Speeches and Address Events

Images from public speaking events featuring officials addressing leadership summits and forums, focusing on various themes.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL SUMMIT UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology - BALDRIGE AWARD CEREMONY

Minority Business Development Agency - COLIN POWELL AT MEDWEEK 2002

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at Chinatown in New York City (NYC)

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH TRADE COMMITTEE OF NAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Emergency Planning and Security - Denton, Texas, December 16, 2009 Incoming FEMA Region VI Regional Administrator Tony Russell (left) and Acting Regional Administrator Gary Jones (right) address Region VI staff. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate administered the oath of office to Russell moments before. Earl Armstrong/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

Office of Human Resources Management - Human Resources Summit

Bassmasters Classic professional fishing tournament dinner, sponsored by the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, in Greenville, South Carolina, with speakers including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, who announced the distribution of more than $700 million to 56 state and territorial wildlife agencies to fund fish and wildlife conservation efforts, boat access, shooting ranges, and hunter education

Office of the Secretary - Digital Files of Secretary Donald Evans Tenure 01-04

Small Business Administration's (SBA) Small Business Week "Champions and Lenders Awards" reception, in Benjamin Franklin Room, led by SBA Administrator Steven Preston and Deputy Administrator Jovita Carranza

Office of the Secretary - Asian Pacific American (APA) Federal Career Advancement Summit

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES AND RUSSIAN COMMERCE ENERGY SUMMIT HOUSTON, TX.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) NATIONAL CONFERENCE

The National Space Council meet in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Centers Davidson Center. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence with members of the local community, NASA Marshall members and area media in attendance. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed the Vice President and the Council on upcoming plans for NASA and the space program.

Bureau of Industry and Security - Indian Hi Tech Forum

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Bureau of Industry and Security - Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Update 2005 Conference

Office of the Secretary - Council of Americas 35th Annual Conference

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - National Award for Smart Growth Achievement , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES AND IRELAND BUSINESS SUMMIT, SECRETARY DONALD EVANS REMARKS

Office of the Secretary - CANADIAN AMERICAN SUMMIT

Office of the Administrator - National Congress of American Indians - Administrator Gina McCarthy and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaking at the NCAI , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Workforce Recovery Conference - Jobs and Skills Fair

Technology Administration - 2002 NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY LAUREATES RECEPTION

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Small Business Administration National Small Business Week Luncheon

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Los Angeles, California to deliver address at the International Earthquake Conference

Smartway , Environmental Protection Agency

Proceedings at Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana event marking the 50th anniversary of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for energy resources development. Secretary Gale Norton was also on hand to open the reading of bids at Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 187, involving 21.7 million acres holding oil and natural gas resources off the shores of Texas and Louisiana

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (USTDA Ceremony, Reception, FCS Photos, Delegation Debrief, Young Enterp.)

Activities at the 2007 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest at BIG Arts in Sanibel, Florida, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall among the Interior officials on hand to announce the winning entry, a depiction of a pair of pintail ducks by wildlife artist Joe Hautman of Plymouth, Minnesota. Judges for the competition, selected by the Secretary, included wood sculptor and former major league baseball pitcher Jim Sprankle, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Executive Director and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Matt Hogan, Springfield, Missouri Arts Council President Jeanie Morris, Smithsonian National Postal Museum Chief Curator for Philately Cheryl Ganz, and wildlife writer-photographer and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Eugene Hester.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARIES SNOW, EVANS AND CHAO FOR THE JOBS AND GROWTH TOUR

Special Representative for Global Partnerships Kris Balderston delivers remarks at the first-ever Global Impact Economy Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 26, 2012.

Strengthening Acquisition and Program Management at the Agency Fireside Chat. NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana speaks during a Strengthening Acquisition and Program Management at the Agency fireside chat, Thursday, May 18, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington.

International Trade Administration - MBD Conference

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to Guatemala

Emergency Planning and Security - Harrisburg, Pa. , Jan. 31, 2012 FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino gives remarks at the DHS/FEMA Region 3 National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) workshop.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES / AFRICA BUSINESS SUMMIT

Insular Areas Health Summit ("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties. Among federal officials and island leaders participating with Secretary Kempthorne were Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretaary of Health Joxel Garcia, Hawaii Lieutenant Governor James Aiona, Federated States of Micronesia President Manny Mori, Marshall Islands President Litokwa Tomeing, Republic of Palau Vice President Elias Chin, American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono, Guam Governor Felix Camacho, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial, U.S. Virgin Islands Health Commissione

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Ed Hoffman, from left, Jack Fox and Rob Mueller discuss techniques to enable and enhance innovation during the third session in a weeklong series called "Masters with Masters" at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Hoffman, NASA's chief Knowledge officer, Fox, chief, Surface Systems Office, and Rob Mueller, senior technologist, Surface Systems Office, talked about the work of the Swamp Works facility at Kennedy.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Oregon, part of the 2004 Take Pride in America Western Tour highlighting volunteer efforts on public lands, including a stop in Redmond for exhibit viewing, discussions, and a speech at the International Convention of the Family Motor Coach Association

FEMA Deputy FCO at Hispanic Community Meeting. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of Water - Clean Water Septic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and aides on visit to San Francisco, California for touring, and participation along with Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome, and other officials in activities commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire

Astronaut Hall of Fame 2023. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks to guests during the 2023 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (AHOF) Induction inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on May 6, 2023. Two veteran space explorers were inducted into the AHOF Class of 2023. They are Roy D. Bridges Jr. and Mark Kelly. Inductees into the Hall of Fame are selected by a committee of Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, flight directors, historians and journalists. The process is administered by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. To be eligible, an astronaut must have made his or her first flight at least 17 years before the induction. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen and a NASA-trained commander, pilot, or mission specialist who has orbited the earth at least once. Including Bridges and Kelly, 107 astronauts have been inducted into the AHOF.

Bassmasters Classic professional fishing tournament dinner, sponsored by the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, in Greenville, South Carolina, with speakers including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, who announced the distribution of more than $700 million to 56 state and territorial wildlife agencies to fund fish and wildlife conservation efforts, boat access, shooting ranges, and hunter education

Netherlands, The Hague on 23/02/2022. NATO seminar with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands MArk Rutte and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the background. The main topic was the current situation between Russia and Ukraine. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Pays-Bas, La Haye le 23/02/2022. Seminaire de l'OTAN en presence du Premier Ministre des Pays-Bas MArk Rutte et en distanciel le Secretaire General de l' OTAN Jens Stoltenberg. Le principal point aborde a ete l'actualite entre la Russie et l'Ukraine. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Bassmasters Classic professional fishing tournament dinner, sponsored by the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, in Greenville, South Carolina, with speakers including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, who announced the distribution of more than $700 million to 56 state and territorial wildlife agencies to fund fish and wildlife conservation efforts, boat access, shooting ranges, and hunter education

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES / AFRICA BUSINESS SUMMIT

Proceedings of the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference in Hollywood, California, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Governors from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico--California Governor, and Border Governors Association Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; and Texas Governor Rick Perry--along with the respective Governors of the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as other U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts for discussion of bi-national economic, resource, and security issues

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARIES SNOW, EVANS AND CHAO FOR THE JOBS AND GROWTH TOUR

Mark Abueg, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Outreach and Communications director,welcomes family members attending a Family Member Update (FMU) in Dallas, Texas, March 25, 2023. The DPAA provides periodic updates and hosts annual government briefings for families of Americans who are missing from past conflicts. These events include formal presentations, question and answer sessions, and one-one-one discussions designed to keep family members informed of DPAAs mission to account for those still missing while addressing their individual needs.

Minority Business Development Agency - CENSUS AND MBDA JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE

Daytona Beach, FL, July 25, 2007 FEMA's Assistant Administrator for Disaster Assistance, Carlos Castillo speaks at Florida's Disaster Recovery Summit. The State of Florida held the summit to help answer procedural and regulatory questions before the next disaster occurs. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS FROM JAPAN

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Employment and Training Administration - 21st Century Workforce Summit at MCI Center Washington, DC

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - 2009 LULAC National Convention & Exposition, Puerto Rican Convention Center , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Gulf Coast Business Group

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - National Notable Achievement Awards Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Bassmasters Classic professional fishing tournament dinner, sponsored by the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, in Greenville, South Carolina, with speakers including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, who announced the distribution of more than $700 million to 56 state and territorial wildlife agencies to fund fish and wildlife conservation efforts, boat access, shooting ranges, and hunter education

Office of the Secretary - CANADIAN AMERICAN SUMMIT

Office of the Secretary - WORLD FUEL CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Professional Landcare Network

Smartway , Environmental Protection Agency

Breakout meetings, led by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other federal, state, and private organization officials, conducted as part of the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) / Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (OSRE) National Notable Achievement Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Spring Weather Outlook Press Conference

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Speaks at International Franchise Association Meeting

Women's Bureau - Women's Bureau Staff Meeting at the Washington Court Hotel

Insular Areas Health Summit ("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communities. Among the federal agency representatives participating in the Summit along with Secretary Kempthorne were Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, and Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Joxel Garcia.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Estate Grange Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home, the Juan F. Luis Hospital, and other natural and developed sites, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials. Secretary Kempthorne joined Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh, Jr., Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christiansen, and other leaders at a press conference and agreement signing event concerning grant awards for the benefit of the people and natural resources of the Virgin Islands.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Executive Director John Berry speaking at event at National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., celebrating National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-Wal-Mart partnership under which Wal-Mart will fund $35 million "Acres for America" habitat protection

USAID's Bill Breed responds to questions during a side event at the U.S. Center at COP-16 in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2, 2010.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Addressing the National Restaurant Association

Secretary Gale Norton joining National Association of Counties President Javier Gonzales, left, at signing ceremony for Interior-Association memorandum of understanding establishing a partnership designed to improve stewardship of public lands and gateway counties and localities. Signing preceded Norton's address at the Association's Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana

Insular Areas Health Summit ("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communities. Among the federal agency representatives participating in the Summit along with Secretary Kempthorne were Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, and Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Joxel Garcia.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Bassmasters Classic professional fishing tournament luncheon, Greenville, South Carolina, with speakers including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the opening plenary of the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER) in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 31, 2015.

Insular Areas Health Summit ("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties. Among federal officials and island leaders participating with Secretary Kempthorne were Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretaary of Health Joxel Garcia, Hawaii Lieutenant Governor James Aiona, Federated States of Micronesia President Manny Mori, Marshall Islands President Litokwa Tomeing, Republic of Palau Vice President Elias Chin, American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono, Guam Governor Felix Camacho, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial, U.S. Virgin Islands Health Commissione

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao in Kansas City, Missouri

Final day of Insular Areas Health Summit ("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties. Among federal officials and island leaders participating with Secretary Kempthorne were Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretaary of Health Joxel Garcia, Hawaii Lieutenant Governor James Aiona, Federated States of Micronesia President Manny Mori, Marshall Islands President Litokwa Tomeing, Republic of Palau Vice President Elias Chin, American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono, Guam Governor Felix Camacho, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial, U.S. Virgin Islands Healt

WASHINGTON (Oct. 14, 2015) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus hosts an energy innovation discussion with industry leaders at National Defense University. Mabus spoke about the role the Department of the Navy has in energy innovation, as well as the broader relationship between energy and national security.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao in Kansas City, Missouri

Washington, DC, December 6, 2007 - FEMA Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Harvey Johnson welcomes the Public Relations Society of America members who have come to FEMA headquarters to give a work shop for FEMA Public Information and External Affairs Officers. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Bassmasters Classic professional fishing tournament luncheon, Greenville, South Carolina, with speakers including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao in Kansas City, Missouri

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