The COVID Conga line, I like that. [SEP] Next question operator.


But that was an open offer from the President given that he wants to pursue any type of discussion that can advance this objective of achieving a resolution to the nuclear issue. [SEP] The Iranians reached out to us today to express an interest in having this call before President Rouhani left for Iran.


We're not going back to don't ask, don't tell. [SEP] Everybody should be able to serve the country they love.


And what I've said, and I think Hillary Clinton has expressed this in her confirmation, is that if we are looking at the region as a whole and communicating a message to the Arab world and the Muslim world, that we are ready to initiate a new partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interest, then I think that we can make significant progress. [SEP] Now, Israel is a strong ally of the United States.


And what ended up happening? [SEP] Well, maternal health is on the forefront of the agenda.


You know, it used to be, when I first got to the United States Senate, actually a couple of - actually, in the '60s, when I was getting out - the late '60s, when I was getting out of law school, what happened? [SEP] We invested more in R&D and investment and manufacturing than any nation in the world.


And, you know, unfortunately many of these critics can get away with just suggesting that bombing more, or being less discriminant in how we approach that, would make a difference. [SEP] Let me put it this way.


He talked about, provide our national support to the current government to assist it in fighting terrorism. [SEP] Number seven, diplomatic exchange with neighboring countries.


Great. [SEP] Unemployment for Americans without high school diplomas, that's a big thing, recently reached the lowest rate ever recorded.


More people came out to vote than last December. [SEP] About 75 percent of the eligible voters said, I want to be free; I want democracy.


These funds invest in important services and resources needed help strengthen Ohio's economy. [SEP] Quality education and health services are critical for a healthy, productive workforce.


Okay, one item for all of you at the top. [SEP] The unemployment data released this morning show us reaching the lowest level of new claims since the beginning of the pandemic, and the moving average has been cut by more than a third since President Biden took office just four months ago.


But that was a little different than the message that was being put out earlier during the pandemic, which is that it lessens the chance. [SEP] Right?


And the people of Puerto Rico deserve nothing less than that, and we're going to continue to be focused on helping in every way we can. [SEP] FEMA has already done the largest response ever in history to any natural disaster.


And that's happening all the time, isn't it? [SEP] If you recovered from the coronavirus, I ask you to consider contacting your local blood or plasma donation center to arrange a donation that could potentially save many lives.


And it's a beautiful thing to watch. [SEP] In a week of active and ambitious diplomacy here at the United Nations, America renewed our friendships.


Thank you. [SEP] I will say that I was at a general practice where six doctors were practicing in Gastonia.


He said he couldn't believe it: zero races. [SEP] Very unusual thing.


After 24 months of rapid progress, our economy is the envy of the world, our military is the most powerful on earth, and America is winning each and every day. [SEP] Members of Congress: the State of our Union is strong.


We will never give up on vaccinating more Americans. [SEP] Now, I know parents with kids under 5 are eager to see a vaccine authorizedfor their children.


Upside down and then go back to a bunker in the White House? [SEP] What are we talking about here?


Our thoughts and our prayers are with them, and we're doing everything we can to give them the best care possible. [SEP] Now, even one infection is too many.


In other words, people had a sense of security and hope. [SEP] A free Iraq is important for the United States of America.


But we'll know soon. [SEP] Being tested.


I'm telling you, it's going to make a big difference at controlling costs. [SEP] We need medical liability reform at the Federal level.


As this measure takes effect, it will prohibit all students, up to seniors in high school, from learning about our - learning about or discussing LGBTQI+ people in the classrooms. [SEP] Teachers in Florida have already faced the devastating consequences of the existing law.


Burn pits which are so dangerous that they are outlawed on American soil were used on bases around the world. [SEP] Veterans lived and breathed in a toxic cocktail of dust, smoke and debris, now many are sick and dying from lung disease, cancers, and respiratory illnesses.


The federal government spends about $600 Billion a yearto keep the country safe and secure. [SEP] There's been a law on the booksfor almost a century to make sure taxpayers' dollarssupport American jobs and businesses.


The stock market has added more than $8 trillion in new wealth. [SEP] Unemployment claims are at a 45-year low, which is something.


Please rise if you are able and show that, Yes, we the United States of America stand with the Ukrainian people. [SEP] Throughout our history we've learned this lesson when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression they cause more chaos.


Not enough to put food on the table. [SEP] Until Medicare came along, no healthcare they could count on.


And for that I will always be grateful. [SEP] Now, I know that you put that same kind of effort into this cycle, and I want to publicly say how proud I am of Hillary Clinton on a history-making race.


If you want to forget about what it means for the aspirations of people - we can't, because we are community - but if you're making an argument to someone to whom that's not a big consideration , just remember this: nothing brings more money to the treasury, the public treasury, than the education of the American people. [SEP] To cut funding or limit funding is not reducing the deficit.


Some things we will agree on; some things we will disagree on. [SEP] But there is no reason that Russia has to reemerge as a strategic adversary for the United States.


We take care of your military, and we have a deficit. [SEP] What's going on?


And look at the world on this bright August night. [SEP] The spirit of democracy is sweeping the Pacific rim.


But one thing is for certain: We need an energy plan to make us less dependent on foreign sources of energy. [SEP] I'm going to submit a budget on Monday.


At a moment when homegrown energy is creating new jobs in States like Colorado and Iowa, my opponent wants to end tax credits for wind producers. [SEP] Audience members.


Only the fake news says that they weren't. [SEP] If you look again - I don't have to repeat it - but if you look again at where we were two and a half years ago, I think I can say, the hatred that everybody had for everybody and where it was going.


But we must always shine a bright light. [SEP] In a time of COVID, in a time of, of climate crisis, there have to be opportunities for these women to succeed.


It is my profound honor to be the first President in history to attend the March for Life. [SEP] We're here for a very simple reason, to defend the right of every child born and unborn, to fulfill their God-given potential.


So it's never happened before like it's happening now. [SEP] People coming out of prison are getting a second and, in some cases, a third chance.


I want to thank the American citizens for doing a great job. [SEP] Stay inside and let's win this and let's get our country open as soon as we can.


Again, don't have anything to preview. [SEP] But I will also want to list out how important that American Rescue Plan was.


So we'll have 600 million doses. [SEP] Operation Warp Speed is the largest and most advanced operation of its kind anywhere in the world and anywhere in history.


One American pilot is among them. [SEP] In 1991, the U.N. Security Council, through Resolution 687, demanded that Iraq renounce all involvement with terrorism and permit no terrorist organizations to operate in Iraq.


We think we'll be successful in that regard. [SEP] The bill expands vocational educational programs to eligible federal inmates so that more of them can learn a trade.


Once again, Happy July Fourth to all. [SEP] Our country is in great shape.


Now is also the perfect time to expand commerce between the United States and Italy. [SEP] America's booming economy - we're setting records in so many categories - creates enormous opportunities for investment.


Some debt collection companies harass consumers with dozens of phone calls a week. [SEP] Remember what we are talking about.


And it's like the hundred-yard dash or the mile. [SEP] You train differently.


Successful business leaders know that if a deal goes south, another is always around the corner. [SEP] Mr. Trump has been so vicious during the shutdown that he might have crippled his ability to get things done in Congress.


Yeah, thanks, Jeff. [SEP] Let me take the first part of that question.


I'll be better than anybody else. [SEP] But you say, Whatever happened to North Korea?


Quality education and health services are critical for a healthy, productive workforce. [SEP] Akron $150,000


It's not just quitting on yourself, it's quitting on your country, and this country needs and values the talents of every American. [SEP] That's why we will support-we will provide the support necessary for all young Americans to complete college and meet a new goal.


If we want to go forward-not backward-we must protect access to health care. [SEP] Preserve a woman's right to choose.


What I want to say very briefly is this. [SEP] Three months ago, on this side of the white house, we gathered almost 1,000 black leaders from around this country who were celebrating Black History Month.


In World War Two, it was aviators launched from the carrier Enterprise, Hornet, and Yorktown who filled the skies of Midway and turned the tide of the Pacific War. [SEP] Nobody could beat us.


These data remind us that if you are not yet vaccinated, you are among those highest at risk. [SEP] The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus is highly transmissible, represents over 98 percent of COVID cases here in the United States, and is driving up infections, hospitalizations, and deaths across the country.


Our actions every day to ensure that our democracy endures, our Constitution endures, and the soul of our nation and our decency endures. [SEP] Ladies and gentlemen, 155 years ago, our ancestors stood here and asked themselves: What brought our heroes to this hallowed ground?


We enacted two critical reforms into law. [SEP] The Fix NICS Act, which you know about, which strengthens very strongly the background checks for firearm purchases.


We'll see how it all works out. [SEP] But we have to have a fair - I won't call it NAFTA, because we'll be changing the name.


We remain in the teeth of this pandemic. [SEP] January of 2021 was the deadliest month we've had.


I'm not going to see them collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers. [SEP] We've got a better plan where we keep investing in wind and solar and clean coal technology and where farmers and scientists are harnessing new biofuels to power our cars and trucks and where we put construction workers back to work refitting homes and factories so they're more energy efficient; where we're developing a hundred-year supply of natural gas; where we cut our oil imports in half by 2020 and create hundreds of thousands of jobs all across this Nation.


NAFTA has been very bad for our country. [SEP] But we'll have a trade bill.


So-we have a choice. [SEP] One way to fight inflation is to drive down wagesand make Americans poorer.


And a majority are women. [SEP] Right now, many full-time minimum-wage workers aren't even making enough to keep their kids out of poverty.


Sadly, their bill also makes defunding law enforcement one of the most high-profile legislative actions of their new majority. [SEP] Nearly every single member of the House Republican conference just voted to slash the Drug Enforcement Agency, lay off over 2,000 Border Patrol agents, slash COPS program, and slash the FBI and ATF budgets.


Today's historic agreement links our future with our past. [SEP] Five centuries ago this very month, a man of courage and vision set sail from the Old World in search of new trade routes and opportunities.


I guess two separate areas to go down. [SEP] One is the President's reaction to the tape itself, whether he thinks Donald Trump was describing sexual assault.


We're a nation of more than 300 million people. [SEP] To date, we've seen three cases of Ebola diagnosed here: the man who contracted the disease in Liberia, came here, and sadly died; the two courageous nurses who were infected while they were treating him.


And those that have come out and publicly spoken about said they didn't recall those specific phrases being used. [SEP] Look, the bottom line is the President wants to see a deal done.


Sure. [SEP] On your foreign aid, it's the same answer I just gave, which is, yes, it's a fairly part of the discretionary budget, but it's still consistent with what the President said.


I wanted to ask you about two specific things. [SEP] There was a report from Reuters today that the HHS Secretary put a former dog breeder in charge of day-to-day coronavirus efforts, to begin with.


I'm going to submit a budget on Monday. [SEP] They've been-the people in Congress on both sides of the aisle have said, Let's worry about the deficit.


There can be no compromise - there can be none - with this type of brutal aggression where a bully can move in and take over an entire country. [SEP] The United Nations has lived up now, at last, to its promise.


That's why we have increased our cooperation with the Pakistanis in order to make progress against those that seek to do us both harm. [SEP] Yes, ma'am.


I'm sorry, I'm sorry. [SEP] Don't put it.


Right? [SEP] Great people.


They are turning the page on socialism, turning the page on dictatorship, and there will be no going back. [SEP] Peace-loving nations are ready to help Venezuela reclaim its democracy, its dignity, and its destiny.


Milwaukee created the first school choice program 30 years ago to free children from failing government schools, and now my administration is working to give school choice to every child in America who needs it. [SEP] As we continue rebuilding our military, workers are building brand new Humvee replacements-you know about that-in Oshkosh.


I know that as summer approaches, many people are curious about how things will change and what to expect. [SEP] We're consulting with health experts, hearing from businesses and their needs, and following the science and the data.


Think of that. [SEP] The lowest - the best in almost 50 years.


Because my vision is one in which-whether we're talking about housing or education or rebuilding America-the idea is you've got to show individual initiative. [SEP] Government can't solve all your problems.


Where would we be if they hadn't had that chance? [SEP] How many jobs would it have cost us if past Congresses decided not to support the basic research that led to the Internet and the computer chip?


And it's gotten to a point where it's never been worse. [SEP] People form blue ribbon committees, they do everything they can.


Great job. [SEP] In a short period of time, my administration has built the most advanced testing system in the world.


The farmers would like to get that. [SEP] We're right now negotiating, as we speak, with Canada.


People were watching their incomes decline because their premiums were increasing. [SEP] Families were struggling with the loss of health care.


And everyone said that was going to be an impossibility to do - manufacturing jobs. [SEP] African American, Hispanic American, and Asian American unemployment have reached the lowest levels and the lowest rates in history of our country.


They stopped it cold. [SEP] Numerous people are in jail and going to jail today.


Iran and Syria would start changing their behavior if they started seeing that they had some incentives to do so, but right now the only incentive that exists is our president suggesting that if you do what we tell you, we may not blow you up. [SEP] My belief about the regional powers in the Middle East is that they don't respond well to that kind of bluster.


If we want jobs to stay at home and if we want the job base to expand, we've got to do something about the cost of health care. [SEP] We need an energy plan in this country.


Success was never easy or guaranteed. [SEP] From our founding, the United States of America was forged through fierce debates and stark divisions.


From coming-of-age, to crime, to science fiction, to even zombies, he's one of America's great storytellers, bringing fresh perspective to the legacy of the original sin of slavery, elevating our Nation's consciousness around truth and justice. [SEP] You know, to understand the giants of history, we need, sometimes, to write about them.


A gallows. [SEP] Police assaulted and killed.


At the start of the Ford administration, our nation's economic situation was becoming dire indeed. [SEP] We remember.


That's pretty great. [SEP] We've reached a deal to replace NAFTA.


So it's a huge number. [SEP] Right now, in terms of airborne hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, that website has about 212,000 veterans already registered between 2014 and August 2020.


Just to follow and clarify on Ed Henry's earlier question. [SEP] To avoid the - to avoid undercutting the growth acceleration and job creation of your bill, have you back-loaded all or some of the pay-fors in the bill - that is the tax increases - so that they don't take effect in the next year, but take effect later in the 10-year window?


Nobody. [SEP] When you play for Army, you're taught the courage to take a hit, the strength to sacrifice for your team, and the grit to fight for every single inch.


It will be defeated. [SEP] We will free our nation from the terrible affliction of drug abuse.


And it's never been more important. [SEP] In today's world, where our economies have undergone dramatic shifts, where businesses don't stop at borders, where technology and automation have transformed virtually every industry and changed how people organize and work, entrepreneurship remains the engine of growth.


But women also will soon be historic, we think. [SEP] Blue-collar jobs are leading the way in our middle class boom.


And they've gone a long way. [SEP] We have also secured historic levels of funding to give schools and police more resources to protect their students.


A copy of my order is attached. [SEP] The United States welcomes foreign direct investment in this country; it provides foreign investors fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory treatment.


The compared to this spring, we have 30% people, fewer people in ICU, we have 50% fewer people intubated. [SEP] The length of stay in the hospitals has dropped dramatically.


I'm going to be surprising some people with an economic development bill later on, but I haven't even told Mitch because I want to focus on tax cuts and some other things right now. [SEP] One of the unspoken elements that we discussed at lunch - and it just is not talked about - yes, we got a great justice, Justice Gorsuch, into the United States Supreme Court.


We've been talking about it for 4 years. [SEP] Now is the time for Congress to get a good plan to my desk.


I want to close with the last slide - next - which is an important message. [SEP] Although antivirals are promising, we must be sure to get our population vaccinated.


We're going to get through it. [SEP] You guys are a strong city.


I've been doing it for I probably have more experience in addressing it than anyone in the country, right? [SEP] On the ground.


Not a bad thing. [SEP] To lift up forgotten communities that need investment the most, we've created opportunity zones.


It's not going to be spent overseas anymore. [SEP] The House and Senate are now negotiating the final bill, and I cannot wait to sign these giant tax cuts and reforms.


Leader Pelosi. [SEP] That is a very interesting question, and some of you have posters to that effect.


They've shattered these lives. [SEP] Thank you very much, Thom.


And those that are continuing to struggle - in some cases, in ICU units - can be assured of the prayers of millions of Americans. [SEP] From the moment that this country learned of the spread of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump took decisive action and established the White House Coronavirus Task Force.


Look, I can't imagine that anybody isn't onboard with this cause, this is the lowest hanging legislative fruit you could possibly pick. [SEP] You shouldn't have to have a family member die of a toxic exposure to be able to understand the pain, and difficulty, and tenacity that these families have had to undergo on their own.


But again, we're going to have more information. [SEP] I want to be very mindful - I hear your questions about vaccines.


We're not going to do it. [SEP] I said, Saudi Arabia, you're rich.


No. [SEP] The job numbers have been really good.


And worst of all, so much loss of life. [SEP] Let's use this moment to reset.


We're on track to cross 500,000 dead Americans this next month. [SEP] The new strains emerging create immense challenges and masking is still the easiest thing to do to save lives.


And Chairman Kim and I will meet again on February 27 and 28 in Vietnam. [SEP] Two weeks ago, the United States officially recognized the legitimate government of Venezuela, and its new interim President, Juan Guaido.


Japan is also the third largest contributor in Afghanistan, with an overall commitment of $1.45 billion since 2002, to do such things as build roads and airports and boost health and educational services. [SEP] Japanese defense forces have conducted refueling operations for the United States and coalition forces worth more than $180 million to support naval operations in Operation Enduring Freedom.


Alabama Republican governor, Kay Ivey recently spoke out to encourage vaccination and even the commentators on facts who've been belittling this for a long time. [SEP] Some haven't, but many have, are arguing, get vaccinated.


As I told you, before I carry a card in my pocket, I hope I have it with me, I carry card in my pocket with a number of Americans dead from COVID-19. [SEP] As of the day, this morning, the total deaths in the United States are 609,441.


So these are the kinds of things we're trying to understand. [SEP] Models are models.


We also, thanks to Jared Moscowitz' hard work, SEF EAD, a company, has created a rapid test for COVID 19. [SEP] Recent, very, just came on the market.


You've got reports that the military may try to install a new President. [SEP] Are we at a point of - are we at a point or near a point of crisis in Pakistan?


City of Buffalo recently announced they're going to keep their schools closed. [SEP] I respect local governments, I respect the prerogative of local governments with education.


Thousands of service members were stationed at K2 Airbase that once held Soviet chemical weapons. [SEP] Many now suffer from rare cancers and other ailments.


Thank you for answering your nation's call. [SEP] On this special occasion, we are delighted to be joined by Congressman Steve Womack, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, Assistant Secretary Casey Wardynski, and Army Chief of Staff General James McConville, an old grad from the class of 1981.


There's no place in the world that has laws like we do. [SEP] Catch and release - think of it.


Someday, an American President will be sitting down with a duly elected leader from Iraq, and they will be talking about the peace in the Middle East, and our children and our grandchildren will be better off for it. [SEP] I believe people want to live in a free society.


Earlier this week, I acknowledged the complexity of our current state of - in this pandemic. [SEP] On the one hand, we have so much reason for optimism and hope, and more Americans are being vaccinated and protected from COVID-19.


These evil attacks are a wound on all humanity. [SEP] We must all work together to protect communities of every faith.


It's a very legitimate question. [SEP] We have got influence in Afghanistan, and we are going to use it to remind them that there are universal values.


Now, that should signal that we got a problem. [SEP] Otherwise, most Presidents have shied away from talking about Social Security- except to make the benefits better.


We do not know whether we will achieve an agreement - but we do know that after two decades of war, the hour has come to at least try for peace. [SEP] Above all, friend and foe alike must never doubt this Nation's power and will to defend our people.


So all that is to say that I think we have a very robust agenda that we share with the Saudis that's manifested in the issues that we're working on with them. [SEP] There have been disagreements under this administration and under the previous administration about certain policies and developments in the Middle East.


These decisions recorded in these documents rest on solid experience. [SEP] The remarkable post-war expansion of international trade brought strength and growth to the free world economy.


There has been also a great deal of work on the Iraqi economy. [SEP] You look at what Mr. al Hakim said yesterday - and, again, just run through some of the things he was talking about in the speech.


I think two dozen executive actions speaking on it over and over again. [SEP] He's been very clear about the epidemic that we see in gun violence across the country.


But I will also want to list out how important that American Rescue Plan was. [SEP] And it gave states the funding to do just that - to do what you were laying out - and how critical that was at the time during a pand - beginning of a pandemic or in - you know, at the - even in the middle of a pandemic because it lasted for some time - to deal with that issue.


And you know, I've hosted CEO roundtables, you know, in the White House, including with many of you over the years. [SEP] And we've worked together on the American Rescue Plan, on COVID, on infrastructure, supply chains, innovation, on climate and clean energy, reducing costs and a whole lot more.


And many of the people that have this theory, Oh, let's - you know, maybe we could have just gone right through it, I was - I was somebody that would have loved to have done that, but it wouldn't have been sustainable. [SEP] You can't lose a million people.


Now, in Iowa, in 3 days, you have a choice to make. [SEP] And some of you have made it, because we have early vote in Iowa.


We believe that it's important to move forward on the broad reform effort at the United Nations, to make sure that the United Nations is accountable and it's effective and that it's achieving real results. [SEP] There is much that we can do to make the United Nations work better.


As the President also mentioned, in addition to what I saw yesterday in Madison, Wisconsin, we continue to - we continue to build our Strategic National Stockpile. [SEP] It's growing, again, with ventilators - nearly 11,000 in supply.


If I told you what it costs, it's a lot - for the Army. [SEP] The Army has new uniforms and they are gorgeous.


Not only for the individual who gets it, but for our entire state. [SEP] It makes us healthier.


Americans haven't been getting it straight from this president. [SEP] They've made tremendous sacrifices over the past few months to buy this government time to get his act together to beat this virus.


My sister Heather and her husband have just built a service station that's now opened for business - like millions of others who run small businesses. [SEP] How are they going to be any better off if taxes go up?


And with both of those pressures pressuring our progress and our status, I'm telling, it's math. [SEP] It's going to have an effect.


And it's an area of the world that is-where there has been historical conflict, and it's an area of the world where we've got to pay attention to it. [SEP] And so the Romanian role is a vital role.


If we're serious about climate change, what does that mean in the lives of ordinary people? [SEP] What decisions do we have to make, what costs and sacrifices are going to be involved?


America was founded on liberty and independence - not government coercion, domination, and control. [SEP] We are born free, and we will stay free.


He wants to protect DACA. [SEP] He wants to make sure we have increased border security.


Again, light at the end of the tunnel. [SEP] And with that I'll take a few questions and then Mike is going to take over and talk with the admiral and with the professionals and we appreciate you being here.


I don't want Blackwater to be providing that security; I want our U.S. military to providing-to provide that security. [SEP] I'm very skeptical about the use of private contractors when it comes to our national security.


She never got a college education even though she was smart as a whip. [SEP] And she worked her way up to become a vice president at a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling.


And we have to continue to apply the kind of intelligent foreign policy that, by the way, historically, has been bipartisan. [SEP] I mean, this is not something unique to Democrats.


And we have responsibility to act. [SEP] We have great opportunity to do so.


We stopped the radical crusade to dismantle U.S. energy production and empower rogue regimes. [SEP] We withdrew from the one-sided, horrible, horrible, economically unfair, close your businesses down within 3 years, don't frack, don't drill, we don't want any energy -the horrible Paris climate accord that killed American jobs and shielded foreign polluters.


All of you are waiting for people, or most of you are waiting for people to come in and help. [SEP] I know from the standpoint of trade, we're waiting for a lot of our trade representatives to be approved.


We've done nearly twice as much testing per capita as France, Italy, and Germany, and over six times more testing per capita than South Korea. [SEP] We've done far more than any other country, usually times two, three, four, five, or six.


We can make our communities safer, our families stronger, our culture richer, our faith deeper, and our middle class bigger and more prosperous than ever before. [SEP] But we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance, and retribution - and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good.


But we realized the true threats were inside the country, whether it be the Saddamists, some Sunni rejectionists, or Al Qaida that was in there torturing and killing and maiming in order to get their way. [SEP] And we're making progress when it comes to training the troops.


And in numbers, they're not insignificant. [SEP] In numbers like the hundreds of thousands, enough to change the election.


Instead of the money going to the pockets of big drug companies buying back their own stock, which is the way in which - just - why do they keep buying their own stock back? [SEP] That's how the executives get paid.


More than 130 Democrats in Congress have signed up for Bernie Sanders' total government takeover of health care. [SEP] Isn't that nice?


Why is that important? [SEP] Because that's a highly immunogenic protein which has been used in five of the six vaccines that we're currently involved with.


We invested an unprecedented $8 billion to help Tribal communities have the tests and resources they need to combat the virus. [SEP] And it's important to remember that as younger and healthier people return to work, and as we massively increase testing capacity, we will identify more cases and asymptomatic individuals in low-risk populations.


And Canada is coming along. [SEP] We'll see how it all works out.


I believe freedom has the power to transform societies. [SEP] It's not easy work; it's difficult work.


I will also insist on spending discipline in Washington D.C., so we can meet our priorities. [SEP] We must prepare for the future costs of Social Security and Medicare.


With public support for unions at 61 percent, the highest in 15 years, this legislation has been endorsed by virtually every major union in America. [SEP] The Workplace Democracy Act, led by Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Mark Pocan , would make it easier for workers to join unions in a number of ways.


So I would expect there to be action in Syria - well, there will be action in Syria. [SEP] We will do that as necessary, as we develop targets and as we continue what is a systematic air campaign that is not going to be restricted by a geographic border that, frankly, has very little meaning anymore, given ISIL's operations in both Iraq and Syria.


Creating good jobs is also an important part of fighting the drug epidemic that has affected millions of Americans, bringing new hope to struggling communities. [SEP] And it's gotten to a point where it's never been worse.


The virus is in China, the virus is in China. [SEP] The virus got on an airplane and within days the virus goes global.


You know, every foreign leader that comes to see me in the White House, which I see a lot. [SEP] But every foreign leader - and I see a lot because usually they're treating us unfairly with military, meaning we're paying for their military, and I'm saying, Why?


The economy has been really fantastic. [SEP] If you look at the world economy - not so good.


In terms of access, we think there's good access everywhere, with about 95 percent of Americans living within five miles of a place that has a vaccine site. [SEP] So, I don't think that access is an issue in certain regions of the country.


When I swore to be a citizen, and again as mayor, I swore to defend the Constitution and to keep my community safe. [SEP] This is personal to me.


But in this case, we are so far advanced from where we were two and a half years ago that it's always insulting. [SEP] And I think it's why the press, frankly, has lost such credibility.


It goes up 20%, 1,400 people per day, going into the hospitals. [SEP] That, my friends, is a real problem.


If we knew exactly where Osama bin Laden was, we would go get him. [SEP] I can assure you of that.


CDC's most recent data show the seven-day average of new cases is now slightly above 62,000 cases per day - a continued increase over the seven-day period. [SEP] Similar to cases, new hospitalizations continue to increase, with the most recent seven-day average at nearly 490,050 admissions per day.


I also commend Greece for being one of the few NATO countries currently spending at least 2 percent of GDP on defense. [SEP] My administration has also informed Congress of a potential sale to Greece to upgrade its F-16 aircraft.


They've been pumping money in. [SEP] We haven't.


There's still a Taliban element trying to come and hurt people. [SEP] But the good news is, not only do we have great U.S. troops there, but NATO is now involved.


From compliance, the Lakeside Diner in Forked River, I think they were cited four times gov for executive order violations. [SEP] But today, were served with a closure order from the department of health after again, multiple violations of the governor's EO.


We need medical liability reform at the Federal level. [SEP] See, docs are getting sued too often, and they're leaving these small communities and rural communities in America, which means you don't have health care; you don't have access to a doc.


My Administration is committed to using every tool at our disposal to combat the opioid epidemic - that includes getting tough on the drug dealers and pushers peddling this poison in our communities. [SEP] We have to get really, really tough, really nasty - whatever it takes because we have to keep them out of our country, out of our communities.


As it relates to a so-called Ebola czar, I'll reiterate what we've said in the past on this, which is that we have designated very clear lines of responsibility in terms of which agencies are responsible for which aspects of this response. [SEP] We've got CDC and USAID personnel who are operating in West Africa to work with those local governments to try to meet the urgent humanitarian public health needs in those countries.


Joe Donnelly voted no on tax cuts, no on better health care and he voted no on canceling job-killing regulations which maybe even more important than those incredible tax cuts. [SEP] But he voted yes on something that we are systematically taking down.


And the why is that this virus unfortunately is infectious for two, possibly three days before people get symptoms and maximally infectious just around the time they get symptoms. [SEP] And so therefore picking out the people who actually might have infections or much higher than average rate of infection because they'd been close to someone who has actually got the infection, we know they've got the infection, those are the group who are the biggest risk of unwittingly having an infection without symptoms and then spreading it for two or three days.


These are things that - by the way, we have plenty more to go and - but they're things that nobody has ever had any package like this done. [SEP] And I just want to thank them.


They're the ones who need tax breaks. [SEP] Let's give tax breaks to companies that are investing here.


They will discuss a variety of issues, as they always do - regional issues as well as King Abdullah's important leadership role in the region, notably through his pursuit of our shared goal of a two-state solution through the Middle East peace process. [SEP] They will also discuss Syria and the King's courageous statements calling on President Assad to step down in that neighboring state.


And so every single thing we're doing, whether we're building for the VA, or we're building for Civil Works projects or for the Department of Defense, or building on the southwest border, we are going out of our way. [SEP] I talked to my commanders this morning; we've got over 4,000 contractors that are on the ground out there, and we've had no positives as of this morning, knock on wood.


And I would also remind you that everyone who has looked at this has not come to the conclusion, except for people who are not basing things on the facts, that there was political interference or that there was some sort of pressure put on people to give us information that we wanted for purposes of just going to war. [SEP] We acted on the information that we had.


The essence of the American character is to explore new horizons and to tame new frontiers. [SEP] But our destiny, beyond the Earth, is not only a matter of national identity, but a matter of national security.


I want the American people to know that the COVID vaccines remain highly effective to reduce the risk of serious illness, hospitalization, and death. [SEP] You know, this announcement that we're making is - is possible because of the historic progress that we have made over the last two years to fight COVID and ensure that people have the information and tools they need to keep themselves and their community safe.


We need medical liability reform in Washington, DC. [SEP] We need an energy bill.


Innocent people, and those surrounding innocent people, were being destroyed and humiliated. [SEP] We have so many people that have been hurt, destroyed, and humiliated in ways that we've never seen before in the history of our country.


So we're very, very upset about that. [SEP] So we're not going to be cut police funding.


If the President's energy policies are working, you're going to see the cost of energy come down. [SEP] I will fight to create more energy in this country to get America energy secure, and part of that is bringing in a pipeline of oil from Canada, taking advantage of the oil and coal we have here, drilling offshore in Alaska, drilling offshore in Virginia, where the people want it.


So let's just be clear about that, point number one. [SEP] Point number two, when we do props like this - stack it up and you repeat 2,400 pages, et cetera - you know, the truth of the matter is, is that health care is very complicated.


And that if Turkey cracks down on journalists in ways that are inconsistent with democratic practices, if dissidents' voices and civil societies lose more and more space. [SEP] That, you know, the mere act of voting is not the only part of democracy.


If you let these people out, many of them are going to cause tremendous problems. [SEP] So they want to end cash bail; incentivize prison closures - they want to close the prisons so it can't hold anybody; reimagine public safety; end immigration enforcement; resume catch-and-release at the border


And, you know, it goes back to keeping the long view in mind. [SEP] You know, oftentimes when I'm going through a really difficult problem in the presidency, I think back to one of my first foreign visits to Cairo.


You know what that is? [SEP] And China was catching us rapidly before I became president.


Let's stop seeing each other as enemies, and start seeing each other for who we really are:Fellow Americans. [SEP] We can't change how divided we've been.


There are a lot of Israelis who used to be Americans. [SEP] There is huge cross-cultural ties between the two countries.


If you look at things like imports, those have fallen off a cliff, likely to decline this year by 40 percent or more. [SEP] Those are very substantial changes in the underlying economic conditions of the Russian economy.


The Department of Energy can't dictate what oil companies do with the oil they purchase or where they ship it to sell. [SEP] That is something, again, that the oil company decides on.


And that's what you see in the reduction of the length of stay and that's what you in the death rate. [SEP] We had a 23% death rate in the spring, that is now down to 8%.


As the delegates debated the Declaration in Philadelphia, Washington's army watched from Manhattan as a massive British invading fleet loomed dangerously across New York harbor. [SEP] The British had come to crush the revolution in its infancy.


We'll be bringing the business tax from 35 all the way down to 20. [SEP] At 35, it's the highest in the industrialized world.


It's been a headache for everybody. [SEP] It's been a nightmare for many.


The biggest beneficiary of our invasion of Iraq has been Iran. [SEP] And it gives some sense of why we've got to have a president in the Oval Office who's making decisions not based on ideology, but based on knowledge of the region, based on the players that are involved, based on what's good for our long-term national security.


The green to red is at one or more because at one, transmission rate of one, they classify as the virus is in outbreak or in epidemic. [SEP] So we have the best rate.


It's just really about pre-positioning military forces. [SEP] If and when there's a decision to move towards some sort of military evacuation, then we'll have more to say about that at the time, in terms of size, scale, scope, and what we're doing.


That's a clear sign he is considering using both of those. [SEP] He's already used chemical weapons in the past, and we should be careful of what about-of what's about to come.


If you look at wage growth, there are a couple of factors that are important. [SEP] Number one, compensation has continued to appreciate, but because of rising health care costs, a bigger portion of compensation increases have been going to support health care than in the past.


Seniors have nothing to worry about when it comes to Social Security. [SEP] What you better worry about is whether or not your grandchildren are going to get any checks.


Five centuries ago this very month, a man of courage and vision set sail from the Old World in search of new trade routes and opportunities. [SEP] Christopher Columbus was an entrepreneur, and the journey he started 500 years ago continues to pay off abundantly today.


I called the heads of these companies, and they said, sir, sir, we will immediately drop the price back to where it was. [SEP] Did you ever hear of that?


But what I want to say is, you know, the President has been very, very clear - and you've heard us say this from this podium - and it will continue to be what we believe, which is transgender right are indeed human rights. [SEP] And I'll leave that at - I leave that there.


But whatever the circumstance is, we're prepared. [SEP] And I'd like to just ask and caution that the media - we would respectfully ask the media and politicians and everybody else involved not do anything to incite panic because there's no reason to panic at all.


And some of you have made it, because we have early vote in Iowa. [SEP] But if-but for those of you who have not, it's not just a choice between two candidates or two parties.


We also know that our support for civil society is not just about what we're against, but also what we're for. [SEP] Because we've noticed that governments that are more responsive and effective are typically governments where the people are free to assemble and speak their minds and petition their leaders and hold us accountable.


It is our responsibility as lawmakers and as educators to make this system work. [SEP] But it is the responsibility of every citizen to participate in it.


Number three, enforce the Iraqi security apparatus by equipping them with the needed capabilities and movements within the law. [SEP] Number four, implement the anti-terrorism law.


So we're extending the deadline. [SEP] We're also opening low-risk youth sports in phase three.


And many of us grew up in a time when a worker would spend an entire career in the same job, and those days are ending. [SEP] Workers entering the economy today can expect to train and retrain several times to keep pace with changed working conditions.


Another 20 million Americans have health insurance. [SEP] And we've cut our deficits by nearly 75 percent.


The most fundamental right in America is the right to vote - and to have it counted. [SEP] And it's under assault.


And as the President announced earlier this week, states are responding to his call to make all adult Americans eligible to receive a vaccine no later than May 1. [SEP] In fact, by April 19th, more than 90 percent of all adults across the country will be eligible for vaccination, and 90 percent of Americans will have a vaccine site within five miles of where they live.


It's meant for war, but we can move hundreds of thousands. [SEP] Hun- - think of that: Hundreds of thousands in a very short time.


We don't want to test the law, if you will. [SEP] You could say as a matter of common sense, Well, the law says in person at the Capitol, but we're in the middle of a pandemic and everything is now virtual.


No one in America should feel afraid to follow the religion of their choosing freely and openly. [SEP] The President is dedicated to preserving this originating principle of our nation.


But you hear in the media, every once in a while, a college student would get infected and ultimately die. [SEP] But the majority is in that risk group.


Any deployment for the War on Terror is covered. [SEP] And we believe there's probably 3.5 million veterans who were exposed.


Golly. [SEP] And by the way, Deborah Ross will do the same thing when you elect her to be your next Senator.


By working to meet your needs, by working to fulfill your hopes and dreams for your kids. [SEP] You asked for more fresh, nutritious food in your communities.


The average worker who has lost his or her job will receive 100 percent of their salary for up to four full months. [SEP] These are things that - by the way, we have plenty more to go and - but they're things that nobody has ever had any package like this done.


It's inhumane, and it needs to stop. [SEP] And to help parents trying to get ahead, I'm directing my Secretary of Labor to invest $25 million in helping people who want to enroll in job-training programs, but don't currently have access to the childcare they need to do it.


It can be taken care of we took care of in our administration. [SEP] There's no need to escalate this and think of what the rest of the world is looking?


They make them bad, although our polls now are good. [SEP] They're good because we're doing a lot of good work.


Under these proposals, small businesses will be able to purchase health insurance through an insurance exchange, a marketplace where they can compare the price, quality, and services of a wide variety of plans, many of which will provide better coverage at lower costs than the plans they have now. [SEP] Ninety-five percent of small businesses won't be required to cover their employees, but many that do will receive a tax credit to help them pay for it.


I mean, there's things to be moving this process forward in a practical way. [SEP] But one thing is for certain: We need an energy plan to make us less dependent on foreign sources of energy.


If incentives help us beat this virus, I believe we should use them. [SEP] We all benefit when we get more people vaccinated.


And then on Saturday, the President will deliver the commencement address to the 2016 graduating class of Howard University here in Washington, D.C. [SEP] As one of the nation's top historically black colleges and universities, Howard University is recognized for its rigorous education and legacy of building lasting bridges of opportunity for young people.


As you all saw, the World Health Organization, just a couple of days ago, announced that COVID-19 pandemic no longer qualifies as a global health emergency. [SEP] And so, in anticipation of the COVID-19 public health emergency ending in just a couple days, on Thursday, the administration has been preparing for months and taken significant steps to ensure all Americans have continued access to life-saving protections, such as vaccine treatments, tests.


Think of it: $100 billion trade deficit a year with Mexico. [SEP] We have a trade deficit with almost every country in the world.


So I'll say this: The immigration enforcement is a federal authority, and states should not be mandating it - meddling in it. [SEP] That is just - especially governor of Te - the Texas governor, Abbott, who has a track record of causing chaos and confusion at the border.


The first is one of the first things that the President ordered back in June, once ISIL had made this dramatic advance across western and northern Iraq, was a significant increase in what the military describes as ISR - this is intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. [SEP] And these were assets that were deployed to Iraq to give this administration, the Commander-in-Chief, our military greater insight into conditions on the ground - to better assess the condition of ISIL forces; to get a sense of what their strategy was; to try to get behind enemy lines and get a better understanding of the conditions on the ground.


And that's what it's going to be now. [SEP] One of the reason I'm running, but that's why I think you will not find many Republican senators or House members, even the ones I didn't know, will ever tell you I misrepresented anything to them.


The FDIC plan has been successfully implemented at IndyMac Federal Bank, enabling over 5,000 IndyMac borrowers to avoid foreclosure and stay in their homes with more affordable mortgages. [SEP] If applied nationally, 2.2 million mortgages could be modified.


We want to, too. [SEP] The President wants to see the troops come home soon.


You go out to other countries. [SEP] And what's happening already is, the companies are coming back, and they want to make great deals, because now I'm giving the right to Governors to go to Canada, go to England, go all over-go all over Europe, where the prices are so much less.


The conduct of the Iraqi regime is a threat to the authority of the United Nations and a threat to peace. [SEP] Iraq has answered a decade of U.N. demands with a decade of defiance.


I think it's important for people to understand why we're asking people to do this as well as what we're asking them to do. [SEP] Both are obviously very important.


Our current seven-day average is now 3 million vaccinations per day, up from 2.9 million last week. [SEP] Three million vaccinations per day, and this includes the lower-volume days around the Easter holiday.


And because of the efforts of civil society, now, by and large, there's a consensus in the Americas on democracy and human rights and social development and social inclusiveness. [SEP] Now, I recognize there's strong differences about the role of civil society, but I believe we can all benefit from open and tolerant and inclusive dialogue.


She knows before most people. [SEP] And she'd like to see it worked out.


You've reflected on it often, and we'll see jobs created that we couldn't even imagine could be created today. [SEP] We'll also ensure, lastly, that the rules and values of space exploration are written with American leadership and American values.


There is no greater example of this vision than President Trump's commitments, reemphasized today, to confront the reckless nuclear aspirations of Iran and North Korea, to oppose the brutal regime of Syria, and to combat radical Islamic terrorism at home and abroad. [SEP] The President was strong in his condemnation of Iran as a corrupt dictatorship, economically depleted, a destabilizing force in the Middle East, and a chief exporter of violence and terror.


Ecuador is truly a nation of peace. [SEP] It is an oasis where you find a great deal of tranquillity and peacefulness.


So you can make the pitch saying, this is really an important moment in our history; we've got to get involved right now. [SEP] But you also want to make it fun and make them feel like they're part of something larger.


One of the things I've found is the only people don't like bad cops, more than we don't like them are police officers. [SEP] And so, what we have to do is yet to have a much more transparent means by which we provide for accountability within police departments.


Our commitment to a strong economy does not stop with these important steps. [SEP] We will continue to strengthen investor confidence in the integrity of our markets.


And by the end of next month, we will have over 100 million tests available in the market. [SEP] More than half will be point-of-care tests-those are the quick ones, and they're really the ones that have the best impact-with the results in less than 15 minutes.


Look, folks, that's their plan. [SEP] It's reckless, and it's irresponsible.


Javits Center in many ways represents the beginning and the end. [SEP] The beginning of COVID, Javits was turned into an emergency hospital, when we believed the hospitals were going to be overwhelmed.


When we did our higher education bill, this was really important for us to have significant resources put there. [SEP] Because nothing brings more money.


That's legislating. [SEP] That's how democracy should work.


He took on health care reform because when we're talking about wages, people were losing wages to health care. [SEP] People were watching their incomes decline because their premiums were increasing.


And we've all heard the charge that reform will somehow bring about a Government takeover of health care. [SEP] I know that sounds scary to many folks; it sounds scary to me too.


Once completed, this plant will be the first large-scale solar plant in the U.S. to actually store the energy it generates for later use, even at night, and it will generate enough clean, renewable energy to power 70,000 homes. [SEP] The second company is Abound Solar manufacturing, which will manufacture advanced solar panels at two new plants, creating more than 2,000 construction jobs and 1,500 permanent jobs.


We're very, very tough on that. [SEP] And that's going to remain tough, or even tougher.


Critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and the crusade against American history is toxic propaganda, ideological poison that, if not removed, will dissolve the civic bonds that tie us together. [SEP] It will destroy our country.


We all benefit when we get more people vaccinated. [SEP] In addition to providing incentives to encourage vaccination, it's time to impose requirements on key groups to make sure they're vaccinated.


Yes, see, when you get rid of the death tax, you don't have to worry about lawyers, and you don't have to worry about premiums and insurance. [SEP] All you've got to worry about is who you want to leave your property to.


Well, obviously the President has his own economic team, and he studies and reads up on the forecasts of economists outside the government. [SEP] But I have not, in the meetings I've been in with him involving economic discussions, have not heard any reference to those particular forecasts.


We see it as the creator, as I said earlier, of wealth and of jobs in our country, the lifeblood of America's economy. [SEP] But, in order for them to succeed, people need to be well.