Barack Obama

The Department of Homeland Security has also been making good progress in speeding up the processing of citizenship petitions, which has been far too slow for far too long.

Ultimately, the strength of America doesn't come from Capitol Hill, it doesn't come from the White House, it comes from the grassroots.

They represent the very best that our country has to offer in the way of excellence and public service.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and commend the National Endowment for Democracy's 2009 Democracy Award recipients.

We want to ask every American to take some time out this summer to do something for others.

It is my sincere hope that all political prisoners who remain jailed will be unconditionally released and allowed to fully participate in a democratic future in Cuba.

The nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy.

I'm grateful that these talented and dedicated individuals will be serving my administration and representing our nation abroad.

We're going to leverage cutting-edge technology to reduce the unnecessary paperwork, backlogs, and the lack of transparency that's caused so many people so much heartache.

Thank you again, Members of Congress, for the unbelievable work that you're doing for the American people each and every day.

The only question is, which country will create these jobs and these industries?

It also funds critical activities to ensure the health of the American people, the environment in which we live, and the modernized 21st Century infrastructure that is vital to our economy.

We are fortunate that these two extraordinary individuals are willing to assume the awesome responsibilities associated with serving as a trial judge in the federal system.

Nothing's more powerful than when you enlist the skill and talent and passion of the American people on behalf of helping others.

If you go to serve.gov--serve.gov--that will give you an entire toolkit for how you can sign up for service in your communities.

I stand with him; I stand with Nydia Velazquez and others who have taken leadership on this issue.

Comprehensive immigration reform is difficult.

We cannot be afraid of the future, and we can't be prisoners of the past.

Serving our country is not just something that we should expect our members of our Armed Forces to do, that's something that we should expect all of us as citizens to do.

It's going to require a victory of practicality and common sense and good policymaking over short-term politics.

We need a effective way to recognize and legalize the status of undocumented workers who are here.

My administration is fully behind an effort to achieve comprehensive immigration reform.

This legislation will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy.

I hope you guys have a wonderful time.

There's no disagreement over whether our dependence on foreign oil is endangering our security; we know it is.