- -: Weekly Address: Necessary Reform, Absurd Attacks
August 7, 2009 (over 14 years ago)President Barack Obama calls health insurance reform critical to our nations long-term economic strength and dispels the outlandish rumors being promoted by those who are defending the status-quo. August 8, 2009. (Public Domain)
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- -: Weekly Address: Myths and Morality in Health Insurance Reform
August 21, 2009 (over 14 years ago)President Obama debunks the myths around health reform, and discusses the public option proposal in which many of them are rooted. But he focuses his address on the stark moral and historical turning point at which we find ourselves. August 22, 2009. (Public Domain)
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- -: Weekly Address: Labor Day and Fair Rewards for Hard Work
September 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)With Labor Day approaching, the President commits to rebuilding the economy so that a lifetime of hard work leads to a comfortable retirement. September 5, 2009. (Public Domain)
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- -: Weekly Address: Losing Insurance Can Happen to Anybody
September 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)The President discusses a staggering new report from the Treasury Department indicating that under the status quo around half of all Americans under 65 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years. He pledges not to allow this future to unfold: In the United States of A...
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- -: Weekly Address: Progress in the Global Economy
September 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)With the next G20 Summit approaching in Pittsburgh, the President goes over the progress in stemming a global economic crisis. He discusses the impact of the Recovery Act, and pledges that lobbyists for big Wall Street banks will not prevent real reform for the future, including a new Consumer F...
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- -: Weekly Address: Progress with the G-20 in Pittsburgh
September 26, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Recorded literally on his way back from the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, the President uses his Weekly Address to recap the progress made during the intensive discussions with world leaders. From an historic agreement to reform the global financial system, to groundbreaking commitments on reducing...
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- -: Weekly Address: Health Reform Urgent for the Economy
October 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)The President discusses ongoing efforts to spur job creation. He also explains why health insurance reform is needed not just for long-term economic stability, but in the immediate future, discussing statistics on how costs will continue to skyrocket and hurt small businesses even next year. Oc...
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- -: Weekly Address: New Momentum for Health Reform
October 9, 2009 (over 14 years ago)The President goes through the leading conservative and Republican figures who have come out one after another urging passage of health insurance reform. After a summer of intense debate, cooler heads begin to prevail to make progress for the American people. October 10, 2009. (Public Domain)
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- -: Weekly Address: Working with Small Business to Drive Recovery
October 23, 2009 (over 14 years ago)The President restates his commitment to small business as key to economic recovery -- from the Recovery Act to Financial Stability to Health Reform -- and pledges more to come. October 24, 2009. (Public Domain)
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- -: Weekly Address: Milestones on the Economy and the Recovery Act
October 30, 2009 (over 14 years ago)While there is nothing to celebrate until job numbers turn around, the President cites the recent dramatic turnaround in gross domestic product as a sign of better things to come. He also applauds the fact that the Recovery Act has now created or saved more than a million jobs. October 31, 2009...
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