Opportunity should be our watchword.

These individuals, experienced in each of their fields, are important additions to our administration.

I treasure the partnership that I have had with so many of you.

I want to thank the NGA and especially the Governors who have worked with us throughout this process.

There is no conceivable excuse to delay this action one more day.

This was clearly not an easy fight.

This was a very important appointment to me.

I am very pleased to be naming Charles Masten, an experienced investigator with a thorough understanding of the Department of Labor, to this position.

Today we come here for more than a bill signing.

I am pleased today to name these two experienced individuals to our team at OSTP.

This is good for America.

The political fog that has surrounded this town for so long is at long last lifting.

I am also very pleased that Marcia Hale has agreed to take on this new responsibility.

We're putting business-as-usual out of business in Washington.

We are seizing control of our economic destiny.

This is a very, very important beginning.

Tonight, because of the bold action taken by courageous men and women in the House and the Senate, that dream will not be deferred but rather be fulfilled.

Those are the facts.