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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
EARLY Act Press Conference - Feb. 16, 2010
February 16, 2010
We are here today to announce the introduction of the Early Act: The Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009. The Early Act is designed to empower young women to learn the facts, know their bodies, speak up for their health, and embrace support. Despite the perception, young women can and do get breast cancer. More than 10,000 women under 40 are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the United States. Although the incidence of breast cancer in young women is much lower than that […]
Joni Ernst
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Primary Victory Speech - June 3, 2014
June 3, 2014
Thank you. I just want to take a moment for some thank you’s. We absolutely have to do thank you’s first. To my family first, it is very important. My mom and dad who got me where I am today, thank you so much. To my brother and my sister, my sister who is one of my biggest cheerleaders. Every couple of days she would shoot me a text and say, ‘Keep it up, Joni, keep it going, keep it going,’ so thanks so much, Julie and Joe. I appreciate […]
Kay Hagan
categories: Speeches, Victory Speech
Victory Speech- Nov. 5, 2008
November 5, 2008
As I look out, I know each and every one of you and thank you so much for being here. Thank you. Thank you. Before I get started, does anyone have a new pair of shoes? Ruby red ones, maybe? Because guess what, I just gave mine away. What a difference a year makes. A little over a year ago when I got into this race, the press, the pundits, other politicians and all were ready to write this race off and hand Elizabeth Dole the keys to her office […]
Tulsi Gabbard
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Veterans Celebration - March 31, 2012
March 31, 2012
Just by way of introduction briefly, my name is Tulsi Gabbard. I currently serve on the Honolulu city council and also am a candidate for Congress. I am also a captain in the Hawaii Army National guard and have served on two deployments for the 29th brigade combat team to the Middle East. I see my Sergeant Major here from the first deployment, who I haven’t seen for a few years, and it’s this kind of connection and these kind of days that are really so special to me and […]
Susan Collins
Speeches
Weekly Republican Address - Aug. 3, 2013
August 3, 2013
Hello. I’m Senator Susan Collins from Maine. My family founded a small business in northern Maine more than 160 years ago. Today, it continues to be run by two of my brothers. Our economy is built on millions of enterprises just like ours. It’s not easy to survive in today’s economy. But these employers remain our nation’s job creators. We should be doing all we can to promote policies to help them survive and thrive. Effective health-care reform should provide Americans with access to quality and affordable care while also […]
Tulsi Gabbard
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Endorsed by VoteVets.org - Feb. 9, 2014
February 9, 2014
GABBARD: First of all I just want to say thank you so much to my fellow veterans here who've come out today in support of my candidacy for Congress. I’m also very excited to announce the endorsement of VoteVets.org which is one of the leading advocacy organizations for veterans across the country. RYAN SOON: My name is Ryan Soon, and I am a veteran of the Global War on Terrorism with three deployments to Iraq and Kuwait. As a veteran, I experienced first-hand as well as through various service member […]
Mary Fisher
Speeches
A Whisper of AIDs - Aug. 19, 1992
August 19, 1992
Less than three months ago, at platform hearings in Salt Lake City, I asked the Republican Party to lift the shroud of silence which has been draped over the issue of HIV/AIDS. I have come tonight to bring our silence to an end. I bear a message of challenge, not self-congratulation. I want your attention, not your applause. I would never have asked to be HIV-positive. But I believe that in all things there is a good purpose, and I stand before you and before the nation, gladly. The reality […]
Nikki Haley
categories: Speeches, State of State
State of the State - Jan. 22, 2014
January 22, 2014
As prepared for delivery. Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the General Assembly, Constitutional Officers, and my fellow South Carolinians: Let us start tonight, as we have rightfully done in the past, by honoring those heroes we lost over the last year. It is my sincere prayer that a year will come that there are no names for us to read. So now, please join me as we pay tribute to those who gave the last full measure of devotion in the service of their state and country: […]
Kay Hagan
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Sept. 6, 2012
September 6, 2012
I want to welcome everyone to North Carolina. I hope those of you who are visiting us have had a chance to experience our beautiful state. Mostly I hope you've had a chance to visit with the wonderful people of North Carolina. North Carolina is strong because our people are strong. They define our state—by their hard work, commitment to their families and neighbors, their willingness to sacrifice so that their children can have a chance to forge their own path. I've seen those values in every corner of our […]
Zoe Lofgren
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening statement to oversight hearing of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - July 29, 2014
July 29, 2014
Thank you Mr. Chairman. Let me begin by welcoming our witness not only to today’s hearing, but also to his new position as Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. I think it is fair to say that USCIS doesn’t usually get the kind of attention that the rest of the components of DHS do, but its mission is very important. As we know, USCIS adjudicates a wide array of immigrant and non-immigrant petitions. Families hoping to reunite, businesses searching for talent, persons fleeing persecution and torture, lawful permanent residents […]