In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.

Pelosi frames the “recovery package” not only as economic stimulus but as a governance reform: public money should come with enforceable rules for oversight, disclosure, and measurable results. The line suggests a corrective to perceived past failures—bailouts or emergency spending that lacked clear reporting, invited waste, or eroded public trust. By emphasizing “accountability and transparency,” she appeals to bipartisan civic values while defending large-scale federal intervention as legitimate only if it is auditable and visible to citizens. The final clause (“which we hope will now apply”) implies a push to make these standards binding in practice, not merely aspirational language in legislation.