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Michelle Obama
categories: Lecture, Speeches
On Career and Technical Education - June 30, 2015
June 30, 2015
Hello, everyone! How are you all doing? Please rest yourselves. Let me start by thanking Jacob for that wonderful introduction and for sharing your story. It is amazing. It's inspiring. It is the reason why we do what we do. Just hearing how you persevered and now you've gone on to great life lessons like hollandaise sauce and béarnaise sauce. (laughter) And I thought I was happy to have Malia make some scrambled eggs. (laughter) But we're so proud of you and we're so glad that you're the leader that […]
Chelsea Clinton
categories: Lecture, Speeches
At TEDxTeen - April 8, 2013
April 8, 2013
Thank everybody, I'm so excited to be here at TEDxTeen today with all of you in the room, and with Andrew, and everyone who's joining us online from around the world. I was so excited to be asked to participate in TEDxTeen, because I fundamentally believe in the principle behind this gathering today. That young people, just as much as anyone, maybe even more than most, have vital contributions to make to our world today and to our future tomorrow. I absolutely believe that your voices should be heard, because […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Lecture, Speeches
The Unfinished Business of Financial Reform- April 15, 2015
April 15, 2015
Thank you all for being here today. We’re here to ask a critical question at a critical moment: what are we to make of Dodd-Frank five years later? To answer that question, I think we should start by looking at how the government responded to the last major financial crisis – the Wall Street Crash of 1929. After the 1929 crash, policymakers diagnosed what had gone wrong and then changed the laws to make sure that excessive speculation and risk-taking on Wall Street couldn’t push the economy over a cliff […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Interview, Press Conference, Speeches
A Conversation with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand- Sept. 14, 2015
September 14, 2015
ELIZABETH WARREN: Thank you. That is a truly wonderful introduction, and I do like to think that all three of the Kennedy brothers would be delighted to look down and see that the two of us hold their seats. So it is wonderful to be here today. It does make me proud to be from Massachusetts, to be here where people like to hear about books and talk about books. [laughter] So I want to dive right in to this book, which you start, Kirsten, with a rather blunt and […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Republican Filibusters of Judicial Nominees- Nov. 13, 2013
November 13, 2013
Yesterday, the Republicans blocked an up-or-down vote on the nomination of Nina Pillard to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. This filibuster comes just one week after Republicans filibustered the nomination of Patricia Millett to the D.C. Circuit, and less than a year after the Republicans filibustered Caitlin Halligan, who eventually just gave up and withdrew her nomination. Republicans now hold the dubious distinction of having filibustered all three women that President Obama nominated to D.C. Circuit. Now, collectively, these women have diverse experiences in private practice, in government, and […]
Kirsten E Gillibrand
categories: Interview, Speeches
A Conversation with Senator Elizabeth Warren - Sept. 14, 2015
September 14, 2015
ELIZABETH WARREN: Thank you. That is a truly wonderful introduction, and I do like to think that all three of the Kennedy brothers would be delighted to look down and see that the two of us hold their seats. So it is wonderful to be here today. It does make me proud to be from Massachusetts, to be here where people like to hear about books and talk about books. [laughter] So I want to dive right in to this book, which you start, Kirsten, with a rather blunt and […]
Kirsten E Gillibrand
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Military Justice Improvement Act - June 16, 2015
June 16, 2015
…I rise to urge my colleagues to support my amendment number 1578 – the Military Justice Improvement Act – to ensure that survivors of military sexual assault have access to an unbiased, trained military judicial system. Last year, despite the support of 55 Senators, a coalition spanning the entire ideological spectrum including both the majority and minority leader, our bill to create an independent military justice system free of inherent biases and conflicts of interest within the chain of command was filibustered by this body. As we said then, we […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Immigration in Brooklyn - Dec. 14, 2015
December 14, 2015
Thank you very, very much. It is such a pleasure to be here at this 2015 National Immigrant Integration Conference, and I love the idea of integration. We are going to be emphasizing that, were going to do as much of it as we possibly can. I want to thank the National Partnership for New Americans and the New York Immigration Coalition for bringing us together, as well as everyone from the Fair Immigration Reform Movement. You couldn't have picked a better city for this meeting. We would not be […]
Tammy Duckworth
categories: Announcement Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
Announcing U.S. Senate candidacy - March 31, 2015
March 31, 2015
Good morning. Thank you everyone for being here this morning. I'm really glad to be in our great state capital. You know, for the past several months as I faced this decision, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I achieved my American Dream, from working my way through college, and becoming an Army helicopter pilot, and Bryan and I getting married and using our VA loan guarantee to buy our first home in DeKalb, and now, as some of you may know, the great joy in my […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Rescuing the Dream of College Education for the Working Class Poor- June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015
Thank you. Thank you Mary Katherine. You know it is terrific to be here in a room full of people who value teaching. And also, a room full of wonks who want to talk about how we make college more affordable. This country is in trouble. We’re trying to build a 21st Century economy in a competitive world environment. The most basic building block of that economy is a highly educated workforce – today, 59% of American jobs require some post-secondary education, and that number will keep on growing.(1) But […]