Category: March 2012

Southern Maine Community College South Portland, Maine 5:08 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Maine!  (Applause.)  Thank you!  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  (Applause.) AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years! THE PRESIDENT:  Well, it is good to be in South Portland, Maine!  (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER:  I love you? THE PRESIDENT:  I love you!  (Applause.)  Thank…

Portland Museum of Art Portland, Maine 7:04 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Thank you.  Everybody, please have a seat.  Have a seat. Well, first of all, you want Karen and Bonnie having your back because you can tell that they’re not going to take no for an answer.  (Laughter.)  It is…

California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, California 6:36 P.M. PDT MRS. OBAMA:  Well, this is so nice.  (Applause.)  Did you all have fun? AUDIENCE:  Yes!  (Applause.) MRS. OBAMA:  How about the kids, you guys having fun? AUDIENCE:  Yes!  (Applause.) MRS. OBAMA:  Yay!  It is a pleasure to be here with all of you.    It really…

While it is critical that we not put American jobs and safety at risk and hurt our economic recovery by allowing funding to run out, it is not enough for us to continue to patch together our nation’s infrastructure future with short-term band-aids. States and cities need certainty to plan ahead and America’s construction workers…

Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012, Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Norfolk, VA to discuss college affordability. Additional details are forthcoming. In the afternoon of April 3rd, Vice President Biden will answer questions about college affordability on Twitter. People from across the country can ask questions using the hashtag #AskVP and…

House Republicans today banded together to shower millionaires and billionaires with a massive tax cut paid for by ending Medicare as we know it and making extremely deep cuts to critical programs needed to create jobs and strengthen the middle class.  The Ryan Republican budget would give every millionaire an average tax cut of at…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: • Yvonne B. Burke – Director, AMTRAK Board of Directors • Patricia K. Falcone – Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, Office of Science and Technology Policy • Douglas M. Griffiths – Ambassador to the Republic of…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, of California, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. (New Position) Patricia K. Falcone, of California, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, vice Philip E. Coyle, III. Douglas M. Griffiths, of…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Patrick A. Miles, Jr. and Danny C. Williams, Sr. to serve as U.S. Attorneys for the Western District of Michigan and the Northern District of Oklahoma, respectively. “These two men have proven themselves to be top-flight attorneys, and I am confident that they will ensure justice is served…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Patrick A. Miles, Jr., of Michigan, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan for the term of four years, vice Margaret M. Chiara, resigned. Patrick J. Wilkerson, of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years,…