Barack Obama

I am honored today to put forward the names of two distinguished Americans to serve on the Federal bench.

I'm encouraged by is that after all the overheated rhetoric and the occasional demagoguery on all sides around this issue, we've got a responsible set of leaders sitting around the table who want to actively get something done.

Clean energy and the jobs it creates will be absolutely critical to that new foundation.

Americans should have access to the kind of health benefits Congress gets.

I encourage Congress to insist upon a real self-determination mechanism that will not force statehood upon the people of Puerto Rico.

H.R. 2499 is anything but deliberative, open or unbiased.

As President, I will actively engage Congress and the Puerto Rican people in promoting this deliberative, open and unbiased process, that may include a constitutional convention or a plebiscite, and my Administration will adhere to a…

The time has come for the United States to fulfill its responsibility, and its commitment to put an end to colonial relationships.

Self-determination is a basic right to be addressed no matter how difficult.

I want them to get the very best care.

This legislation will make available the funding necessary to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end.

John Victor Roos, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan.

The Taliban is resurgent and al Qaeda is increasing its attacks from its safe haven along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

These funds will assist Afghans and Iraqis in protecting and sustaining their infrastructure and building their capacity for more responsive and transparent governance.

Every program that currently exists under the Federal budget... would be swept aside by the cost of health care if we do nothing.

Every time we've made progress in this country on health care, there has been a vigorous debate.

The national emergency declared on June 26, 2008, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2009.

Further prepare our Nation in the event of a continued outbreak of the H1N1 pandemic flu.

The status quo is untenable.

James B. Smith, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This is not an easy problem.

I will not treat these provisions as limiting my ability to engage in foreign diplomacy or negotiations.

Ultimately, that's going to be between physicians and patients.

I think we can find a bipartisan way to do that.

We discussed the North Korea nuclear issue.