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Catherine Cortez Masto
categories: Interview, Speeches
Confirmation Hearing of Dr. Ben Carson - Jan. 12, 2017
January 12, 2017
CORTEZ MASTO: Thank you Mr. Chair and ranking members of the committee. I look forward to working with all of you. Thank you very much. Dr. Carson, welcome and congratulations on your nomination. And welcome to your wonderful family sitting here with you. There’s been a lot of questions, so with your indulgence, I’m just going to get right to them because it’s getting to be a long day for you. My colleagues have asked a number of questions, and I would like to just reaffirm some of them. In […]
Elaine L Chao
Speeches
Opening Statement at 2017 Confirmation Hearing - Jan. 11, 2017
January 11, 2017
Chairman Thune, ranking member Nelson, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I also want to thank my home state senators from the great commonwealth of Kentucky for their kind introductions. I'm very honored to have the support of Senator Rand Paul, and I'll be working to lock in the majority leader's support tonight over dinner. I'm especially delighted to introduce my father, Dr. James S. Chao who along with my mother Ruth Mulan Chao is the foundation of everything that my sisters […]
Theresa May
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Britain's Plans for Clean Brexit - Jan. 17, 2017
January 17, 2017
May gave this address at Lancaster House. A little over six months ago, the British people voted for change. They voted to shape a brighter future for our country. They voted to leave the European Union and embrace the world. And they did so with their eyes open: accepting that the road ahead will be uncertain at times, but believing that it leads towards a brighter future for their children – and their grandchildren too. And it is the job of this Government to deliver it. That means more than […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Opening Statement on Andrew Puzder at Workers Forum - Jan. 13, 2017
January 13, 2017
Thank you all for being here. I’d like to welcome the fast food workers here with SEIU and the Fight for $15, and the federal contract workers here with Good Jobs Nation. President-elect Trump has selected nominees to run his government. If confirmed by the Senate, they will have enormous power. Their decisions will touch the lives of every single person in this country. Their decisions will affect the safety of the food we eat, the cleanliness of the air we breathe and the water we drink. They will decide […]
Loretta Lynch
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (final speech as attorney general) - Jan. 15, 2017
January 15, 2017
Lynch gave this address at the 16th Street Baptist Church. Thank you. Thank you all so much for welcoming me back to Birmingham, this beautiful city, for making this event possible, for letting me come before you and spend some time with you this afternoon. To Pastor [Arthur] Price, the clergy on stage, and the members of this storied church; to Congresswoman [Terri] Sewell, one of our strong voices on the Hill; to the elected officials of this great state; to Mayor [William] Bell and the leaders of this forward-leaning […]
Susan Collins
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Bowdoin College Commencement Address - May 24, 2014
May 24, 2014
Members of the Class of 2014: Tradition is the respect we pay to the past and the light we shine for the future. When you entered your names into the Matriculation Book, you became part of the great tradition of Bowdoin College. Now, it is my pleasure to carry out another tradition by delivering the Greeting from the State of Maine. A greeting, traditionally, comes with a gift. Wherever you are from and wherever you go from here, may the gift of Maine values accompany you. One Maine value is […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Interview, Speeches
Remarks by the First Lady Michelle Obama and Former First Lady Laura Bush - Sep. 16, 2016
September 16, 2016
These remarks were at an event at the National Archives. MR. WOODRUFF: Well, what an honor is it to be here today. I have a chance—first of all, I want to tell both of you that my wife, who is also my commander— MRS. OBAMA: As it should be. (Laughter.) MR. WOODRUFF:—she wanted to say hi to both of you and what you're doing for the veterans out there. I also want to mention, I just had a chance to—and I had the chance to see President Bush at the […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Remarks about the Future of the Affordable Care Act in 2017 - Jan. 9, 2017
January 9, 2017
Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, for eight years, Republicans have complained about health care in America. They have blamed everything in the world on President Obama. They have hung out on the sideline, name calling, making doomsday predictions and cheering every stumble that they could blame on someone else. They spent a lot of energy rooting against families who needed help paying for health insurance or who wanted coverage but were frozen out because of a preexisting condition. They jeered and carried on, but what they didn't do ever […]
Nikki Haley
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at the National Press Club - Sept. 2, 2015
September 2, 2015
The first thing I want to say today is that I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrant parents, who reminded my brothers, my sister, and me every day how blessed we were to live in this country. Why is that the first thing I tell you? You might think it has something to do with the events this summer in Charleston and taking down the Confederate flag. It doesn’t. I have been saying it since long before this past June. In fact, it was the first line in just […]
Kelly Ayotte
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Farewell Remarks - Dec. 7, 2016
December 7, 2016
Mr. President, it is with deep gratitude that I rise today to address my senate colleagues and members of my staff with whom I have had the privilege of serving with over the last six years. First and foremost, I want to thank the people of New Hampshire for giving me the extraordinary opportunity to serve them. From Nashua to Newport to the North Country, they have inspired me. The people of our state are hardworking, caring, compassionate people with grit. And they have a fierce sense of independence which […]