Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) praised House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a “tremendous leader” on Tuesday.

Speaking with PBS, Cheney, a lifelong conservative Republican, described Pelosi as a leader of “historic consequence.”

“I want to say a word about Speaker Pelosi. I did not really know her before I began work on the Jan. 6 committee,” Cheney began. “I’m not sure if I had ever spoken to her, actually.

“But since I have been on the committee — and I say this: Everyone knows she is a liberal from San Francisco, I am a conservative from Wyoming, there are many issues, maybe most issues, on which we disagree,” she continued.

“But I think she is a tremendous leader. I have watched her up close. She is a leader of historic consequence,” Cheney declared. “She has put this committee together and demonstrated her commitment to the truth.”