Weekly
Address: Making 2014 a Year of Action to Expand Opportunities for the Middle
Class
The White House
January 18, 2014
Hi, everybody. This week, I visited a company in Raleigh,
North Carolina that helps make electric motors that save businesses money on
energy costs and cut harmful carbon pollution.
And I stopped by N.C. State
University, where engineers are set to develop the new technology that will
make those motors even better.
It’s part of my push not only to
make America home to more high-tech manufacturing – but to make America more
attractive for the good jobs that a growing middle class requires.
And increasingly, we are. Thanks in part to our all-of-the-above
strategy for American energy, for the first time in nearly two decades, we
produce more oil here at home than we buy from the rest of the world. We generate more renewable energy than ever,
and more natural gas than anybody.
Health care costs are growing at their slowest rate in 50 years – due in
part to the Affordable Care Act. And
since I took office, we’ve cut our deficits by more than half.
So we are primed to bring back
more of the good jobs claimed by the recession, and lost to overseas
competition in recent decades. But that
requires a year of action. And I want to
work with Congress this year on proven ways to create jobs, like building
infrastructure and fixing our broken immigration system.
Where Congress isn’t acting, I’ll
act on my own to put opportunity within reach for anyone who’s willing to work
for it. That’s what I did in Raleigh by launching America’s second “manufacturing
innovation institute.” It’s a
partnership between companies, colleges, and the federal government focused on
making sure American businesses and American workers win the race for high-tech
manufacturing and the jobs that come with it – jobs that can help people and
communities willing to work hard punch their ticket into the middle class.
I firmly believe that this can be
a breakthrough year for America. But to
make that happen, we’re gonna have to act – to create good jobs that pay good
wages, and to offer more Americans a fair shot to get ahead. That’s what I’m focused on every day that I
have the privilege of serving as your president. That’s what I’m going to be
focused on every single day of this year.
Thanks, and have a great weekend. |
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