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Blanche Lambert Lincoln
Speeches
Welcome Address at the 2002 DLC National Conversation- July 28, 2002
July 28, 2002
Good morning. Thank you so much. Now we're going to shift languages here and we're going to move to a Southern dialect. (Laughter.) Greg, thank you so much for a kind introduction. My colleague, Senator Carper, wanted to know if my mother had written that. She contributed, I guarantee you. Welcome to all of you all. It is great to be here in New York. It is great to be here with so many people who are committed to what it is that we must do in this great nation […]
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
In Opposition to Alito - 2006 - Jan. 26, 2006
January 26, 2006
Mr. President, I rise today to state my opposition to the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Unites States Supreme Court. After thoroughly reviewing Judge Alito’s record during his time on the federal bench, I am left with grave and serious concerns about his views on the power and scope of Executive Branch authority, discrimination against parents in the workplace, his general disposition toward cases involving civil rights, and his views on the scope of voter rights. Because of these concerns, I can not in good conscience support his nomination […]
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
Speeches
Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission - Dec. 16, 2002
December 16, 2002
Thank you. It’s my pleasure to join you this morning and to welcome you to Arkansas. It’s my pleasure also to be joined this morning by my friend and fellow Arkansan Governor Mike Huckabee, and by Gov. John Hoeven. I’d like to congratulate Gov. Hoeven on his ascension to the chairmanship of the commission, and I’m confident that he’ll be able to build on Gov. Huckabee’s leadership. And in today’s global environment, leadership is exactly what we need in our energy policy. With our nation currently embroiled in a war […]
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
In Support of John Roberts - Oct. 28, 2005
October 28, 2005
Mr. President, the consideration of a Supreme Court nomination by the Senate is one of the most important and consequential duties we have as an institution in our system of government. This is especially true when the candidate being considered has been nominated to the position of Chief Justice of the United States. As the Senate performs its duty under the Constitution with regard to this nominee, I am also mindful that this is the first Supreme Court nominee I have been called upon to evaluate as a Senator from […]
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
Speeches
Emergency Health Care Relief Package - Oct. 30, 2005
October 30, 2005
Mr. President, I come to the floor today to join my colleagues in what we hope to be an opportunity to bring about an awareness of the dire need , not only of the evacuees , of those individuals in the affected States who have received such incredible, devastating natural disasters, but also the other Americans who are involved in this circumstance, the other Americans who have opened their hearts and their homes, their hospitals and clinics, their pharmacies and their community centers, their church basements--these communities who have recognized […]
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Child Tax Credit - Jan. 9, 2007
January 9, 2007
Mr. President, I come before the Senate to once again raise an issue that is near and dear to my heart--an issue that is of great importance to working families across this country. In 2001 and again in 2003, Senator SNOWE and I worked together to ensure that low-income working families with children receive the benefit of the Child Tax Credit. I come here today to again ask my colleagues to help me ensure that low-income families aren't forgotten as we discuss tax relief in the 110th Congress. Unfortunately, although […]
Barbara Mikulski
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Real ID in Emergency Supplemental Spending Bill - May 10, 2005
May 10, 2005
I join today with my colleagues in supporting the Emergency Supplemental Spending Bill. It’s important that we continue to support the brave men and women who put their lives on the line both at home and abroad. But today, as I support funding for our troops I also stand opposed to the part of the Emergency Supplemental known as “REAL ID." This controversial and overly-broad provision has no place in an emergency spending bill. The changes to our immigration laws and the policies on asylum proposed by this legislation are […]
Barbara Mikulski
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Rebuilding Iraq - Oct. 15, 2003
October 15, 2003
I wanted to use part of my morning business to give some of my principles as we debate the supplemental appropriations on Iraq. One year ago, America was on the brink of war. Congress debated then whether America should go it alone to confront Saddam Hussein or get international support to bring the world with us. This week Congress takes up a nearly similar debate. Do we go it alone or do we find a way to share the burden and the cost of the war? Who should pay for […]
Barbara Mikulski
categories: Speeches, U.S. Senate Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Privatization of Social Security - Jan. 25, 2005
January 25, 2005
As the Dean of the Women Senators, I am here to speak for the Democratic women of the Senate, from whom you will be hearing much more in the weeks ahead. I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country. Women and working families need to know that they can rely on a guaranteed benefit. When you get old and when you are sick, there are not many things you can count on, but […]
Barbara Mikulski
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Promote Women's Health - June 23, 2006
June 23, 2006
I rise to introduce the Women's Health Office Act with my colleague, Senator Olympia Snowe. The Women's Health Office Act authorizes and strengthens women's health offices or officers at federal health agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services. This legislation will make sure that men and women get equal benefit from federal investments in medical research and health care services. Today, doctors, scientists, members of Congress, and the American public know that women and men have different bodies and different health care needs. Diseases like ovarian cancer and […]