Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will retire from Congress at the end of this term.

Thursday’s announcement puts a cap on the California Democrat’s decadeslong career in the House, which began in 1987 after a special election.

Here is a sampling from the Roll Call photo archive of the many images of Pelosi’s time in Washington throughout the years.

Pelosi is pictured on Feb. 19, 1992. (CQ Roll Call)

Pelosi walks with U2 frontman Bono on Capitol Hill in September 2000 after a news conference on international debt relief. (Bill Clark/Roll Call)

Pelosi speaks at a news conference on Sept. 12, 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Also appearing are, from left, then-Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Florida Republican Porter J. G

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