Speeches
January 6, 2010
Speech
The United States House of Representatives is scheduled to hold votes beginning at 9:30am.
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October 10, 2008
Speech
Good afternoon,
It’s a great pleasure being here. Thank you, Chairman Osman Oztoprak, not only for your warm introduction but also for your persistence. You and Executive Director Haldun Yavas have been trying to get me to address a monthly luncheon of the Turkish Cultural Club for about five or six months.
September 26, 2008
Speech
Good afternoon,
I would like to thank Timothy Mitchell, President of the Jamaica Business Resource Center, and Leslie Schweitzer, Senior Trade Advisor at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, not only for the warm words of welcome, but also for the collaborative spirit with which they went about helping putting this event together.
I would like to thank Timothy Mitchell, President of the Jamaica Business Resource Center, and Leslie Schweitzer, Senior Trade Advisor at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, not only for the warm words of welcome, but also for the collaborative spirit with which they went about helping putting this event together.
September 10, 2008
Speech
Good evening, ladies and gentleman,
Thank you very much for your warm welcome. And, Secretary Gutierrez, thank you as well not only for you kind words but also for your willingness to reach across the partisan divide to work with me on a variety of issues.
January 8, 2008
Speech
I’m happy to join with all of you once again for the annual conference of the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project. Let me begin by extending my best wishes to each of you for a happy, peaceful, and prosperous New Year.
I’m happy to join with all of you once again for the annual conference of the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project. Let me begin by extending my best wishes to each of you for a happy, peaceful, and prosperous New Year.
February 28, 2007
Speech
Mr. Speaker, this last day of February marks the end of Black History Month, the annual celebration commemorating the contributions of African Americans to this great nation.