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NPC Newsmaker: Nancy Pelosi & Chuck Schumer
A day before President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer offered a prebuttal to the President’s speech at a National Press Club Newsmaker on February 27, 2016. Pelosi has led the House Democrats since 2003 and was the first woman elected to be Speaker of the House; Schumer became Democratic leader in January with the retirement of Sen. Harry Reid. The two top Democrats have supported an independent investigation of the intelligence community’s findings that Russia intervened in the U.S.…
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Sec. Ernest Moniz
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz spoke at a National Press Club newsmaker and took questions on January 11, 2016. In one of his final public speaking appearances in Washington, Moniz discussed how an increased focus on science and research and development has informed better policymaking and technology solutions, and how to protect the independence and integrity of scientists at the Department of Energy and its 17 National Labs. Secretary Moniz also unveiled a new report on the work of the laboratories and policies that will encourage and empower scientists to continue to innovate new energy…
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Peter Thiel
Billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel rocked Silicon Valley with his support for Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump. Thiel discussed that political endorsement and the 2016 election at a National Press Club speakers Newsmaker event on October 31, 2016. Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies Inc., endorsed Trump at the Republican National Convention and pledged a $1.25 million campaign donation in support of the candidate.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Sen. Bob Graham on 9/11 report's 'missing pages'
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., who led the intelligence committee that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York and Washington, discussed the significance of the newly released 28-pages of classified document that show a strong link between the terrorists and the government of Saudi Arabia at a National Press Club Newsmaker event at on Aug. 31, 2016.
Type: Media
U.S. Reps. André Carson and Keith Ellison on Islamophobia in the 2016 Election
U.S. Representatives Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and André Carson (D-Ind.) discussed the rhetoric attacking Muslims and the Islamophobia in this presidential election year during a National Press Club Newsmaker on May 24, 2016. As the only two Muslims in Congress, Ellison and Carson spoke about the rise of hateful and anti-Muslim speech, violence, and cultural ignorance in today’s world and their work to ensure that the civil rights and civil liberties of all United States citizens are protected and preserved.
Type: Media
NPC Speaker: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., spoke about corporate international tax reform at the National Press Club on Nov. 18, 2015.
Type: Media
NPC Speaker: Gov. John Kasich
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, outlined a national security strategy that involves rebuilding the U.S. military, “reinvigorating” diplomatic alliances and renewing a commitment to “fundamental Western values” in a speech at the National Press Club on Nov. 17, 2015.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker with Gov. Bobby Jindal
Louisiana Gov. and Republican presidential candidate, Bobby Jindal discussed the state of the race, his views on conservative issues and the issues of the day at the National Press Club, September 10, 2015.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker with HUD Secretary Julián Castro
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro spoke at a National Press Club Speakers Newsmaker on January 13, 2014. He addressed the state of housing and HUD’s plans for the coming year. Secretary Castro, a former mayor of San Antonio, delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2012 and was the first Hispanic ever to give the keynote speech at a national political convention.
Type: Media
Washington Ballet & Misty Copeland
Representatives of The Washington Ballet (TWB), the Evermay Chamber Orchestra and American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Soloist Misty Copeland discuss their joint venture for the historic April 2015 debut of Swan Lake at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference on November 18, 2014.
Type: Media