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- President Obama speaks to students at Manor New Tech High School near Austin, TX, a school focused on STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) teaching and learning. Obama talks about creating opportunities for students to learn about and use technology, prepare for higher education, and learn the real-world skills needed to fill the jobs that are available now.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Donald Trump talks about creating more jobs in the automobile industry and eliminating industry regulations. Trump also announces plans to scale back new car emission standards and says that such regulations take away manufacturing jobs. Held at the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a weekly press briefing. Ryan praises the House vote approving the 2018 budget and calls it an important step towards passing tax reform legislation. Ryan asserts that the tax reform bill is focused on helping middle-class Americans. He also calls on Republicans to end their infighting with President Trump and focus on their tax agenda.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-10-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- The oath of office is administered by Chief Justice Warren Burger, to Richard Nixon, followed by the Presidents Inaugural Address.
- Date Issued:
- 1973-01-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- William H. Taft speaks about abolishing war throughout the world in 1912 as a Republican Party candidate running for re-election as President. He speaks in Beverly, Massachusetts, on October 1, 1912. He refers to the United States as a "country independent of entangling alliances."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Earl Butz says that he will stay on as Secretary of Agriculture for the chance to fight against harmful legislation.
- Date Issued:
- 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Don Stevens, former Michigan State University trustee and AFL-CIO board member, reminisces about his childhood, family, farming, his early education, and his experiences with labor unions and union organizing. Stevens talks about his early work life, hearing about unions during the auto sit-down strikes in 1936 and 1937, listening to radio preachers condemn unions, and failed attempts to unionize a laundry where he worked and later success in organizing dairy and retail workers in the Grand Rapids area in the 1940s. Stevens also discusses CIO leadership during the war, union political efforts regarding health and safety, unemployment insurance, higher wages, and seniority rights and his own involvement in the growing union movement and labor organizing. Stevens is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Part one of four.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks about his jobs plan at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas. The President questions Republican commitment to ending high unemployment, and criticizes House majority leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) for delaying consideration of the American Jobs Act in Congress. He also compares the crumbling infrastructure in the U.S. with massive public works projects in China and Europe, questions the fairness of the U.S. tax code, calls for the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share, and promises tax cuts to working Americans. Obama is introduced by laid-off teacher Kimberly Russell.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama calls for a ban on military style firearms and for universal background checks for gun buyers during a visit to the Minneapolis Police Department's Special Operations Center to talk about gun control proposals with local law enforcement officials.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection