Nancy Pelosi will remain a member of the House, but said that 'the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus.'
PUBLISHED 7:42 AM EST Nov. 17, 2022One day after Republicans were projected to retake the House majority, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she will not seek another term as House Democratic leader, a role she has held for nearly two decades.
Pelosi will remain a member of the House and represent the people of San Francisco, but said that "the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus" "My colleagues, I stand before you as Speaker of the House, as a wife, a mother, a grandmother a devout Catholic, a proud Democrat, and a patriotic American citizen of the greatest Republic in the history of the world," Pelosi said.She recalled the first time she saw the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, when she was six years old and her father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., was being sworn in for his fifth term in Congress.
"In this room, our colleagues across history have abolished slavery, granted women the right to vote, established Social Security and Medicare, offered a hand to the weak, care to the sick, education to the young, and hope to the many," Pelosi said.
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