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Jasmine Crockett
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Tougaloo College Commencement Speech - May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025
Good morning! Now, I’m not going try to hold y’all and I’m about to get real for two seconds. Just gimme two seconds. First of all, I want to say thank you President Lee so much for the honor of speaking, I hope you don’t regret it. I also must say thank you to the Board of Trustees for having me here as your keynote speaker. Thank you to the distinguished faculty and staff for all that you’ve done and continue doing support into the talented scholars sitting before us […]
Connie Boesen
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Grand View University Commencement Speech - May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025
Good afternoon, and congratulations to the class of 2025. You did it. It’s an honor to share this experience with you, as I too, as Michelle said, was a Grand View Student many years ago, when it was called Grand View College. Since its inception in 1896, the university has undergone many changes such as having the first graduate in 1901, receiving full accreditation in 1975, and installing the university’s first female president, Rachelle Keck, in 2022. You beat Des Moines. Along every turn, the university pivoted, found success, and […]
Kamala Harris
Speeches
Remarks at Emerge America Gala - Apr. 30, 2025
April 30, 2025
Good evening, everyone. Thank you for supporting Emerge. Thank you for supporting Emerge. It is so wonderful to be home and to be back with all the leaders who are here. And to celebrate this extraordinary organization, which is an organization of so many exceptional leaders. Those who found the courage to run for office, and those who support them. Emerge, I will say something you know. Throughout my entire career and life, I have always believed in the ideals of our nation. The ideals reflected in the Declaration of […]
Lisa Goree
categories: Interview, Speeches
Interview for CUNY TV “One to One” – Aug. 19, 2024
August 19, 2025
Goree is interviewed by Sheryl McCarthy, host of CUNY TV’s show “One to One.” MCCARTHY: Welcome to One To One. It was big news earlier this year when Lisa Goree, the elected town assessor for the town of Southampton, was appointed head of the Shinnecock Indian Nation on eastern Long Island, the tribe's first female leader in more than 200 years. It probably was also news to many that an Indian reservation even exists on Long Island, right next to one of the area's most affluent beach communities. How did […]
Elissa Slotkin
Speeches
Democratic Response to the State of the Union Address - Mar. 4, 2025
March 4, 2025
Hi everyone. I'm Elissa Slotkin. I'm honored to have the opportunity to speak tonight. It's late — so I promise to be a lot shorter than what you just watched. I won't take it personally if you've never heard of me. I'm the new senator from the great state of Michigan, where I grew up. I've been in public service my entire life, because I happened to be in New York City on 9/11 when the twin towers came down. Before the smoke cleared, I knew I wanted to make […]
Janet Yellen
Speeches
Remarks on the U.S.-China Relationship - Apr. 20, 2023
April 20, 2023
Thank you so much and good morning, everyone. Dean Steinberg, thank you for your kind introduction and thank you for your service to our country. I’m grateful for your contributions not only during your time in government but here at SAIS. And I’m particularly glad to be at this institution. SAIS has one of the oldest and most extensive China studies programs in the country. In 1979, the United States established full diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, and just two years after, your university leaders had their […]
Janet Yellen
Speeches
Remarks on the Economy - Jan. 25, 2024
January 25, 2024
Well, good afternoon, and Sean, and thank you for that lovely introduction. And thanks to everyone for a very warm welcome. I’d like to acknowledge Chicago Fed President, Austan Goolsbee, clerk Anna Valencia, Sheriff Tom Dart, Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, and State Treasurer Michael Frerichs. I’m honored to be here at the Economic Club of Chicago to talk about the middle class in America, from when the pandemic hit to the recovery, to what’s ahead. It’s a fitting story to tell here in Chicago. […]
Amy Klobuchar
Speeches
Remarks at the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump - Jan. 20, 2025
January 20, 2025
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, as chair of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, delivered these remarks at the second inauguration of Donald J. Trump. Good morning everyone! Welcome to the 60th Presidential Inauguration! Today President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance will take their oaths of office, and we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy. For the past year, I’ve chaired the inaugural ceremony committee, which includes the leadership of Congress from both parties. We thank the committee and Capitol staff and law […]
Kamala Harris
categories: Eulogy, Speeches
Remarks at the Lying in State Ceremony for Former President Jimmy Carter - Jan. 7, 2025
January 7, 2025
Leader Thune, Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader Jeffries, members of Congress, and distinguished guests, it is an honor to be with you this afternoon. And to Jack, Chip, Jeff, Amy, and Jason and all the other members of the Carter family, on behalf of the American people, Doug and I offer our deepest condolences. Being with you today, I am reminded of the enduring words of a favorite hymn: May the works I have done speak for me. Today, we gather to celebrate the life of a man whose works […]
Lisa McClain
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Nomination of Rep. Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House – Jan. 2, 2025
January 2, 2025
Thank you, Mr. Clerk. And thank you, colleagues. Mr. Clerk, as the chair of the Republican Conference, I am directed by the vote of that conference to present for election to the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress the name of the honorable Mike Johnson, a representative from the state of Louisiana. Welcome, everybody. I am optimistic about our future. On November 5, the American people gave us a great opportunity to get America back on the right track. They gave us an […]