Barack Obama

Even the Governor of Tennessee said he's going to dance tonight.

We are strengthening protections against federal contractors and subcontractors engaging in human trafficking-related activities.

By enforcing workplace protections, upholding the rights of workers and providing a stable workplace environment for businesses, the NLRB plays a vital role in our efforts to grow the economy and strengthen the middle class.

Today, the Administration will release for public comment the first-ever federal strategic action plan to coordinate and strengthen services for trafficking victims in the United States.

Some in the Washington press suggest that what happens to gun violence legislation in Congress this week will either be a political victory or defeat for me. Connecticut, this is not about me. This is not about politics. This is about…

This is not about me. This is not about politics. This is about doing the right thing for all the families who are here that have been torn apart by gun violence.

We can't just think about 'us,' we've got to think about 'we the people.'

America has lost a true friend.

On this Yom Hashoah, we must accept the full responsibility of remembrance.

You deserve better than that.

Today we stand with the people of Rwanda to commemorate the Rwandan genocide.

Today, as the United States grieves with the Rwandan people at this moment of remembrance, we are inspired by their spirit as they build a more peaceful and prosperous tomorrow.

Our top priority as a nation and my top priority as President, must be doing everything we can to reignite the engine of America's growth: a rising, thriving middle class.

My budget puts that argument to rest.

Every day, we should ask ourselves three questions: How do we make America a magnet for good jobs? How do we give our workers the skills they need to do those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?

After all, as we saw in the 1990s, nothing reduces deficits faster than a growing economy.

But we've got more to do to get the economy growing faster so that everybody who wants a job can find one.

But deficit reduction cannot come at the cost of economic growth or middle class security.

None of them will add to the deficit.

Now is not the time for Washington to impose more self-inflicted wounds on the economy.

When we tend to the sick, when we console those in pain, when we sacrifice for those in need, wherever and whenever we are there to give comfort and to guide and to love, then Christ is with us.

I hereby delegate the functions conferred upon the President by sections 404 and 406 of Public Law 112-208.

I am instructing heads of executive departments and agencies to continue through December 31, 2013, to adhere to the policy set forth in my memoranda of December 22, 2010, and December 21, 2012.

Today we can announce that the United States, with the cooperation of our international partners, successfully removed 68 kilograms of highly enriched uranium.

I could not be prouder of the track record that we've put together over the last 4 years and 2 months.