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Pelosi Remarks at Women Members’ Meeting with President Obama

March 12, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi made the following remarks at the top of a White House meeting between women Members of Congress and President Obama today to discuss the upcoming Summit on Working Families:

Leader Pelosi. Thank you very much, Mr. President, for bringing us together and thank you for your leadership on the White House Summit for Working Families. As you know, the House and Senate women have been working on our agendas in this regard, reflecting the values and the approaches you have put forth. Thank you for mentioning in the State of the Union – when women succeed, America succeeds. It's not a slogan; it's a statement of fact.

[Laughter]

That's why when you talk you about paycheck fairness or you talk about paid sick leave and the work-family balance, and you talk about early childhood learning, you have initiatives in all of these areas. And as you said at the end, it's really important – not just for women and families and men, but for our economy – that women succeed.

So thank you for inviting us to talk about how we go forward with the summit and thank you for being out there, and thank Michelle, too.

[Laughter]

President Obama. She's on me about this all the time.

[Laughter]

Leader Pelosi. Thank you, Mr. President.

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