WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President emphasized that we need to do everything we can to strengthen economic growth and job creation. This week, despite the fact that more than half of Republicans in Congress voted to…
Category: Speeches and Remarks
State Dining Room 3:38 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated, everybody. Good afternoon. Arne Duncan is one of my longest-serving Cabinet Secretaries, and he’s been a friend for a lot longer than that. So it’s with some regret…
State Dining Room 3:55 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I’m going to take a couple of questions from the press. But first, a few additional pieces of business. First of all, we learned today that our businesses created another 118,000 new…
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 6:22 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: There’s been another mass shooting in America — this time, in a community college in Oregon. That means there are more American families — moms, dads, children — whose…
South Court Auditorium Eisenhower Executive Office Building **Please see below for corrections, marked with an asterisk. 4:18 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Everybody have a seat. Well, welcome to the White House. I invited all of…
United Nations Headquarters New York, New York 10:53 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and government. Last year, here at the United Nations, I called on the world to unite against the evil that…
United Nations Headquarters New York, New York **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. 10:18 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: Seventy years after the founding of the United…
General Assembly Hall United Nations New York, New York 3:04 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon. Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great honor to be here to address the topic of sustainable development. In…
Gotham Hall New York, New York 5:57 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, New York! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Democrats! Thank you, New York! (Applause.) Thank you. Everybody, sit down. Obergefell. (Applause.) Just to be clear. It is…
In this week’s address, on “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day,” the President spoke about the importance of preventing and treating substance use disorders. Overdoses from prescription pain medications kill thousands of Americans every year, and more often than not, those…
