The President's Voice

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Posted by Norm Eisen In September 2009, the President announced that – for the first time in history – the White House would routinely release visitor records. Today, the White House releases visitor records that were created in April 2010. Today’s release also includes several visitor records created prior to September 16, 2009 that were [...]

Posted by Jesse Lee There’s no question that last year’s SAVE Award was a great success, with tens of thousands of ideas to help government save money and be more efficient submitted by Federal employees. It was a first-of-its-kind exercise, called for by the President, to tap into the knowledge of the people who know [...]

Posted by Jesse Lee President Barack Obama delivers remarks at General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Michigan. The Hamtramck GM plant is one of nine that GM recently kept open during a scheduled summer shutdown in production. July 30, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Today the President was in Detroit visiting workers [...]

Posted by Jon Jarvis On Tuesday, Vice President Biden continued his Recovery Summer tour at Grand Canyon National Park.  Standing in front of the beautiful overlook at Hopi Point on the south rim of the canyon, we spoke with Roger Geiger, a construction worker who is helping to rehabilitate housing for the Havasupai tribe. Roger talked [...]

Posted by Stephanie Cutter The Affordable Care Act will strengthen the health care system for all Americans, but senior citizens in particular stand to benefit from the new law. And the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is getting a little help delivering the good news from a well known TV star: Andy Griffith. Today, [...]

Posted by Phil Larson In a speech at the National Urban League yesterday, President Obama talked about the importance of getting students enthused about education and the particular importance of science and mathematics education. Well, there is no better example of how to generate that kind of enthusiasm—all the while helping to make renewable-energy vehicles more practical—than [...]

Posted by Christina Romer Today’s report shows that real GDP, the total amount of goods and services produced in the country, grew at a 2.4% annual rate in the second quarter of this year, the fourth straight quarter of positive growth.  Growth in the first quarter was revised up to 3.7%, meaning that growth has averaged [...]

Posted by Ambassador Ron Kirk Every day, the Obama Administration is working to enforce America’s rights in the international trading system – to keep our workers on a level playing field in global markets, and ultimately create and sustain American jobs. Over the past year, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has stepped up enforcement [...]

Posted by Arun Chaudhary Download Video: mp4 (118.7MB) Find more video, photos, and information on the events featured in this episode below: Monday, July 26, 2010 The President speaks about limiting special interests and the DISCLOSE Act The President thanks Space Shuttle Atlantic astronauts The President commemorates the 20′th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act [...]

Posted by Lynn Rosenthal Ed. Note: We encourage readers to watch the video of the signing, including the moving introduction from Lisa Marie Iyotte. Read the Transcript |  Download Video: mp4 (140MB) | mp3 (13MB) The President just signed the Tribal Law and Order Act — an important step to help the Federal Government better address the unique public safety challenges [...]

Posted by Katelyn Sabochik Read the Transcript |  Download Video: mp4 (439MB) | mp3 (42MB) Today, President Obama delivered an address on education at the Urban League’s 100th Anniversary Convention highlighting the steps his Administration has taken over the past eighteen months to improve the education system in America.  The President stated that education reform is a top [...]

Posted by Ron Bloom and Ed Montgomery Over the next week, the President will travel to Detroit and Chicago where he will meet with auto workers and tour plants of each of the big three auto makers.  His trips offer an opportunity to take stock of where the industry stands this summer. A little more than [...]

Posted by Dr. David Michaels Each year, close to 100 workers are killed, and hundreds more are injured in workplace incidents involving cranes and derricks in construction. These incidents and their catastrophic impact on the lives of workers and families in America are preventable. For the first time in nearly forty years, the U.S. Department of [...]

Posted by Secretary Ray LaHood Cross posted from the DOT blog. Today was a great day to be in Colorado. First, I toured a Federal Railroad Administration facility–the work the FRA crew is doing there really deserves its own blog post, so stay tuned for that one next week. Then, I learned about an exciting new municipal [...]

Posted by Nancy-Ann DeParle For too long, too many Americans with pre-existing conditions were left out of the health insurance marketplace. Health insurance companies could charge these Americans more or simply refuse to cover them. But thanks to the Affordable Care Act, the health care system will no longer leave out the people who need care [...]

Posted by Julia Simmons President Obama traveled to Edison, New Jersey today where he met with a group of small business owners at Tastee Sub Shop to discuss the economy and urge Congress to pass support for small businesses, the engines of private sector job growth. In his remarks following the meeting, the President spoke [...]

Posted by John Porcari Cross-posted from the U.S. Department of Transportation blog Few things say summer like a state fair. And, as a graduate from the nearby University of Dayton, I was thrilled to take part in today’s opening of the 157th Ohio State Fair with Governor Ted Strickland. A proud Buckeye tradition, the Ohio State Fair [...]

Posted by Jen Psaki The New York Times ran a compelling piece today on a report written by Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi which found that the policy response to the economic downturn was “highly effective” and that without the fiscal stimulus and the financial measures the Administration and the Federal Reserve took last year there would be [...]

Posted by Jonathan Jarvis Ed. Note: Also watch a video of President Obama and his family’s visit to Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 2009 along with some historical context. On Monday, I joined Vice President Biden at Yellowstone National Park as he continued his Recovery Summer tour.  Under overcast skies, we walked up a new [...]

Posted by Christina Romer President Obama has made it clear that he favors extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for middle-income families, but letting those for high-income earners expire as called for in current law.  Recently, some have argued that extending the high-income cuts is necessary for the economy.  This is simply wrong. First, extending [...]

Posted by Macon Phillips It’s not every day that the President takes time out of his schedule to record a video about a website.  But that’s just what happened with HealthCare.gov, the new consumer-oriented website from the Department of Health and Human Services.  In the video, he shows how anyone can learn about new rights and [...]

Posted by Rosie Rios Access to affordable housing is a challenge facing communities across the country. But the Recovery Act is helping our nation meet that challenge head on by providing states with cash to help them finance low-income housing construction at a time when too many projects would otherwise be stalled. These projects are helping [...]

Posted by Heather Zichal Yesterday, we hosted a lively forum at the White House, which brought more than 130 stakeholders– civilian and uniformed officials from the Department of Defense (DOD) and our armed services, policy makers from the Department of Energy (DOE), think tanks, and business entrepreneurs – together for a discussion on the importance of [...]

Posted by Nancy-Ann DeParle Since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, the President’s team has worked diligently to implement the new law. As part of this effort, we’ve held countless meetings with individuals and organizations to hear their thoughts and suggestions for how we can best deliver the benefits of reform [...]

Posted by Kareem Dale “Celebrating with substance” is my own phrase, but others might say “partying with a purpose.” No matter whether you use one of these classic phrases (yes, I’ve claimed my phrase as a classic), we did just that on Monday at the White House with our celebration to mark the 20th anniversary of [...]

Posted by Kori Schulman Last month, President Obama awarded Paul McCartney the annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Artists from all the genres and backgrounds paid tribute to the music legend with a concert hosted by the President and First Lady at the White House. Take a break and go behind-the-scenes with the Jonas Brothers as [...]

Posted by Jesse Lee Read the Transcript |  Download Video: mp4 (62MB) | mp3 (6MB) In his latest meeting with Congressional leaders of both parties – a new tradition promised by the President in his State of the Union Address – the conversation was focused primarily on two topics.  The first was help for small businesses, one of the [...]

Posted by Katelyn Sabochik Want to get the inside scoop on what’s going on at the White House delivered to your inbox each morning?  The Daily Snapshot is a quick look at what’s happening each day at the White House. It includes the President and Vice President’s daily schedules, a look at what’s hot on [...]

Posted by Ed DeSeve Nearly a year and a half after the Recovery Act’s enactment, virtually all of the funds have been allocated: how they will be spent has been identified, and they are at work providing relief, creating jobs, or funding projects underway or coming soon. So why do some critics still talk about billions in “unspent” Recovery [...]

Posted by Jeffrey A. Goldstein The housing industry is of vital importance to our country’s future. It is a key sector of our economy, supporting millions of jobs in construction, manufacturing, real estate, finance, and other industries. Moreover, for many Americans, their home is their largest financial investment. That is why the Obama Administration is strongly [...]

Posted by Jesse Lee Today the President took a moment out of his day to greet crew members from the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station in the Oval Office — a glance behind the scenes from Pete Souza: President Barack Obama greets crew members from the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International [...]

Posted by Jesse Lee Read the Transcript |  Download Video: mp4 (53MB) | mp3 (5MB) With a Senate vote tomorrow on legislation to undo some of the damage from the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the President laid out the stakes in no uncertain terms: A vote to oppose these reforms is nothing less than a vote to allow corporate [...]

Posted by Katelyn Sabochik Starting today, the President and the Vice President’s daily public schedules are now available online. You don’t have to come to WhiteHouse.gov to find out what the President and Vice President are up to each day – you can subscribe to their schedules via RSS or even add their schedules to [...]

Posted by Secretary Arne Duncan On Friday, I joined Senator Tom Carper and Representative Mike Castle at the Delaware State Fair in Harrington, DE. We spent the day with 4-H and Future Farmers of America students. We saw the results of their hard work on farming vegetables, baking pastries and pies from scratch, sewing garments [...]

Posted by Samantha Vinograd The Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program, (IYLEP) funded by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and implemented by AED, a nonprofit organization working globally to improve education, health, social and economic development, enables 50 highly-motivated undergraduate students from Iraq to attend a six-week intensive academic summer program at a U.S. host university. [...]

Posted by Jesse Lee Following the signing of historic Wall Street Reform legislation, the President lays out his plans to strengthen the middle class, give tax breaks to small businesses that create jobs here, invest in homegrown, clean energy, and cut taxes for working families. The President also contrasts that plan with the agenda outlined [...]

Posted by Kori Schulman Let’s Move! and GOOD asked you to create infographics about the childhood obesity epidemic to help raise awareness about the problem and the ways we’re working to address it. There are some great submissions, see a few below and even more over on GOOD.is. Tell us your favorites in the comments [...]

Posted by Jared Bernstein Our latest Recovery-Act-in-Action installment features some exciting new technology, 100 good-paying manufacturing jobs, and the public/private co-investment that is critical to job growth right now. It’s all taking place in Indianapolis, Indiana, where Allison Transmission is building a new factory to make hybrid systems that go into energy efficient trucks, buses and [...]

Posted by Katelyn Sabochik Read the Transcript |  Download Video: mp4 (47MB) | mp3 (5MB) This week, the President signed three bills into law that will help our economy get back on track and eliminate wasteful and fraudulent improper payments by the federal government.  On Wednesday, the President signed theDodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  Yesterday [...]