Click here to see the video. I am pleased to announce that today we unveiled the Administration’s first Joint Strategic Plan to combat intellectual property theft. The U.S. economy leads the world in innovation and creativity thanks to American inventors, artists and workers. Our ability to develop new technology, designs and artistic works supports jobs […]
Thanks for checking out the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Join President Obama this week as he hosts an event for small business owners in the Oval Office, makes his fourth trip to the Gulf Coast, meets with governors, residents and workers to discuss the spill, speaks […]
When President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in March he ushered in a new day for every American family that has seen its wages and dreams eroded by a health care system that worked for the insurance companies’ bottom line — and at the expense of regular people. To me, reforming America’s health care […]
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Yesterday, Vice President Biden and the Energy Department’s Assistant Secretary Cathy Zoi were in Midland, MI, to celebrate the groundbreaking of Dow Kokam’s 800,000 square foot battery manufacturing factory. This is part of the Summer of Recovery, demonstrating successful Recovery Act projects that are putting Americans back to work in the short term and investing […]
First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks to Marines and their families at Camp Pendleton in California. “It’s become one of my defining missions as First Lady, and that’s to help the rest of our country better understand and appreciate the incredible service of you and your families, and to make sure that your voices are […]
The Administration is working to empower scientists, business leaders, investors, government leaders, and entrepreneurs to harness American ingenuity to create affordable clean energy and high-paying jobs. In President Barack Obama’s most recent address to the nation, he called for a national mission to “unleash America’s innovation” to create a clean energy economy. Unleashing America’s innovation […]
Some recent press coverage has provided a misleading picture about a successful Recovery Act program, Build America Bonds (BABs). BABs have proven to be an effective financing tool that have enabled municipalities fund critical infrastructure projects at a time when they were facing severe financing challenges. A New York Times piece this week, for example, […]
Yesterday, a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation highlighted one of the problems in the individual health insurance market the Affordable Care Act was designed to address: unaffordable premium increases. The survey was conducted before the Affordable Care Act became law and found that the average premium increase for consumers in the individual market […]
With tens of thousands of projects funded and millions of Americans on the job today, it’s hard to believe that it’s only been 16 months since President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. And with so many jobs saved and created already, you might think that the Recovery Act’s greatest impact is behind […]
