AUSTIN, Texas — Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi was in Austin this week for two event.
She made a stop Wednesday at Brackenridge Clinical Education Center where she held spoke alongside U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the act's 12th anniversary. They talked about the impact of the ACA discussed policy with students and students and residents from the Dell Medical School.
The two also spoke on strengthening the ACA to expand its reach and cover more uninsured people. According to Doggett, almost 600,000 Texans signed up for healthcare this past year.
"Today we celebrate an act that has survived three Supreme Court rulings, over 2,000 state and federal lawsuits, and more than 50 congressional repeal votes. The Affordable Care Act is still standing and delivering," Doggett said.
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Pelosi also spoke in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium in the LBJ Presidential Library as a part of Women’s History Month. The program was streamed on the LBJ Library YouTube page.
Mark K. Updegrove, president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation, moderated the discussion.
Pelosi became the first woman speaker of the House of Representatives in 2007, and made history in 2019 when she was elected again, making her the first to regain the position in over half a century.
Speaker Pelosi has represented California’s 12th District in Congress for 34 years and has led House Democrats for 16 years. In 2013, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
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