Barack Obama

So if somebody wants to build a coal powered plant, they can. It is just that it will bankrupt them.

I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13566.

Colleges must do their part to keep costs down, and it's our job to make sure that they do.

That means infrastructure gets modernized and research facilities get built, and suddenly, a community that was knocked down is getting back up.

Thanks to steps taken in recent years, the border today is more secure than any time in history.

The situation in Libya, however, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

But taxpayers can't keep on subsidizing higher and higher and higher costs for higher education.

That has to be the north star that guides everything we do.

This modest pay increase will help ensure that the Government remains competitive in attracting and retaining the Nation’s best and brightest individuals for public service.

The United States remains steadfast in its defense commitments to Japan.

Make America a magnet for jobs and manufacturing

We are in the process of winding down the sanctions in response to developments in Libya.

We've seen 500,000 jobs added in manufacturing in the last three years.

I believe we reward effort and determination with wages that allow working families to raise their kids and get ahead.

My Administration will release a new College Scorecard that parents and students can use to compare schools based on a simple criteria: where you can get the most bang for your educational buck.

Through tax credits, grants and better loans, we've made college more affordable for millions of students and families over the last few years.

We are committed to making this relationship an even stronger driver of our prosperity.

Our job as Americans is to restore that basic bargain that says if you work hard, if you're willing to meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead.

It makes a great deal of sense to do what the President is proposing.

Every initiative he talked about yesterday were at a substantially smaller scale in terms of dollars than that.

Federal civilian employees are central to the Federal Government’s success in serving the American people.

We also know that progress in the most impoverished parts of our world enriches us all--not only because it creates new markets, more stable order in certain regions of the world, but also because it's the right thing to do.

The ability to leverage and integrate successes in both of these fields is crucial to the enhancement of our Nation's security and resilience.

Our actions will not prevent every senseless act of violence in this country.

This integration and analysis function shall support DHS's ability to maintain and share, as a common Federal service, a near real-time situational awareness capability for critical infrastructure.