Now is the time for Congress to take action to fundamentally reform and fully fund our national food safety system.

I think that the FDA has not been able to catch some of these things as quickly as I expect them to catch.

These new authorities and increased funding will certainly help FDA improve.

The journey has been long, and in the journey ahead, we will have a lot of bumps. But America must stand shoulder to shoulder with our ally, Israel.

As we meet here tonight, we know that there is more work to be done.

We could just get past the divisions of race and religion and region, if we could come together -- black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, rich, young, old, poor -- then there is nothing we could not do. No destiny we could not…

Because I spent month after month working with church folks who simply wanted to help neighbors who were down on their luck, no matter what they looked look or where they came from or who they prayed to.

And it wasn't easy. You worked hard to make it happen, which means we can work hard to make sure that we have got jobs all across America and energy independence all across America.

And we will keep working to build bipartisan support for action. And I promise you that my door is always open.

If we could just get past the divisions of race and religion and region; if we could come together, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, rich, young, old, poor -- then there is nothing we could not do. No destiny we could not…

The journey has been long and in the journey ahead we will have a lot of bumps. But America must stand shoulder to shoulder with our ally Israel.