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Elizabeth Warren
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Bridgewater State University Commencement Address - May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016
Warren's remarks begin at 51:35 in the video. Thank you Bridgewater State for inviting me today. It looks as though – I'm looking at the graduates here – most of you have recovered from Spring Fest. Some better than others. Bear with us. Today won't be quite the same. This may not be as much fun as jumping out of windows on folding tables [laughter and cheers], but you have a much better chance of remembering tomorrow morning what you did today. I cannot think of a better place to […]
Madeleine K Albright
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Scripps College Commencement Address - May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016
Thank you very much, Interim President Marcus-Newhall and distinguished faculty and trustees and parents, alumni, friends, and members of the class of 2016. Good afternoon and thank you all very much for inviting me to come and for this very warm welcome. I have delivered a few commencement addresses before and I can tell you my biggest fear is being upstaged by the student speaker. This year, those fears were justified. But Catherine [Chiang], I want to commend you for your openness, your willingness to confront tough issues, your commitment […]
Stacey Plaskett
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Racial Disparity and Closing the Wealth Gap in America - Feb. 2, 2016
February 2, 2016
Thank you so much for allowing me this opportunity to be here with my colleagues. I am so humbled and honored to be with the gentlewoman Joyce Beatty of Ohio, who is an example to us freshman, and who fights along with the gentleman of New York, Hakeem Jeffries, not just for the people of their district, and not just for African Americans, but for all Americans. Because that is what we are here in this congress to do. By pointing out the inequalities it’s not to cast dispersions to […]
Kay Bailey Hutchison
categories: Announcement Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
Announcing Run for Governor- Jun. 10, 2014
June 10, 2014
Oh my gosh, I am so excited. I'm excited about all the wonderful people who are here. I thank you for coming out and helping me make a very important announcement. I want to thank Pete Winstead who has done so much for me already in my campaign. What a leader he has been for Austin. Kenny Jastrow, one of my Finance Chairmen who has done a fabulous job and what he has done for our state and for the University of Texas. Bud Shivers, my wonderful Treasurer who stepped […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Jackson State University Commencement Address - April 23, 2016
April 23, 2016
Hey, y’all. [applause] Hey! I'm a Tiger now! [applause] Oh, my goodness! You all good? [applause] All right, enough about me. This is about you. [applause] Let me start by thanking Dr. Meyers for that wonderful introduction, and more importantly, for her leadership of this fine university. I also want to thank Mayor Yarber, Representative Thompson, and all of the elected officials and members of Congress who are here with us today, as well as Mr. Perry, all of the trustees -- Dr. Blaine, Reverend Rhodes, of course, all of […]
Susan E Rice
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Florida International University - May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016
Good morning, FIU! Thank you, President Rosenberg, for reminding me how old I am. Thank you, Dean Stack and Provost Furton, for letting me share this very special day with you. And Marcia, congratulations on your honorary degree and your lifetime of extraordinary work. I believe a good commencement speech should be like a good commencement speaker—short. [applause] So, if I go on too long, Breezeway cookies for everyone on me. First things first. To the SIPA Class of 2016—congratulations! Felicidades. You did it. You survived the hurricanes and Professor […]
Loretta Lynch
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Remarks on North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act - May 9, 2016
May 9, 2016
Lynch delivered the following remarks at a press conference announcing a complaint against the state of North Carolina to stop discrimination against transgender individuals. Good afternoon and thank you all for being here. Today, I’m joined by [Vanita] Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. We are here to announce a significant law enforcement action regarding North Carolina’s Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, also known as House Bill 2. The North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 2 in special session on March 23 […]
Kim Weaver
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Campaign Speech at the Story County Iowa Democrats Soup Supper- Jan. 23, 2016
January 23, 2016
Hello, Democrats! [applause] I love being in Ames. I live in northwest Iowa, I grew up in Des Moines and went to Iowa State. So you can imagine that I don't get to spend a lot of time around a lot of Democrats, so I'm just glowing in all of this fun. Ames is like a hometown to me. My dad was an engineer. He went to South Dakota School of Mines but he adopted Iowa State when he and my mom moved to Des Moines. When I was applying […]
Jadranka Kosor
Speeches
Opening Statement of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly- Oct. 7, 2011
October 7, 2011
Mr. President of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Mr. President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Distinguished Members of Parliament, Ladies and gentlemen It is my pleasure to welcome you here in Dubrovnik, in Croatia, on the occasion of the opening of the Fall Meetings of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. I am glad that you have chosen this town as a meeting venue, because Dubrovnik is famous not only for its beauty but also for its historical and cultural heritage, a fact of which Croatia is particularly […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Speeches, Victory Speech
At the New York Primary- April 19, 2016
May 19, 2016
Thank you. Today, today you proved once again there's no place like home. You know, in this campaign we've won in every region of the country. From New York to the South to the East to the West. But this one's personal. New Yorkers, you've always, you've always had my back. And I've always tried to have yours. Today, together, we did it again and I am deeply, deeply grateful. I want to thank everyone who came out and voted, and to all of you across New York who've known […]