Remarks

Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Bob, for that generous introduction and for this extraordinary honor. I am deeply humbled to receive it, particularly in a room filled with men and women who have devoted their lives to serving our country and preserving the...

Remarks as prepared for delivery: It’s great to be back at the Hudson Institute. Last week I was in Japan and Korea with some of America’s closest friends. One afternoon, I stood at the DMZ and stared across the line at some decidedly less friendly...

Remarks as prepared for delivery: “Mr. President, “Two years ago, Baby KJ was born with a rare, often fatal genetic disorder. Today he is walking and talking. “How? Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, funded by the National Institutes of...

Remarks as prepared for delivery: Mr. President, Pennsylvania is wrestling country. The sport fits the character of our Commonwealth. From small-town school gyms to the biggest stage in college athletics, generations of Pennsylvanians have learned on the mat that nothing is given and everything is...

Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Reihan, and thank you to the Manhattan Institute for hosting me. From George Kelling and James Q. Wilson on broken-windows policing to Ed Glaeser’s insights in City Journal, this institution has helped answer the most pressing questions facing...

Remarks as prepared for delivery: “Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the war in Ukraine—and to say something that has been a long time coming: the tide is turning against Vladimir Putin. “For more than four years, Russia has waged a brutal, unprovoked...

Remarks as prepared for delivery: Eric, thank you for that kind introduction — and thank you for everything Jewish Federations does, year in and year out, to strengthen Jewish life across this country.  Sam, it’s an honor to be with you this morning. A Philly kid who...

Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren, distinguished colleagues. It is my great honor to introduce my friend, Kevin Warsh, and to welcome him and his wife Jane here today.  Winston Churchill observed that for great leaders there comes “a...

Remarks as prepared for delivery: “Mr. President, I rise today to implore my Democratic colleagues one more time: end this ridiculous shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security. Every day the stakes get higher, and every day the real-world consequences get more severe. Shutting down...

Remarks as prepared for delivery: “A few weeks ago, I rose in this chamber in support of the SAVE America Act. I implored my colleagues to listen to the people who put us here. To restore their trust in our elections. To defend the integrity...