Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for being here in the wonderful Botanical Gardens.

I'm just not going to be discouraged by it; we're just going to go on.

This new partnership is not one of mandates, but of cooperation and leadership.

The Federal Government can exercise leadership in the use of alternative fueled vehicles.

the Federal Government should set an example in the energy efficient operation of its facilities

Karen Nussbaum has been organizing working women for two decades.

They are, in so many ways, our most important public servants.

Senator Dole and a lot of the other Republicans now in the Senate voted for the same kind of thing for Ronald Reagan in 1983.

Hockey is a tough game; it's a hard-hitting sport.

I think we've got a chance to work it out, and I'm hopeful.

I'm inspired not only by how the team pulled together to win the championship but how the entire State pulled together to cheer them on to victory.

I know the American people are tired of business as usual and politics as usual.

The issue isn't politics. The issue is people.

We must serve in order to allow our children -- and future generations -- to live up to their full potential.

You sent me to Washington to get our Government and economy moving after years of paralysis in policy.

The spirit of service is embodied in the people of America.

I wanted first to do my weekly broadcast with the American people.

This is not about deficit spending. We have offered a plan to cut the deficit.