Sentences with phrase «of floor speeches»

Nineteen Senate Democrats will attack specific organizations in what they are calling a «web of denial,» according to a schedule of floor speeches circulated by Emily Enderle, a top environmental policy adviser to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.), who is spearheading the effort.

Eight members of the Assembly dedicated all of their floor speeches for the year to introductions and resolutions: Karl Brabenec, Steven Cymbrowitz, Mark Gjonaj, Dov Hikind, Kieran Lalor, Michael Miller, Al Stirpe and Janet Duprey.

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.

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.»

CREW filed a complaint against Rep. Michael Grimm for what he said was an «accidental» and «inadvertent» use of a floor speech for political purposes.

It was less of a floor speech than a primal scream directed at those who say he should resign, or cut a deal with the committee, to spare his party a political debacle in November.

Not exact matches

Last month, Flake delivered a second Senate floor speech likening Trump's words to those of 20th century Russian dictator Josef Stalin.

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.»

«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.

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.

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.»

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.

«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.

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.

Assemblyman Victor Pichardo, a Democrat from the Bronx, was one of several members whose floor speech offered an excuse for his yes vote.

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

«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.

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.

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

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 a brief floor speech, Savino said the bill was being pushed by advocacy groups with a compelling interest in legalizing marijuana for recreational use, who she accused of «utilizing the pain and suffering of these families to try and peel back the regulatory structure that we've established here in New York state.»

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

But as his meandering, choked speech on the floor suggested, his appeals to his resistant colleagues were emotional, and not aimed at their colder sense of prudence.

After Obama finished his 30 - minute speech, he waked off the stage and into the crowd inside the second floor ballroom of the Sheraton hotel.

Representative Grimm sent a video of one of his speeches on the House floor in a solicitation for donations, a -LSB-...]

The two leaders may find more common ground on their shared rejection of strictly limiting or outright banning outside income, something that both Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein recommended in their speeches from the floor.

After moving speeches from many supporters on the floor of the New York State Senate, the body voted 24 — 38 to defeat the marriage - equality bill passed three times by the State Assembly.

Went in to Hall on wed to hear Gareths Coop Party greetings and was there also to hear Erewash's PPC and Jacobs speech from the floor, the highlight of Conference along with Harry Smith.

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.

Those opposed to the proposal say their main concern is the possible loss of a second - floor wing dedicated to services like occupational therapy, speech therapy and physical therapy.