These two outstanding individuals will make fine representatives of our Nation.

The immigration issue poses real problems and challenges and, as always, provides great opportunities for the American people.

Tonight we're having our own White House jazz festival as a special tribute to the 40th year of Newport Jazz.

It is imperative that the United States have talented diplomats working to ensure that the process continues to move forward.

Migrants and their families must pledge up to $30,000 to come to the United States.

I am very, very impressed by the progress which has been made in Jordan moving toward economic reforms, moving toward democracy.

Immigration must be a priority for this administration.

Jazz is a true reflection of the American people, a music of inclusion, a music of democracy.

We talked a lot about the peace process.

I have the feeling that maybe all the parties have now concluded not that they have no difference but that there is no alternative to peace.

I think in the end, I like it a lot.

We are talking about a new scientific and technological infrastructure for the country.

I believe strongly that NASA and the space station program represent important investments in that future and that these investments will yield benefits in medical research, aerospace, and other critical technology areas.

This plan shows that a civil war which has roots going back centuries... has not been resolved.

I think it is a win-win situation if the Senate passes a budget that has $500 billion in deficit reduction.

The American public want a space station.

We cannot retreat from our obligation to invest in our future.

Enactment of these two proposals would permit the Departments to address the depth of destruction caused by natural disasters.