Barack Obama

Moving from recession to recovery, and ultimately to prosperity, remains at the heart of my Administration's efforts.

Overcoming today's challenges will require the same dedication and sense of urgency that enabled past generations of African Americans to rise above the injustices of their time.

African American history is an essential thread of the American narrative that traces our Nation's enduring struggle to perfect itself.

During American Heart Month, we rededicate ourselves to fighting this disease by improving our own heart-healthy habits.

Rising to these challenges is the responsibility we bear for the future of our children, our grandchildren, and our Nation.

Each February, we recognize African American History Month as a moment to reflect upon how far we have come as a Nation, and what challenges remain.

It's time to hold Washington to the same standards families and businesses hold themselves.

We are heirs to their extraordinary progress.

This month, we honor the health-care professionals, researchers, and heart health ambassadors who save lives and spare suffering.

We simply cannot continue to spend as if deficits don't have consequences.

I appreciate Jordan’s staunch support for a two-state solution and comprehensive peace in the region.

I consider Jordan to be an integral partner of the United States.

This is a Nation ready to meet the challenges of this new age and to lead the world in this new century.

We cannot simply go back to business as usual.

But our work is far from complete.

It's time their Government did the same.

We can't have a serious discussion and take meaningful action to create jobs and control our deficit if politicians just do what's necessary to win the next election instead of what's best for the next generation.

This is a sign of progress.

But if you were to listen to the debate and, frankly, how some of you went after this bill, you'd think that this thing was some Bolshevik plot. I mean, that's how you guys -- that's how you guys presented it. And I would just say that we…

The fact of the matter is, is that many of you, if you voted with the administration on something, are politically vulnerable in your own base, in your own party. You've given yourselves very little room to work in a bipartisan fashion…

So the question is at what point can we have a serious conversation about Medicare and its long-term liability or a serious question about -- serious conversation about social security or a serious conversation about budget and debt in…

The problem is twofold. One is that depending on how it's structured if recipients are suddenly getting a plan that has their reimbursement rates going like this but health care costs are still going up like that then over time the way…

The fact of the matter is that when we came into office the deficit was $1.3 trillion.

I know there's a question in there somewhere because you're making a whole bunch of assertions, half of which I disagree with.

We have to be careful about what we say about each other sometimes. Because it boxes us in, in ways that makes it difficult for us to work together.