新罕布什尔州初选之夜

New Hampshire Primary Night Night 新罕布什尔州初选之夜 (2008年1月8日,新罕布什尔州纳舒厄市) NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY NIGHT January 8, 2008 | Nashua, New Hampshire I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard-fought victory here in New Hampshire. A few weeks ago, no one imagined that we’d have accomplished what we did here tonight. For most of this campaign, we were f...

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Weekly Address: Health Care Reform as the Key to Our Fiscal Future

Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressSaturday, June 13, 2009 Last week, I spoke to you about my commitment to work with Congress to pass health care reform this year. Today, I’d like to speak about how that effort is essential to restoring fiscal responsibility. When it comes to the cost of health care, this much is clear: the status quo is unsustainable for...

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奥巴马演讲 致谢秘书长拉斯穆森

Well, I just want to not only welcome Secretary General Rasmussen to my hometown of Chicago — my understanding is he’s already enjoyed some of the sights, and we were hearing about him jogging along the lake and appreciating the outstanding views and the skyline — but more importantly, I want to thank him for his extraordinary leadership. Secretary General ...

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The quickest and broadest tax cut ever

Two important takeaways from the President’s Weekly Address this morning. #1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will start having an impact as soon as a few weeks from now, in the form of the quickest and broadest tax cut in history: "Because of what we did, 95% of all working families will get a tax cut — in keeping with a promise I made on the cam...

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奥巴马演讲 改革移民政策 扩大国家间贸易往来

Hi, everybody. Today, I’m speaking to you from the road—a trip to Mexico and Costa Rica. I’m here because Latin America represents an incredible opportunity for the United States, especially when it comes to my top priority as President: creating good, middle-class jobs. On Friday, we learned that our businesses created another 176,000 jobs last month. That...

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奥巴马演讲 Premiums,Profits,and the Need for Health Reform

The other week, men and women across California opened up their mailboxes to find a letter from Anthem Blue Cross. The news inside was jaw-dropping. Anthem was alerting almost a million of its customers that it would be raising premiums(保险费,赠品) by an average of 25 percent, with about a quarter of folks likely to see their rates go up by anywhere from 35 to 39 percent...

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President’s Radio Address

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. For the last eight years, I have had the honor of speaking to the American people Saturday mornings through this radio address. In hundreds of broadcasts, I have talked to you about important issues affecting our security and our prosperity. And today, in my final address, I want to send a simple and heartfelt message: Thank you. Eight years ago...

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The Doors That Are Open to Us

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, the title of my speech today is "The Doors That Are Open to Us." The other day my aunt paid me a visit. She was overjoyed. "I got the highest mark in the mid-term examination!" she said. Don’t be surprised! My aunt is indeed a student, to be exact, a college student at the age of 45. Last year, she put aside her p...

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Advice from “beyond the echo chamber”

We just learned the economy lost another 600,000 jobs last month. It’s a staggering number, and it underscores just how deep this crisis is – and, as the President pointed out this morning, it’s accelerating. That’s why he created the Economic Recovery Advisory Board — to solicit ideas from "beyond the echo chamber of Washington, DC." ...

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奥巴马演讲 俄亥俄州民宅谈经济5

Q Mr. President, sir, I was born and raised in a good blue-collar town in Toledo, Ohio. I grew up in a union family and I work now for a significant number of pension assets in the labor union market with an investment firm. I think the question I have that most bothers me is what’s important to my people out there that I talk to, and those two things are, the first, w...

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On Taxes

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON TAXES Room 350Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 12:02 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I decided not to bring Bo today — because he stepped on my economic speech yesterday. (Laughter.) Good morning. I know that April 15th isn’t exactly everyone’s favorite date on the calendar. But it is an important opportunity f...

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奥巴马讲话 祝全国人民国庆节快乐

Happy Fourth of July, everybody. Like many of you, Michelle, Sasha, Malia, and I are going to spend the day outdoors, grilling burgers and dogs, and watching the fireworks with our family and friends. It’s also Malia’s birthday, which always makes the Fourth extra fun for us. As always, we’ve invited some very special guests to our backyard barbecue-several...

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“How our schools should be”

"This kind of innovative school…is an example of how all our schools should be," President Obama said yesterday, as he and Mrs. Obama visited a public charter school in Washington, D.C. The President and First Lady read "The Moon Over Star," a book by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Jerry Pinkey, to a second grade class at the Capital City Publi...

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President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address

My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you’ve bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation — (applause) — as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. Forty-four Americans have now taken the pres...

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奥巴马演讲 这是十年中选举后最多产的时期1

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Good afternoon. I know everybody is itching(发痒,渴望) to get out of here and spend some time with their families. I am, too. I noticed some of you colleagues have been reporting from Hawaii over the last week. But I just wanted to say a few words about the progress that we’ve made on some important issues over these last few weeks.A...

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奥巴马演讲 创造一个繁荣昌盛的中产阶级

Hi, everybody. Over the past few months, I’ve laid out a series of commonsense ideas to reignite(再次点燃) the true engine of our economic growth: a rising, thriving middle class. The way I see it, there are three areas where we need to focus. One: making America a magnet for good jobs. Two: making sure our workers have the education and skills they need to do those ...

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A Culture Change on Climate Change

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON NATIONAL FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS Rose Garden 12:22 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat — have a seat. What an extraordinary day. The sun is out because good things are happening. Before I get started, just some preliminary introductions — I’ll probably repeat them in my formal re...

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奥巴马演讲 美国的最高能源计划

Hello, everybody. In the State of the Union, I laid out three areas we need to focus on if we’re going to build an economy that lasts: new American manufacturing, new skills and education for American workers, and new sources of American-made energy. These days, we’re getting another painful reminder why developing new energy is so important to our future. Just l...

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One of the Most Accomplished Americans Ever to Serve our Dem

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON THE PASSING OF SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY Blue Heron FarmChilmark, Massachusetts THE PRESIDENT: I wanted to say a few words this morning about the passing of an extraordinary leader, Senator Edward Kennedy. Over the past several years, I’ve had the honor to call Teddy a colleague, a counselor, and a friend. And even though we have known this d...

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奥巴马演讲 通过改革创新和更好的建设来赢得未来2

Innovation is what this country is all about. Sparking the imagination and creativity of our people, unleashing(发动,解除) new discoveries — that’s what America does better than any other country on Earth. That’s what we do. (Applause.) And this innovation has always been driven by inpidual scientists and entrepreneurs(企业家) . I was up in Schenectady...

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