Our task as a Nation—and our mission as an Administration—is to harness that innovative spirit, that productive energy, and that potential in order to create jobs.

This peaceful expression of the political will of Ukrainian voters is another positive step in strengthening democracy in Ukraine.

That is how we will create new jobs in new industries.

the U.S. and its allies are going to turn up pressure on Iran.

My hope is this is not going to be a rare situation; we're going to be doing these on a regular basis.

I think the American people want to see that concrete action.

Math is not partisan.

It's hard to sing in times like that.

I am confident, for example, that when 1 in 10 of our fellow citizens can't work, we should be able to come together and help business create more jobs.

The sooner the business community has a sense that we've got our act together here in Washington, the better off the entire country is going to be.

The civil rights movement was a movement sustained by music.

The public has soured on the process that they saw over the last year.

Bipartisanship cannot mean simply that Democrats give up everything that they believe in.

I won't hesitate to embrace a good idea from my friends in the minority party.

A good place to start, and what I hope to spend a lot of time on in these discussions today, is how we can move forward on a jobs package that encourages small business to hire.

So to everyone here or watching at home, let us enjoy the music we hear tonight.

I am so proud of the work that the First Lady, along with the Cabinet Secretaries behind me, have done in trying to tackle one of the most urgent health issues that we face in this country, and that is the increase in childhood obesity.

But times like that are precisely when the power of song is most potent.