A successful marriage is a decision. You decide whether it's going to work, and then you turn around and you've been married 45 years.

Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.

By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will help strengthen our nation and America's middle class, and spur a new age of innovation and ingenuity in our country.

I believe that nothing has been more wholesome for America, for our government, for our politics, than the increased participation of women.

I was raised in an Italian catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. Our faith is very important to us, our patriotism, love of faith, love of family, love of country. I took pride in our Italian American heritage and to be the first woman speaker of the House and the first Italian American speaker of the House, it's quite thrilling for me.

The Democratic Party has always been a party that is not known for its unanimity.

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.