Sentences with phrase «floor speeches on»

According to her email, Whitehouse and his allies, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), have crafted a schedule for floor speeches on Monday and Tuesday that assigns each participating Senator at least one group to go after by name.

You are probably too busy writing up Senator Ellen Anderson's senate floor speeches on her kids» fears of global warming.

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.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Mass., called for bipartisan action against Equifax during a Senate floor speech on Tuesday, criticizing the credit bureau for waiting several weeks after a massive data breach to reveal it to the public.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Mass., called for bipartisan action against Equifax during a Senate floor speech on Tuesday, criticizing the credit bureau for waiting several weeks after a massive data breach to reveal it to the public.

(He's skipping the conference despite taking direct heat in a YouTube message to Rio from Senator James Inhofe, the Republican of Oklahoma and steadfast ally of big coal, and indirect heat from Senator John Kerry, the Democrat of Massachusetts who gave a long floor speech on global warming and the Rio meeting yesterday, decrying «the conspiracy of silence that now characterizes Washington's handling of the climate issue.»)

Not exact matches

«The human - computer speech interface is the next big thing,» says Nigel Fenwick, a digital business and technology analyst with Forrester, who says Alexa and similar systems were integrated with just about everything on the floor: refrigerators, light fixtures, house - keeping robots, security cameras, door locks, cars, speakers and headphones, shower heads, air conditioners, and the list goes on and on.

No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas, on the Senate floor as Warren spoke, criticized her for making «a political speech» and launching «personal attacks» on senators and called her comments «beneath the dignity of the United States Senate.»

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.

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?»

Schneiderman won kudos from the group for voting to pass the Hate Crimes bill and SONDA, sponsoring the Dignity for All Students Act, which recently passed the Senate, and delivering a «passionate and emotional speech» on the floor before voting «yes» on same - sex marriage last December.

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.

Sayward, an observant Catholic, gave an emotional speech on the Assembly floor that day, describing how she had come to terms with the fact that her son, Glenn, is gay.

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.

After all of the head - spinning votes, speeches, delays and challenges on the floor of the Erie County Legislature, lawmakers ultimately voted 10 - 1 to approve Democratic lawyer Mark Carney as the newest commissioner on the Erie County Water Authority.

Here's footage of Sen. Kevin Parker's lengthy speech on the Senate floor this afternoon, during which he sort of, kind of, apologized for the his outburst last week during the Finance Committee meeting and subsequent claim that his GOP colleagues are «white supremacists.»

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.

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.

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.

You may recall Duane's powerful, emotional speech on the bill on the Senate floor from July of last year.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer lent his backing to the agreement during a speech on the chamber's floor.

«He was a dedicated legislator and also very proud of his Greek heritage, giving passionate speeches on the Assembly floor about Hellenism and his journey to America as a Greek immigrant.»

«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).

Two hundred people, including the candidate's mother and many longtime contemporaries, walked through a floating spring snow — many waving «Believe again» signs and toting toddlers — to hear the speech on the wood - vaulted third floor of this 120 - year - old hall, the heart of this village of 1,118.

«If my colleagues destroy the Affordable Care Act, it will have real, direct, and painful consequences for millions of American women and their families,» Gillibrand said during a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday.

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

An Illinois congressman was reprimanded for wearing a hoodie while delivering a speech on the House floor.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand delivered a speech on the Senate floor today urging Congress to pass her bipartisan legislation to help combat the opioid epidemic.

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.

Rep. John Katko offered a tribute on the House floor today to Bill Carey, the late Syracuse television journalist, during a speech that was witnessed by Carey's wife and daughter.

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.

Ball stated that «It was not easy getting up as the new guy and standing up to tell a group of people what they don't want to hear» but his speech became so popular that soon dozens of reporters began calling, he appeared on Fox News, excerpts from the floor speech popped up on numerous political blogs, his campaign web site received so many visits that its server crashed, and, a YouTube video of his remarks was ranked 80th among new videos the day it was uploaded.

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.

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.

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.

After Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., gave his opening speech on the Senate floor on the year - end spending and tax package, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D - Nev., sought to clear the air after Politico reported that the relationship between the two leaders had reached a «new low.»