Pushing Forward on Jobs

Every month since January, when I became your President, I’ve spoken to you about the periodic reports定期报告 of the Labor Department on the number of jobs created or lost during the previous month; numbers that tell a story about how America’s economy is faring overall. In those first months, the numbers were nothing short of devastating毁灭性的. The worst rec...

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奥巴马演讲 对话英国首相卡梅伦

PRESIDENT OBAMA: All right, everybody set up? Careful. Don’t hurt each other.PRIME MINISTER CAMERON: — upsetting the beer, so work together here. (Laughter.) PRESIDENT OBMAA: Let me begin by saying that the last conversation I had with David Cameron was before the — well, I guess it wasn’t the last one, but a recent conversation was before the match b...

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奥巴马演讲 Cherish Your Team

Remarks by the President in Honor of the MLS Cup Champion Real Salt LakeEast Room11:05 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Please have a seat. Well, welcome to the White House. And congratulations on winning your first MLS Cup Championship –- and for bringing the state of Utah its first professional sports title in almost 40 years. That’s a pretty big deal....

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奥巴马演讲 Put People Ahead of Insurance Companies

Remarks by the President on Health Care ReformEast Room1:50 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, all of you, for joining us today. And I want to thank Julie, Barbara, Roland, Stephen, Renee, and Christopher, standing behind me — physicians, physicians assistants, and nurses who understand how important it is for us to make much needed changes in our health care s...

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The American Medical Association

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 11:13 A.M. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Good to see you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Please, everybody be seated. Thank you very much. You’re very kind. (Applause.) Let me begin by thanking Nancy for the wonderful introduction. I want to thank Dr. Joseph Heyman, the chair o...

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National Security

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON NATIONAL SECURITY National ArchivesWashington, D.C. 10:28 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Please be seated. Thank you all for being here. Let me just acknowledge the presence of some of my outstanding Cabinet members and advisors. We’ve got our Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. We have our CIA Director Leon Panetta. We hav...

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Press Briefing Highlights

This afternoon, in his second press briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs fielded questions on energy independence, the stimulus package, and the auto industry. Here are some selected responses from the press conference. On the remaining bailout funds:"I do think what is incredibly important for you and for the American people to understand is the President...

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The Next Generation of Innovators

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. I am extraordinarily excited to have you all here today. A couple of special acknowledgements I want to make — first of all, two of my outstanding Cabinet members: Secretary Arne Duncan, our Education Secretary; and Secretary Steven Chu, who is our Energy Secretary. They are both doing outstanding work each and every(每一个) day. I want to ...

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CEOs at the White House

Iconic American companies like IBM, Jet Blue, and Honeywell sent their leadership to meet with the President this morning to discuss how they can get the economy moving again. And the President made clear that the majority of money in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will go out quickly, and most of it will go to create jobs in the private sector. "The busine...

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2009

On the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, we recognize one of history’s most consequential advocates for equality and civil rights, and we celebrate his powerful message of justice and hope. Our Nation is better because Dr. King was a man of courage and vision who understood that love and compassion will always triumph over bitterness and hatred. As Americans, ...

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奥巴马演讲 A Summer of Recovery Act Projects 1

THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. AUDIENCE: Good afternoon. THE PRESIDENT: Well, it is great to be back in Ohio. Strickland said I’ve been in Ohio so much he might start charging me for it. (Laughter.) It is wonderful to be back in Ohio, and it is wonderful to be back in the beautiful city of Columbus. I just want to say thank you right off the top to Mayor Co...

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A Proclamation: Equal Pay Day

NATIONAL EQUAL PAY DAY, 2009- – – – – – -BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATION Harriet Beecher Stowe helped galvanize the abolitionist movement with her groundbreaking literature. Frances Perkins advised President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and led the Department of Labor during one of its most challenging periods in hist...

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奥巴马演讲 加大清洁能源领域投资2

Here at ZBB, you’re building batteries to store electricity from solar cells(太阳能电池) and wind turbines. And you’ve been able to export batteries around the globe, and that’s helping lead this new industry. For years, we’ve heard about manufacturing jobs disappearing overseas. Well, companies like this are showing us how manufacturing can come ba...

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On Improving Veterans’ Health Care

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON IMPROVING VETERANS’ HEALTH CARE Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office BuildingRoom 450 11:54 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, John, for your outstanding service, and your friendship is greatly appreciated. I want to thank my two outstanding Secretaries who are behind me — Bob Gates, who is doing just an extraordinary job over at the P...

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Progress in the Global Economy

Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressThe White HouseSeptember 19, 2009 Weekly Address: Progress in the Global Economy from White House on Vimeo. Leaders of the world’s largest economies will gather next week in Pittsburgh for the second time this year. The first meeting of the G-20 nations in April came at the height of the global financial crisis – a c...

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奥巴马演讲 关于儿童营养法案的讲话2

We know that every day across this country, parents are working as hard as they can to make healthy choices for their kids. Schools are doing everything possible to provide the nutritious food they need to thrive. Communities are coming together to help our young people lead healthier lives right from the beginning. And it’s time that we made that work a little bit eas...

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奥巴马演讲 Time for Action on Financial Reform

Remarks of President Barack Obama As Prepared for Delivery Weekly AddressMarch 20, 2010 On Monday, the Banking Committee of the United States Senate will debate a proposal to address the abuse and excess(无节制,过度) that led to the worst financial crisis in generations. These reforms are essential. As I’ve urged over the past year, we need common-sense rules that w...

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on The Confirmation of Judge Sonia

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENTON THE CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE SONIA SOTOMAYOR THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Well, I am pleased and deeply gratified that the Senate has voted to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor as our nation’s 111th Supreme Court justice. I want to thank the Senate Judiciary Committee, particularly its Chairman, Senator Leahy — as well as its Ranking Membe...

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奥巴马讲话 呼吁国会尽快通过预算

Hi, everybody. On Thursday, I addressed a conference for business leaders from around the world. And my pitch was simple: Choose America. Invest in America. Create jobs in America. It speaks to my top priority as President: growing our economy, creating good jobs, strengthening security and opportunity for the middle class. Over the past three and a half years, our businesse...

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经典演讲节选(下)

五. My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of men. Finally whether you are citizens of America, or citizens of the world, ask of us here, the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we a...

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