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Anna Paulina Luna
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Nomination of Rep. Byron Donalds for Speaker of the House - Jan. 5, 2023
January 5, 2023
Luna nominated Byron Donalds for speaker of the House of Representatives in the tenth ballot. LUNA: Madam Speaker, I would like to rise to nominate Byron Donalds for speaker of the house. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. LUNA: I've known Byron for roughly about four years now and being he's from the state of Florida, i can tell you I've come to know him on both the campaign trail and personally. [Johnson gavels] But I want to clarify something real quick to my colleagues across the aisle. […]
Lauren Boebert
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Nomination of Rep. Kevin Hern for Speaker of the House - Jan. 5, 2023
January 5, 2023
Boebert nominated Kevin Hern for speaker of the House of Representatives in the ninth ballot. BOEBERT: Madam Clerk, I rise to nominate Mr. Hern as speaker of the House. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. BOEBERT: Thank you, Madam Clerk. We have been accused of not having a plan. Well, we presented many, many plans and are even presenting two plans simultaneously right now, for speaker of the people's house. I sat in my chair anticipating to vote for Byron Donalds who whom I respect, whom I see […]
Katherine Clark
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Nomination of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House - Jan. 5, 2023
January 5, 2023
Clark nominated Hakeem Jeffries for speaker of the House of Representatives in the eighth ballot. CLARK: I rise to nominate Hakeem Jeffries as speaker of the House. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. CLARK: 212, 212, 212, 212, 212, 212, and today, 212. Two hundred and twelve House Democrats stand united behind our leader, because Hakeem Jeffries stands united for the American people. The historic disfunction that we are seeing, this intra-party fight that the American people have been drawn into is imperilling our national security, it will […]
Lauren Boebert
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Nomination of Rep. Byron Donalds for Speaker of the House - Jan. 4, 2023
January 4, 2023
Boebert nominated Byron Donalds for speaker of the House of Representatives in the fifth ballot. BOERBERT: Madam Clerk, I rise to nominate Congressman Byron Donalds. HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. BOERBERT: I rise today to nominate Byron Donalds, my friend, an amazing man of Florida, an amazing leader, someone who almost even took leadership here in our Republican party and came very close in doing so and it was a very brave run that he took. He's a man who understands what tough times look like and […]
Kat Cammack
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Nomination of Rep. Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House - Jan. 4, 2023
January 4, 2023
Cammack nominated Kevin McCarthy for speaker of the House of Representatives in the sixth ballot. CAMMACK: I rise today to nominate Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the peoples' House. {applause] HOUSE CLERK CHERYL JOHNSON: The gentlewoman is recognized. CAMMACK: My colleagues. Well, it's Groundhog Day, again. And if it’s all right with you, I would like to… [Johnson gavels for order] Thank you, Madam Clerk. CAMMACK: If it’s all right with you all, I would like to address not you but the American people, because quite frankly they are… [Johnson […]
Elise Stefanik
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Nomination of Rep. Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House - Jan. 3, 2023
January 3, 2023
Stefanik nominated Kevin McCarthy for speaker of the House of Representatives in the first ballot. Madam Clerk, on behalf of the House Republican conference, I rise today to nominate the gentleman from California, Kevin McCarthy, as speaker of the House to lead America’s new Republican majority. [applause] In just two years of failed one-party Democrat rule, the American people have suffered from a historic border crisis, rampant crime, crippling inflation, rising energy costs, runaway debt, unconstitutional attacks on our fundamental freedoms, and weakness at home and abroad. The people across […]
Elaine Luria
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Tenth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee – Dec. 19, 2022
December 19, 2022
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All of President Trump’s efforts came to a head on the afternoon of January 6th. Standing on the stage of the Ellipse, President Trump told tens of thousands of angry supporters that the election was stolen, that they had the power to change that if they marched to the Capitol, and that they wouldn’t have a country anymore if the Presidency was taken away him. He told them he would be there with them. Then, as the crowd descended on the Capitol, President Trump watched it […]
Stephanie Murphy
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Tenth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee – Dec. 19, 2022
December 19, 2022
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ultimately, President Trump did not succeed in bending State and Federal officials to his will. At every turn, State officials, the Department of Justice, Mike Pence, and many others stood up for the rule of law and resisted the President’s wishes. In that way, our American institutions held after the 2020 election. But that did not stop President Trump. Instead, he turned to his supporters, those who believed his lies about a stolen election. He summoned a crowd to the Nation’s capital on January 6th, hoping […]
Zoe Lofgren
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Tenth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee – Dec. 19, 2022
December 19, 2022
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Over the last 18 months, the Select Committee has conducted a congressional investigation of enormous scale seeking to uncover the depth and breadth of ex-President Trump’s multi-part plan to reverse the lawful outcome of the 2020 Presidential election. We have compiled an immense volume of documents collected from countless individuals, law enforcement agencies, and Federal and State authorities. Many of our efforts to get the evidence required litigation in Federal court, including the U.S. Supreme Court. We have taken the testimony of hundreds of witnesses. While […]
Elizabeth “Liz” Cheney
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Tenth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee – Dec. 19, 2022
December 19, 2022
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for your tremendous leadership of this Committee. I know we all have benefited greatly from your wisdom and your wise counsel, so thank you very much. In April of 1861, when Abraham Lincoln issued the first call for volunteers for the Union Army, my great-great-grandfather, Samuel Fletcher Cheney, joined the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought through all 4 years of the Civil War, from Chickamauga, to Stones River, to Atlanta. He marched with his unit in the Grand Review of Troops […]