Barack Obama

I hope that we can get the strongest possible vote out of the Senate so that we can then move to the House and get this done before the summer break.

These business leaders came to this country to build a better life.

It's a bill that would provide a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million individuals who are in this country illegally.

This bipartisan, commonsense bill will help the middle class grow our economy and shrink our deficits.

We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants—a place enriched by the contributions of people from all over the world—and stronger for it.

Right now the United States Senate is debating a bipartisan, commonsense bill that'd be an important step toward fixing our broken immigration system.

It's a bill that would continue to strengthen security at our borders and hold employers more accountable if they knowingly hire undocumented workers.

This immigration bill would actually strengthen the long-term health and solvency of Social Security for future generations.

Reforming our immigration system would reduce our deficits by almost a trillion dollars over the next two decades.

That's what comprehensive immigration reform looks like: stronger enforcement, a smarter legal immigration system, a pathway to earned citizenship.

Countless Americans are alive today and our country is more secure because of the FBI's outstanding work under the leadership of Bob Mueller.

I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to these threats and maintain in force the measures taken to deal with that national emergency.

I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466.

We're also judged by our commitment to the Constitution that we've sworn to defend and to the values and civil liberties that we've pledged to protect.

I make this nomination confident that long after I've left office, our Nation's security will be in good hands with public servants like Jim Comey.

The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula...continue to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.

The national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, and addressed further in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011, is to continue in effect beyond…

Caroline is respected around the world for her understanding of how the global economy works, her tireless efforts to promote strong, balanced and sustainable growth and her experience in managing international financial crises.

The United States stands with the more than 45 million people around the world who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict and political violence.

James Donato, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice James Ware, retired.

I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13617 with respect to the disposition of Russian highly enriched uranium.

Jennifer Prescod May-Parker, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, vice Malcolm J. Howard, retired.

Beth Labson Freeman, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice an additional position in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 133(b)(1).

We are grateful for their generosity and pleased to support their efforts in addressing this humanitarian crisis.

Today we reaffirm our commitment to working with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and our partners and allies to protect and assist all those displaced as they work to rebuild their lives in peace and dignity.