Flanked by the Democratic Women of the upcoming 113th congress, nancy pelosi ended speculation that she might step down as House Minority leader. In order to continue to work on empowering women, to making sure our Affordable Care act is enforced in a way that no longer being a woman be a preexisting medical condition. [ applause ] to work with the president to create jobs and grow our economy in a way that empowers women in the workplace. And i have made a decision to submit my name to my colleagues to, once again, serve as the House Democratic leader. [ cheers and applause ] a Record Number of women were just elected, many of them democrats. The house now has 78 female members, 50 democrats, 28 republicans. They came to washington for orientation and to get ready for the upcoming session. I think theyll kick some of those issues down the road so when we get back well have to look for longterm solutions for job creation, making the tax structure fairer and the appropriations, i think