Sentences with phrase «floor speech in»

during a floor speech in which he scrutinized the undue influence of fossil fuel funded climate deniers in Virginia.

This becomes obvious when anyone watches his Senate floor speech in its entirety, particularly where he continues after the snowball toss on a major fault about recent «record» temperature claims.

«A while back, you may have seen a United States senator trotted out a snowball during a floor speech in the middle of winter as «proof» that the world was not warming.

During a House floor speech in January, Inhofe said the climate has always changed and that «man can't change climate».

His 2009 post-3 a.m. floor speech in which he delivered an impassion plea for passage of a bill that would cap rent and utilities for low - income people living with AIDS will not soon be forgotten.

Neither Skelos nor Savino — whose visibility in the push for marriage equality was sky high after her floor speech in a 2009 debate circulated on YouTube — returned phone calls seeking comment.

Maffei delivered a House floor speech in November backing the effort.

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In a speech on the floor Monday, he pushed for votes on either his own compromise or Collins» bill.

«Today I am announcing that in the coming weeks I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate,» he said during a speech on the chamber floor.

«A couple months ago I felt that we had entered an important moment in the history of this country... We were finally beginning to listen to women,» he said in his resignation speech on the chamber floor.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D - OR), who wrote Section 230, warned that changing it would «punch a hole in the legal framework of the open internet» in a speech on the Senate floor.

«It's been just under two months since the attacks in Boston,» said in a speech on floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 11, 2013.

In a speech on the Senate floor, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake compared Trump's attacks on the media to the rhetoric of the late Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

A key spur to Descartes» actual writing was a critical floor speech he gave at a 1620s Baconian talk, in the presence of his great supporter Cardinal Bérulle.

Dozens of us bloggers gathered together (most of us squatting on the floor — which, in a dress, was interesting let me tell you) in the back room of the bar to watch Obama's acceptance speech.

3)... that they will repeat a bad word I used when they weren't supposed to be listening, like when Garrett spilled his goldfish crackers on the floor in the doctor's office and he said «oh shit»... conveniently, I might add, just after the doctor had asked me «So how's the speech therapy going?»

Update: A couple of Loyal Readers sent in articles about a Rand Paul fundraising video released Friday that may have broken Senate rules by using footage from a speech on the Senate floor.

Also, the Republicans used Adams» infamous «show me the money» speech on the chamber floor in campaign ads and a Website, which probably didn't do much to help his public image outside his district.

The New York Times reported today on a Senate floor speech by Senator Mark Udall (D - CO) in which he criticized the CIA's actions on torture and mentioned a secret internal report.

John Katko honored NBA Hall of Fame player Dolph Schayes in a speech Tuesday, March 22, 2016, on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol.

Dear Friends, At Labour Party Conference in Brighton this year I had the privilege of delivering a speech on the conference floor.

He gave a speech on the floor while delivering New York's delegate votes at the 2012 convention in Charlotte.

«Mr. Speaker, if this Confederate battle flag prevailed in war 150 years ago I would not be standing here as a member of the United States Congress, I would be here as a slave,» Jeffries said in an impassioned floor speech.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. John Katko honored NBA legend Dolph Schayes for his contributions to Syracuse's community in a speech Tuesday on the House floor at the Capitol.

KEYNOTEWORTHY: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tours a quiet RNC floor yesterday in the run - up to his big speech tonight.

Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune of South Dakota, who led the opposition to the Markey resolution, said in a floor speech that the appropriate remedy would be to enact legislation through regular order.

As part of the campaign, they have released a minute long video that features excerpts from several of Gillibrand's senate floor speeches where she advocates for changes in the Health Care reform bill to provide more protections for women's reproductive rights, more coverage for pregnant women, and funding for women's health clinics.

Sen. Eric Adams, who drew widespread criticism for his «show me the money» speech on the Senate floor in 2007 while debating a legislative pay raise, has shelved his call for a salary boost — at least for the time being.

«I thought it was a great speech,» he said in a brief interview on the floor of the Democratic National Convention tonight.

Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California, herself a key architect of the budget plan, announced her opposition Wednesday morning and mounted a remarkable daylong speech on the House floor, trying to force GOP leaders in the House to promise a later vote on legislation to protect the younger immigrants.

Flake, who announced he would not seek another term during a speech on the Senate floor last month, made the comments after a town hall event in Mesa, Ariz., on Friday when Mayor John Giles asked the Republican lawmaker if he had any White House ambitions in 2020.

Compared to some of his colleagues, Latimer is usually a relatively subdued speaker on the Senate floor (one speech for which he's most widely remembered was a middle - of - the - night discourse in which he badmouthed kumquats).

Engel, who represents parts of the Bronx and Westchester County, announced his intentions today in a speech on the House floor.

Despite the lengthy floor speeches by lawmakers, nearly all from a mainline group of Democrats in the Senate's minority, the bill ended up passing easily by a vote of 53 - 4.

Designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation, the carbon price floor (CPF) first appeared in George Osborne's budget speech in March 2011.

«To the patients, to the families, to the mothers, we would not be here if it weren't for you,» Savino said in a floor speech addressing supporters of the bill sitting in the Senate gallery.

Rep. John Katko honored NBA legend Dolph Schayes, who died in December after a battle with cancer, for his contributions to Syracuse's community in a speech yesterday on the House floor at the Capitol.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, in an emotional speech on the Senate floor, announced that he would resign from Congress, the most prominent figure in a growing list of lawmakers felled by charges of sexual harassment or indiscretions.

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton goes for walks in the woods near her Westchester County home now, and Sen. Bernie Sanders is back to doing what he's been doing for 10 years: giving Senate floor speeches on behalf of the little guy.

The program for the party, to be held in the Plaza's grand ballroom, was released a day after Rangel gave an emotional and sometimes rambling speech on the House floor challenging his colleagues to try him without delay on the ethics charges.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. John Katko offered a tribute Friday to Bill Carey, the late Syracuse television journalist, in a speech on the House floor witnessed by Carey's wife and daughter.

Any one member can require it; many Democrats already have,» Schumer said in a floor speech Wednesday.

At one point during the Wednesday floor speeches, state Sen. Bill Larkin, R - Hudson Valley, recalled pre-1976 New York, when the state primary date was set in June

Sayward, who has a gay son, attracted widespread attention in June 2007 when she made a speech on the Assembly floor in support of legalizing gay marriage.

There's also a clips of Sen. Eric Adam's infamous «show me the money» speech on the floor of the Senate back in December 2007 during a debate over legislative pay raises.

Here is some video of floor speeches from NY Reps today, including Republican Rep. Pete King who called the House leaderships decision to pull the vote a «knife in the back.»

House Republican leaderships decision to not vote on the Senate's bill providing $ 60 billion in aid to areas impacted by Super Storm Sandy has led to a barrage of floor speeches from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

But frustration at the role of the City manifested itself at fringe events today as business secretary Pat McFadden attacked bankers in his keynote speech to the conference floor.

In the post-mortem Republicans blamed the speaker Nancy Pelosi for making a partisan speech influencing Democrats, while the Republicans that crossed the floor did not like infringements on free markets from a «socialist» bill.

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