House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiHoyer: House should vote on COVID-19 aid — with or without a bipartisan deal Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme Court McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE (D-Calif.) on Sunday night received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for her efforts in expanding Americans’ access to health care, among other things.

At a ceremony Sunday night in Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Pelosi was the star of the night, lauded with several speeches before taking the stage to accept her award.

“I’m totally at a loss for words. I’m speechless. I’m overwhelmed by the honor of it all,” she said.

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Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President Kennedy, presented Pelosi with the award after a short speech in which she applauded Pelosi for “consistently acting in service of our highest principles and our most vulnerable citizens.”

Pelosi was joined by several members of the Kennedy family onstage after receiving the award.

The California Democrat also touched on the recently passed near-total abortion ban in Alabama, saying the government should not be involved in the choices women make regarding their own bodies.

“I don’t think any politician should have anything to say about a woman’s timing or size of her family or a women’s health,” she said, according to local outlet CBS 4 WBZ.

Pelosi was honored with the prestigious award for her role in “putting the national interest above her party's interest to expand access to health care for all Americans and then, against a wave of political attacks, leading the effort to retake the majority and elect the most diverse Congress in our nation's history,” according to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum’s website.

Previous honorees of the annual award include former Presidents Obama and Ford and prominent lawmakers including Rep. John Lewis John LewisTrump to pay respects to Ginsburg at Supreme Court Democrats urge Biden to resist filibuster, court-packing calls Rep. Bill Pascrell named chair of House oversight panel MORE (D-Ga.) and the late Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainThe Memo: Trump's strengths complicate election picture Mark Kelly: Arizona Senate race winner should be sworn in 'promptly' Cindy McCain: Trump allegedly calling war dead 'losers' was 'pretty much' last straw before Biden endorsement MORE (R-Ariz.).