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Julia Brownley
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act - July 18, 2013
July 18, 2013
Thank you, Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Michaud, for holding this important full Veterans Affairs Committee legislative hearing today. HR 806, the Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act, was the very first bill that I introduced as a new member of the 113th Congress. I'm grateful that the full committee is considering this important legislation. As ranking member of the Subcommittee on Health, I believe it's, as we all do, I believe it's vitally important to ensure adequate funding for veterans' healthcare programs. I am sure the committee knows in 2006, 2007, […]
Nancy Pelosi
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Bard College - May 24, 2014
May 24, 2014
Thank you very much, President Botstein, for your very kind and generous words of introduction. More importantly, thank you for being such a strong, creative force, and such a bold leader, in the field of higher education. Let us salute our great president. Sometimes it seems as if he is spreading the word of Bard College everywhere. On a recent occasion I saw him in Budapest where he was conducting a symphony and bragging about Bard. What he loves best, of course, is teaching classes on campus. Mr. President, your […]
Nancy Pelosi
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at UC Berkeley - May 17, 2014
May 17, 2014
Thank you, Dennis Shem, for your kind introduction, and congratulations on your leadership in the class of 2014. Thank you to Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, for being a stalwart champion of students and higher education. Thank you to the students, faculty, and leaders of UC Berkeley for your invitation to participate in this special day. I’m honored to be here. To the parents, grandparents, families and friends of the graduates: your love and support, your hard work and sacrifice, have helped make this day a reality. Let us all acknowledge you […]
Beverly E Perdue
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Address at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Sept. 4, 2012
September 4, 2012
It’s my privilege, on behalf of the people of North Carolina, to welcome you all to the Queen City, Charlotte, in the great, great state of North Carolina. It is always an honor for me, as the governor, to welcome a distinguished group of national leaders to North Carolina, but it's particularly exciting today, because of why we're here: to make sure that Barack Obama is re-elected president of the United States. We must re-elect the president because he's standing up for middle-class families and growing an economy that is […]
Tammy S Baldwin
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches, Victory Speech
2012 Victory Speech - Nov. 6, 2012
November 6, 2012
Thank you!! Wow! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, thank you everybody. Tonight—tonight we have won a huge victory for Wisconsin's middle class! And it is that battle for Wisconsin's middle class that has been what this journey is all about. Everywhere that I have gone in our beautiful state, people have told me that they want a senator who will listen to the middle class when they want help. A senator who will stand on the side of the middle class. A senator who will […]
Jeanne Shaheen
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
The Future of U.S-Russia Relations - Nov. 28, 2012
November 28, 2012
Remarks as prepared for delivery. Thank you for that kind introduction. It is a pleasure to be here today in front of such a distinguished audience. I want to thank the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for your continued leadership, particularly with respect to your programs on Russia and nuclear policy. Thank you. This year, we marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is hard to believe that it has been a half-century since those thirteen days shook our nation and brought the world to the brink […]
Jeanne Shaheen
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Keene State College Commencement Address - May 11, 2013
May 11, 2013
Remarks as prepared for delivery. President Kahn, members of the faculty, honored graduates, family and friends. I am so pleased to be here with all of you today to celebrate the accomplishments of the class of 2013. Congratulations to all of the graduates. You all worked very hard to get to this day and you should be very proud of what you've accomplished. But no great accomplishment is achieved alone. Your friends, your families, and your teachers supported you throughout your academic career. Today is a celebration of their contributions […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Remarks at Topeka School District Senior Recognition Day - May 16, 2014
May 16, 2014
Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. Wow! Look at you guys. All right, you all rest yourselves. You’ve got a big day tomorrow. I want you guys to be ready. It is beyond a pleasure and an honor, truly, to be with you here today to celebrate the class of 2014. Thank you so much for having me. I’m so proud of you guys. Days like this make me think of my own daughters, so forgive me if a get a little teary. You guys look great. We have […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Rutgers School of Law Commencement Address - May 17, 2011
May 17, 2011
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Graduates of 2011, Dean Farmer, faculty, distinguished guests, family, and friends: It’s a pleasure to be with you. When I started law school here at Rutgers in 1973, I had never met a lawyer. I was as green as they come—really clueless about a world in which smart people changed the world. I didn’t know what to expect. My first class was a small one – about 20 of us sitting around a seminar room table, stone quiet. With no fanfare, Professor John Lowenthal strode […]
Betty McCollum
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at University of Minnesota CFANS - May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013
Remarks as prepared for delivery, for the College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences Dr. Levine, Dr. Bell, Regent Devine, President Bruininks, University faculty members, distinguished guests, parents, family members, and friends – I am thrilled to be here honoring the CFANS graduating class of 2013. Graduates – congratulations! You have done it! Tonight is a time for celebration, you’ve all earned it. Graduating from college is a milestone you will always remember. Your parents will always remember this moment as well, likely with a great sense of relief. […]