Category: February 2010
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Remarks by the President, Senator Alexander, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Reid in Opening Statements at Bipartisan Meeting on Health Care Reform
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Welcome. Thank you so much for participating today. I am very grateful to all of you because I know how busy you are. What I want to do is just make a few brief remarks on the front end, and then we’re going to allow leadership from the both the…
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Remarks by the President to the Business Roundtable
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, Ivan, for the terrific introduction, which was short and that’s how I like it. (Laughter.) I want to thank John for the great work that he’s been doing with our team. And thank you all. Welcome to Washington. It is wonderful to be back here with the men and…
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Remarks by the President and the Vice President to the National Governors Association
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everyone. Well, I hope you all had a good time last night. And I kept my tradition of not making more of a fool of myself than I usually do by not letting you all see me try to dance. There was one reason — I used to say to…
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Toast Remarks by the President and Governor Douglas at the 2010 Governors’ Ball
February 21, 2010 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. Have a seat. Good evening, and welcome back to the White House. For some of you this is the first time; welcome. I want to begin by acknowledging your outstanding chairs of this extraordinary organization — Jim Douglas of Vermont…
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Remarks by the President to the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you very much. Thank you. Well, what a extraordinary introduction from an extraordinary leader. I just want to reiterate something I said at the town hall meeting earlier. You could not have a better fighter on…
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Remarks by The President At Town Hall Meeting In Henderson, Nevada
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Henderson! Thank you! Thank you so much, everybody. Everybody, have a seat, have a seat. I am thrilled to be here. (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, Mr. President! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. (Applause.) We’ve got some special guests here — everybody is a special guest, but I just want…
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Remarks by The President at A Reception for Senator Bennet
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Denver! (Applause.) Well, it is good to be back in Denver. (Applause.) Good to be in Colorado. And good to be campaigning for one of the finest young senators we have in the United States Senate, Michael Bennet. (Applause.) I have to confess, the reason I was delayed, I was grabbing one…
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Remarks by the President at Grassroots Fundraiser for Senator Bennet
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Denver! (Applause.) I’m fired up! (Applause.) What a great crowd. (Applause.) Yes, we can. AUDIENCE: Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Listen, let me first of all say I am thrilled to be back in Denver. (Applause.) I’ve got…
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Remarks by The President Establishing The National Commission On Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. When I took office, America faced three closely linked challenges. One was a financial crisis, brought on by reckless speculation that threatened to choke off all lending. And this helped to spark the deepest recession since the Great Depression, from which we’re still recovering. That recession, in turn, helped to…
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Remarks by the President in Conversation with the International Space Station Crew and the Space Shuttle Endeavour Crew via Satellite
THE PRESIDENT: Hey, guys. COMMANDER ZAMKA: Good morning from the International Space Station and from the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Mr. President. THE PRESIDENT: Well, it’s great to talk to you guys. I wanted to, first of all, just say that we’ve got a bunch of very excited young people here with us, along with a…