Press Conference

Nancy Pelosi
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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 […]
Portia Simpson Miller
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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 […]
Liz Truss
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II - Sep. 8, 2022
September 8, 2022
We are all devastated, by the news that we have just heard from balmoral. The death of her majesty the Queen is a huge shock to the nation, and to the world. Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Our country has grown and flourished under her reign. Britain is the great country it is today because of her. She ascended the throne just after the second world war; she championed the development of the commonwealth, from a small group of seven countries to a […]
Liz Truss
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Opening Speech as Prime Minister - Sep. 6, 2022
September 6, 2022
Good afternoon. I have just accepted, her majesty the queen's kind invitation to form a new government. Let me pay tribute to my predecessor Boris Johnson delivered Brexit; the covert vaccine; and stood up to Russian aggression. History will see him as a hugely consequential prime minister. I’m honored to take on this responsibility at a vital time for our country. What makes the united kingdom great, is our fundamental belief in freedom, in enterprise, and in fair play. Our people have shown grit courage and determination time and time […]
Kim Reynolds
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Coronavirus Update – April 29, 2020
April 28, 2020
Good morning, we’ll go ahead and start with the case counts. So today we have 467 new positive cases, for a total of 6,843 positive cases in Iowa. 93% of today’s positive cases are from 22 counties where restrictions remain in place. We have 1047 new negative cases, for a total of 34494 negative. Yesterday we ran a total of 1514 tests, and we have tested 41337 Iowans, for a per capita rate of one in every six Iowans, and the state hygienic lab has the capacity of 4188 tests. […]
Kim Reynolds
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Coronavirus Update – April 28, 2020
April 28, 2020
Good morning, we’ll go ahead and start this morning’s press conference with the numbers again. So, today we have 508 new positive cases for a total of 6,376 positive cases. 98% of those positive cases were in the 22 counties were restricts remain in place. We had 1,165 new negative cases for a total of 33,447. Yesterday we ran a total of 1,673 tests. A total of 39,823 Iowans have been tested, for a per capita of 1 in every 79 Iowans. The State Hygienic Lab has testing capacity of […]
Kim Reynolds
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Coronavirus Update – April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
Okay, good morning – we’ll go ahead and get started with an update on the cases. Today we have 349 new positive cases, for a total of 5,868 positive cases. We have 1,668 negative cases, for a total of 32,282. Yesterday we ran a total of 2,061 tests and a total of 38,158 Iowans have been tested. 2,021 Iowans diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered for a recovery rate of 34%. I am also very sorry to report that we did have 9 additional deaths in Iowa for total of 127 […]
Kim Reynolds
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Coronavirus Update – April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020
Okay. Well good morning. We’ll go ahead and start out with the report out, again a little bit different formant than what we’ve been using. But we have, today, 521 new positive cases, for a total of 4,445 positive cases. We had 2,190 new negative cases, for a total of 29,783. So yesterday, we ran a total of 2,712 tests which is significantly higher than what we’ve been running through the testing processes. We have also tested a total of 31,973 Iowans, and on a per capita basis that means […]
Kim Reynolds
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Coronavirus Update – April 22, 2020
April 22, 2020
Okay. Well good morning, we’ll go ahead and get started with an update on the numbers. Today we had 107 new positive cases, for a total of 3,748 positive cases. We had no new counties, so have a total of 84 counties. 522 negative cases today, for a total of 24,496 negative tests. The State Hygienic Lab has 6,248 tests available. We have had 1,428 Iowans recovered, for a recovery rate of 38% and we have had an additional 7 deaths for a total of 90 deaths in the state […]
Kim Reynolds
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Coronavirus Update – April 21, 2020
April 21, 2020
Okay. Good morning, we’ll go ahead and start the press conference with an update on the numbers. Today, we had 482 new positive cases for a total of 3,641 positive cases. 33% of today’s positive cases are related to the surveillance testing that has been done at the meat processing facilities. We have two new counties, Cherokee and Humble, for a total of 84 countries. We had 1,331 negative cases for a total of 23,974 negative cases. We’ve tested 27,615 Iowans for a per capita test of 1 out of […]