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1、此資料由網(wǎng)絡收集而來，如有侵權請告知上傳者立即刪除。資料共分享，我們負責傳遞知識。美國總統(tǒng)呼吁美國國會延長緊急失業(yè)保險法案英語演講稿Well, welcome to the White House,everybody. And that was one of the best introductions Ive ever had. (Applause.) So were so proud of Kiara for the introduction and for sharing yourstory, and youre just so poised. And Iknow Geoff Canad

2、a is just out there all excited - (laughter) - and proud, andI know your mom is proud. I know she is. She should be.Kiara and the rest of these youngpeople grew up in a 97-square-block section of Harlem. Its a place where the odds used to bestacked against them every single day, even just graduating

3、 from high schoolwas a challenge. But with the help ofsome very dedicated adults and a program called the Harlem Childrens Zone,theyre right on track to go to college. Together, students, teachers, administrators, parents, community, theyrechanging the odds in this neighborhood. And thats what were

4、here to talk about today - changing the odds forevery American child so that no matter who they are, no matter where they areborn, they have a chance to succeed in todays economy.Now, the good news is that,thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of the American people all across thecountry over the la

5、st five years, our economy has grown stronger. Our businesses have now created more than 8million new jobs since the depths of the recession. Our manufacturing, our housing sectors arerebounding. Our energy and technologyand auto industries are booming. Wevegot to keep our economy growing. Wevegot t

6、o make sure that everybody is sharing in that growth. Weve got to keep creating jobs, and then wevegot to make sure that wages and benefits are such that families can rebuild alittle bit of security. Weve got tomake sure this recovery, which is real, leaves nobody behind. And thats going to be my fo

7、cus throughoutthe year.This is going to be a year ofaction. Thats what the American peopleexpect, and theyre ready and willing to pitch in and help. This is not just a job for government; thisis a job for everybody.Working people are looking forthe kind of stable, secure jobs that too often went ove

8、rseas in the past coupleof decades. So next week, Ill join companies and colleges and take action toboost high-tech manufacturing - the kind that attracts good new jobs and helpsgrow a middle class. Business owners areready to play their part to hire more workers. So this month, Im going to host CEO

9、s here at the White House not once,but twice: First to lay out specificsteps we can take to help more workers earn the skills that they need for todaysnew jobs; second, theyre going to announce commitments that were making toput more of the long-term unemployed back to work.And on January 28th, in m

10、y Stateof the Union address - which I want all the legislators here to know Im goingto try to keep a little shorter than usual - (laughter) - theyre cheeringsilently - (laughter) - I will mobilize the country around the nationalmission of making sure our economy offers every American who works hard

11、a fairshot at success. Anybody in this countrywho works hard should have a fair shot at success, period. It doesnt matter where they come from, whatregion of the country, what they look like, what their last name is - theyshould be able to succeed.And obviously were coming off ofa rancorous politica

12、l year, but I genuinely believe that this is not a partisanissue. Because when you talk to the American people, you know that there arepeople working in soup kitchens, and people who are mentoring, and people whoare starting small businesses and hiring their neighbors, and very rarely arethey checki

13、ng are they Democrat or Republican. Theres a sense of neighborliness thats inherent in the American people- we just have to tap into that.And Ive been very happy to seethat there are Republicans like Rand Paul, whos here today, who are ready toengage in this debate. Thats a goodthing. Weve got Democ

14、ratic andRepublican elected officials across the country who are ready to roll up theirsleeves and get to work. And this shouldbe a challenge that unites us all.I dont care whether the ideasare Democrat or Republican. I do carethat they work. I do care that they aresubject to evaluation, and we can

15、see if we are using tax dollars in a certainway, if were starting a certain program, I want to make sure that young peoplelike Kiara are actually benefiting from them.Now, its one thing to say weshould help more Americans get ahead, but talk is cheap. Weve got to actually make sure that we doit. And

16、 I will work with anybody whoswilling to lay out some concrete ideas to create jobs, help more middle-classfamilies find security in todays economy, and offer new ladders of opportunityfor folks to climb into the middle class.And, personally, I hope we startby listening to the majority of the Americ

17、an people and restoring theunemployment insurance for Americans who need a little help supporting theirfamilies while they look for a new job. And Im glad the Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are workingtogether to extend that lifeline. I hopetheir colleagues in the House will join them to se

18、t this right.Today I want to talk aboutsomething very particular, a specific example of how we can make adifference. We are here with leaders whoare determined to change the odds in their communities the way these kids andtheir parents and dedicated citizens have changed the odds in Harlem. Its now

19、been 50 years since PresidentJohnson declared an unconditional War on Poverty in America. And that groundbreaking effort created newavenues of opportunity for generations of Americans. It strengthened our safety net for workingfamilies and seniors, Americans with disabilities and the poor, so that w

20、hen wefall - and you never know what life brings you - we can bounce backfaster. It made us a better country anda stronger country.In a speech 50 years ago,President Johnson talked about communities “on the outskirts ofhope where opportunitywas hard to come by.” Well, todayseconomic challenges are d

21、ifferentbut theyve still resulted in communitieswhere in recent decades wrenching economic changehas made opportunity harderand harder to come by. There arecommunities where for toomany young people it feels like their future onlyextends to the next street corner or theoutskirts of town, too manycom

22、munities where no matter how hard you work, your destinyfeels like itsalready been determined for you before you took that first step.Im not just talking aboutpockets of poverty in our inner cities. Thats the stereotype.Imtalking about suburban neighborhoods that have been hammered by the housingcri

23、sis. Imtalking about manufacturingtowns that still havent recovered after the local plant shut downand jobsdried up. There are islands of ruralAmerica where jobs are scarce - they were scarceeven before the recession hit- so that young people feel like if they want to actually succeed,theyve gotto l

24、eave town, theyve got to leave their communities.And Ive seen this personallyeven before I got into politics. Infact, this is what drove meinto politics. I was just two years out of college when I first moved to the South Sideof Chicago.I was hired by a group ofchurches to help organize a community

25、that had been devastatedwhen the localsteel plants closed their doors. And Idwalk through neighborhoods filled up withboarded-up houses and crumblingschools, and single parents and dads who had nothing to dowith their kids, andkids who were hanging out on the street corners without any hope orprospe

26、ctsfor the future.But these churches cametogether. And then they started workingwith other non-profits andlocal businesses. And the government - local, state and federal - participated. And we startedgetting some things done thatgave people hope. And that experiencetaught me thatgovernment does not

27、have all the answers - no amount of moneycan take the place of a lovingparent in a childs life. But I did learn that when communities andgovernments and businessesand not-for-profits work together, we can make adifference. Kiara is proof - all theseyoungpeople are proof we can make a difference.For

28、the last 17 years, the HarlemChildrens Zone - the brainchild of Geoffrey Canada, whoshere today - hasproven we can make a difference. And itoperated on a basic premise that eachchild will do better if all the childrenaround them are doing better. So in Harlem,staff membersgo door to door and they re

29、cruit soon-to-be parents for “BabyCollege,” preparing them forthose crucial first few months of life; makingsure that they understand how to talk to theirchild and read to their child,and sometimes working with parents to teach them how to read sothey can readto their child and give them the healthy

30、 start that they need.And then, early childhoodeducation to get kids learning at four years old. And then acharter school that help studentssucceed all the way through high school. And medical careand healthy foods that are available close tohome. And exercise. I was very pleased to hearthat - Miche

31、llewas very pleased to hear that - (laughter) - that theyve got a strong PhysEdprogram. And then students gettinghelp finding internships and applying to college, and anoutstanding, dedicatedstaff that tries to make sure that nobody slips through the cracks orfallsbehind.And this is an incredibleach

32、ievement, and the results have been tremendous. Today,preschool students in the HarlemChildrens Zone are better prepared for kindergarten. Lastyear, a study found that students whowin a spot in one of the charter schools score higher onstandardized teststhan those who dont. In a neighborhood where h

33、igher education was oncejustsomething that other people did, youve got hundreds of kids whove now gone tocollege.And Harlem is not the onlycommunity thats found success taking on these challengestogether. In Cincinnati, a focus on education hashelped to make sure more kids are ready forkindergarten.

34、 In Nashville, theyve redesigned high schoolsand boosted graduation rates byalmost 20 percent over the past 12 years. In Milwaukee, theyve cut teen pregnancy inhalf.Every community is different,with different needs and different approaches. Butcommunities that are making the most progress on these i

35、ssues havesome things in common.They dont lookfor a single silver bullet; instead they bring together local governmentandnonprofits and businesses and teachers and parents around a shared goal. Thats whatGeoffrey did when he started theHarlem Childrens Zone. Government wasinvolved - so dontbe confus

36、ed here, it has an important role to play. And already there are governmentresourcesgoing into these communities. But itsimportant that our faith institutions and ourbusinesses and the parents andthe communities themselves are involved in designing andthinking through howdo we move forward.And the s

37、econd thing is theyreholding themselves accountable by delivering measurableresults. We dont fund things, we dont start projectsjust for the sake of starting them.Theyvegot to work. If they dont work weshould try something else. And sometimesthose of uswho care deeply about advancing opportunity are

38、nt willing tosubject some of theseprograms to that test: Do they work?In my State of the Union addresslast year, I announced our commitment to identifymore communities like these- urban, rural, tribal - where dedicated citizens aredetermined to make adifference and turn things around. Andwe challeng

39、ed them. We said ifyou candemonstrate the ability and the will to launch an all-encompassing,all-hands-on-deckapproach to reducing poverty and expanding opportunity, wellhelp you get the resourcesto do it. Welltake resources from some of the programs that were already doingandconcentrate them. Well make sure thatour agencies are working together more effectively.Well put in talent to help you plan. But were also going to hold you accountableand measureyour progress.