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 Chair of the California Democratic Party from 1981 to 1983, and Finance Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 1985 to 1987. She serves as the House Minority Leader. The following is from the October 2, 2003, House floor debate on an amendment to H.R. 2660, the 2004 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, to eliminate funding from the bill to implement the Labor Department’s proposed overtime rule.Much has been said earlier about the use…