Just this morning we learned that we lost another 651,000 jobs throughout the country in the month of February alone which brings the total number of jobs lost in this recession to an astounding 4.4 million -- 4.4 million jobs.

I want every American to know this. We will rebuild, we will recover and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.

What I'm looking at is not the day to day gyrations of the stock market but the long-term ability for the United States and the entire world economy to regain its footing.

We are committed to the goal of a retooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win. Millions of jobs depend on it, scores of communities depend on it, and I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from…

We are committed to the goal of a re-tooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win. Millions of jobs depend on it; scores of communities depend on it. And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from…

Somebody pointed out how much gray hair I have now compared to what I looked like when I started this race. And 19 months is a long time.

We have also set aside in our budget a health care reserve fund to finance comprehensive reform.

If there is a way of getting this done where we're driving down costs and people are getting health insurance at an affordable rate and have the choice of doctor, and have flexibility in terms of their plans and we could do that entirely…

Let's just be clear. When times were good, we didn't get it done. When we had mild recessions, we didn't get it done. When we were in peacetime, we did not get it done. When we were at war, we did not get it done. There is always a reason…

We thought it was important for us to be able to step back for a moment and remind ourselves that we have things in common: family, friends, laughter.

We will stop outsourcing services that should be performed by the government, open up the contracting process to small businesses.