We have made a commitment to ensuring that women and girls have equal rights, treatment and protections.
Barack Obama
The Public Record
Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004. Obama is known for his signature policies including the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and his efforts in economic recovery following the 2008 financial crisis. His presidency was marked by significant legislative achievements and a focus on healthcare reform, climate change, and foreign policy initiatives such as the Iran nuclear deal.
New breakthroughs in treating cancer and ending the wait for organ transplants... That's some of what America can do.
This is a sobering reminder that attacks on any American...is an attack on all of us.
We need to demonstrate that we are defined more—as a country—by the way they lived their lives than by the hate of the man who took them from us.
Today, as Americans, we grieve the brutal murder—a horrific massacre—of dozens of innocent people.
Puerto Ricans are American citizens, just like folks in Maine or Oklahoma or New Mexico.
There is only one way for Puerto Rico to pull itself out of this crisis, and that's by restructuring its debt and finding a sustainable fiscal path toward growth and opportunity for its people.





