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- President Donald Trump speaks at the Ohio Republican Party State Dinner in downtown Columbus. Trump tells party members to encourage voters to cast their ballots in the 2018 elections and says that Democrats in Congress are obstructionists. He also talks about recent economic metrics, immigration policy and the environment and takes credit for reducing federal regulations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-08-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama announces a $500 million public-private partnership to aid the manufacturing industry. Obama discusses the U.S. economy and initiatives to help the middle class. He also criticizes the Republican budget proposal. Other topics include voting rights, campaign finance, and middle class economics. He answers questions from the audience. The townhall meeting is hosted by the City Club of Cleveland and held at the Global Center for Health Innovation, part of the Cleveland Convention Center complex.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-03-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vice President Joe Biden delivers the keynote address at the South Carolina Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner. Biden focuses on current issues and the political climate in Washington. He argues that Republicans are simply copying the Democratic Party's message of help for the middle class while proposing massive cuts to programs the middle class depends on. Biden is introduced by South Carolina State Representative Mia McLeod.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the steps he is taking to improve competition in the cable television industry and the American economy in general. Obama says that people have not yet gotten over the "trauma" of the Great Recession even as the economy snaps back, discusses steps he has taken to prevent corporate tax inversion and monopolies and argues for helping consumers with loans and mortgages, changing the tax code to help working people and making sure that the wealthy pay their fair share. Obama is interviewed by Nicole Sinclair for Yahoo.com Finance.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress. Trump says that he has inherited a "mess" from the Obama administration and promises that his administration will put Americans first, drive a renewal of industry in America, revitalize the inner cities, lower corporate taxes, destroy ISIS, drastically reduce federal regulations, deport criminal immigrants, build a wall along the Mexican border, break up drug cartels and improve treatment for drug addicts, renegotiate trade agreements, ask Congress for a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure, and reform health care. Trump acknowledges that he has big dreams for America and asks Congress and the American people to join him in securing his vision for the country.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama and King Abdullah of Jordan speak with the press following their meeting in the Oval Office. President Obama says that King Abdullah represents a modern approach to foreign policy making in the Middle East. King Abdullah says President Obama has Jordan's full support in the "two-state solution" to Israeli-Palestinian tensions. The two leaders then answer questions from the press relating to Iranian President Ahmadinejad, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and the Department of Justice torture memos.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting about policies affecting women in the workplace, including pay equity and family and medical leave. Obama explains his proposal to increase the federal Child Tax Credit and expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. He responds to questions from moderator Lisa Stone and members of the audience. Held at ImaginOn in Charolotte, North Carolina.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Bill Clinton tells Westinghouse defense workers in Maryland of his plans for converting war industries to peacetime production. $1.5 billion will go into retooling and retraining defense workers.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-03-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks with reporters following two days of meetings with NATO allies in Warsaw, Poland. Obama calls it a "tough week" referring to shootings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Dallas, Texas, and says that he believes America is not as divided as some have suggested. Obama also speaks about gun safety laws, immigration, the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union, his legacy, and being at war during his entire presidency. The president makes his remarks at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-07-09T00:00:00Z
- 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