The combined effect of these investments and tax measures will be to save or create between 3 and 4 million jobs.

This crisis has helped cause a dramatic deterioration in our fiscal position.

The Recovery Act will create new jobs making our homes and offices more energy efficient.

Yucca Mountain is not a workable option and that we will begin a thoughtful dialog on a better solution for our nuclear waste storage needs.

If we, our children, and our grandchildren are to prosper in the 21st century, we must decrease our dependence on oil.

What we need to do is raise the cap on the payroll tax so that wealthy individuals are paying a little bit more into the system.

I do not believe you can cut entitlements, Medicare, Medicaid, $800 billion. That money is out the door.

We talk about balancing the budget. We talk about sound dollars. But the policy we have got in place here to fix it is not consistent with the ideal policies we want to have.

What we have done is kicked this can down the road. We are now at the end of the road, and we are not in a position to kick it any further. We have to signal seriousness in this by making certain some of the hard decisions are made under…

Short term, we have got to focus on boosting the economy and creating jobs. Part and parcel of that is a plan for a sustainable fiscal situation long term.

I am honored that they have joined me in this mission, and I trust that they will serve the American people well.