAT PROMOTES UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, BUT AS IT STANDS, THIS PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE...
00:44:40 Unidentified Speaker I THINK KATE'S QUESTION WENT TO THAT POINT, BUT AS I MENTIONED IT TO HER, AND I WILL BRIEFLY SAY AGAIN,...
00:45:24 Unidentified Speaker THEY HAVE TO GET A RIDER.
00:45:27 Unidentified Speaker WE DO NOT CONSIDER GETTING A RIDER AS AN OPTION FOR WOMEN. WE THINK WE MIGHT AS WELL GIVE OUT AS"A'S"FOR...
00:46:27 Unidentified Speaker I AM HERE WITH THE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP PROJECT. YOU SPOKE ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS AND HOW...
00:46:50 Unidentified Speaker I PROBABLY CAN LEARN A LOT FROM ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ACADEMICALLY TRAINED IN THIS REGARD. YOU...
00:49:59 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU JUST ADDED A CHAPTER TO THE TEXT OF HEAR ABOUT NEGOTIATION.
00:50:04 Unidentified Speaker I AM A SOPHOMORE AT THE COLLEGE. I AM ALSO ONE OF THE COCHAIRS A LOCALLY BASED ADVOCACY GROUP. I WANT...
00:51:01 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE MATCH TO SHEPHERD LEGISLATION. THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN...
00:55:05 Unidentified Speaker YOU SPOKE WITH PASSION ABOUT THE UPWARD SPIRAL OF MEDICAL COSTS, BUT THE RECENTLY PASSED LEGISLATION...
00:55:26 Unidentified Speaker OUR LEGISLATION GOES FARTHER THAN ANY LEGISLATION HAS ON THIS ISSUE THAT YOU BRING UP IN TERMS OF...
00:57:58 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION COMES ON BEHALF OF THE WOMEN IN PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM. WE LEARN A GENDERED NEUTRAL SET...
00:58:43 Unidentified Speaker LET ME EAT KNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS ISSUE. -- LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE THE...
01:01:42 Unidentified Speaker COULD WE CLOSE BY ASKING YOU TO SKETCH OUT FOR US THE AGENDA YOU SEE AHEAD AND THE FUTURE YOU SEE...
01:01:50 Unidentified Speaker THAT SHOULD ONLY TAKE A FEW MINUTES. [LAUGHTER] FIRST OF ALL, I HOPE YOU ALL REALIZE HOW FORTUNATE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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