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Nancy Pelosi
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
We Will Not Abandon Taiwan - Aug. 3, 2022
August 3, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave these remarks to the press following a bilateral meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan. Thank you very much. Thank you, Madam President, for your leadership and for the leadership gathered here with you today. I’m proud of my delegation. We’re almost like one unit. The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Chairman of the—Mr. Meeks; Mr. Takano, Chair of Veterans’ Affairs; Vice Chair of Ways and Means—the trade committee—Congresswoman Suzan DelBene; a Member of the Intelligence Committee, Mr. Krishnamoorthi; and a Member of […]
Yvonne Burke
Speeches
Politics and the Black Economic Condition - May 1, 1976
May 1, 1976
Burke, then the chairperson of the Congressional Black Caucus, delivered these remarks at the Caucus of Black Democrats Issues Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 1, 1976. They were entered into the Congressional Record by Rep. Andrew Young (D-GA) on May 4, 1976. Black Democrats and Black Elected Officials have come together in Charlotte, North Carolina to speak to our party and to our nation about the economic condition and the needs of Black people in the country today—but most important—to talk among ourselves about what policies and actions […]
Maria Ressa
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Harvard University - May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
Thank you, President Garber, and thank you, former President Gay, who called me last year to extend this offer. It's an incredible honor to address the distinguished Harvard faculty, the mysterious Harvard Corporation, and the loving friends and family who have traveled far and close to be here with you today. But wait, most of all, despite everything, because you worked really hard, I am so thrilled to congratulate the battle-tested graduates of the class of 2024. This was a harder speech to write than the Nobel lecture, you know, […]
Jen Psaki
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at George Washington University - May 19, 2024
May 19, 2024
Hi, everyone! Thank you, President Granberg and thank you to Chair Speights, Provost Bracey, and all of the professors and faculty, the mentors, the guides, the parents, the grandparents, the siblings and friends who are here today. Everyone is standing on your shoulders as they're receiving their degrees. And to Council Member Gray and Jon Ledecky—I look forward to swapping with you the appropriate way to brag about our new degrees with our family members, so I'm looking forward to that after the ceremony. And most of all—congratulations to the […]
Lori Trahan
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Northern Essex Community College – May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024
Graduates, esteemed faculty, honored guests, and family: it is a privilege to be here at Northern Essex Community College for this year's commencement ceremony. Today is a day of celebration. It's a day to honor your tremendous accomplishments, your relentless perseverance, and your unmatched dedication to your studies and to yourselves. This moment is a culmination of years of hard work, sacrifice, and determination. You've dedicated countless early mornings spent in classrooms and late nights pouring over lessons, often while juggling jobs, kids, and the other commitments necessary to support […]
Shelley Moore Capito
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Bethany College - May 11, 2024
May 11, 2024
Good morning. Good morning to everybody. Thank you, President Caridi for the wonderful comments and the…I'm a doctor now. I have to tell everybody in my family, call me Dr. Capito, please. Especially congratulations to the Class of 2024, and it is a real privilege for me to address you today. I would like to thank the Bethany Board of Trustees, who I've gotten to meet several. And what a dynamic group. I mean, when you see where they came from and they came to Bethany and they still are […]
Nancy Mace
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at the Citadel – May 4, 2024
May 4, 2024
Rep. Nancy Mace, the first female graduate of The Citadel, also became their first female commencement speaker at the 2024 ceremony Thank you, General and distinguished guests, friends of The Citadel, esteemed Board of Visitors, the president of The Citadel, the commandant of cadets and members of the class of 2024. Twenty-five years ago, I had the honor of sitting in one of those chairs that you're sitting in today, about to become the first woman to graduate from The Citadel Corps of Cadets. I was pale. I was nauseous. […]
Portia Simpson Miller
Speeches
Address at the Opening Ceremony of the 34th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community – July 3, 2013
July 3, 2013
Among the many things we the people of the Caribbean have in common is the warm and welcoming Caribbean Sea. Its foamy crests embrace all our coastlines. Our island homes are set like tiny jewels amidst its crystal blue waters. Yet each jewel is different – rare and precious –distinctive and diverse. As Caribbean peoples, our similarities and our differences have origins in unique experiences of altered histories. Forty years ago our forefathers and mothers decided that it was prudent to embrace both that which we had in common and […]
Portia Simpson Miller
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Remarks After Meeting with President Barack Obama - April 9, 2015
April 9, 2015
Thank you for being with us today to witness this memorable chapter in Jamaica-U.S. relations. The historic meeting held today with the Honorable Barack Obama, president of the United States of America, sends a positive signal of the strong bilateral relationship that exists between Jamaica and the United States of America. These relations are anchored in our strong democratic traditions and the historical and cultural bonds that unite our peoples. The importance to Jamaica of our relations with the United States of America must be clearly understood. The USA is […]
Portia Simpson Miller
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Keynote Speech at the Annual Summit of the Women in Parliaments Global Forum - Nov. 27, 2013
November 27, 2013
Madam Chairperson The chair of the African Union My sister, honourable Zuma Heads of government Members of government Ladies and gentlemen Organizers of this wonderful conference It is a distinct honor for me to have been invited to address you at this important forum. The work of the European Union has demonstrated leadership in the advocacy for gender equality. The adoption last year of three major reports on gender and governance by the European Parliament demonstrates that the EU remains committed to the empowerment of women. Whether by coincidence or […]