US Speaker Pelosi leads Congressional Delegation to Italy

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- the nation's highest ranking Italian-American in elective office - in a speech at the Italian Chamber of Deputies in Rome, referred to her deep roots in Italy: "My family's background is as diverse as the map of Italy, with grandparents and great-grandparents born in Abruzzo, Venice, Genoa, Campobasso and Sicily. My husband, Paul's father was born in Potenza and his mother in Tuscany."

Usually considered "junkets", Pelosi has had to pay a price, by having to defend "buy American" thought, and being lectured by the Pope on abortion rights. Excuse me...!!!!! With all the tremendous MISERY throughout the world, that's the best the Pope could think of ??????

At least the Food is Good
USA Today
By: Jill Lawrence and Eugene Kiely;
February 18, 2009 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- the nation's highest ranking Italian-American in elective office -- is spending her congressional recess in Italy. Sounds nice, but . . . 

So far on her trip, which began Sunday in Rome, Pelosi had to defend the "Buy American" provision in the stimulus bill and had what sounds like an uncomfortable meeting with Pope Benedict. USA TODAY's religion writer Cathy Lynn Grossman says the pope lectured the speaker on abortion rights. 

So much for a little R&R away from the rough-and-tumble of Washington.

The speaker's roots in Italy are deep. In a speech at the Italian Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Pelosi described them this way: "My family's background is as diverse as the map of Italy, with grandparents and great-grandparents born in Abruzzi, Venice, Genoa, Campobasso and Sicily. My husband, Paul's, father was born in Potenza and his mother in Tuscany."

The rest of the congressional delegation: Reps. John Larson of Connecticut, George Miller of California, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, William Pascrell of New Jersey, Anna Eshoo of California, Edward Markey of Massachusetts, Michael Capuano of Massachusetts.

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