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Weekly Address of President Barack Obama（Reauthomile）2010年9月5日星期日整理CATALOG062709_Weekly Address Opening the Door to a Clean Energy Economy-3070409_Weekly Address Overcoming Americas Challenges-4072509_Health Insurance Reform Will Strengthen Small Businesses-6080109_Weekly Address This Economic Storm Will Pass-8091909 _Tougher Rules on Wall Street to Protect Consumers-10102409_Working with Small Business to Drive Recovery-11103109_Milestones on the Economy and the Recovery Act-13110709_Condolences to the Fort Hood Community-14111409_Weekly Address Veterans Day and Fort Hood-16112109_Traveling Abroad for Our Economy at Home-17120509_WeeklyAddressPushing Forward on Jobs-19121209_WeeklyAddressLearning from History to Reform Wall Street-20121909_WeeklyAddressThe Patients Bill of Rights and Health Reform-22122409_Celebrating Christmas and Honoring Those Who Serve-23010210_WeeklyAddressThe Fight against Al Qaeda-25010910_WeeklyAddressHealth Reforms Benefits in 2010-27011610_WeeklyAddressGetting Our Money Back from Wall Street-29012310_WeeklyAddressThis Weeks Supreme Court Decision-30013010_WeeklyAddressReining in Budget Deficits-32020610_Opening Doors for Small Business-33021310_WeeklyAddressPay As You Go-35022010_Premiums, Profits, and the Need for Health Reform- 36022710_The Olympic Spirit, the Spirit of Bipartisanship, and Health Reform-38030610_WeeklyAddressWhat Health Reform Will Deliver This Year-39031310_Education for a More Competitive America & Better Future-41032010_Time for Action on Financial Reform for the Economy-42032710_WeeklyAddressTwo Major Reforms on Health Care & Higher Ed-44040310_WeeklyAddressHoliday Greetings-46041010_WeeklyAddressRelief for the Middle Class at Tax Time-47041710_WeeklyAddressHolding Wall Street Accountable-49042410_WeeklyAddressGood News from the Auto Industry-50050110_WeeklyAddressGiving Government Back to the American People-51050810_WeeklyAddressHealth Reform Starts to Kick In-52051510_WeeklyAddressWall Street Reform & Main Street-52052210_WeeklyAddressBP Spill Independent Commission-54052910_WeeklyAddress Honoring the Fallen-57060510_ BP Oil Spill from Grand Isle, LA -58061210_ Protect Medicare Reimbursements -60061910_WeeklyAddress Republicans Blocking Progress-61062610_WeeklyAddressFinishing the Job on Wall Street Reform-63070310_WeeklyAddressA Solar Recovery-64071010_WeeklyAddress Help forVets with PTSD-66071710_WeeklyAddressFilibustering Recovery & Obstructing Progress-68072410_WeeklyAddressMoving Forward on the Economy vs. Moving Backward-70073110_President Obama Hails Successes of the Restructuring of the Auto Industry, Calls on GOP Leaders to Stop Blocking Aid for Small Businesses-72080710_WeeklyAddress Medicare Officially Safer After Health Reform-74081410_WeeklyAddress Honoring Social Security, Not Privatizing It-75082110_WeeklyAddress No Corporate Takeover of Our Democracy-77082810_WeeklyAddress the End of Combat of operations in Iraq-79090410_WeeklyAddressHonoring the American Worker-81112609_ President Obama Delivers Thanksgiving Greeting-82写在后面的前言Weekly Address-84Prepared Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressThe White HouseJune 27, 2009Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a historic piece of legislation that will open the door to a clean energy economy and a better future for America.For more than three decades, we have talked about our dependence on foreign oil. And for more than three decades, we have seen that dependence grow. We have seen our reliance on fossil fuels jeopardize our national security. We have seen it pollute the air we breathe and endanger our planet. And most of all, we have seen other countries realize a critical truth: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy.Now is the time for the United States of America to realize this too. Now is the time for us to lead.The energy bill that passed the House will finally create a set of incentives that will spark a clean energy transformation in our economy. It will spur the development of low carbon sources of energy everything from wind, solar, and geothermal power to safer nuclear energy and cleaner coal. It will spur new energy savings, like the efficient windows and other materials that reduce heating costs in the winter and cooling costs in the summer. And most importantly, it will make possible the creation of millions of new jobs.Make no mistake: this is a jobs bill. Were already seeing why this is true in the clean energy investments were making through the Recovery Act. In California, 3000 people will be employed to build a new solar plant that will create 1000 permanent jobs. In Michigan, investment in wind turbines and wind technology is expected to create over 2,600 jobs. In Florida, three new solar projects are expected to employ 1400 people.The list goes on and on, but the point is this: this legislation will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy. That will lead to the creation of new businesses and entire new industries. And that will lead to American jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced. I have often talked about the need to build a new foundation for economic growth so that we do not return to the endless cycle of bubble and bust that led us to this recession. Clean energy and the jobs it creates will be absolutely critical to this new foundation.This legislation has also been written carefully to address the concerns that many have expressed in the past. Instead of increasing the deficit, it is paid for by the polluters who currently emit dangerous carbon emissions. It provides assistance to businesses and families as they make the gradual transition to clean energy technologies. It gives rural communities and farmers the opportunity to participate in climate solutions and generate new income. And above all, it will protect consumers from the costs of this transition, so that in a decade, the price to the average American will be just about a postage stamp a day.Because this legislation is so balanced and sensible, it has already attracted a remarkable coalition of consumer and environmental groups; labor and business leaders; Democrats and Republicans. And I want to thank every Member of Congress who put politics aside to support this bill on Friday.Now my call to every Senator, as well as to every American, is this: We cannot be afraid of the future. And we must not be prisoners of the past. Dont believe the misinformation out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy and economic growth. Its just not true.We have been talking about energy for decades. But there is no longer a disagreement over whether our dependence on foreign oil is endangering our security. It is. There is no longer a debate about whether carbon pollution is placing our planet in jeopardy. Its happening. And there is no longer a question about whether the jobs and industries of the 21st century will be centered around clean, renewable energy. The question is, which country will create these jobs and these industries? I want that answer to be the United States of America. And I believe that the American people and the men and women they sent to Congress share that view. So I want to congratulate the House for passing this bill, and I want to urge the Senate to take this opportunity to come together and meet our obligations to our constituents, to our children, to Gods creation, and to future generations.Thanks for listening.Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address The White HouseJuly 4, 2009 Hello and Happy Fourth of July, everybody. This weekend is a time to get together with family and friends, kick back, and enjoy a little time off. And I hope thats exactly what all of you do. But I also want to take a moment today to reflect on what I believe is the meaning of this distinctly American holiday.Today, we are called to remember not only the day our country was born we are also called to remember the indomitable spirit of the first American citizens who made that day possible.We are called to remember how unlikely it was that our American experiment would succeed at all; that a small band of patriots would declare independence from a powerful empire; and that they would form, in the new world, what the old world had never known a government of, by, and for the people.That unyielding spirit is what defines us as Americans. It is what led generations of pioneers to blaze a westward trail.It is what led my grandparents generation to persevere in the face of a Depression and triumph in the face of tyranny.It is what led generations of American workers to build an industrial economy unrivalled around the world.It is what has always led us, as a people, not to wilt or cower at a difficult moment, but to face down any trial and rise to any challenge, understanding that each of us has a hand in writing Americas destiny.That is the spirit we are called to show once more. We are facing an array of challenges on a scale unseen in our time. We are waging two wars. We are battling a deep recession. And our economy and our nation itself are endangered by festering problems we have kicked down the road for far too long: spiraling health care costs; inadequate schools; and a dependence on foreign oil.Meeting these extraordinary challenges will require an extraordinary effort on the part of every American. And that is an effort we cannot defer any longer.Now is the time to lay a new foundation for growth and prosperity. Now is the time to revamp our education system, demand more from teachers, parents, and students alike, and build schools that prepare every child in America to outcompete any worker in the world.Now is the time to reform an unsustainable health care system that is imposing crushing costs on families, businesses, large and small, and state and federal budgets. We need to protect what works, fix whats broken, and bring down costs for all Americans. No more talk. No more delay. Health care reform must happen this year.And now is the time to meet our energy challenge one of the greatest challenges we have ever confronted as a people or as a planet. For the sake of our economy and our children, we must build on the historic bill passed by the House of Representatives, and make clean energy the profitable kind of energy so that we can end our dependence on foreign oil and reclaim Americas future.These are some of the challenges that our generation has been called to meet. And yet, there are those who would have us try what has already failed; who would defend the status quo. They argue that our health care system is fine the way it is and that a clean energy economy can wait. They say we are trying to do too much, that we are moving too quickly, and that we all ought to just take a deep breath and scale back our goals.These naysayers have short memories. They forget that we, as a people, did not get here by standing pat in a time of change. We did not get here by doing what was easy. That is not how a cluster of 13 colonies became the United States of America.We are not a people who fear the future. We are a people who make it. And on this July 4th, we need to summon that spirit once more. We need to summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago today.That is how this generation of Americans will make its mark on history. That is how we will make the most of this extraordinary moment. And that is how we will write the next chapter in the great American story. Thank you, and Happy Fourth of July.Prepared Remarks of President Barack ObamaWeekly AddressSaturday, July 25th, 2009I recently heard from a small business owner from New Jersey who wrote that he employs eight people and provides health insurance for all of them. But his policy goes up at least 20 percent each year, and today, it costs almost $1,400 per family per month his highest business expense besides his employees salaries. Hes already had to let two of them go, and he may be forced to eliminate health insurance altogether.He wrote, simply: I am not looking for free health care, I would just like to get my premiums reduced enough to be able to afford it.Day after day, I hear from people just like him. Workers worried they may lose their coverage if they become too sick, or lose their job, or change jobs. Families who fear they may not be able to get insurance, or change insurance, if someone in their family has a pre-existing condition. And small business owners trying to make a living and do right by the people they employ.These are the mom and pop stores and restaurants, beauty shops and construction companies that support families and sustain communities. Theyre the tiny startups with big ideas, hoping to become the next Google or Apple or HP. And, as shown in a new report released today by the White House Council of Economic Advisers, right now they are getting crushed by skyrocketing health care costs.Because they lack the bargaining power that large businesses have and face higher administrative costs per person, small businesses pay up to 18 percent more for the very same health insurance plans costs that eat into their profits and get passed on to their employees.As a result, small businesses are much less likely to offer health insurance. Those that do tend to have less generous plans. In a recent survey, one third of small businesses reported cutting benefits. Many have dropped coverage altogether. And many have shed jobs, or shut their doors entirely.This is unsustainable, its unacceptable, and its going to change when I sign health insurance reform into law.Under the reform plans in Congress, small businesses will be able to purchase health insurance through an insurance exchange, a marketplace where they can compare the price, quality and services of a wide variety of plans, many of which will provide better coverage at lower costs than the plans they have now. They can then pick the one that works best for them and their employees.Small businesses that choose to insure their employees will also receive a tax credit to help them pay for it. If a small business chooses not to provide coverage, its employees can purchase high quality, affordable coverage through the insurance exchange on their own. Low-income workers folks who are more likely to be working at small businesses will qualify for a subsidy to help them cover the costs.And no matter how you get your insurance, insurance companies will no longer be allowed to deny you coverage because of a pre-existing condition. They wont be able to drop your coverage if you get too sick or lose your job or change jobs. And well limit the amount your insurance company can force you to pay out of your own pocket.To view the new report and learn more about how health insurance reform will help small businesses, go to WhiteH, and send us your questions and comments well answer as many of them as we can later this week.Over the past few months, Ive been pushing hard to make sure we finally address the need for health insurance reform, which has been deferred year after year, decade after decade. And today, after a lot of hard work in Congress, we are closer than ever before to finally passing reform that will reduce costs, expand coverage, and provide more choices for our families and businesses.It has taken months to reach this point, and once this legislation passes, well need to move thoughtfully and deliberately to implement these reforms over a period of several years. That is why I feel such a sense of urgency about moving this process forward.Now I know there are those who are urging us to delay reform. And some of them have actually admitted that this is a tactic designed to stop any reform at all. Some have even suggested that, regardless of its merits, health care reform should be stopped as a way to inflict political damage on my Administration. Ill leave it to them to explain that to the American people.What Im concerned about is the damage thats being done right now to the health of our families, the success of our businesses, and the long-term fiscal stability of our government. Im concerned about hard working folks who want nothing more t