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Michelle Steel
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Representative Steel Speaks on the House Floor for Commemoration of Black April - Apr. 28, 2023
April 28, 2023
Speech begins at 10:33:12 Thank you, Mr. speaker. I rise today to commemorate the 48th anniversary of Black April. I am proud to represent Orange County's Little Saigon, which is home to the largest population of Vietnamese in the world outside of Vietnam itself. During Black April we remember the fall of Saigon, those who served in Vietnam, and those who lost their lives fleeing communism. The fall of the republic of Vietnam is one greatest tragedies in modern history. It reminds us that freedom is not free. It reminds […]
Stacey Plaskett
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Congresswoman Plaskett Addresses Congress - April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have now concluded 100 days of Congress, yet my colleagues across the aisle continue to prioritize political grievances, political theater, to the cost of the American people. Many are more concerned about policing women's and girls' bodies than they are about protecting the lives of all American citizens. The recent attempt to deny women access to FDA-approved medication because of its use in medical abortions is yet another attack on Americans' personal freedom. This week HR734 coming to the floor is a threat to young […]
Kamala Harris
Speeches
Kamala Harris Remarks at Fisk University - April 10, 2023
April 10, 2023
As the students as the young leaders here know, the legacy of this extraordinary place of education in America has produced leaders who have gone on to be not only national leaders but global leaders. And I'm reminded in particular this afternoon of two of those leaders, the late, great John Lewis, and, of course, the phenomenal Diane Nash and what they learned and then taught was that if one is to understand that you are born a leader and it is just a matter of when you decide to […]
Nikema Williams
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Tennessee State University Commencement Address - Nov. 20, 2021
November 20, 2021
Thank you so much, Sydnee. Good morning y'all. [pauses to wait for response] Good morning! It's graduation day! Everybody should be excited! [cheers and applause] That's a lot better. Y'all, I'm southern, so I expect a little call and response when I say something. President Glenda Glover, Dr. Deborah Cole and the entire Board of Trustees and to the administration, faculty, and staff—thank you. Thank you for having me today. What an honor to share a few encouraging words with the country's newest class of HBCU graduates ready to change […]
Gloria Steinem
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
School of Visual Arts Commencement Address - May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017
It's at moments like this that you can't believe your life at all, you know. I grew up in Toledo, hoping, praying to be a Rockette. Because I think girls grow up with their only signs of rebellion in show business, just like boys in poor neighborhoods grow up with athletics, you know, is their dream. And I just want to say to my 10- and 11-year-old self, I'm on the stage at Radio City Music Hall and it's better than being [a Rockette]. [applause] I'm so happy to be […]
Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
University of Virginia Commencement Address (“America - An Uncompleted Work") - June 3, 1973
June 3, 1973
This is a special day — I know — for every family represented in these ceremonies — a day of much pride, many satisfactions, and the utmost happiness. As I am sure you realize, this is an occasion of very special meaning for my family, too. Months ago, in the summer of last year, we circled this date on our calendar. Lyndon had about retired from what he called "the speech-making business," but when your invitation came he was immensely pleased and excited — and we were hoping to be […]
Marianne Williamson
categories: Announcement Speech, Political Ads
Marianne Williamson is Running For President - March 4, 2023
March 4, 2023
I’m Marianne Williamson, and when I was growing up, America had a vibrant middle class. The average American worker had decent benefits, could afford a home, could afford a car, could afford a yearly vacation, could afford for one member of the couple to stay home if they wished, and could afford to send their kids to college. But over the last 50 years, there has been a massive transfer of wealth, to the tune of 50 trillion dollars, from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. Decimating […]
Ilhan Omar
categories: Debate, Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Representation Matters - Feb. 2, 2023
February 2, 2023
ILHAN OMAR: This debate today, it's about who gets to be an American. What opinions do we get to have? Do we have to have to be counted as Americans? This is what this debate is about, madam speaker. There is this idea that you are suspected if you are an immigrant. or if you are from certain parts of the world or a certain skin tone or a Muslim. It is no accident that members of the republican party accuse the first black president, Barack Obama, of being a […]
Rashida Tlaib
Speeches
House Session Discussion on Gun Violence - Feb 2, 2023
February 2, 2023
RASHIDA TLAIB: Mr. speaker, I rise today in honor of the survivors of gun violence during national gun violence survivors week. Sandy Hook, Parkland, Buffalo, and, yes, even Detroit, Chicago, and so many now are impacted by various names and memories of loved ones. Places where gun violence has traumatized our communities and taken far too many of our loved ones. Every day in our country more than 110 people are shot and killed and more than 200 people survive gunshot wounds. we are 33 days into the new year, […]
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Speeches
Republican Response to State of the Union - Feb. 7, 2023
February 7, 2023
Good evening. I’m Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Being a mom to three young children taught me not to believe every story I hear. So forgive me for not believing much of anything I heard tonight from President Biden. From out-of-control inflation and violent crime to the dangerous border crisis and threat from China, Biden and the Democrats have failed you. They know it. And you know it. It’s time for a change. Tonight, let us reaffirm our commitment to a timeless American idea: that government exists not to rule the people […]