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Vice President Biden makes the case for Green Jobs as a pathway to a strong middle class in the following op-ed, which appears in the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning. Green jobs are a way to aid the middle class Joseph R. Biden Jr. Today, in Philadelphia, the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families is holding its inaugural meeting. Our charge is to assess current ...
Lisa, do you want to talk about that briefly? ADMINISTRATOR JACKSON: Yes, sir. We have health and safety officers and stations at each muster（集合，检阅） point. So if someone does come back in and feels in any way that they’ve been exposed, or even if they just don’t feel well, the first thing to do is to report it so that we have a record of it, we can track i...
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMAIN MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS PRESIDENT OBAMA: (In progress) — not simply tolerate dissenting voices but also to respect and recognize dissenting voices. This is one of the elements, along with an independent media and adherence to the rule of law that has helped to solidify our own government during some very difficult times. I said in m...
Hi, everybody. Sunday is Father’s Day. If you haven’t got Dad a gift yet, there’s still time. Just barely. But the truth is, what we give our fathers can never match what our fathers give us. I know how important it is to have a dad in your life, because I grew up without my father around. I felt the weight of his absence. So for Michelle and our girls, I t...
That’s all right. We don’t need help. We’re just going to keep on pushing. We push, we push. The thing is slipping a little bit, but we stay with it. Finally — finally — we get this car out of the ditch, where we’re just right there on the blacktop（沥青路，柏油路） . We’re about to start driving forward again. They say, hold on, we ...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON A NEW STRATEGY FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN Room 450Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 9:40 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Please be seated. Before I begin today, let me acknowledge, first of all, Your Excellencies, all the ambassadors who are in attendance. I also want to acknowledge both the civilians and our military personne...
This afternoon, New York Governor David Paterson announced his selection of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill Secretary Clinton’s seat in the United States Senate. Here’s what the President said about the announcement: Governor Paterson made a wonderful choice in appointing Kirsten Gillibrand to fill Secretary Clinton’s seat in the United States Senate. I am confi...
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Today we reached a critical milestone in our effort to reform our health care system. After many months of thoughtful deliberation, the fifth and final committee responsible for health care reform has passed a proposal that has both Democratic and Republican support. This effort was made possible by the tireless efforts of Chairman Max Baucus a...
Hi, everybody. Yay（哇） , we’re here, we’re doing it! (Applause.) It’s so exciting. I am thrilled. I have been waiting for this day for a long, long time, and it is finally here. And I want to thank you all for being here and for hosting us. As you know, my other partner, the President, was supposed to be here with us, but he had some other stuff going on....
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I’ve just finished a candid公正的，率直的 and productive meeting with the CEOs of 12 of our nation’s largest financial institutions. I asked them to come to Washington today — at the end of this difficult year for their industry, but also for the economy — to discuss where we’ve been, what we expect of t...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON REDUCING SPENDING IN THE BUDGET Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office BuildingRoom 350 10:42 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. All across this country, Americans are responding to difficult economic times by tightening their belts and making tough decisions about where they need to spend and where they need to save. The question the ...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTIN TOWH HALL MEETING ON HEALTH CARE Southwest High SchoolGreen Bay, Wisconsin 12:07 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Green Bay. (Applause.) It’s good to see you. Thank you. It is great to be back in Green Bay. (Applause.) We are hoping that both the Packers and the Bears do better this year. (Applause.) Come on, we can bring everybody together...
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Thank you. It is good to spend my birthday with some good friends. (Laughter.) And as I look around the room, there are very few of you who I haven’t, in some form or fashion, worked directly with on an issue — some of you dating back to when I was in the state le...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTAT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ANNUAL MEETING National Academy of SciencesWashington, D.C. 9:12 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you so much for the wonderful welcome. To President Cicerone, thank you very much for your leadership and for hosting us today. To John Holdren, thanks, John, for the outstanding work that you are doing. I was just i...
WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama: Health Insurance Reform Will Strengthen Small Businesses WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama cited a report released this morning by the Council of Economic Advisors in explaining how health insurance reform will strengthen small businesses in America. With small businesses paying up to 18 percent more for health ...
Hi, everybody. One of the things that makes America so strong is our spirit of innovation. Our drive to invent and harness new technologies to tackle our greatest challenges. It’s how we won the race to invent the lightbulb and the Internet; it’s why we were first to the Moon and Mars. It’s why I keep models of American inventions like the telegraph in the ...
Good morning. Earlier this week, the Republican House of Representatives chose to shut down a government they don’t like over a health care law they don’t like. And I’ve talked a lot about the real-world consequences of this shutdown in recent days-the services disrupted; the benefits delayed; the public servants kicked off the job without pay. But today, I...
Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward. It moves forward because of you. It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belie...
Happy New Year, everybody. I am fired up for the year that stretches out before us. That’s because of what we’ve accomplished together over the past seven. Seven years ago, our businesses were losing 800,000 jobs a month. They’ve now created jobs for 69 straight months, driving the unemployment rate from a high of 10% down to 5%. Seven years ago, too many A...
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMAAND KING ABDULLAH OF JORDANIN JOINT PRESS AVAILABILITY Oval Office11:23 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. Take your time, guys. We’re going to answer a few questions. First of all, I just want to welcome His Majesty King Abdullah to the White House. This is a first visit by a leader of another state; in part, it’s reciprocity ...