Pelosi Congratulates Barry Bonds

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered her congratulations to Barry Bonds for hitting his record-breaking 756th home run, sounding a more supportive note towards the controversial Giants slugger than MLB Commissioner Bud Selig.

Despite controversy surrounding Bonds' alleged use of steroids, Pelosi declared Bonds "took his rightful place among the sport's immortals" last night.

Pelosi said she's a Giants season ticket holder, but she didn't attend last night's historic game.  And who knew the record took place on Italian Night at AT&T Park -- a particular note of pride for the Speaker.

The full text of her statement is below:

“Tonight, Barry Bonds etched his name into baseball’s history books and took his rightful place among the sport’s immortals.

“It was a great night for baseball and a great night for San Francisco -- the crowd went wild.

“It was particularly exciting to see Willie Mays embrace him on the field and see Hank Aaron congratulate him on the Jumbotron.

“As a season ticket holder, I am particularly glad it happened on the Giants’ Italian night.”