Breaking Every Barrier – Hillary Clinton Speeches

Since launching her campaign last April, Hillary Clinton has outlined a number of major platform points in a series of speeches. Now that it it is clear the general election will be Clinton versus Republican Donald Trump, it is important that Clinton continue to deliver substantive speeches and combat a Trump platform that seems to offer no substance or foundation. Clinton’s platform is built on a career of public service and an understanding of domestic and foreign policies. While not everyone may agree with points of her platform, taken as a whole it is clear that she has put together a solid plan to more the country forward and ensure that everyone has an opportunity to live up to their full potential.

When Clinton has introduced a major platform topic, we add it to the Platform category of the website. Looking through Clinton’s speeches and policy proposals, a clear plan emerges. From Clinton’s kickoff rally in June 2015 to the announcement of the proposed cap on child care costs and expanded early childhood education earlier this month, a list of Clinton’s platform speech topics and announcement dates are below:

June 13 – “Four Fights” of Campaign
July 13 – Economic Agenda
July 27 – Climate Change
July 31 – Cuban Embargo
August 10 – College Affordability
August 18 – Drilling in the Arctic
August 26 – Agriculture
September 1 – Substance Abuse
September 8 – Campaign Finance Reform
September 9 – Nuclear Agreement with Iran
September 14 – Sexual Assault
September 22 – Prescription Drugs
September 23 – Clean Energy
October 5 – Gun Control
October 7 – Trans-Pacific Partnership
October 8 – Wall Street
November 4 – US – Israeli Relations
November 10 – Department of Veterans Affairs
November 12 – Coal Communities
November 19 – ISIS and Global Terrorism
November 20 – Middle-Class Taxes
November 22 – Caregiver Tax Credits
November 29 – Infrastructure
December 8 – Manufacturing (Part 1)
December 15 – Immigration Reform
December 15 – Anti-Terrorism
December 16 – Buffett Rule
December 20 – LGBT Rights
December 22 – Alzheimer’s Disease
January 5 – Autism
January 11 – Fair Share Surcharge
February 12 – “Breaking Every Barrier Agenda”
March 4 – Jobs
March 23 – Counterterrorism
April 1 – Manufacturing (Part 2)
April 13 – Department of Immigrant Affairs
April 13 – Environmental and Climate Justice
May 10 – Improved Child Care and Early Childhood Education
May 25 – Infrastructure Revitalization in First 100 Days
May 31 – Plan to Assist Military Families
June 2 – Foreign Policy
June 13 – Reduction of Gun Violence
June 24 – Immigration Reform
June 25 – Democratic National Committee Platform
June 28 – Empowering Young People to be Entrepreneurs
June 29 – Initiative on Technology and Innovation
July 6 – Debt-Free College
July 7 – Protections for Small Businesses
July 9 – Universal Health Care

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On Wednesday, Hillary Clinton delivered two major speeches during which she outlined her plans for environmental action and her proposal to create a Department of Immigrant Affairs to help immigrants become American citizens. This morning, Clinton was endorsed by the New York State Immigrant Action Fund, and Clinton attended a round table event during which she discussed her plans for immigration reform. She criticized Republican Donald Trump for his anti-immigration rhetoric and vowed to help immigrants become American citizens. During her remarks, she proposed the introduction of a Department of Immigrant Affairs that would work at all levels of government to assist immigrants and refugees as they settle in the United States.

In the afternoon, Clinton spoke at the National Action Network Convention where she was introduced by Rev. Al Sharpton. Clinton introduced her plan for environmental and climate justice which is a small part of her larger Breaking Every Barrier agenda. The plan not only includes fighting climate change, but eliminating lead as a public health threat. The main points of the plan include:

Eliminating lead as a major public heath threat within five years
Protesting public heath and safety by modernizing drinking and wastewater systems
Prosecuting criminal and civil violations that expose communities to environmental harm and work with Congress to strengthen public health protections in our existing laws
Creating new economic opportunity through brownfield clean-up and redevelopment
Reducing urban air pollution by investing in clean power and transportation
Broadening the clean energy economy, build career opportunities, and combat energy poverty by expanding solar and energy efficiency in low-income communities and communities of color
Protecting communities from the impacts of climate change by investing in resilient infrastructure
Establishing an Environmental and Climate Justice Task Force to make environmental and climate justice, including cumulative impacts, an integral part of federal decision-making

A video of speech is below and a transcript can be read HERE. Full details of Clinton’s Environmental and Climate Justice plan can be read on The Briefing.

Clinton then spoke at an organizing event in the Bronx. During the event, she spoke about a variety of topics including working for New York as senator, improving education, building upon the progress made in heath care, and ensuring that all Americans have an opportunity to prosper. She took the time to point out the differences between her and her Republican rivals, especially front-runner Donald Trump. She said, “He wants to build walls; I want to build bridges.” Clinton went on to ask for everyone’s support during next week’s primary. A video from the event is below.