President Obama used his weekly address to once again address the terrorism fears in American and worldwide, and the steps his administration has taken and will continue to take, in fighting the terrorist threat. This week, Americans across our country have shown what it means to be strong in the face of terrorism. In San… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Fighting Terrorism – Video
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President’s Weekly Address – Time to Replace ‘No Child Left Behind’
In this week’s Weekly Address, President Obama spoke about education and replacing No Child Left Behind with a more modern, smarter policy that guarantees a better education for our children. “I want to work with both parties in Congress to replace No Child Left Behind with a smarter law,” the president said. A law “that… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Time to Replace ‘No Child Left Behind’
President’s Weekly Address – Things Are Better Now, Thanks To White House Policies
In his weekly address, President Obama took some time to praise the rebound of the American economy, something the president hasn’t done in a long time although evidence of economic prosperity is evident. The steps we took nearly six years ago to rescue our economy and rebuild it on a new foundation helped make 2014… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Things Are Better Now, Thanks To White House Policies
President’s Weekly Address – With The Afghanistan War Almost Over, Obama Thanked Our Troops
On Monday, the President will visit troops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey to personally thank the troops for all they are doing to protect the American people and our interests around the world. And with the war in Afghanistan coming to an end this week, the President used his weekly address to say… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – With The Afghanistan War Almost Over, Obama Thanked Our Troops
President’s Weekly Address – Sharing in A Better Economy
In this week’s address, the President highlighted the good news in Friday’s jobs report – that American businesses added 314,000 new jobs this past month, making November the tenth month in a row that the private sector has added at least 200,000 new jobs. Even with a full month to go, 2014 has already been… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Sharing in A Better Economy
President’s Weekly Address – Happy Father’s Day To All Dads
President Obama used this week’s address to thank and encourage all the dads of America to continue doing what is necessary for their family. And he spoke about the upcoming White House Working Family Summit, where families will discuss the challenges they face in the workplace and ways to improve workplace policies to match those challenges. That’s… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Happy Father’s Day To All Dads
President’s Weekly Address – Strengthening Overtime Pay for All Americans
In this week’s address, President Obama highlighted the action he took this week to reward hard work by strengthening overtime pay protections. As part of this year of action, the President has ordered the Secretary of Labor to modernize our country’s overtime rules to ensure that millions of American workers are paid a fair wage… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Strengthening Overtime Pay for All Americans
President’s Weekly Address – America Needs a Pay Raise
In this week’s address, President Obama says this is a year of action, and he will do everything he can to restore opportunity for all. The President already lifted the wages for federal contract workers, and he calls on the American people to tell Congress to finish the job by boosting the federal minimum wage… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – America Needs a Pay Raise
President’s Weekly Address – Restoring Opportunity for All
In his weekly address, President Obama expanded on the goals he laid out in the State of the Union address. Goals that if followed by those in Congress, would result in a better opportunities for the American people. After four years of economic growth with eight million new private sector jobs, our unemployment rate is… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – Restoring Opportunity for All
President’s Weekly Address – We Must Extend Unemployment Insurance – Video
President Obama used his first weekly address of 2014 to urge Republicans to joint Democrats in doing what they should for the unemployed – extending unemployment insurance. For decades, Republicans and Democrats put partisanship and ideology aside to offer some security for job-seekers, even when the unemployment rate was lower than it is today. Instead… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address – We Must Extend Unemployment Insurance – Video
President’s Weekly Address: Extending the Unemployment Benefits
President Obama used his weekly address to continue his call for Congress to extend unemployment benefits. … if Members of Congress don’t act before they leave on their vacations, 1.3 million Americans will lose this lifeline. These are people we know. They’re our friends and neighbors; they sit next to us in church and volunteer… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address: Extending the Unemployment Benefits
President’s Weekly Address: A Budget that Works for Us
In this week’s address, President Obama says that in order to keep growing the economy and creating good jobs, Washington must end its cycle of manufactured crises and self-inflicted wounds. It’s time for both parties to work together to pass a budget that reflects our priorities – making smart cuts in things we don’t need… Continue reading President’s Weekly Address: A Budget that Works for Us