Policy

The executive branch continues to implement my policy of maintaining the number of advisory committees within the ceiling of 534 required by Executive Order 12838.

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.

Let me be clear—this is the wrong approach.

If we can make every American technologically literate, if we can make our Government wise not only in its own use of technology but in setting those conditions and giving those tools.

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.

We have not done nearly enough, and we need to identify these things and just systematically go do them.

Now, there are a lot of kids alive and there are a lot of adults alive in America because we did that.

I think that's the next big step, and I think it will make a big difference.

Given that the performance of all of these countries/jurisdictions has differed, I have also attached an explanatory statement for each of the other countries/jurisdictions subject to this determination.

It is the policy of this Administration to do more to help this city that occupies such a significant place in our history.

It's clear that we need to keep working on this.

We know that we can improve the environment and the economy at the same time.

Every child deserves a high-quality education.

We will not fail our children by tolerating failing schools.

We're taking two unprecedented steps.

S. 1134 fails to advance education reform and distracts from the need to invest in public schools.

We need to make sure when people go, they stay.

I think we should be doing more of it, and I'll say more about that in a minute.