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Archive: September 22, 2012

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT A CAMPAIGN EVENT Milwaukee Theater Milwaukee, Wisconsin 3:21 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.  Thank you!  (Applause.)  It is great to be here.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  All right, everybody have…

Private Residence Phoenix, Maryland 8:21 P.M. EDT      MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you all.  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  All right, I get embarrassed.  You’re embarrassing me.  (Laughter.)  But thank you so much.   It is beyond a thrill to be here…

REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY AT A CAMPAIGN EVENT  Morgan State University Baltimore, Maryland 5:56 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Wow.  Well, thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  You all, rest yourselves.  Rest.  (Applause.)  Oh, my goodness.  Thank you all…

President Obama describes how the House of Representatives left town without finishing important work that would create jobs and strengthen our economy.

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Marilyn A. Brown, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2017.  (Reappointment) Alan F. Estevez, of the District of Columbia,…

On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, boldly declaring that on New Year’s Day, 1863, all people held as slaves in areas “in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”…

Aboard Air Force One En Route Wisconsin 1:05 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Thank you for joining us on this Saturday as we make our way to Wisconsin.  One thing I do want to flag for you —…