We owe all workers action. We owe them accountability. We owe them assurance that, when they go to work every day, they are not alone.

We need to expand broadband lines across America so that a small business in a rural town can connect and compete with their counterparts anywhere in the world.

I hereby delegate to you the functions and authority conferred upon the President by section 1232 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.

This represents the biggest deficit reduction plan since the 1990s.

Good policy is good politics.

I'm confident we're going to get an energy bill, because it's the right thing to do.

Being successful in New York doesn't come easy, and it's not for everybody.

I commend President Lobo for his leadership in promoting national reconciliation.

That's what being a Yankee is all about.

Catherine E. Woteki, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, vice Rajiv J. Shah, resigned.

I welcome President Lobo’s plan to fully and transparently investigate these cases.

I express my concern with the human rights situation in Honduras.

It is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment.

I wanted to make sure they had everything they needed to respond to this tragedy.

Every effort is being made to contain, disperse and skim the surface oil sheen offshore.

Mary Minow, of California, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2014, vice Kim Wang, term expired.

I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that, on the day of her interment, the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff.

Christopher A. Masingill, of Arkansas, to be Federal Cochairperson, Delta Regional Authority, vice P. H. Johnson, resigned.