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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
20-112
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 1, 2013
To honor and acknowledge Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the United States House of Representative, for her comments on the lack of full citizenship rights for the people of the District of Columbia spoken at the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., in August 2013.
WHEREAS, Nancy Pelosi was born March 26, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland;
WHEREAS, Nancy Pelosi, in 1962, graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., where she met Paul Pelosi, and the couple later married and moved to San Francisco;
WHEREAS, Nancy Pelosi continues the family tradition of being involved in politics, her father having served in Congress and as the Mayor of Baltimore for 12 years and her brother Thomas having served as Mayor of Baltimore as well;
WHEREAS, in 1987, Nancy Pelosi won public office in a special election for California’s Eighth District, which includes San Francisco, as a member of the House of Representatives;
WHEREAS, in 2002, Nancy Pelosi emerged as one of the leading Democrats in Congress and was selected to be the Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives, making her the first woman in history to do so;
WHEREAS, in 2006, Nancy Pelosi broke new ground for women in U.S. politics by being chosen to become the first woman to take the post of Speaker of the House;
WHEREAS, Nancy Pelosi has been a strong supporter of health research, health care, and housing and an advocate for the environment for human rights;
WHEREAS, in August 2013, Nancy Pelosi joined members of the Martin Luther King, Jr. family, President Barack Obama and many others at the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial; and
WHEREAS, during her remarks she commented on the lack of full citizenship rights denied to the people of the District of Columbia.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Nancy Pelosi Recognition Resolution of 2013”.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia honors and expresses gratitude to Nancy Pelosi for mentioning the need for full citizenship rights for the people of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register
