Honorable Nancy Pelosi
United States Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Pelosi, of the Eighth District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1987. She was the Northern Chair of the California Democratic Party from 1977 to 1981, State Chair from 1981 to 1983, and Finance Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 1985 to 1987. She serves on the Appropriations Committee and as the Ranking Minority Member of the Foreign Operations and Export Financing Subcommittee within that committee. She also serves on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the House floor debate of June 17, 1999, on the McCarthy…