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Donna Edwards
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Gas is Too Damn High - May 26, 2011
May 26, 2011
The American people understand why it is that we are standing here. I know I understand it. I was at the gas pump just a couple of days ago, and the same tank of gas that cost me $35 to fill my tank a year ago cost me almost $50 to fill my tank this year. That is what the American people understand. They understand that when they get up in the morning, they want to take care of themselves and their families. They want to go to work, and […]
Rosa DeLauro
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Protecting LIHEAP - Feb. 15, 2012
February 15, 2012
Thank you very much. I would like to thank my colleague, John Larson. It is really not a coincidence that those of us who are standing here today are from the northeast. We know how cold it is in New England and the northeast. I want to say a thank you to all of you for coming for folks who are here today and for my colleagues. You don’t do anything on your own and succeed in this institution. You stand tall with others and it is an honor for […]
Shelley Moore Capito
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Job-Killing Health Care Bill - March 20, 2010
March 20, 2010
I'm Shelley Moore Capito. I represent West Virginia. Health care is on the minds of everybody standing here. This is a missed opportunity for all of us in this country. But I'll tell you another thing that's on everybody's minds—that's jobs, jobs for our families, jobs for our communities, jobs to raise our families with. In this bill, there are taxes totaling $569 billion—job-killing taxes—at a time when we can least afford losing one single job across this country. I think Americans here and across this country, small business owners, […]
Yvette D Clarke
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Fighting for Underwater Homeowners - March 7, 2012
March 7, 2012
Let me thank Keith Ellison and Raúl Grijalva for being such diligent fighters on behalf of our nation's homeowners. Good afternoon, everyone, and to all of the activists here present, and to those who have come to awaken the consciousness of our nation about the grave injustice, and I believe one of the most important social justice issues of our times, which is the widening gap, the insensitivity and the power trip of the wealthy on the backs of those who have continued to build this nation, our homeowners. I […]
Kelly Ayotte
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Violence Against Women Act - Jan. 23, 2013
January 23, 2013
I want to join in thanking Senator Leahy and Senator Crapo for their leadership and all the Senators that are here today on a bipartisan basis for their leadership in seeking the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. I'll never forget, I was a relatively-new prosecutor, and in fact my background is I was a murder prosecutor. I went to the first murder scene I had ever been too, and I'll never forget that scene because a woman named Traci Winship was the victim, and a man named James […]
Karen Bass
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Response to 2012 GOP Budget - April 5, 2011
April 5, 2011
Just like the road map to American's future, the Republican path to prosperity is a pathway to despair. The Republicans are concerned about kicking the can down the road, but they have no problem kicking seniors and children to the curb. The sixty-page document that we received today is an ideological statement that ironically captures democratic language and gives lip service to democratic values while covering up a radical agenda that would dramatically alter the quality of life for many working families. The America they paint with their budget proposal […]
Loretta Lynch
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Dallas Shooting - July 8, 2016
July 8, 2016
Good morning, and thank you all for being here. Last night, at least five police officers were shot and killed, and several more were injured – along with two civilians – as they sought to protect a peaceful protest in Dallas, Texas. Our thoughts and prayers and condolences go out to the families of those who have lost loved ones. The Department of Justice – including the FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Attorney’s Office on the scene– is working closely with our state and local counterparts, and we […]
Loretta Lynch
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Remarks in Orlando - June 21, 2016
June 21, 2016
Good afternoon, everyone and thank you all for being here. I am joined here today by the U.S Attorney here in the Middle District of Florida, Lee Bentley. I am also joined by FBI special agent in charge, Paul Wysopal, FBI assistant special agent in charge, Ron Hopper, ATF, ATF assistant special agent in charge, Trevor Velinor. I’m also honored to be joined by Orlando chief of police, John Mina, and Orange County sheriff, Jerry Demings. I thank them all for being here with me as well. I am here […]
Loretta Lynch
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Remarks on North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act - May 9, 2016
May 9, 2016
Lynch delivered the following remarks at a press conference announcing a complaint against the state of North Carolina to stop discrimination against transgender individuals. Good afternoon and thank you all for being here. Today, I’m joined by [Vanita] Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. We are here to announce a significant law enforcement action regarding North Carolina’s Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, also known as House Bill 2. The North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 2 in special session on March 23 […]
Suzan DelBene
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
OTA 2015 Policy Conference - April 24, 2015
April 24, 2015
Good afternoon and thank you Steve for the introduction and being another great representative or Washington State, and the 1st district. I always say it’s the most beautiful district in the country, and occasionally rub people the wrong way and they want to argue with me that they are in the most beautiful district, but it is an incredibly beautiful district and one of the things that makes our region so beautiful is the incredible agricultural areas we have in western Washington. We also have a growing organic industry. According […]