(CNSNews.com) - Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) moderated a public conversation with former First Lady and Sen. Hillary Clinton at Columbia University on April 3 and talked about how much she admired what Clinton had done for “our children.”

“People ask me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, and I always say the same thing: Our children, our children, our children,” said Pelosi.

“And no one has done more in every aspect of her public and private life for our children, our children, our children, than Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton,” said Pelosi.

Pelosi also described the first time she met Hillary Clinton, which she says was in Los Angeles in the 1970s.

“The door opens. Who’s on the other side of the door, but Hillary Clinton, holding Chelsea, a baby, in her arms,” said Pelosi. :A mom. I saw her first as a mom.”

Although Pelosi says this event took place in “the 1970s,” Chelsea Clinton was not born until Feb. 27, 1980.

Here is a transcript of Pelosi describing her first meeting with Hillary Clinton and Clinton’s devotion to the cause of children:

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.): ‘First of all, let me tell you about the first time I met Hillary and why I am so excited to be with her anytime, but especially in this magnificent—and magnificent--initiative.

“The first time I met Hillary Clinton was in the 1970s. I was invited to Los Angeles to be, to meet, the governor, or the governor-to-be, one way or the other, of Arkansas and his wife--the person who invited me said: Wait until you meet her. Wait until you meet her. It was meeting the governor—but wait until you meet her. I go to the place with a friend of mine in Los Angeles. I was like the chair—not the chair of the whole party, but Northern California, which means I was a volunteer. So, I go to the house. I go to the door. The door opens. Who’s on the other side of the door, but Hillary Clinton, holding Chelsea, a baby, in her arms. A mom. I saw her first as a mom. And her commitment to Hillary and all—to Chelsea—and all children, has been such a hallmark of her leadership, among other things, but in the lead--whether in the private--non-profit sector, whether in the public sector, as she has been the champion.

“People ask me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, and I always say the same thing: Our children, our children, our children.

“And no one has done more in every aspect of her public and private life for our children, our children, our children, than Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton.”