Barack Obama

I reaffirm the importance of the partnership between the United States and Brunei.

I appreciate your strong leadership of the ASEAN and EAS Summits.

Consideration of appropriations bills in a piecemeal fashion is not a serious or responsible way to run the United States Government.

The House of Representatives should allow a straight up or down vote on Senate-passed H.J. Res. 59.

We share a commitment to the security of the Philippines.

The House should put the clean government funding bill that has been passed by the Senate up for a vote.

We are not as divided as our politics suggest.

Let me be more specific: One faction of one party in one House of Congress in one branch of Government shut down major parts of the Government, all because they didn't like one law.

The Affordable Care Act is a law that passed the House; it passed the Senate.

I want Republicans in Congress to know: These are the Americans you'd hurt if you were allowed to dismantle this law.

But one faction of one party in one House of Congress in one branch of government doesn't get to shut down the entire government just to re-fight the results of an election.

Our goal continues to be to help facilitate the kinds of genuine negotiations that will result in two states living side by side in peace and security.

The greatest country on Earth should not be doing business this way.

A shutdown will have a very real economic impact on real people right away.

It does not have to happen.

I wish they were spending more time focusing on how to grow jobs and the economy as opposed to having to spend time figuring out how they manage a Government shutdown.

It is imperative that Iran not possess a nuclear weapon.

Alan L. Cohen, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2016, vice Dana K. Bilyeu, term expired.

Keeping the people's Government open is not a concession to me.

I am not going to negotiate over this debt ceiling, this is money already spent, there are no negotiations, just raise the debt ceiling so the U.S. can continue to borrow money.

I encourage you to think about who you're hurting.

If the government shuts down on Tuesday, military personnel, including those risking their lives overseas for us right now, will not get paid on time.

House Republicans are so concerned with appeasing the tea party that they have threatened a government shutdown or worse unless I gut or repeal the affordable care act. I said this yesterday, let me repeat it. That's not going to happen.

While there will surely be important obstacles to moving forward and success is by no means guaranteed, I believe we can reach a comprehensive solution.

I do believe that if we can resolve the issue of Iran's nuclear program, that can serve as a major step down a long road towards a different relationship, one based on mutual interests and mutual respect.