【正文】 Recovery Act has now created and saved more than one million ’s more than a million people who might otherwise be out of work today – folks who can wake up each day knowing that they’ll be able to provide for themselves and their ’ve saved jobs by closing state budget shortfalls to prevent the layoffs of hundreds of thousands of police officers, firefighters, and teachers who are today on the beat, on call, and in the classroom because of the Recovery we’ve also created hundreds of thousands of jobs through the largest investment in our roads since the building of the interstate highways, and through the largest investments in education, medical research, and clean energy in investments aren’t just helping us recover in the short term, they’re helping to lay a new foundation for lasting prosperity in the long term – and they’re giving hardworking, middleclass Americans the chance to succeed and raise a of the investments we’ve made and the steps we’ve taken, it’s easier for middleclass families to send their kids to college and get the training and skills they need to pete in a global ’re making it easier for these families to save for in areas like clean energy, we’re creating the jobs of the future – jobs that pay well and can’t be fact, just this week, I traveled to Arcadia, Florida to announce the largest set of clean energy projects through the Recovery Act so far: one hundred grants for businesses, utilities, manufacturers, cities and other partners across the country to put thousands of people to work modernizing our electric grid – the system that provides power to our homes and businesses – so that it wastes less energy, helps integrate renewables like wind and solar, and saves consumers that’s just one , we have made the same time, I want to emphasize that there’s still plenty of progress to be we know that positive news for the economy as a whole means little if you’ve lost your job and can’t find another, if you can’t afford health care or the mortgage, if you do not see in your own life the improvement we are seeing in these economic positive news today does not mean there won’t be difficult days I’ve said many times, it took years to dig our way into the crisis we’ve will take more than a few months to dig our way make no mistake: that’s exactly what we will the economy we seek is one where folks who need a job can find one and ines are rising economy we seek is one where small businesses can flourish and entrepreneurs can get the capital they need to plant new seeds of economy we seek is one that’s no longer based on maxed out credits cards, wild speculation, and the old cycles of boom or bust – but rather one that’s built on a solid foundation, supporting growth that is strong, sustained, and broadly shared by middle class families across is what we are working toward every single we will not stop until we get Happy Halloween.第五篇：Remarks of President Barack ObamaAs Prepared for DeliveryThe White HouseSaturday, December 10, 2011Today, America faces a makeorbreak moment for the middle the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, some still want to return to the same policies that got us into this ’re the same policies that have stacked the deck against working Americans for too ’re part of a philosophy that says we’re better off when everyone is left to fend for themselves and play by their own I have a different believe that we are greater together than we are on our believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone engages in fair ensure fair play, last year, we passed the toughest financial reform in , for too long, the rules weren’t the same on Wall Street as they were on Main bets were made with other people’s folks made a lot of money taking advantage of was this irresponsible behavior on the part of some contributed to the worst financial crisis since the Great this financial reform refocuses the financial sector on what’s really important: getting capital to entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses, and financing to millions of families who want to buy a house or send their kids to key part of that was putting in place the firstever consumer watchdog – someone whose job it is to protect American families from being taken advantage of by mortgage lenders, payday lenders, and debt of millions of Americans use these them from unscrupulous practices is an important that’s why I nominated Richard Cordray to serve as the head of this consumer watchdog the former Attorney General of Ohio, Richard helped recover billions of dollars on behalf of retirees and stood up to dishonest lending has the support of most Attorneys General across the country, both Democrats and of Congress from both parties say he’s more than qualified for the yet on Thursday, Republicans blocked his refused to even allow it to e up for a doesn’t make any Republicans in Congress think our financial crisis was caused by too much oversight of mortgage lenders or debt collectors? Of course every day America has to wait for a new consumer protection watchdog is another day that dishonest businesses can target and take advantage of students, seniors, and service I refuse to take “no” for an institutions have plenty of highpowered lawyers and lobbyists looking out for ’s time consumers had someone on their while they’re at it, Republicans in Congress should stop the games and extend the payroll tax cut for working if they don’t, nearly 160 million Americans will see their taxes go up at the end of this can’t end the year by taking money out of the pockets of working is not the time for playing is the time to do what’s right for the American one should go home for the holidays until we get this tell your Members of Congress, don’t be a them to do the right thing for you and for our you.