Nothing shrinks the deficit faster than a growing economy that creates good, middle class jobs.

What happened to Hadiya is not unique.

This is not just a gun issue. It's also an issue of the kinds of communities we're building. For that, we all share responsibility as citizens to fix it. We all share a responsibility to move this country closer to our founding vision…

This is not just a gun issue. It's also an issue of the kinds of communities we're building. For that, we all share responsibility as citizens to fix it.

Let's raise the minimum wage so that it's a wage you can live on.

No one in America should work full time and raise their children in poverty.

We need to launch manufacturing hubs across the country that will transform hard hit regions into global centers of high-tech jobs and manufacturing.

We may not be able to help everybody, but if we help a few, then that propels progress forward.

Thank you for all that you do to make our communities and our country stronger.

If we do that, I'm confident that we will write the next great chapter in our American story.

In America, we have the benefit of living in this big and diverse nation.

Every member of Congress who agrees with the President that our nation is strong only when we have a thriving middle class should be strongly supportive of this effort.

We want to help seed more and more partnerships.

The single most important thing is unconditional love for your child.

In this country, we look out for one another.

I know the awardees would agree that this honor belongs not just to themselves, but to everybody who supports them.

Perfection has never been our goal.

Today we honor you, we celebrate you, and most of all, we have a chance to say thank you.