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Carrie Chapman Catt
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Address before Congressional Hearing - April 20, 1917
April 20, 1917
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee on Woman Suffrage: The Senate Committee on woman suffrage was established in 1883. Thirty-four years have passed; seventeen Congresses have come and gone since then. In each Congress the National American Woman Suffrage Association through its representatives has appeared before this Committee and has appealed to it to urge the submission of a constitutional amendment to the legislatures of the several states. The stubborness of the prejudice against the application of the principle of self-government to women has been beyond understanding. Had there […]
Rosalynn Carter
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Education Equity Act - July 10, 2007
July 10, 2007
Testimony to the House Education and Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Health Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you regarding legislation that will profoundly impact the lives of so many Americans. I have been working on mental health issues for more than 35 years. When I began no one understood the brain or how to treat mental illnesses. Today everything has changed -- except stigma, of course, which holds back progress in the field. Today because of research and our new knowledge […]
Juanita Millender-McDonald
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
International HIV/AIDS Legislation - April 2, 2003
April 2, 2003
Thank you Chairman Kolbe and Ranking Member Lowey for affording me the opportunity to speak today on issues important to me. Since coming to Congress I have carried the mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS legislation and I come before this distinguished panel as a long-standing advocate in educating the public on the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS. I have introduced bills since the 105th Congress addressing the growing crisis of the transmission of HIV/AIDS from infected mothers to their newborn children. While this is now commonly referred to […]
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Hearing on "A Crisis Mismanaged: Obama's Failed Syria Policy" - June 5, 2013
June 5, 2013
It’s been over two years since the popular uprisings sparked up across Syria against al-Assad and his murderous regime. Amidst the backdrop of the Arab Spring, thousands of Syrians demonstrated against Assad calling for the despotic ruler to step down, to release political prisoners, and institute democratic reforms. These protesters were met swiftly with the harsh hand of Assad as he unleashed his police who doled out brutal beatings upon the demonstrators, resulting in many deaths. Now as we enter our third year of this conflict, the Assad regime has […]
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Hearing on "American NGOs Under Attack in Morsi's Egypt" - June 12, 2013
June 12, 2013
Over two years ago the improbable happened. Millions of Egyptians filled Tahrir Square and streets all across Egypt demanding the end of the Hosni Mubarak regime and ushering in a new, democratic era; an era that would be free of government corruption and free of police brutality and an era that would allow all Egyptians to exercise their freedoms of speech, expression, assembly and religion. But as we all know, the transition to true democracy is often an arduous task that takes time and commitment, and it must be responsive […]
Elizabeth Esty
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Introducing Newtown Superintendent Janet Robinson - Jan. 16, 2013
January 16, 2013
Thank you so much to my good friend, Rosa DeLauro, and thanks to you to all of you for being with us here today as witnesses to what happened in our community of Newtown, Connecticut, and as a call to action for what we must do as a country. I’m honored today to have the chance to introduce Janet Robinson, who has become a good friend, who is a true American hero who responded unbelievable tragedy. For five years, Dr. Janet Robinson has served as the superintendent of schools in […]
Julia Brownley
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act - July 18, 2013
July 18, 2013
Thank you, Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Michaud, for holding this important full Veterans Affairs Committee legislative hearing today. HR 806, the Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act, was the very first bill that I introduced as a new member of the 113th Congress. I'm grateful that the full committee is considering this important legislation. As ranking member of the Subcommittee on Health, I believe it's, as we all do, I believe it's vitally important to ensure adequate funding for veterans' healthcare programs. I am sure the committee knows in 2006, 2007, […]
Marcia L Fudge
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
House Hearing on Voter Suppression - Nov. 14, 2011
November 14, 2011
It is time that the American people hear from more than just us that there is a concerted effort across this country to limit, to suppress, and to undo our right to vote. It is deliberate and it is by design. From Ohio to Wisconsin down to Florida, across Texas…the franchise is under attack today in this country. A certain predetermined segment of Americans are being targeted: young people, the elderly, our disabled, our minorities will all feel the repercussions of this concerted effort. There’s nothing new about the tactics […]
Barbara Lee
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Haiti Disaster - Sept. 26, 2008
September 26, 2008
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chairman Engel, for your leadership, and thanks to the subcommittee for this hearing and for all of your leadership on issues related to the Caribbean. Yes, Chairman Engel, I was very proud to be with you on your first visit as upcoming chair to Haiti because, you know, you made the Caribbean a priority and have sought to seek some parity in our foreign policy as it relates to the Caribbean. So I just want to thank you for continuing to lead on this […]
Barbara Lee
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opposing Cuts in FY12 Interior Appropriations Bill - July 15, 2011
July 15, 2011
I rise in strong opposition to this bill. It literally terminates air quality, land, water, and conservation funding that will impact all communities in our country, particularly in my state of California. Page by page, the bill takes aim on the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the environment we live in. As a person of faith, I believe there is a moral and an ethical responsibility to protect the natural resources provided by our creator. This bill undermines the Clean Air Act’s ability to crack down on […]