Category: March 2012

Missouri Southern State University Joplin, Missouri 8:40 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you, everybody.  Please have a seat.  A few people I want to acknowledge.  First of all, you have an outstanding governor in Jay Nixon, and we are proud of all the work that he’s done.   I want to acknowledge Senator…

WASHINGTON, DC— In this week’s address, President Obama calls on Congress to pass the Buffett Rule, a principle of fairness that ensures that millionaires and billionaires do not pay less in taxes as a share of their income than middle class families pay.  The President believes our system must ask the wealthiest to pay their…

Alameda Coast Guard Station Alameda, California 10:26 A.M. PST MRS. OBAMA:  Hooray!  (Applause.)  Rest.  Goodness.  This is very exciting. Good morning, everyone. AUDIENCE:  Good morning! MRS. OBAMA:  Oh, you all are troopers.  (Laughter.)  Way to go.  I’m proud of you all for making it through this day.  This is very exciting. I want to thank…

Galen Center Los Angeles, California 5:50 P.M. PST MRS. OBAMA:  Hello everyone!  (Applause.)  I am so thrilled to be here with all of you tonight. I’m here because I have always felt an obligation to give back; to lift up others the way that my parents, my teachers and mentors lifted me.  And that’s something…

On Friday, March 30, 2012, the President signed into law: H.R. 4281, the “Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012,” which provides funding for programs funded from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) for the period April 1, 2012, through June 30, 2012; and extends the authority to make expenditures from the HTF for HTF-financed programs through…

Today the President made the determination required under Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 regarding the supply of petroleum and petroleum products from countries other than Iran. The analysis contained in the Energy Information Administration’s report of February 29, 2012, indicates that the oil market became increasingly…

Via Conference Call 2:25 P.M. EDT MR. VIETOR:  Hey, everybody, thanks for getting on.  We are doing a call, as the advisory said, to talk about the section of the NDAA that has to do with Iran sanctions.  You should have the determination from us — and now we’re going to do a background call…

Sheraton Burlington Hotel Burlington, Vermont 1:04 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  (Applause.)  Oh, it is good to be in Vermont.  I had to come here because Michelle got such a reception here — (applause) — and everybody was saying how popular she was and how much money she had raised and how everybody…

President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Dakar, Senegal to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency President-elect Macky Sall on April 2, 2012. The Honorable Daniel W. Yohannes, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, will lead the delegation. Members of the Presidential Delegation: The Honorable Lewis Lukens, United States Ambassador…

University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 2:25 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Vermont!  (Applause.)  Thank you!  (Applause.)  Oh, this is a good crowd here in Vermont!  (Applause.)  It is good to be at UVM — go Catamounts!  (Applause.)  It is good to be in Vermont.  (Applause.) Now, out of all 50 states, Vermont has gone the…