by Marc Morial

(Trice Edney Wire) – “When I left home to run for Congress, I had to know why I was doing that. My why was one in five children in America lives in poverty, goes to sleep hungry at night. That was my why.” – Nancy Pelosi

If the measure of public service is how deeply one fights for the most vulnerable among us, then Nancy Patricia Pelosi stands among the most consequential leaders of our era. From her early days in elective office to becoming the first woman Speaker of the House she carried the hopes of working families, children, communities of color, and low-income Americans into the halls of power. She carried them into those halls not as tokens but as rightful partners in shaping America’s future.

Her record of legislation is impressive, but what makes her stand out i

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