Dr. Margaret Ann Hamburg and Connie Morella discuss educating and developing future leaders with the National Journal's Fawn Johnson
Bio
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper is the Mayor of the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Before becoming mayor in June 2003 he was a geologist turned entrepreneur: in addition to being a real estate developer, he is also the owner of several restaurants. He is generally considered one of the main people responsible for the success of the LoDo urban renewal period during the early 1990s.
Representative Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi is the Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives in the 112th Congress. From 2007 to 2011, she served as the first woman Speaker of the House and was also the first woman to lead a major political party in Congress, having served as House Democratic Leader from 2003 to 2007. Leader Pelosi has represented San Francisco, California, in the House since June 1987.
During the 111th Congress, then-Speaker Pelosi worked in partnership with President Obama to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. She also led the House effort to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the historic healthcare reform legislation aimed at providing insurance for 32 million more Americans while lowering healthcare costs over the long term. Other recent legislative achievements have included passing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to improve the ability of women to fight pay discrimination and repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi contradicts the claim that offshore drilling will have an immediate or appreciable effect on gas prices at the pump and offers other alternatives, such as releasing oil from the strategic petroleum reserve and developing natural gas sources.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells stories from the days just after she was first elected to the House of Representatives, and of the awkward situations that can happen to Capitol Hill newcomers.