The President reports on a busy week of progress in helping restore the economy, providing assistance to the unemployed, and building a strong and secure economic foundation for the future. July 23, 2010.
The President speaks to the media about the strengthening economy and the necessity of financial regulatory reform after meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the White House. June 29, 2010.
The President makes a statement to the media after meeting with House and Senate leaders from both parties on the BP Oil Spill. The President also discusses extending unemployment benefits, passing a financial reform package, and other medium and long-term issues. June 10, 2010.
Barack Obama has traveled to New York to deliver a speech to Wall Street asking for the support of his Financial Reform bill. But will his proposal bring the change needed to fix the problems that helped cause a financial crisis in the first place?
The President speaks at Cooper Union in New York City, where he spoke on the need for reform two years earlier, and tells Wall Street and Republicans to support these common sense reforms to end bailouts, close loopholes and protect consumers.
As a key committee in the Senate takes up reforming the ways of Wall Street, the President lays down a marker: I urge those in the Senate who support these reforms to remain strong, to resist the pressure from those who would preserve the status quo, to stand up for their constituents and our country. And I promise to use every tool at my disposal to see these reforms enacted: to ensure that the bill I sign into law reflects not the special interests of Wall Street, but the best interests of the American people.
President Obama establishes The National Commission On Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, headed by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, to help the Nations long-term fiscal picture and guide responsible Federal spending. February 18, 2010.