Transcript: Press conference Q&A with CA Gov. Jerry Brown on the May revision of the 2013-2014 budget

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Partial transcript of the press conference Q&A with Gov. Jerry Brown on the May revision of the FY 2013-14 California state budget. The briefing was held on May…

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Transcript: White House official on the “Promise Zone” program proposed in the FY2014 budget

Monday, April 15, 2013

Edited by Jenny Jiang Partial transcript of remarks by a White House official on the “Promise Zone” program proposed in the FY2014 budget. The press briefing was held…

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Transcript: Remarks by Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Munoz on Obama’s FY2014 budget

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Edited by Jenny Jiang Transcript of remarks by Cecilia Munoz, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, on President Barack Obama’s FY2014 budget. The press briefing was…

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan calls sequestration “economically foolish and morally indefensible”

Monday, February 18, 2013
Children participating in Head Start. SOURCE: Office of Head Start / HHS

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan warned that sequestration would amount to “educational malpractice” by imposing steep cuts to schools and programs that help students from impoverish areas or…

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Transcript: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s testimony on impacts of sequestration before the Senate Appropriations Committee

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Transcript of testimony by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the impacts of sequestration on schools, colleges, and America’s future workforce. The Senate Appropriations Committee hearing was held…

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Transcript: California Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2013 State of the State address

Thursday, January 24, 2013
California Gov. Jerry Brown delivering the State of the State address on Jan. 24, 2013. SOURCE: C-Span.org

Transcript of California Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2013 State of the State Address delivered on Jan. 24, 2013: 

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Transcript: HHS Secretary Diana Dooley’s press conference Q&A on the 2013-2014 California state budget

Sunday, January 13, 2013
Diana Dooley, California Secretary of Health and Human Services

Partial transcript of press briefing Q&A with Diana Dooley, Secretary of Health and Human Services, on the 2013-2014 California state budget on Jan. 10, 2013: 

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Fiscal Cliff: Alternative or “chained” Consumer Price Index & Social Security

Wednesday, December 19, 2012
SOURCE: SSA.gov

ANALYSIS: Earlier this week, the White House proposed cutting Social Security spending by adjusting how the government calculates cost-of-living increases for seniors. In an effort to strike a…

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Overview of the White House’s counter-offer to avert the fiscal cliff

Tuesday, December 18, 2012
SOURCE: Written testimony of Dr. Eric Kingson before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging on Oct. 18, 2011

President Barack Obama spoke to Republican House Speaker John Boehner again last night and presented a counter-offer to avert the fiscal cliff. The fiscal cliff refers to the…

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Transcript: Paul Ryan’s speech on upward mobility in Ohio

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Edited by Jenny Jiang Transcript: Republican VP nominee Paul Ryan’s economic address on upward mobility at Cleveland State University in Ohio on Oct. 24, 2012:

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