03/01/2012
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"President Obama today making it a federal crime to assault someone because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity."
"That's what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN, so that the American peop..."
"President Obama promised to break the connection between money and politics in Washington."
"It is a great privilege to be here today as we confer the Congressional Gold Medal on a man who's spent his life breaking barriers and bridging divides across this country: Senator Edward Brooke."