Barack Obama

I am committed to working with my colleagues on a final reform bill that will bring security and stability to American families and will not add one dime to our federal deficit, now or in the future.

A small number of individuals and businesses hide their assets overseas solely in order to shirk their responsibilities.

I applaud Leader Reid for including a sensible, compromise proposal that will help move our health care reform efforts forward.

This plant will produce enough power to serve the entire city of Arcadia.

I commend Chairmen Baucus and Rangel and Senator Kerry and Congressman Neal for moving forward on the important task of giving the Government the tools it needs to crack down on Americans hiding their assets in overseas tax havens.

The legislation introduced today would fulfill that promise, putting a stop to billions of dollars worth of abuses.

We think people will make progress to ensure that this gets done.

These talented public servants will make valuable additions to my administration as we work to bring real change to the American people.

This is the nation that harnessed electricity and the energy contained in an atom.

This has been an open process.

Governance is even harder than campaigning.

We were losing 700,000 jobs a month.

P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term of four years, vice Ronald S. Cooper, resigned.

I know that the battles out there seem bruising and there are people saying mean things about me and folks are worried.

Thanks to their efforts, we're closer than we've ever been to solving this decades-old problem.

Now is the time to build a clean energy economy that will free ourselves from foreign oil.

It is fiscally irresponsible not to do health care reform.

Now is the time to pass health care.

We take inspiration from what Jordan and Israel achieved 15 years ago, knowing that the destination is worthy of the struggle.

I'm here to report, by the way, Malia and Sasha are doing great.

Putting in place health care reform that genuinely slows the growth rate of costs is truly one of the largest and most important fiscal reforms we can undertake.

We are going to keep on working until every American is able to get a decent job that pays a living wage.

We must see reform through to completion.

I support the public option because it has the potential to play an essential role in holding insurance companies accountable through choice and competition.

The Recovery Act was also the largest Federal investment in education in history—in history.