Nancy PelosiVerified account

We open this Congress by paying tribute to those who serve or have serve–whose sacrifice and bravery are guarantors of our democracy.

To @POTUS and @VP: thank you for your counsel and for all you have given to America.

We have the responsibility and the power to lift the lives and the hopes of the American people.

Yet every American should know: if there's any attempt to destroy Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security or ACA, we will stand our ground.

We'll continue to protect clean air and clean water, women's rights, LGBT rights, civil rights, and our DREAMers & their immigrant families.

If there is an attempt to silence us for commonsense gun violence prevention, w/ Gabby Giffords as our witness, we will stand our ground.

I offer my congratulations to the Speaker of this new Congress, a proud son of Wisconsin, Paul Ryan.