That's why the American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan won't just throw money at our problems, we'll invest in what works

We rise and fall as one people, one nation.

We've got a tax code that is encouraging flight of jobs and outsourcing. And that's why we've specifically recommended in this campaign that Congress change our tax code so that we stop giving tax breaks to companies that are moving to Mexico and China and other places, and start putting those tax breaks into companies that are investing here in the United States.

Nobody's madder than me about the website not working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed.

Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.

But something stirred across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks were willing to march across a bridge. And so they [my parents] got together, Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I'm not coming home when I come to Selma, Alabama.

In order for us to solve many big problems around the world, it is in our interest to work with Russia and obtain their cooperation.