第一篇：美国总统每周电台演讲-5月29日
Prepared Remarks of President
Barack Obama
Weekly Address
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
This weekend, as we celebrate Memorial Day, families across America will gather in backyards and front porches, fire up the barbeque, kick back with friends, and spend time with people they care about.That is as it should be.But I also hope that as you do so, you’ll take some time to reflect on what Memorial Day is all about;on why we set this day aside as a time of national remembrance.It’s fitting every day to pay tribute to the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States of America.Still, there are certain days that have been set aside for all of us to do so.Veterans Day is one such day – when we are called to honor Americans who’ve fought under our country’s flag.Our calling on Memorial Day is different.On this day, we honor not just those who’ve worn this country’s uniform, but the men and women who’ve died in its service;who’ve laid down their lives in defense of their fellow citizens;who’ve given their last full measure of devotion to protect the United States of America.These are the men and women I will be honoring this weekend, and I know many of you are doing the same.There are any number of reasons America emerged from its humble beginnings as a cluster of colonies to become the most prosperous, most powerful nation on earth.There is the hard work, the resilience, and the character of our people.There is the ingenuity and enterprising spirit of our entrepreneurs and innovators.There are the ideals of opportunity, equality, and freedom that have not only inspired our people to perfect our own union, but inspired others to perfect theirs as well.But from the very start, there was also something more.A steadfast commitment to serve, to fight, and if necessary, to die, to preserve America and advance the ideals we cherish.It’s a commitment witnessed at each defining moment along the journey of this country.It’s what led a rag-tag militia to face British soldiers at Lexington and Concord.It’s what led young men, in a country divided half slave and half free, to take up arms to save our union.It’s what led patriots in each generation to sacrifice their own lives to secure the life of our nation, from the trenches of World War I to the battles of World War II, from Inchon and Khe Sanh, from Mosul to Marjah.That commitment – that willingness to lay down their lives so we might inherit the blessings of this nation – is what we honor today.But on this Memorial Day, as on every day, we are called to honor their ultimate sacrifice with more than words.We are called to honor them with deeds.We are called to honor them by doing our part for the loved ones our fallen heroes have left behind and looking after our military families.By making sure the men and women serving this country around the world have the support they need to achieve their missions and come home safely.By making sure veterans have the care and assistance they need.In short, by serving all those who have ever worn the uniform of this country – and their families – as well as they have served us.On April 25, 1866, about a year after the Civil War ended, a group of women visited a cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi, to place flowers by the graves of Confederate soldiers who had fallen at Shiloh.As they did, they noticed other graves nearby, belonging to Union dead.But no one had come to visit those graves, or place a flower there.So they decided to lay a few stems for those men too, in recognition not of a fallen Confederate or a fallen Union soldier, but a fallen American.A few years later, an organization of Civil War veterans established what became Memorial Day, selecting a date that coincided with the time when flowers were in bloom.So this weekend, as we commemorate Memorial Day, I ask you to hold all our fallen heroes in your hearts, and if you can, to lay a flower where they have come to rest.
第二篇：美国总统每周电台演讲
美国总统每周电台演讲：华盛顿白宫奥巴马讲话
Weekly Address: End the Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON, DC— In this week’s address, President Obama saidhat Republicans in the House of Representatives chose to shut down the government over a health care law they don’t like.He urged the Congress to pass a budget that funds our government, with no partisan strings attached.The President made clear he will work with anyone of either party on ways to grow this economy, create new jobs, and get our fiscal house in order for the long haul – but not under the shadow of these threats to our economy.Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address The White House October 5, 2013
Good morning.Earlier this week, the Republican House of Representatives chose to shut down a government they don’t like over a health care law they don’t like.And I’ve talked a lot about the real-world consequences of this shutdown in recent days – the services disrupted;the benefits delayed;the public servants kicked off the job without pay.But today, I want to let the Americans dealing with those real-world consequences have their say.And these are just a few of the many heartbreaking letters I’ve gotten from them in the past couple weeks – including more than 30,000 over the past few days.Kelly Mumper lives in rural Alabama.She works in early education, and she has three kids of her own in the Marines.Here’s what she wrote to me on Wednesday.“Our Head Start agency„was forced to stop providing services on October 1st for over 770 children, and 175 staff were furloughed.I am extremely concerned for the welfare of these children.There are parents who work and who attend school.Where are they leaving their children„is it a safe environment„are [they] getting the food that they receive at their Head Start program?”
On the day Julia Pruden’s application to buy a home for her and her special needs children was approved by the USDA’s rural development direct loan program, she wrote me from Minot, North Dakota.“We put in an offer to purchase a home this weekend, and it was accepted„if funding does not go through, our chances of the American Dream [are] down the drain„We have worked really hard to get our credit to be acceptable to purchase a home„if it weren’t for the direct lending program provided by the USDA, we would not qualify to buy the home we found.”
These are just two of the many letters I’ve received from people who work hard;try to make ends meet;try to do right by their families.They’re military or military spouses who’ve seen commissaries closed on their bases.They’re veterans worried the services they’ve earned won’t be there.They’re business owners who’ve seen their contracts with the government put on hold, worried they’ll have to let people go.I want them to know, I read the stories you share with me.These are our fellow Americans.These are the people who sent us here to serve.And I know that Republicans in the House of Representatives are hearing the same kinds of stories, too.As I made clear to them this week, there’s only one way out of this reckless and damaging shutdown: pass a budget that funds our government, with no partisan strings attached.The Senate has already done this.And there are enough Republican and Democratic votes in the House of Representatives willing to do the same, and end this shutdown immediately.But the far right of the Republican Party won’t let Speaker John Boehner give that bill a yes-or-no vote.Take that vote.Stop this farce.End this shutdown now.The American people don’t get to demand ransom in exchange for doing their job.Neither does Congress.They don’t get to hold our democracy or our economy hostage over a settled law.They don’t get to kick a child out of Head Start if I don’t agree to take her parents’ health insurance away.That’s not how our democracy is supposed to work.That's why I won't pay a ransom in exchange for reopening the government.And I certainly won't pay a ransom in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.For as reckless as a government shutdown is, an economic shutdown that comes with default would be dramatically worse.I'll always work with anyone of either party on ways to grow this economy, create new jobs, and get our fiscal house in order for the long haul.But not under the shadow of these threats to our economy.Pass a budget.End this government shutdown.Pay our bills.Prevent an economic shutdown.These Americans and millions of others are counting on Congress to do the right thing.And I will do everything I can to make sure they do.Thank you.每周演讲：结束政府关门
华盛顿——在本周的演讲中，奥巴马总统指出，众议院共和党人因为不喜欢医疗保健法案而选择关闭政府。他敦促国会通过预算，为政府提供资金，不附加任何党派附带条件。总统明确表示，在发展美国经济、创造新工作岗位和为了长期发展而重整我们的财政机构的道路上，他愿意与两党中的任何人合作——但不是在对我们经济所做出的种种威胁的阴影笼罩下。
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第三篇：美国总统每周电台演讲 2
美国总统每周电台演讲：华盛顿白宫奥巴马讲话
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Congress Must Act Now toPass a Budget and
Raise the Debt Ceiling
WASHINGTON, DC— In his weekly address, President Obama said that the economy is makingprogress five years after the worst recession since the Great Depression, but to avoid anothercrisis, Congress must meet two deadlines in the coming weeks: pass a budget by the end of themonth to keep the government open, and raise the debt ceiling so America can pay its bills.Congress should vote to do these now, so that we can keep creating new jobs and expandingopportunity for the middle class.Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly AddressThe White HouseSeptember 21, 2013
Weekly Address
Hi, everybody.It was five years ago this week that a financial crisis on Wall Street spread to MainStreet, and very nearly turned a recession into a depression.In a matter of months, millions of Americans were robbed of their jobs, their homes, their savings –after a decade in which they’d already been working harder and harder to just get by.It was a crisis from which we’re still trying to recover.But thanks to the grit and determination ofthe American people, we are steadily recovering.Over the past three and a half years, our businesses have created seven and a half million newjobs.Our housing market is healing.We’ve become less dependent on foreign oil.Health carecosts are growing at the slowest rate in 50 years.And in just over a week, millions of Americanswithout health care will be able to get covered for less than $100 a month.So our economy is gaining traction.And we’re finally tackling threats to middle-class prosperity thatWashington neglected for far too long.But as any middle-class family listening right now knows,we’ve got a long way to go to get to where we need to be.And after five years spent digging outof crisis, the last thing we need is for Washington to manufacture another.But that’s what will happen in the next few weeks if Congress doesn’t meet two deadlines.First: the most basic Constitutional duty Congress has is passing a budget.But if it doesn’t passone before September 30th – a week from Monday – the government will shut down.And so willmany services the American people expect.Military personnel, including those deployed overseas,won’t get their paychecks on time.Federal loans for rural communities, small business owners, andnew home buyers will be frozen.Critical research into life-saving discoveries and renewable energywill be immediately halted.All of this will be prevented if Congress just passes a budget.Second: Congress must authorize the Treasury to pay America’s bills.This is done with a simple,usually routine vote to raise what’s called the debt ceiling.Since the 1950s, Congress has alwayspassed it, and every President has signed it – Democrats and Republicans, including PresidentReagan.And if this Congress doesn’t do it within the next few weeks, the United States will defaulton its obligations and put our entire economy at risk.This is important: raising the debt ceiling is not the same as approving more spending.It lets uspay for what Congress already spent.It doesn’t cost a dime, or add a penny to our deficit.Infact, right now, our deficits are already falling at the fastest rate since the end of World War II.Andby the end of this year, we’ll have cut our deficits by more than half since I took office.But reducing our deficits and debt isn’t even what the current standoff in Congress is about.Now, Democrats and some reasonable Republicans are willing to raise the debt ceiling and pass asensible budget – one that cuts spending on what we don’t need so we can invest in what we do.And I want to work with those Democrats and Republicans on a better bargain for the middle class.But there’s also a faction on the far right of the Republican party who’ve convinced their leadershipto threaten a government shutdown if they can’t shut off the Affordable Care Act.Some areactually willing to plunge America into default if they can’t defund the Affordable Care Act.Think about that.They’d actually plunge this country back into recession – all to deny the basicsecurity of health care to millions of Americans.Well, that’s not happening.And they know it’s not happening.The United States of America is not a deadbeat nation.We are a compassionate nation.We arethe world’s bedrock investment.And doing anything to threaten that is the height ofirresponsibility.That’s why I will not negotiate over the full faith and credit of the United States.Iwill not allow anyone to harm this country’s reputation, or threaten to inflict economic pain onmillions of our own people, just to make an ideological point.So, we are running out of time to fix this.But we could fix it tomorrow.Both houses of Congresscan take a simple vote to pay our bills on time, then work together to pass a budget on time.Then we can declare an end to governing by crisis and govern responsibly, by putting our focusback where it should always be – on creating new jobs, growing our economy, and expandingopportunity not just for ourselves, but for future generations.Thank you.
第四篇：美国总统每周电台演讲6月12日
Prepared Remarks of President
Barack Obama
Weekly Address
Saturday, Junne12th, 2010
More than a decade ago, Congress set up a formula that governs how doctors get paid by the Medicare program.The intent was to slow the growth of Medicare costs, but the result was a formula that has proposed cutting payments for America’s doctors year after year after year.These are cuts that would not only jeopardize our physicians’ pay, but our seniors’ health care.Since 2003, Congress has acted to prevent these pay cuts from going into effect.These votes were largely bipartisan, and they succeeded when Democrats ran Congress and when Republicans ran Congress – which was most of the time.This year, a majority of Congress is willing to prevent a pay cut of 21%--a pay cut that would undoubtedly force some doctors to stop seeing Medicare patients altogether.But this time, some Senate Republicans may even block a vote on this issue.After years of voting to defer these cuts, the other party is now willing to walk away from the needs of our doctors and our seniors.Now, I realize that simply kicking these cuts down the road another year is not a long-term solution to this problem.For years, I have said that a system where doctors are left to wonder if they’ll get fairly reimbursed makes absolutely no sense.And I am committed to permanently reforming this Medicare formula in a way that balances fiscal responsibility with the responsibility we have to doctors and seniors.In addition, we’re already taking significant steps to slow the growth of Medicare costs through health insurance reform – not by targeting doctors and seniors, but by eliminating 50% of the waste, fraud, and abuse in the system by 2012.This not only strengthens Medicare, it saves taxpayer dollars.I’m absolutely willing to take the difficult steps necessary to lower the cost of Medicare and put our budget on a more fiscally sustainable path.But I’m not willing to do that by punishing hard-working physicians or the millions of Americans who count on Medicare.That’s just wrong.And that’s why in the short-term, Congress must act to prevent this pay cut to doctors.If they don’t act, doctors will see a 21% cut in their Medicare payments this week.This week, doctors will start receiving these lower reimbursements from the Medicare program.That could lead them to stop participating in the Medicare program.And that could lead seniors to lose their doctors.We cannot allow this to happen.We have to fix this problem so that our doctors can get paid for the life-saving services they provide and keep their doors open.We have to fix this problem to keep the promise of Medicare for our seniors so that they get the health care they deserve.So I urge Republicans in the Senate to at least allow a majority of Senators and Congressmen to stop this pay cut.I urge them to stand with America’s seniors and America’s doctors.Thanks.
第五篇：5月24日美国总统每周电台演讲
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.This Memorial Day weekend, kids will be out of school, moms and dads will be firing up the grill, and families across our country will mark the unofficial beginning of summer.But as we do, we should all remember the true purpose of this holiday--to honor the sacrifices that make our freedom possible.On Monday, I will commemorate Memorial Day by visiting Arlington National Cemetery, where I will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.The tomb is the final resting place of three brave American soldiers who lost their lives in combat.The names of these veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War are known only to God.But their valor is known to us all.Throughout American history, this valor has preserved our way of life and our sacred freedoms.It was this valor that won our independence.It was this valor that removed the stain of slavery from our Nation.And it was this valor that defeated the great totalitarian threats of the last century.Today, the men and women of our military are facing a new totalitarian threat to our freedom.In Iraq, Afghanistan, and other fronts around the world, they continue the proud legacy of those who came before them.They bear their responsibilities with quiet dignity and honor.And some have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their country.One such hero was Sergeant First Class Benjamin Sebban of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division.As the senior medic in his squadron, Ben made sacrifice a way of life.When younger medics were learning how to insert IVs, he would offer his own arm for practice.And when the time came, Ben did not hesitate to offer his fellow soldiers far more.On March 17, 2007, in Iraq's Diyala province, Ben saw a truck filled with explosives racing toward his team of paratroopers.He ran into the open to warn them, exposing himself to the blast.Ben received severe wounds, but this good medic never bothered to check his own injuries.Instead, he devoted his final moments on this earth to treating others.Earlier this week, in a ceremony at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, I had the honor of presenting Sergeant Sebban's mom with the Silver Star that he earned.No words are adequate to console those who have lost a loved one serving our Nation.We can only offer our prayers and join in their grief.We grieve for the mother who hears the sound of her child's 21-gun salute.We grieve for the husband or wife who receives a folded flag.We grieve for a young son or daughter who only knows dad from a photograph.One holiday is not enough to commemorate all of the sacrifices that have been made by America's men and women in uniform.No group has ever done more to defend liberty than the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.Their bravery has done more than simply win battles.It has done more than win wars.It has secured a way of life for our entire country.These heroes and their families should be in our thoughts and prayers on a daily basis, and they should receive our loving thanks at every possible opportunity.This Memorial Day, I ask all Americans to honor the sacrifices of those who have served you and our country.One way to do so is by joining in a moment of remembrance that will be marked across our country at 3:00 p.m.local time.At that moment, Major League Baseball games will pause, the National Memorial Day parade will halt, Amtrak trains will blow their whistles, and buglers in military cemeteries will play Taps.You can participate by placing a flag at a veteran's grave, taking your family to the battlefields where freedom was defended, or saying a silent prayer for all the Americans who were delivered out of the agony of war to meet their Creator.Their bravery has preserved the country we love so dearly.Thank you for listening.
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