Barack Obama

There is a great need to act on comprehensive immigration reform and a great opportunity to do it now.

It would be shameful to not allow any one of these measures to come up to a vote.

We ought to take measures to ensure that the system that already exists is actually effective.

America is stronger, it's more prosperous, and opportunity is available to every single American.

We've got about $2 trillion worth of deferred maintenance.

The victims of Newtown... deserve a vote.

Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation.

If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas.

Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.

Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer's.

There's no one better suited to take on this important role than Brian.

These holy days afford us the precious opportunity to slow down and spend some quiet moments in prayer and reflection.

As Americans, we're united by something else too: faith in the ideals that lie at the heart of our founding.

We recommit ourselves to following His example here on Earth: to loving our Lord and Savior, to loving our neighbors, and to seeing everyone, especially 'the least of these,' as a child of God.

That's the common humanity that binds us together.

Step by step, march by march, he helped lead a community of farm workers to make the change they sought.

Businesses support it, labor unions support it, it makes good economic sense.

During National Donate Life Month, we renew the call for organ and tissue donation.

I hereby assign to you the functions of the President under section 203 of the Public Health Service Act.

Together, we can prepare young people to tackle financial challenges.

Together, we can respond to the donor shortage that keeps thousands of patients from getting life-saving care.

It's also a time to ponder the common values that unite us: to have compassion for all and to treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves.

I encourage Americans of every background to learn the facts about organ and tissue donation.

When it comes to good jobs, no workers were hammered harder by the recession than construction workers.

My Administration continues to encourage responsibility at all levels of our financial system.