Steny H. Hoyer
11/06/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/06/2025 12:25
Hoyer Statement on the Retirement of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement after Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11) announced that she will not run for reelection in 2026:
"I have known my friend Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi for more than five decades. We met in a cramped office in the Russell Senate Office Building as young staffers for Senator Daniel Brewster. Like me, she was inspired by John F. Kennedy's call to serve. She has answered that call every single day in the House of Representatives for the past 38 years. Her departure from the House at the end of this Congress will be a tremendous loss for the institution and the country.
"Nancy may be the representative of San Francisco, but she will always be a daughter of Baltimore. Like her father, former mayor of Baltimore and representative of Maryland's Third District Thomas D'Alesandro, Nancy has a political mind of the highest caliber. That was apparent throughout the decades she and I served as the top two leaders of our House Democratic Caucus. We worked on some of the most important legislation in recent memory - from the Affordable Care Act to the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell to the landmark Investing in America bills of the 117th Congress. I have seen her persuade. I have seen her spar. And I have seen her build consensus.
"Nancy will go down in history not only as America's first female Speaker but as one of its most effective Speakers. She has certainly earned her spot among Henry Clay, Sam Rayburn, and the rest of the pantheon of gifted legislators who have led the House. Of course, none of them accomplished what they did with a House Majority as razor thin as Nancy's. I always say that I've served with two historic figures: my dear friend and brother John Lewis and Nancy Pelosi.
"From the Chesapeake Bay to San Francisco Bay, Nancy's leadership has affected the lives of every American. I wish Nancy; her husband Paul; their children Alexandra, Christine, Nancy, Jacqueline, and Paul Jr.; and the rest of their family all the best. I look forward to continuing to work with Nancy this Congress to protect the progress we have made for America over the years."
"I have known my friend Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi for more than five decades. We met in a cramped office in the Russell Senate Office Building as young staffers for Senator Daniel Brewster. Like me, she was inspired by John F. Kennedy's call to serve. She has answered that call every single day in the House of Representatives for the past 38 years. Her departure from the House at the end of this Congress will be a tremendous loss for the institution and the country.
"Nancy may be the representative of San Francisco, but she will always be a daughter of Baltimore. Like her father, former mayor of Baltimore and representative of Maryland's Third District Thomas D'Alesandro, Nancy has a political mind of the highest caliber. That was apparent throughout the decades she and I served as the top two leaders of our House Democratic Caucus. We worked on some of the most important legislation in recent memory - from the Affordable Care Act to the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell to the landmark Investing in America bills of the 117th Congress. I have seen her persuade. I have seen her spar. And I have seen her build consensus.
"Nancy will go down in history not only as America's first female Speaker but as one of its most effective Speakers. She has certainly earned her spot among Henry Clay, Sam Rayburn, and the rest of the pantheon of gifted legislators who have led the House. Of course, none of them accomplished what they did with a House Majority as razor thin as Nancy's. I always say that I've served with two historic figures: my dear friend and brother John Lewis and Nancy Pelosi.
"From the Chesapeake Bay to San Francisco Bay, Nancy's leadership has affected the lives of every American. I wish Nancy; her husband Paul; their children Alexandra, Christine, Nancy, Jacqueline, and Paul Jr.; and the rest of their family all the best. I look forward to continuing to work with Nancy this Congress to protect the progress we have made for America over the years."
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