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Art and Science We must also recognize and encourage those who can be pathfinders for the Nation's imagination and understanding.
Culture
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Culture
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Art and Science We must also recognize and encourage those who can be pathfinders for the Nation's imagination and understanding.
More ideas for a beautiful America will emerge from a White House Conference on Natural Beauty which I will soon call.
To help promote and honor creative achievements, I will propose a National Foundation on the Arts.
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We are providing broader support for the arts, helping stimulate a deeper appreciation of what they can contribute to the Nation's activities and to our individual lives.
Culture
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Culture
2,300
1,972
Richard M. Nixon
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8,533
We are providing broader support for the arts, helping stimulate a deeper appreciation of what they can contribute to the Nation's activities and to our individual lives.
Thus, for example, we are giving a new measure of attention to cleaning up our air and water, making our surroundings more attractive.
But nothing really matters more to the quality of our lives than the way we treat one another, than our capacity to live respectfully together as a unified society, with a full, generous regard for the rights of others and also for the feelings of others.
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Therefore, I'm proposing a savings of $85 million in the Federal subsidies now going to the arts and humanities.
Culture
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Culture
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1,981
Ronald W. Reagan
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Therefore, I'm proposing a savings of $85 million in the Federal subsidies now going to the arts and humanities.
I wholeheartedly support this approach and believe that Americans will continue their generosity.
There are a number of subsidies to business and industry that I believe are unnecessary, not because the activities being subsidized aren't of value, but because the marketplace contains incentives enough to warrant continuing these activities without a government subsidy.
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An America where every child can stretch a hand across a keyboard and reach every book ever written, every painting ever painted, every symphony ever composed.
Culture
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Culture
2,300
1,998
Bill (William J. ) Clinton
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16,211
An America where every child can stretch a hand across a keyboard and reach every book ever written, every painting ever painted, every symphony ever composed.
An America where scientists find cures for diseases from diabetes to Alzheimer's to AIDS.
Where government provides opportunity and citizens honor the responsibility to give something back to their communities.
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I propose that we honor and support the achievements of thought and the creations of art.
Culture
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Culture
2,300
1,965
Lyndon B. Johnson
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6,809
I propose that we honor and support the achievements of thought and the creations of art.
I propose that we eliminate every remaining obstacle to the right and the opportunity to vote.
I propose that we make an all-out campaign against waste and inefficiency.
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6,655
We should develop educational television into a vital public resource to enrich our homes, educate our families, and to provide assistance in our classrooms.
Culture
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Culture
2,300
1,967
Lyndon B. Johnson
100
7,308
We should develop educational television into a vital public resource to enrich our homes, educate our families, and to provide assistance in our classrooms.
We should improve the process of democracy by passing our election reform and financing proposals, by tightening our laws regulating lobbying, and by restoring a reasonable franchise to Americans who move their residences.
We should insist that the public interest be fully served through the public's airwaves.
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In the current fiscal year we are allocating to these purposes an increasing portion of our effort, and in the next fiscal year we shall spend nearly a billion dollars more for them than in 1953.
Defense
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Defense
1,615
1,954
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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3,688
In the current fiscal year we are allocating to these purposes an increasing portion of our effort, and in the next fiscal year we shall spend nearly a billion dollars more for them than in 1953.
Sixth, military and non-military measures for continental defense must be and are being strengthened.
An indispensable part of our continental security is our civil defense effort.
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MILITARY PREPAREDNESS: From the day I took the oath of office, I pledged that our nation would maintain the best-equipped, best-trained and best-prepared military on Earth.
Defense
16
Defense
1,604
1,995
Bill (William J. ) Clinton
100
15,342
MILITARY PREPAREDNESS: From the day I took the oath of office, I pledged that our nation would maintain the best-equipped, best-trained and best-prepared military on Earth.
We cannot permit the future to be marred by terror and fear and paralysis.
They have managed the dramatic downsizing of our forces after the Cold War with remarkable skill and spirit.
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We will need expenditures of $58.3 billion for the next fiscal year to maintain this necessary defense might.
Defense
16
Defense
1,604
1,966
Lyndon B. Johnson
100
7,063
We will need expenditures of $58.3 billion for the next fiscal year to maintain this necessary defense might.
Tonight I can tell you that we are strong enough to keep all of our commitments.
While special Vietnam expenditures for the next fiscal year are estimated to increase by $58 billion, I can tell you that all the other expenditures put together in the entire Federal budget will rise this coming year by only $6 billion.
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Third, I will adjust our program to restore America's defenses by proposing $55 billion in defense savings over the next 5 years.
Defense
16
Defense
1,600
1,983
Ronald W. Reagan
200
11,924
Third, I will adjust our program to restore America's defenses by proposing $55 billion in defense savings over the next 5 years.
For everyone's sake, we must put an end to such waste and corruption.
These are savings recommended to me by the Secretary of Defense, who has assured me they can be safely achieved and will not diminish our ability to negotiate arms reductions or endanger America's security.
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Meanwhile, without anticipating the detailed form that a reorganization should take, I can state its main lines in terms of objectives: A major purpose of military organization is to achieve real unity in the Defense establishment in all the principal features of military activities.
Defense
16
Defense
1,699
1,958
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
4,889
Meanwhile, without anticipating the detailed form that a reorganization should take, I can state its main lines in terms of objectives: A major purpose of military organization is to achieve real unity in the Defense establishment in all the principal features of military activities.
I shall promptly take such Executive action as is necessary and, in a separate message, I shall present appropriate recommendations to the Congress.
Of all these, one of the most important to our nation's security is strategic planning and control.
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4,792
I am hopeful that as new negotiations begin, truth--not political opportunism--will be the guiding light of the deliberations.
Defense
16
Defense
1,605
1,960
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
5,299
I am hopeful that as new negotiations begin, truth--not political opportunism--will be the guiding light of the deliberations.
Those of the British and American scientific representatives are their own freely-formed, individual and collective opinions.
Still another avenue may be found in the field of disarmament, in which the Soviets have professed a readiness to negotiate seriously.
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5,189
And then came several years in which our military capability was allowed to deteriorate to a very dangerous degree.
Defense
16
Defense
1,600
1,984
Ronald W. Reagan
200
12,172
And then came several years in which our military capability was allowed to deteriorate to a very dangerous degree.
During the years of President Kennedy and of the years before that, defense was almost half the total budget.
We are just now restoring, through the essential modernization of our conventional and strategic forces, our capability to meet our present and future security needs.
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In this period we have built a military power strong enough to meet any threat and destroy any adversary.
Defense
16
Defense
1,604
1,965
Lyndon B. Johnson
100
6,708
In this period we have built a military power strong enough to meet any threat and destroy any adversary.
We are moving toward that destiny, never more rapidly than we have moved in the last 4 years.
And that superiority will continue to grow so long as this office is mine--and you sit on Capitol Hill.
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Moreover, I have directed that steps betaken to program our military assistance to these allies on a longer range basis.
Defense
16
Defense
1,616
1,960
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
5,382
Moreover, I have directed that steps betaken to program our military assistance to these allies on a longer range basis.
The deployment of a portion of these forces beyond our shores, on land and sea, is persuasive demonstration of our determination to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our allies for collective security.
This is necessary for a sounder collective defense system.
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That's why we built a global coalition, with sanctions and principled diplomacy, to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.
Defense
16
Defense
1,605
2,016
Barack Obama
100
22,657
That's why we built a global coalition, with sanctions and principled diplomacy, to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.
That's our approach to conflicts like Syria, where we're partnering with local forces and leading international efforts to help that broken society pursue a lasting peace.
And as we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.
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Sergeant Hake now rests in eternal glory in Arlington, and his wife Kelli is in the Gallery tonight, joined by their son, who is now a 13-year-old and doing very, very well.
Defense
16
Defense
1,608
2,020
Donald J. Trump
200
24,160
Sergeant Hake now rests in eternal glory in Arlington, and his wife Kelli is in the Gallery tonight, joined by their son, who is now a 13-year-old and doing very, very well.
That night, he made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
To Kelli and Gage: Chris will live in our hearts forever.
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And third--also on January 13--I shall present a program to rebuild and strengthen the civilian components of our armed forces.
Defense
16
Defense
1,608
1,955
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
3,966
And third--also on January 13--I shall present a program to rebuild and strengthen the civilian components of our armed forces.
These measures will include more adequate medical care for dependents, survivors' benefits, more and better housing, and selective adjustments in military pay and other allowances.
This is a comprehensive program, designed to make better use of our manpower of military age.
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All of us share a continuing concern for those who have served this nation in the Armed Forces.
Defense
16
Defense
1,608
1,956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
4,540
All of us share a continuing concern for those who have served this nation in the Armed Forces.
Other legislation will be proposed, including legislation for prepaid group health insurance for employees and their dependents and to effect major improvements in the Civil Service retirement system.
The Commission on Veterans Pensions is at this time conducting a study of the entire field of veterans' benefits and will soon submit proposed improvements.
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4,449
But the long, drawn-out dread is over.
Defense
16
Defense
1,615
1,992
George H.W. Bush
200
14,042
But the long, drawn-out dread is over.
My grandchildren don't have to do that and won't have the bad dreams children had once, in decades past.
A year ago tonight, I spoke to you at a moment of high peril.
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Over the last 2 years, we have begun to fully rebuild the United States military Ñ with $700 billion last year and $716 billion this year.
Defense
16
Defense
1,600
2,019
Donald J. Trump
200
23,714
Over the last 2 years, we have begun to fully rebuild the United States military Ñ with $700 billion last year and $716 billion this year.
The final part of my agenda is to protect AmericaÕs national security.
We are also getting other nations to pay their fair share.
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We can come together in faith and friendship to build a safer and far better world for our children and our children's children.
Defense
16
Defense
1,608
1,984
Ronald W. Reagan
200
12,352
We can come together in faith and friendship to build a safer and far better world for our children and our children's children.
If your government wants peace, there will be peace.
And the whole world will rejoice.
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The program of the Commission will, of course, be worked out in close collaboration with the military services in conformity with the wish of the Congress, but it is my fervent hope that the military significance of atomic energy will steadily decline.
Defense
16
Defense
1,605
1,947
Harry S. Truman
100
1,485
The program of the Commission will, of course, be worked out in close collaboration with the military services in conformity with the wish of the Congress, but it is my fervent hope that the military significance of atomic energy will steadily decline.
In accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, the Commission established under that law is assuming full jurisdiction over domestic atomic energy enterprise.
We look to the Commission to foster the development of atomic energy for industrial use and scientific and medical research.
2
1,463
Sea warfare has been revolutionized, and the United States is far and away the leader.
Defense
16
Defense
1,610
1,961
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
5,619
Sea warfare has been revolutionized, and the United States is far and away the leader.
Our nuclear submarines have cruised under the North Pole and circumnavigated the earth while submerged.
Our tactical air units overseas and our aircraft carriers are alert;
17
5,503
Working by these guide lines I believe with all my heart that America can be as sure of the strength and efficiency of her armed forces as she is of their loyalty.
Defense
16
Defense
1,604
1,959
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
5,081
Working by these guide lines I believe with all my heart that America can be as sure of the strength and efficiency of her armed forces as she is of their loyalty.
Both are achieved by this budgetary plan.
I am equally sure that the nation will thus avoid useless expenditures which, in the name of security, might tend to undermine the economy and, therefore, the nation's safety.
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4,979
American leadership has helped to stimulate new international efforts to stem the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to shape a comprehensive treaty governing the use of oceans.
Defense
16
Defense
1,605
1,977
Gerald R. Ford
200
9,428
American leadership has helped to stimulate new international efforts to stem the proliferation of nuclear weapons and to shape a comprehensive treaty governing the use of oceans.
America is committed to the side of peace and justice and to the principle that Africa should shape its own future, free of outside intervention.
I am gratified by these accomplishments.
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9,160
The people of all Vietnam should make a free decision on the great question of reunification.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
1,966
Lyndon B. Johnson
100
7,139
The people of all Vietnam should make a free decision on the great question of reunification.
We fight for the principle of self-determination-that the people of South Vietnam should be able to choose their own course, choose it in free elections without violence, without terror, and without fear.
This is all we want for South Vietnam.
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6,976
They know we had to stop Saddam now, not later.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
1,991
George H.W. Bush
200
13,951
They know we had to stop Saddam now, not later.
Most Americans know instinctively why we are in the Gulf.
They know that this brutal dictator will do anything, will use any weapon, will commit any outrage, no matter how many innocents suffer.
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These regimes could use such weapons for blackmail, terror, and mass murder.
Defense
16
Defense
1,605
2,003
George W. Bush
200
18,197
These regimes could use such weapons for blackmail, terror, and mass murder.
Today, the gravest danger in the war on terror, the gravest danger facing America and the world, is outlaw regimes that seek and possess nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
They could also give or sell those weapons to terrorist allies, who would use them without the least hesitation.
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I have just recently returned from a very fruitful visit and talks with His Holiness the Pope and I share his hope-as he expressed it earlier today-that both sides will extend themselves in an effort to bring an end to the war in Vietnam.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
1,968
Lyndon B. Johnson
100
7,573
I have just recently returned from a very fruitful visit and talks with His Holiness the Pope and I share his hope-as he expressed it earlier today-that both sides will extend themselves in an effort to bring an end to the war in Vietnam.
I will report at the earliest possible moment the results of these explorations to the American people.
I have today assured him that we and our allies will do our full part to bring this about.
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The world has answered Saddam's invasion with 12 United Nations resolutions, starting with a demand for Iraq's immediate and unconditional withdrawal, and backed up by forces from 28 countries of 6 continents.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
1,991
George H.W. Bush
200
13,774
The world has answered Saddam's invasion with 12 United Nations resolutions, starting with a demand for Iraq's immediate and unconditional withdrawal, and backed up by forces from 28 countries of 6 continents.
Together, we have resisted the trap of appeasement, cynicism, and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants.
With few exceptions, the world now stands as one.
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If they should fall apart, the results would be fatal to human freedom.
Defense
16
Defense
1,602
1,951
Harry S. Truman
100
2,295
If they should fall apart, the results would be fatal to human freedom.
They are a real community bound together also by the ties of self-interest and self-preservation.
Our own national security is deeply involved with that of the other free nations.
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2,262
We are going to produce all the weapons and equipment that such an armed force will need.
Defense
16
Defense
1,610
1,951
Harry S. Truman
100
2,390
We are going to produce all the weapons and equipment that such an armed force will need.
We are stepping up the training of the reserve forces, and establishing more training facilities, so that we can rapidly increase our active forces far more on short notice.
Furthermore, we will make weapons for our allies, and weapons for our own reserve supplies.
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2,355
By a series of vigorous actions, as varied as the nature of the threat, the free nations have successfully thwarted aggression or the threat of aggression in many different parts of the world.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
1,953
Harry S. Truman
100
3,007
By a series of vigorous actions, as varied as the nature of the threat, the free nations have successfully thwarted aggression or the threat of aggression in many different parts of the world.
But the free nations have not this time fallen prey to the dangerous illusion that treaties alone will stop an aggressor.
Our country has led or supported these collective measures.
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2,943
He directed the December assault and went on to assault U.S. forces in Iraq.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
2,020
Donald J. Trump
200
24,169
He directed the December assault and went on to assault U.S. forces in Iraq.
As the world's top terrorist, Soleimani orchestrated the deaths of countless men, women, and children.
Was actively planning new attacks when we hit him very hard.
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21,588
In some instances they defy classification according to branch of service.
Defense
16
Defense
1,610
1,958
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
4,878
In some instances they defy classification according to branch of service.
They cut across all services, involve all services, and transcend all services, at every stage from development to operation.
Unfortunately, the uncertainties resulting from such a situation, and the jurisdictional disputes attending upon it, tend to bewilder and confuse the public and create the impression that service differences are damaging the national interest.
14
4,782
Many feared that the end of that foreign war of men and machines meant the beginning of a domestic war of recrimination and reprisal.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
1,976
Gerald R. Ford
200
9,111
Many feared that the end of that foreign war of men and machines meant the beginning of a domestic war of recrimination and reprisal.
The longest, most divisive war in our history was winding toward an unhappy conclusion.
Friends and adversaries abroad were asking whether America had lost its nerve.
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8,853
The speed and effectiveness of surplus disposal operations will be of great importance for the domestic economy as well as for foreign economic policies.
Defense
16
Defense
1,616
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
957
The speed and effectiveness of surplus disposal operations will be of great importance for the domestic economy as well as for foreign economic policies.
The tremendous job of handling surplus stocks will continue to affect Federal expenditures and receipts for several years.
War supplies, maintenance, and relief- Adequate provision for the national defense requires that we keep abreast of scientific and technical advances.
1
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I ask for your positive cooperation.
Defense
16
Defense
1,603
1,976
Gerald R. Ford
200
9,321
I ask for your positive cooperation.
In the near future, I will take actions to reform and strengthen our intelligence community.
It is time to go beyond sensationalism and ensure an effective, responsible, and responsive intelligence capability.
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9,058
In the coming year, we will work with Iraqi leaders as they build on the progress they're making toward political reconciliation.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
2,008
George W. Bush
200
19,653
In the coming year, we will work with Iraqi leaders as they build on the progress they're making toward political reconciliation.
Members of Congress: Having come so far and achieved so much, we must not allow this to happen.
At the local level, Sunnis, Shia, and Kurds are beginning to come together to reclaim their communities and rebuild their lives.
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Let us serve them as well as they've served us, by giving them the equipment they need, by providing them with the care and benefits that they have earned, and by enlisting our veterans in the great task of building our own Nation.
Defense
16
Defense
1,608
2,011
Barack Obama
100
20,817
Let us serve them as well as they've served us, by giving them the equipment they need, by providing them with the care and benefits that they have earned, and by enlisting our veterans in the great task of building our own Nation.
Tonight let us speak with one voice in reaffirming that our Nation is united in support of our troops and their families.
Our troops come from every corner of this country.
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We are standing for the freedom of our Iraqi friends, and freedom in Iraq will make America safer for generations to come.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
2,005
George W. Bush
200
18,826
We are standing for the freedom of our Iraqi friends, and freedom in Iraq will make America safer for generations to come.
He and all Iraqis can be certain: While our military strategy is adapting to circumstances, our commitment remains firm and unchanging.
We will not set an artificial timetable for leaving Iraq, because that would embolden the terrorists and make them believe they can wait us out.
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And when we do, the world community will have sent an enduring warning to any dictator or despot, present or future, who contemplates outlaw aggression.
Defense
16
Defense
1,619
1,991
George H.W. Bush
200
13,980
And when we do, the world community will have sent an enduring warning to any dictator or despot, present or future, who contemplates outlaw aggression.
And if he thinks that by abusing the coalition prisoners of war he will benefit, he is dead wrong.
The world can, therefore, seize this opportunity to fulfill the long-held promise of a new world order, where brutality will go unrewarded and aggression will meet collective resistance.
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The appropriations recommended for repeal include 2,827 million dollars for the Navy Department, 1,421 million dollars for the War Department, 850 million dollars for lend-lease, 384 million dollars for the War Shipping Administration, and 260 million dollars for the United States Maritime Commission.
Defense
16
Defense
1,600
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
994
The appropriations recommended for repeal include 2,827 million dollars for the Navy Department, 1,421 million dollars for the War Department, 850 million dollars for lend-lease, 384 million dollars for the War Shipping Administration, and 260 million dollars for the United States Maritime Commission.
The net reduction in authority to obligate will be 5.0 billion dollars, because, of the appropriations, 1.2 billion dollars will have to be restored in subsequent years to liquidate contract authorizations still on the books.
The contract authorizations proposed for repeal are for the Maritime Commission.
1
978
But arms control is no substitute for peace.
Defense
16
Defense
1,605
1,986
Ronald W. Reagan
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12,775
But arms control is no substitute for peace.
If the Soviet government wants an agreement that truly reduces nuclear arms, there will be an agreement.
We know that peace follows in freedom's path and conflicts erupt when the will of the people is denied.
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And where necessary, through a range of capabilities, we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the gravest threat to Americans.
Defense
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Defense
1,615
2,013
Barack Obama
100
21,546
And where necessary, through a range of capabilities, we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the gravest threat to Americans.
Instead, we'll need to help countries like Yemen and Libya and Somalia provide for their own security and help allies who take the fight to terrorists, as we have in Mali.
Now, as we do, we must enlist our values in the fight.
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The defense structure must be one which, as a whole, can assume, with top efficiency and without friction, the defense of America.
Defense
16
Defense
1,699
1,958
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
4,892
The defense structure must be one which, as a whole, can assume, with top efficiency and without friction, the defense of America.
This work must be done under unified direction.
The Defense establishment must therefore plan for a better integration of its defensive resources, particularly with respect to the newer weapons now building and under development.
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4,795
It protects the readiness and quality of our forces.
Defense
16
Defense
1,604
1,994
Bill (William J. ) Clinton
100
14,841
It protects the readiness and quality of our forces.
The budget I send to Congress draws the line against further defense cuts.
Ultimately, the best strategy is to do that.
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I am proud - and I think most Americans are proud - of a mutual defense and assistance program, evolved with bipartisan support in three administrations, which has, with all its recognized problems, contributed to the fact that not a single one of the nearly fifty U.N. members to gain independence since the Second Worl...
Defense
16
Defense
1,602
1,963
John F. Kennedy
100
6,451
I am proud - and I think most Americans are proud - of a mutual defense and assistance program, evolved with bipartisan support in three administrations, which has, with all its recognized problems, contributed to the fact that not a single one of the nearly fifty U.N. members to gain independence since the Second Worl...
It makes little sense for us to assail, in speeches and resolutions, the horrors of communism, to spend $50 billion a year to prevent its military advance - and then to begrudge spending, largely on American products, less than one-tenth of that amount to help other nations strengthen their independence and cure the so...
I am proud of a program that has helped to arm and feed and clothe millions of people who live on the front lines of freedom.
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and The other side must not take advantage of our restraint as they have in The past.
Defense
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Defense
1,619
1,968
Lyndon B. Johnson
100
7,569
and The other side must not take advantage of our restraint as they have in The past.
We believe that any talks should follow the San Antonio formula that I stated last September, which said: -The bombing would stop immediately if talks would take place promptly and with reasonable hopes that they would be productive.
This Nation simply cannot accept anything less without jeopardizing the lives of our men and of our allies.
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In addition to the INF Treaty, we're within reach of an even more significant START agreement that will reduce U.S. and Soviet long-range missile or strategic arsenals by half.
Defense
16
Defense
1,605
1,988
Ronald W. Reagan
200
13,228
In addition to the INF Treaty, we're within reach of an even more significant START agreement that will reduce U.S. and Soviet long-range missile or strategic arsenals by half.
I submitted the treaty today, and I urge the Senate to give its advice and consent to ratification of this landmark agreement.
But let me be clear--our approach is not to seek agreement for agreement's sake, but to settle only for agreements that truly enhance our national security and that of our allies.
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Let's never forget: Millions of Americans who work hard and play by the rules every day deserve a Government and a financial system that do the same.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
2,012
Barack Obama
100
21,111
Let's never forget: Millions of Americans who work hard and play by the rules every day deserve a Government and a financial system that do the same.
A small fee on the largest financial institutions will ensure that it won't add to the deficit and will give those banks that were rescued by taxpayers a chance to repay a deficit of trust.
It's time to apply the same rules from top to bottom.
69
18,910
Pass bipartisan legislation to strengthen antitrust enforcement and prevent big online platforms from giving their own products an unfair advantage.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,525
2,023
Joe Biden
100
25,626
Pass bipartisan legislation to strengthen antitrust enforcement and prevent big online platforms from giving their own products an unfair advantage.
I signed a bipartisan bill that cut shipping costs by 90%, helping American farmers, businessmen and consumers.
My administration is also taking on junk fees, those hidden surcharges too many companies use to make you pay more.
80
22,774
We need to make sure consumers and middle class families have the information they need to make financial decisions.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,504
2,010
Barack Obama
100
20,193
We need to make sure consumers and middle class families have the information they need to make financial decisions.
But that can only happen if we guard against the same recklessness that nearly brought down our entire economy.
We can't allow financial institutions, including those that take your deposits, to take risks that threaten the whole economy.
67
18,089
I ask Congress to enact our reform proposals within 45 days.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
1,989
George H.W. Bush
200
13,433
I ask Congress to enact our reform proposals within 45 days.
Earlier this week, I announced my support for a plan to restore the financial and moral integrity of our savings system.
We must not let this situation fester.
46
11,801
it has to go into the private capital market and borrow the money.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
1,981
Ronald W. Reagan
200
10,221
it has to go into the private capital market and borrow the money.
What has not been very well understood is that the Treasury Department has no money of its own to lend;
So, in this time of excessive interest rates, the government finds itself borrowing at an interest rate several times as high as the interest it gets back from those it lends the money to.
38
9,925
Because drought also remains a serious agricultural problem, I shall recommend legislation to strengthen Federal disaster assistance programs.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,523
1,955
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
4,082
Because drought also remains a serious agricultural problem, I shall recommend legislation to strengthen Federal disaster assistance programs.
I shall later submit recommendations designed to assure the steady alleviation of their most pressing concerns.
This legislation will prescribe an improved appraisal of need, better adjustment of the various programs to local conditions, and a more equitable sharing of costs between the States and the Federal Government.
11
3,997
protection against hazardous radiation from television sets and other electronic equipment.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,525
1,968
Lyndon B. Johnson
100
7,695
protection against hazardous radiation from television sets and other electronic equipment.
A major study of automobile insurance.
And to give the consumer a stronger voice, I plan to appoint a consumer counsel in the Justice Department-a lawyer for the American consumer-to work directly under the Attorney General, to serve the President's Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs, and to serve the consumers of this land.
25
7,501
There is much the Congress can do to cooperate and assist in this program.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
1,947
Harry S. Truman
100
1,365
There is much the Congress can do to cooperate and assist in this program.
In an effort to assure full opportunity and free competition to business we will vigorously enforce the anti-trust laws.
To strengthen and enforce the laws that regulate business practices is not enough.
2
1,343
Second, to grant authority to regulate speculation on the commodity exchanges.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,502
1,949
Harry S. Truman
100
1,868
Second, to grant authority to regulate speculation on the commodity exchanges.
To that end, I recommend that the Congress enact legislation for the following purposes: First, to continue the power to control consumer credit and enlarge the power to control bank credit.
Third, to continue export control authority and to provide adequate machinery for its enforcement.
4
1,840
They add up to hundreds of dollars a month.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,525
2,023
Joe Biden
100
25,633
They add up to hundreds of dollars a month.
Junk fees may not matter to the very wealthy, but they matter to most folks in homes like the one I grew up in.
They make it harder for you to pay your bills and afford that family trip.
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22,780
First, we are creating a new lending fund that represents the largest effort ever to help provide auto loans, college loans, and small business loans to the consumers and entrepreneurs who keep this economy running.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
2,009
Barack Obama
100
19,831
First, we are creating a new lending fund that represents the largest effort ever to help provide auto loans, college loans, and small business loans to the consumers and entrepreneurs who keep this economy running.
We will do so in several ways.
Second, we have launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower their monthly payments and refinance their mortgages.
66
17,760
In fact, it turns out many of our best corporate citizens are also our most creative.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,521
2,016
Barack Obama
100
22,551
In fact, it turns out many of our best corporate citizens are also our most creative.
That's part of a brighter future.
And this brings me to the second big question we as a country have to answer: How do we reignite that spirit of innovation to meet our biggest challenges?
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20,213
The program will be designed to have a maximum impact upon monopolistic bottlenecks and unfair competitive practices hindering expansion in employment.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
535
The program will be designed to have a maximum impact upon monopolistic bottlenecks and unfair competitive practices hindering expansion in employment.
The Federal Government must protect legitimate business and consumers from predatory and monopolistic practices by the vigilant enforcement of regulatory legislation.
During the war, enforcement of antimonopoly laws was suspended in a number of fields.
1
522
They make it harder for you to pay your bills and afford that family trip.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,525
2,023
Joe Biden
100
25,634
They make it harder for you to pay your bills and afford that family trip.
They add up to hundreds of dollars a month.
I know how unfair it feels when a company overcharges you and gets away with it.
80
22,781
No more runaround from the banks.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,504
2,012
Barack Obama
100
21,109
No more runaround from the banks.
And that's why I'm sending this Congress a plan that gives every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgage by refinancing at historically low rates.
A small fee on the largest financial institutions will ensure that it won't add to the deficit and will give those banks that were rescued by taxpayers a chance to repay a deficit of trust.
69
18,908
I intend to hold these banks fully accountable for the assistance they receive, and this time, they will have to clearly demonstrate how taxpayer dollars result in more lending for the American taxpayer.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
2,009
Barack Obama
100
19,840
I intend to hold these banks fully accountable for the assistance they receive, and this time, they will have to clearly demonstrate how taxpayer dollars result in more lending for the American taxpayer.
And our goal is to quicken the day when we re-start lending to the American people and American business and end this crisis once and for all.
This time, CEOs won't be able to use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks or buy fancy drapes or disappear on a private jet.
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17,769
But there are some areas where we just have to be honest -- it has been difficult to find agreement over the last seven years.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
2,016
Barack Obama
100
22,530
But there are some areas where we just have to be honest -- it has been difficult to find agreement over the last seven years.
And I'd welcome a serious discussion about strategies we can all support, like expanding tax cuts for low-income workers who don't have children.
And a lot of them fall under the category of what role the government should play in making sure the system's not rigged in favor of the wealthiest and biggest corporations.
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20,195
Out of their findings and recommendations the Administration would develop and present to the Congress any legislative proposals that might be indicated for the purpose of improving our financial machinery.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,500
1,957
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
4,680
Out of their findings and recommendations the Administration would develop and present to the Congress any legislative proposals that might be indicated for the purpose of improving our financial machinery.
I believe the Congress should authorize the creation of a commission of able and qualified citizens to undertake this vital inquiry.
In this message it seems unnecessary that I should repeat recommendations involving our domestic affairs that have been urged upon the Congress during the past four years, but which, in some instances, did not reach the stage of completely satisfactory legislation.
13
4,588
A hopeful society comes to the aid of fellow citizens in times of suffering and emergency and stays at it until they are back on their feet.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,523
2,006
George W. Bush
200
19,114
A hopeful society comes to the aid of fellow citizens in times of suffering and emergency and stays at it until they are back on their feet.
This year we will add resources to encourage young people to stay in school, so more of America's youth can raise their sights and achieve their dreams.
So far the Federal Government has committed $85 billion to the people of the gulf coast and New Orleans.
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17,070
But such an approach won't solve the problem.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
2,009
Barack Obama
100
19,838
But such an approach won't solve the problem.
I understand that on any given day, Wall Street may be more comforted by an approach that gives banks bailouts with no strings attached, and that holds nobody accountable for their reckless decisions.
And our goal is to quicken the day when we re-start lending to the American people and American business and end this crisis once and for all.
66
17,767
It encourages the competition that keeps our free enterprise economy vigorous and expanding.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,521
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
515
It encourages the competition that keeps our free enterprise economy vigorous and expanding.
It helps to maintain high levels of employment and national income and consumption of the goods and services that the Nation can produce.
Small business, because of its flexibility, assists in the rapid exploitation of scientific and technological discoveries.
1
502
This administration, in addition, will strictly enforce the Federal antitrust laws for the very same purposes.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
1,976
Gerald R. Ford
200
9,179
This administration, in addition, will strictly enforce the Federal antitrust laws for the very same purposes.
I have submitted concrete plans in each of these areas, not to help this or that industry, but to foster competition and to bring prices down for the consumer.
Taking a longer look ail and gas is still declining.
33
8,916
More and more families own their own homes, equipped with more than 70 million television sets.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,504
1,968
Lyndon B. Johnson
100
7,626
More and more families own their own homes, equipped with more than 70 million television sets.
All about them, most American families can see the evidence of growing abundance: higher paychecks, humming factories, new cars moving down new highways.
A new college is founded every week.
25
7,436
Private capital and private management are entitled to adequate reward for efficiency, but business must recognize that its reward results from the employment of the resources of the Nation.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
99
Private capital and private management are entitled to adequate reward for efficiency, but business must recognize that its reward results from the employment of the resources of the Nation.
This is a problem which is the concern not only of management, labor, and the Government, but also the concern of every one of us.
Business is a public trust and must adhere to national standards in the conduct of its affairs.
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96
So far as business is concerned, it should plan for steady, vigorous expansion-seeking always to increase its output, lower its prices, and avoid the vices of monopoly and restriction.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,500
1,949
Harry S. Truman
100
1,860
So far as business is concerned, it should plan for steady, vigorous expansion-seeking always to increase its output, lower its prices, and avoid the vices of monopoly and restriction.
and men of good will, working together, can smooth it out.
So long as business does this, it will be contributing to continued prosperity, and it will have the help and encouragement of the Government.
4
1,832
I recommend that the Congress complete action at this session on the pending bill to close the loopholes in the Clayton Act which now permit monopolistic mergers.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
1,950
Harry S. Truman
100
2,134
I recommend that the Congress complete action at this session on the pending bill to close the loopholes in the Clayton Act which now permit monopolistic mergers.
To avoid this danger, we must curb monopoly and provide aids to independent business so that it may have the credit and capital to compete in a system of free enterprise.
I also hope before this session is over to transmit to the Congress a series of proposals to strengthen the antimonopoly laws, to assist small business, and to encourage the growth of new enterprises.
5
2,102
It is competition that keeps it growing and developing.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
527
It is competition that keeps it growing and developing.
It is competition that keeps it free.
The truth is that we need far more competition in the future than we have had in t he immediate past.
1
514
I've visited the devastating aftermaths of record floods, droughts, storms and wildfires.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,523
2,023
Joe Biden
100
25,501
I've visited the devastating aftermaths of record floods, droughts, storms and wildfires.
Lowering utility bills, creating American jobs, leading the world to a clean energy future.
From Arizona, New Mexico, all the way up to the Canadian border.
80
22,689
They are the small businessmen of the future.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,521
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
509
They are the small businessmen of the future.
The opportunity must be afforded them to do so.
Actually when we talk about small business we are talking about almost all of the Nation's individual businesses.
1
496
Madam vice president, I want to thank you for leading the effort to make sure small businesses have access to capital, and the historic laws we enacted that will just come into being.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,521
2,023
Joe Biden
100
25,348
Madam vice president, I want to thank you for leading the effort to make sure small businesses have access to capital, and the historic laws we enacted that will just come into being.
And by the way, every time - Every time someone starts a small business is an act of hope.
Standing here last year, I shared with you a story of American genius and possibilities.
80
22,567
Now, I know Wall Street isn't keen on this idea.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
2,010
Barack Obama
100
20,115
Now, I know Wall Street isn't keen on this idea.
To recover the rest, I've proposed a fee on the biggest banks.
But if these firms can afford to hand out big bonuses again, they can afford a modest fee to pay back the taxpayers who rescued them in their time of need.
67
18,017
We must not let this situation fester.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
1,989
George H.W. Bush
200
13,434
We must not let this situation fester.
I ask Congress to enact our reform proposals within 45 days.
We owe it to the savers in this country to solve this problem.
46
11,802
To this purpose, we should strengthen our antitrust laws by closing those loopholes that permit monopolistic mergers and consolidations.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
1,949
Harry S. Truman
100
1,896
To this purpose, we should strengthen our antitrust laws by closing those loopholes that permit monopolistic mergers and consolidations.
We must assure small business the freedom and opportunity to grow and prosper.
Our national farm program should be improved-not only in the interest of the farmers, but for the lasting prosperity of the whole Nation.
4
1,867
We must have an over-all antimonopoly policy which can be applied by all agencies of the Government in exercising the functions assigned to them--a policy designed to encourage the formation and growth of new and freely competitive enterprises.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
544
We must have an over-all antimonopoly policy which can be applied by all agencies of the Government in exercising the functions assigned to them--a policy designed to encourage the formation and growth of new and freely competitive enterprises.
By legislation and by administration we must take specific steps to discourage the formation or the strengthening of competition-restricting business.
Among the many departments and agencies which have parts in the program affecting business and competition, the Department of Commerce has a particularly important role.
1
531
We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,522
2,013
Barack Obama
100
21,560
We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets.
Now, we know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails.
Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems.
70
19,320
But we must do more than break up trusts and monopolies after they have begun to strangle competition.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
541
But we must do more than break up trusts and monopolies after they have begun to strangle competition.
Many leading businessmen have recognized the importance of such action both to themselves and to the economy as a whole.
We must take positive action to foster new, expanding enterprises.
1
528
To make new inventions and discoveries available more promptly to all businesses, small and large, the Department proposes to expand its own research activities, promote research by universities, improve Patent Office procedures, and develop a greatly expanded system of field offices readily accessible to the businesse...
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,500
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
548
To make new inventions and discoveries available more promptly to all businesses, small and large, the Department proposes to expand its own research activities, promote research by universities, improve Patent Office procedures, and develop a greatly expanded system of field offices readily accessible to the businesse...
In its assistance to industry, the Department of Commerce will concentrate its efforts on these primary objectives: Promotion of a large and well-balanced foreign trade; provision of improved technical assistance and management aids, especially for small enterprises; and strengthening of basic statistics on business op...
Many gaps exist in the private financial mechanism, especially in the provision of long-term funds for small and medium-sized enterprises.
1
535
I believe the time has come to conduct a broad national inquiry into the nature, performance and adequacy of our financial system, both in terms of its direct service to the whole economy and in terms of its function as the mechanism through which monetary and credit policy takes effect.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,500
1,957
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
4,678
I believe the time has come to conduct a broad national inquiry into the nature, performance and adequacy of our financial system, both in terms of its direct service to the whole economy and in terms of its function as the mechanism through which monetary and credit policy takes effect.
Essential to the stable economic growth we seek is a system of well-adapted and efficient financial institutions.
I believe the Congress should authorize the creation of a commission of able and qualified citizens to undertake this vital inquiry.
13
4,586
The Administration will make detailed recommendations on these subjects.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,523
1,956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
4,435
The Administration will make detailed recommendations on these subjects.
Disaster assistance legislation requires overhauling and an experimental program of flood-damage indemnities should be undertaken.
Area Development: We must help deal with the pockets of chronic unemployment that here and there mar the nation's general industrial prosperity.
12
4,347
So if you are a big bank or financial institution, you're no longer allowed to make risky bets with your customers' deposits.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
2,012
Barack Obama
100
21,132
So if you are a big bank or financial institution, you're no longer allowed to make risky bets with your customers' deposits.
The new rules we passed restore what should be any financial system's core purpose: getting funding to entrepreneurs with the best ideas and getting loans to responsible families who want to buy a home or start a business or send their kids to college.
You're required to write out a living will that details exactly how you'll pay the bills if you fail, because the rest of us are not bailing you out ever again.
69
18,930
And as a result, the markets are now stabilized, and we've recovered most of the money we spent on the banks-most but not all.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
2,010
Barack Obama
100
20,113
And as a result, the markets are now stabilized, and we've recovered most of the money we spent on the banks-most but not all.
And when we took that program over, we made it more transparent and more accountable.
To recover the rest, I've proposed a fee on the biggest banks.
67
18,015
3. Elimination of trade practices and agreements which reduce competition and discriminate against new or small enterprises.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,521
1,946
Harry S. Truman
100
524
3. Elimination of trade practices and agreements which reduce competition and discriminate against new or small enterprises.
This will help equalize competitive relationships between large and small companies, for many of the small companies cannot afford expensive technical research, accounting, and tax advice.
We speak a great deal about the free enterprise economy of our country.
1
511
It's fair to tax a company's profits.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,520
2,003
George W. Bush
200
18,067
It's fair to tax a company's profits.
We should also strengthen the economy by treating investors equally in our tax laws.
It is not fair to again tax the shareholder on the same profits.
60
16,060
And to ensure that a crisis of this magnitude never happens again, I ask the Congress to move quickly on legislation that will finally reform our outdated regulatory system.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,501
2,009
Barack Obama
100
19,865
And to ensure that a crisis of this magnitude never happens again, I ask the Congress to move quickly on legislation that will finally reform our outdated regulatory system.
Because we cannot consign our Nation to an open-ended recession.
It is time to put in place tough, new common-sense rules of the road so that our financial market rewards drive and innovation, and punishes short-cuts and abuse.
66
17,790
As our national production increases, as it doubles and redoubles in the next 50 years, the number of independent and competing enterprises should also increase.
Domestic Commerce
15
Domestic Commerce
1,500
1,950
Harry S. Truman
100
2,131
As our national production increases, as it doubles and redoubles in the next 50 years, the number of independent and competing enterprises should also increase.
In the future growth of this country, lie possibilities for hundreds of thousands of new and independent businesses.
If the number does not increase, our constantly growing economy will fall under the control of a few dominant economic groups whose powers will be so great that they will be a challenge to democratic institutions.
5
2,099
And I hope Congress will pass it without delay.
Education
6
Education
607
1,994
Bill (William J. ) Clinton
100
14,664
And I hope Congress will pass it without delay.
Goals 2000 links world-class standards to grass-roots reforms.
Our School to Work Initiative will for the first time link school to the world of work, providing at least one year of pprenticeship beyond high school.
51
12,920
We've already reduced student loan payments to 10 percent of a borrower's income.
Education
6
Education
601
2,016
Barack Obama
100
22,499
We've already reduced student loan payments to 10 percent of a borrower's income.
No hardworking student should be stuck in the red.
But now, we've actually got to cut the cost of college.
73
20,169
In addition, we must make possible greater equality of opportunity to all our citizens for education.
Education
6
Education
600
1,948
Harry S. Truman
100
1,600
In addition, we must make possible greater equality of opportunity to all our citizens for education.
The Federal Government has a responsibility for providing financial aid to meet this crisis.
Only by so doing can we insure that our citizens will be capable of understanding and sharing the responsibilities of democracy.
3
1,577
Last year, I asked this Congress to help states make high-quality pre-K available to every four year-old.
Education
6
Education
602
2,014
Barack Obama
100
21,814
Last year, I asked this Congress to help states make high-quality pre-K available to every four year-old.
Research shows that one of the best investments we can make in a child's life is high-quality early education.
As a parent as well as a President, I repeat that request tonight.
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19,549