Care expert, entrepreneur for 24 years, an awardee of the 30 working mothers of the year. Janet lang is Kaiser Kaiser pere president and a major bad ass in her own right. Please welcome janet lang. [applause]. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh Kaiser Permanente is in the house today. Hello [cheers and applause] good afternoon, everyone. You know, i was so excited to be joining you today. And i was coming to the conference and i saw the theme was to be invincible. I took a minute to take a look at the dictionary to say what are some of the other ideas and themes behind the word invincible. And what stood out for me was indestructible, unbeatable, and absolutely too powerful to overcome. All right yeah thats right. [applause] those are fighting words. So i asked myself, so what exactly are we fighting for . So i have four principles that i think that were fighting for. The first is that were fighting for recognition, that there is economic value in the role that women play in raising families. [applause] thats right. Thats right. The second is that were fighting for equal pay for equal work. Its very simple. [applause] the third is that being a woman does not limit our opportunity or our voice. And then, lastly lastly, we must be in a society where women are free from oppression and physical violence. [applause] so at Kaiser Permanente i want you to know that leaders like myself and our workforce of over 79,000 believe in these four tenets strongly. We understand that women are Decision Makers for the health care for their family, youre mothers and youre sisters, youre wifes and partners and daughters. You make these choices for your family and we listen to you. You have a very important voice. The second is that we employ, i said earlier 79,000 people here in northern california, 70 of those employees are women. Very proud to say that. [applause] but i also want you to know that women have opportunity at kaiser to become executives. So we have eight were a national organization. And there are eight president s. And the president s run everything that happens in our organization. We produce the money, we take care of our members, we provide your care. And we manage a workforce of over 200,000. Of the eight president s at Kaiser Permanente, five are women. Five women president s. [cheers and applause] and in most companies of our size, with over 200,000 employees, fortune 100 companies, you will see the executive ranks have about on average 15 women. And at Kaiser Permanente we have 47 . 47 of our Vice President s, our executives, our president s are all women. And so there you have it. Kaiser permanente represents being fighting for all of the things that youre here today to talk about. We believe in women being indestructible, unbeatable and too powerful to overcome. And so i have the pleasure now of introducing two women who embody that. And im going to talk a little bit about them. You know them so theres not a lot to say. Theyre going to come out together. Of course, is our very own mayor london breed, who is the 45th mayor of the city of San Francisco. [cheers and applause] and and the first africanamerican woman mayor in our city. So she has a lot of firsts behind her name. We know her as a native san franciscan as well, raised by her grandmother in the Western Addition of the public housing. And she has fought for many of our citys most challenging issues that our community and our citizens face. Safe, clean neighborhoods. Affordable housing. Particularly her leadership recently around homelessness and she fights for equitable Education Opportunities and for services for Vulnerable People in our communities. The second woman that im introducing, of course, is our speaker of the u. S. Representatives house is nancy pelosi. [cheers and applause] 31 years. 31 years, not just elected, one of the first women to be elected, but also speaker of the house for over 16 years. She served three terms now, which is a pretty big deal, given all of the changes that happened over three decades. And i personally want to thank her. Shes known for many, many things. Many initiatives, investments in college aid, clean energy, helping veterans and Small Business. But i personally want to thank her for her leadership of the Affordable Care act. [applause] you know, 5 million more people in the state of california have Health Insurance and access to care because of her. So shes made a difference in our country that will last she leaves a legacy in our country under her leadership. So please join me in welcoming these two wonderful, wonderful women to the stage. [applause] respect find out what it means to me just a little bit respect oh, a little respect oh, yes just a little bit hello, ladies. [applause] are you having a good time today . [ cheers ] now we have our special guest here joining us. Our leader, our speaker, the woman who basically is the only woman with courage in this country right now. Speaker nancy pelosi [applause] so, speaker, thank you so much for being here. We so appreciate your time. And we just want to have a conversation because we want to know who is nancy pelosi. And i think that youve been out there, we see you out there fighting the good fight, standing up to donald trump. Doing what you do best to try and really move our country in the right direction. But we also know that you have a long history in the world of politics. During a time where it was difficult for women to even get engaged. Your dad served as mayor of baltimore, your brother served as mayor of baltimore. You raising five kids ran for office and became a congresswoman for San Francisco. [applause] so tell us about tell us about those early years and how challenging it was at that time for women, because you were breaking barriers even back then. Thank you very much, madam mayor. First, i want to congratulate you on the great job that you are doing as mayor of San Francisco. [cheers and applause] im so very, very proud of you. And now it appears your reelection is quite obvious. As you gain even more standing in our city and i know our city is your focus. Youre a National Example of whether its Public Education or Affordable Housing or issues that relate to gun safety, the list goes on. Theyre stories you can tell from personal experience. And i want everyone in this room to know that personal stories are the power are the power. I remember when i first met the may, he was is she was a star at city hall. My daughter christina said she was also an officer of the California Democratic party. Christine is here with a Ruth Bader Ginsburg scarf on today. [applause] and then you were involved in emerge and i know suzie beal is very much a part of this. You took all the steps. And now to be the mayor of this great city, to bring your experience and your values. So i hope in the course of our conversation, as i share my story, youll share another generations story, your own. And im sure youre doing it in the course of this very important meet. Its wonderful. Wonderful to be in San Francisco on any given day, but to be here with all of these women, these invincible women. We have our bracelet. Its quite an honor. I have to just tell you, though, it is a curious time in our country. And the time for women to be invincible has never been more important, even though this year we will congress we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of women having the right to vote. [applause] thats a good thing. As we do so, we have over 100 women in the house of representatives. 91 of them are democrats. 106, 91 are democrats. But they represent the beauty, the diversity of america. And when women first got the right to vote, we still had much more work to do to make sure extended to women of color and people of color across our country. So again i thank you for the opportunity to share some thoughts on that subject. When women got the right to vote, the headline said women given the right to vote. No, women fought, women were starved, women starved themselves, marched, advocated for decades before the right to vote came. And now we have to do some of the same things to. In the course of our revolution, when times were dark, thomas payne said the times have found us. We believe the times have found us now again to save our democracy. To save our democracy. [applause] and the role of women in all of that is very, very important. So know your power. Its fabulous to see the strength of it all here. But understand how necessary that is. So i thank you for your leadership, your involvement, your courage to be invincible. Thank you. [applause] now 100 years may seem like a long time. But it wasnt that long ago in our history when we basically took the right to vote and were celebrating that 100year anniversary, but were still in the midst of a lot of inequities that women face in this country. I know you have been a leader around equal pay. So tell us a little bit about your work and what youre doing to help address the inequalities and the pay gap for women and men. Well, i appreciate you asking that, because one of our top items on our agenda, when we came in as the new majority in congress, was to pass the fair pass act, equal pay for equal work. And its still stunning to me to see people voting against that. And Mitch Mcconnell in the senate is saying im the grim reaper, its not going to see a vote in the senate. But i say to him, this may be you may think its dead, but its alive and well in the public. So i appeal to you, because no good thing happens with the outside mobilization. We can maneuver to pass the bill in the house, to get it through the senate and the president , to sign it is absolutely essential, for us to have the outside mobilization. Know your power. Weigh in. I mean, who would vote against such a thing . The republican members of congress. I know this isnt a partisan [laughter] but it was amazing to see. And tied to that, which were going to bring up in a couple of weeks, is raising the minimum wage to fight for 15. 15 an hour. [applause] that affects women in the workplace as well. But when you think of the fact that women are not paid for the same amount of work as men, and what it means not only to the well being of their families, but what it means to their pensions and their retirement and the rest, its so very, very unfair. We can correct it, we passed the bill, rosa was the author of it. And now we just have to get it past the senate. Lincoln said public sentiment is everything. With it you can accomplish anything with it. In order for the public sentiment to weigh in, the public needs to know. So tell a friend, call in, especially into some of you are not from california. Call home. Tell those people call the republican senators. So bring up to bring up the bill. Its a threshold we must cross. We must cross. And that, along with a number of challenges that youve been dealing with for decades in the house of representatives, you work with a number of president s and, of course, we had a great time working with president obama and we truly miss him now more than ever. And i just i just wanted to understand because we watch you on the news. And we in my mind, i dont know about you, but im like how is nancy pelosi sitting there with a straight face, when [laughter] when some of those things are being said. I just wonder, well, what is going on in her head. And you, classy as always, try to hold him accountable. Madam speaker, what is going on in your head . [laughter] with all of that . Well, thank you for bringing up president obama and valerie jarrett, whom you had this morning was so [applause] so spectacular. So spectacular. I love her. And shes really a powerful force in our country. I have to just say this about the occupant of the white house. [laughter] [applause] its really important to recognize that, again im just stating a fact, this isnt political or partisan. That the republicans in congress, house and senate by and large agree with him on almost every subject. Im not associating them with his behavior. But i am associating them with his policy. So before he even became president , they were where they were on being an antiwomens right to choose, lgbtq rights, the climate change, gun safety, fair immigration, fairness in our economy, diminishing the disparity in income between our haves and have notes in our country. Theyve been on the wrong side of both of those issues for a long time. So his coming in just hes their guy from a policy standpoint. So when we had our election 18, as i said to the candidates, something similar to what ill say to now. Dont even mention his name, just talk about you. I say this to the women here, as you aspire to perhaps run for office, supporting those who do, as we sit here with this magself success magnificent Success Story with our mayor london breed. Heres the thing. What is your i keep saying to the members. We have to distinguish our why. Why are we here . What is our vision for the country. What do we know about the subjects that we can make a difference in the legislation. How do we intend to do this. Are we strategic in our thinking . And show your sincerity, your connection to your constituents in terms of their fears and hopes and apprehensions and aspirations. Dont talk about him. But the fact is that when you present where you are on the issues, you will make a very strong distinction between the republicans in congress and the democrats in congress. And the republicans in congress are very much aligned with the president of the United States on these issues. Thats really sad news that i have to convey to you. So when people say how come theyre not speaking out . Well, hes their guy. Hes their guy. But they also have taken an oath of office to support and defend the constitution of the United States. And were hoping that will weigh in on their decisions, as we go forward. So when you say when youre sitting there, hes the president of the United States. I respect the office that he holds. I think i respect it more than he respects it. But, anyway, i respect the office that he holds. [laughter] and we have to try to find Common Ground. Our founders went back and said we are you know, the times have found us. They also gave us guidance in this respect. They couldnt imagine how many we would be, how different we would be. They always knew we strived to be one. So for the good of the people, we have to always try to find Common Ground. Stand our ground. Stand that would be thomas jefferson. Stand our ground like a rock. So you try to say, well, infrastructure, building a Green Infrastructure for the future. Green, infrastructure for the future. Lowering the cost of prescription drugs, he says he wants to do those things. Lets try to find Common Ground on that. But at the same time we must mobilize outside. We would never have passed the Affordable Care act or save the Affordable Care act without the outside mobilization. I thank for her kind words. But it was the outside that made that happen. Again know your power. Be invincible. Weigh in on these things, because the public is it is the peoples country. We the people and for the people. And most importantly for the children. So thats what i think when im sitting there, among other things. [laughter] yeah. [applause] well, speaking of knowing your power, it happens to be the name of the book that you wrote know your power. And part of knowing your power, of course, is knowing who you are and what you stand for. And i know that this had to come from somewhere. And so tell us because as i said earlier, you know, you have been doing this incredible work since at a time when there werent a lot of women who were actively engaged in the political world. And not until recently are we seeing incredible organizations that are coming like emerge and emilys list and other organizations that are helping to support and encouraging and pushing women to run for office. But you didnt have organizations like that. You stepped out on face and really got actively engaged. And you also did it while raising five kids. I mean, im still trying to understand how thats even possible. So tell us a little bit about how you discovered, you know, your voice and your power and what motivated you in the early years to really step out and to do this type of work. Well, i appreciate what youre saying. But the fact i was raised in a political family, as was mentioned. I was raised in a political family. We were taught that Public Service is a noble calling. And that we all had a responsibility to for the community. It wasnt about politics so much as about Civic Engagement and politics as part of that. And so i never had any intention whatsoever of running for public office. None whatsoever. But i did feel responsible to make some contributions. So i volunteered and one thing led to another. But ill just tell you this story about how i went from kitchen to congress. One of the paths through it. [laughter] so im at home, with five kids, running around, little kids. All of this. I get a call from the then mayor joseph alioto. He says, nancy, what are you doing, making a big pot of pasta. [laughter] no, mr. Mayor, im reading the new york times. [laughter] he used to come in the afternoon in those days before all of the technology. And my kids are playing there. And this is after school. And he said, well, im calling for ask you to serve on the library commission. [ cheers ] so i say to him, and he said because i know you love the library, kids and you all hang out there and everything. We go there all the time, help with the books, this or that. This is this is almost 40 years ago. So i said, no, mr. Mayor, dont give me that appointment. I love the library. Ill doing that. I dont need to be recognized as the Library Commissioner