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- President Barack Obama signs the $787 billion Economic Stimulus bill while in Colorado. Governor of Colorado Bill Ritter (D) introduces the Colorado-based solar electric company, Namaste. Vice President Joe Biden discusses the uses of the stimulus package on the U.S. economy of the future. Blake Jones, CEO of Namaste Solar Electric, talks about the projects his company will now be able to move forward with thanks to the stimulus package. President Obama speaks on the work the stimulus package will create including the improvement of roads, education, and the digitization of health care records.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-02-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks on the economy to members of The Business Council. Before going into his remarks, Obama says a few words on the tragic plane crash the night before in Buffalo, seeing it as a reminder of the fragility of life. Obama discusses the stimulus package, relating its funding to schools and its creation of jobs as aid to businesses.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-02-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Barack Obama gives his first weekly address as President of the United States. President Obama discusses the installation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to jump-start the economy. With bipartisan favor, Obama hopes to sign the bill within a month. This plan will save or create 3 to 4 million jobs and doubles the capacity to generate alternative sources of energy. The plan will work to modernize health programs and schools. All these changes will be made public through Recovery.gov.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-01-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama holds a press briefing on jobs, energy independence, and climate change. Obama introduces several executive orders made to reverse the dependency on foreign oil while creating jobs. The President discusses the American Recovery Plan, which will put 460,000 Americans to work in clean energy investments. Obama goes on to discuss the needed production of fuel efficient cars in the United States.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-01-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Speaking at the Department of Energy, President Barack Obama outlines the social, economic and environmental benefits of his proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. He emphasizes the need to modernize the energy grid and improve energy efficiency, in order to provide a cleaner and more energy-independent future. The President then calls on Congress to quit its infighting and pass the bill for the sake of America.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-02-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting in Elkhart, Indiana to speak on the economy and unemployment. Obama discuss the recovery plan, proving how jobs will be created. This plan will improve Indiana with better roads, education, and a source of alternative energy. President Obama then answers questions from the citizens of Elkhart, relating to the distribution of this plan money, home foreclosures, and the production of alternative energy.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-02-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Recovery and Reinvestment Act Implementation Conference, stressing the importance of working hard to spend the tax dollars wisely in order to restore the economy and restore the trust of the American people.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting in Ft. Myers, Florida, to discuss the Economic Recovery Plan. President Obama talks about the effects of rising unemployment rates in the area and the struggle the state has gone through to keep taxes low. Obama then answers questions from the audience relating to education funding and state-of-the-art modifications, home mortgage assistance, health care reform, unemployment, lending mobility, and tax breaks to middle class families. In the middle of the meeting, Obama receives the announcement that the Senate passed the Recovery Plan.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks to the press on his discussion with several House and Senate GOP members on the economic stimulus package. Obama says he is optimistic to make agreements and get the plan working. Republicans Representatives John Boehner (R-OH), Eric Cantor (R-VA), and Republican Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington D.C.'s fifth district then speak on the meeting, discussing their enjoyment in working bipartisan on the package. They explain their differences with some of the Obama administration's ideas, specifically showing concerns for spending.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-01-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Speaking at the Department of Energy, President Barack Obama outlines the social, economic and environmental benefits of his proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. He emphasizes the need to modernize the energy grid and improve energy efficiency, in order to provide a cleaner and more energy-independent future. The President then calls on Congress to quit its infighting and pass the bill for the sake of America.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-02-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection