3:49 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: I think one thing that’s important to remember is that, even though there’s a lot of fun at Christmas, you know, you got — especially when it’s snowy like this, so it’s pretty outside, you…
Category: Speeches and Remarks
The President looks back to the bipartisan Patient’s Bill of Rights, a bill that was defeated in Congress at the hands of special interests and their supporters, and notes that health insurance reform covers the same ground and much more…
1:42 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello. Good afternoon, everybody. You know that I am from Chicago, so let me first say that with the place where I live covered with snow I’m finally starting to feel like home. And I…
Bella Center Copenhagen, Denmark 12:32 P.M. CET THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. It is an honor for me to join this distinguished group of leaders from nations around the world. We come here in Copenhagen because climate change poses a grave…
5:35 P.M. CET PRESIDENT OBAMA: Obviously our main concern in coming to Copenhagen was to try to move forward with an accord on the issue of climate change. But on the margins of this meeting we thought it was important…
Bella Center Copenhagen, Denmark 10:30 P.M. CET THE PRESIDENT: Let me start with a statement and then I’ll take a couple of questions. Today we’ve made meaningful and unprecedented — made a meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough here…
11:55 A.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Well, thank you, everyone. It’s good to see you all. Man, okay, you can make some noise. (Laughter.) I know they’ve told you to be restricted and — but it’s Christmas! (Laughter.) And we brought…
Home Depot Alexandria, Virginia 11:09 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Hello! Hello! (Applause.) Thank you guys. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. We’ve got a couple of special guests here today. First of all, the outstanding senator from…
3:15 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. We just had a very productive session about the final stages of health care reform in the Senate. And from the discussions we had it’s clear that we are on the precipice of…
2:51 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much, everybody. I want to welcome President Sleiman and his delegation for the excellent visit that we’ve had. I thought that this meeting was critical because the relationship between the United States…
