Barack Obama

You may not support our overall jobs package, but if you look at the tax credit that we're proposing for small businesses right now it is consistent with a lot of what you guys have said in the past.

If there's uniform opposition because the Republican caucus doesn't get 100 percent or 80 percent of what you want then it's going to be hard to get a deal done.

It can't be all or nothing, one way or the other.

If you say we can offer coverage for all Americans and it won't cost a penny, that's just not true.

But if the way these issues are being presented by the Republicans is that this is some wild-eyed plot to impose huge government in every aspect of our lives, what happens is you guys then don't have a lot of room to negotiate with me.

Actually I've gotten many of your ideas. I've taken a look at them, even before I was handed this. Some of the ideas we have embraced and are in our package.

The irony, I think, of our political climate right now is that compared to other countries the differences between the two major parties on most issues is not as big as it's represented.

Let me close by saying this. I was not elected by the Democrats or Republicans but by the American people.

I don't think a system is working when small businesses are gouged and 15,000 Americans are losing coverage every single day.

I've proposed that we close tax loopholes that reward companies for shipping American jobs overseas and instead give companies greater incentive to create jobs right here at home.

If you can show me and if I get confirmation from health care experts... ways of reducing people's premiums, covering those who do not have insurance, making it more affordable for small businesses, having insurance reforms that ensure…

I've proposed a new jobs tax credit for small business.

They didn't send us to Washington to fight each other in some sort of political steel cage match to see who comes out alive.

I don't believe that the American people want us to focus on our job security. No, they want us to focus on their job security.

I want us to have a constructive debate. The only thing I don't want -- and here I am listening to the American people and I think they don't want either -- is for Washington to continue being so Washington-like.

We're going to start cutting benefits for seniors.

I ran for President to do what was right for the country.

The only thing I don't want is for Washington to continue being so Washington-like.

Bipartisanship, not for its own sake but to solve problems, that's what our constituents, the American people, need from us right now.

We've got to be thinking what does that industry look like in the next 100 years.

I know how bitter and contentious the issue of health insurance reform has become.

I think your constituents would want to know that despite the fact it doesn't get a lot of attention, you and I have actually worked together on a number of occasions.

Today, we've stopped the flood of job losses, we've stabilized the financial system, and we can safely say that we've avoided that looming depression.

As the largest energy consumer in the United States, we have a responsibility to American citizens to reduce our energy use and become more efficient.

The Commission should conduct a comprehensive review of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle.