Barack Obama

Raising the national minimum wage would give millions of hard working Americans a raise and would especially benefit women.

And that's why this administration has been so focused on helping small businesses succeed from day one.

I'm going to keep on doing everything I can to make sure you get that shot and to keep America a place where you can make it if you try.

Women are the primary breadwinners in 40 percent of U.S. households but are bringing home 23 percent less than their male counterparts.

I want to ensure that our veterans receive quality health care.

You guys are all coming up in an age where you're not going to be able to compete with people across town for good jobs, you're going to be competing with the rest of the world.

Today the Senate acted in a bipartisan way to reinstate emergency unemployment insurance for 2.3 million Americans who depend on it as they search for work.

I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to Somalia and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this threat.

Coalitions of local education agencies and employer partners will help redesign the teaching and learning experience for youth.

We need to give our students the skills and experiences they need to compete.

We cut taxes 18 times for small businesses in my first term.

Young people today are working on cooler stuff than they were when I was in high school.

I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13536.

It's the chance that this country gave me.

When women succeed, our families succeed and America succeeds.

I have strengthened pay discrimination protections and cracked down on violations of equal pay laws.

We've got to make sure opportunity exists for all people.

It was a deliberate and systematic effort by human beings to destroy other human beings.

In the face of cruelty, we must choose compassion.

In the face of intolerance and suffering, we must never be indifferent.

In the face of hatred, we must remember the humanity we share.

We honor the memory of the more than 800,000 men, women, and children who were senselessly slaughtered simply because of who they were or what they believed.

The United States continues to support a sovereign, stable, unified, and democratic Afghanistan.

These elections are critical to securing Afghanistan's democratic future.

I congratulate the millions of Afghans who enthusiastically participated in today's historic elections.