"...create jobs in the short-term and spur economic growth and competitiveness in the long-term."  


"...make strategic investments that will serve as a down payment on our long-term economic future."


"...provide vigorous oversight and strict accountability for achieving results."


"...restore fiscal responsibility and make the tough choices so that as the economy recovers, the deficit starts to come down."
 

"...create three million new jobs, more than eighty percent of them in the private sector."


"...double renewable energy production and renovate public buildings to make them more energy efficient."


"...engage contractors across the nation to create jobs rebuilding our crumbling roads, bridges, and schools."


"...update and computerize our health care system to cut red tape, prevent medical mistakes, and help reduce health care costs by billions of dollars each year."


"...build 21st century classrooms, labs, and libraries."


"...provide direct tax relief to 95 percent of American workers."


January 3, 2009 06:00am EST
Obama's weekly video address
change.gov/.../recovery_and_reinvestment/