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Allyson Schwartz
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Address at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Sept. 4, 2012
September 4, 2012
I'm Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz of the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Moving America forward means never going backward on America's great promise of health care for our seniors: Medicare. As a daughter who cared for an elderly parent, I know medical care is not optional for our seniors. We will not let the Republicans end the guarantee of Medicare, which could cost seniors thousands and endanger the health and retirement security of millions of Americans. Americans have worked for their Medicare. They have paid for their Medicare. Whether you are 65, […]
Carolyn McCarthy
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Examining Innovative Practices to Improve Child Nutrition - Oct. 8, 2009
October 8, 2009
Rep. McCarthy delivers her opening statement at a hearing before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities called Examining Innovative Practices to Improve Child Nutrition. Number one, I would like to welcome everybody. Today we will examine innovative practices which will help increase access to child nutrition programs and to more healthy food for our children in our schools. Increased access for our schoolchildren is a critical issue as we move forward in work on the child nutrition reauthorization. Given the current harsh financial realities for many families in my […]
Carolyn McCarthy
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Corporal Punishment in Schools and its Effect on Academic Success - April 15, 2010
April 15, 2010
Rep. McCarthy delivers her opening statement at a hearing before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities called Corporal Punishment in Schools and Its Effect on Academic Success. First, I would like to thank all of our witnesses for being here today. We have assembled a very knowledgeable group. They bring their personal experience and a wealth of information from research and work in the field. Congress has not held a hearing on the use of paddling in schools since 1992. Corporal punishment refers to the application of physical pain […]
Phyllis Schlafly
Speeches
What’s Wrong with ‘Equal Rights’ for Women? - 1972
January 1, 1972
This speech began as an 1972 essay in Schlafly's newsletter The Phyllis Schlafly Report, but was adapted for speeches and debates on behalf of STOP ERA, a group founded by Schlafly. Of all the classes of people who ever lived, the American woman is the most privileged. We have the most rights and rewards, and the fewest duties. Our unique status is the result of a fortunate combination of circumstances. 1) We have the immense good fortune to live in a civilization which respects the family as the basic unit […]
Phyllis Schlafly
categories: Interview, Radio address, Speeches
Interview with Michel Martin on NPR - March 30, 2011
March 30, 2011
As part of Tell Me More's focus on Women's History Month, host NPR Michel Martin interviewed Phyllis Schlafly. I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Now we go to our Wisdom Watch conversation. That's the part of the program where we talk to those who've made a difference in their work. In honor of Women's History Month, we've been putting a special emphasis on women who've made a difference. And my guest today is conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly. She is a mother of six, a […]