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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) may have been in North Carolina on Thursday for a congressional fundraiser, but the occasion presented her the opportunity to say she was “saddened” and “disappointed” to learn about the recently enacted anti-LGBT law in the state.

Under questioning from a local reporter at a women’s economic agenda event, Pelosi said the law signed by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is “going against the tide of progress in our country for ending discrimination,” according to a transcript from her office. The Democratic leader was in Charlotte doing fundraising and public events with Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.).

“I was very disappointed to arrive here and learn that this act of the legislature was signed into law by the governor, going against the tide of progress in our country for ending discrimination,” Pelosi said. “And I was very saddened to learn the decision.”

The newly enacted law, among other things, undos all pro-LGBT city ordinances in North Carolina, including the recently passed measure in Charlotte, and prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity.

Asked when it would be time for the federal government to give voice for LGBT people, Pelosi touted the Equality Act, pending legislation before Congress that would amend the Civil Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act to include a prohibition on anti-LGBT discrimination in all areas of federal civil rights law.

Under a Republican-controlled Congress, the legislation, introduced by Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) seems unlikely to move forward.

“We introduced the equality bill, which amends the Civil Rights Act to apply every freedom to LGBT that is contained in the Civil Rights Act – so, ending discrimination in the workplace, in housing, in transportation,” Pelosi said. “The list goes on and on. So, that’s what we’re trying to build support for. We have strong Democratic support, some Republican support – that’s good, but we want that number to grow. And when we address that at the federal level, then it will end discrimination in the entire country.”

Pelosi noted the Employment Non-Discrimination Act was initially intended to bar anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace, but the need for the Equality Act became apparent after ENDA was examined and “we thought we have to do more than this.” Under the Obama administration, Pelosi recalled Congress repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and passed trans-inclusive hate crimes legislation and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in in favor of marriage equality.

“North Carolina is a wonderful state,” Pelosi said. “[It has] many things going for it. But the tide of history is to expand freedom and end discrimination. This is going in the opposite direction.”

Pelosi is the latest high-profile public figure to have denounced the new anti-LGBT law in North Carolina. Others who’ve spoken out against are Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz as well as Democratic presidential candidate Bernard Sanders and Hillary Clinton. At of time of this posting. President Obama has yet to address the measure.

The Washington Blade has placed a request in with the office of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to ask if he shares Pelosi’s views about disappointment over the new anti-LGBT law.