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Robin Kelly
categories: Speeches, Victory Speech
Victory Speech - April 9, 2013
April 9, 2013
When I first announced for Congress in December, I asked you to stand by me in a fight that was bigger than any one person. I told you then, and throughout this campaign, that our fight wasn’t about me. It was about you—about your dreams, your hope, your family. You lent us your hearts, your time, and your support, and look at where we are now. I’m sure you remember when we began this campaign. I sure do. There were a whole lot of people who counted us out, nay-sayers […]
Ann McLane Kuster
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opposition to Cutting SNAP - May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013
Thank you very much. I want to start by saying what an honor it is to be a part of this committee as the first person in 70 years from New Hampshire to be on the Agriculture Committee. I want to address the poverty that we have in our rural communities and in our communities that ought to be feeding our people. I share the comments about our support for food banks. I share the comments about my colleagues talking about individual responsibility. Where I come from, it is everyone’s […]
Lisa Murkowski
Speeches
Weekly Republican Address - Feb. 9, 2013
February 9, 2013
Hi, I’m Senator Lisa Murkowski from the state of Alaska. In this new Congress I continue to serve as the lead Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and today I want to discuss the tremendous opportunities that await us in those areas. Energy has been a source of anxiety for our nation since the 1970s. And yet thanks to new technologies, an era of scarcity is quickly giving way to one of abundance. We now have a 90-year supply of natural gas, enough oil to eliminate OPEC imports […]
Lisa Murkowski
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Weekly Republican Address - Feb. 14, 2009
February 14, 2009
This is United States Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. As I speak to you today, Americans from Alaska to Florida are grappling with a very difficult economy. Over the past 14 months, more than 3.6 million workers have lost their jobs, half of them since October. Over the same three-month period, the U.S. economy experienced its worst quarterly decline in 26 years. This is why President Obama called on Congress some weeks ago to pass an economic stimulus plan that would seek to jumpstart the economy and to prevent, as […]
Susan Collins
Speeches
Weekly Republican Address - Jan. 30, 2010
January 30, 2010
Less than one hour. That’s right, less than one hour. In fact, just fifty minutes. That’s the amount of time that the FBI spent questioning Abdulmutallab, the foreign terrorist who tried to blow up a plane on Christmas Day. Then, he was given a Miranda warning and a lawyer, and, not surprisingly, he stopped talking. How did we get to this point? How did the Obama administration decide to treat a foreign terrorist, who had tried to murder hundreds of people, as if he were a common criminal? On Christmas […]
Susan Collins
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Weekly Republican Address - Sept. 24, 2011
September 24, 2011
I’m Senator Susan Collins from the Great State of Maine. Last month, our nation produced no net new jobs. More than 14 million Americans could not find work. I’ve asked employers what would it take to help them add more jobs. No matter the size of their business or the size of their workforce, they tell me that Washington must stop imposing crushing new regulations. Some regulations are just plain silly. Last year, the federal government issued a warning to a company that sells packaged walnuts. Washington claimed that the […]
Deb Fischer
Speeches
Weekly Republican Address - Jan. 12, 2013
January 12, 2013
Hello, I’m Deb Fischer and I’m proud to represent the state of Nebraska in the United States Senate. For the past year and a half, I’ve traveled thousands of miles all across Nebraska visiting with community leaders and citizens to learn about their views and share my positions on issues. During that time, I’ve heard a single, consistent message over and over again: Washington must cut out-of-control spending. I agree and the American people are right to expect more accountability from their government. I recently saw a poll indicating 3 […]
Suzanne Bonamici
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement on the Keystone XL Pipeline - May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013
Thank you, Chair Stewart and Chair Lummis. I want to welcome our witnesses and thank you all for participating in today’s hearing about the Keystone XL Pipeline. The discussion we are having today is important because the Keystone pipeline project highlights an issue that this committee has been debating for a long time: climate change caused by human activity. There has been disagreement with colleagues across the aisle regarding the human role in the changing climate. For that reason, I was pleased two weeks ago when the Subcommittee on the […]
Lisa Murkowski
Speeches
Weekly Republican Address - March 12, 2011
March 12, 2011
This is Lisa Murkowski, Senator for Alaska and lead Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Our hearts and prayers are with the people of Japan in the wake of Friday’s terrible earthquake and tsunami. In Alaska the memories of the devastating 1964 quake are still with us. We know we’re just beginning to comprehend the magnitude of this quake and its devastation. We share and support the President’s commitment to bring America’s resources to bear to help Japan recover – and we commend the actions that he […]
Elizabeth Esty
Speeches
Gun Violence Prevention: Moms Take the Hill - March 13, 2013
March 13, 2013
Well, thank you so much, Anne, and thank you, Marie, for telling your story. Thank you, Michelle, for putting in graphic terms what our physicians who have become on the front lines of this war. And I have to tell you, it is a bittersweet honor to represent my district of Newtown. And Monte, and… and, Becky, is Becky still back there? Monte, please stand up. Monte, alright. This…now, I’m not going to put this on, it’s a little small, but Monte really is the one who organized. Monte has […]