I have decided that it is necessary and appropriate to provide for the continuation of previously proclaimed duty treatment for the affected goods.

We do not weaken America's economy when we make it possible for people to do right by their children.

Every working family should, number one, have access to immediate education and training whenever they lose a job.

The Republican plan would raise taxes for over 7 million of our hardest pressed working families.

It is time we accepted a fundamental lesson: Treating working people in a decent, fair, humane, enlightened way gives you a stronger American economy, not a weaker one.

The primary purpose of H.R. 2425 is to raid Medicare to pay for an excessive $245 billion tax cut that goes predominantly for the wealthy.

My strong belief is that the Federal Government works best, in economic areas and quite often in social policy, when we are giving help, giving encouragement, being a partner, but the ultimate decisions are being made by people at the grassroots level.

I have shown my commitment to reducing the deficit and to investing in our future.

I ran for President of the United States primarily because I wanted to help get our country's economic policy back on track.

Reversing the economic policies of the previous 12 years did not come easily.

The Commerce Department found that the potential costs to the national security of an oil import adjustment, such as an import tariff, outweigh the potential benefits.

We passed an economic package that's bringing the deficit down by more than $600 billion.

We should reduce the tax burden on people that are paying all they can afford.

The middle class bill of rights is about ensuring that the American dream stays alive for everyone willing to take responsibility for their future.

Employers can no longer gamble with the retirement savings of their own employees.

I have instructed the Treasury, working closely with the Federal Reserve, to continue to take appropriate steps to help Mexico get through these short-term financial pressures.

What we want is not a program that punishes poor people but that requires poor people to take those steps that will enable them to move from welfare to work.

No country can escape the global economy, and the greatest, largest, most powerful country in the world cannot escape the global economy.