Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Looking back at her career

Recording artist Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and hugs Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) outside of the U.S. Capitol building before speaking at a press conference about increasing minority representation in the luxury spirits industry on June 5, 2024 in Washington.

Rep. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep.Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington March 7, 2024.

United States; Eileen Mariano, granddaughter of the late US Senator Dianne Feinstein is hugged by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA) as US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) watches during a memorial service for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023,at City Hall in San Francisco.

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi sits court side with her husband Paul Pelosi during the second quarter between the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs at Chase Center on Mar 31, 2023.

Democrat House Leader Hakeem Jeffries leads a bipartisan remembrance ceremony, including 177th Congress Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in a moment of silence on the steps of the House remember the 2nd anniversary since the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) participates in a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Rudy Yakym (R-IN) and his family on the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 14, 2022, in Washington, DC. Yakym will succeed the late Rep. Jackie Walorski, who died in a car crash earlier this year with two of her staffers.

(L-R) Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks to the press before meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 25, 2022, in Washington, DC. Herzog is on a two-day trip to Washington, DC, and will meet with U.S.President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi signs a guest book before a meeting with the Croatian Prime Minister in Zagreb, on Oct. 24, 2022. - Pelosi came to Croatia to participate in the International Crimea Platform summit, which is being held on Oct. 25 in Zagreb.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and actress Priyanka Chopra participate in the Global Citizen Festival at Central Park in New York on Sept. 24, 2022.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on Sept. 22, 2022, in Washington, DC. Pelosi spoke on a wide range of issues, including the House's recent passage of the Presidential Election Reform Act.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a press conference on Sept. 21, 2022, in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi, along with other lawmakers, is celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the steps it takes to lower healthcare costs.

(L-R) US Vice President Kamala Harris, US Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) attend a memorial service of thanksgiving for the Life of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on Sept. 21, 2022.

Armenia's Head of the Parliament Alen Simonyan (2nd R) greets US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) at the Parliament in Yerevan on Sept. 18, 2022.

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi looks on as she visits the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan on Sept. 18, 2022.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (R) gestures next to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) and US Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann after addressing a joint press conference during their meeting at the Foreign Office in Berlin on Sept. 16, 2022.

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi answers questions during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 14, 2022, in Washington, DC. Pelosi answered various questions during the news conference, including the upcoming midterm elections.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) as her husband Gene Peltola looks on at the Capitol on Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington, DC. Peltola won a special election to finish the remaining term of the late Rep. Don Young.

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) applauds during an event to celebrate the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 13, 2022.

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks with Southeast Health Center Advisory Board Member Oscar James during a press conference about prescription drugs and lower health care costs at Southeast Health Center Clinic on Aug. 24, 2022, in San Francisco, California. Speaker Pelosi met with health care professionals and residents who will benefit from provisions in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act that will lower health care and prescription drug costs.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), alongside House Democrats, holds up the CHIPS For America Act during a bill enrollment ceremony outside the U.S. Capitol July 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bill, which has now passed in both houses of Congress, is aimed at boosting U.S semiconductor manufacturing and science research to better compete with China.

A handout photo released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on May 1, 2022, shows President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky welcoming Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress Nancy Pelosi during their meeting in Kyiv.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) listen as US President Joe Biden speaks during his State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, March 1, 2022.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a moment of silence on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with other members of Congress and staff taking part in a vigil marking the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that happened on January 6, 2021.

Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before President Joe Biden delivered an address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. The speech was his first since taking office in January.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in her United States Capitol office on April 13, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 25, 2021.

Former Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama speak with Michelle Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol on Jan 20, 2021.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) talks to reporters after she was re-elected to lead her conference along with (L-R) Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-MA), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) and Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol November 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. The conference leadership elections were conducted with some members in-person at a Washington hotel and others joining by Zoom due to the risk posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Rev. E, Baxter Morris, left, greets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the 2020 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage stop at First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday March 7, 2020.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi rips up the speech after President Donald J. Trump concludes delivering the State of the Union address from the House chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington on Feb 4, 2020.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, surrounded by the House Impeachment Managers, signs articles of impeachment for President Donald Trump in Washington on Jan. 15, 2020.

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi speaks during a 'Speaker in the House' conversation with with Indiana Congressman André Carson on women's equality, health care, and economy, at the Indianapolis Central Library, on Friday, July 19, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaking to people at the Fathers Support Center of St. Louis on March 18, 2019.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., claps toward President Donald Trump as he delivers the State of the Union address from the House chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington Feb. 5, 2019.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks to the House Floor to vote on a continuing resolution to temporarily reopen the government in Washington, Jan. 25 2019.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Democrat Steny Hoyer listen to Democratic Representative from Connecticut Rosa DeLauro speak at a podium during an event with Democratic members of Congress and national organization members to reintroduce the Paycheck Fairness Act, on Capitol Hill, Jan. 30, 2019.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin D-Ill., Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., talk to journalists following a meeting with President Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and fellow members of Congress about border security at the White House on Jan. 02, 2019, in Washington.

Pelosi speaks with the media while walking through the U.S. Capitol prior to meeting with President Trump, over the budget stalemate in Washington on Jan. 2, 2019.

Pelosi walks through the U.S. Capitol prior to meeting with President Trump over the budget stalemate in Washington on Jan 2, 2019. The partial government shutdown is in its 10th day.

President Trump meets with Pelosi and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Dec. 11, 2018. Trump, Pelosi and Schumer had a disagreement on border policy and shutting down the government.

Pelosi speaks to reporters during a briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. on Nov. 15, 2018.

Pelosi and Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speak to the media as lawmakers prepare to vote on a new budget resolution to avert a government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 20, 2018.

Pelosi joined by House Democrats, delivers remarks during a DCCC election watch party at the Hyatt Regency on Nov. 6, 2018, in Washington.

Pelosi speaks during her weekly news conference Dec. 6, 2018, in Washington.

Pelosi talks to reporters during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on Dec. 13, 2018, in Washington.

Pelosi speaks alongside doctors, nurses and health care providers against the Republican health care bills during a rally on Capitol Hill on June 22, 2017.

Pelosi hands the gavel to the Speaker Paul Ryan before members of Congress are sworn in for the 115th Congress on Jan. 3, 2017.

Pelosi speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016.

Pelosi speaks to supporters after Democratic House members held a sit-in to demand a vote on gun restrictions on June 23, 2016.

Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker John Boehner lock arms as they sing "We Shall Overcome" during a ceremony to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2014.

Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speak to the media about the government shutdown on Oct. 2, 2013.

Nancy Pelosi and fellow female Democratic House members appear at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 4, 2012.

Incoming speaker John Boehner receives the gavel from outgoing speaker Pelosi on Jan. 5, 2011, in Washington.

Pelosi speaks to the media while flanked by Reps. Steny Hoyer, Chris Van Hollen, George Miller and Rosa DeLauro after a meeting with President Obama on July 14, 2010, to discuss legislative priorities before the August recess.

Pelosi delivers remarks alongside fellow House Democrats following the House vote on health care legislation on Capitol Hill on March 21, 2010.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talks with Pelosi during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on April 29, 2009.

Pelosi wields the speaker's gavel after being elected as the first female House speaker during a swearing-in ceremony for the 110th Congress on Jan. 4, 2007.

Pelosi celebrates with leading Democrats and supporters at the Hyatt Regency hotel on Capitol Hill on Nov. 7, 2006, after Democrats won the House in the midterm elections.

Pelosi speaks to reporters about the indictment of Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 29, 2005.

Pelosi speaks at a gathering of House Democrats on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 22, 2004.