I am so proud of the work that the First Lady, along with the Cabinet Secretaries behind me, have done in trying to tackle one of the most urgent health issues that we face in this...
But times like that are precisely when the power of song is most potent.
I think the American people want to see that concrete action.
I'm going to be starting from scratch in the sense that I will be open to any ideas that help promote these goals.
So to everyone here or watching at home, let us enjoy the music we hear tonight.
A good place to start, and what I hope to spend a lot of time on in these discussions today, is how we can move forward ...
The public has soured on the process that they saw over the last year.
The civil rights movement was a movement sustained by music.
Bipartisanship cannot mean simply that Democrats give up everything that they believe in.
It's hard to sing in times like that.
We've got to get past the tired debates that have plagued our politics.