Barack Obama

Expanding NFIP to cover windstorm insurance would unnecessarily duplicate available insurance products and could 'crowd out' such products where they are offered.

The fact is, the financial industry is central to our Nation's ability to grow, to prosper, to compete, and to innovate.

I thank the Members of the Senate who stood on the side of these working families today and urge Members of the House to pass this extension so I can quickly sign it into law.

I appreciate their continued willingness to serve and protect the American people.

There will be no more tax-funded bailouts, period.

I hereby delegate to you the following functions and authorities.

I hereby delegate to the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the functions conferred upon the President by section 1264 of the Victims of Iranian Censorship Act.

This is the central lesson not only of this crisis but of our history.

I look forward to signing the act into law.

Elena Kagan is one of this country's leading legal minds.

I am confident they will represent our country with honor at home and abroad.

Every year, the Federal Government consumes more energy than any other single organization or company in the United States.

The government has a responsibility to use that energy wisely, to reduce consumption, improve efficiency, use renewable energy, like wind and solar, and cut costs.

I want to thank the Judiciary Committee for giving her a thorough, timely, and respectful hearing.

I want to thank you for setting a wonderful example.

We've got a responsibility to help them make ends meet and support their families, even as they're looking for another job.

The United States shall promote this policy by ensuring a comprehensive and collaborative framework for the stewardship of the ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes.

I know how much hard work goes into a championship season.

The POWER Initiative will extend prior workplace safety and health efforts of the Federal Government.

I am establishing a 4-year Protecting Our Workers and Ensuring Reemployment (POWER) Initiative.

We continue our journey toward creating a sustainable, safe, and productive access to, and uses of the ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes.

These are honest, decent, hard-working folks who've fallen on hard times through no fault of their own and who have nowhere else to turn except unemployment benefits.

As a father, I thank you for being great role models.

We need to pass those tax cuts for small businesses and the lending for small businesses.

It's time to stop holding workers laid off in this recession hostage to Washington politics.