If we do not move swiftly to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, an economy that is already in crisis will be faced with catastrophe.

We're going to close down Guantanamo but we're going to take up to a year to figure out how to do this safely and protect ourselves from terrorism.

We all need to take responsibility. And this includes executives at major financial firms who turned to the American people hat in hand when they were in trouble even as they paid themselves customary lavish bonuses.

I reject those theories. And so did the American people when they went to the polls in November and voted resoundingly for change.

A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe and guarantee a longer recession, a less robust recovery, and a more uncertain future.

if they don't act now to pass a stimulus plan the result will be catastrophe.

We don't disparage wealth. We don't begrudge anybody for achieving success. And we certainly believe that success should be rewarded. But what gets people upset, and rightfully so, are executives being rewarded for failure.

A failure to act and act now will turn crisis into a catastrophe. And guarantee a longer recession, a less robust recovery, and a more uncertain future.

We have to remain vigilant. The threats are still out there.

I've really always thought that it would be neat to be able to help people who are -- maybe they're poor or they don't have good schools or they don't have good housing.

I think it is very important for us to recognize that we have a battle or a war against some terrorist organizations. But that those organizations aren't representative of a broader Arab community, Muslim community. I think we have to…