MADAM SPEAKER DUFFY: Thank you so much for being with us, especially given all that is going on there in Washington and all that’s on your plate. And welcome back to The Commonwealth Club, Madam Speaker. PELOSI: Thank you very much, Madam President, Gloria Duffy. I’m honored to be at The Commonwealth Club, and it’s a perfect time in light of everything that is going on. But I also want to congratulate them for having you as president. You mentioned that we’ve been friends for over 35 years. I want everyone to know that we became friends on a trip to Central America that was sponsored by the Columbia Foundation’s Madeleine Haas Russell. Some of you may have known her. She sponsored a California trip to Central America du r i n g t he C e nt r a l American wars, which I completely opposed. But Gloria being the academic that she is, she went there a nd we watched her as she viewed things scientifically, academically. For example, if we visited an airfield, she would be writing down how
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Capitol was sacked by rioters, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi returned to The Commonwealth Club for a virtual conversation about the election and priorities for 2021. From the December 9, 2020, online program “A Conversation with Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”
NANCY PELOSI, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; Representative, California’s 12th District (D-San Francisco) In Conversation with Dr. GLORIA DUFFY, President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club of California
Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, wields the gavel. (Photo by Speaker Pelosi’s office.)
