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Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives, accompanied by the honorable Kevin Mccarthy, mckay cole james, the honorable barbara mikulski, the honorable Brenda Lawrence, the honorable debbie lesko, ms. Cokie roberts, and ms. Rebecca boggs roberts. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives. Good afternoon. [ cheers and applause ] good afternoon, yes, yes indeed this afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering for what happened 100 years ago today in the house of representatives. Well, thank the u. S. Army String Quartet for making it so pleasant for us. [ applause ] im honored to be here with Kevin Mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. Mostly our women members of congress. We salute our cochairs of the bipartisan house caucus for womens issues, congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and congresswoman debbie lesko. [ applause ] and let us welcome cokie robe s roberts,
Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi. The speaker of the house of representatives. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Yes. Yes, indeed. This afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering for what happened 100 years ago today. In the house of representatives. Well, thank the u. S. Army String Quartet for making it so pleasant for us. [ applause ] im honored to be here with Kevin Mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. Mostly our women members of congress. We salute our cochairs of the bipartisan house caucus for womens issues, congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and congresswoman debbie lesko. [ applause ] and let us welcome cokie roberts, a trail blazing force for women in journalism and her daughter rebecca, an outstanding journalist in her own right writing about women. [ applause ] as many of the women members know, the lindy boggs room in this room, the only room named for a woman in the capitol is named for cokies lovely mother and rebeccas grandmother, l
Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives. \[cheers and applause] ms. Pelosi yes, indeed, this afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering for what happened 100 years ago today. In the house of representatives. I want to thank the u. S. Army String Quartet for making it so pleasant for us. Im honored to be here with leader Kevin Mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. Mostly our women members of congress. We salute our cochairs of the bipartisan house caucus for womens issues. Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and congresswoman debbie lesko. \[applause] and let us welcome cokie roberts, a trail blazing force for women in journalism and her daughter rebecca, an outstanding journalist in her own right, writing about women. \[applause] as many of the women members know, the lindy boggs room, this room, the only room named for a woman in this capitol is named for cokies lovely mother, rebeccas grandmother, lindy boggs
Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi. The speaker of the house of representatives. Accompanied by the honorable Kevin Mccarthy. The honorable Brenda Lawrence. The honorable debbie lasko. Ms. Cokie roberts. Ms. Rebecca roberts. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] ms. Pelosi yes, indeed, this afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering for what happened 100 years ago today. In the house of representatives. I want to thank the u. S. Army String Quartet for making it so pleasant for us. Im honored to be here with leader Kevin Mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. Mostly our women members of congress. We salute our cochairs of the bipartisan house caucus for womens issues. Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and congresswoman debbie lesko. [applause] and let us welcome cokie roberts, a trail blazing force for women in journalism and her daughter rebecca, an outstanding journalis