Barack Obama

And no one is helped more by that than America's middle class.

We want them to come here to the United States of America.

We're always optimistic. And as I say, no one has an interest in seeing us go off that cliff.

Minnesota is helping to lead the way on these issues.

Let's create more good jobs, build smarter schools, better airports, faster railways, better broadband networks.

There are leaders in both parties who are willing to reach across the aisle.

Judge Rosenberg has a long and impressive record of service, and I am confident she will serve on the federal bench with distinction.

The highly competitive TIGER program supports a range of projects, including roads, bridges, transit, rail, and ports.

We think a multiyear solution is necessary to stop the chilling effect of short-term measures and to get this country on a more stable and certain path when it comes to infrastructure investments.

I am pleased to nominate this distinguished individual to serve on the United States District Court bench.

There's more work to do.

We can't turn the clock back to earlier, easier times when thousands of Americans would just punch in at a single factory and pound out the products for the industrial age.

Progress is hard. But progress is possible, and it's possible because of you.

Let's make sure we're giving America a raise.

We identified with the outsider.

I have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that the national emergency declared on March 1, 1996, with respect to the Government of Cuba's destruction of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft…

The choice of who leads Afghanistan is for Afghans to make.

Keeping America at the cutting edge of technology and innovation is what is going to ensure a steady stream of good jobs into the 21st century.

I am continuing the national emergency with respect to Cuba and the emergency authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage and movement of vessels set out in Proclamation 6867 as amended by Proclamation 7757.

Grassroots folks who are committed and energized make a difference.

You shouldn't be in poverty.

What matters is your willingness to take responsibility for yourself and your family and your community and your Nation.

And through it all, we never lost our faith in happy endings.

The point is, I don't want the next big job-creating discovery to come from Germany or China or Japan.

We want that country that is specialized in this to be us, the United States of America.