I hereby report that I have exercised my statutory authority to declare a national emergency in response to the unusual and extraordinary threat posed to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States by the…

I must say I was delighted this was not one of those annual roasts.

Thanks for listening, and play ball.

The Czech and the Slovak people who came to the United States helped us to build our country.

Tonight, with the start of the World Series, baseball is back.

The values they, like so many other immigrants, brought from their homelands—love of family, devotion to community, taking responsibility, and working hard—these values flourished in America and helped America to flourish.

I hereby prohibit any transaction or dealing by United States persons or within the United States in property or interests in property of the persons designated in or pursuant to this order.

I believe the best days of this country lie before us.

I believe the citizens of Cedar Rapids understand that.

I hereby order blocked all property and interests in property that are or hereafter come within the United States.

My team was the St. Louis Cardinals, the closest team to my home State.

Narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia undermines dramatically the health and well-being of United States citizens as well as the domestic economy.

I think we need, each of us as Americans, not only to value our own ethnic solidarity and our shared values but to share them with other people.

I love to come to this dinner for a lot of reasons.

It teaches us to play as hard as we can and still be friends when the game's over.

Families give life, and giving life means more than procreation.

I am very grateful for what they have done to bring about peace in Bosnia.

I have determined that the actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia, and the unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm that they cause in the United States and abroad, constitute an unusual and extraordinary…