01/06/2009
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"The answer to our challenges is actually pretty simple: We need a better Congress."
"Civilian Federal employees have already made significant sacrifices as a result of a three-year pay freeze that ended in January 2014 with the implementation of a 1.0 percent pay increase."
"We stand united behind our great American workforce as we lay the path for economic growth and prosperity."
"we are better off as a country than we were when I came into office"