奥巴马2011年国情咨文报告(视频节选)

第一篇：奥巴马2011年国情咨文报告(视频节选)

奥巴马2011年国情咨文报告(视频节选)

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2011-01-27 22:45:01 【打印】

THE PRESIDENT: Mr.Speaker, Mr.Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:

Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner.(Applause.)And as we mark this occasion, we’re also mindful of the empty chair in this chamber, and we pray for the health of our colleague--and our friend-– Gabby Giffords.(Applause.)

It’s no secret that those of us here tonight have had our differences over the last two years.The debates have been contentious;we have fought fiercely for our beliefs.And that’s a good thing.That’s what a robust democracy demands.That’s what helps set us apart as a nation.But there’s a reason the tragedy in Tucson gave us pause.Amid all the noise and passion and rancor of our public debate, Tucson reminded us that no matter who we are or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater-– something more consequential than party or political preference.We are part of the American family.We believe that in a country where every race and faith and point of view can be found, we are still bound together as one people;that we share common hopes and a common creed;that the dreams of a little girl in Tucson are not so different than those of our own children, and that they all deserve the chance to be fulfilled.That, too, is what sets us apart as a nation.(Applause.)

Now, by itself, this simple recognition won’t usher in a new era of cooperation.What comes of this moment is up to us.What comes of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow.(Applause.)

I believe we can.And I believe we must.That’s what the people who sent us here expect of us.With their votes, they’ve determined that governing will now be a shared responsibility between parties.New laws will only pass with support from Democrats and Republicans.We will move forward together, or not at all-– for the challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than politics.At stake right now is not who wins the next election-– after all, we just had an election.At stake is whether new jobs and industries take root in this country, or somewhere else.It’s whether the hard work and industry of our people is rewarded.It’s whether we sustain the leadership that has made America not just a place on a map, but the light to the world.We are poised for progress.Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back.Corporate profits are up.The economy is growing again.But we have never measured progress by these yardsticks alone.We measure progress by the success of our people.By the jobs they can find and the quality of life those jobs offer.By the prospects of a small business owner who dreams of turning a good idea into a thriving enterprise.By the opportunities for a better life that we pass on to our children.That’s the project the American people want us to work on.Together.(Applause.)

We did that in December.Thanks to the tax cuts we passed, Americans’ paychecks are a little bigger today.Every business can write off the full cost of new investments that they make this year.And these steps, taken by Democrats and Republicans, will grow the economy and add to the more than one million private sector jobs created last year.But we have to do more.These steps we’ve taken over the last two years may have broken the back of this recession, but to win the future, we’ll need to take on challenges that have been decades in the making.

第二篇：奥巴马2011年国情咨文演讲

奥巴马2011年国情咨文演讲

一、演讲摘要

华盛顿当地时间1月25日晚(北京时间1月26日上午)，美国总统奥巴马在国会发表2011年国情咨文。奥巴马在演讲中表示，解决短期的就业和长期的美国竞争力问题将成为未来政府工作的重点。另外，奥巴马还讲到了医改、外交政策、军事、政府机制改革等未来政府的工作内容。

二、奥巴马演讲经典语录

1.不管我们是谁、来自何方，我们中的每一个人都是一个更伟大事务的一部分，2.如果你努力工作，你可能会终身拥有这个职位，这个工作会给你带来体面的收入、好的福利，有时还会获得升职。

3.世界已发生了变革。对于许多人来说，变革是痛苦的。这就好像，在比赛进行到一半时，表现出色而又颇感自豪的运动员发现规则突然改变了。

4.世界发生了变革，但这不应当使我们灰心，它应当成为激励我们的动力。

5.我们将赢得未来，但为了实现这一点，我们不能原地踏步。正如罗伯特•肯尼迪所说的那样“未来不是一个礼物，它是一个成就。”维持美国梦从来不是墨守成规。它需要每一代人作出牺牲、斗争，满足新时代的要求。

6.现在轮到我们这一代人了。我们知道在我们的时代为工 作和行业进行竞争需要什么。

7.赢得未来的首个步骤是鼓励美国人创新。

8.所有人都无法肯定地预言下一个主要行业将是什么行业或者新的就业岗位来自哪里。三十年前，我们不知道一个被称作互联网的东西会引发经济革命。我们所能做的是，争取在这些方面比其它国家的人做得更好，激发美国人民的创造性和想像力。

9.创新不只改变我们的生活，更重要的是，这是我们赖以谋生的方法。

10.成功不是名气或者公共关系所带来的，它是由辛劳的工作和自律造就的。

11.赢得未来的最后一步最关键的一步是确保我们不会葬身于如山的债务之中。

12.要在这个不断变化的新世界中取得成功，我们需改革、责任和创新。

13.我们围绕一切事情展开争论，这会使难度变得更高，14.美国人的思想活力仍在，我们的命运依旧掌握在我们手中。

15.我们中的每个人都应当有机会来塑造自己的命运。16.争取在2035年之前使美国85%的电力供应量来自清洁能源。

17.改革不仅仅是从上到下的指示。18.教育竞赛不会止步于高中毕业证。19.我们必须战胜敌人，无论他们在哪里，并建立跨越地区、种族和宗教界线的联盟。

20.或许我们拥有不同的观点，但我们都坚信同一个承诺：这是一个只要尝试就可能会成功的地方。又或许我们拥有不同的背景，但我们都坚信同一梦想：这是一个一切皆有可能的国家。

21.虽然我不确定我们将如何超越地平线到达更好的地方，但我知道我们将会到达那里。

22.这就是美国人在过去两百多年里一直在做的事情--再造自我

23.与其向昨天的能源业提供补贴，我们不如投资于未来的能源

附：《奥巴马国情咨文全文》奥巴马2011年国情咨文演讲全文内容

今晚我想首先向美国第112届国会的男女议员、你们的新议长约翰•博纳表示祝贺。在我们庆祝这一时刻时，我们仍然很清楚一位国会议员的座位是空着的，让我们为我们的同事、我们的朋友加布里埃尔•吉福兹的健康祈祷。

呼吁两党合作

我们这些今晚出席这一活动的人在过去两年曾存在分歧，这不是秘密。辩论是非常激烈的，我们为我们各自的观点进行了激烈的斗争。这是一件好事，这是强有力的民主所要求的。这种争论帮助美国成为区别于其它国家的民主国家。

但图森市的悲剧给了我们一个停止争论的理由。我们进行的公共辩论引发了噪音、情绪、怨恨。图森的悲剧提醒我们，不管我们是谁、来自何方，我们中的每一个人都是一个更伟大事务的一部分，它比政党或者政治倾向更具必然性。

我们是美国大家庭的组成部分。我们相信，在这个各种种族、信仰、观点并存的国家，我们仍是一个团结在一起的民族。我们拥有共同的希望和信条，图森小女孩的梦想与我们自己孩子的梦想没有什么大的差别，这些梦想都应获得实现的机会。

这也是使我们作为一个国家产生分歧的原因。

现在，简单地认识到这一点本身将不会开启一个合作的新时代。这一时刻所能产生的成果取决于我们。这一时刻所产生的成果将不会由我们是否今晚坐在一起而决定，它将被我们明 天是否合作所决定。

我认为我们能够实现合作。我认为我们必须这样。这是那些把我们送到这里的人们所期望的。他们通过他们的选票决定，执政将是两党共同的责任。新的法案只有在获得民主党和共和党议员的支持下才能通过。在面对比党派或者政治更大的挑战面前，我们将一起前行，或者原地不动。

现在的利害不是谁将赢得下次选举，毕竟，我们刚刚举行完一次选举。现在的利害是新的就业机会和新的行业是否会在美国生根或者在其它地方。这事关我们人民的辛劳工作和行业是否能得到回报。这事关我们是否能继续保持领导能力，这种领导能力使美国不只局限于地图上的某一个地方，美国因为这种领导能力而成为世界的灯光。

我们作好了前进的准备。在我们大多数人经历最为糟糕的经济衰退两年后，股市已再次大幅上升。公司赢利在增加。经济在再次增长。

但我们从不只以这些标准来衡量进展。我们以我们人民的成功来评估进展，通过他们所能找到的工作和这些工作所提供的生活质量，通过小企业主把好点子的梦想转变成兴旺发达的企业的前景，通过我们给我们孩子更好生活的机遇。

这是一个美国人民想让我们从事的事业，美国人民想让我们共同致力于这项事业。

我们去年12月作了这方面的工作。由于我们通过的减税法案，美国人今天收到的支票金额要比过去多。所有的企业都 可以把它今年所作投资的全部开支注销。这些由民主党人和共和党人合作采取的措施将使经济增长，增加就业岗位，私人行业去年已创造的1百多万个就业岗位。

但我们有更多的工作要做。我们在过去两年所采取的措施可能已克服了经济衰退的主要困难，但是为了赢得未来，我们必须直面应对那些在过去数十年来一直积累起来的挑战。

许多收看这一讲演的人可能还记得那个找到好工作意味着在附近工厂或者市中心商业区就业的时候。你并不总是需要获得一个学位，你的竞争基本只限于你的邻居。如果你努力工作，你可能会终身拥有这个职位，这个工作会给你带来体面的收入、好的福利，有时还会获得升职。你可能还会拥有看到你的孩子在同一公司工作的自豪感。

世界已发生了变革。对于许多人来说，变革是痛苦的。在曾经一度业务繁忙工厂面临关闭时，我透过百叶窗看到了这种痛苦；在一度繁忙的商业街道空空如也的店门前，我看到了这种痛苦；在那些看到收入不断缩水或者失业美国人的绝望言论中，我听到了这种痛苦。这就好像，在比赛进行到一半时，表现出色而又颇感自豪的运动员发现规则突然改变了。

他们是正确的，规则发生了变化。仅仅用了一代人的时间，技术革命已改变了我们的工作、生活和做生意的方式。一度需要1000名工人的钢铁厂现在用100名工人就可以完成同样的工作。今天，任何一家公司都可以设立商店、雇佣员工、把产品销售给有互联网连接的所有地方。与此同时，中国和印度等国已意识到，它们在作出一些变革后将能够在新世界(10.69,0.13,1.23%)里与其它国家进行竞争。所以，他们开始对他们的孩子进行更早和更长时间的教育，更加重视数学和科学。他们投资于研发和新技术。就在不久之前，中国已拥有世界上最大的私营太阳能研究设施，世界上运行速度最快的计算机。

所以，是的，世界发生了变革。就业岗位的竞争是真实存在的，但这不应当使我们灰心，它应当成为激励我们的动力。请记住，尽管我们在过去几年遭受到了巨大打击，尽管所有的悲观者预言美国在衰落，但美国仍是世界上最大、最繁荣的经济体。我们工人的劳动生产率是最高的，我们的公司是最成功的，我们的投资者和企业家所拥有的专利数是最多的。我们拥有世界上最好的院校和大学，来美国就读的学生超过任何其它国家。

更为重要的是，我们是首个以思想立国的国家，这个思想是我们中的每个人都应当有机会来塑造自己的命运。这就是为什么先驱们和移民们数个世纪以来不惜冒着失去一切的风险来到美国的原因。这就是我们的学生不只是记住方程式，而是会提出“你认为这个想法如何？你想如何改变世界？当你长大后你想成为什么样的人”等问题。

我们将赢得未来，但为了实现这一点，我们不能原地踏步。正如罗伯特•肯尼迪所说的那样“未来不是一个礼物，它是一个成就。”维持美国梦从来不是墨守成规。它需要每一代人作 出牺牲、斗争，满足新时代的要求。

现在轮到我们这一代人了。我们知道在我们的时代为工作和行业进行竞争需要什么。我们需要在创新、教育和建设方面超越其它国家。我们要使美国成为商业环境最好的国家。我们需要对我们的赤字负责任，对我们的政府进行改革。这就是我们的人民实现繁荣的方法。这就是我们如何赢得未来的方法。今晚，我想谈谈我们如何作到这些。

激励创新

赢得未来的首个步骤是鼓励美国人创新。

我们所有人都无法肯定地预言下一个主要行业将是什么行业或者新的就业岗位来自哪里。三十年前，我们不知道一个被称作互联网的东西会引发经济革命。我们所能做的是，争取在这些方面比其它国家的人做得更好，激发美国人民的创造性和想像力。我们是一个将车开到车道上、把计算机放在办公室的国家，是一个拥有爱迪生、莱特兄弟的国家，是一个拥有谷歌和Facebook的国家。在美国，创新不只改变我们的生活，更重要的是，这是我们赖以谋生的方法。

我们的自由企业制度驱动着创新，但是由于公司投资基础研究并不总是有利可图，在历史上，我们的政府向一流的科学家和发明家提供了他们所需要的支持。这些支持种下了互联网的种子，这些支持帮助制造出计算机芯片和全球定位仪这样的东西。

想想所有的好工作，从制造业到零售业都来自于这些突 破。

半个世纪之前，当苏联人发射一颗名为“伴侣号”的人造卫星从而在太空竞赛领域击败我们时，我们不知道我们如何在登月方面击败他们。那方面的科学当时还不存在，美国宇航局当时甚至都还未组建。但在更好的研究和教育方面投资后，我们不仅超过了苏联人，我们还推动了一系列的创新，这些创新创造了新的行业和数百万个新就业岗位。

这是我们那一代人创造的“伴侣号”走在世界前沿的时刻。我在两年前说过，我们需要将研发拓展到自太空竞赛高峰后再也没有出现过的新层次上。我将在未来几周内向国会提交一份预算案，它将帮助我们实现这一目标。我们将投资于生物医药研究、信息技术，尤其是清洁能源技术，这一投资将会强化我们的安全、保护我们的地球、为我们的人民创造无数新就业岗位。

我们已看到了可再生能源的潜力。罗伯特•阿伦和加里•阿伦是一对在密歇根州经营屋顶公司的兄弟。他们在“9•11”恐怖袭击事件后志愿派出他们最好的装修屋顶员工来帮助维修五角大楼，但是他们工厂的半个厂区没有开工，经济衰退重创了他们的工厂。今天，在政府贷款的帮助下，空闲的厂房被用于制造销往全球各地的太阳能电池板。用罗伯特的话说：“我们再造了自己。”

这就是美国人在过去两百多年里一直在做的事情，再造自我。为了推动更多像阿伦兄弟这样的成功故事，我们已开始再 造我们的能源政策。我们将不只提供款项，我们还将提供挑战。我们将告诉美国的科学家和工程师，如果他们组建他们领域最好的科学家小组，致力解决清洁能源最困难问题，我们将向我们时代的“阿波罗项目”提供资金支持。

在加州理工学院，科学家正在寻找一种将太阳光和水转换成汽车燃料的方法。在橡树岭国家实验室，科学家们正在通过超级计算机以使从我们的核设施获得更多能量。在进行更多的研究和激励措施后，我们可以用生物燃料来打破我们对石油的依赖，成为在2015年前首个拥有一百万电动汽车上路的国家。

我们需要找到创新背后的要素。为了向创新提供经费支持，我将请求国会取消向石油公司所提供的数十亿美元税款补贴。我不知道你是否注意到这一情况，但石油公司自身运营得很不错。所以，与其向昨天的能源业提供补贴，我们不如投资于未来的能源。

现在，清洁能源领域的技术突破只有在业界知道有销售市场的情况下才会转变成清洁能源业的工作岗位。所以，今晚，我想让你们和我一起来制订一个新目标：争取在2035年之前使美国85%的电力供应量来自清洁能源。一些人想要风力和太阳能，其它人想要核电、清洁煤炭和天然气。为了实现这一目标，我们将需要所有这些清洁能源。我呼吁民主党人和共和党人通过合作来实现这一目标。

发展教育

保持我们在研究和技术领域的领导地位对于美国的成功 至关重要。如果我们想拥抱未来，如果我们想让创新在美国而不是海外创造就业岗位，那么我们必须赢得教育我们孩子的竞赛。

思考一下吧，在未来十年，近半数新就业岗位将需要拥有高中以上的教育程度。虽然如此，美国仍有近四分之一的学生甚至未完成中学教育。我们教育和科学的教育质量落后于许多国家。美国年轻人拥有大学学位比例的排行已降至世界第九位。所以问题是，我们所有的人，作为公民，作为父母，是否愿意做那些必要的事情以便让每个孩子都有成功的机会？

这一责任不仅是在我们的教室内开始的，也是在我们的家庭和社区里开始的。是家庭首先培养了孩子爱好学习的习惯，只有父母在确保关掉电视的情况下，孩子的家庭作业才会完成。我们需要教育我们的孩子，不仅是超级碗比赛的获胜者值得庆祝，那些科学大赛的赢家也应当值得庆祝。成功不是名气或者公共关系所带来的，它是由辛劳的工作和自律造就的。

我们的学校也有责任。当一名儿童步入教室，它就应当是一个被寄以厚望和拥有很高教学能力的地方。但是太多的学校未能达到这一标准。这就是为什么我们没有向教育系统注入大笔资金原因，我们启动了一个名为“冲顶赛跑”的竞争。我们对所有50个州说：“如果你们能够向我们展示提高教师质量和学生成就的最具创新力的方案，我们将向你们提供款项。”

“冲顶赛跑”是我们公共学校在十年内所进行的最有意义的改革。它只使用了不到我们每年教育开支的1%的经费，但它 已使40个州提高了教学和学习标准。这些标准不是由华盛顿所决定的，它是由美国各个州的共和党和民主党州长们所决定的。“冲顶赛跑”应当成为我们今年所采取的方法。我们今年将用一个更为灵活、专注于用给我们的孩子带来最大益处的法律来取代《不让一个儿童落后法》。

你们应该知道，当改革不仅仅是从上到下的指示时，我们的孩子所能够取得的成绩有多大。改革措施将由当地的教师和校长、校董事会和社区来决定。

以丹佛的布鲁斯•兰多夫学校为例，它在三年前被评为是科罗拉多州最差的学校之一，它位于两个敌对黑帮争夺的地盘内。但在去年五月，该校97%的高三学生获得了毕业证，大多数人将是他们家庭中上大学的第一人。在学校实现转变后的第一年，一位学生的话使这一切成为现实的校长流下了眼泪。这个学生说： “感谢你，威特斯女士，感谢你向我们表明，我们是聪明的，我们能够成功。”

让我们也记住，除了父母之外，对一个孩子成功的最大影响来自于站在教室前的男女教师们。在韩国，教师们被称作“国家建造者”。在美国，现是我们该以同样程度的尊重对待那些教育我们孩子的人的时候了。我们应当奖励好教师，停止为糟糕的教师找借口。在未来十年，由于非常多的婴儿潮一代教师将退休，我们将需要准备10万名科学、技术、工程和数学学科教师。

事实上，对于今晚收听讲演的、正在考虑职业选择的年轻 人，如果你想让我们国家前途有所不同，如果你想让一个孩子的生命有所不同，成为一位教师吧。你的国家需要你。

当然，教育竞赛不会止步于高中毕业证。为了竞争，必须让每位美国人都有接受高等教育的机会。这就是我们为什么结束向银行提供没有充分根据的税款补贴，用节省下来的钱来使数百万学生能有能力上大学。我今年将请求国会采取进一步措施，使我们的学费税收抵免永久化，对一个人四年的大学来说，这笔钱相当于1万美元。

由于人们需要在今天快速变化的经济领域里接受新工作和职业的培训，我们也将重新使美国的社区学院恢复活力。我上个月看到了北卡罗来纳州福费斯社区技术学院的潜力，学院的许多学生曾在现在已搬离城镇的附近工厂就业。凯西•普罗克托是一位两个孩子的母亲，她18岁就开始在家具业工作。她告诉我，现年 55岁的她正在攻读生物技术学位，不只是因为家具业的工作没有了，而是因为她想鼓励她的孩子也追求他们的梦想。凯西说：“我希望这将能教会他们永不放弃。”如果我们采取这些措施，如果我们提高对每个孩子的期待值，给他们在教育方面最好的机遇，从他们出生至他们上一次的就业岗位，我们将实现我在两年前确定的目标：在这个十年结束的时候，美国将再度成为拥有大学生比例最高的国家。

非法移民问题

有关教育的最后一点。今天，我们的学校里有数百万学业优秀的非美国公民。一些人是非法工人的孩子，他们与他们父 母的行为没有任何关系。他们是以美国人的身份长大的，宣誓效忠美国，但却每天生活在将被驱逐的威胁之下。其它人来自海外，在我们的院校和大学里学习，但他们一旦获得学位，我们就把他们送回国和我们进行竞争。这没有道理。

现在，我强烈地认为，我们应当一下子解决非法移民的问题。我作好了与共和党人和民主党人合作以保护我们边境的准备，执行我们的法律，解决数百万生活在阴影之下的非法移民问题。我知道，这方面的辩论将是艰难的，将需要时间。但是今晚，让我们就开始作出努力达成共识。停止驱逐那些有才能、负责任的年轻人，他们可以在我们的实验室工作、创业、给美国带来新的财富。

重建基础设施

赢得未来的第三步是重建美国。为了吸引新的行业来到美国，我们需要运送人员、商品、信息最快捷、最可靠的方法，从高速铁路至高速互联网等基础设施。

我们的基础设施曾经是世界上最棒的，但现在我们的领先优势已经下滑。韩国家庭的互联网接入比例已超过了美国。欧洲国家和俄罗斯在公路和铁路的投资额超过了美国。中国正在建造更快的火车和新机场。与此同时，当我们自己的工程师给我们的基础设施打分时，他们给我们打了一个“D”。

我们必须做得更好，美国是一个建设了州际铁路、将电力输往乡村社区、建设了州际高速公路的国家。这些项目创造的工作不只来自于铺设铁轨或者路面，工作机会也来自在镇里新 建火车站或者新外匝道附近开设的行业。

在未来两年，我们已开始为21世纪进行重建。这个项目已为遭到沉重打击的建筑业带来了数千个好工作。今晚，我提议我们加倍这方面的努力

我们将让更多的美国人从事修理年久失修的道路和桥梁工作。我们将确保这方面的工作有充分的经费保证，吸引私人投资，根据项目对经济而不是对政治家的最佳益处来选择项目。

在未来二十五年内，我们的目标是使80%的美国人能够拥有高速铁路，这将使你乘高速铁路出行的时间比开车出行的时间减少一半。对于一些旅程来说，它将比乘飞机出行更快，而且没有严格的安检措施。在我们讲话之时，加州和中西部地区的高铁线路已在建设之中。

在未来五年内，我们将使业界向98%的美国人提供下一代高速无线网络连接成为可能。这并不只是更快的互联网和更少的漏接电话。这事关使美国的各个地区都进入数字化时代。这事关衣阿华州或者阿拉巴马州乡村社区的农民和小企业主能够向全世界出售他们的产品，这事关消防队员能够用手持装臵来下载着火建筑物的设计图。这事关一名学生可以用数字教科书进行上课或者一位病人能够与她的医生进行面对面的视频聊天。

所有这些投资，在创新、教育、基础设施方面的投资将为美国带来更好的商业环境并且创造就业。但是为了帮助我们的 公司竞争，我们还必须打破那些阻碍它们成功的障碍物。

税收调整

多年以来，众多的游说人士利用税法来为某些公司和行业谋利，那些在这一系统中就业的会计师或者律师最终什么税都不交，而所有其他人则要承受世界上最高的公司税率。这毫无道理，这需要改变。

所以，今晚，我请求民主党和共和党人简化税率，根除漏洞，实现公平竞争。用这些节省下来的钱来降低公司税率，这将是25年来的第一次，而且是在不增加我们赤字的情况下。

促进国际贸易增加就业

为了帮助商业界向海外出售更多的产品，我们确定了在2014年将出口额翻一倍的目标，因为我们出口的越多，在国内创造的就业岗位就会越多。我们的出口额已经开始上升。我们最近与印度和中国签署了协议，这些协议将为美国25万多个就业岗位提供支持。我们上个月与韩国完成了贸易协议的最后文本，它将支持至少7万个美国就业岗位。这一协议获得来自行业和劳工组织、民主党人和共和党人前所未有的支持。我请求国会尽早通过这一协议。

在我就职之前，我明确表示，我们将执行我们的贸易协议。我将只会签署那些对美国工人有信心、增加美国就业岗位的协议。我们与韩国签署协议时就是这样做的，我想在与巴拿马和哥伦比亚寻求签署类似协议时也会这样做，在继续与我们的亚太和全球贸易会谈时持同样立场。为了降低增长和投资的障碍，我已下令对政府规则进行重新评估。当我们发现那些给行业带来不必要负担的规则时，我们将会修改这些规则。但我将不会毫不迟疑地设立或者强制执行常识性的保护性规则，以保护美国人民。我们在过去一个多世纪一直是这样做的。这就是为什么我们的食物、水、空气是安全的。这就是我们为什么去年对信用卡公司隐藏资费和惩罚规定采取消费者保护措施，为了避免新的金融危机采取新规则的原因。这就是我们为什么最终通过改革法案以防止医保行业剥削病人的原因。

医疗改革

现在，我听说了有关你们中的一些人对新的医保法律有一些担心的传闻。所以让我来首先说，所有的事情都有改善的可能。如果你有使医疗护理更加高质量或者更便宜的想法，我很愿意与你合作。我们现在可以着手开始解决法案中给小企业带来不必要记帐负担的缺陷。

但我不愿意去做的事情是，重返保险公司以先决条件为由来否决一些人获得医疗保险的时代。我不愿意告诉来自得州的脑癌患者詹姆斯•霍华德，医保公司可能不会支付他的治疗费用。我不愿意告诉俄勒冈州的小企业主吉姆•豪斯，他还得多支付5000美元来使他的雇员获得医保。就在我们讲话时，这一法案正使给老年人所开的处方药更为便宜，使没有医疗保险的学生有继续享受他们父母医保的机会。所以，与其重开过去两年在这方面的斗争，不如让我们纠正需要纠正的地方，向前 走。

削减赤字

现在，赢得未来的最后一步最关键的一步是确保我们不会葬身于如山的债务之中。

几乎从10年前开始，赤字财政几乎就一直与我们形影相随。在金融危机爆发后，这在一定程度上对于保持银行流动性、保护就业以及增加人民收入来说是必要的。

但现在经济衰退的最糟时刻已经结束，我们必须直面政府财政入不敷出的现实。这是不可持续的。每天，美国的家庭在节衣缩食以保证营收平衡。他们的政府也应如此。

所以今天晚上，我建议从今年开始，冻结未来五年部分国内项目支出。这将使美国财政赤字在未来十年减少4000多亿美元，进而使政府可自由支配的开支所占经济的比例降低到艾森豪威尔总统时期以来的最低水平。

冻结需要进行痛苦的削减。我们已经冻结了未来两年辛劳工作的联邦雇员的工资水平。我也建议削减我一直非常关注的一些项目的支出，比如社区行动项目。国防部长也已同意削减他与他的将军们认为对我们军事影响不大的数百亿美元的军费支出。

我承认，在座各位中有些人已提出了进一步削减开支的提案，我愿意删除任何的确可节省的开支。不过，我们必须确保不加重最脆弱的民众的负担。而且，我们还要确保所削减开支属真正超重部分。通过减少对改革和教育的投资来实现赤字削 减，就相当于拆除发动机以实现超载飞机减重的目的。这样做或许可能让你一开始觉得飞得很高，但没过多久，你就会感受到冲击。

现在，我提出的大部分削减和节省提案只包括在国内支出中，而这种开支仅占我国预算的12%多一点。为了取得进一步进展，我们必须停止仅削减此类开支就已足够的臆测。这还不够。

去年我组建的两党联立财政委员会已经明确了这一点。我并不认同他们的全部提案，但他们的确取得了重大进步。他们的结论是，解决我国赤字问题的唯一办法是削减我们能够发现的所有过度消费，包括国内项目开支、国防开支、医疗开支等等。

这就意味着，进一步降低卫生保健开支，包括像医疗保险和医疗补贴我国长期赤字最大单一来源这样的项目。医疗保险改革将减缓这些开支的上升，这就是无党派经济学家认为废止卫生保健法会使我国赤字增加2500亿美元的部分原因。我很愿意看到其他降低开支的想法，包括去年共和党的一项提案：进行医疗事故改革，降低草率的医疗诉讼发生率。

为了构建坚实的基础，我们还应制定两党解决方案，强化后代社会保障。在这一点上，我们不应危及当前退休人员(最易受到伤害的人群)或残疾人，不应有损后代利益，不应使美国退休收入保障受制于充满不确定性的股市。

如果我们真的关心我们的赤字，我们就不能允许永久延长 有关2%最富裕美国人的减税法案。在削减学校资金或学生的奖学金之前，我们应该让那些百万富翁们放弃他们的减税优惠。

这不是惩罚他们所取得的成功。而是要促进美国的成功。实际上，在税收方面，我们能为所有美国人做的最好的事莫过于简化个人税码(individual tax code)。这将会是一项艰巨的工作，不过两党成员已经表示有意从事这项工作，而且我也准备加入他们。

所以，现在是时候采取行动了。现在是时候两党及国会两院在原则上做出让步，共同从事这项工作了。如果我们现在做出这一艰难决定，从而严加控制我们的赤字，那么我们便能够进行赢得未来所需的投资。

政府改革

更进一步的说，我们的政府不能负担得更多。我们应该给人民一个更强有力、更高效的政府。过去的政府无法赢得未来。

我们生活和工作在信息时代，但上一次政府大规模重组却还是在黑白电视机的时代。涉及出口的有12个机构。涉及住房政策的则至少有5个实体。我常举的一个例子是：大马哈鱼在淡水中时由内政部负责，而在咸水中时则由商业部负责。而我听说一旦被熏烤之后情况就更复杂。

现在，我们已经在过去的两年里，在利用技术以及消灭浪费方面实现了突飞猛进。退伍军人现在点一下鼠标，就能下载他们的电子病历。我们正在出售几英亩数年都未曾使用的联邦办公地点，而且我们将去除繁文缛节以便摆脱更多负担。不过，我们需要考虑更多。未来的几个月里，我的政府将会提出一项建议，以最有助于实现打造更具竞争力美国的目标的方法，合并、巩固并整顿联邦政府。我将会把这一建议提交给国会进行投票，我们将会推动这一建议的通过。

未来一年里，我们将继续努力重建人民对政府机构的信任。因为你们应当确切知道你们所缴的税花在哪里，花了多少，你们也将能够在第一时间登陆网站获得这些信息。因为你们应当知道自己选出的官员何时会见游说团体，我已要求国会按照白宫已经在做的将这些信息公布上网。而且因为美国人民应当知道，特殊利益不能穿插在小项目的立法中，国会中的两党议员应该知道这一点：如果呈现在我案头的法案中存在“特殊专款”(一般是指国会议员各自根据其选区或者集团需要，插入预算报告中的“相关项目专款”)，我将会予以否决。

一个具备公开和竞争力的21世纪政府。一个量入为出的政府。一个由新技术与理念驱动的经济体系。要在这个不断变化的新世界中取得成功，我们需改革、责任和创新。这还需要我们在外交事务中通过新方法接触世界。

所以，我们必须战胜敌人，无论他们在哪里，并建立跨越地区、种族和宗教界线的联盟。美国的道德榜样必需始终照耀着渴望自由、正义和尊严的所有人。因此我们已经开始了这项工作，所以今晚我们能够说美国领导阶层已经复兴，美国的地位已经恢复。

外交政策 看看伊拉克，我们近十万勇敢的男女士兵已经昂首挺胸撤离伊拉克，美国的战斗任务也已经结束。在那里，暴力现象已经开始下降，新政府已经组建。今年，我们的民众将与伊拉克人民建立持久伙伴关系，与此同时，我们从伊拉克撤军的工作也将结束。美国遵守了承诺，伊拉克战争即将结束。

当然，诚如我们所言，基地组织及其附属组织仍在计划攻击我们。感谢我们的情报和执法人员，我们正在挫败他们阴谋，保护我们的城市和天空。对于极端分子激发我们国内暴力行动的企图，我们正以社区力量、对法规的尊重，以及对美国穆斯林是我们美国大家庭一份子的坚定信仰，作出回应。

我们也同基地组织及其海外盟友展开了战斗。在阿富汗，我们的军队已经占据了塔利班的根据地，并且训练了阿富汗安全部队。我们的目标很明显：通过阻止塔利班再次压榨阿富汗人民，我们将会阻止基地组织获得充当9•11起点的避风港。

经过英雄部队及平民的奋战，只剩下少数阿富汗人仍处于塔利班这一叛乱组织的控制下。摆在前面的将会是激烈的战斗，而且阿富汗政府需要进行更好的管制。不过，我们正在增强阿富汗人民的力量，并与他们构建持久的伙伴关系。今年，我们将会同近50个国家一起，开始向由阿富汗主导的状态过渡。今年7月，我们将开始撤军。

在巴基斯坦，基地组织领导阶层承受着比2001年以来任何时候都要大的压力。他们的领导人及特务正逐渐远离战场，他们的避风港正在收缩。而且，我们已经从阿富汗边境向阿拉 伯半岛直至全世界发出了信息：我们不会怜悯、我们不会动摇、我们会打败你们。

美国领导人也在努力确保最厉害战争武器的安全。因为共和党和民主党通过了新《削减战略武器条约》，可部署的武器和发射器会更少。因为我们要重振世界，要在各大洲限制核材料，以免落入恐怖分子手中。

因为美国也在通过外交努力坚持要求伊朗履行其义务，所以伊朗政府现在面临着比以往更加严厉的制裁。在朝鲜半岛上，我们与盟国韩国站在一起，坚持朝鲜践行其放弃核武器的诺言。

这仅是我们重塑世界、维护世界和平和繁荣所作出努力的一部分。我们与欧洲同盟一道，在努力恢复北约的活力，增加从反恐到导弹防御等各方面的合作。我们已经重新设定了与俄罗斯的关系，强化亚洲同盟，并与印度等国家建立了新的伙伴关系。今年三月，我将访问巴西、智利和萨尔瓦多，打造美洲新的进步同盟。在全球，我们与那些负责任的国家一道，帮助农民生产更多的粮食，支持医治伤患的医生，并与败坏社会风气和掠夺人民财富的腐败行为作斗争。

最近的事件告诉我们，使我们与众不同的，不仅是我们的力量，也必然还有其后的目的。在我们的帮助下，南苏丹人民在经历了多年的战争后，最终能够投票选择自己的独立。他们在黎明前排起了数千人的长队，人民在大街上欢舞。一名在战争中失去了四名兄弟的男子在描述他身边的景象时这样说到： “这曾是我生命大多时间中的战场，现在我们希望自由”。

军人保障、军队同性恋问题

我们绝对不能忘记我们为之努力、为之奋斗、所有人都铭记心中的事情。我们必须永远记住，在这场斗争中负担最为沉重的美国人正是那些报效我们祖国的男男女女。

今晚，让我们共同重申，我们的国家会团结一致地支持我们的军队及其家人。让我们为他们服务，就像他们为我们服务那样，给予他们需要的装备、为他们提供应得的保健和福利、并在建设祖国的伟大任务中，为退伍军人提供支持。

我们的军人来自这个国家的每一个角落。他们是黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亚裔和印第安人。他们是基督教教徒、印度教教徒、犹太教教徒和穆斯林。的确，我们知道，其中有一些人是同性恋。从今年开始，美国人都不会因为他们的爱人而被禁止报效其所爱的国家。接下来，我呼吁所有大学校园向我们的军方征兵人员和后备军官训练队敞开大门。现在，是时候和过去的分裂斗争说再见了。我们应该作为一个民族向前迈进。

美国梦

我们不应该对摆在我们面前的工作心存任何幻想。改革学校、改变能源使用方式、减少赤字，这一切都并非易事，这需要时间。我们会围绕一切事情展开争论，这会使难度变得更高，成本、细节、每一个法律条文。

自然，一些国家没有这种问题。

尽管我们民主有时会出现争议、挫败及混乱，但我知道在 场的各位都不愿意与世界上其他任何国家的人做交换。

或许我们会存在政策分歧，但我们都坚信我国宪法所昭示的正义。或许我们拥有不同的观点，但我们都坚信同一个承诺：这是一个只要尝试就可能会成功的地方。又或许我们拥有不同的背景，但我们都坚信同一梦想：这是一个一切皆有可能的国家。

正是这个梦想让我今晚站在这里，站在大家面前。正是这个梦想让来自斯克兰顿的工人阶级成为了我后盾。也正是这个梦想让一个从父辈开始在辛辛那提的酒吧扫地的人，成为了这个世界上最强国家的众议院议长。

这个梦想(美国梦)驱使着艾伦兄弟为了一个新时代而彻底改造了他们的屋顶工程公司。这个梦想驱使着那些在佛塞斯技术社区学院求学的学生们学习新技术，为了未来努力奋斗。这个梦想也驱使一个名为布兰登•费舍尔的小企业主有了自己的故事。

布兰登在宾夕法尼亚州的柏林市开设了一家公司，专攻新型钻探技术。去年夏季的一天，他看到新闻，智利矿井中有33人被困，无人知道如何营救。但布兰登认为他的公司可以帮忙。他设计了一套营救方案，称为B计划。他的员工24小时工作，生产所需的钻探设备。然后布兰登前往智利。

他同其他人一起钻了一个2000英尺的洞，连续不眠不休工作了三四天。37天后，B计划成功，矿工获救。但布兰登不想引起注意，矿工升井后，他并没有在那里。他已经回家开始 致力于下一个项目了。

后来，他的一名员工提到了这次营救，“Center Rock是一家小公司，但我们做的却是大事情。”

我们做大事

自建国初期以来，美国便充满了由敢于追梦的普通人所谱写的故事。我们就是这样赢得了未来。

我们是一个会这样说话的民族：“我或许没有巨款，但是我有成立一家新公司的高见。我或许没有出生在一个拥有大学学历的家庭，但我将会成为这个家庭里第一个获得大学学历的人。我或许并不认识那些处于困境中的人们，但我认为我能够帮助他们，而且我需要试一试。”

虽然我不确定我们将如何超越地平线到达更好的地方，但我知道我们将会到达那里。我知道我们能够做到。

我们在成就伟业

美国人的思想活力仍在，我们的命运依旧掌握在我们手中。今晚，两个多世纪后，因为我们的人民，我们的未来变得充满希望，我们的旅程不断向前，我们的国家变得强大。

谢谢大家。愿上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。

第三篇：奥巴马国情咨文演讲语录

奥巴马国情咨文演讲语录

Text of President Barack Obama's first State of the Union speech[ 2010-01-28 11:42 ] 当地时间周三晚9时，美国总统奥巴马发表上任后的首次国情咨文演讲。他在讲话中宣布政府计划向银行收费，以弥补政府为救助金融机构及汽车业而蒙受的损失，补偿纳税人的利益。

奥巴马在发言中多次重复：“我不愿意救助银行”，随后宣布将向银行收费。以下是其演讲语录及全文： I hated it.You hated it.It was about as popular as a root canal.(Speaking of the bank bailout)“我痛恨它。你们也痛恨它。它就像牙根管一样普及。”（说到救助银行）

To Democrats, I would remind you that we still have the largest majority in decades, and the people expect us to solve some problems, not run for the hills.(Speaking to “naysayers”in Congress)在此，我想提醒民主党人，我们仍然拥有数十年来最大范围的多数支持，大家希望我们去解决问题，而不是仓皇落逃。（对议会反对派说）

Right now, I know there are many Americans who aren't sure if they still believe we can change or at least, that I can deliver on it.(Referring to his campaign promises)我知道现在很多美国人怀疑他们是否还可以相信我们能够改变，或者至少我是否还能履行诺言。（谈到竞选承诺）

By the time I'm finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance.Millions will lose it this year.Our deficit will grow.Premiums will go up.Patients will be denied the care they need.Small business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether.I will not walk away from these Americans and neither should the people in this chamber.(Speaking of the health-care overhaul)到我结束今晚的讲话之时，更多的美国人正在失去医保，病人得不到应有的治疗，小企业主继续放弃为员工提供医保，我不会不管这些没有医保的美国人，在座的各位也不应该如此。（谈到医疗改革）Jobs must be our number one focus in 2010.People are out of work.They are hurting.They need our help.And I want a jobs bill on my desk without delay.(Referring to his top priority to stabilize the economy)就业将成为2010年我们工作的重中之重。人们正在失去工作，经受痛苦。他们需要我们的帮助，我希望尽快在我的办公桌上看到一个刺激就业的计划。（谈到稳定经济的首要任务）

Let's seize this moment — to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more.让我们抓住这个时刻——重新开始，追逐梦想，重振美国。

If we do not take meaningful steps to rein in our debt, it could damage our markets, increase the cost of borrowing and jeopardize our recovery.(Referring to fears about the US trade balance and the national debt)如果我们不采取有效措施控制债务，势必危及市场、增加借贷成本、影响经济复苏。（谈及对美国贸易平衡和国债的担心）

Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans:

Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the president shall give to Congress information about the state of our union.For 220 years, our leaders have fulfilled this duty.They have done so during periods of prosperity and tranquility.And they have done so in the midst of war and depression;at moments of great strife and great struggle.It's tempting to look back on these moments and assume that our progress was inevitable, that America was always destined to succeed.But when the Union was turned back at Bull Run and the Allies first landed at Omaha Beach, victory was very much in doubt.When the market crashed on Black Tuesday and civil rights marchers were beaten on Bloody Sunday, the future was anything but certain.These were times that tested the courage of our convictions and the strength of our union.And despite all our divisions and disagreements, our hesitations and our fears, America prevailed because we chose to move forward as one nation and one people.Again, we are tested.And again, we must answer history's call.One year ago, I took office amid two wars, an economy rocked by severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse and a government deeply in debt.Experts from across the political spectrum warned that if we did not act, we might face a second depression.So we acted immediately and aggressively.And one year later, the worst of the storm has passed.But the devastation remains.One in 10 Americans still cannot find work.Many businesses have shuttered.Home values have declined.Small towns and rural communities have been hit especially hard.For those who had already known poverty, life has become that much harder.This recession has also compounded the burdens that America's families have been dealing with for decades — the burden of working harder and longer for less, of being unable to save enough to retire or help kids with college.So I know the anxieties that are out there right now.They're not new.These struggles are the reason I ran for president.These struggles are what I've witnessed for years in places like Elkhart, Ind., and Galesburg, Ill.I hear about them in the letters that I read each night.The toughest to read are those written by children asking why they have to move from their home, or when their mom or dad will be able to go back to work.For these Americans and so many others, change has not come fast enough.Some are frustrated;some are angry.They don't understand why it seems like bad behavior on Wall Street is rewarded but hard work on Main Street isn't, or why Washington has been unable or unwilling to solve any of our problems.They are tired of the partisanship and the shouting and the pettiness.They know we can't afford it.Not now.So we face big and difficult challenges.And what the American people hope what they deserve is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our differences, to overcome the numbing weight of our politics.For while the people who sent us here have different backgrounds, different stories and different beliefs, the anxieties they face are the same.The aspirations they hold are shared: a job that pays the bills, a chance to get ahead.Most of all, the ability to give their children a better life.You know what else they share? They share a stubborn resilience in the face of adversity.After one of the most difficult years in our history, they remain busy building cars and teaching kids, starting businesses and going back to school.They're coaching Little League and helping their neighbors.As one woman wrote me, “We are strained but hopeful, struggling but encouraged.” It is because of this spirit, this great decency and great strength that I have never been more hopeful about America's future than I am tonight.Despite our hardships, our union is strong.We do not give up.We do not quit.We do not allow fear or division to break our spirit.In this new decade, it's time the American people get a government that matches their decency, that embodies their strength.And tonight, I'd like to talk about how together, we can deliver on that promise.It begins with our economy.Our most urgent task upon taking office was to shore up the same banks that helped cause this crisis.It was not easy to do.And if there's one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans, it's that we all hated the bank bailout.I hated it.You hated it.It was about as popular as a root canal.But when I ran for president, I promised I wouldn't just do what was popular — I would do what was necessary.And if we had allowed the meltdown of the financial system, unemployment might be double what it is today.More businesses would certainly have closed.More homes would have surely been lost.So I supported the last administration's efforts to create the financial rescue program.And when we took the program over, we made it more transparent and accountable.As a result, the markets are now stabilized, and we have recovered most of the money we spent on the banks.To recover the rest, I have proposed a fee on the biggest banks.I know Wall Street isn't keen on this idea, but if these firms can afford to hand out big bonuses again, they can afford a modest fee to pay back the taxpayers who rescued them in their time of need.As we stabilized the financial system, we also took steps to get our economy growing again, save as many jobs as possible and help Americans who had become unemployed.That's why we extended or increased unemployment benefits for more than 18 million Americans, made health insurance 65 percent cheaper for families who get their coverage through COBRA and passed 25 different tax cuts.Let me repeat: we cut taxes.We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families.We cut taxes for small businesses.We cut taxes for first-time homebuyers.We cut taxes for parents trying to care for their children.We cut taxes for 8 million Americans paying for college.As a result, millions of Americans had more to spend on gas, and food and other necessities, all of which helped businesses keep more workers.And we haven't raised income taxes by a single dime on a single person.Not a single dime.Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed — 200,000 work in construction and clean energy, 300,000 are teachers and other education workers, tens of thousands are cops, firefighters, correctional officers and first responders.And we are on track to add another one-and-a-half-million jobs to this total by the end of the year.The plan that has made all of this possible, from the tax cuts to the jobs, is the Recovery Act.That's right — the Recovery Act, also known as the stimulus bill.Economists on the left and the right say that this bill has helped saved jobs and avert disaster.But you don't have to take their word for it.Talk to the small business in Phoenix that will triple its work force because of the Recovery Act.Talk to the window manufacturer in Philadelphia who said he used to be skeptical about the Recovery Act, until he had to add two more work shifts just because of the business it created.Talk to the single teacher raising two kids who was told by her principal in the last week of school that because of the Recovery Act, she wouldn't be laid off after all.There are stories like this all across America.And after two years of recession, the economy is growing again.Retirement funds have started to gain back some of their value.Businesses are beginning to invest again, and slowly some are starting to hire again.But I realize that for every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from — who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response.That is why jobs must be our number one focus in 2010, and that is why I am calling for a new jobs bill tonight.Now, the true engine of job creation in this country will always be America's businesses.But government can create the conditions necessary for businesses to expand and hire more workers.We should start where most new jobs do — in small businesses, companies that begin when an entrepreneur takes a chance on a dream or a worker decides it's time she became her own boss.Through sheer grit and determination, these companies have weathered the recession and are ready to grow.But when you talk to small business owners in places like Allentown, Pa., or Elyria, Ohio, you find out that even though banks on Wall Street are lending again, they are mostly lending to bigger companies.But financing remains difficult for small business owners across the country.So tonight, I'm proposing that we take $30 billion of the money Wall Street banks have repaid and use it to help community banks give small businesses the credit they need to stay afloat.I am also proposing a new small business tax credit — one that will go to over 1 million small businesses who hire new workers or raise wages.While we're at it, let's also eliminate all capital gains taxes on small business investment and provide a tax incentive for all businesses, large and small, to invest in new plants and equipment.Next, we can put Americans to work today building the infrastructure of tomorrow.From the first railroads to the interstate highway system, our nation has always been built to compete.There's no reason Europe or China should have the fastest trains or the new factories that manufacture clean energy products.Tomorrow, I'll visit Tampa, Fla., where workers will soon break ground on a new high-speed railroad funded by the Recovery Act.There are projects like that all across this country that will create jobs and help our nation move goods, services and information.We should put more Americans to work building clean energy facilities and give rebates to Americans who make their homes more energy efficient, which supports clean energy jobs.And to encourage these and other businesses to stay within our borders, it's time to finally slash the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas and give those tax breaks to companies that create jobs in the United States of America.The House has passed a jobs bill that includes some of these steps.As the first order of business this year, I urge the Senate to do the same.People are out of work.They are hurting.They need our help.And I want a jobs bill on my desk without delay.But the truth is, these steps still won't make up for the 7 million jobs we've lost over the last two years.The only way to move to full employment is to lay a new foundation for long-term economic growth and finally address the problems that America's families have confronted for years.We cannot afford another so-called economic expansion like the one from last decade — what some call the lost decade — where jobs grew more slowly than during any prior expansion, where the income of the average American household declined while the cost of health care and tuition reached record highs, where prosperity was built on a housing bubble and financial speculation.From the day I took office, I have been told that addressing our larger challenges is too ambitious — that such efforts would be too contentious, that our political system is too gridlocked and that we should just put things on hold for awhile.For those who make these claims, I have one simple question: How long should we wait? How long should America put its future on hold? You see, Washington has been telling us to wait for decades, even as the problems have grown worse.Meanwhile, China's not waiting to revamp its economy;Germany's not waiting;India's not waiting.These nations aren't standing still.These nations aren't playing for second place.They're putting more emphasis on math and science.They're rebuilding their infrastructure.They are making serious investments in clean energy because they want those jobs.Well I do not accept second place for the United States of America.As hard as it may be, as uncomfortable and contentious as the debates may be, it's time to get serious about fixing the problems that are hampering our growth.One place to start is serious financial reform.Look, I am not interested in punishing banks, I'm interested in protecting our economy.A strong, healthy financial market makes it possible for businesses to access credit and create new jobs.It channels the savings of families into investments that raise incomes.But that can only happen if we guard against the same recklessness that nearly brought down our entire economy.We need to make sure consumers and middle class families have the information they need to make financial decisions.We can't allow financial institutions, including those that take your deposits, to take risks that threaten the whole economy.The House has already passed financial reform with many of these changes.And the lobbyists are already trying to kill it.Well, we cannot let them win this fight.And if the bill that ends up on my desk does not meet the test of real reform, I will send it back.Next, we need to encourage American innovation.Last year, we made the largest investment in basic research funding in history — an investment that could lead to the world's cheapest solar cells or treatment that kills cancer cells but leaves healthy ones untouched.And no area is more ripe for such innovation than energy.You can see the results of last year's investment in clean energy — in the North Carolina company that will create 1,200 jobs nationwide helping to make advanced batteries, or in the California business that will put 1,000 people to work making solar panels.But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives.That means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country.It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development.It means continued investment in advanced biofuels and clean coal technologies.And yes, it means passing a comprehensive energy and climate bill with incentives that will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy in America.I am grateful to the House for passing such a bill last year.This year, I am eager to help advance the bipartisan effort in the Senate.I know there have been questions about whether we can afford such changes in a tough economy, and I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change.But even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future — because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.And America must be that nation.Third, we need to export more of our goods.Because the more products we make and sell to other countries, the more jobs we support right here in America.So tonight, we set a new goal: We will double our exports over the next five years, an increase that will support 2 million jobs in America.To help meet this goal, we're launching a national export initiative that will help farmers and small businesses increase their exports and reform export controls consistent with national security.We have to seek new markets aggressively, just as our competitors are.If America sits on the sidelines while other nations sign trade deals, we will lose the chance to create jobs on our shores.But realizing those benefits also means enforcing those agreements so our trading partners play by the rules.And that's why we will continue to shape a Doha trade agreement that opens global markets, and why we will strengthen our trade relations in Asia and with key partners like South Korea, Panama and Colombia.Fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people.This year, we have broken through the stalemate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools.The idea here is simple: Instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success.Instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform — reform that raises student achievement, inspires students to excel in math and science, and turns around failing schools that steal the future of too many young Americans, from rural communities to inner cities.In the 21st century, one of the best anti-poverty programs is a world-class education.In this country, the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than their potential.When we renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, we will work with Congress to expand these reforms to all 50 states.Still, in this economy, a high school diploma no longer guarantees a good job.I urge the Senate to follow the House and pass a bill that will revitalize our community colleges, which are a career pathway to the children of so many working families.To make college more affordable, this bill will finally end the unwarranted taxpayer subsidies that go to banks for student loans.Instead, let's take that money and give families a $10,000 tax credit for four years of college and increase Pell Grants.And let's tell another 1 million students that when they graduate, they will be required to pay only 10 percent of their income on student loans, and all of their debt will be forgiven after 20 years — and forgiven after 10 years if they choose a career in public service.Because in the United States of America, no one should go broke because they chose to go to college.And it's time for colleges and universities to get serious about cutting their own costs — because they too have a responsibility to help solve this problem.Now, the price of college tuition is just one of the burdens facing the middle class.That's why last year I asked Vice President Biden to chair a task force on middle class families.That's why we're nearly doubling the child care tax credit, and making it easier to save for retirement by giving every worker access to a retirement account and expanding the tax credit for those who start a nest egg.That's why we're working to lift the value of a family's single largest investment — their home.The steps we took last year to shore up the housing market have allowed millions of Americans to take out new loans and save an average of $1,500 on mortgage payments.This year, we will step up refinancing so that homeowners can move into more affordable mortgages.And it is precisely to relieve the burden on middle-class families that we still need health insurance reform.Now let's be clear — I did not choose to tackle this issue to get some legislative victory under my belt.And by now it should be fairly obvious that I didn't take on health care because it was good politics.I took on health care because of the stories I've heard from Americans with pre-existing conditions whose lives depend on getting coverage, patients who've been denied coverage and families — even those with insurance — who are just one illness away from financial ruin.After nearly a century of trying, we are closer than ever to bringing more security to the lives of so many Americans.The approach we've taken would protect every American from the worst practices of the insurance industry.It would give small businesses and uninsured Americans a chance to choose an affordable health care plan in a competitive market.It would require every insurance plan to cover preventive care.And by the way, I want to acknowledge our first lady, Michelle Obama, who this year is creating a national movement to tackle the epidemic of childhood obesity and make our kids healthier.Our approach would preserve the right of Americans who have insurance to keep their doctor and their plan.It would reduce costs and premiums for millions of families and businesses.And according to the Congressional Budget Office — the independent organization that both parties have cited as the official scorekeeper for Congress — our approach would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades.Still, this is a complex issue, and the longer it was debated, the more skeptical people became.I take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the American people.And I know that with all the lobbying and horse trading, this process left most Americans wondering what's in it for them.But I also know this problem is not going away.By the time I'm finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance.Millions will lose it this year.Our deficit will grow.Premiums will go up.Patients will be denied the care they need.Small business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether.I will not walk away from these Americans and neither should the people in this chamber.As temperatures cool, I want everyone to take another look at the plan we've proposed.There's a reason why many doctors, nurses and health care experts who know our system best consider this approach a vast improvement over the status quo.But if anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors and stop insurance company abuses, let me know.Here's what I ask of Congress, though: Do not walk away from reform.Not now.Not when we are so close.Let us find a way to come together and finish the job for the American people.Now, even as health care reform would reduce our deficit, it's not enough to dig us out of a massive fiscal hole in which we find ourselves.It's a challenge that makes all others that much harder to solve, and one that's been subject to a lot of political posturing.So let me start the discussion of government spending by setting the record straight.At the beginning of the last decade, America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion.By the time I took office, we had a one year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade.Most of this was the result of not paying for two wars, two tax cuts and an expensive prescription drug program.On top of that, the effects of the recession put a $3 trillion hole in our budget.That was before I walked in the door.Now if we had taken office in ordinary times, I would have liked nothing more than to start bringing down the deficit.But we took office amid a crisis, and our efforts to prevent a second depression have added another $1 trillion to our national debt.I am absolutely convinced that was the right thing to do.But families across the country are tightening their belts and making tough decisions.The federal government should do the same.So tonight, I'm proposing specific steps to pay for the $1 trillion that it took to rescue the economy last year Starting in 2011, we are prepared to freeze government spending for three years.Spending related to our national security, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security will not be affected.But all other discretionary government programs will.Like any cash-strapped family, we will work within a budget to invest in what we need and sacrifice what we don't.And if I have to enforce this discipline by veto, I will.We will continue to go through the budget line by line to eliminate programs that we can't afford and don't work.We've already identified $20 billion in savings for next year.To help working families, we will extend our middle-class tax cuts.But at a time of record deficits, we will not continue tax cuts for oil companies, investment fund managers and those making over $250,000 a year.We just can't afford it.Now, even after paying for what we spent on my watch, we will still face the massive deficit we had when I took office.More importantly, the cost of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security will continue to skyrocket.That's why I've called for a bipartisan fiscal commission, modeled on a proposal by Republican Judd Gregg and Democrat Kent Conrad.This can't be one of those Washington gimmicks that lets us pretend we solved a problem.The commission will have to provide a specific set of solutions by a certain deadline.Yesterday, the Senate blocked a bill that would have created this commission.So I will issue an executive order that will allow us to go forward, because I refuse to pass this problem on to another generation of Americans.And when the vote comes tomorrow, the Senate should restore the pay-as-you-go law that was a big reason why we had record surpluses in the 1990s.I know that some in my own party will argue that we cannot address the deficit or freeze government spending when so many are still hurting.I agree, which is why this freeze will not take effect until next year, when the economy is stronger.But understand — if we do not take meaningful steps to rein in our debt, it could damage our markets, increase the cost of borrowing and jeopardize our recovery — all of which could have an even worse effect on our job growth and family incomes.From some on the right, I expect we'll hear a different argument — that if we just make fewer investments in our people, extend tax cuts for wealthier Americans, eliminate more regulations and maintain the status quo on health care, our deficits will go away.The problem is, that's what we did for eight years.That's what helped lead us into this crisis.It's what helped lead to these deficits.And we cannot do it again.Rather than fight the same tired battles that have dominated Washington for decades, it's time to try something new.Let's invest in our people without leaving them a mountain of debt.Let's meet our responsibility to the citizens who sent us here.Let's try common sense.To do that, we have to recognize that we face more than a deficit of dollars right now.We face a deficit of trust — deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years.To close that credibility gap we must take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue to end the outsized influence of lobbyists;to do our work openly and to give our people the government they deserve.That's what I came to Washington to do.That's why — for the first time in history — my administration posts our White House visitors online.And that's why we've excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions.But we can't stop there.It's time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration or Congress.And it's time to put strict limits on the contributions that lobbyists give to candidates for federal office.Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections.Well, I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.They should be decided by the American people, and that's why I'm urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong.I'm also calling on Congress to continue down the path of earmark reform.You have trimmed some of this spending and embraced some meaningful change.But restoring the public trust demands more.For example, some members of Congress post some earmark requests online.Tonight, I'm calling on Congress to publish all earmark requests on a single Web site before there's a vote, so that the American people can see how their money is being spent.Of course, none of these reforms will even happen if we don't also reform how we work with one another.Now, I am not naive.I never thought the mere fact of my election would usher in peace, harmony and some post-partisan era.I knew that both parties have fed divisions that are deeply entrenched.And on some issues, there are simply philosophical differences that will always cause us to part ways.These disagreements, about the role of government in our lives, about our national priorities and our national security, have been taking place for over 200 years.They are the very essence of our democracy.But what frustrates the American people is a Washington where every day is election day.We cannot wage a perpetual campaign where the only goal is to see who can get the most embarrassing headlines about their opponent — a belief that if you lose, I win.Neither party should delay or obstruct every single bill just because they can.The confirmation of well-qualified public servants should not be held hostage to the pet projects or grudges of a few individual senators.Washington may think that saying anything about the other side, no matter how false, is just part of the game.But it is precisely such politics that has stopped either party from helping the American people.Worse yet, it is sowing further division among our citizens and further distrust in our government.So no, I will not give up on changing the tone of our politics.I know it's an election year.And after last week, it is clear that campaign fever has come even earlier than usual.But we still need to govern.To Democrats, I would remind you that we still have the largest majority in decades, and the people expect us to solve some problems, not run for the hills.And if the Republican leadership is going to insist that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, then the responsibility to govern is now yours as well.Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it's not leadership.We were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions.So let's show the American people that we can do it together.This week, I'll be addressing a meeting of the House Republicans.And I would like to begin monthly meetings with both the Democratic and Republican leadership.I know you can't wait.Throughout our history, no issue has united this country more than our security.Sadly, some of the unity we felt after 9/11 has dissipated.We can argue all we want about who's to blame for this, but I am not interested in relitigating the past.I know that all of us love this country.All of us are committed to its defense.So let's put aside the schoolyard taunts about who is tough.Let's reject the false choice between protecting our people and upholding our values.Let's leave behind the fear and division and do what it takes to defend our nation and forge a more hopeful future — for America and the world.That is the work we began last year.Since the day I took office, we have renewed our focus on the terrorists who threaten our nation.We have made substantial investments in our homeland security and disrupted plots that threatened to take American lives.We are filling unacceptable gaps revealed by the failed Christmas attack, with better airline security and swifter action on our intelligence.We have prohibited torture and strengthened partnerships from the Pacific to South Asia to the Arabian Peninsula.And in the last year, hundreds of al-Qaida's fighters and affiliates, including many senior leaders, have been captured or killed — far more than in 2008.In Afghanistan, we are increasing our troops and training Afghan Security Forces so they can begin to take the lead in July of 2011 and our troops can begin to come home.We will reward good governance, reduce corruption and support the rights of all Afghans — men and women alike.We are joined by allies and partners who have increased their own commitment, and who will come together tomorrow in London to reaffirm our common purpose.There will be difficult days ahead.But I am confident we will succeed.As we take the fight to al-Qaida, we are responsibly leaving Iraq to its people.As a candidate, I promised that I would end this war, and that is what I am doing as president.We will have all of our combat troops out of Iraq by the end of this August.We will support the Iraqi government as they hold elections, and continue to partner with the Iraqi people to promote regional peace and prosperity.But make no mistake: This war is ending, and all of our troops are coming home.Tonight, all of our men and women in uniform — in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world — must know that they have our respect, our gratitude and our full support.And just as they must have the resources they need in war, we all have a responsibility to support them when they come home.That is why we made the largest increase in investments for veterans in decades.That is why we are building a 21st century VA.And that is why Michelle has joined with Jill Biden to forge a national commitment to support military families.Even as we prosecute two wars, we are also confronting perhaps the greatest danger to the American people — the threat of nuclear weapons.I have embraced the vision of John F.Kennedy and Ronald Reagan through a strategy that reverses the spread of these weapons and seeks a world without them.To reduce our stockpiles and launchers, while ensuring our deterrent, the United States and Russia are completing negotiations on the farthest-reaching arms control treaty in nearly two decades.And at April's nuclear security summit, we will bring 44 nations together behind a clear goal: securing all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in four years, so that they never fall into the hands of terrorists.These diplomatic efforts have also strengthened our hand in dealing with those nations that insist on violating international agreements in pursuit of these weapons.That is why North Korea now faces increased isolation and stronger sanctions — sanctions that are being vigorously enforced.That is why the international community is more united, and the Islamic Republic of Iran is more isolated.And as Iran's leaders continue to ignore their obligations, there should be no doubt: They, too, will face growing consequences.That is the leadership that we are providing — engagement that advances the common security and prosperity of all people.We are working through the G-20 to sustain a lasting global recovery.We are working with Muslim communities around the world to promote science, education and innovation.We have gone from a bystander to a leader in the fight against climate change.We are helping developing countries to feed themselves and continuing the fight against HIV/AIDS.And we are launching a new initiative that will give us the capacity to respond faster and more effectively to bioterrorism or an infectious disease — a plan that will counter threats at home and strengthen public health abroad.As we have for over 60 years, America takes these actions because our destiny is connected to those beyond our shores.But we also do it because it is right.That is why, as we meet here tonight, over 10,000 Americans are working with many nations to help the people of Haiti recover and rebuild.That is why we stand with the girl who yearns to go to school in Afghanistan, we support the human rights of the women marching through the streets of Iran, and we advocate for the young man denied a job by corruption in Guinea.For America must always stand on the side of freedom and human dignity.Abroad, America's greatest source of strength has always been our ideals.The same is true at home.We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal, that no matter who you are or what you look like, if you abide by the law you should be protected by it, that if you adhere to our common values you should be treated no different than anyone else.We must continually renew this promise.My administration has a civil rights division that is once again prosecuting civil rights violations and employment discrimination.We finally strengthened our laws to protect against crimes driven by hate.This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are.We are going to crack down on violations of equal pay laws — so that women get equal pay for an equal day's work.And we should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system — to secure our borders, enforce our laws and ensure that everyone who plays by the rules can contribute to our economy and enrich our nations.In the end, it is our ideals, our values, that built America — values that allowed us to forge a nation made up of immigrants from every corner of the globe, values that drive our citizens still.Every day, Americans meet their responsibilities to their families and their employers.Time and again, they lend a hand to their neighbors and give back to their country.They take pride in their labor, and are generous in spirit.These aren't Republican values or Democratic values they're living by, business values or labor values.They are American values.Unfortunately, too many of our citizens have lost faith that our biggest institutions — our corporations, our media and, yes, our government — still reflect these same values.Each of these institutions are full of honorable men and women doing important work that helps our country prosper.But each time a CEO rewards himself for failure, or a banker puts the rest of us at risk for his own selfish gain, people's doubts grow.Each time lobbyists game the system or politicians tear each other down instead of lifting this country up, we lose faith.The more that TV pundits reduce serious debates into silly arguments and big issues into sound bites, our citizens turn away.No wonder there's so much cynicism out there.No wonder there's so much disappointment.I campaigned on the promise of change — change we can believe in, the slogan went.And right now, I know there are many Americans who aren't sure if they still believe we can change — or at least, that I can deliver it.But remember this — I never suggested that change would be easy or that I can do it alone.Democracy in a nation of 300 million people can be noisy and messy and complicated.And when you try to do big things and make big changes, it stirs passions and controversy.That's just how it is.Those of us in public office can respond to this reality by playing it safe and avoid telling hard truths.We can do what's necessary to keep our poll numbers high and get through the next election instead of doing what's best for the next generation.But I also know this: If people had made that decision 50 years ago or 100 years ago or 200 years ago, we wouldn't be here tonight.The only reason we are is because generations of Americans were unafraid to do what was hard, to do what was needed even when success was uncertain, to do what it took to keep the dream of this nation alive for their children and grandchildren.Our administration has had some political setbacks this year and some of them were deserved.But I wake up every day knowing that they are nothing compared to the setbacks that families all across this country have faced this year.And what keeps me going — what keeps me fighting — is that despite all these setbacks, that spirit of determination and optimism — that fundamental decency that has always been at the core of the American people — lives on.It lives on in the struggling small business owner who wrote to me of his company, “None of us,” he said, “are willing to consider, even slightly, that we might fail.” It lives on in the woman who said that even though she and her neighbors have felt the pain of recession, “We are strong.We are resilient.We are American.” It lives on in the 8-year-old boy in Louisiana, who just sent me his allowance and asked if I would give it to the people of Haiti.And it lives on in all the Americans who've dropped everything to go some place they've never been and pull people they've never known from rubble, prompting chants of “USA!USA!USA!” when another life was saved.The spirit that has sustained this nation for more than two centuries lives on in you, its people.We have finished a difficult year.We have come through a difficult decade.But a new year has come.A new decade stretches before us.We don't quit.I don't quit.Let's seize this moment — to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more.Thank you.God Bless You.And God Bless the United States of America.

第四篇：奥巴马发表2012年国情咨文演说

奥巴马发表2012年国情咨文演说

THE PRESIDENT: Mr.Speaker, Mr.Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: 总统: 众议院议长先生、副总统先生、各位国会议员、贵宾们和美国同胞们：

Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq.Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than a million of our fellow citizens fought--and several thousand gave their lives.上个月，我前往安德鲁斯空军基地（Andrews Air Force Base），欢迎在伊拉克服役的最后一批军人回国。我们一起最后骄傲地向国旗敬礼。一百多万美国同胞曾为之作战，其中数千人献出了自己的生命。

We gather tonight knowing that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more respected around the world.(Applause.)For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq.(Applause.)For the first time in two decades, Osama bin Laden is not a threat to this country.(Applause.)Most of al Qaeda’s top lieutenants have been defeated.The Taliban’s momentum has been broken, and some troops in Afghanistan have begun to come home.我们今晚聚集在此，深知这一代的英雄使得美国更安全，在全世界更受尊敬。（掌声）现在不再有美国人在伊拉克作战，这是9年来的第一次。（掌声）乌萨马∙本∙拉登（Osama bin Laden）不再对美国构成威胁，这是20年来的第一次。(掌声)―基地‖的大多数头目都已溃散。塔利班的气焰已经破灭。驻阿富汗的一些部队已经开始撤回国内。

These achievements are a testament to the courage, selflessness and teamwork of America’s Armed Forces.At a time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations.They’re not consumed with personal ambition.They don’t obsess over their differences.They focus on the mission at hand.They work together.这些成就见证了美国军队的英勇无畏、无私和团队精神。在我们的许多机构都让令人失望之时，他们的作为超出了所有人的期望。他们不沉溺于个人的欲望。他们不计较相互间的分歧。他们全神贯注于肩负的使命。他们为此同心协力。

Imagine what we could accomplish if we followed their example.(Applause.)Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people.An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs.A future where we’re in control of our own energy, and our security and prosperity aren’t so tied to unstable parts of the world.An economy built to last, where hard work pays off, and responsibility is rewarded.可以想象，如果我们以他们为榜样，我们能完成什么样的业绩。（掌声）想一想我们完全力所能及可以为美国实现的目标：人民接受的教育领先全世界；吸引新一代高科技制造业和高薪工作；实现我们的未来，由我们自己掌握能源，我们的安全和繁荣不再依赖世界上某些不稳定地区；经济长盛不衰，辛勤工作总有回报，尽职尽责受到奖励。

We can do this.I know we can, because we’ve done it before.At the end of World War II, when another generation of heroes returned home from combat, they built the strongest economy and middle class the world has ever known.(Applause.)My grandfather, a veteran of Patton’s Army, got the chance to go to college on the GI Bill.My grandmother, who worked on a bomber assembly line, was part of a workforce that turned out the best products on Earth.我们可以做到这一点。我知道我们可以，因为我们曾这样做过。二战结束时，上一代英雄离开战场返回家园，建成全世界迄今为止最强大的经济和中产阶级。（掌声）我祖父，巴顿（Patton）麾下的老兵，有机会借助《退伍军人法》（GI Bill)上大学。我祖母，在一个轰炸机装配线上工作，作为劳动大军的一员生产全世界第一流产品。

The two of them shared the optimism of a nation that had triumphed over a depression and fascism.They understood they were part of something larger;that they were contributing to a story of success that every American had a chance to share--the basic American promise that if you worked hard, you could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college, and put a little away for retirement.他们两个人都发扬了战胜大萧条和法西斯主义的国家拥有的乐观向上的精神。他们了解，自己是一个伟大事业的组成部分；他们为每一个美国人都有机会踏上的成功之路做出贡献——在美国可以实现最普遍的希望:你如果辛勤工作，就足以养活家庭，拥有住房，送孩子上大学，还可以为退休存点钱。

The defining issue of our time is how to keep that promise alive.No challenge is more urgent.No debate is more important.We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.(Applause.)What’s at stake aren’t Democratic values or Republican values, but American values.And we have to reclaim them.我们这个时代的关键问题是如何让这样的希望生生不息。没有任何挑战比这更为迫切。没有任何争论比这更重要。我们可以满足于这样一个国家，其中越来越少的人富甲一方而越来越多的美国人却勉强度日，或者我们可以重建我国经济，让人人都得到公平的机会，人人都尽自己的一份力量，人人都遵守同样的规则。（掌声）利害攸关的问题不是民主党的价值观或共和党的价值观，而是美国的价值观。我们必须重新树立这些价值观。

Let’s remember how we got here.Long before the recession, jobs and manufacturing began leaving our shores.Technology made businesses more efficient, but also made some jobs obsolete.Folks at the top saw their incomes rise like never before, but most hardworking Americans struggled with costs that were growing, paychecks that weren’t, and personal debt that kept piling up.让我们谨记我们是如何走到这一步的。在经济衰退爆发前，就业岗位和制造业早已开始离开我们的海岸。技术使各行各业更有效率，但一些工作岗位也因此陈旧过时。位于最高层的同胞们看到他们的收入前所未有地增长，但大多数勤奋工作的美国人开支上升，工资水平停滞，债务不断增加，为此生活十分艰难。

In 2008, the house of cards collapsed.We learned that mortgages had been sold to people who couldn’t afford or understand them.Banks had made huge bets and bonuses with other people’s money.Regulators had looked the other way, or didn’t have the authority to stop the bad behavior.2008年，纸牌搭建的房子坍塌了。我们知道，抵押贷款批给了没有能力支付或对此一知半解的人。银行拿着别人的钱投下巨大的赌注，得到了丰厚的报酬。监管人员视若无睹，或没有权力阻止不良行为。

It was wrong.It was irresponsible.And it plunged our economy into a crisis that put millions out of work, saddled us with more debt, and left innocent, hardworking Americans holding the bag.In the six months before I took office, we lost nearly 4 million jobs.And we lost another 4 million before our policies were in full effect.这是不对的。这是不负责任的。这使我们的经济陷入危机，数百万人失业，我们背上了更多的债务，让无辜、勤劳的美国人代人受过。在我上任前的6个月中，我们失去了近400万个就业岗位。在我们的政策全面落实之前，我们又失去400万个就业岗位。

Those are the facts.But so are these: In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs.(Applause.)这些都是事实。但是，以下这些也是事实：在过去22个月内，各行各业创造了300多万个就业岗位。（掌声）

Last year, they created the most jobs since 2005.American manufacturers are hiring again, creating jobs for the first time since the late 1990s.Together, we’ve agreed to cut the deficit by more than $2 trillion.And we’ve put in place new rules to hold Wall Street accountable, so a crisis like this never happens again.(Applause.)去年，这些行业创造了2005年以来的大多数就业岗位。美国制造商重新开始雇人，自1990年代末期以来首次创造了工作机会。我们共同努力，已同意将赤字至少降低两万亿美元，并且制定了让华尔街承担责任的新规则，防止类似的危机再度发生。（掌声）

The state of our Union is getting stronger.And we’ve come too far to turn back now.As long as I’m President, I will work with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum.But I intend to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place.(Applause.)

我们合众国的国情日益强盛。我们已取得长足的进展，绝不能走回头路。只要我还担任总统之职，就将与在座的每一位一起再接再厉。但是，我将采取行动打破障碍，并将反对恢复原有政策的任何要求，因为当初正是这些政策引发了这场经济危机。（掌声）

No, we will not go back to an economy weakened by outsourcing, bad debt, and phony financial profits.Tonight, I want to speak about how we move forward, and lay out a blueprint for an economy that’s built to last-– an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values.不，我们不能重蹈复撤，听任外包、坏账和虚假的金融利润削弱我国经济。今晚，我希望谈一谈今后如何取得进展，并为建设长盛不衰的经济制定蓝图——以美国制造业、美国能源、美国劳工的技能以及继续发扬美国价值观为出发点的经济。Now, this blueprint begins with American manufacturing.这份蓝图以美国制造业为开端。

On the day I took office, our auto industry was on the verge of collapse.Some even said we should let it die.With a million jobs at stake, I refused to let that happen.In exchange for help, we demanded responsibility.We got workers and automakers to settle their differences.We got the industry to retool and restructure.Today, General Motors is back on top as the world’s number-one automaker.(Applause.)Chrysler has grown faster in the U.S.than any major car company.Ford is investing billions in U.S.plants and factories.And together, the entire industry added nearly 160,000 jobs.在我就职之日，我国的汽车产业正濒临崩溃。有些人甚至说我们应该任其消亡。但这事关上百万个就业岗位，我拒绝让这种情况发生。作为提供帮助的交换条件，我们要求他们负起责任。我们让工人和汽车制造商解决他们的分歧。我们让汽车产业更新设备，重新改组。今天，通用汽车（General Motors）重新坐上世界头号汽车制造商的宝座。（掌声）克莱斯勒（Chrysler）在美国的增长速度比其他任何大型汽车公司都快。福特（Ford）正在美国的车间和厂房挹注数十亿美元的资金。整个汽车产业总计增加了将近16万个就业岗位。

We bet on American workers.We bet on American ingenuity.And tonight, the American auto industry is back.(Applause.)我们坚信美国的劳动者。我们坚信美国的创新能力。今晚，美国汽车产业已经东山再起。（掌声。）

What’s happening in Detroit can happen in other industries.It can happen in Cleveland and Pittsburgh and Raleigh.We can’t bring every job back that’s left our shore.But right now, it’s getting more expensive to do business in places like China.Meanwhile, America is more productive.A few weeks ago, the CEO of Master Lock told me that it now makes business sense for him to bring jobs back home.(Applause.)Today, for the first time in 15 years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity.(Applause.)

在底特律（Detroit）发生的事情也可以在其他行业发生。它可以在克里夫兰（Cleveland）、匹茲堡（Pittsburgh）和罗利（Raleigh）发生。我们不可能把所有流失到海外的工作都找回来，但是现在，在诸如中国等地从事经营的成本越来越高。与此同时，美国的生产效率也越来越高。几周前，玛斯特锁（Master Lock）公司的首席执行长告诉我，在他看来，把就业岗位带回美国现在是明智的经营之道。（掌声）今天，玛斯特锁公司坐落在密尔沃基（Milwaukee）实行工会制的工厂已全面投产，这是15年来的第一次。（掌声）

So we have a huge opportunity, at this moment, to bring manufacturing back.But we have to seize it.Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed.(Applause.)

因此，我们面前有一个把制造业迁回来的大好机会，可是我们必须抓住机会。今晚，我对企业领导人要说的话很简单：问一问你们自己怎样才能把工作机会带回美国，你们的国家就会尽一切努力助你们成功。（掌声）

We should start with our tax code.Right now, companies get tax breaks for moving jobs and profits overseas.Meanwhile, companies that choose to stay in America get hit with one of the highest tax rates in the world.It makes no sense, and everyone knows it.So let’s change it.我们应该从我国的税法入手。目前，公司把工作和利润移到海外会获得税收优惠。与此同时，选择留在美国的公司却要承受在全球最高之列的税率。这样做没有道理，人人都知道这一点。因此我们必须着手改革。

First, if you’re a business that wants to outsource jobs, you shouldn’t get a tax deduction for doing it.(Applause.)That money should be used to cover moving expenses for companies like Master Lock that decide to bring jobs home.(Applause.)

首先，如果你是想要外包的企业，你就不应当因此获得减税。（掌声）这笔钱应当用来贴补像玛斯特锁等决定把工作迁回美国的公司的搬迁费用。（掌声）

Second, no American company should be able to avoid paying its fair share of taxes by moving jobs and profits overseas.(Applause.)From now on, every multinational company should have to pay a basic minimum tax.And every penny should go towards lowering taxes for companies that choose to stay here and hire here in America.(Applause.)其次，任何美国公司都不能通过把工作和利润移到海外而逃避公平纳税。（掌声）从现在起，每个跨国公司都应当支付基本的最低税金。每一分钱都应当用来为选择留在美国并雇用美国人力的公司减税。（掌声）

Third, if you’re an American manufacturer, you should get a bigger tax cut.If you’re a high-tech manufacturer, we should double the tax deduction you get for making your products here.And if you want to relocate in a community that was hit hard when a factory left town, you should get help financing a new plant, equipment, or training for new workers.(Applause.)

第三，如果你是美国制造商，你就应当获得幅度更大的减税。如果你是高科技制造商，我们应当为你在美国本地制造产品而加倍减税。如果你想迁入一个因为工厂迁出而受到重创的社区，你在为新工厂、设备或者新员工培训融资时应当得到帮助。（掌声）

So my message is simple.It is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in America.我要说的很简单。现在应当停止奖励将工作迁到海外的企业，而应当开始奖励在美国国内创造就业岗位的企业。

Send me these tax reforms, and I will sign them right away.(Applause.)把这些税法改革方案交给我，我会立刻签署。（掌声）

We’re also making it easier for American businesses to sell products all over the world.Two years ago, I set a goal of doubling U.S.exports over five years.With the bipartisan trade agreements we signed into law, we’re on track to meet that goal ahead of schedule.(Applause.)And soon, there will be millions of new customers for American goods in Panama, Colombia, and South Korea.Soon, there will be new cars on the streets of Seoul imported from Detroit, and Toledo, and Chicago.(Applause.)

我们还使美国工商企业更容易在全世界各地销售产品。两年前，我提出美国出口在5年内翻一番的目标。随着两党一致的各项贸易协定经我们签署成为法律，我们正朝着这个目标稳步迈进——并可超前实现。（掌声）不久以后，美国产品将在巴拿马（Panama）、哥伦比亚（Colombia）和韩国（South Korea）获得数以百万计的新顾客。不久以后，来自底特律、托利多（Toledo）和芝加哥（Chicago）的新进口汽车将在首尔（Seoul）街头出现。（掌声）

I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products.And I will not stand by when our competitors don’t play by the rules.We’ve brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration –-and it’s made a difference.(Applause.)Over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a surge in Chinese tires.But we need to do more.It’s not right when another country lets our movies, music, and software be pirated.It’s not fair when foreign manufacturers have a leg up on ours only because they’re heavily subsidized.我将前往全世界任何地方为美国产品打开新市场。当我们的竞争对手不按规则行事的时候，我不会坐视不顾。我们对中国提起贸易诉讼的案例数量是上一届政府的近两倍，而且已经看到成效。（掌声）由于我们制止了中国轮胎的倾销，一千多名美国人在今天得以有工作。可是我们需要再接再厉。当另一个国家听任我们的影片、音乐和软件被盗版，这是不对的。当外国制造商只因受到大量补贴而取得高于我们的优势，这是不公平的。

Tonight, I’m announcing the creation of a Trade Enforcement Unit that will be charged with investigating unfair trading practices in countries like China.(Applause.)There will be more inspections to prevent counterfeit or unsafe goods from crossing our borders.And this Congress should make sure that no foreign company has an advantage over American manufacturing when it comes to accessing financing or new markets like Russia.Our workers are the most productive on Earth, and if the playing field is level, I promise you-– America will always win.(Applause.)

今晚，我宣布创建一个―贸易执法单位‖（Trade Enforcement Unit），负责调查中国等国的不公平贸易作法。（掌声）我们将加强检验，防止假冒或者不安全的商品跨越边境进入我国。本届国会应做到勿使外国公司在取得融资或者进入俄罗斯等新市场方面取得高于美国制造商的优势。我们的工人是全世界生产效率最高的，如果有一个公平的竞争环境，我敢保证，美国将永远立于不败之地。（掌声）

I also hear from many business leaders who want to hire in the United States but can’t find workers with the right skills.Growing industries in science and technology have twice as many openings as we have workers who can do the job.Think about that –-openings at a time when millions of Americans are looking for work.It’s inexcusable.And we know how to fix it.我也听到许多企业领导人说，他们想要在美国雇用人手，但却找不到拥有他们所需技能的人员。不断发展的科学和技术产业需要招聘的人员数量是能够胜任这类工作的人员的两倍。思考一下这个现象——这些在数百万美国人找工作的时候依然空缺的岗位。没有任何借口可言。而我们也知道如何补救。

Jackie Bray is a single mom from North Carolina who was laid off from her job as a mechanic.Then Siemens opened a gas turbine factory in Charlotte, and formed a partnership with Central Piedmont Community College.The company helped the college design courses in laser and robotics training.It paid Jackie’s tuition, then hired her to help operate their plant.杰基·布雷（Jackie Bray）是北卡罗莱纳（North Carolina）的一位单身母亲，当过机械师，但被裁员。当时西门子公司（Siemens）在夏洛特（Charlotte）开办了一家天然气汽轮机厂，并与中部皮埃蒙特社区学院（Central Piedmont Community College）结成了伙伴关系。西门子公司帮助该学院设计激光和机器人技术培训方面的课程。公司为杰基付了培训费用，然后雇用她来工厂工作。

I want every American looking for work to have the same opportunity as Jackie did.Join me in a national commitment to train 2 million Americans with skills that will lead directly to a job.(Applause.)My administration has already lined up more companies that want to help.Model partnerships between businesses like Siemens and community colleges in places like Charlotte, and Orlando, and Louisville are up and running.Now you need to give more community colleges the resources they need to become community career centers-– places that teach people skills that businesses are looking for right now, from data management to high-tech manufacturing.我要让每一位正在找工作的美国人都得到杰基那样的机会。请与我一道努力在全国各地培训200万美国人，让他们掌握能够直接解决就业的技能。（掌声）我的政府已经汇集起更多的乐意帮忙的企业。像西门子这样的企业与夏洛特、奥兰多（Orlando）和路易斯维尔（Louisville）等地的社区学院之间的样板伙伴关系正在建立并发挥效力。现在必须把资源给予更多的社区学院，让它们成为社区职业培训中心——教会人们目前企业所急需的从数据管理到高科技生产等各项技能。

And I want to cut through the maze of confusing training programs, so that from now on, people like Jackie have one program, one website, and one place to go for all the information and help that they need.It is time to turn our unemployment system into a reemployment system that puts people to work.(Applause.)我要精简令人眼花缭乱的种种培训项目，从现在起，让杰基这样的民众可以只上一个培训项目、一个网站、一个地方，就能获得他们所需的一切信息和帮助。现在是把我们的失业救助系统变成让人们重新走上工作岗位的再就业系统的时候了。（掌声）

These reforms will help people get jobs that are open today.But to prepare for the jobs of tomorrow, our commitment to skills and education has to start earlier.这些改革将帮助人们获得目前依然空缺的就业岗位。但是，要为未来谋职做好准备，我们加强技能培训和提高教育质量的努力就必须开始得更早。

For less than 1 percent of what our nation spends on education each year, we’ve convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning--the first time that’s happened in a generation.我们仅用了我国教育经费的不到百分之一，就说服了国内几乎每一个州提高其教学和学习标准——这是几十年来的第一次。

But challenges remain.And we know how to solve them.我们仍然面临诸多难题，但我们知道应当如何解决这些难题。At a time when other countries are doubling down on education, tight budgets have forced states to lay off thousands of teachers.We know a good teacher can increase the lifetime income of a classroom by over $250,000.A great teacher can offer an escape from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance.Every person in this chamber can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory of their lives.Most teachers work tirelessly, with modest pay, sometimes digging into their own pocket for school supplies--just to make a difference.在一个其他国家正在加倍投资于教育的时候，拮据的预算已迫使各州解雇数以千计的教师。我们知道，一名好教师能够使一个班的学生一生增加25万美元的收入；一名好教师能够让一个梦想冲出困境的孩子获得摆脱贫困的机会。在这个大厅中的每一个人都能说出一位改变了他们的生活轨迹的教师。大多数教师诲人不倦，他们收入不高，有时还得自己掏钱购买教学用品——只是为了尽自己的一份力。

Teachers matter.So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal.Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones.(Applause.)And in return, grant schools flexibility: to teach with creativity and passion;to stop teaching to the test;and to replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn.That’s a bargain worth making.(Applause.)

教师的作用重大。因此，不要责怪他们或者为现状辩护，而是让我们给学校提一个协议，为学校提供保留好教师所需要的资源，奖励优秀教师。（掌声）作为交换，让学校享有灵活性：创造性地、富于激情地进行教学，不再实行应试教育，并且取代对孩子的学习没有帮助的教师。这是一个值得做的交换。（掌声）

We also know that when students don’t walk away from their education, more of them walk the stage to get their diploma.When students are not allowed to drop out, they do better.So tonight, I am proposing that every state--every state--requires that all students stay in high school until they graduate or turn 18.(Applause.)我们还知道，如果学生不中途退学，更多人会走上领取毕业证书的讲台。如果不允许学生辍学，他们会取得更好的成绩。因此，今晚我提议，每一个州——每一个州——要求学生留在高中就读，直到毕业或18岁。（掌声）

When kids do graduate, the most daunting challenge can be the cost of college.At a time when Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt, this Congress needs to stop the interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.(Applause.)

在孩子们毕业时，最严峻的挑战可能是大学费用。此时此刻，美国人的学费债务超过了信用卡债务，国会必须阻止学生贷款利息在7月份成倍上涨。（掌声）

Extend the tuition tax credit we started that saves millions of middle-class families thousands of dollars, and give more young people the chance to earn their way through college by doubling the number of work-study jobs in the next five years.(Applause.)把我们开始的、为数百万中产家庭节省成千上万美元学费的减税优惠延长下去，并通过在未来5年加倍提供半工半读机会，让更多的年轻人有机会自己挣钱念完大学。（掌声）Of course, it’s not enough for us to increase student aid.We can’t just keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition;we’ll run out of money.States also need to do their part, by making higher education a higher priority in their budgets.And colleges and universities have to do their part by working to keep costs down.当然，仅仅增加学生援助是不够的。我们无法一再补贴不断猛涨的学费；我们会耗光资金。各州也需要尽一份力，把高等教育作为其预算的一项重要内容。各高等院校必须尽量努力降低费用。

Recently, I spoke with a group of college presidents who’ve done just that.Some schools redesign courses to help students finish more quickly.Some use better technology.The point is, it’s possible.So let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down.(Applause.)Higher education can’t be a luxury-– it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.最近，我与一批已经这样做的大学校长进行了交谈。一些学校重新设计课程，帮助学生更快完成学业。有些采用了更好的技术手段。这就是说，这是可以办到的。所以，让我告知高等院校：如果你们不能停止学费上涨，那么你们从纳税人那里得到的资金就将减少。（掌声）高等教育不能是奢侈品——它是经济之必需，美国每一个家庭都应能支付得起。

Let’s also remember that hundreds of thousands of talented, hardworking students in this country face another challenge: the fact that they aren’t yet American citizens.Many were brought here as small children, are American through and through, yet they live every day with the threat of deportation.Others came more recently, to study business and science and engineering, but as soon as they get their degree, we send them home to invent new products and create new jobs somewhere else.我们还要记住，在这个国家，几十万才华横溢、勤奋好学的学生面临着另一个挑战：他们尚不是美国公民。他们许多人是小时候被带到这里，是地地道道的美国人，然而却每天面临被遣返的威胁。还有一些人最近才来这里攻读商学、科学和工程学，但他们一拿到学位，我们便送他们回国，到其他地方去发明新产品，创造新就业机会。That doesn’t make sense.这毫无道理可言。

I believe as strongly as ever that we should take on illegal immigration.That’s why my administration has put more boots on the border than ever before.That’s why there are fewer illegal crossings than when I took office.The opponents of action are out of excuses.We should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now.(Applause.)我极其坚定地相信，我们应着手解决非法移民问题。正因为如此，我的政府已经向边界派遣了人数比以往任何时候都多的边防人员。也正因为如此，现在非法越境事件比我上任时减少。反对这项行动的人再也找不到借口。我们现在应当立即努力制定全面的移民改革方案。（掌声）

But if election-year politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan, let’s at least agree to stop expelling responsible young people who want to staff our labs, start new businesses, defend this country.Send me a law that gives them the chance to earn their citizenship.I will sign it right away.(Applause.)但是，如果选举年的政局使国会不情愿就一项全面方案采取行动，那么让我们至少同意停止遣返那些有责任感的年轻人，他们希望去我们的实验室、创业和捍卫这个国家。向我提交一项法案，让他们有机会通过奋斗取得公民身份。我将立刻签署。（掌声）

You see, an economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country.That means women should earn equal pay for equal work.(Applause.)It means we should support everyone who’s willing to work, and every risk-taker and entrepreneur who aspires to become the next Steve Jobs.要知道，长盛不衰的经济要求我们激发这个国家每个人的聪明才智和创造力。这意味着对妇女应当实行同工同酬。（掌声）这意味着应当支持每一个愿意工作的人，每一个敢于承担风险的人，每一个有志成为下一个史蒂夫·乔布斯（Steve Jobs）的实业家。

After all, innovation is what America has always been about.Most new jobs are created in start-ups and small businesses.So let’s pass an agenda that helps them succeed.Tear down regulations that prevent aspiring entrepreneurs from getting the financing to grow.(Applause.)Expand tax relief to small businesses that are raising wages and creating good jobs.Both parties agree on these ideas.So put them in a bill, and get it on my desk this year.(Applause.)毕竟，创新是美国的根本。大多数新的就业岗位是由初创企业和小型企业创造的。因此让我们实现一项有助于他们成功的议程。打破妨碍有抱负的企业家进行发展融资的条条框框。（掌声）将减税优惠扩大到那些增加工资和创造良好就业岗位的小型企业。两党都同意这些设想。因此，请把它们变成法案，今年放在我的办公桌上。（掌声）

Innovation also demands basic research.Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched.New lightweight vests for cops and soldiers that can stop any bullet.Don’t gut these investments in our budget.Don’t let other countries win the race for the future.Support the same kind of research and innovation that led to the computer chip and the Internet;to new American jobs and new American industries.创新还要求从事基础研究。今天，在我们联邦政府资助的实验室和大学获得的各种发现有可能带来新的治疗方法，杀死癌细胞而不损坏健康细胞。新型的警察和士兵使用的轻便防弹背心可以挡住任何子弹。请不要在预算中除掉这些投资。请不要让其他国家在未来的竞赛中占上风。请支持研究与创新，正是它们带来了电脑芯片和因特网、带来了美国的新就业岗位和新兴行业。

And nowhere is the promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy.Over the last three years, we’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and tonight, I’m directing my administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources.(Applause.)Right now--right now--American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years.That’s right--eight years.Not only that--last year, we relied less on foreign oil than in any of the past 16 years.(Applause.)谈到创新的前途，没有任何一个领域能比美国能源产业更有希望。近三年来，我们进行了数百万英亩的石油和天然气勘探。今晚，我指示我的政府开发我国75%以上的潜在近海石油和天然气资源。（掌声）目前——目前——美国的石油产量达到8年来最高水平。是的，8年。不仅如此，去年，我们对外国石油的依赖比以往 16 年中的任何一年都少。（掌声）But with only 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves, oil isn’t enough.This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy.(Applause.)A strategy that’s cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs.但是，鉴于我们仅有世界2%的石油储备量，石油是不够的。这个国家需要有一个全方位的综合战略，开发美国能源的各项潜能。（掌声）这项战略意味着更清洁、更便宜、并充满新的就业岗位。

We have a supply of natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years.(Applause.)And my administration will take every possible action to safely develop this energy.Experts believe this will support more than 600,000 jobs by the end of the decade.And I’m requiring all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they use.(Applause.)Because America will develop this resource without putting the health and safety of our citizens at risk.我们拥有满足美国将近100 年需要的天然气资源。（掌声）本届政府将采取一切可能措施安全地开发这种能源。专家认为，这将在10年内带来 60 多万个就业岗位。我要求在公有土地上钻探天然气的所有公司将他们使用的化学物质成分公诸于众。（掌声）这是因为，美国在开发这种资源时不会把我国公民的健康与安全置于危险境地。

The development of natural gas will create jobs and power trucks and factories that are cleaner and cheaper, proving that we don’t have to choose between our environment and our economy.(Applause.)And by the way, it was public research dollars, over the course of 30 years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this natural gas out of shale rock –-reminding us that government support is critical in helping businesses get new energy ideas off the ground.(Applause.)

开发天然气将创造就业岗位，为货车和工厂提供更清洁和更便宜的能源，从而证明我们不必在环境与经济两者之间只取其一。（掌声）顺便提一下，是过去 30年间政府拨出的研究资金帮助开发了从页岩中提炼天然气的技术，这一点提醒我们：政府的支持对帮助企业把新能源设想转化为现实至关重要。（掌声）

Now, what’s true for natural gas is just as true for clean energy.In three years, our partnership with the private sector has already positioned America to be the world’s leading manufacturer of high-tech batteries.Because of federal investments, renewable energy use has nearly doubled, and thousands of Americans have jobs because of it.天然气的道理同样适用于清洁能源。三年来，我们与民间行业建立的伙伴关系已经使美国在世界高科技电池生产中处于领先位置。由于联邦政府的投资，可再生能源的使用几乎翻了一番，并给成千上万美国人带来就业机会。

When Bryan Ritterby was laid off from his job making furniture, he said he worried that at 55, no one would give him a second chance.But he found work at Energetx, a wind turbine manufacturer in Michigan.Before the recession, the factory only made luxury yachts.Today, it’s hiring workers like Bryan, who said, ―I’m proud to be working in the industry of the future.‖

布赖恩•里特比（Bryan Ritterby）从家具制造业下岗时，曾担心已经55岁的他不再会有另一次机会。但他在密歇根州一家叫做―活力‖（Energetx）的风力涡轮机制造厂找到了工作。在经济衰退前，这家工厂只建造豪华游艇。今天，它在招聘像布赖恩这样的工人。布赖恩说：―我为在这个未来行业工作感到自豪。‖

Our experience with shale gas, our experience with natural gas, shows us that the payoffs on these public investments don’t always come right away.Some technologies don’t pan out;some companies fail.But I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy.I will not walk away from workers like Bryan.(Applause.)I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China or Germany because we refuse to make the same commitment here.我们在页岩气，我们在天然气方面的经验告诉我们，这些公共投资不一定带来立竿见影的回报。某些技术未取得成果，有些企业倒闭。但我不会背弃对清洁能源作出的承诺。我不会背弃像布赖恩这样的工人。（掌声）我不会因为我们拒绝在这里作出同样的承诺而把风力或太阳能或电池工业让给中国或德国。

We’ve subsidized oil companies for a century.That’s long enough.(Applause.)It’s time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that never has been more promising.Pass clean energy tax credits.Create these jobs.(Applause.)我们对石油公司的补贴已经达一个世纪，时间足矣。（掌声）现在应该是停止向这个利润鲜逊于任何人的产业提供纳税人馈赠、转向为前途从未如此光明的清洁能源加倍投资的时候了。请批准清洁能源减税优惠。请创造这些就业机会。（掌声）

We can also spur energy innovation with new incentives.The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change.But there’s no reason why Congress shouldn’t at least set a clean energy standard that creates a market for innovation.So far, you haven’t acted.Well, tonight, I will.I’m directing my administration to allow the development of clean energy on enough public land to power 3 million homes.And I’m proud to announce that the Department of Defense, working with us, the world’s largest consumer of energy, will make one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history-– with the Navy purchasing enough capacity to power a quarter of a million homes a year.(Applause.)我们也能够通过新的鼓励项目来刺激能源创新。目前国会的分歧或许太深，难以为解决气候变化问题通过一项全面的方案。然而，国会没有理由为什么不应至少制定一项清洁能源标准，为发明革新开辟市场。迄今，你们尚未采取行动。今晚，我将采取行动。我将指示本届政府批准在公共土地上开发足以供300万家庭用电需要的清洁能源。我很自豪地宣布，国防部（Department of Defense）与我们一道，为这个世界最大的能源消费国作出有史以来对清洁能源最大的承诺之一——海军将购买足以每年为25万家庭提供电力的供电能力。（掌声）Of course, the easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.So here’s a proposal: Help manufacturers eliminate energy waste in their factories and give businesses incentives to upgrade their buildings.Their energy bills will be $100 billion lower over the next decade, and America will have less pollution, more manufacturing, more jobs for construction workers who need them.Send me a bill that creates these jobs.(Applause.)当然，节省资金的最简便方式是节约能源。因此，我在此提议：帮助厂家杜绝工厂的能源浪费，为公司提供改造建筑的奖励计划。这样一来，未来10年的能源费用将会减少1,000亿美元，使美国的污染降低，制造业扩大，给建筑业带来工人所需的更多就业岗位。请提交我一项创造这类就业岗位的法案。（掌声）

Building this new energy future should be just one part of a broader agenda to repair America’s infrastructure.So much of America needs to be rebuilt.We’ve got crumbling roads and bridges;a power grid that wastes too much energy;an incomplete high-speed broadband network that prevents a small business owner in rural America from selling her products all over the world.开创新能源的前景，应该只是修整美国基础设施的更宏大计划中的一项内容。美国有许多领域需要重建。我们的道路和桥梁失修，供电网浪费能源过多，高速宽带网络不健全，致使美国乡村地区的小企业难以将产品行销全球。

During the Great Depression, America built the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge.After World War II, we connected our states with a system of highways.Democratic and Republican administrations invested in great projects that benefited everybody, from the workers who built them to the businesses that still use them today.在大萧条时期（Great Depression），美国修建了胡佛水坝（Hoover Dam）和金门大桥（Golden Gate Bridge）。二次大战后，我们修建了连接各州的高速公路。民主党和共和党政府均为大型项目作出投资，造福了所有人——从当年的建设者到今天仍在使用它们的公司企业。

In the next few weeks, I will sign an executive order clearing away the red tape that slows down too many construction projects.But you need to fund these projects.Take the money we’re no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home.(Applause.)在今后几周内，我将签署一项行政令，以排除使许多建筑项目停滞不前的官僚障碍。但是，你们需要为这些项目出资。利用我们不再为战争开支的经费，以其中二分之一支付我们的债务，用另一半来进行我们的国内建设。（掌声）

There’s never been a better time to build, especially since the construction industry was one of the hardest hit when the housing bubble burst.Of course, construction workers weren’t the only ones who were hurt.So were millions of innocent Americans who’ve seen their home values decline.And while government can’t fix the problem on its own, responsible homeowners shouldn’t have to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom to get some relief.现在是从事基建的最佳时机，特别是由于建筑业是在房地产泡沫破裂时遭受最大重创的行业之一。当然，受到冲击的不仅是建筑工人。数百万无辜的美国人也受到冲击，他们的房屋价值下跌。虽然政府无法单独解决这一问题，但不应让负责任的房主等到房地产市场跌入谷底才可获得救助。

And that’s why I’m sending this Congress a plan that gives every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgage, by refinancing at historically low rates.(Applause.)No more red tape.No more runaround from the banks.A small fee on the largest financial institutions will ensure that it won’t add to the deficit and will give those banks that were rescued by taxpayers a chance to repay a deficit of trust.(Applause.)因此，我将向本届国会提交一项方案，为每位负责任的房主提供机会，通过有史以来最低的利息进行重新贷款，使他们可在房贷上每年节省3,000美元。（掌声）不再有官僚挡道。不再有银行拖延。对规模最大的金融机构收取一小笔费用，可确保不导致赤字递增，并使那些被纳税人救助的银行有机会偿还它们的信用赤字。（掌声）

Let’s never forget: Millions of Americans who work hard and play by the rules every day deserve a government and a financial system that do the same.It’s time to apply the same rules from top to bottom.No bailouts, no handouts, and no copouts.An America built to last insists on responsibility from everybody.让我们永远不要忘记：每天都勤奋工作、遵纪守法的千百万美国人理当拥有一个以同样方式行事的政府和金融体系。现在应该从上到下实行同一个规则：不再允许纾困、施舍和逃避责任。美国的长盛不衰要求每一个人都承担责任。

We’ve all paid the price for lenders who sold mortgages to people who couldn’t afford them, and buyers who knew they couldn’t afford them.That’s why we need smart regulations to prevent irresponsible behavior.(Applause.)Rules to prevent financial fraud or toxic dumping or faulty medical devices--these don’t destroy the free market.They make the free market work better.由于贷款人向无力偿还抵押贷款的申情人贷款，由于购买方明知负担不起仍勉为其难，我们所有的人已经为此付出了代价。正是因为这个原因，我们需要采取有效的监管制止不负责任的行为。（掌声）防止金融欺诈的规定，禁止倾倒有毒物品或生产劣质医疗设备的条例——这些都不会损害自由市场，反而会促使自由市场更好地运作。

There’s no question that some regulations are outdated, unnecessary, or too costly.In fact, I’ve approved fewer regulations in the first three years of my presidency than my Republican predecessor did in his.(Applause.)I’ve ordered every federal agency to eliminate rules that don’t make sense.We’ve already announced over 500 reforms, and just a fraction of them will save business and citizens more than $10 billion over the next five years.We got rid of one rule from 40 years ago that could have forced some dairy farmers to spend $10,000 a year proving that they could contain a spill--because milk was somehow classified as an oil.With a rule like that, I guess it was worth crying over spilled milk.(Laughter and applause.)毫无疑问，有些规章已经过时、并非必需而且代价过高。事实上，我在总统任期内的头3年批准的规章比我的共和党籍前任在同期内所颁行的规章要少。（掌声）我已指令每个联邦机构取消不合理的规章。我们已经宣布实行500多项改革，仅其中的一小部分便能在今后5年为企业和公民节省100多亿美元。我们取消了40多年前制定的一项规定，这项规定导致一些奶牛场可能每年要花10,000美元来证明他们能够控制泄漏——因为牛奶不知何故被归为油类。有了这样的规定，我想即使洒了牛奶，也值得大哭一场（crying over spilled milk）。（笑声和掌声）

Now, I’m confident a farmer can contain a milk spill without a federal agency looking over his shoulder.(Applause.)Absolutely.But I will not back down from making sure an oil company can contain the kind of oil spill we saw in the Gulf two years ago.(Applause.)I will not back down from protecting our kids from mercury poisoning, or making sure that our food is safe and our water is clean.I will not go back to the days when health insurance companies had unchecked power to cancel your policy, deny your coverage, or charge women differently than men.(Applause.)而我确信一名牧民有能力处理牛奶泄漏，不需要一个联邦机构插手。（掌声）这是毫无疑问的。但我不会放松对石油公司防止漏油的要求，确保不再发生我们两年前在墨西哥湾看到的漏油事故。（掌声）我不会放松为保护我们的孩子们免受汞中毒危害提出的要求，不会放松我们为保证食品安全和清洁用水提出的要求。我不会回到过去允许医疗保险公司任意取消保单，拒绝承保，对女性收取与男性不同保费的日子。（掌声）

And I will not go back to the days when Wall Street was allowed to play by its own set of rules.The new rules we passed restore what should be any financial system’s core purpose: Getting funding to entrepreneurs with the best ideas, and getting loans to responsible families who want to buy a home, or start a business, or send their kids to college.我也不会回到允许华尔街（Wall Street）自行其事的日子。我们已经批准的新规则重新确立了任何一个金融体制都应遵循的核心宗旨：向提出最佳创意的创业者提供资金，向希望买房子、开公司或送子女上大学的负责任的家庭提供贷款。

So if you are a big bank or financial institution, you’re no longer allowed to make risky bets with your customers’ deposits.You’re required to write out a ―living will‖ that details exactly how you’ll pay the bills if you fail –-because the rest of us are not bailing you out ever again.(Applause.)And if you’re a mortgage lender or a payday lender or a credit card company, the days of signing people up for products they can’t afford with confusing forms and deceptive practices--those days are over.Today, American consumers finally have a watchdog in Richard Cordray with one job: To look out for them.(Applause.)因此，如果你是一家大银行或金融机构，你就不能再用客户的存款从事冒险的交易。你必须开出一份详细说明你一旦倒闭将如何偿清款项的―预嘱‖（living will）——因为我们其他的人不愿再为你们纾困。（掌声）如果你是一家抵押贷款机构或薪金预支行或信用卡公司，利用难懂的表格和欺诈手段导致人们签购他们负担不起的金融产品——这样的日子已经一去不复返。今天，美国消费者终于有了由理查德·科德雷（Richard Cordray）负责的监管机构，承担保护他们的专门职能。（掌声）

We’ll also establish a Financial Crimes Unit of highly trained investigators to crack down on large-scale fraud and protect people’s investments.Some financial firms violate major anti-fraud laws because there’s no real penalty for being a repeat offender.That’s bad for consumers, and it’s bad for the vast majority of bankers and financial service professionals who do the right thing.So pass legislation that makes the penalties for fraud count.我们还将建立一个金融犯罪调查组（Financial Crimes Unit），由训练有素的调查人员组成，打击大规模欺诈活动并保护民众的投资。某些金融公司违反重要的反欺诈法规，因为屡屡违犯者并没有受到实质性惩治。这损害了消费者，也损害了绝大多数遵纪守法的银行及金融服务业专业人员。因此，通过惩治欺诈的立法意义重大。

And tonight, I’m asking my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors and leading state attorney general to expand our investigations into the abusive lending and packaging of risky mortgages that led to the housing crisis.(Applause.)This new unit will hold accountable those who broke the law, speed assistance to homeowners, and help turn the page on an era of recklessness that hurt so many Americans.今晚，我要求司法部长成立由联邦检察官和具有主导地位的各州司法部长组成的特别工作组，对导致房产危机的违章借贷与包装风险房贷展开更大规模调查。（掌声）这个工作组将追究违法责任，加快为房主提供帮助，加速结束这个伤害到如此之多美国人的无节制时期。Now, a return to the American values of fair play and shared responsibility will help protect our people and our economy.But it should also guide us as we look to pay down our debt and invest in our future.再次倡导公平合理和共同责任的美国价值观将有利于保护我们的人民和我们的经济，而它也应对我们努力摆脱债务负担和对未来投资具有指导作用。

Right now, our most immediate priority is stopping a tax hike on 160 million working Americans while the recovery is still fragile.(Applause.)People cannot afford losing $40 out of each paycheck this year.There are plenty of ways to get this done.So let’s agree right here, right now: No side issues.No drama.Pass the payroll tax cut without delay.Let’s get it done.(Applause.)

眼下，我们最直接的当务之急是，在经济复苏仍然脆弱的情况下，避免给1亿6千万美国工薪阶层加税。（掌声）人们今年无法承受从每次工资中减少40美元。可以有许多途径达到上述目标。为此，让我们在此地此时一致同意：不要附加议题。不要造势。毫无耽搁地批准削减工资税。让我们完成这项工作。（掌声）

When it comes to the deficit, we’ve already agreed to more than $2 trillion in cuts and savings.But we need to do more, and that means making choices.Right now, we’re poised to spend nearly $1 trillion more on what was supposed to be a temporary tax break for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans.Right now, because of loopholes and shelters in the tax code, a quarter of all millionaires pay lower tax rates than millions of middle-class households.Right now, Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.在赤字问题上，我们已就削减和节省2万亿以上美元开支达成协议。但我们还需进一步努力，而这意味着作出选择。目前，我们要额外花费将近1万亿美元来支持一项本应是临时性的为美国2%最富有的人减税的项目。如今，由于税法的缺陷和保护规定，四分之一的百万富翁享有比数百万中产阶层家庭要低的税率。今天，沃伦·巴菲特（Warren Buffett）的税率比他的秘书的税率还低。

Do we want to keep these tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans? Or do we want to keep our investments in everything else –-like education and medical research;a strong military and care for our veterans? Because if we’re serious about paying down our debt, we can’t do both.我们希望保留这些给美国富人的减税措施吗？还是说我们希望把投资用于其他方面——如教育和医学研究，加强军力和照料退伍军人？因为如果我们真想摆脱债务，就不可能两者兼得。

The American people know what the right choice is.So do I.As I told the Speaker this summer, I’m prepared to make more reforms that rein in the long-term costs of Medicare and Medicaid, and strengthen Social Security, so long as those programs remain a guarantee of security for seniors.美国人民知道什么是正确的选择。我也知道。正如去年夏天我对众议院议长所说，我有准备作出进一步改革，控制医疗照顾（Medicare）和医疗补助（Medicaid）开销，巩固社会安全福利（Social Security），只要这些项目继续能为老年人提供保障。

But in return, we need to change our tax code so that people like me, and an awful lot of members of Congress, pay our fair share of taxes.(Applause.)但与此相应，我们需要修改税法，让像我这样以及像国会中许多人一样的人，缴纳我们应该承担的税收。

Tax reform should follow the Buffett Rule.If you make more than $1 million a year, you should not pay less than 30 percent in taxes.And my Republican friend Tom Coburn is right: Washington should stop subsidizing millionaires.In fact, if you’re earning a million dollars a year, you shouldn’t get special tax subsidies or deductions.On the other hand, if you make under $250,000 a year, like 98 percent of American families, your taxes shouldn’t go up.(Applause.)You’re the ones struggling with rising costs and stagnant wages.You’re the ones who need relief.税务改革应该遵循巴菲特规则（Buffett Rule），即如果你年收入超过1亿美元，你的税率就不应低于30%。我的共和党朋友汤姆·科伯恩（Tom Coburn）说得对：华盛顿应该停止补贴百万富翁。实际上，如果你的年收入超过1亿美元，你就不应享有纳税补贴和减免。而另一方面，如果你的收入不到25万美元一年，98%的家庭都是这样，那么你们的税率就不应增加。（掌声）你们面对着价格上涨而工资不动的艰难，你们是需要得到减税的人。

Now, you can call this class warfare all you want.But asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most Americans would call that common sense.谁要称这是阶级对抗，请自便。但要求百万富翁至少同他的秘书一样纳税应该被称作什么？大多数美国人会称这是常理。

We don’t begrudge financial success in this country.We admire it.When Americans talk about folks like me paying my fair share of taxes, it’s not because they envy the rich.It’s because they understand that when I get a tax break I don’t need and the country can’t afford, it either adds to the deficit, or somebody else has to make up the difference--like a senior on a fixed income, or a student trying to get through school, or a family trying to make ends meet.That’s not right.Americans know that’s not right.They know that this generation’s success is only possible because past generations felt a responsibility to each other, and to the future of their country, and they know our way of life will only endure if we feel that same sense of shared responsibility.That’s how we’ll reduce our deficit.That’s an America built to last.(Applause.)

在这个国家，我们并不妒忌财务上的成功，我们对此表示赞赏。当人们谈论像我这样的人付出我应付的那一部分税金时，那不是因为他们妒忌我的富有，那是因为他们理解，我如果获得一个我并不需要、同时国家又无力负担的税务减免时，只会增加赤字或让旁人去承担这个差额，例如一个靠固定收入维生的老年人，或一个正奋力完成学业的学生，或一个勉力维持日常开销的家庭。那是不对的，美国人也都知道，那是不对的。他们知道，正因为以前的几代人认识到他们彼此肩负的责任，对国家未来肩负的责任，这一代人才有可能获得成功；他们知道，只有当我们也具有共同的责任感，我们的生活方式才有可能持续下去。这就是我们今后降低赤字的途径。这样美国才能常盛不衰。（掌声）

Now, I recognize that people watching tonight have differing views about taxes and debt, energy and health care.But no matter what party they belong to, I bet most Americans are thinking the same thing right about now: Nothing will get done in Washington this year, or next year, or maybe even the year after that, because Washington is broken.我承认，今晚正在收看我的讲话的人们对税务和债务、能源和医疗保健等事项有不同的看法，但是不论他们属于哪一个党派，我可以断定此时此刻大多数美国人都在思考同一件事：今年，明年，甚至后年，华盛顿将一事无成，因为华盛顿四分五裂。

Can you blame them for feeling a little cynical? 他们感觉有点悲观你能责怪他们吗？

The greatest blow to our confidence in our economy last year didn’t come from events beyond our control.It came from a debate in Washington over whether the United States would pay its bills or not.Who benefited from that fiasco? 去年对我们经济的信心最大的打击不是来自我们不能控制的事件，而是来自华盛顿关于美国能否弥补开支的讨论。谁能从这样的不利局面中得利？

I’ve talked tonight about the deficit of trust between Main Street and Wall Street.But the divide between this city and the rest of the country is at least as bad--and it seems to get worse every year.我今晚谈到民众和华尔街之间的信任危机。但这个城市和这个国家其余地方之间的分歧至少同样严重——而且似乎年复一年逐渐恶化。

Some of this has to do with the corrosive influence of money in politics.So together, let’s take some steps to fix that.Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress;I will sign it tomorrow.(Applause.)Let’s limit any elected official from owning stocks in industries they impact.Let’s make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for Congress can’t lobby Congress, and vice versa--an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of Washington.有些问题与金钱政治的腐蚀性有关。为此让我们一起采取一些步骤解决这个问题。请给我提交一项禁止国会议员进行内幕交易的法案，我明天就签署。（掌声）让我们限制任何民选官员在他们可以产生影响的行业拥有股票。让我们确保为国会竞选集中筹款的人不得游说国会，反之亦然 ——这个想法至少在华盛顿之外得到两党的支持。

Some of what’s broken has to do with the way Congress does its business these days.A simple majority is no longer enough to get anything-– even routine business –-passed through the Senate.(Applause.)Neither party has been blameless in these tactics.Now both parties should put an end to it.(Applause.)For starters, I ask the Senate to pass a simple rule that all judicial and public service nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days.(Applause.)

某些方面出现的失常现象与国会近来工作的方式有关。简单多数不再足以在参议院通过任何法案——甚至包括日常事务。（掌声）对于这种种策略，任何一党都不能回避自己的责任。现在，两党都应该加以制止。（掌声）首先，我要求参议院通过一个简单的规则，对所有司法和公共服务部门的提名必须在90天内给予赞成或否定的简单表决。（掌声）

The executive branch also needs to change.Too often, it’s inefficient, outdated and remote.(Applause.)That’s why I’ve asked this Congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy, so that our government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to the needs of the American people.(Applause.)

行政部门也需要改变。这个部门往往效率不高、陈旧过时、脱离实际。（掌声）这就是为什么我要求本届国会给予我整合联邦官僚体制的权力，使我们的政府更精简、反应更快、更能适应美国人民的需要。（掌声）

Finally, none of this can happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town.We need to end the notion that the two parties must be locked in a perpetual campaign of mutual destruction;that politics is about clinging to rigid ideologies instead of building consensus around common-sense ideas.最后，我们也需要降低这个城市积聚的高温，否则将一事无成。我们应该抛弃一些观念，例如两党必然会党同伐异，相互摧毁；政治意味着坚持僵化的意识形态，无法按照事理常情建立共识等。

I’m a Democrat.But I believe what Republican Abraham Lincoln believed: That government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more.(Applause.)That’s why my education reform offers more competition, and more control for schools and states.That’s why we’re getting rid of regulations that don’t work.That’s why our health care law relies on a reformed private market, not a government program.我是民主党人。但是我相信共和党亚伯拉罕•林肯（Abraham Lincoln）的信念：政府只应该为人民做他们自己无法做得更好的事情，仅此而已。（掌声）正是因为这个原因，我的教育改革要求各学校和各州有更多的竞争、更多的自主。正是因为这个原因，我们正在取消不起作用的监管条例。正是因为这个原因，我们的医疗保健法律依靠改革后的民营市场，不再依靠政府项目。

On the other hand, even my Republican friends who complain the most about government spending have supported federally financed roads, and clean energy projects, and federal offices for the folks back home.另外一方面，我的某些共和党朋友，即使对政府支出最强烈地表示不满，也支持联邦拨款用于建造道路，实施清洁能源项目和为国内服务的联邦机构。

The point is, we should all want a smarter, more effective government.And while we may not be able to bridge our biggest philosophical differences this year, we can make real progress.With or without this Congress, I will keep taking actions that help the economy grow.But I can do a whole lot more with your help.Because when we act together, there’s nothing the United States of America can’t achieve.(Applause.)That’s the lesson we’ve learned from our actions abroad over the last few years.问题在于，我们都希望有一个更明智、更有效的政府。尽管我们可能无法在今年弥合我们之间观念上最大的分歧，我们仍然可以取得实际进展。无论本届国会是否参与，我都会采取行动促进经济增长。但如果得到你们的帮助，我可以做更多的事情。因为如果我们共同努力，美利坚合众国就没有达不到的目标。（掌声）这是我们在过去几年的海外行动中取得的经验。Ending the Iraq war has allowed us to strike decisive blows against our enemies.From Pakistan to Yemen, the al Qaeda operatives who remain are scrambling, knowing that they can’t escape the reach of the United States of America.(Applause.)

结束伊拉克战争让我们能够给我们的敌人以致命的打击。从巴基斯坦（Pakistan）到也门（Yemen），残余的―基地‖组织成员仓皇失措，知道自己无法逃脱美利坚合众国的恢恢天网。From this position of strength, we’ve begun to wind down the war in Afghanistan.Ten thousand of our troops have come home.Twenty-three thousand more will leave by the end of this summer.This transition to Afghan lead will continue, and we will build an enduring partnership with Afghanistan, so that it is never again a source of attacks against America.(Applause.)

从这个实力地位出发，我们已经开始逐步紧缩在阿富汗的战事。我军有一万人已经回国。还有２万３千多人到今年夏天将会撤离。这个让阿富汗发挥主导作用的过渡将继续，我们将与阿富汗建立持久的伙伴关系，让它永远不可能再成为攻击美国的一个发源地。

As the tide of war recedes, a wave of change has washed across the Middle East and North Africa, from Tunis to Cairo;from Sana’a to Tripoli.A year ago, Qaddafi was one of the world’s longest-serving dictators-– a murderer with American blood on his hands.Today, he is gone.And in Syria, I have no doubt that the Assad regime will soon discover that the forces of change cannot be reversed, and that human dignity cannot be denied.(Applause.)

随着战争浪潮的消退，一股变革的潮流席卷整个中东和北非，从突尼斯（Tunis）到开罗（Cairo），从萨那（Sana’a）到的黎波里（Tripoli）。一年前，卡扎菲（Qadhafi）还是世界上当权时间最长的独裁者之一——是双手沾满了美国人鲜血的凶手。今天，他已不复存在。在叙利亚，我毫不怀疑，阿萨德（Assad）政权很快就会发现，变革的力量无法逆转，人类尊严不容抹杀。

How this incredible transformation will end remains uncertain.But we have a huge stake in the outcome.And while it’s ultimately up to the people of the region to decide their fate, we will advocate for those values that have served our own country so well.We will stand against violence and intimidation.We will stand for the rights and dignity of all human beings –-men and women;Christians, Muslims and Jews.We will support policies that lead to strong and stable democracies and open markets, because tyranny is no match for liberty.这场令人令人震撼的变革结果如何仍无法确定。但我们与其最终结果利害攸关。本地区人民的命运归根结底由他们自己决定，但我们将倡导那些使我们自己的国家受益匪浅的价值观。我们将反对暴力和恐吓。我们将捍卫全人类的权利和尊严——男性和女性；基督徒、穆斯林和犹太人。我们将支持有助于建设强大稳定的民主和开放市场的政策，因为自由必将战胜暴政。

And we will safeguard America’s own security against those who threaten our citizens, our friends, and our interests.Look at Iran.Through the power of our diplomacy, a world that was once divided about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program now stands as one.The regime is more isolated than ever before;its leaders are faced with crippling sanctions, and as long as they shirk their responsibilities, this pressure will not relent.我们将维护美国自身的安全，防范那些威胁我国公民、我国盟友和我国利益的人。看看伊朗。我国外交的有力作用让一个曾对如何应对伊朗的核计划存在分歧的世界现在团结一致。该政权比以往任何时候都更加孤立；该国领导人面临着严厉制裁，只要他们还在逃避自己的责任，这样的施压就不会放松。

Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal.(Applause.)毫无疑问：美国决心阻止伊朗获得核武器，为实现这一目标，我将不排除任何方案。But a peaceful resolution of this issue is still possible, and far better, and if Iran changes course and meets its obligations, it can rejoin the community of nations.但和平解决这个问题仍然是可能的，而且益处大得多。伊朗如果改弦易辙并履行其义务，就可以重新加入国际社会。

The renewal of American leadership can be felt across the globe.Our oldest alliances in Europe and Asia are stronger than ever.Our ties to the Americas are deeper.Our ironclad commitment--and I mean ironclad--to Israel’s security has meant the closest military cooperation between our two countries in history.(Applause.)美国领导地位的重振在全球各地都有所体现。我们在欧洲和亚洲历史最悠久的同盟比以往任何时候都更强大。我们与美洲的关系更加深厚。我们对以色列的安全作出的牢不可破的承诺——我是说牢不可破——意味着我们两国在历史上最密切的军事合作。(访问51voa.com获取更多信息。)We’ve made it clear that America is a Pacific power, and a new beginning in Burma has lit a new hope.From the coalitions we’ve built to secure nuclear materials, to the missions we’ve led against hunger and disease;from the blows we’ve dealt to our enemies, to the enduring power of our moral example, America is back.我们已经很清楚地表明，美国是一个太平洋大国，缅甸的新开端点燃了新的希望。从我们建立的保障核材料安全的联盟，到我们领导的消除饥饿和疾病的使命；从我们对敌人的打击，到我们作为道义典范的持久力量——美国回来了。

Anyone who tells you otherwise, anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned, doesn’t know what they’re talking about.(Applause.)

如果有人另有别论，如果有人说美国正在衰落或我们的影响力已经减弱，都是不知所云。That’s not the message we get from leaders around the world who are eager to work with us.That’s not how people feel from Tokyo to Berlin, from Cape Town to Rio, where opinions of America are higher than they’ve been in years.Yes, the world is changing.No, we can’t control every event.But America remains the one indispensable nation in world affairs –-and as long as I’m President, I intend to keep it that way.(Applause.)

这不是我们从渴望与我们合作的世界各国领导人那里得到的信息。这也不是从东京（Tokoyo）到柏林（Berlin），从开普敦（Cape Town）到里约（Rio）等地人民的感觉，这些地方对美国的看法比数年来的任何时候都好。是的，世界正在改变；不错，我们不能控制每一事件，但美国仍然是世界事务中不可或缺的国家——只要我仍担任总统之职，就将保持已成的盛业。

That’s why, working with our military leaders, I’ve proposed a new defense strategy that ensures we maintain the finest military in the world, while saving nearly half a trillion dollars in our budget.To stay one step ahead of our adversaries, I’ve already sent this Congress legislation that will secure our country from the growing dangers of cyber-threats.(Applause.)

那就是为什么我与我们的军事将领一起提出新的国防战略，确保我们维持全世界最优异的军力，同时为我们的预算节省将近5,000亿美元。为了抢占制敌的先机，我已经将此提案送交国会，以保障我国避免日益严重的网络威胁。（掌声。）

Above all, our freedom endures because of the men and women in uniform who defend it.(Applause.)As they come home, we must serve them as well as they’ve served us.That includes giving them the care and the benefits they have earned –-which is why we’ve increased annual VA spending every year I’ve been President.(Applause.)And it means enlisting our veterans in the work of rebuilding our nation.说到底，由于我国男女军人捍卫自由，我们才得以维系自由。（掌声。）随着他们班师回国，我们必须为他们服务，就像他们为我们服务一样。这包括给予他们应得的照顾和福利－－那就是为什么自我担任总统以来，我们为退伍军人的开支年年增长。（掌声。）它意味着召唤我们的退役军人重建我们的国家。

With the bipartisan support of this Congress, we’re providing new tax credits to companies that hire vets.Michelle and Jill Biden have worked with American businesses to secure a pledge of 135,000 jobs for veterans and their families.And tonight, I’m proposing a Veterans Jobs Corps that will help our communities hire veterans as cops and firefighters, so that America is as strong as those who defend her.(Applause.)由于获得本届国会两党一致的支持，我们正在为聘用退役军人的公司提供新的税务抵免。米歇尔（Michelle）和吉尔·拜登（Jill Biden）已与美国企业合作，承诺为退役军人及其家人提供135,000份工作。今晚，我提议组成一个退伍军人就业团（Veterans Jobs Corps），帮助我们的社区聘用退役军人担任警察和消防员，使美国及其保卫者同样强盛。（掌声。）Which brings me back to where I began.Those of us who’ve been sent here to serve can learn a thing or two from the service of our troops.When you put on that uniform, it doesn’t matter if you’re black or white;Asian, Latino, Native American;conservative, liberal;rich, poor;gay, straight.When you’re marching into battle, you look out for the person next to you, or the mission fails.When you’re in the thick of the fight, you rise or fall as one unit, serving one nation, leaving no one behind.这就带回我一开始的主题。我们被派到此地服务的人可以从我们军队的服务学到几件事。当你穿上军服时，无论你是黑人或白人；亚裔、拉美裔、美国原住民；保守派、自由派；富人、穷人；还是同性恋，异性恋，都不重要。当你走上战场，你会照顾身边的袍泽，否则任务将会失败。当你处在枪林弹雨之中，你们会全体共进退，效忠同一个国家，不会抛下任何一个人。

One of my proudest possessions is the flag that the SEAL Team took with them on the mission to get bin Laden.On it are each of their names.Some may be Democrats.Some may be Republicans.But that doesn’t matter.Just like it didn’t matter that day in the Situation Room, when I sat next to Bob Gates--a man who was George Bush’s defense secretary--and Hillary Clinton--a woman who ran against me for president.我保存的最令人自豪的物品之一，是海豹突击队（SEAL Team）在执行捉拿本·拉登使命时携带的一面旗帜，上面有每一位勇士的姓名。他们中有些可能是民主党人，有些可能是共和党人，但这并没有任何关系，就像那天在情况室（Situation Room）一样，我坐在鲍勃•盖茨（Bob Gates）旁边，他是乔治•布什（George Bush）政府的国防部长；当时还有希拉里•克林顿（Hillary Clinton），她曾是我竞选总统时的对手。

All that mattered that day was the mission.No one thought about politics.No one thought about themselves.One of the young men involved in the raid later told me that he didn’t deserve credit for the mission.It only succeeded, he said, because every single member of that unit did their job--the pilot who landed the helicopter that spun out of control;the translator who kept others from entering the compound;the troops who separated the women and children from the fight;the SEALs who charged up the stairs.More than that, the mission only succeeded because every member of that unit trusted each other--because you can’t charge up those stairs, into darkness and danger, unless you know that there’s somebody behind you, watching your back.那一天最重要的是完成使命。谁也没有想到政治。谁也没有想到自己。参加突袭行动的一位年轻人后来对我说，他没有资格为这项使命获得嘉奖。他说，这次使命获得成功是因为参加行动的每一位成员都尽了自己的一份力量——将盘旋失控的直升机降落在地面上的驾驶员；阻止其他人进入大院的翻译；将妇女和儿童与作战区隔离的军人；冲上楼道的海豹突击队。不仅如此，这次使命获得成功也是因为参加行动的成员相互信任——因为除非你知道有人在你身后做掩护，否则你不可能冲上楼道，在黑夜中履险如夷。

So it is with America.Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes.No one built this country on their own.This nation is great because we built it together.This nation is great because we worked as a team.This nation is great because we get each other’s backs.And if we hold fast to that truth, in this moment of trial, there is no challenge too great;no mission too hard.As long as we are joined in common purpose, as long as we maintain our common resolve, our journey moves forward, and our future is hopeful, and the state of our Union will always be strong.这就是美国精神。每当看到这面旗帜，我都体会到，我们的命运如同旗帜上紧密相连的50颗星和13道红白相间的条纹。建成这个国家并非个人之功。这个国家之所以伟大，是因为我们共襄盛举；这个国家之所以伟大，是因为我们同心协力；这个国家之所以伟大，是因为我们相互扶持。如果我们坚持这个真理，那么在这艰难的时刻，就没有我们不能战胜的挑战，就没有我们不能完成的使命。只要我们为了共同一个目标休戚与共，只要我们坚持我们的共同意志，我们在征途上将一往无前，我们的未来会充满希望，我们的国情将永远强盛。Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.(Applause.)谢谢大家。愿上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。（掌声）

第五篇：奥巴马发表2011年国情咨文演讲

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华盛顿当地时间1月25日晚(北京时间1月26日上午)，美国总统奥巴马在国会发表2011年国情咨文。奥巴马在演讲中表示，解决短期的就业和长期的美国竞争力问题将成为未来政府工作的重点。另外，奥巴马还讲到了医改、外交政策、军事、政府机制改革等未来政府的工作内容。以下是演讲全文内容：

今晚我想首先向美国第112届国会的男女议员、你们的新议长约翰·贝纳表示祝贺。在我们庆祝这一时刻时，我们仍然很清楚一位国会议员的座位是空着的，让我们为我们的同事、我们的朋友加布里埃尔·吉福兹的健康祈祷。

呼吁两党合作

我们这些今晚出席这一活动的人在过去两年曾存在分歧，这不是秘密。辩论是非常激烈的，我们为我们各自的观点进行了激烈的斗争。这是一件好事，这是强有力的民主所要求的。这种争论帮助美国成为区别于其它国家的民主国家。

但图森市的悲剧给了我们一个停止争论的理由。我们进行的公共辩论引发了噪音、情绪、怨恨。图森的悲剧提醒我们，不管我们是谁、来自何方，我们中的每一个人都是一个更伟大事务的一部分，它比政党或者政治倾向更具必然性。

我们是美国大家庭的组成部分。我们相信，在这个各种种族、信仰、观点并存的国家，我们仍是一个团结在一起的民族。我们拥有共同的希望和信条，图森小女孩的梦想与我们自己孩子的梦想没有什么大的差别，这些梦想都应获得实现的机会。

这也是使我们作为一个国家产生分歧的原因。

现在，简单地认识到这一点本身将不会开启一个合作的新时代。这一时刻所能产生的成果取决于我们。这一时刻所产生的成果将不会由我们是否今晚坐在一起而决定，它将被我们明天是否合作所决定。

我认为我们能够实现合作。我认为我们必须这样。这是那些把我们送到这里的人们所期望的。他们通过他们的选票决定，执政将是两党共同的责任。新的法案只有在获得民主党和共和党议员的支持下才能通过。在面对比党派或者政治更大的挑战面前，我们将一起前行，或者原地不动。

现在的利害不是谁将赢得下次选举，毕竟，我们刚刚举行完一次选举。现在的利害是新的就业机会和新的行业是否会在美国生根或者在其它地方。这事关我们人民的辛劳工作和行业是否能得到回报。这事关我们是否能继续保持领导能力，这种领导能力使美国不只局限于地图上的某一个地方，美国因为这种领导能力而成为世界的灯光。

我们作好了前进的准备。在我们大多数人经历最为糟糕的经济衰退两年后，股市已再次大幅上升。公司赢利在增加。经济在再次增长。

但我们从不只以这些标准来衡量进展。我们以我们人民的成功来评估进展，通过他们所能找到的工作和这些工作所提供的生活质量，通过小企业主把好点子的梦想转变成兴旺发达的企业的前景，通过我们给我们孩子更好生活的机遇。

这是一个美国人民想让我们从事的事业，美国人民想让我们共同致力于这项事业。

我们去年12月作了这方面的工作。由于我们通过的减税法案，美国人今天收到的支票金额要比过去多。所有的企业都可以把它今年所作投资的全部开支注销。这些由民主党人和共和党人合作采取的措施将使经济增长，增加就业岗位，私人行业去年已创造的1百多万个就业岗位。

但我们有更多的工作要做。我们在过去两年所采取的措施可能已克服了经济衰退的主要困难，但是为了赢得未来，我们必须直面应对那些在过去数十年来一直积累起来的挑战。

许多收看这一讲演的人可能还记得那个找到好工作意味着在附近工厂或者市中心商业区就业的时候。你并不总是需要获得一个学位，你的竞争基本只限于你的邻居。如果你努力工作，你可能会终身拥有这个职位，这个工作会给你带来体面的收入、好的福利，有时还会获得升职。你可能还会拥有看到你的孩子在同一公司工作的自豪感。

世界已发生了变革。对于许多人来说，变革是痛苦的。在曾经一度业务繁忙工厂面临关闭时，我透过百叶窗看到了这种痛苦；在一度繁忙的商业街道空空如也的店门前，我看到了这种痛苦；在那些看到收入不断缩水或者失业美国人的绝望言论中，我听到了这种痛苦。这就好像，在比赛进行到一半时，表现出色而又颇感自豪的运动员发现规则突然改变了。

他们是正确的，规则发生了变化。仅仅用了一代人的时间，技术革命已改变了我们的工作、生活和做生意的方式。一度需要1000名工人的钢铁厂现在用100名工人就可以完成同样的工作。今天，任何一家公司都可以设立商店、雇佣员工、把产品销售给有互联网连接的所有地方。

与此同时，中国和印度等国已意识到，它们在作出一些变革后将能够在新世界(11.25,0.21,1.90%)里与其它国家进行竞争。所以，他们开始对他们的孩子进行更早和更长时间的教育，更加重视数学和科学。他们投资于研发和新技术。就在不久之前，中国已拥有世界上最大的私营太阳能研究设施，世界上运行速度最快的计算机。

所以，是的，世界发生了变革。就业岗位的竞争是真实存在的，但这不应当使我们灰心，它应当成为激励我们的动力。请记住，尽管我们在过去几年遭受到了巨大打击，尽管所有的悲观者预言美国在衰落，但美国仍是世界上最大、最繁荣的经济体。我们工人的劳动生产率是最高的，我们的公司是最成功的，我们的投资者和企业家所拥有的专利数是最多的。我们拥有世界上最好的院校和大学，来美国就读的学生超过任何其它国家。

更为重要的是，我们是首个以思想立国的国家，这个思想是我们中的每个人都应当有机会来塑造自己的命运。这就是为什么先驱们和移民们数个世纪以来不惜冒着失去一切的风险来到美国的原因。这就是我们的学生不只是记住方程式，而是会提出“你认为这个想法如何？你想如何改变世界？当你长大后你想成为什么样的人”等问题。

我们将赢得未来，但为了实现这一点，我们不能原地踏步。正如罗伯特·肯尼迪所说的那样“未来不是一个礼物，它是一个成就。”维持美国梦从来不是墨守成规。它需要每一代人作出牺牲、斗争，满足新时代的要求。

现在轮到我们这一代人了。我们知道在我们的时代为工作和行业进行竞争需要什么。我们需要在创新、教育和建设方面超越其它国家。我们要使美国成为商业环境最好的国家。我们需要对我们的赤字负责任，对我们的政府进行改革。这就是我们的人民实现繁荣的方法。这就是我们如何赢得未来的方法。今晚，我想谈谈我们如何作到这些。

激励创新

赢得未来的首个步骤是鼓励美国人创新。

我们所有人都无法肯定地预言下一个主要行业将是什么行业或者新的就业岗位来自哪里。三十年前，我们不知道一个被称作互联网的东西会引发经济革命。我们所能做的是，争取在这些方面比其它国家的人做得更好，激发美国人民的创造性和想像力。我们是一个将车开到车道上、把计算机放在办公室的国家，是一个拥有爱迪生、莱特兄弟的国家，是一个拥有谷歌和Facebook的国家。在美国，创新不只改变我们的生活，更重要的是，这是我们赖以谋生的方法。

我们的自由企业制度驱动着创新，但是由于公司投资基础研究并不总是有利可图，在历史上，我们的政府向一流的科学家和发明家提供了他们所需要的支持。这些支持种下了互联网的种子，这些支持帮助制造出计算机芯片和全球定位仪这样的东西。

想想所有的好工作，从制造业到零售业都来自于这些突破。

半个世纪之前，当苏联人发射一颗名为“伴侣号”的人造卫星从而在太空竞赛领域击败我们时，我们不知道我们如何在登月方面击败他们。那方面的科学当时还不存在，美国宇航局当时甚至都还未组建。但在更好的研究和教育方面投资后，我们不仅超过了苏联人，我们还推动了一系列的创新，这些创新创造了新的行业和数百万个新就业岗位。

这是我们那一代人创造的“伴侣号”——走在世界前沿的时刻。我在两年前说过，我们需要将研发拓展到自太空竞赛高峰后再也没有出现过的新层次上。我将在未来几周内向国会提交一份预算案，它将帮助我们实现这一目标。我们将投资于生物医药研究、信息技术，尤其是清洁能源技术，这一投资将会强化我们的安全、保护我们的地球、为我们的人民创造无数新就业岗位。

我们已看到了可再生能源的潜力。罗伯特·阿伦和加里·阿伦是一对在密歇根州经营屋顶公司的兄弟。他们在“9·11”恐怖袭击事件后志愿派出他们最好的装修屋顶员工来帮助维修五角大楼，但是他们工厂的半个厂区没有开工，经济衰退重创了他们的工厂。今天，在政府贷款的帮助下，空闲的厂房被用于制造销往全球各地的太阳能电池板。用罗伯特的话说：“我们再造了自己。”

这就是美国人在过去两百多年里一直在做的事情，再造自我。为了推动更多像阿伦兄弟这样的成功故事，我们已开始再造我们的能源政策。我们将不只提供款项，我们还将提供挑战。我们将告诉美国的科学家和工程师，如果他们组建他们领域最好的科学家小组，致力解决清洁能源最困难问题，我们将向我们时代的“阿波罗项目”提供资金支持。

在加州理工学院，科学家正在寻找一种将太阳光和水转换成汽车燃料的方法。在橡树岭国家实验室，科学家们正在通过超级计算机以使从我们的核设施获得更多能量。在进行更多的研究和激励措施后，我们可以用生物燃料来打破我们对石油的依赖，成为在2015年前首个拥有一百万电动汽车上路的国家。

我们需要找到创新背后的要素。为了向创新提供经费支持，我将请求国会取消向石油公司所提供的数十亿美元税款补贴。我不知道你是否注意到这一情况，但石油公司自身运营得很不错。所以，与其向昨天的能源业提供补贴，我们不如投资于未来的能源。

现在，清洁能源领域的技术突破只有在业界知道有销售市场的情况下才会转变成清洁能源业的工作岗位。所以，今晚，我想让你们和我一起来制订一个新目标：争取在2035年之前使美国85%的电力供应量来自清洁能源。一些人想要风力和太阳能，其它人想要核电、清洁煤炭和天然气。为了实现这一目标，我们将需要所有这些清洁能源。我呼吁民主党人和共和党人通过合作来实现这一目标。发展教育

保持我们在研究和技术领域的领导地位对于美国的成功至关重要。如果我们想拥抱未来，如果我们想让创新在美国而不是海外创造就业岗位，那么我们必须赢得教育我们孩子的竞赛。

思考一下吧，在未来十年，近半数新就业岗位将需要拥有高中以上的教育程度。虽然如此，美国仍有近四分之一的学生甚至未完成中学教育。我们教育和科学的教育质量落后于许多国家。美国年轻人拥有大学学位比例的排行已降至世界第九位。所以问题是，我们所有的人，作为公民，作为父母，是否愿意做那些必要的事情以便让每个孩子都有成功的机会？

这一责任不仅是在我们的教室内开始的，也是在我们的家庭和社区里开始的。是家庭首先培养了孩子爱好学习的习惯，只有父母在确保关掉电视的情况下，孩子的家庭作业才会完成。我们需要教育我们的孩子，不仅是超级碗比赛的获胜者值得庆祝，那些科学大赛的赢家也应当值得庆祝。成功不是名气或者公共关系所带来的，它是由辛劳的工作和自律造就的。

我们的学校也有责任。当一名儿童步入教室，它就应当是一个被寄以厚望和拥有很高教学能力的地方。但是太多的学校未能达到这一标准。这就是为什么我们没有向教育系统注入大笔资金原因，我们启动了一个名为“冲顶赛跑”的竞争。我们对所有50个州说：“如果你们能够向我们展示提高教师质量和学生成就的最具创新力的方案，我们将向你们提供款项。”

“冲顶赛跑”是我们公共学校在十年内所进行的最有意义的改革。它只使用了不到我们每年教育开支的1%的经费，但它已使40个州提高了教学和学习标准。这些标准不是由华盛顿所决定的，它是由美国各个州的共和党和民主党州长们所决定的。“冲顶赛跑”应当成为我们今年所采取的方法。我们今年将用一个更为灵活、专注于用给我们的孩子带来最大益处的法律来取代《不让一个儿童落后法》。

你们应该知道，当改革不仅仅是从上到下的指示时，我们的孩子所能够取得的成绩有多大。改革措施将由当地的教师和校长、校董事会和社区来决定。

以丹佛的布鲁斯·兰多夫学校为例，它在三年前被评为是科罗拉多州最差的学校之一，它位于两个敌对黑帮争夺的地盘内。但在去年五月，该校97%的高三学生获得了毕业证，大多数人将是他们家庭中上大学的第一人。在学校实现转变后的第一年，一位学生的话使这一切成为现实的校长流下了眼泪。这个学生说：“感谢你，威特斯女士，感谢你向我们表明，我们是聪明的，我们能够成功。”

让我们也记住，除了父母之外，对一个孩子成功的最大影响来自于站在教室前的男女教师们。在韩国，教师们被称作“国家建造者”。在美国，现是我们该以同样程度的尊重对待那些教育我们孩子的人的时候了。我们应当奖励好教师，停止为糟糕的教师找借口。在未来十年，由于非常多的婴儿潮一代教师将退休，我们将需要准备10万名科学、技术、工程和数学学科教师。

事实上，对于今晚收听讲演的、正在考虑职业选择的年轻人，如果你想让我们国家前途有所不同，如果你想让一个孩子的生命有所不同，成为一位教师吧。你的国家需要你。

当然，教育竞赛不会止步于高中毕业证。为了竞争，必须让每位美国人都有接受高等教育的机会。这就是我们为什么结束向银行提供没有充分根据的税款补贴，用节省下来的钱来使数百万学生能有能力上大学。我今年将请求国会采取进一步措施，使我们的学费税收抵免永久化，对一个人四年的大学来说，这笔钱相当于1万美元。

由于人们需要在今天快速变化的经济领域里接受新工作和职业的培训，我们也将重新使美国的社区学院恢复活力。我上个月看到了北卡罗来纳州福费斯社区技术学院的潜力，学院的许多学生曾在现在已搬离城镇的附近工厂就业。凯西·普罗克托是一位两个孩子的母亲，她18岁就开始在家具业工作。她告诉我，现年55岁的她正在攻读生物技术学位，不只是因为家具业的工作没有了，而是因为她想鼓励她的孩子也追求他们的梦想。凯西说：“我希望这将能教会他们永不放弃。”如果我们采取这些措施，如果我们提高对每个孩子的期待值，给他们在教育方面最好的机遇，从他们出生至他们上一次的就业岗位，我们将实现我在两年前确定的目标：在这个十年结束的时候，美国将再度成为拥有大学生比例最高的国家。

非法移民问题

有关教育的最后一点。今天，我们的学校里有数百万学业优秀的非美国公民。一些人是非法工人的孩子，他们与他们父母的行为没有任何关系。他们是以美国人的身份长大的，宣誓效忠美国，但却每天生活在将被驱逐的威胁之下。其它人来自海外，在我们的院校和大学里学习，但他们一旦获得学位，我们就把他们送回国和我们进行竞争。这没有道理。

现在，我强烈地认为，我们应当一下子解决非法移民的问题。我作好了与共和党人和民主党人合作以保护我们边境的准备，执行我们的法律，解决数百万生活在阴影之下的非法移民问题。我知道，这方面的辩论将是艰难的，将需要时间。但是今晚，让我们就开始作出努力达成共识。停止驱逐那些有才能、负责任的年轻人，他们可以在我们的实验室工作、创业、给美国带来新的财富。

重建基础设施

赢得未来的第三步是重建美国。为了吸引新的行业来到美国，我们需要运送人员、商品、信息最快捷、最可靠的方法，从高速铁路至高速互联网等基础设施。

我们的基础设施曾经是世界上最棒的，但现在我们的领先优势已经下滑。韩国家庭的互联网接入比例已超过了美国。欧洲国家和俄罗斯在公路和铁路的投资额超过了美国。中国正在建造更快的火车和新机场。与此同时，当我们自己的工程师给我们的基础设施打分时，他们给我们打了一个“D”。

我们必须做得更好，美国是一个建设了州际铁路、将电力输往乡村社区、建设了州际高速公路的国家。这些项目创造的工作不只来自于铺设铁轨或者路面，工作机会也来自在镇里新建火车站或者新外匝道附近开设的行业。

在未来两年，我们已开始为21世纪进行重建。这个项目已为遭到沉重打击的建筑业带来了数千个好工作。今晚，我提议我们加倍这方面的努力。

我们将让更多的美国人从事修理年久失修的道路和桥梁工作。我们将确保这方面的工作有充分的经费保证，吸引私人投资，根据项目对经济而不是对政治家的最佳益处来选择项目。

在未来二十五年内，我们的目标是使80%的美国人能够拥有高速铁路，这将使你乘高速铁路出行的时间比开车出行的时间减少一半。对于一些旅程来说，它将比乘飞机出行更快，而且没有严格的安检措施。在我们讲话之时，加州和中西部地区的高铁线路已在建设之中。

在未来五年内，我们将使业界向98%的美国人提供下一代高速无线网络连接成为可能。这并不只是更快的互联网和更少的漏接电话。这事关使美国的各个地区都进入数字化时代。这事关衣阿华州或者阿拉巴马州乡村社区的农民和小企业主能够向全世界出售他们的产品，这事关消防队员能够用手持装置来下载着火建筑物的设计图。这事关一名学生可以用数字教科书进行上课或者一位病人能够与她的医生进行面对面的视频聊天。

所有这些投资，在创新、教育、基础设施方面的投资将为美国带来更好的商业环境并且创造就业。但是为了帮助我们的公司竞争，我们还必须打破那些阻碍它们成功的障碍物。

税收调整

多年以来，众多的游说人士利用税法来为某些公司和行业谋利，那些在这一系统中就业的会计师或者律师最终什么税都不交，而所有其他人则要承受世界上最高的公司税率。这毫无道理，这需要改变。

所以，今晚，我请求民主党和共和党人简化税率，根除漏洞，实现公平竞争。用这些节省下来的钱来降低公司税率，这将是25年来的第一次，而且是在不增加我们赤字的情况下。

促进国际贸易增加就业

为了帮助商业界向海外出售更多的产品，我们确定了在2014年将出口额翻一倍的目标，因为我们出口的越多，在国内创造的就业岗位就会越多。我们的出口额已经开始上升。我们最近与印度和中国签署了协议，这些协议将为美国25万多个就业岗位提供支持。我们上个月与韩国完成了贸易协议的最后文本，它将支持至少7万个美国就业岗位。这一协议获得来自行业和劳工组织、民主党人和共和党人前所未有的支持。我请求国会尽早通过这一协议。

在我就职之前，我明确表示，我们将执行我们的贸易协议。我将只会签署那些对美国工人有信心、增加美国就业岗位的协议。我们与韩国签署协议时就是这样做的，我想在与巴拿马和哥伦比亚寻求签署类似协议时也会这样做，在继续与我们的亚太和全球贸易会谈时持同样立场。

为了降低增长和投资的障碍，我已下令对政府规则进行重新评估。当我们发现那些给行业带来不必要负担的规则时，我们将会修改这些规则。但我将不会毫不迟疑地设立或者强制执行常识性的保护性规则，以保护美国人民。我们在过去一个多世纪一直是这样做的。这就是为什么我们的食物、水、空气是安全的。这就是我们为什么去年对信用卡公司隐藏资费和惩罚规定采取消费者保护措施，为了避免新的金融危机采取新规则的原因。这就是我们为什么最终通过改革法案以防止医保行业剥削病人的原因。

医疗改革

现在，我听说了有关你们中的一些人对新的医保法律有一些担心的传闻。所以让我来首先说，所有的事情都有改善的可能。如果你有使医疗护理更加高质量或者更便宜的想法，我很愿意与你合作。我们现在可以着手开始解决法案中给小企业带来不必要记帐负担的缺陷。

但我不愿意去做的事情是，重返保险公司以先决条件为由来否决一些人获得医疗保险的时代。我不愿意告诉来自得州的脑癌患者詹姆斯·霍华德，医保公司可能不会支付他的治疗费用。我不愿意告诉俄勒冈州的小企业主吉姆·豪斯，他还得多支付5000美元来使他的雇员获得医保。就在我们讲话时，这一法案正使给老年人所开的处方药更为便宜，使没有医疗保险的学生有继续享受他们父母医保的机会。所以，与其重开过去两年在这方面的斗争，不如让我们纠正需要纠正的地方，向前走。

削减赤字

现在，赢得未来的最后一步——最关键的一步——是确保我们不会葬身于如山的债务之中。

几乎从10年前开始，赤字财政几乎就一直与我们形影相随。在金融危机爆发后，这在一定程度上对于保持银行流动性、保护就业以及增加人民收入来说是必要的。

但现在经济衰退的最糟时刻已经结束，我们必须直面政府财政入不敷出的现实。这是不可持续的。每天，美国的家庭在节衣缩食以保证营收平衡。他们的政府也应如此。

所以今天晚上，我建议从今年开始，冻结未来五年部分国内项目支出。这将使美国财政赤字在未来十年减少4000多亿美元，进而使政府可自由支配的开支所占经济的比例降低到艾森豪威尔总统时期以来的最低水平。

冻结需要进行痛苦的削减。我们已经冻结了未来两年辛劳工作的联邦雇员的工资水平。我也建议削减我一直非常关注的一些项目的支出，比如社区行动项目。国防部长也已同意削减他与他的将军们认为对我们军事影响不大的数百亿美元的军费支出。

我承认，在座各位中有些人已提出了进一步削减开支的提案，我愿意删除任何的确可节省的开支。不过，我们必须确保不加重最脆弱的民众的负担。而且，我们还要确保所削减开支属真正超重部分。通过减少对改革和教育的投资来实现赤字削减，就相当于拆除发动机以实现超载飞机减重的目的。这样做或许可能让你一开始觉得飞得很高，但没过多久，你就会感受到冲击。

现在，我提出的大部分削减和节省提案只包括在国内支出中，而这种开支仅占我国预算的12%多一点。为了取得进一步进展，我们必须停止仅削减此类开支就已足够的臆测。这还不够。

去年我组建的两党联立财政委员会已经明确了这一点。我并不认同他们的全部提案，但他们的确取得了重大进步。他们的结论是，解决我国赤字问题的唯一办法是削减我们能够发现的所有过度消费，包括国内项目开支、国防开支、医疗开支等等。

这就意味着，进一步降低卫生保健开支，包括像医疗保险和医疗补贴——我国长期赤字最大单一来源——这样的项目。医疗保险改革将减缓这些开支的上升，这就是无党派经济学家认为废止卫生保健法会使我国赤字增加2500亿美元的部分原因。我很愿意看到其他降低开支的想法，包括去年共和党的一项提案：进行医疗事故改革，降低草率的医疗诉讼发生率。

为了构建坚实的基础，我们还应制定两党解决方案，强化后代社会保障。在这一点上，我们不应危及当前退休人员(最易受到伤害的人群)或残疾人，不应有损后代利益，不应使美国退休收入保障受制于充满不确定性的股市。

如果我们真的关心我们的赤字，我们就不能允许永久延长有关2%最富裕美国人的减税法案。在削减学校资金或学生的奖学金之前，我们应该让那些百万富翁们放弃他们的减税优惠。

这不是惩罚他们所取得的成功。而是要促进美国的成功。

实际上，在税收方面，我们能为所有美国人做的最好的事莫过于简化个人税码(individual tax code)。这将会是一项艰巨的工作，不过两党成员已经表示有意从事这项工作，而且我也准备加入他们。

所以，现在是时候采取行动了。现在是时候两党及国会两院在原则上做出让步，共同从事这项工作了。如果我们现在做出这一艰难决定，从而严加控制我们的赤字，那么我们便能够进行赢得未来所需的投资。

政府改革

更进一步的说，我们的政府不能负担得更多。我们应该给人民一个更强有力、更高效的政府。过去的政府无法赢得未来。

我们生活和工作在信息时代，但上一次政府大规模重组却还是在黑白电视机的时代。涉及出口的有12个机构。涉及住房政策的则至少有5个实体。我常举的一个例子是：大马哈鱼在淡水中时由内政部负责，而在咸水中时则由商业部负责。而我听说一旦被熏烤之后情况就更复杂。

现在，我们已经在过去的两年里，在利用技术以及消灭浪费方面实现了突飞猛进。退伍军人现在点一下鼠标，就能下载他们的电子病历。我们正在出售几英亩数年都未曾使用的联邦办公地点，而且我们将去除繁文缛节以便摆脱更多负担。不过，我们需要考虑更多。未来的几个月里，我的政府将会提出一项建议，以最有助于实现打造更具竞争力美国的目标的方法，合并、巩固并整顿联邦政府。我将会把这一建议提交给国会进行投票，我们将会推动这一建议的通过。

未来一年里，我们将继续努力重建人民对政府机构的信任。因为你们应当确切知道你们所缴的税花在哪里，花了多少，你们也将能够在第一时间登陆网站获得这些信息。因为你们应当知道自己选出的官员何时会见游说团体，我已要求国会按照白宫已经在做的将这些信息公布上网。而且因为美国人民应当知道，特殊利益不能穿插在小项目的立法中，国会中的两党议员应该知道这一点：如果呈现在我案头的法案中存在“特殊专款”(一般是指国会议员各自根据其选区或者集团需要，插入预算报告中的“相关项目专款”)，我将会予以否决。

一个具备公开和竞争力的21世纪政府。一个量入为出的政府。一个由新技术与理念驱动的经济体系。要在这个不断变化的新世界(11.29,0.25,2.26%)中取得成功，我们需改革、责任和创新。这还需要我们在外交事务中通过新方法接触世界。

像工作和商业一样，威胁和挑战现在也能够跨越边界，影响到其他的地方。没有任何单一的墙能够阻隔东方和西方，在美国之外，也没有形成一个能与我们抗衡的有力竞争者。

所以，我们必须战胜敌人，无论他们在哪里，并建立跨越地区、种族和宗教界线的联盟。美国的道德榜样必需始终照耀着渴望自由、正义和尊严的所有人。因此我们已经开始了这项工作，所以今晚我们能够说美国领导阶层已经复兴，美国的地位已经恢复。

外交政策

看看伊拉克，我们近十万勇敢的男女士兵已经昂首挺胸撤离伊拉克，美国的战斗任务也已经结束。在那里，暴力现象已经开始下降，新政府已经组建。今年，我们的民众将与伊拉克人民建立持久伙伴关系，与此同时，我们从伊拉克撤军的工作也将结束。美国遵守了承诺，伊拉克战争即将结束。

当然，诚如我们所言，基地组织及其附属组织仍在计划攻击我们。感谢我们的情报和执法人员，我们正在挫败他们阴谋，保护我们的城市和天空。对于极端分子激发我们国内暴力行动的企图，我们正以社区力量、对法规的尊重，以及对美国穆斯林是我们美国大家庭一份子的坚定信仰，作出回应。

我们也同基地组织及其海外盟友展开了战斗。在阿富汗，我们的军队已经占据了塔利班的根据地，并且训练了阿富汗安全部队。我们的目标很明显：通过阻止塔利班再次压榨阿富汗人民，我们将会阻止基地组织获得充当9·11起点的避风港。

经过英雄部队及平民的奋战，只剩下少数阿富汗人仍处于塔利班这一叛乱组织的控制下。摆在前面的将会是激烈的战斗，而且阿富汗政府需要进行更好的管制。不过，我们正在增强阿富汗人民的力量，并与他们构建持久的伙伴关系。今年，我们将会同近50个国家一起，开始向由阿富汗主导的状态过渡。今年7月，我们将开始撤军。

在巴基斯坦，基地组织领导阶层承受着比2001年以来任何时候都要大的压力。他们的领导人及特务正逐渐远离战场，他们的避风港正在收缩。而且，我们已经从阿富汗边境向阿拉伯半岛直至全世界发出了信息：我们不会怜悯、我们不会动摇、我们会打败你们。

美国领导人也在努力确保最厉害战争武器的安全。因为共和党和民主党通过了新《削减战略武器条约》，可部署的武器和发射器会更少。因为我们要重振世界，要在各大洲限制核材料，以免落入恐怖分子手中。

因为美国也在通过外交努力坚持要求伊朗履行其义务，所以伊朗政府现在面临着比以往更加严厉的制裁。在朝鲜半岛上，我们与盟国韩国站在一起，坚持朝鲜践行其放弃核武器的诺言。

这仅是我们重塑世界、维护世界和平和繁荣所作出努力的一部分。我们与欧洲同盟一道，在努力恢复北约的活力，增加从反恐到导弹防御等各方面的合作。我们已经重新设定了与俄罗斯的关系，强化亚洲同盟，并与印度等国家建立了新的伙伴关系。今年三月，我将访问巴西、智利和萨尔瓦多，打造美洲新的进步同盟。在全球，我们与那些负责任的国家一道，帮助农民生产更多的粮食，支持医治伤患的医生，并与败坏社会风气和掠夺人民财富的腐败行为作斗争。

最近的事件告诉我们，使我们与众不同的，不仅是我们的力量，也必然还有其后的目的。在我们的帮助下，南苏丹人民在经历了多年的战争后，最终能够投票选择自己的独立。他们在黎明前排起了数千人的长队，人民在大街上欢舞。一名在战争中失去了四名兄弟的男子在描述他身边的景象时这样说到：“这曾是我生命大多时间中的战场，现在我们希望自由”。

军人保障、军队同性恋问题

我们绝对不能忘记我们为之努力、为之奋斗、所有人都铭记心中的事情。我们必须永远记住，在这场斗争中负担最为沉重的美国人正是那些报效我们祖国的男男女女。

今晚，让我们共同重申，我们的国家会团结一致地支持我们的军队及其家人。让我们为他们服务，就像他们为我们服务那样，给予他们需要的装备、为他们提供应得的保健和福利、并在建设祖国的伟大任务中，为退伍军人提供支持。

我们的军人来自这个国家的每一个角落。他们是黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亚裔和印第安人。他们是基督教教徒、印度教教徒、犹太教教徒和穆斯林。的确，我们知道，其中有一些人是同性恋。从今年开始，美国人都不会因为他们的爱人而被禁止报效其所爱的国家。接下来，我呼吁所有大学校园向我们的军方征兵人员和后备军官训练队敞开大门。现在，是时候和过去的分裂斗争说再见了。我们应该作为一个民族向前迈进。

美国梦

我们不应该对摆在我们面前的工作心存任何幻想。改革学校、改变能源使用方式、减少赤字，这一切都并非易事，这需要时间。我们会围绕一切事情展开争论，这会使难度变得更高，成本、细节、每一个法律条文。

尽管我们民主有时会出现争议、挫败及混乱，但我知道在场的各位都不愿意与世界上其他任何国家的人做交换。

或许我们会存在政策分歧，但我们都坚信我国宪法所昭示的正义。或许我们拥有不同的观点，但我们都坚信同一个承诺：这是一个只要尝试就可能会成功的地方。又或许我们拥有不同的背景，但我们都坚信同一梦想：这是一个一切皆有可能的国家。

正是这个梦想让我今晚站在这里，站在大家面前。正是这个梦想让来自斯克兰顿的工人阶级成为了我后盾。也正是这个梦想让一个从父辈开始在辛辛那提的酒吧扫地的人，成为了这个世界上最强国家的众议院议长。

这个梦想(美国梦)驱使着艾伦兄弟为了一个新时代而彻底改造了他们的屋顶工程公司。这个梦想驱使着那些在佛塞斯技术社区学院求学的学生们学习新技术，为了未来努力奋斗。这个梦想也驱使一个名为布兰登·费舍尔的小企业主有了自己的故事。

布兰登在宾夕法尼亚州的柏林市开设了一家公司，专攻新型钻探技术。去年夏季的一天，他看到新闻，智利矿井中有33人被困，无人知道如何营救。但布兰登认为他的公司可以帮忙。他设计了一套营救方案，称为B计划。他的员工24小时工作，生产所需的钻探设备。然后布兰登前往智利。

他同其他人一起钻了一个2000英尺的洞，连续不眠不休工作了三四天。37天后，B计划成功，矿工获救。但布兰登不想引起注意，矿工升井后，他并没有在那里。他已经回家开始致力于下一个项目了。

后来，他的一名员工提到了这次营救，“Center Rock是一家小公司，但我们做的却是大事情。”

我们做大事。

自建国初期以来，美国便充满了由敢于追梦的普通人所谱写的故事。我们就是这样赢得了未来。

我们是一个会这样说话的民族：“我或许没有巨款，但是我有成立一家新公司的高见。我或许没有出生在一个拥有大学学历的家庭，但我将会成为这个家庭里第一个获得大学学历的人。我或许并不认识那些处于困境中的人们，但我认为我能够帮助他们，而且我需要试一试。”

虽然我不确定我们将如何超越地平线到达更好的地方，但我知道我们将会到达那里。我知道我们能够做到。

我们在成就伟业。

美国人的思想活力仍在，我们的命运依旧掌握在我们手中。今晚，两个多世纪后，因为我们的人民，我们的未来变得充满希望，我们的旅程不断向前，我们的国家变得强大。

谢谢大家。愿上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。