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“A congresswoman since 1987, Pelosi on Saturday recalled memories of Castro’s predecessors in the 20th Congressional District, calling storied San Antonio politician Henry B. Gonzalez “the greatest person I ever served with.” His son and successor in the seat, Charlie Gonzalez, “was just remarkable.” She also suggested that mantle would now pass to Castro, elected after the younger Gonzalez decided not to seek another term.”

“Pelosi also questioned whether voters would believe Republicans are opposing the minimum wage hike for the good of low wage workers — after all, they opposed tax hikes on the rich on behalf of small businesses, and have held to this line even as the public has grown more convinced that GOP policies favor the rich.”

Asked whether she believed the Paycheck Fairness Act would pass this year, Pelosi hedged, saying she hoped by the president’s “raising the profile of the issue” would not only pressure the House to pass the bill but prompt voters to ask — 50 years after passage of the Equal Pay Act — “why do we even have this?”

“It won’t be smooth, it won’t be simple, there will be frustrations, there will be times when you guys will be mad at me, and I’ll occasionally read about it.” he said. But if they keep focused, he said, ”I would expect that Nancy Pelosi is going to be speaker again pretty soon.”

“Nonetheless, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, was right to call the measure “a gimmick unworthy of the fiscal and economic challenges that we face.” Postponing a crisis for 90 days does nothing to reassure markets, or businesses, or ordinary bondholders worried about their investments.”

“This was not a rule used by Democrats. Speaker Tom Foley allowed the North American Free Trade Agreement to pass in 1993 on mostly Republican votes, and when Nancy Pelosi took the job in 2007, she repudiated the Hastert rule, allowing both parties to vote together on legislation. For example, she allowed a bill to pass paying for the Iraq war over the objections of most Democrats.”

“As she begins her second Congress as leader of the opposition in the House, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California is confident that Democrats will get behind President Obama on the big clashes with Republicans. But she thinks the president should aggressively line up much wider support for raising the federal debt limit and enacting new gun rules.”

“She has her caucus more in lockstep with the White House than Boehner does with himself,” said Republican strategist Ford O’Connell. “In the House, there’s no way around it. Unless fiscal conservatives say, ‘All right, I see the greater strategy here,’ there is no way to do this without votes from Pelosi’s caucus.”

“For the sake of America’s seniors and their families, our middle class, and our country, let’s enact a plan that creates jobs, strengthens the middle class, grows the economy, and reduces the deficit in a balanced, responsible way.”

“House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, “beaming with pride” at the “diversity” among her party’s leadership, today introduced the new top Democrats on House committees.”