What can we do to avoid unnecessarily provocative actions?

I do not want to do anything that will not be helpful.

An unforeseen emergency exists that requires immediate military assistance to Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Uganda.

This is one of the four, five, or six most important elections this country has ever had.

I thought that was the right thing to do, certainly the right thing for children.

I hope again that everyone will heed our position, which is to do nothing that will provoke a disruption.

I feel good about it, but that is the way that our Government has traditionally worked.

I believe the American people want a Congress that will fight for the interests of working families.

This legislation proves that we can make progress when we all put politics aside and join across party lines to get the job done for our country.

We're all so proud of you.

Violence was becoming the exception, not the rule.

I ask both sides to end this violence, to get back to the business of peace.

These are huge decisions.

We are growing and growing together.

The strategy of opportunity for all, responsibility from all, and a community which includes all people who are willing to do their part is plainly working.

I think the American people made it quite clear that they do not support the Government-shutdown way of governing America.

It is in everyone's interest to resolve their differences peacefully.

I deeply regret the injuries and the loss of life we've seen in the West Bank and Gaza in the last few days.