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THE PRESIDENT: All right. Hello, everybody. I just sat down here at Grand Central Bakery with the Secretary of Commerce and the former governor of this great state, Gary Locke; the wonderful senior senator from the great state of Washington, Patty Murray; as well as these three terrific small business owners for a good discussion about the challenges that our small businesse...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTAT MEMORIAL SERVICE IN HONOR OF WALTER CRONKITE Lincoln CenterNew York, New York 12:37 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. To Chip, Kathy, and Nancy, who graciously shared your father with a nation that loved him; to Walter’s friends, colleagues, protégés, and all who considered him a hero; to the men of the In...
BEFORE MEETING WITH SENATE DEMOCRATS TO DISCUSS HEALTH CARE State Dining Room 2:31 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I want to — thanks — I want to say thank you to all of my former colleagues for taking the time to visit here today at the White House. I want to particularly thank Senators Baucus, Senator Dodd, all the senators who have been fighting tirelessly on behalf o...
Good evening, everybody. Tonight, after nearly 100 years of talk and frustration, after decades of trying, and a year of sustained（持久的，持续的） effort and debate, the United States Congress finally declared that America’s workers and America’s families and America’s small businesses deserve the security of knowing that here, in this country, neither il...
Q Mr. President, I’m concerned about the furor lately that’s been — it’s similar to what’s happened in the past but it’s reemerging, mostly from the Republican Party, but some Democrats — that Social Security needs to be privatized because it’s losing money, and we’re all going to — and it’s going to go broke,...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTHONORING THE 2008 WNBA CHAMPIONS THE DETROIT SHOCK THE PRESIDENT: Hey, guys. Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) Please, everybody, be seated. Be seated. Well, welcome to the White House, everybody. And we are so pleased to have the Detroit Shock here. We want to congratulate them and all your fans for your third WNBA Championship in six years. Give them...
Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressSaturday, August 15th, 2009 This week, I’ve been traveling across our country to discuss health insurance reform and to hear directly from folks like you – your questions, your concerns, and your stories. Now, I know there’s been a lot of attention paid to some of the town hall meetings that are going on around...
Now, graduates, all these folks around you, I have to say, though, with the cameras and the beaming（喜气洋洋的，愉快的） smiles — they’ve worked hard to give you everything you need to pursue your dreams and fulfill your God-given talent. Unfortunately, you can’t take them with you when you leave here. (Laughter.) No one is going to go follow you around ma...
More than a decade ago, Congress set up a formula that governs how doctors get paid by the Medicare program. The intent was to slow the growth of Medicare costs, but the result was a formula that has proposed（提议，计划） cutting payments for America’s doctors year after year after year. These are cuts that would not only jeopardize（危害） our physicians’ pay, ...
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Please, everybody be seated. Thank you. Thank you, John, for the gracious亲切的，和蔼的 introduction. To Mike and Eric, thank you for hosting me. Thank you to all of you for receiving me. It is wonderful to be here. I want to also acknowledge Mark Strand, president of the Congressional Institute. To all the family mem...
Today President Obama signed the final version of last year’s budget, as posted here on Friday while it was making its way through Congress, in order to keep the government functioning. As he explained, there was much to speak well of in the bill:Now, yesterday Congress sent me the final part of last year’s budget; a piece of legislation that rolls nine bills req...
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTAT THE SIGNING OF THE FAMILY SMOKING PREVENTIONAND TOBACCO CONTROL ACT THE PRESIDENT: Please, everybody, have a seat — have a seat. I am thrilled to be here for what is I think an extraordinary accomplishment by this Congress, a bill we’re about to sign into law. I want to acknowledge a few of our special guests. First of all we’ve g...
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Maine and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm and flooding during the period December 11-29, 2008. Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing ba...
在加勒比岛国海地本月12日发生强烈地震后，国际社会纷纷伸出援手，表示将向海地提供人道主义援助。美国总统奥巴马13日就海地遭遇强震发表讲话，承诺美国将迅速积极反应，全力帮助海地救灾。以下是他讲话的全文。 Here are President Obama’s remarks Wednesday morning on the earthquake in Haiti and rescue efforts, as released by the White House. Good morning, everybody. This morning I wa...
This week, we had two powerful reminders of how we’ve renewed American leadership in the world. I was proud to announce that—as promised—the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of this year. And in Libya, the death of Moammar Qadhafi showed that our role in protecting the Libyan people, and helping them break free from a tyrant（暴君） , wa...
Over the past two years, more than seven million Americans have lost their jobs, and factories and businesses across our country have been shuttered被关闭的. In one way or another不管怎样，无论如何, we’ve all been touched by the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The difficult steps we’ve taken since January have helped to break our fall, and beg...
11:10 A.M. EST PRESIDENT BUSH: I’m proud to be meeting again with the Vice President of Sudan. He’s a friend of mine. He is a strong leader who’s dealing with a very difficult situation. We talked about two important subjects. One is the North-South agreement. It’s a vital agreement, and it’s going to be very important for the United States to...
On Tuesday, in my State of the Union Address, I laid out a blueprint for an economy built to last – an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal（更新，恢复） of American values. This week, I took that blueprint across the country, and what I saw was people who work hard and believe in each other. They believe ...
THE PRESIDENT: Well, you guys don’t need advice from me, but let me tell you what I see out there. We were hurt by this recession, badly hurt. This is going to take some time to recover. Unemployment is at unacceptably high levels. But as I said before, we’d had challenges before the crisis hit. A lot of your membership had been hurting long before, partly becaus...
Hi, everybody, and Happy New Year. This is a time when we look ahead to all the possibilities and opportunities of the year to come-when we resolve to better ourselves, and to better our relationships with one another.And today, I want to talk about one place that Washington should start-a place where we can make a real and powerful difference in the lives of many of our fel...