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Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus Update - March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020
Well, good afternoon. Before we end the week, I wanted to provide an update to the people of Iowa on the status of our COVID-19 response. Just five days ago, we’ve learned of Iowa’s first positive case of the coronavirus. On that day I upgraded the status of the State Emergency Operations Center — or SEOC — from partial to full activation. The following day, I signed a proclamation of disaster emergency, authorizing state agencies to utilize all resources necessary to prevent, contain, and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 […]
Kim Reynolds
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Coronavirus in Iowa - March 8, 2020
March 8, 2020
Good afternoon, thank you all for being here this afternoon. Earlier this afternoon, the Iowa Department of Public Health and the State Hygienic Lab confirmed Iowa’s first three presumptive positive cases of coronavirus. First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with the individuals and their families and our priority now is their full recovery and doing what’s necessary to contain the virus and protect the health of all Iowans. While this news is concerning, it’s not cause for alarm. The most important thing that we can do right now […]
Nancy Pelosi
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Announcement of Impeachment Managers – Jan. 15, 2020
January 15, 2020
Pelosi announces the impeachment managers for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump in the Senate. Good morning, everyone. This is a very important day for us and, as you know, I reference temporal markers that our founders and our poets and others have used over time, to places in time, to emphasize the importance of time because everything is about time. How we use it, how we mark it. And today is an important day, because today is the day, that we name the managers who go to the floor […]
Nancy Pelosi
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Announcement of the launch of the impeachment inquiry – Sept. 24, 2019
September 24, 2019
Good afternoon. Last Tuesday, we observed the anniversary of the adoption of the constitution on September 17. Sadly on that day, the intelligence community inspector general formally notified the Congress that the administration was forbidding him from turning over a whistleblower complaint – on Constitution Day. This is a violation of the law. Shortly thereafter, press reports began to break of a phone call by the president of the United States calling upon a foreign power to intervene in his election. This is a breach of his constitutional responsibilities. The […]
Jacinda Ardern
categories: Acceptance Speech, Press Conference, Speeches
Acceptance Speech and Press Conference - October 19, 2017
October 19, 2017
Welcome and thank you for all your patience. I want it to be noted I've only left you here for 10 minutes though. I want to start by saying that it is an absolute honor and a privilege to have the ability as the leader of the New Zealand Labour Party to form a government for all New Zealanders. I also want to say that this has been a campaign that has been robust and rigorous, and I want to thank Bill English for the role that he has played […]
Joni Ernst
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Ernst on Delay of August Work Period - July 11, 2017
July 11, 2017
Recently, I joined a number of my Senate colleagues in asking that the August work period be canceled. The August work period, commonly known as recess and today I was pleased to hear Senator Mitch McConnell our majority leader state that we would be working through the first two weeks of August. We have a lot more work to get done in Washington DC, and I want to make sure that I am working hard for Iowans on issues that are important to them, so whether it's health care and […]
Joni Ernst
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Ernst Calls for Passage of Bill to Protect U.S. Athletes from Sexual Abuse - March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
Thank you very much. I do appreciate the opportunity to be here today and join my colleague Senator Feinstein, Senator Collins, thank you for your leadership on this bill. It is so important that we are supporting these brave strong women, our young- our young athletes so thank you ladies for being here today. We must send a message that we will simply not tolerate sexual assault. We won't tolerate it in our gyms, we will not tolerate it on our college campuses, and we simply will not tolerate it […]
Mary E Peters
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Cross Border Truck Safety Inspection Program - Feb. 23, 2007
February 23, 2007
Good morning, everyone. We are here today to announce that the United States and Mexico are beginning a cross-border trucking pilot program that will build on our nation’s legacy of seizing opportunity, embracing trade, and leading the world as an economic superpower, while protecting safety, security, and the environment. As President Bush made clear earlier this month in his State of the Economy address, the United States is the envy of the world when it comes to job growth, economic expansion, and quality of life. Our country has never shied […]
Eddie Bernice Johnson
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Voices of the Women from the World's War Zones - Nov. 5, 2003
November 5, 2003
Gathered here in this room this afternoon are women who have survived the ravages of war around the globe. They have come from far-flung regions of the world. Some call Liberia home. Others have come from war-torn Iraq. Still others from Afghanistan and Palestine. Some have escaped the economic upheaval in Argentina. They have come to give voice and vent to the ancient adage that "war is hell" and that it creates a hellish existence for women and children. They have to issue the clarion call for peace. They are […]
Lucille Roybal-Allard
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
25th Anniversary of MADD - Oct. 29, 2005
October 29, 2005
MADD’s accomplishments over 25 years are commendable, and I deeply appreciate its support of an issue I have worked on for years: the crisis of underage drinking in our country. Joining us in this bipartisan effort are my colleagues Frank Wolf, Zach Wamp, Rosa DeLauro and Tom Osborne and Senators Dodd and DeWine. Our partnership has had some important successes in our fight against underage drinking. The Institute of Medicine, for example, conducted a landmark study that highlighted the crisis of underage drinking in our country. As a result of […]