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Peter Roskam
@peterroskam· Republican · IL· Mar 15, 2013

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Look, we were admonished a minute ago in the well of the House about the shame of things, and I think we can all accept admonition that we, as a Congress, need to do better. But part of doing better…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

Our top priority must be to do everything we can to grow our economy and create good, middle-class jobs.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs–that must be the North Star that guides our efforts.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

There's plenty of common ground for us to seize, to move forward, that would reduce gun violence in our communities.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

That has a -- the impact of that is to remove a significant amount of carbon emissions from the atmosphere.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

I want the next great job-creating breakthroughs to be right here in the United States of America.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

We shouldn't ask senior citizens and working families to pay down the rest of our deficit while the wealthiest are asked for nothing more.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

Most Americans—Democrats, Republicans, and Independents—understand that we can't just cut our way to prosperity.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

As I mentioned at the top, there's a new EPA report that indicates that the car rule and other measures have actually increased fuel efficiency by about 16 percent in this country.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

We can reduce our deficit if we're willing to ask millionaires and billionaires to pay a little bit more.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

I have determined that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to defer for 18 months the removal of any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

We can support scientists who are designing new engines that are more energy efficient.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 14, 2013

America only moves forward when we do so together—when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations.

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