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Nancy Pelosi will receive the Margaret Sanger award — the top honor given out by the Planned Parenthood abortion business.Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced today that House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will deliver remarks at the organization’s Annual Gala in Washington on march 27, where she will receive the award. Planned Parenthood is awarding Leader Pelosi the Margaret Sanger Award, the organization’s highest honor, “in recognition of her leadership, excellence, and outstanding contributions to” the pro-abortion movement during her career.The president of the abortion business announced the award today, though she never mentioned abortion — instead couching her remarks...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2006 CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider 202-226-7616 Pelosi On Thwarted Terrorist Bomb Plot Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on terrorist bomb plot thwarted in Britain today: “British authorities are to be commended for disrupting a terrorist plot targeting aircraft headed for the United States. “Today’s news is an urgent reminder that we must make America safer and the world more stable. We must implement the strong recommendations of the independent 9/11 Commission to improve airport security screening at checkpoints.”

 Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me time and commend her for her tremendous leadership, outstanding leadership as our ranking member on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and I commend the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. HOEKSTRA) for his leadership, as well as chair of the conference and as chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.    I thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. HARMAN). I know firsthand of her great work, and we are all very proud of it.    Mr. Speaker, more than 4 months ago, the 9/11 Commission created by Congress to examine the...