PHILLIPS: We want to get to a live -- I think it's a -- is it a news conference? Where is she speaking? She's speaking on the Hill, Nancy Pelosi. And it's about the money going toward the evacuations. There's been a lot of controversy over who should pay for that and who should not. Let's listen to Nancy Pelosi.</s>REP. NANCY PELOSI (D), CALIFORNIA: ... to remove one worry from the minds of stranded Americans in Lebanon and their families back home by declaring immediately that our country will bear the country of bringing Americans home safely from Lebanon. Any questions? No. I don't even know about any such meeting. Well, first of all, I don't even know what the purpose of the meeting is. The purpose of my coming here today was to say that no intention -- there was no intent of Congress to prevent the U.S. government from evacuating our citizens from a very dangerous area by saying to them first, we need you to sign that you will pay for this evacuation. As a country, we have a responsibility to protect our citizens. The hostilities in Lebanon were precipitous; They happened without much prediction, without much alert to remove people before the initiation of hostilities. And what I would hope the president would do, were to immediately remove that worry from the minds of Americans in Lebanon now. I have absolutely no knowledge of what the purpose of the meeting is at the White House. I will say that with the dangerous nature of the actions that are being taken in the Middle East, that it is time for us to come together as a country to engage in robust diplomacy, diplomacy that is backed up, of course, always by a military second to none to protect our interests.</s>PHILLIPS: House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi criticizing the law calling for citizens to pay for their emergency transportation out of the Middle East. She's holding a live news conference right now. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Pelosi Criticizes Law Requiring Americans to Pay Evacuation Costs