We ought to require able-bodied people to work.

We have the longest peacetime expansion in history, almost 18 million new jobs since I took office.

Over the jobs?

We can't rest until every American who wants to work has a chance to get a good education, a good job, and raise a family in a strong community.

All Americans benefit when all Americans work.

This bill will provide critical work opportunities to people with disabilities, and I look forward to signing this groundbreaking legislation.

This impressive vote sends a strong signal that all Americans, including people with disabilities, should have the opportunity to work.

I will not rest until I believe every American family can do both and take care of their children and their job.

Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

For 5 years, the Family and Medical Leave Act has helped us to fulfill both of those critical goals.

Work is more than a punchcard, more than a paycheck.

The additional resources are essential to helping more individuals in communities around the country make a successful transition from welfare to work.

Lack of adequate private health insurance options is a disincentive to leave Social Security programs for work.

If we truly believe in these things, then we should help to expose all our young people to the world of work.

Far too many of the 30 million working-age adults with disabilities are still unemployed.

One of the great challenges in this country is, how do people balance the demands of being parents and the demands of work?

If you want young people not to be trapped in dead-end jobs, they have to be able to get education for a lifetime.

I always thought we should be happy when people had jobs.