[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 16-17]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                             MINORITY WHIP

  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, as leader of the Democratic Caucus, I have 
been directed to report to the House that the Democratic Members have 
selected as their minority whip the gentlewoman from California, the 
Honorable Nancy Pelosi.
  As a matter of information to the Members of the House, it is my 
understanding that this is the highest position to which a woman has 
been elected in the history of the House of Representatives.

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