Thank you, everybody. Hey! Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. This looks like a casual crowd; I'm going...

I want to acknowledge my great friend Tim Kaine, who joined us earlier by phone, and is doing just...

It's great to be here with all of you because it reminds me of how we got here in the first place....

But we all know that winning the election was just the beginning. I said this election night, I said...

As a consequence of everything that we did, just in that first month, we've been able to see a stabilization...

We passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- (applause) -- to make sure that women are treated the...

Now, we all know this has been an emotional debate. We've seen tempers flare. Accusations have been...

But instead of being preoccupied with the polls and with the pundits and with the cable chatter, what...

Now, come on. (Laughter and applause.) We can have a -- we can have a real debate because health...

First, no matter what you've heard, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor under the reform...

So that is absolutely critical. Now, one of the options we want to provide them is a public option,...

But what we do think is if we have a public option in there, that can help keep insurers honest; it...

Now, there are a whole bunch of other aspects to health insurance reform, though, that people have...

So it's going to bring down skyrocketing costs, it's going to save families money, it's going to save...

And if we go at the pace that we're going right now, there are going to be a whole lot of families...

So when you're talking to seniors out there, tell them, number one, nobody is talking about cutting...

When JFK and then Lyndon Johnson proposed Medicare, everybody suggested, this is going to be a government...

And that's why what all of you do is so important, because people trust you -- your neighbors, your...

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for taking time out of your very busy schedule to talk to all...

So with the first question, Cindy.

Well, thank you, Cindy, if you're listening. I appreciate the question and the great work that you're...

Our second question comes from a caller over the phone. Connie Lind (ph) is a volunteer leader from...

Good afternoon, Mr. President.

Hi, Mr. President. Good afternoon. I'd like to thank you for taking my question. My name is Connie...

Cindy.

Well, look, we know where these lies are coming from, I mean -- (laughter.) I mean, I don't think...

Well, let me -- we don't know yet whether we've got any Republican support. We've got three Republicans...

Okay. Well, it's a great question. There are a couple of issues involved here. The first issue...

Great.

Well, it's a great question, and this is an example of sort of a controversy that has been somewhat...

Good to see you.

Well, this is a great question. Look, this is an interesting statistic. If we went back to the obesity...

One more question. All right. This gentleman gets the last question here. Here, you got a microphone...

Well, it's a great question. Look, first of all, one of the things that we've proposed is to extend...