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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress,
distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:
Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of
the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner. And
as we mark this occasion, we are also mindful of the empty chair in
this Chamber, and pray for the health of our colleague & and our
friend & Gabby Giffords.
It’s no secret that those of us here tonight have had our
differences over the last two years. The debates have been
we have fought fiercely for our beliefs. And that’s a
good thing. That’s what a robust democracy demands. That’s what
helps set us apart as a nation.
We have also taken the fight to al Qaeda and their allies
abroad. In Afghanistan, our troops have taken Taliban strongholds
and trained Afghan Security Forces. Our purpose is clear & by
preventing the Taliban from reestablishing a stranglehold over the
Afghan people, we will deny al Qaeda the safe-haven that served as
a launching pad for 9/11.
We are part of the American family. We believe that in a country
where every race and faith and point of view can be found, we are
still bound to that we share common hopes and
that the dreams of a little girl in Tucson are not
so different than those of our own children, and that they all
deserve the chance to be fulfilled.
That, too, is what sets us apart as a nation.
Now, by itself, this simple recognition won’t usher in a new era
of cooperation. What comes of this moment is up to us. What comes
of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit
together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow.
I believe we can. I believe we must. That’s what the people who
sent us here expect of us. With their votes, they’ve determined
that governing will now be a shared responsibility between parties.
New laws will only pass with support from Democrats and
Republicans. We will move forward together, or not at all & for the
challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than
At stake right now is not who wins the next election & after
all, we just had an election. At stake is whether new jobs and
industries take root in this country, or somewhere else. It’s
whether the hard work and industry of our people is rewarded. It’s
whether we sustain the leadership that has made America not just a
place on a map, but a light to the world.
Maintaining our leadership in research and technology is crucial
to America’s success. But if we want to win the future & if we want
innovation to produce jobs in America and not overseas & then we
also have to win the race to educate our kids.
But we have never measured progress by these yardsticks alone.
We measure progress by the success of our people. By the jobs they
can find and the quality of life those jobs offer. By the prospects
of a small business owner who dreams of turning a good idea into a
thriving enterprise. By the opportunities for a better life that we
pass on to our children.
That’s the project the American people want us to work on.
We did that in December. Thanks to the tax cuts we passed,
Americans’ paychecks are a little bigger today. Every business can
write off the full cost of the new investments they make this year.
These steps, taken by Democrats and Republicans, will grow the
economy and add to the more than one million private sector jobs
created last year.
None of us can predict with certainty what the next big industry
will be, or where the new jobs will come from. Thirty years ago, we
couldn’t know that something called the Internet would lead to an
economic revolution. What we can do & what America does better than
anyone & is spark the creativity and imagination of our people. We
are the nation that put cars in driveways and
the nation of Edison and the W of Google and
Facebook. In America, innovation doesn’t just change our lives.
It’s how we make a living.
This means further reducing health care costs, including
programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which are the single biggest
contributor to our long-term deficit. Health insurance reform will
slow these rising costs, which is part of why nonpartisan
economists have said that repealing the health care law would add a
quarter of a trillion dollars to our deficit. Still, I’m willing to
look at other ideas to bring down costs, including one that
Republicans suggested last year: medical malpractice reform to rein
in frivolous lawsuits.
That world has changed. And for many, the change has been
painful. I’ve seen it in the shuttered windows of once booming
factories, and the vacant storefronts of once busy Main Streets.
I’ve heard it in the frustrations of Americans who’ve seen their
paychecks dwindle or their jobs disappear & proud men and women who
feel like the rules have been changed in the middle of the
They’re right. The rules have changed. In a single generation,
revolutions in technology have transformed the way we live, work
and do business. Steel mills that once needed 1,000 workers can now
do the same work with 100. Today, just about any company can set up
shop, hire workers, and sell their products wherever there’s an
internet connection.
That’s what Americans have done for over two hundred years:
reinvented ourselves. And to spur on more success stories like the
Allen Brothers, we’ve begun to reinvent our energy policy. We’re
not just handing out money. We’re issuing a challenge. We’re
telling America’s scientists and engineers that if they assemble
teams of the best minds in their fields, and focus on the hardest
problems in clean energy, we’ll fund the Apollo Projects of our
So yes, the world has changed. The competition for jobs is real.
But this shouldn’t discourage us. It should challenge us. Remember
& for all the hits we’ve taken these last few years, for all the
naysayers predicting our decline, America still has the largest,
most prosperous economy in the world. No workers are more
productive than ours. No country has more successful companies, or
grants more patents to inventors and entrepreneurs. We are home to
the world’s best colleges and universities, where more students
come to study than any other place on Earth.
What’s more, we are the first nation to be founded for the sake
of an idea & the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape
our own destiny. That is why centuries of pioneers and immigrants
have risked everything to come here. It’s why our students don’t
just memorize equations, but answer questions like “What do you
think of that idea? What would you change about the world? What do
you want to be when you grow up?”
We do big things.
Now it’s our turn. We know what it takes to compete for the jobs
and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate,
and out-build the rest of the world. We have to make America the
best place on Earth to do business. We need to take responsibility
for our deficit, and reform our government. That’s how our people
will prosper. That’s how we’ll win the future. And tonight, I’d
like to talk about how we get there.
The first step in winning the future is encouraging American
innovation.
I recognize that some in this Chamber have already proposed
deeper cuts, and I’m willing to eliminate whatever we can honestly
afford to do without. But let’s make sure that we’re not doing it
on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens. And let’s make sure
what we’re cutting is really excess weight. Cutting the deficit by
gutting our investments in innovation and education is like
lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may
feel like you’re flying high at first, but it won’t take long
before you’ll feel the impact.
Our free enterprise system is what drives innovation. But
because it’s not always profitable for companies to invest in basic
research, throughout history our government has provided
cutting-edge scientists and inventors with the support that they
need. That’s what planted the seeds for the Internet. That’s what
helped make possible things like computer chips and GPS.
Just think of all the good jobs & from manufacturing to retail &
that have come from those breakthroughs.
Just as jobs and businesses can now race across borders, so can
new threats and new challenges. No single wall separates East and
W no one rival superpower is aligned against us.
This is our generation’s Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said
that we needed to reach a level of research and development we
haven’t seen since the height of the Space Race. In a few weeks, I
will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal.
We’ll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and
especially clean energy technology & an investment that will
strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless
new jobs for our people.
One last point about education. Today, there are hundreds of
thousands of students excelling in our schools who are not American
citizens. Some are the children of undocumented workers, who had
nothing to do with the actions of their parents. They grew up as
Americans and pledge allegiance to our flag, and yet live every day
with the threat of deportation. Others come here from abroad to
study in our colleges and universities. But as soon as they obtain
advanced degrees, we send them back home to compete against us. It
makes no sense.
Think about it. Over the next ten years, nearly half of all new
jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school degree.
And yet, as many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing
high school. The quality of our math and science education lags
behind many other nations. America has fallen to 9th in the
proportion of young people with a college degree. And so the
question is whether all of us & as citizens, and as parents & are
willing to do what’s necessary to give every child a chance to
But Brandon thought his company could help. And so he designed a
rescue that would come to be known as Plan B. His employees worked
around the clock to manufacture the necessary drilling equipment.
And Brandon left for Chile.
At the California Institute of Technology, they’re developing a
way to turn sunlight and water into fuel for our cars. At Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, they’re using supercomputers to get a lot more
power out of our nuclear facilities. With more research and
incentives, we can break our dependence on oil with biofuels, and
become the first country to have 1 million electric vehicles on the
road by 2015.
We need to get behind this innovation. And to help pay for it,
I’m asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars
we currently give to oil companies. I don’t know if you’ve noticed,
but they’re doing just fine on their own. So instead of subsidizing
yesterday’s energy, let’s invest in tomorrow’s.
Now, clean energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean
energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what
they’re selling. So tonight, I challenge you to join me in setting
a new goal: by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from
clean energy sources. Some folks want wind and solar. Others want
nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas. To meet this goal, we will
need them all & and I urge Democrats and Republicans to work
together to make it happen.
We are poised for progress. Two years after the worst recession
most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back.
Corporate profits are up. The economy is growing again.
Today, with the help of a government loan, that empty space is
being used to manufacture solar shingles that are being sold all
across the country. In Robert’s words, “We reinvented
ourselves.”
That responsibility begins not in our classrooms, but in our
homes and communities. It’s family that first instills the love of
learning in a child. Only parents can make sure the TV is turned
off and homework gets done. We need to teach our kids that it’s not
just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated,
but the winner that success is not a function
of fame or PR, but of hard work and discipline.
Our schools share this responsibility. When a child walks into a
classroom, it should be a place of high expectations and high
performance. But too many schools don’t meet this test. That’s why
instead of just pouring money into a system that’s not working, we
launched a competition called Race to the Top. To all fifty states,
we said, “If you show us the most innovative plans to improve
teacher quality and student achievement, we’ll show you the
Race to the Top is the most meaningful reform of our public
schools in a generation. For less than one percent of what we spend
on education each year, it has led over 40 states to raise their
standards for teaching and learning. These standards were
developed, not by Washington, but by Republican and Democratic
governors throughout the country. And Race to the Top should be the
approach we follow this year as we replace No Child Left Behind
with a law that is more flexible and focused on what’s best for our
Our troops come from every corner of this country & they are
black, white, Latino, Asian and Native American. They are Christian
and Hindu, Jewish and Muslim. And, yes, we know that some of them
are gay. Starting this year, no American will be forbidden from
serving the country they love because of who they love. And with
that change, I call on all of our college campuses to open their
doors to our military recruiters and the ROTC. It is time to leave
behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward
as one nation.
Take a school like Bruce Randolph in Denver. Three years ago, it
was rated one of the worst schools in C located on turf
between two rival gangs. But last May, 97% of the seniors received
their diploma. Most will be the first in their family to go to
college. And after the first year of the school’s transformation,
the principal who made it possible wiped away tears when a student
said “Thank you, Mrs. Waters, for showing… that we are smart and we
can make it.”
Let’s also remember that after parents, the biggest impact on a
child’s success comes from the man or woman at the front of the
classroom. In South Korea, teachers are known as “nation builders.”
Here in America, it’s time we treated the people who educate our
children with the same level of respect. We want to reward good
teachers and stop making excuses for bad ones. And over the next
ten years, with so many Baby Boomers retiring from our classrooms,
we want to prepare 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science,
technology, engineering, and math.
In fact, to every young person listening tonight who’s
contemplating their career choice: If you want to make a difference
in th if you want to make a difference in the
life of a child & become a teacher. Your country needs you.
Recent events have shown us that what sets us apart must not
just be our power & it must be the purpose behind it. In South
Sudan & with our assistance & the people were finally able to vote
for independence after years of war. Thousands lined up before
dawn. People danced in the streets. One man who lost four of his
brothers at war summed up the scene around him: “This was a
battlefield for most of my life. Now we want to be free.”
Because people need to be able to train for new jobs and careers
in today’s fast-changing economy, we are also revitalizing
America’s community colleges. Last month, I saw the promise of
these schools at Forsyth Tech in North Carolina. Many of the
students there used to work in the surrounding factories that have
since left town. One mother of two, a woman named Kathy Proctor,
had worked in the furniture industry since she was 18 years old.
And she told me she’s earning her degree in biotechnology now, at
55 years old, not just because the furniture jobs are gone, but
because she wants to inspire her children to pursue their dreams
too. As Kathy said, “I hope it tells them to never give up.”
If we take these steps & if we raise expectations for every
child, and give them the best possible chance at an education, from
the day they’re born until the last job they take & we will reach
the goal I set two years ago: by the end of the decade, America
will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in
the world.
But we have more work to do. The steps we’ve taken over the last
two years may have broken the back of this recession & but to win
the future, we’ll need to take on challenges that have been decades
in the making.
Now, I strongly believe that we should take on, once and for
all, the issue of illegal immigration. I am prepared to work with
Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, enforce our laws
and address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living
in the shadows. I know that debate will be difficult and take time.
But tonight, let’s agree to make that effort. And let’s stop
expelling talented, responsible young people who can staff our
research labs, start new businesses, and further enrich this
The third step in winning the future is rebuilding America. To
attract new businesses to our shores, we need the fastest, most
reliable ways to move people, goods, and information & from
high-speed rail to high-speed internet.
Our infrastructure used to be the best & but our lead has
slipped. South Korean homes now have greater internet access than
we do. Countries in Europe and Russia invest more in their roads
and railways than we do. China is building faster trains and newer
airports. Meanwhile, when our own engineers graded our nation’s
infrastructure, they gave us a “D.”
This is just a part of how we are shaping a world that favors
peace and prosperity. With our European allies, we revitalized
NATO, and increased our cooperation on everything from
counter-terrorism to missile defense. We have reset our
relationship with Russia, strengthened Asian alliances, and built
new partnerships with nations like India. This March, I will travel
to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador to forge new alliances for
progress in the Americas. Around the globe, we are standing with
those who take responsibility & helping fa
supporting doctors w and combating the
corruption that can rot a society and rob people of
opportunity.
Over the last two years, we have begun rebuilding for the 21st
century, a project that has meant thousands of good jobs for the
hard-hit construction industry. Tonight, I’m proposing that we
redouble these efforts.
We will put more Americans to work repairing crumbling roads and
bridges. We will make sure this is fully paid for, attract private
investment, and pick projects based on what’s best for the economy,
not politicians.
Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80% of Americans access to
high-speed rail, which could allow you go places in half the time
it takes to travel by car. For some trips, it will be faster than
flying & without the pat-down. As we speak, routes in California
and the Midwest are already underway.
Within the next five years, we will make it possible for
business to deploy the next generation of high-speed wireless
coverage to 98% of all Americans. This isn’t just about a faster
internet and fewer dropped calls. It’s about connecting every part
of America to the digital age. It’s about a rural community in Iowa
or Alabama where farmers and small business owners will be able to
sell their products all over the world. It’s about a firefighter
who can download the design of a burning building onto a handheld
a student who can take classes wit or
a patient who can have face-to-face video chats with her
Thank you, God Bless You, and may God Bless the United States of
Over the years, a parade of lobbyists has rigged the tax code to
benefit particular companies and industries. Those with accountants
or lawyers to work the system can end up paying no taxes at all.
But all the rest are hit with one of the highest corporate tax
rates in the world. It makes no sense, and it has to change.
That dream & that American Dream & is what drove the Allen
Brothers to reinvent their roofing company for a new era. It’s what
drove those students at Forsyth Tech to learn a new skill and work
towards the future. And that dream is the story of a small business
owner named Brandon Fisher.
To help businesses sell more products abroad, we set a goal of
doubling our exports by 2014 & because the more we export, the more
jobs we create at home. Already, our exports are up. Recently, we
signed agreements with India and China that will support more than
250,000 jobs in the United States. And last month, we finalized a
trade agreement with South Korea that will support at least 70,000
American jobs. This agreement has unprecedented support from
Democrats and Republicans, and I ask this
Congress to pass it as soon as possible.
Before I took office, I made it clear that we would enforce our
trade agreements, and that I would only sign deals that keep faith
with American workers, and promote American jobs. That’s what we
did with Korea, and that’s what I intend to do as we pursue
agreements with Panama and Colombia, and continue our Asia Pacific
and global trade talks.
To reduce barriers to growth and investment, I’ve ordered a
review of government regulations. When we find rules that put an
unnecessary burden on businesses, we will fix them. But I will not
hesitate to create or enforce commonsense safeguards to protect the
American people. That’s what we’ve done in this country for more
than a century. It’s why our food is safe to eat, our water is safe
to drink, and our air is safe to breathe. It’s why we have speed
limits and child labor laws. It’s why last year, we put in place
consumer protections against hidden fees and penalties by credit
card companies, and new rules to prevent another financial crisis.
And it’s why we passed reform that finally prevents the health
insurance industry from exploiting patients.
Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the
launch of a satellite called Sputnik& we had no
idea how we’d beat them to the moon. The science wasn’t there yet.
NASA didn’t even exist. But after investing in better research and
education, we didn’t just surpass the S we unleashed a wave
of innovation that created new industries and millions of new
What I’m not willing to do is go back to the days when insurance
companies could deny someone coverage because of a pre-existing
condition. I’m not willing to tell James Howard, a brain cancer
patient from Texas, that his treatment might not be covered. I’m
not willing to tell Jim Houser, a small business owner from Oregon,
that he has to go back to paying $5,000 more to cover his
employees. As we speak, this law is making prescription drugs
cheaper for seniors and giving uninsured students a chance to stay
on their parents’ coverage. So instead of re-fighting the battles
of the last two years, let’s fix what needs fixing and move
Now, the final step & a critical step & in winning the future is
to make sure we aren’t buried under a mountain of debt.
We are living with a legacy of deficit-spending that began
almost a decade ago. And in the wake of the financial crisis, some
of that was necessary to keep credit flowing, save jobs, and put
money in people’s pockets.
But now that the worst of the recession is over, we have to
confront the fact that our government spends more than it takes in.
That is not sustainable. Every day, families sacrifice to live
within their means. They deserve a government that does the
So tonight, I am proposing that starting this year, we freeze
annual domestic spending for the next five years. This would reduce
the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, and
will bring discretionary spending to the lowest share of our
economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.
This freeze will require painful cuts. Already, we have frozen
the salaries of hardworking federal employees for the next two
years. I’ve proposed cuts to things I care deeply about, like
community action programs. The Secretary of Defense has also agreed
to cut tens of billions of dollars in spending that he and his
generals believe our military can do without.
Already, we are seeing the promise of renewable energy. Robert
and Gary Allen are brothers who run a small Michigan roofing
company. After September 11th, they volunteered their best roofers
to help repair the Pentagon. But half of their factory went unused,
and the recession hit them hard.
Now, most of the cuts and savings I’ve proposed only address
annual domestic spending, which represents a little more than 12%
of our budget. To make further progress, we have to stop pretending
that cutting this kind of spending alone will be enough. It
We are a nation that says, “I might not have a lot of money, but
I have this great idea for a new company. I might not come from a
family of college graduates, but I will be the first to get my
degree. I might not know those people in trouble, but I think I can
help them, and I need to try. I’m not sure how we’ll reach that
better place beyond the horizon, but I know we’ll get there. I know
we will.”
Many people watching tonight can probably remember a time when
finding a good job meant showing up at a nearby factory or a
business downtown. You didn’t always need a degree, and your
competition was pretty much limited to your neighbors. If you
worked hard, chances are you’d have a job for life, with a decent
paycheck, good benefits, and the occasional promotion. Maybe you’d
even have the pride of seeing your kids work at the same
To put us on solid ground, we should also find a bipartisan
solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations. And
we must do it without putting at risk current retirees, the most
vulnerable, or peop without slashing benefits
fo and without subjecting Americans’
guaranteed retirement income to the whims of the stock market.
Of course, as we speak, al Qaeda and their affiliates continue
to plan attacks against us. Thanks to our intelligence and law
enforcement professionals, we are disrupting plots and securing our
cities and skies. And as extremists try to inspire acts of violence
within our borders, we are responding with the strength of our
communities, with respect for the rule of law, and with the
conviction that American Muslims are a part of our American
And if we truly care about our deficit, we simply cannot afford
a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of
Americans. Before we take money away from our schools, or
scholarships away from our students, we should ask millionaires to
give up their tax break.
In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans
is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job,
but members of both parties have expressed interest in doing this,
and I am prepared to join them.
So now is the time to act. Now is the time for both sides and
both houses of Congress & Democrats and Republicans & to forge a
principled compromise that gets the job done. If we make the hard
choices now to rein in our deficits, we can make the investments we
need to win the future.
Let me take this one step further. We shouldn’t just give our
people a government that’s more affordable. We should give them a
government that’s more competent and efficient. We cannot win the
future with a government of the past.
We live and do business in the information age, but the last
major reorganization of the government happened in the age of black
and white TV. There are twelve different agencies that deal with
exports. There are at least five different entities that deal with
housing policy. Then there’s my favorite example: the Interior
Department is in charge of salmon while they’re in fresh water, but
the Commerce Department handles them in when they’re in saltwater.
And I hear it gets even more complicated once they’re smoked.
Now, we have made great strides over the last two years in using
technology and getting rid of waste. Veterans can now download
their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse. We’re
selling acres of federal office space that hasn’t been used in
years, and we will cut through red tape to get rid of more. But we
need to think bigger. In the coming months, my administration will
develop a proposal to merge, consolidate, and reorganize the
federal government in a way that best serves the goal of a more
competitive America. I will submit that proposal to Congress for a
vote & and we will push to get it passed.
In the coming year, we will also work to rebuild people’s faith
in the institution of government. Because you deserve to know
exactly how and where your tax dollars are being spent, you will be
able to go to a website and get that information for the very first
time in history. Because you deserve to know when your elected
officials are meeting with lobbyists, I ask Congress to do what the
White House has already done: put that information online. And
because the American people deserve to know that special interests
aren’t larding up legislation with pet projects, both parties in
Congress should know this: if a bill comes to my desk with earmarks
inside, I will veto it.
A 21st century government that’s open and competent. A
government that lives within its means. An economy that’s driven by
new skills and ideas. Our success in this new and changing world
will require reform, responsibility, and innovation. It will also
require us to approach that world with a new level of engagement in
our foreign affairs.
Now, I’ve heard rumors that a few of you have some concerns
about the new health care law. So let me be the first to say that
anything can be improved. If you have ideas about how to improve
this law by making care better or more affordable, I am eager to
work with you. We can start right now by correcting a flaw in the
legislation that has placed an unnecessary bookkeeping burden on
small businesses.
And so we must defeat determined enemies wherever they are, and
build coalitions that cut across lines of region and race and
religion. America’s moral example must always shine for all who
yearn for freedom, justice, and dignity. And because we have begun
this work, tonight we can say that American leadership has been
renewed and America’s standing has been restored.
Look to Iraq, where nearly 100,000 of our brave men and women
have left with t where American combat patrols
vi and a new government has been
formed. This year, our civilians will forge a lasting partnership
with the Iraqi people, while we finish the job of bringing our
troops out of Iraq. America’s comm the Iraq
War is coming to an end.
It’s not a matter of punishing their success. It’s about
promoting America’s success.
But there’s a reason the tragedy in Tucson gave us pause. Amid
all the noise and passions and rancor of our public debate, Tucson
reminded us that no matter who we are or where we come from, each
of us is a part of something greater & something more consequential
than party or political preference.
Thanks to our heroic troops and civilians, fewer Afghans are
under the control of the insurgency. There will be tough fighting
ahead, and the Afghan government will need to deliver better
governance. But we are strengthening the capacity of the Afghan
people and building an enduring partnership with them. This year,
we will work with nearly 50 countries to begin a transition to an
Afghan lead. And this July, we will begin to bring our troops
In Pakistan, al Qaeda’s leadership is under more pressure than
at any point since 2001. Their leaders and operatives are being
removed from the battlefield. Their safe-havens are shrinking. And
we have sent a message from the Afghan border to the Arabian
Peninsula to all parts of the globe: we will not relent, we will
not waver, and we will defeat you.
We may have differences in policy, but we all believe in the
rights enshrined in our Constitution. We may have different
opinions, but we believe in the same promise that says this is a
place where you can make it if you try. We may have different
backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a
country where anything’s possible. No matter who you are. No matter
where you come from.
Because of a diplomatic effort to insist that Iran meet its
obligations, the Iranian government now faces tougher and tighter
sanctions than ever before. And on the Korean peninsula, we stand
with our ally South Korea, and insist that North Korea keeps its
commitment to abandon nuclear weapons.
We have to do better. America is the nation that built the
transcontinental railroad, brought electricity to rural
communities, and constructed the interstate highway system. The
jobs created by these projects didn’t just come from laying down
tracks or pavement. They came from businesses that opened near a
town’s new train station or the new off-ramp.
Of course, the education race doesn’t end with a high school
diploma. To compete, higher education must be within reach of every
American. That’s why we’ve ended the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies
that went to banks, and used the savings to make college affordable
for millions of students. And this year, I ask Congress to go
further, and make permanent our tuition tax credit & worth $10,000
for four years of college.
We saw that same desire to be free in Tunisia, where the will of
the people proved more powerful than the writ of a dictator. And
tonight, let us be clear: the United States of America stands with
the people of Tunisia, and supports the democratic aspirations of
all people.
We must never forget that the things we’ve struggled for, and
fought for, live in the hearts of people everywhere. And we must
always remember that the Americans who have borne the greatest
burden in this struggle are the men and women who serve our
Tonight, let us speak with one voice in reaffirming that our
nation is united in support of our troops and their families. Let
us serve them as well as they have served us & by giving them the
by providing them with the care and benefits
and by enlisting our veterans in the great task
of building our own nation.
You see, we know what’s possible for our children when reform
isn’t just a top-down mandate, but the work of local teachers and
school boards and communities.
We should have no illusions about the work ahead of us.
R changing t reducing our
deficit & none of this is easy. All of it will take time. And it
will be harder because we will argue about everything. The cost.
The details. The letter of every law.
Of course, some countries don’t have this problem. If the
central government wants a railroad, they get a railroad & no
matter how many homes are bulldozed. If they don’t want a bad story
in the newspaper, it doesn’t get written.
And yet, as contentious and frustrating and messy as our
democracy can sometimes be, I know there isn’t a person here who
would trade places with any other nation on Earth.
American leadership can also be seen in the effort to secure the
worst weapons of war. Because Republicans and Democrats approved
the New START Treaty, far fewer nuclear weapons and launchers will
be deployed. Because we rallied the world, nuclear materials are
being locked down on every continent so they never fall into the
hands of terrorists.
That dream is why I can stand here before you tonight. That
dream is why a working class kid from Scranton can stand behind me.
That dream is why someone who began by sweeping the floors of his
father’s Cincinnati bar can preside as Speaker of the House in the
greatest nation on Earth.
So tonight, I’m asking Democrats and Republicans to simplify the
system. Get rid of the loopholes. Level the playing field. And use
the savings to lower the corporate tax rate for the first time in
25 years & without adding to our deficit.
Brandon started a company in Berlin, Pennsylvania that
specializes in a new kind of drilling technology. One day last
summer, he saw the news that halfway across the world, 33 men were
trapped in a Chilean mine, and no one knew how to save them.
Meanwhile, nations like China and India realized that with some
changes of their own, they could compete in this new world. And so
they started educating their children earlier and longer, with
greater emphasis on math and science. They’re investing in research
and new technologies. Just recently, China became home to the
world’s largest private solar research facility, and the world’s
fastest computer.
Along with others, he began drilling a 2,000 foot hole into the
ground, working three or four days at a time with no sleep.
Thirty-seven days later, Plan B succeeded, and the miners were
rescued. But because he didn’t want all of the attention, Brandon
wasn’t there when the miners emerged. He had already gone home,
back to work on his next project.
Later, one of his employees said of the rescue, “We proved that
Center Rock is a little company, but we do big things.”
The future is ours to win. But to get there, we can’t just stand
still. As Robert Kennedy told us, “The future is not a gift. It is
an achievement.” Sustaining the American Dream has never been about
standing pat. It has required each generation to sacrifice, and
struggle, and meet the demands of a new age.
From the earliest days of our founding, America has been the
story of ordinary people who dare to dream. That’s how we win the
The bipartisan Fiscal Commission I created last year made this
crystal clear. I don’t agree with all their proposals, but they
made important progress. And their conclusion is that the only way
to tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending wherever we find
it & in domestic spending, defense spending, health care spending,
and spending through tax breaks and loopholes.
We do big things.
The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And
tonight, more than two centuries later, it is because of our people
that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward, and the state
of our union is strong.
All these investments & in innovation, education, and
infrastructure & will make America a better place to do business
and create jobs. But to help our companies compete, we also have to
knock down barriers that stand in the way of their success.
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