No One Will Be Forced To Take

There Are Certain Things That Americans Expect Their Government To Do. Our Infrastructure Is Vitally Important. Putting People Back To Work With Construction Is Important. Our Roads, Our Bridges, Our Sewers, Our Waterways, Our Dams - This Is What Makes Our Country So Special.

People Are Struggling. They're Trying To Make Ends Meet, And They're Looking For Washington To Deliver For Them. And They Don't Feel That That's Been Happening As Quickly As It Should. We Share That Frustration. There's No One More Frustrated Than President Obama.

The Last Six Months Of The Bush Administration Lost Four Million Jobs And The First Six Months Of The Obama Administration Lost Another Four Million Before Any Initiatives Of The President Could Take Action.

As We Try To Compete In This Global Marketplace, We Need To Rebuild Our Infrastructure. We Need To Rebuild Our Schools. We Need To Make Sure That Teachers And First Responders And Veterans Who Are Coming Home From Serving Our Country So Proudly Have Jobs Waiting For Them.

From Day One, President Obama Has Made Improving The Quality Of Life For Woman A Top Priority. It's Why He Created The White House Council On Women And Girls That I'm So Proud To Chair. Our Directive Was To Look Across The Board At All Of The Federal Agencies And Determine What We Could Do To Improve The Quality Of Life For Women And Girls.