65th Annual Congressional Dinner

Feb 4, 2009

Washington Press Club Foundation

The 65th annual Congressional Dinner of the Washington Press Foundation was held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. After the award presentations congressional leaders joked about the current state of politics. Representative McCarthy and Senator Klobuchar were the featured speakers. Speaker Pelosi and Representative Kevin McCarthy were special .. Read More
The 65th annual Congressional Dinner of the Washington Press Foundation was held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. After the award presentations congressional leaders joked about the current state of politics. Representative McCarthy and Senator Klobuchar were the featured speakers. Speaker Pelosi and Representative Kevin McCarthy were special guests. Candy Crowley was the master of ceremonies. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Nan Robertson. She was a correspondent with The New York Times for over 30 years and is the author of The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and The New York Times.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:53 Unidentified Speaker LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO THE 66 ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL DINNER OF THE WASHINGTON...
00:09:17 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. AND WHEN THAT PERSON NOW LIKE TO DO IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ROBINS HAS BEEN WHO WAS SUMMER IN...
00:13:25 Unidentified Speaker LAST YEAR SOMETIME BETWEEN IOWA AND PUERTO RICO FIRM I GOT AN E-MAIL FROM UNTIL SOCK MEN AND SHE IS...
00:16:59 Unidentified Speaker [APPLAUSE] WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THERE GIVEN A PROJECT, THAT FIRST GRADERS...
00:19:33 Unidentified Speaker I SIGN THIS BILL FOR MY DAUGHTERS AND ALL THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER US BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO GROW...
00:19:55 Unidentified Speaker HIRING AND PROMOTING WOMEN, IT WAS THE BEST SETTLEMENT ANYONE HAS SEEN TO THAT DATE OF ANY SEX DISCRIMINATION...
00:20:18 Unidentified Speaker THIS WAS IN A STORY THAT NEEDED TO BE TOLD AND IT MAN TOLD LOOK FOR ALL OF US AND HAVING WON THE PULITZER...
00:20:40 Unidentified Speaker THIS STORY HAVE NEVER BEEN TOLD BEFORE BECAUSE EVERY MAJOR BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT "THE NEW YORK TIMES"...
00:21:11 Unidentified Speaker WE ALL REALLY WERE IN LOVE WITH WORKING FOR "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND IT WAS LIKE GOING FOR A DIVORCE....
00:21:47 Unidentified Speaker I THINK A BRAVE PERSON IS A PERSON WHO GOES AHEAD AND PASS SOMETHING THAT IS FRIGHTENING EVEN THOUGH...
00:22:22 Unidentified Speaker WHERE I THINK MOST ADMIRABLE ABOUT FOUR IS THE WAY SHE HAS COPED WITH ADVERSITY AND IN MARVELOUS THING...
00:23:45 Unidentified Speaker PUERTO I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A GIVE IN RETURN. I HAVE LITTLE TO SAY EXCEPT THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM...
00:24:07 Unidentified Speaker ON BEHALF OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION WE LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR TO THE ASININE...
00:25:04 Unidentified Speaker WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF REMARKABLE WOMEN, I WANT TO MOVE AHEAD AND INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER,...
00:27:19 Unidentified Speaker THAT COULD ONLY BE ALEXANDRA. I'LL TAKE OFF MY SHOES. I TOOK OFF MY SHOES, BUT DON'T BE AFRAID, I'M...
00:32:14 Unidentified Speaker HE'S GONE.
00:32:16 Unidentified Speaker HE'S GONE, WELL YOU KNOW HIS E-MAIL ADDRESS. BLEEPBLEEPBLEEP@WHITEHOUSE.GOV. AS I TOLD YOU, I TOOK...
00:34:21 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS THAT BOTH THE SPEAKER AND I TOOK OUR SHOES OFF TO TALK TO YOU ALL. 57 STATES...
00:36:18 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, CANDY, THAT WAS GREAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, JULIE AND JULIA FOR INVITING ME, DEIDRE FOR...
00:53:16 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL HAVE A FUN OFF IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE SENATOR FRANKEN. ABOUT TWO DECADES AGO, I WAS SENT TO...
00:55:36 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK NEXT TIME I WANT SENATOR CORNYN BACK TO COMPETE AGAINST. THANK YOU, LADIES...
01:05:54 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO TAKE A QUICK COUPLE SECONDS TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF OUR SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT AND TO...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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PEOPLE GRID LIST

  • Baquet, Dean P.
  • Crowley, Candy
  • Holland, Jesse J.
  • Klobuchar, Amy
  • McCarthy, Kevin
  • McConnell, Mitch Jr.
  • Pelosi, Nancy
  • Robertson, Nan C.

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