Barack Obama

The economy is not doing fine. There are too many people out of work. The housing market is still weak and too many homes underwater.

What I'm saying is, is that we consistently, whenever there is classified information that is put out into the public we try to find out where that came from.

In the meantime, given the signs of weakness in the world economy, it's critical that we take the actions we can to strengthen the American economy right now.

These are ideas that... have gotten strong validation from independent, nonpartisan economists.

They believed in each other.

The private sector is doing fine.

I am not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent State laws on this issue.

Now is not the time to double the interest rates on your student loans.

You've decided to make the best possible investment in your future and in the future of America.

Doing that has forced Congress to act.

Let's build an economy that works for everybody.

I want everybody in America to get a fair shot.

This debt can be overly burdensome, especially for recent graduates during the first few years of their careers.

He would sign tomorrow a bill that permanently extended the tax cuts for 98 percent of the American people.

Supporting the Assad regime and defending the Assad regime is a bad decision.

As a Nation, we're facing tough choices as we put our fiscal house in order. But I want to be absolutely clear: We cannot and we must not balance the budget on the backs of our veterans.

This economy will keep moving, and we'll remind the world just why it is the United States of America is the greatest nation on Earth.

We've still got work to do to make sure that our veterans are served as well as they have served us.

We agreed on the importance of steps to strengthen the resilience of the Eurozone and growth in Europe and globally.

We made a commitment consistent with that commitment I talked about at the beginning of my remarks.

Instead of working together to reduce health care costs, H.R. 436 chooses to refight old political battles over health care.

Out of many, we are one.

His gift for storytelling reshaped our culture and expanded our world.

There is no doubt that Ray will continue to inspire many more generations with his writing.

H.R. 436, which would repeal the medical device excise tax, does not advance these goals.