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- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator nominee and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in this excerpt from the hearing. Senator John A. Barrasso M.D. (R-WY) chairs the hearing and recounts Pruitt's career. Senators James Inhofe (R-OK) and James Lankford (R-OK) introduce Pruitt. Following his introductory remarks, Pruitt talks about the role of a regulator and says he disagrees with President-elect Trump's views on climate change. Pruitt is challenged on his relationships to major energy corporations and their contributions to his campaign. Pruitt discuses whether human activity is the primary cause of climate change saying that the issue is subject to more debate. He is also questioned about the numerous lawsuits he filed against the EPA as Oklahoma Attorney General.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-01-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama and Justice Elena Kagan speak at a White House reception in honor of Justice Kagan following her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. Obama recounts Kagan’s career and describes her outstanding character. Kagan thanks the many people involved in her nomination and calls her appointment both an honor and an obligation.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-08-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush makes his fourth State of the Union address focusing on domestic issues, foreign policy, and the war in Iraq. On the United States economy, President Bush says in order to make it stronger, more dynamic, competitive, and productive we need to demand better results from high schools, encourage small businesses, and look towards renewable energy. President Bush announces that the government will continue to support faith-based groups, which bring hope to harsh places. He asks that the Ryan White Act be reauthorized to bring prevention, care, and treatment to the HIV/AIDS outbreak. When speaking of the war in Iraq, Bush says, "In the long term, the peace we seek will only be achieved by eliminating the conditions that feed radicalism and ideologies of murder." Showing the improvements of the Palestinian regions, Bush talks about the recent voting in the area, in which many women got the chance to speak out in their government. To promote peace in the Middle East, Bush states that the U.S. must work with its friends in the region to fight the common threat of terror and confront regimes that continue to harbor terrorists and pursue weapons of mass murder. "Today, Iran remains the world's primary state sponsor of terror -- pursuing nuclear weapons while depriving its people of the freedom they seek and deserve."
- Date Issued:
- 2005-02-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Wanda Sherwood Kearns discusses her service as an air traffic controller in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) of the U.S. Naval Reserves during World War II. Kearns talks about her basic training in Atlanta, Georgia, learning Morse code and how to "fly blind" in a flight simulator and shares military aviation anecdotes. She says that control tower operators were considered elite and were allowed privileges such as time off between shifts, weekend passes, and free flights to any military base. She also recalls that a woman's voice was thought to be more clearly intelligible over the radio than a man's and that women controllers were allowed to wear slacks to ensure decorum when they climbed ladders. Kearns is interviewed by Kathryn Cavanaugh.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- On the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns for U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley (R-MO) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Radio personality Rush Limbaugh introduces Trump. Trump is joined on stage by FOX News personalities Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro. Trump recounts his electoral victory in 2016, criticizes the media and declares that a Democratic takeover of the House will result in a roll-back of administration gains. He also talks about trade, tariffs, the economy, jobs, immigration and a border wall. Candidate Hawley credits Trump with cutting regulations and lowering taxes.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-11-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The inauguration ceremonies and inaugural address of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump in Washington D.C. Inauguration Ceremonies Chair Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) convenes the event and talks about the history of inaugurations. Cardinal Timothy Dolan offers the invocation. Rev. Samuel Rodriguez reads scripture. Rev. Paula White-Cain offers a prayer. The Missouri State University Chorale sings "Now we belong". Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) talks about the peaceful transfer of power, the Constitution, and the rule of law. Vice President elect Mike Pence recites the oath of office administered by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings "America the beautiful". President elect Donald Trump recites the oath of office administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. President Trump deliverers his inaugural address says that "a new vision will govern our land" as power is transferred from Washington D.C. "back to the people". Trump says the U.S. has given much aid to other countries while failing to invest at home and says those days are past. "From this day forward," Trumps says, "it's going to be only America first." Rabbi Marvin Hier offers a benediction. Rev. Franklin Graham reads from scripture. Rev. Wayne Jackson offers a benediction. Jackie Evancho sings "The star spangled banner".
- Date Issued:
- 2017-01-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Annis Dimmitt describes her service in the Women's Army Corps. Dimmitt says that she enlisted at age 21 in 1943, inspired by her brother's service at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack. Dimmitt also talks about her work at a 24-hour teletype station, being ordered to ride out a hurricane at her post because teletype operation was deemed a critical duty, meeting her future husband on base, getting married after the war, and working for VA hospitals in Buffalo, NY, Austin, TX, Fort Wayne and Marion, IN, and Bath, NY before retiring in 1982.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-08-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vice President Mike Pence calls an anonymous New York Times op-ed "an assault on our democracy." Pence denies that there is any crisis in the White House or that staffers are discussing invoking the 25th Amendment and says that Donald Trump is a strong and decisive leader. He also discusses Bob Woodward's new book which portrays the White House staff as protecting the country from Trump. On the CBS news show "Face the nation."
- Date Issued:
- 2018-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush gives his annual State of the Union address, now with the newly appointed Madame Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. President Bush speaks of the "No Child Left Behind" Act, hoping to improve education and make it available to more children. He also proposes a reform to make health care more affordable to Americans. He suggests establishing a foreign-workers visa, which allows immigrants to work in the country for a certain amount of time, in order to enforce immigration laws. On the topic of oil, Bush says we must take on board new technologies. Bush hopes America will reduce it's oil use by 20% in the next ten years. The main focus of President Bush's speech was the war on terror. Bush asks that Congress give the new strategy for Iraq a chance. He says, "it is important that we work together, so our nation can see this great effort through." Bush asks for an addition of 92,000 troops in the armed forces and marine corp in the next five years. He hopes to organize a volunteer civillian reserve corp with critical skills that are willing to do their part in the war effort. Bush goes on to say that America is responsible to help other countries like Cuba, Burma, and Darfur find peace. He says America must work with Africa against the AIDS epidemic.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-01-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Professor Christine Blasey Ford responds to questions before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee where she has testified that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a house party in Maryland when they were both teenagers. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) chairs the committee. Rachel Mitchell, head of the Maricopa County, Arizona, Special Victims Division, questions Blasey Ford on behalf of the Republican committee members. The Democratic Senators ask their own questions. Blasey Ford clarifies her recollections of the alleged assault and is questioned about the reliability of her memory.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-09-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection