CATEGORY: September 2009
Remarks by the President on Financial Rescue and Reform at Federal Hall
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. It is wonderful to be back in New York after having just been here last week. It is a beautiful day and we have some extraordinary guests here in the Hall today. I just want to mention a few. First of all from my economic team, somebody who I think has done extraordinary work on behalf of all Americans and has helped to strengthen our financial system immeasurably,... [Read more]
President Obama Speach at Rally on Health Insurance Reform
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Minnesota! (Applause.) Hello, Minneapolis! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Are you fired up? (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, all right. Thank you. Everybody — everybody take a seat, take a seat. Great... [Read more]
Remarks by the President at Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial, 9/11/2009
THE PRESIDENT: Secretary Gates, Admiral Mullen and members of the Armed Forces, fellow Americans, family and friends of those that we lost this day on 9/11/2001— Michelle and I are deeply humbled to be with you. Eight Septembers have come and gone. Nearly 3,000 days have passed — almost one for each of those taken from us. But no turning of the seasons can diminish the pain and the loss... [Read more]
Remarks by the President honoring the Stanley Cup 2009 Champion Pittsburgh Penguins
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. First of all, I’m sorry to keep you guys waiting — I have all these things I’ve got to do — (laughter) — as President. This is by far the most fun thing that I’m doing today. So welcome to the White House. We are extraordinarily pleased to have the world champion Pittsburgh Penguins — (applause)... [Read more]
Remarks by the President after Cabinet Meeting, 9/10/2009
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. We just had an excellent and informative Cabinet meeting. Secretaries Clinton and Gates provided an overview of our current national security posture. Secretary Geithner discussed some of the — both promise and peril of our current economic situation. But we spent a large portion of our time discussing the critical importance of health care reform. This is an... [Read more]
Remarks by the President Obama on Health Insurance Reform, 9/10/2009
THE PRESIDENT: All righty. Hey, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. It is good to be with all of you — please sit down, everybody. (Laughter.) It is just great to be with nurses again. It is great to be with Becky. I want to acknowledge — I want to make sure I get them in order: Naté; this is Linda; and that is Sonia — right? I got it right? And... [Read more]
Remarks by the President to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care, 9/9/2009
THE PRESIDENT: Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of collapse. As any American who is still looking for work or a way to pay their... [Read more]
Remarks by the President at Memorial Service in Honor of Walter Cronkite, 9/9/92009
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. To Chip, Kathy, and Nancy, who graciously shared your father with a nation that loved him; to Walter’s friends, colleagues, protégés, and all who considered him a hero; to the men of the Intrepid; to all of you who are gathered here today; I am honored to be here to pay tribute to the life and times of the man who chronicled our time. I did... [Read more]
Remarks by the President in Discussion with 9th Graders-Wakefield High School, 9/8/2009
THE PRESIDENT: Wow. I’m trying to remember back to my first day of high school. I can’t remember that far back. But it is great to see all of you here. I’m really proud of my Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, who is just doing a great job trying to create an environment where all of you can learn. And I know it’s a little intimidating with all these cameras around and all... [Read more]
Remarks by the President in a National Address to America’s Schoolchildren
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that... [Read more]
