U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing

Pauli Murray
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Extending Protection Against Sex-Based Discrimination -Jun. 19, 1970
June 19, 1970
Madam Chairman and members of the subcommittee: I am Pauli Murray, professor of American Studies at Brandeis University. I teach legal studies, civil rights, law and social change and a course on women in American society. My task in a college of liberal arts is to expose undergraduates to an understanding of the legal system in its various aspects — the judicial process, the legislative process and the administrative process, and my appearance before this committee is in the nature of “in-service-training.” Many of my students are headed for law […]
Madeleine Dean
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Enough is Enough - September 15, 2025
September 15, 2025
Thank you. I thank you very much, Chairman Cole. I rise in support of my amendment which states that none of the funds made available to the Treasury Department by this bill can be used to prevent the release of financial records. After all, here we are marking up the financial services and general government appropriations bill, including suspicious activity reports, SARS, relating to the Epstein Maxwell Congress. Colleagues, enough is enough. It is past time that we have the full transparency into the financing of the Epstein horrific sex […]
Lois Gibbs
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Congressional Testimony on Love Canal - June 22, 2010
June 22, 2010
I want to thank you and the members of the Committee for inviting me here. My name is Lois Gibbs, and I am Executive Director for the Center for Health, Environment and Justice. It is a national organization that has worked with over 10,000 community groups faced with environmental health threats over the past 30 years. I also was a resident and community leader at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York. And as I began preparing my testimony for this afternoon it occurred to me that 31 years ago […]
Patsy Mink
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Discrimination Against Women – June 24, 1970
June 24, 1970
Mink gave this speech to the Special Subcommittee on Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor. Madam Chairman and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, I am delighted to have this opportunity to express my strong support of Section 805 of H.R. 16098, which has the purpose of amending the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1957, and the Fair Labor Standards Act so as to prohibit discrimination against women in education, and other objectives. Discrimination against women in education is one of the most insidious forms of prejudice […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez - Addressing Racism within the House - Feb. 2, 2023
February 2, 2023
Thank you. As also as a fellow New Yorker I think one of the things we should talk about here is also one of the disgusting legacies after 9/11 has been the targeting and racism against Muslim Americans throughout the United States of America. This is an extension of that legacy, consistency, there is nothing consistent with the Republican Party's continued attack, except nor the racism and incitement of violence against women of color in this body. I had a member of the Republican caucus threaten my life and you […]
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 […]
Elaine Luria
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Ninth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee – Oct. 13, 2022
October 13, 2022
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mid-December was a turning point. President Trump made a decision, a choice, to ignore the courts and his advisers and to push forward to overturn the election. His efforts to overturn the election were not random or disconnected; rather, they were part of a coordinated, multi-part plan to ensure that he stayed in power. Donald Trump was the driver behind each part of this plan. He was personally and directly involved. Of course, a key element of the plan was continuing to convince tens of millions […]