Well, thank you, James, for that rousing introduction and letting me hang out a little bit with your workers. We’ve got a few other folks I want...

Now, back then, in 2008, we were talking about how working Americans were already having a tough go of it. Folks were working harder and longer for...

But here’s the good news. Over the past two years, our businesses have added nearly 4 million new jobs. (Applause.) We just found out that last...

The key now -- our job now is to keep this economic engine churning. We can’t go back to the same policies that got us into this mess. We can’t...

The work was hard, but the jobs were good. They paid enough to own a home, and raise kids and send them to college, gave you enough to retire on with...

And here’s the thing. They’re not just building cars again, they’re building better cars. For the first time in three decades, we raised fuel...

I just took a tour and I learned a bit about how a jet engine comes together. Don’t quiz me on it. (Laughter.) I'm a little fuzzy on some of the...

So this plane, the Dreamliner, is going to keep America at the cutting edge of aerospace technology. American workers are manufacturing various components...

Think about how important this is. I mean, imagine if the plane of the future was being built someplace else. Imagine if we had given up on the auto...

So that’s why we launched an all-hands-on-deck effort. We brought together the brightest academic minds, the boldest business leaders, the most dedicated...

And if this sounds familiar, that’s because what you’re about to do right here at Crosspointe. Later this summer, the Commonwealth Center for Advanced...

Obviously, big companies -- the Boeings, the Intels, the Rolls Royces -- they’ve got the resources, the capital, to be able to create these platforms....

And sparking this network of innovation across the country – it will create jobs and it will keep America in the manufacturing game. Of course, there’s...

Right now, companies get tax breaks for moving jobs and profits overseas. Companies that choose to invest in America, they get hit with one of the...

It makes no sense. Everybody knows it. So it's time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas; reward companies that create good jobs right...

And let’s make sure all our workers have the skills that companies like this one are looking for -- because we've got to have folks engaged in lifelong...

At a time when so many Americans are looking for work, no job opening should go unfilled just because people didn’t have an opportunity to get the...

So day by day, we’re restoring this economy from crisis. But we can’t stop there. We've got to make this economy ready for tomorrow. Day by day,...

I did not run for this office just to get back to where we were. I ran for this office to get us to where we need to be. (Applause.) And I promise...