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Mr. President, I introduce, for appropriate reference, the Labor-Management Reform Bill for 1959. It is my intention to hold prompt hearings on this and related bills, and seek early passage by the
Boston, MA – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today announced that on November 22, 2013 it will unveil a special new display, A Nation Remembers, presenting a selection of artifacts from the state funeral of President Kennedy. Several of the objects featured have never before been displayed publicly.
It is a real privilege and a high honor to be with you this evening on the occasion of the annual Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Dinner. Although this visit to North Carolina is unfortunately brief, I
A New Attitude on Latin America It is an impressive experience to come from historic Massachusetts to historic Puerto Rico. Much is different – but much is the same. We occupy a beachhead on the cold
No assignment could give me more pleasure than to join in paying tribute to one of the world’s great citizens, one of the most eminent Americans living today, and certainly one of the most able and
I stand before you today as a fugitive from the most restrictive closed shop in the country – the United States Senate. We have a guaranteed annual wage for six years – but we have no job security, no
THE ISSUES OF THE 1958 CAMPAIGN We are gathered here to discuss the issues of the campaign that will reach its climax in the months ahead. Some of the political pundits have been saying that this is a
Only the Jimmy Hoffas and the Nathan Sheffermans can find satisfaction in the failure of this Congress to pass the Labor Reform Bill – generally known as the Kennedy-Ives bill. Honest union members
UNITED STATES MILITARY POWER – PREPARING FOR THE GAP Mr. President, 400 years ago the British crown and people realized with a sense of shock that they had lost Calais forever. Long considered an
Mr. President, House Bill 13549, the Social Security Bill, now pending before the Committee on Finance, is designed to adjust benefits levels to meet the high cost of living. Unfortunately, it ignores
I am honored to be here with one of the most outstanding state executives in the country – the man who will prove again in November that he is one of our greatest vote getters – the honorable Abe
It is on occasions such as these that we like to recall the glories of the past – to talk with wistful pride of the achievements and splendor of an earlier age – and to yearn, perhaps, for the "good
BOSTON, MA – PEN New England today announced that Kevin Powers, a veteran of the Iraq War, has won the 2013 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a distinguished first book of fiction for his critically acclaimed The Yellow Birds (Little Brown).
It is a great privilege for me to have this opportunity to address the Democrats of Montana who are assembled here in Billings tonight. I say it is a privilege because of the importance of this
It is a great privilege for me to have this opportunity to address the Democrats of Wyoming who are assembled here in Casper today. I say it is a privilege because of the importance of this occasion –
It is a great privilege for me to have this opportunity to address the Democrats of West Virginia who are assembled in Morgantown tonight. I say it is a privilege because of the importance of this
It is an honor to participate in this exercise which has so much actual and symbolic importance to our country. I stand before you today as a refugee from a very exclusive college on the Potomac known
All eyes are on New Hampshire tonight. Democrats across the country know that this is the year for a great Democratic victory in this state. We know of the tremendous gains which you have made, as the
I am deeply honored that this outstanding educational institution of our Nation's Capital should invite for this memorable occasion a son of Massachusetts. I cannot claim to have married a Trinity
I am disappointed by those who say that all the battles have been won – that there are no longer any burning issues – that there is no longer any real need for liberal organizations, publications and
Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 17, 1958
It is a privilege to be in Wisconsin tonight. It is always a privilege for any Democrat to be in Wisconsin – or more importantly, for any liberal. For if Boston is the cradle of American liberty
I was invited here this afternoon, I understand, not as the Senate's expert on aircraft development or airport economics – but as the Senator who has spent the most time in airplanes and airports
The people of Lawrence, unfortunately, have had long experience with large-scale unemployment. But I do not need to recite to you the long-standing economic difficulties of this community. For many
Boston, MA – Congresswomen Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), one of the first two female combat veterans to serve in the U.S. Congress and an emerging leader on veterans’ issues, and Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, a pioneering online charity that connects individual donors with public school teachers to meet classroom teaching needs, have been named this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards. The awards will be presented by Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy’s grandson and a member of the New Frontier Award Committee, at 6:00 p.m. on November 25, 2013 during a ceremony at the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government [watch live webcast].
I stand before you today as a fugitive from the most restrictive closed shop in the country – the United States Senate. We have a guaranteed annual wage for six years – but we have no job security, no