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- President Donald Trump campaigns for Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections. U.S. Senate candidate and current Republican Congressman Jim Renacci and Congressman Steve Chabot also speak to the crowd. Trump announces the release of Pastor Andrew Brunson from a Turkish jail and covers familiar talking points about the economy, trade, tax policy, immigration, and crime. Trump also says that if the Democrats win the election they will take away jobs and healthcare, that the crime rate will increase, and that the borders will be thrown open. Held at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ohio.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- On his first foreign trip, U.S. President George W. Bush holds a joint press conference with Mexican President Vicente Fox. Bush and Fox speak on a variety of issues, including free trade, anti-drug efforts, and immigration issues. Following their remarks they take questions from reporters.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks at a press conference. He praises the bipartisan cooperation that resulted in what he calls the most productive post-election Congressional session in decades. He also comments on the passage of legislation on tax cuts, the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, medical assistance for 9/11 responders, and the ratification of a new START treaty. Obama fields questions from reporters on prospects for more bi-partisan cooperation in the next year, the military’s ability to adapt to the repeal of DADT, the condition of the economy, the tax bill, the condition of the middle-class, immigration reform, and the status of the Guantanamo prison.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-12-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces a proposed rule change to the Affordable Care Act which would allow affected Americans to keep canceled health insurance policies for another year as companies and consumers adjust to the new demands of the ACA. He also says insurance companies must notify customers of what those policies lack, and of the options consumers have for better coverage under the new law. He answers questions from reporters about the ACA, Iran and immigration.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-11-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Labor activist Max Gazen talks about being born in the Netherlands in 1897, coming to the U.S. at age nine, working in Grand Rapids, MI, and joining the merchant marine. He also talks about working for the Hotel and Restaurant Workers union, being a delegate to the Detroit Federation of Labor, his participation in the wave of sit-down strikes, helping to cook for the Flint sit-down strikers, union leaders, strikes and picket-lines, and racial discrimination.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-09-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Shaping the Values of Youth: Sunday School Books in 19th Century America
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Feeding America: the Historic American Cookbook Project
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- President Barack Obama calls for comprehensive immigration reform and a bipartisan approach to fixing a broken immigration system, in a speech given at the Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas. He calls for ending illegal immigration while creating mechanisms to bring in trained and talented workers. Obama also explains why immigration reform is critical to building a Twenty-first Century economy.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michael Rubner, Michigan State University's longest serving Faculty Grievance Official, talks about being born in Palestine and emigrating to the U.S., his education and what brought him to James Madison College at MSU in 1970. He also talks about why the FGO position interested him and his role in the creation of a grievance manual. Rubner says that he inherited an office which did not run smoothly and discusses the steps he took to improve things and that he decided to leave the position because of two faculty members who "made his life miserable". Rubner is interviewed by MSU Professor John Revitte, who himself is a former FGO. Revitte also reflects upon some of his experiences in the office and his revisions to the grievance manual.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-09-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama holds a post-election news conference to congratulate the Republicans on winning control of the Senate as well as more seats in the House. He discusses working with both the lame-duck divided Congress and the next Republican-controlled Congress on issues such as funding for the Ebola response, immigration reform, and Middle East policy. He answers questions from the press about the potential for cooperating with Congress, ISIS, the Healthcare Act, immigration reform, oil production, and the Keystone pipeline. Held at the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-11-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection