Nancy Pelosi Accompanies Late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Body on Plane from President’s Military Fleet

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is accompanying the body of late Sen. Dianne Feinstein on a plane from the president’s military fleet to San Francisco, according to an aide. Feinstein, who shared a long friendship with Pelosi, died Thursday night following months of declining health. Pelosi released a statement expressing her sorrow and honoring Feinstein’s legacy. Feinstein, a former mayor of San Francisco, was a leading figure in California politics and a national face of the Democratic Party. She broke glass ceilings throughout her career and had a major influence on Capitol Hill’s most consequential works. Pelosi’s daughter, Nancy Corinne Prowda, supported Feinstein during her illness, and Feinstein’s daughter, Katherine, joined Pelosi in the Senate gallery as tributes were paid to her mother. Both Pelosi and Feinstein have left historic legacies, with Feinstein serving as the longest-serving female US senator and Pelosi being the first and only woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.