The decision before Congress is whether to go from an annual review of their trade relationships with us, to give them permanent normal trading status.

I also want to commend the Congress for today's strong bipartisan vote in support of the 'Long Term Care Security Act.'

They want Congress to act on the commonsense gun legislation before it.

I call on Congress to help us strengthen food safety across the board.

I congratulate those Members of Congress who have worked hard to reach agreement on this bill.

Congress also has an obligation to strengthen Medicare and modernize it, with a voluntary, affordable prescription drug benefit.

Today I have signed into law S.J.Res. 43, expressing the sense of the Congress on the importance of free, fair, and democratic elections in Peru.

The Congress should pass clean legislation that would raise the minimum wage by $1 over two years.

Since 1996, when I worked with Congress to raise the minimum wage by 90 cents over 2 years, the unemployment rate has fallen from 5.2 percent to 4.1 percent—near the lowest level in 30 years.

Congress has kept the American people waiting long enough.

I am writing this letter to strongly encourage Congress to pass clean, straightforward legislation to raise the minimum wage by $1—from $5.15 to $6.15—in two equal steps.

I've once again asked Congress to meet and pass commonsense gun safety legislation that they've been sitting on for 8 months.

I believe a majority of Members of Congress... will vote for it.

Let me say that if the Congress will send me a strong, enforceable Patients' Bill of Rights today, I'll send every one of them an invitation to a signing ceremony tomorrow.

I encourage Congress to send me a clean, straightforward bill to eliminate the retirement earnings test above the normal retirement age.

I am asking Congress to increase Amtrak funding by more than $400 million, or more than 70 percent.

I look forward to working with the Congress to ensure that the world's best Coast Guard remains as its motto proclaims: Semper Paratus—Always Ready.

I urge Congress to act quickly to provide relief to communities that are clearly in need.