You know that we must create high-wage, high-skill jobs again so there will be less crime, fewer transfer payments, and more revenues to support businesses and institutions that are the foundation of all stable communities.

I hereby delegate to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) the functions vested in me by section 9 of that Act.

Good ones.

This economic plan is good for the country and the economy and good for the forgotten middle class.

I'm just sitting here meeting with the chairmen, and I'm going to also, you know, keep working through this with the conferees.

Americans can rise to any challenge.

That indomitable American spirit is recognized as far away as Tokyo and Korea.

Our goal is to just be a good partner and to sensitively know that people will have to go through an emotional cycle.

We are here to deal with basically two great issues.

We are putting our own house in order.

Many of you have made the same observation that Senator Mikulski did about the importance of the ongoing effort.

At a time like this, people who have worked hard all of their lives deserve a helping hand.

America is now the high-quality, low-cost producer of many products and services that can compete in any market in the world.

The plan is fair, it's balanced, and it will create new jobs, permanent, productive, private-sector jobs.

I think it's fair to say that all of us in the administration who have been to this region have been very moved by what we have seen.

We will ask that the bill be amended, wherever it is, if it's in the House or in the Senate.

I don't know what this country would do without them.

In times of crisis we're not Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans.