My name is Jane Campbell and i have the honor of being the ceo of the United States capital Historical Society, a position i took in february. So it is new for me and this is my first salute to congress. I am so glad that you are all here with me. And so, the first thing is for us to all rise as the ceremonial unit will present our nations colors. Please rise. Forward march. Forward march. Now, please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance did the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you very much. You may be seated. I am honored tonight, as we gather to salute the 115th congress to present to you one of the most consequential political figures of our time, a woman who makes history every single day, nancy pelosi. She is the 52nd speaker of the house of representatives. She made history in 2007 when she was elected the very first woman
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. This is one hour. My name is Jane Campbell and i am the ceo of the United States capital Historical Society. A position that i took an of february. It is new for me, and this is my first salute to congress. I am so glad the you are all here with me. And so, the first thing is for us to all rise as the Capital Police ceremonial unit will present our nations colors. Please rise. Please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you. Very much , you may be seated. I am honored tonight , as we gather to salute the 116th congress. To present to you when the most consequential political figures of our time. A woman who makes history every single day. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd speaker of the house of representatives. She made history in 2007, when she was elect
This is an hour. My name is jane campbell, and i have the honor of being the ceo of the United States capitol Historical Society, a position that i took in february, and so it is new for me, and this is my first salute to congress, and im so glad that youre all here with me. And so the first thing is for us to all rise as the Capitol Police ceremonial unit will present our nations colors. Please rise. Forward march. And now please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you very much, you may be seated. I am honored tonight as we gather to salute the 116th congress to present to you one of the most consequential political figures of our time, a woman who makes history every single day. Nancy pelosi is the 52nd speaker of the house of representatives. She made history in 2007 when she was ele
And so, the first thing is for as the ceremonial unit will present our nations colors. Please rise. Forward much. March. Forward march. Now, please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance did i pledge allegiance to the flag the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you very much. You may be seated. Tonight, as we gather to salute the 115th congress to present to you one of the most consequential political figures of our time, a woman who makes history every , nancy pelosi. She is the 52nd speaker of the house of representatives. She made history in 2007 when she was elected the very first woman speaker to serve as the speaker of the house. And now, in her third term as speaker, pelosi consistently and the rest of us of the importance of history. Speaker pelosi expertly guides the United States house of representatives to act on behalf who
Little bit about themselves. The folks you havent heard from yet. But we want to use the time to actually hear from these compelling leaders about these issues. We will be joined by representative omar when she arrives as well. Ayid, second from the end, is a physician, a Public Health expert and progressive activist among other things who ran for governor of michigan in 2018 with numerous progressive endorsements. To his right is a gold star father who lost his son in the 2004 iraq war and is most wellknown for his compelling speech about the constitution and inclusion in this country at the 2016 Democratic National convention. Our next guest is a representative from the state of virginia. And i will let him say a little bit more about himself. And you had the opportunity just a few minutes ago to hear from ken martin from minnesota. I would like to open this by asking each of you to give us a sense of how you think about the role of phobia. Thinking about xenophobia, islam of bigotry