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President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans:
Today
in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it,
and did her part to lift America’s graduation rate to its highest level
in more than three decades.
An
entrepreneur flipped on the lights in her tech startup, and did her
part to add to the more than eight million new jobs our businesses have
created over the past four years.
An
autoworker fine-tuned some of the best, most fuel-efficient cars in the
world, and did his part to help America wean itself off foreign oil.
A farmer prepared for the spring after the strongest five-year stretch
of farm exports in our history. A rural doctor gave a young child the
first prescription to treat asthma that his mother could afford. A man
took the bus home from the graveyard shift, bone-tired but dreaming big
dreams for his son. And in tight-knit communities across America,
fathers and mothers will tuck in their kids, put an arm around their
spouse, remember fallen comrades, and give thanks for being home from a
war that, after twelve long years, is finally coming to an end.
Tonight,
this chamber speaks with one voice to the people we represent: it is
you, our citizens, who make the state of our union strong.
Here are the results of your efforts: The lowest unemployment rate in
over five years. A rebounding housing market. A manufacturing sector
that’s adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. More oil
produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time
that’s happened in nearly twenty years. Our deficits – cut by more
than half. And for the first time in over a decade, business leaders
around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s
number one place to invest; America is.
That’s
why I believe this can be a breakthrough year for America. After five
years of grit and determined effort, the United States is
better-positioned for the 21st century than any other nation on Earth.
The
question for everyone in this chamber, running through every decision
we make this year, is whether we are going to help or hinder this
progress. For several years now, this town has been consumed by a
rancorous argument over the proper size of the federal government. It’s
an important debate – one that dates back to our very founding. But
when that debate prevents us from carrying out even the most basic
functions of our democracy – when our differences shut down government
or threaten the full faith and credit of the United States – then we are
not doing right by the American people.
As
President, I’m committed to making Washington work better, and
rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here. I believe most of
you are, too. Last month, thanks to the work of Democrats and
Republicans, this Congress finally produced a budget that undoes some of
last year’s severe cuts to priorities like education. Nobody got
everything they wanted, and we can still do more to invest in this
country’s future while bringing down our deficit in a balanced way. But
the budget compromise should leave us freer to focus on creating new
jobs, not creating new crises.
In
the coming months, let’s see where else we can make progress together.
Let’s make this a year of action. That’s what most Americans want –
for all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes,
their aspirations. And what I believe unites the people of this nation,
regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is
the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if
you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.
Let’s
face it: that belief has suffered some serious blows. Over more than
three decades, even before the Great Recession hit, massive shifts in
technology and global competition had eliminated a lot of good,
middle-class jobs, and weakened the economic foundations that families
depend on.
Today,
after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices
have rarely been higher, and those at the top have never done better.
But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward
mobility has stalled. The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of
recovery, too many Americans are working more than ever just to get by –
let alone get ahead. And too many still aren’t working at all.
Our
job is to reverse these trends. It won’t happen right away, and we
won’t agree on everything. But what I offer tonight is a set of
concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle
class, and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class. Some
require Congressional action, and I’m eager to work with all of you.
But America does not stand still – and neither will I. So wherever and
whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for
more American families, that’s what I’m going to do.
As
usual, our First Lady sets a good example. Michelle’s Let’s Move
partnership with schools, businesses, and local leaders has helped bring
down childhood obesity rates for the first time in thirty years – an
achievement that will improve lives and reduce health care costs for
decades to come. The Joining Forces alliance that Michelle and Jill
Biden launched has already encouraged employers to hire or train nearly
400,000 veterans and military spouses. Taking a page from that
playbook, the White House just organized a College Opportunity Summit
where already, 150 universities, businesses, and nonprofits have made
concrete commitments to reduce inequality in access to higher education –
and help every hardworking kid go to college and succeed when they get
to campus. Across the country, we’re partnering with mayors, governors,
and state legislatures on issues from homelessness to marriage
equality.
The
point is, there are millions of Americans outside Washington who are
tired of stale political arguments, and are moving this country
forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success
should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work
ethic and the scope of our dreams. That’s what drew our forebears
here. It’s how the daughter of a factory worker is CEO of America’s
largest automaker; how the son of a barkeeper is Speaker of the House;
how the son of a single mom can be President of the greatest nation on
Earth.
Opportunity is who we are. And the defining project of our generation is to restore that promise.
We know where to start: the best measure of opportunity is access to a
good job. With the economy picking up speed, companies say they intend
to hire more people this year. And over half of big manufacturers say
they’re thinking of insourcing jobs from abroad.
So
let’s make that decision easier for more companies. Both Democrats and
Republicans have argued that our tax code is riddled with wasteful,
complicated loopholes that punish businesses investing here, and reward
companies that keep profits abroad. Let’s flip that equation. Let’s
work together to close those loopholes, end those incentives to ship
jobs overseas, and lower tax rates for businesses that create jobs here
at home.
Moreover,
we can take the money we save with this transition to tax reform to
create jobs rebuilding our roads, upgrading our ports, unclogging our
commutes – because in today’s global economy, first-class jobs gravitate
to first-class infrastructure. We’ll need Congress to protect more
than three million jobs by finishing transportation and waterways bills
this summer. But I will act on my own to slash bureaucracy and
streamline the permitting process for key projects, so we can get more
construction workers on the job as fast as possible.
We
also have the chance, right now, to beat other countries in the race
for the next wave of high-tech manufacturing jobs. My administration
has launched two hubs for high-tech manufacturing in Raleigh and
Youngstown, where we’ve connected businesses to research universities
that can help America lead the world in advanced technologies. Tonight,
I’m announcing we’ll launch six more this year. Bipartisan bills in
both houses could double the number of these hubs and the jobs they
create. So get those bills to my desk and put more Americans back to
work.
Let’s
do more to help the entrepreneurs and small business owners who create
most new jobs in America. Over the past five years, my administration
has made more loans to small business owners than any other. And when
ninety-eight percent of our exporters are small businesses, new trade
partnerships with Europe and the Asia-Pacific will help them create more
jobs. We need to work together on tools like bipartisan trade
promotion authority to protect our workers, protect our environment, and
open new markets to new goods stamped “Made in the USA.” China and
Europe aren’t standing on the sidelines. Neither should we.
We
know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the
global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
Federally-funded research helped lead to the ideas and inventions behind
Google and smartphones. That’s why Congress should undo the damage
done by last year’s cuts to basic research so we can unleash the next
great American discovery – whether it’s vaccines that stay ahead of
drug-resistant bacteria, or paper-thin material that’s stronger than
steel. And let’s pass a patent reform bill that allows our businesses
to stay focused on innovation, not costly, needless litigation.
Now,
one of the biggest factors in bringing more jobs back is our commitment
to American energy. The all-of-the-above energy strategy I announced a
few years ago is working, and today, America is closer to energy
independence than we’ve been in decades.
One
of the reasons why is natural gas – if extracted safely, it’s the
bridge fuel that can power our economy with less of the carbon pollution
that causes climate change. Businesses plan to invest almost $100
billion in new factories that use natural gas. I’ll cut red tape to
help states get those factories built, and this Congress can help by
putting people to work building fueling stations that shift more cars
and trucks from foreign oil to American natural gas. My administration
will keep working with the industry to sustain production and job growth
while strengthening protection of our air, our water, and our
communities. And while we’re at it, I’ll use my authority to protect
more of our pristine federal lands for future generations.
It’s
not just oil and natural gas production that’s booming; we’re becoming a
global leader in solar, too. Every four minutes, another American home
or business goes solar; every panel pounded into place by a worker
whose job can’t be outsourced. Let’s continue that progress with a
smarter tax policy that stops giving $4 billion a year to fossil fuel
industries that don’t need it, so that we can invest more in fuels of
the future that do.
And
even as we’ve increased energy production, we’ve partnered with
businesses, builders, and local communities to reduce the energy we
consume. When we rescued our automakers, for example, we worked with
them to set higher fuel efficiency standards for our cars. In the
coming months, I’ll build on that success by setting new standards for
our trucks, so we can keep driving down oil imports and what we pay at
the pump.
Taken
together, our energy policy is creating jobs and leading to a cleaner,
safer planet. Over the past eight years, the United States has reduced
our total carbon pollution more than any other nation on Earth. But we
have to act with more urgency – because a changing climate is already
harming western communities struggling with drought, and coastal cities
dealing with floods. That’s why I directed my administration to work
with states, utilities, and others to set new standards on the amount of
carbon pollution our power plants are allowed to dump into the air.
The shift to a cleaner energy economy won’t happen overnight, and it
will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled.
Climate change is a fact. And when our children’s children look us in
the eye and ask if we did all we could to leave them a safer, more
stable world, with new sources of energy, I want us to be able to say
yes, we did.
Finally,
if we are serious about economic growth, it is time to heed the call of
business leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders, and law enforcement –
and fix our broken immigration system. Republicans and Democrats in the
Senate have acted. I know that members of both parties in the House
want to do the same. Independent economists say immigration reform will
grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the
next two decades. And for good reason: when people come here to fulfill
their dreams – to study, invent, and contribute to our culture – they
make our country a more attractive place for businesses to locate and
create jobs for everyone. So let’s get immigration reform done this
year.
The
ideas I’ve outlined so far can speed up growth and create more jobs.
But in this rapidly-changing economy, we have to make sure that every
American has the skills to fill those jobs.
The
good news is, we know how to do it. Two years ago, as the auto
industry came roaring back, Andra Rush opened up a manufacturing firm in
Detroit. She knew that Ford needed parts for the best-selling truck in
America, and she knew how to make them. She just needed the
workforce. So she dialed up what we call an American Job Center –
places where folks can walk in to get the help or training they need to
find a new job, or better job. She was flooded with new workers. And
today, Detroit Manufacturing Systems has more than 700 employees.
What
Andra and her employees experienced is how it should be for every
employer – and every job seeker. So tonight, I’ve asked Vice President
Biden to lead an across-the-board reform of America’s training programs
to make sure they have one mission: train Americans with the skills
employers need, and match them to good jobs that need to be filled right
now. That means more on-the-job training, and more apprenticeships
that set a young worker on an upward trajectory for life. It means
connecting companies to community colleges that can help design training
to fill their specific needs. And if Congress wants to help, you can
concentrate funding on proven programs that connect more ready-to-work
Americans with ready-to-be-filled jobs.
I’m
also convinced we can help Americans return to the workforce faster by
reforming unemployment insurance so that it’s more effective in today’s
economy. But first, this Congress needs to restore the unemployment
insurance you just let expire for 1.6 million people.
Let me tell you why.
Misty
DeMars is a mother of two young boys. She’d been steadily employed
since she was a teenager. She put herself through college. She’d never
collected unemployment benefits. In May, she and her husband used
their life savings to buy their first home. A week later, budget cuts
claimed the job she loved. Last month, when their unemployment
insurance was cut off, she sat down and wrote me a letter – the kind I
get every day. “We are the face of the unemployment crisis,” she
wrote. “I am not dependent on the government…Our country depends on
people like us who build careers, contribute to society…care about our
neighbors…I am confident that in time I will find a job…I will pay my
taxes, and we will raise our children in their own home in the community
we love. Please give us this chance.”
Congress,
give these hardworking, responsible Americans that chance. They need
our help, but more important, this country needs them in the game.
That’s why I’ve been asking CEOs to give more long-term unemployed
workers a fair shot at that new job and new chance to support their
families; this week, many will come to the White House to make that
commitment real. Tonight, I ask every business leader in America to
join us and to do the same – because we are stronger when America fields
a full team.
Of
course, it’s not enough to train today’s workforce. We also have to
prepare tomorrow’s workforce, by guaranteeing every child access to a
world-class education.
Estiven
Rodriguez couldn’t speak a word of English when he moved to New York
City at age nine. But last month, thanks to the support of great
teachers and an innovative tutoring program, he led a march of his
classmates – through a crowd of cheering parents and neighbors – from
their high school to the post office, where they mailed off their
college applications. And this son of a factory worker just found out
he’s going to college this fall.
Five
years ago, we set out to change the odds for all our kids. We worked
with lenders to reform student loans, and today, more young people are
earning college degrees than ever before. Race to the Top, with the
help of governors from both parties, has helped states raise
expectations and performance. Teachers and principals in schools from
Tennessee to Washington, D.C. are making big strides in preparing
students with skills for the new economy – problem solving, critical
thinking, science, technology, engineering, and math. Some of this
change is hard. It requires everything from more challenging
curriculums and more demanding parents to better support for teachers
and new ways to measure how well our kids think, not how well they can
fill in a bubble on a test. But it’s worth it – and it’s working.
The problem is we’re still not reaching enough kids, and we’re not reaching them in time. That has to change.
Research shows that one of the best investments we can make in a child’s
life is high-quality early education. Last year, I asked this Congress
to help states make high-quality pre-K available to every four
year-old. As a parent as well as a President, I repeat that request
tonight. But in the meantime, thirty states have raised pre-k funding on
their own. They know we can’t wait. So just as we worked with states
to reform our schools, this year, we’ll invest in new partnerships with
states and communities across the country in a race to the top for our
youngest children. And as Congress decides what it’s going to do, I’m
going to pull together a coalition of elected officials, business
leaders, and philanthropists willing to help more kids access the
high-quality pre-K they need.
Last
year, I also pledged to connect 99 percent of our students to
high-speed broadband over the next four years. Tonight, I can announce
that with the support of the FCC and companies like Apple, Microsoft,
Sprint, and Verizon, we’ve got a down payment to start connecting more
than 15,000 schools and twenty million students over the next two years,
without adding a dime to the deficit.
We’re
working to redesign high schools and partner them with colleges and
employers that offer the real-world education and hands-on training that
can lead directly to a job and career. We’re shaking up our system of
higher education to give parents more information, and colleges more
incentives to offer better value, so that no middle-class kid is priced
out of a college education. We’re offering millions the opportunity to
cap their monthly student loan payments to ten percent of their income,
and I want to work with Congress to see how we can help even more
Americans who feel trapped by student loan debt. And I’m reaching out
to some of America’s leading foundations and corporations on a new
initiative to help more young men of color facing tough odds stay on
track and reach their full potential.
The
bottom line is, Michelle and I want every child to have the same chance
this country gave us. But we know our opportunity agenda won’t be
complete – and too many young people entering the workforce today will
see the American Dream as an empty promise – unless we do more to make
sure our economy honors the dignity of work, and hard work pays off for
every single American.
Today,
women make up about half our workforce. But they still make 77 cents
for every dollar a man earns. That is wrong, and in 2014, it’s an
embarrassment. A woman deserves equal pay for equal work. She deserves
to have a baby without sacrificing her job. A mother deserves a day off
to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship –
and you know what, a father does, too. It’s time to do away with
workplace policies that belong in a “Mad Men” episode. This year, let’s
all come together – Congress, the White House, and businesses from Wall
Street to Main Street – to give every woman the opportunity she
deserves. Because I firmly believe when women succeed, America
succeeds.
Now,
women hold a majority of lower-wage jobs – but they’re not the only
ones stifled by stagnant wages. Americans understand that some people
will earn more than others, and we don’t resent those who, by virtue of
their efforts, achieve incredible success. But Americans overwhelmingly
agree that no one who works full time should ever have to raise a
family in poverty.
In
the year since I asked this Congress to raise the minimum wage, five
states have passed laws to raise theirs. Many businesses have done it
on their own. Nick Chute is here tonight with his boss, John Soranno.
John’s an owner of Punch Pizza in Minneapolis, and Nick helps make the
dough. Only now he makes more of it: John just gave his employees a
raise, to ten bucks an hour – a decision that eased their financial
stress and boosted their morale.
Tonight,
I ask more of America’s business leaders to follow John’s lead and do
what you can to raise your employees’ wages. To every mayor, governor,
and state legislator in America, I say, you don’t have to wait for
Congress to act; Americans will support you if you take this on. And as
a chief executive, I intend to lead by example. Profitable corporations
like Costco see higher wages as the smart way to boost productivity and
reduce turnover. We should too. In the coming weeks, I will issue an
Executive Order requiring federal contractors to pay their
federally-funded employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour –
because if you cook our troops’ meals or wash their dishes, you
shouldn’t have to live in poverty.
Of
course, to reach millions more, Congress needs to get on board. Today,
the federal minimum wage is worth about twenty percent less than it was
when Ronald Reagan first stood here. Tom Harkin and George Miller have a
bill to fix that by lifting the minimum wage to $10.10. This will help
families. It will give businesses customers with more money to spend.
It doesn’t involve any new bureaucratic program. So join the rest of
the country. Say yes. Give America a raise.
There
are other steps we can take to help families make ends meet, and few
are more effective at reducing inequality and helping families pull
themselves up through hard work than the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Right now, it helps about half of all parents at some point. But I
agree with Republicans like Senator Rubio that it doesn’t do enough for
single workers who don’t have kids. So let’s work together to
strengthen the credit, reward work, and help more Americans get ahead.
Let’s
do more to help Americans save for retirement. Today, most workers
don’t have a pension. A Social Security check often isn’t enough on its
own. And while the stock market has doubled over the last five years,
that doesn’t help folks who don’t have 401ks. That’s why, tomorrow, I
will direct the Treasury to create a new way for working Americans to
start their own retirement savings: MyRA. It’s a new savings bond that
encourages folks to build a nest egg. MyRA guarantees a decent return
with no risk of losing what you put in. And if this Congress wants to
help, work with me to fix an upside-down tax code that gives big tax
breaks to help the wealthy save, but does little to nothing for
middle-class Americans. Offer every American access to an automatic IRA
on the job, so they can save at work just like everyone in this chamber
can. And since the most important investment many families make is
their home, send me legislation that protects taxpayers from footing the
bill for a housing crisis ever again, and keeps the dream of
homeownership alive for future generations of Americans.
One
last point on financial security. For decades, few things exposed
hard-working families to economic hardship more than a broken health
care system. And in case you haven’t heard, we’re in the process of
fixing that.
A
pre-existing condition used to mean that someone like Amanda Shelley, a
physician assistant and single mom from Arizona, couldn’t get health
insurance. But on January 1st, she got covered. On January 3rd, she felt a sharp pain. On January 6th, she had emergency surgery. Just one week earlier, Amanda said, that surgery would’ve meant bankruptcy.
That’s
what health insurance reform is all about – the peace of mind that if
misfortune strikes, you don’t have to lose everything.
Already, because of the Affordable Care Act, more than three million
Americans under age 26 have gained coverage under their parents’ plans.
More than nine million Americans have signed up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage.
And
here’s another number: zero. Because of this law, no American can ever
again be dropped or denied coverage for a preexisting condition like
asthma, back pain, or cancer. No woman can ever be charged more just
because she’s a woman. And we did all this while adding years to
Medicare’s finances, keeping Medicare premiums flat, and lowering
prescription costs for millions of seniors.
Now,
I don’t expect to convince my Republican friends on the merits of this
law. But I know that the American people aren’t interested in
refighting old battles. So again, if you have specific plans to cut
costs, cover more people, and increase choice – tell America what you’d
do differently. Let’s see if the numbers add up. But let’s not have
another forty-something votes to repeal a law that’s already helping
millions of Americans like Amanda. The first forty were plenty. We got
it. We all owe it to the American people to say what we’re for, not
just what we’re against.
And
if you want to know the real impact this law is having, just talk to
Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky, who’s here tonight. Kentucky’s not
the most liberal part of the country, but he’s like a man possessed when
it comes to covering his commonwealth’s families. “They are our
friends and neighbors,” he said. “They are people we shop and go to
church with…farmers out on the tractors…grocery clerks…they are people
who go to work every morning praying they don’t get sick. No one
deserves to live that way.”
Steve’s
right. That’s why, tonight, I ask every American who knows someone
without health insurance to help them get covered by March 31st.
Moms, get on your kids to sign up. Kids, call your mom and walk her
through the application. It will give her some peace of mind – plus,
she’ll appreciate hearing from you.
After
all, that’s the spirit that has always moved this nation forward. It’s
the spirit of citizenship – the recognition that through hard work and
responsibility, we can pursue our individual dreams, but still come
together as one American family to make sure the next generation can
pursue its dreams as well.
Citizenship
means standing up for everyone’s right to vote. Last year, part of the
Voting Rights Act was weakened. But conservative Republicans and
liberal Democrats are working together to strengthen it; and the
bipartisan commission I appointed last year has offered reforms so that
no one has to wait more than a half hour to vote. Let’s support these
efforts. It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank
account, that drives our democracy.
Citizenship
means standing up for the lives that gun violence steals from us each
day. I have seen the courage of parents, students, pastors, and police
officers all over this country who say “we are not afraid,” and I intend
to keep trying, with or without Congress, to help stop more tragedies
from visiting innocent Americans in our movie theaters, shopping malls,
or schools like Sandy Hook.
Citizenship
demands a sense of common cause; participation in the hard work of
self-government; an obligation to serve to our communities. And I know
this chamber agrees that few Americans give more to their country than
our diplomats and the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.
Tonight, because of the extraordinary troops and civilians who risk and lay down their lives
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bless
verb \ˈbles\
: to make (something or someone) holy by saying a special prayer
: to ask God to care for and protect (someone or something)
: to provide (a person, place, etc.) with something good or desirable
blessed also blest bless·ing
Full Definition of BLESS
transitive verb
1
: to hallow or consecrate by religious rite or word
2
: to hallow with the sign of the cross
3
: to invoke divine care for <bless your heart> —used in the phrase bless you to wish good health especially to one who has just sneezed
5
: to confer prosperity or happiness upon
See Examples of BLESS
- The priest blessed their marriage at the wedding.
- The water for the baptism has been blessed.
- The priest blessed the baby I held in my arms.
Origin of BLESS
Middle English, from Old English blētsian, from blōd
First Known Use: before 12th century
Related to BLESS
- Synonyms
- consecrate, hallow, sacralize,
sanctify
- Antonyms
- deconsecrate, desacralize, des
anctify
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