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Susan Collins
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Announcement of Voting Against Betsy DeVos - Feb. 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Madam President, I come to the floor to announce a very difficult decision that I have made, and that is to vote against the confirmation of Betsy DeVos to be our nation’s next Secretary of Education. Madame President, this is not a decision that I’ve made lightly. I have a great deal of respect for Mrs. DeVos. I believe that she is a good person. I know that she cares deeply about the children of this nation. But for the reasons that I will explain, I simply cannot support her […]
Lisa Murkowski
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Announcement of Voting Against Betsy DeVos - Feb. 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Mr. President, I’d like to share my thoughts with colleagues today about the President’s nominee to be Secretary of Education. I shared many of these thoughts yesterday with my colleagues on the Senate HELP Committee. Like my colleague from Maine, this nomination has been one of the most difficult for me since I came to the Senate. As I mentioned in committee, I take very personally the education of the children in my state. I take very personally the contributions that our educators, our administrators in our schools, all that […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Remarks on Rex Tillerson - Feb. 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
Thank you Mr. President. I rise today to express my strong opposition to President Trump’s nomination of Rex Tillerson to be the next Secretary of State. There are many, many reasons to oppose this nomination and my colleague from Washington has just listed several of them. But the main reason is as simple as it is disturbing – Tillerson’s extensive and longstanding ties with Russia mean that the United States of America simply cannot trust him to be a strong advocate for the interests of our country. Here’s what’s been […]
Soledad O’Brien
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Spelman College - May 18, 2014
May 18, 2014
Good afternoon. It is an honor to be with the Class of 2014 on such a special and important day. I look out on you, graduates, and you embody for me my own hopes and dreams for my two young daughters, for our future. You're smart, you're accomplished, you're amazing. In the audience today among the graduates is a young woman whom I have known since she was in high school, and I am so proud that she is graduating today. But I'm doubly proud that she is a graduate […]
Joni Ernst
categories: Speeches, U.S. Senate Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Questioning Ms. McMahon during SBA Confirmation Hearing - Jan. 24, 2017
January 24, 2017
ERNST: Thank you Mr. Chair, and thank you Ms. McMahon for being here today. I appreciate the time you took to sit down with me, and many other members of this committee. I want to say a special thank you as well to senators Blumenthal and Murphy for being here today. Because I think so many times we get caught up in partisanship that we forget that there are many issues that we are very passionate about that share a bipartisan nature. So I want to thank them as well […]
Carly Fiorina
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Stanford University - June 17, 2001
June 17, 2001
"The Process of Distillation: Getting to the essence of things" Thank you. Good morning, everyone. I'd like to echo President Hennessy in welcoming the parents and family and friends with us today … and in extending Happy Father's Day wishes to the fathers and father figures among us, in person, and in spirit. My own dad is in the audience this morning -- Dad, Happy Father's Day. … But much as we love you, dads, today is not about you. Today we gather to celebrate the accomplishments of this starry-eyed […]
Nancy Pelosi
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Mills College - May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010
The Process of Distillation: Getting to the essence of things Remarks as prepared. Thank you, Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Barbara Lee is nationally recognized as an outstanding leader, a champion for social justice, and a proud alumna of Mills College. We are so proud that she’s the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus – the conscience of the Congress. I would also like to thank President [Janet] Holmgren, a transformational leader at Mills for nearly 20 years. Thank you: Mills College Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and friends, and the Oakland […]
Heidi Heitkamp
categories: Speeches, U.S. Senate Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Questioning Linda McMahon at SBA Confirmation Hearing - Jan. 24, 2017
January 24, 2017
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for stopping by our subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management. It was all about small business and business advocacy, and the role that SBA plays it was a great discussion. We welcome you at any point, Linda, to our subcommittee. It's a great place for gathering of talking about cross section between small business and regulatory reform. I wish just for a minute you'd been able to turn around when you were speaking about the challenges you had and have seen the pride […]
Maya Angelou
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Oberlin College - May 30, 1983
May 30, 1983
Mister President, Board of Trustees, faculty, students, families, friends of students, and particularly the distinguished graduating class of 1983, thank you. Mary Patterson was a member of the graduating class of 1862. She was the first black woman in America to receive the bachelor of arts degree. She received it here at Oberlin. So I want to speak to the graduating class of 1983 through the voice of Mary Jane Patterson, 1862. Quote : "The days were dark and nights darker still. Human souls shuddered at the war within and […]
Kamala Harris
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Berkeley Law - May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012
As Prepared for Delivery Dean Edley, distinguished faculty, families and friends. Members of the Class of 2012. Congratulations! And what an experience you’ve had. No doubt, it was a team effort. Your family and loved ones—the people here in the audience—have stood by and supported you for these last 3 years. And they aren’t the only ones. Look around—the people sitting next to you now will be in your personal and professional lives for years to come. You are now part of an incredible tradition. A tradition built on shared […]