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By Chingyu Wang
Talk Radio News Service

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) shot back at Republicans who say the Obama administration is relying too much on luck to keep the country safe from terrorists.

"The harder we work, the luckier we get," said Pelosi to reporters on Thursday.

Pelosi said she is hesitant to support legislation introduced by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) that would allow the U.S. State Department to revoke the citizenship of Americans captured abroad who are found to be either supportive of foreign terror organizations or engaged in hostilities against the U.S.

"I like the spirit of it, but I'd like to know the trigger of it," she said. "I have to see the language and what the standard is and what the list is and who puts it together and what the criteria is for people to be on it."

The Speaker did say she would back Democratically-led efforts to raise the liability cap for oil companies who accidentally cause spills.

"In 1990, the Oil Pollution Act was passed. That law set a limit of $75 million on the liability of the responsible party," said Pelosi. "This legislation will increase that liability to $10 billion."

Pelosi added that the House will begin mark up of its jobs bill next week.