Senate Republicans chose to raise taxes on nearly 160 million hard-working Americans.
Today is a remarkable day.
We can end this pandemic.
Upgrading the energy efficiency of America's buildings is one of the fastest, easiest, and cheapest ways to save money, ...
And today we're setting a new target of helping 6 million people get treatment by the end of 2013.
That teaching has come to encircle the globe.
Now is the time to put country before party and work together on behalf of the American people.
And it shows that we can do big things when Republicans and Democrats put their common humanity before politics.
I'm directing all federal agencies to make at least $2 billion worth of energy efficiency upgrades over the next 2 years...
I wish you all the happiest holiday season, the merriest of Christmases.
But we can't wait for Congress to act.