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Shirley Chisholm
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
It is Time to Reassess Our National Priorities - March 26, 1969
March 26, 1969
I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, on the same Day President Nixon announced he had decided the United States will not be safe unless we start to build a defense system against missiles, the Headstart program in the District of Columbia was cut back for the lack of money. As a teacher, and as a woman, I do not think I will ever understand what kind of values can be involved in spending $9 billion — and more, I am sure — on elaborate, unnecessary and impractical weapons when several […]
Jeannette Rankin
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Congressional Address and Debate - June 12, 1918
June 12, 1918
Opening statement Miss Rankin: Mr. Chairman, I offer the following amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Pag 19, line s, after the word "assistants," strike out the figures "$1,781,600" and insert "$2,039,118." Miss Rankin: Mr. Chairman, this appropriation has to do with the men and women working in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. When I came to Washington I heard many rumors about the unwholesome and unfair conditions in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Just about a year ago I was requested to make an investigation of conditions […]
Kelly Ayotte
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Why She Should be the Next Governor of New Hampshire - Oct. 20, 2023
October 20, 2023
Hello, New Hampshire! I look out at this crowd and I know many of you and I just want to say this is pretty awesome to have all these presidential candidates here. And its just the greatness of our first in the nation primary. And we have something very special here in New Hampshire. And that's why I'm running for governor. Because I believe that if we do not win in 2024, that's it. We are one election away from becoming Massachusetts. And that's something that we never want to […]
Bethany Hall-Long
Speeches
Apply for ARPA Mental Health Services Fund - Jan. 7, 2022
January 7, 2022
Hi, I'm Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long. I hope you are doing really well during these difficult times. As a nurse and the chair of Delaware's Behavioral Health Consortium, I am really committed to making sure Delaware remains a leader in providing access to quality behavioral health services. We really want to help people. I want to remind you of an important opportunity to help support more mental health services here in our state. On December 1, Governor Carney and I announced the creation of the community based mental health services […]
Nikki Haley
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
New Hampshire Primary Night Remarks - January 23, 2024
January 23, 2024
What a great night, God is so good all the time. Thank you New Hampshire for the love, the kindness, the support, and a great night here tonight, thank you so much. I want to first say thank you to my husband who I know is watching right now, I love you, we're excited to have you. I want to thank my kids who are here, Rena and Nalin and Josh who have really kind of stepped up and just given me the support I need. You really need to […]
Nikki Haley
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Campaigning in Cedar Falls, Iowa - Jan. 13, 2024
January 13, 2024
So thank you for coming out on this really cold, snowy day. This comes down to a choice. It's what's the direction that you want the country to go to? And let's kind of look at what you've got. You've got the opportunity to look back at the past and continue or go forward and start new. We right now, if you look at our economy and you look at the state of our country. It's bad. And you don't have to turn on the news to see how bad […]
Melania Trump
Speeches
Remarks at National Archives Naturalization Ceremony - Dec. 15, 2023
December 15, 2023
Good morning. Thank you, Dr. [Colleen] Shogan for your introduction and for your kind invitation to celebrate this incredible moment. Thank you, Judge [Elizabeth L.] Gunn for leading the Oath of Alliance. MacArthur High school students – you are the future leaders, and knowing the meaningful words of our Constitution's preamble will empower you in the next chapters of your life. It is my privilege to share this great nation, America, with you. Throughout our lives, we cross thresholds, and often0:53 obstacles often stand in the way of our goals. […]
Marjorie Dannenfelser
categories: Interview, Speeches
Abortion and the Supreme Court - Dec. 1, 2021
December 1, 2021
Bill Scanlan of the Washington Journal speaks with Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, about Supreme Court oral arguments challenging Roe v. Wade. BILL SCANLAN: We are joined this morning by our first guest of the hour, Marjorie Dannenfelser, who is the president of the Susan B. Anthony List and has been with that organization since 1993. Marjorie Dannenfelser, welcome to Washington Journal. DANNENFELSER: Thank you so much, it is good to be back. SCANLAN: Tell us about this case—this is Dobbs v. Jacksonville Women’s Health Organization—a […]
Marjorie Dannenfelser
categories: Interview, Speeches
On the Overturn of Roe v. Wade - June 27, 2022
June 27, 2022
MS. CALDWELL: Hello. I am Leigh Ann Caldwell. I’m an anchor here at Washington Post Live and coauthor of the Early 202 newsletter. Now we speak with Marjorie Dannenfelser, who is the head of the Susan B. Anthony Pro‑Life America, an organization that has worked for this day, for what the Supreme Court did last week, which was to overturn Roe V. Wade. Marjorie, thanks so much for joining us today. MS. DANNENFELSER: Thank you for having me. I've been looking forward to it. MS. CALDWELL: So, first, to our […]
Margaret H Sanger
categories: Interview, Speeches
Mike Wallace Interview - Sept. 21, 1957
September 21, 1957
MIKE WALLACE: Good evening. What you're about to witness is an unrehearsed, uncensored interview on the issue of birth control. It will be a free discussion of an adult topic, a topic that we feel merits public examination. [Phillip Morris cigarette promotion] WALLACE: Tonight, we go after the story of the woman who violated convention and bucked powerful opposition to lead the birth control movement in America. You see her behind me, she's Mrs. Margaret Sanger, who was thrown into jail eight different times for her efforts. If you are […]