FBI speech by Frederica Wilson mentioned by General Kelly, Chief of Staff to Trump
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Not Synced... to acknowledge my colleagues in Congress,
and I want them to stand. -
Not SyncedI will call their names.
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Not SyncedLadies first.
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Not SyncedCongressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz,
who was a fighter and a champion. -
Not SyncedCongressman Mario Diaz-Balart,
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Not Syncedwho is always advocating for the issues
that affect our community. -
Not SyncedCongressman Carlos Curbelo,
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Not Syncedwho is new to the Congress but
is blazing his own great trail. -
Not SyncedAnd they all helped move this.
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Not SyncedI always want to take a moment again
to recognize the family -
Not Syncedof Special Agent Grogan,
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Not Syncedwho are here with us,
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Not Syncedand the family of Special Agent Dove,
wherever they might be. -
Not SyncedWe have the honor of having FBI Director
James Comey with us. -
Not SyncedHe has the enormous task of
keeping all Americans safe. -
Not SyncedI've seen him so many times,
but he looks taller today. -
Not SyncedWe're also happy to have there
the GSA Administrator, -
Not SyncedDenise Roth, here.
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Not SyncedWe're fortunate to have a great local leader
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Not Syncedas the head of the Miami field office,
Special Agent in Charge George Piro. -
Not SyncedI also want to acknowledge our mayor.
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Not SyncedConsider this scenario:
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Not SyncedThe brand new federal building
housing the FBI has been built. -
Not SyncedAnd the FBI approaches my office.
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Not SyncedCongresswoman Wilson:
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Not SyncedThe ribbon cutting has been scheduled
in four short weeks. -
Not SyncedThe dedication is
on the government's calendar, -
Not Syncedand cannot be changed.
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Not SyncedOne problem.
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Not SyncedThe FBI wants to name
this gorgeous edifice -
Not Syncedat the same time it opened.
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Not SyncedEveryone said: “That's impossible.
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Not SyncedIt takes at least eight months to a year
to complete the process, -
Not Synced[through] the House, the Senate
and to the president's office.” -
Not SyncedI said: ‘I'm a school principal.
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Not SyncedAnd I said’ — excuse my French —
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Not Synced‘Oh, hell no.
We're going to get this done.’ -
Not SyncedImmediately, I went into attack mode.
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Not SyncedI went to the speaker, Speaker Boehner.
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Not SyncedI said, ‘Mr. Speaker, I need your help,
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Not Syncedthe FBI needs your help.
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Not SyncedAnd your country needs your help.
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Not SyncedAnd we have no time to waste.’
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Not SyncedHe went into attack mode,
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Not Syncedand in two days pulled it out
of committee. -
Not SyncedBrought it to the floor for a vote.
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Not SyncedRep. Curbelo and I presented it.
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Not SyncedWe all voted for it.
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Not SyncedAnd I dashed it over to the Senate.
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Not SyncedAnd put our senators on notice:
Put it on your radar. -
Not SyncedSenator Nelson and Senator Rubio,
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Not Syncedwho I believe have representatives
here today, -
Not Syncedthey hotlined it to the Senate floor
in just two days. -
Not SyncedAnd guess what?
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Not SyncedThe president signed the bill into law
this past Tuesday, April 7, 2015. -
Not SyncedWith a bang, bang, bang!
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Not SyncedYou know what?
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Not SyncedI will be presenting the bill, a copy of the bill,
that was signed into the law, to the FBI -
Not Syncedand also the pen the president used
to sign that document. -
Not SyncedIt is a miracle, to say the least.
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Not SyncedBut it speaks to the respect our Congress has
for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. -
Not SyncedThe men and women who put their lives
on the line every single day. -
Not SyncedAnd today we're providing a boost to our nation
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Not Syncedby naming this fantastic building in honor of
Special Agent Benajmin Grogan and Jerry Dove, -
Not Syncedwho died valiantly on Friday, April 11,
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Not Syncedin what is still considered the bloodiest gun battle
in the storied history of the FBI. -
Not SyncedMost men and women in law enforcement
leave their homes for work -
Not Syncedknowing that there is a possibility
that they may not return. -
Not SyncedI may [inaudible] for all men and women
and first responders to stand up. -
Not SyncedStand up now, so that we can
applaud you and what you do. -
Not SyncedStand up! We are proud of you.
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Not SyncedWe are proud of your courage.
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Not SyncedThank you.
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Not SyncedI don't know if that was on the minds
of agents Grogan and Dove -
Not Syncedas they left their homes on April 11, 1986.
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Not SyncedBut I do know it was an unusually breezy
spring morning in South Florida. -
Not SyncedSo eerily similar today,
and the actual anniversary is tomorrow. -
Not SyncedI do [know] that Miami in the 1980s was plagued
by crime and graphic violence. -
Not SyncedWe all know that.
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Not SyncedThis period has been chronicled
in media reports, -
Not Syncedand portrayed on TV shows like Miami Vice
and movies like Scarface. -
Not SyncedI know that Agent Grogan was a company man,
and one year from retirement. -
Not SyncedHis wife also was an employee of the FBI.
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Not SyncedI know that Agent Dove joined the bureau
after completing law school, -
Not Syncedand was living his boyhood dream,
according to his family. -
Not SyncedI know their bravery was the motivation
for joining a team on that morning. -
Not SyncedA team that was tailing a vehicle
with two suspects -
Not Syncedwho were connected to a string of murders
and violence and bank robberies. -
Not SyncedThe agents attempted to get
the drivers to pull over. -
Not SyncedThey were cornered.
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Not SyncedA gun battle immediately ensued.
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Not SyncedThere was a barrage of bullets.
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Not SyncedI can only imagine the frustration
of those agents. -
Not SyncedYet they battled on.
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Not SyncedIn a desperate attempt to flee, the suspects
tried to commandeer Grogan and Dove’s vehicle. -
Not SyncedIt is reported the suspects shot both agents
with a high-powered rifle at close range. -
Not SyncedShortly after, the suspects were themselves
fatally shot by Agent Morales. -
Not SyncedAgent Morales made a memorable statement
about his role in that historic event. -
Not SyncedHe said, 'I just knew I was going to die.
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Not SyncedBut I was going to do my very best to make sure
that those suspects did not get away." -
Not SyncedWhen the smoke cleared, two agents lay dead.
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Not SyncedAnd five were seriously injured.
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Not SyncedSo today it is our patriotic duty to lift up
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Not SyncedSpecial Agent Benjamin Grogan
and Special Agent Jerry Dove -
Not Syncedfrom the streets of South Florida,
and place their names and pictures high. -
Not SyncedWhere the world will know that
we are proud of their sacrifice. -
Not SyncedSacrifice for our nation.
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Not SyncedIt is only fitting that their names should be placed
on the same mantle with the letters FBI. -
Not SyncedBecause Special Agent Grogan and Dove embody
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Not Syncedthe sacred motto for which
the agency has become known. -
Not Synced- Please repeat it after me, fidelity.
- Fidelity. -
Not Synced- Bravery.
- Bravery. -
Not Synced- And integrity.
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Not SyncedGod bless you, God bless the FBI,
and God bless America.
- Title:
- FBI speech by Frederica Wilson mentioned by General Kelly, Chief of Staff to Trump
- Description:
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Frederica Wilson's 2015 speech, made at the dedication of a new FBI building in Florida which Chief of Staff General Kelly referred to while defending Trump.
April 10, 2015
- Video Language:
- English
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- Duration:
- 09:33