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2、at a defining hour - when decisions are hard and courage is tested. Wc enter the year 2007 with large endeavors underway, and others that arc ours to begin. In all of this, much is asked of us. We must have the will to face difficult challenges and determined enemies - and the wisdom to face them to

3、gether.Some in this Chamber are new to the House and Senate and I congratulate the Democratic majority. Congress has changed, but our responsibilities have not. Each of us is guided by our own convictions - and to these we must stay faithful. Yet we are all held to the same standards, and called to

4、serve the same good purposes: To extend this Nations prosperity . to spend the peoples money wisely . to solve problems, not leave them to future generations . to guard America against all evil, and to keep faith with those wc have sent forth to defend us.We are not the first to come here with gover

5、nment divided and uncertainty in the air. Like many before usz we can work through our differences, and achieve big things for the American people. Our citizens dont much care which side of the aisle we sit on - as long as wc are willing to cross that aisle when there is work to be done. Our job is

6、to make life better for our fellow Americans, and help them to build a future of hope and opportunity - and this is the business before us tonight.A future of hope and opportunity begins with a growing economy - and that is what we have. We are now in the 41st month of uninterrupted job growth - in

7、a recovery that has created 7.2 million new jobs .so far. U nemploy ment is low, inflation is low, and wages are rising. This economy is on the move - and our job is to keep it that way, not with more government but with more enterprise.Next week, I will deliver a full report on the state of our eco

8、nomy- Tonight, 1 want to discuss three economic reforms that deserve to be priorities for this Congress.First, wc must balance the federal budget Wc can do so without raising taxes. What wc need to do is impose spending discipline in Washington, D.C. We set a goal of cutting the deficit in half by 2

9、009 - and met that goal three years ahead of schedule. Now let us take the next step. In the coming weeks, I will submit a budget that eliminates the federal deficit within the next five years. I ask you to make the same commitment. Together, we can restrain the spending appetite of the federal gove

10、rnment and balance the federal budgetNext, there is the matter of earmarks. These special interest items are often slipped into bills at the last hour - when not even C-SPAN is watching. In 2005 alone, the number of earmarks grew to over 13,000 and totaled nearly $18 billion. Even worse, over 90 per

11、cent of earmarks never make it to the floor of the House and Senate - they are dropped into Committee reports that are精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】3/9精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】3/9 not even part of the bill that arrives on my desk. You did not vote them into law. I did not sign精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】

12、4/9精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】4/9 them into law. Yet they are treated as if they have the force of law. The time has come to end this practice. So let us work together to reform the budget process . expose every earmark to the light of day and to a vote in Congress and cut the number and cost of earm

13、arks at least in half by the end of this session.Finally, to keep this economy strong wc must take on the challenge of entitlements. Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid are commitments of conscience - and so it is our duty to keep them permanently sound. Yet we are failing in that duty - and t

14、his failure will one day leave our children with three bad options: huge tax increases, huge deficits, or huge and immediate cuts in benefits. Everyone in this Chamber knows this to be true - yet somehow we have not found it in ourselves to act. So let us work together and do it now. With enough goo

15、d sense and good will, you and I can fix Med記are and Med記aid - and save Social SecuritySpreading opportunity and hope in America also requires public schools that give children the knowledge and character they need in life. Five years ago, we rose above partisan differences to pass the No Child Left

16、 Behind Act - preserving local control, raising standards in public schools, and holding those schools accountable for results. And because we acted, students are performing better in reading and math, and minority students are closing the achievement gap.Now the task is to build on this success, wi

17、thout watering down standards . without taking control from local communities .，and without backsliding and calling it reform. We can lift student achievement even higher by giving local leaders flexibility to turn around failing schools . and by giving families with children stuck in failing school

18、s the right to choose something better. We must increase funds for students who struggle - and make sure these children get the special help they need. And we can make sure our cliildren are prepared for the jobs of the future, and our country is more competitive, by strengthening math and science s

19、kills. The No Child Left Behind Act has worked for Americas children - and I ask Congress to reauthorize this good law.A future of hope and opportunity requires that all our citizens have affordable and available healthcare. When it comes to healthcare, government has an obligation to care for the e

20、lderly, the disabled, and poor children. We will meet those responsibilities. For all other Americans, private health insurance is the best way to meet their needs. But many Americans cannot afford a health insurance policy.Tonight I propose two new initiatives to help more Americans afford their ow

21、n insurance. First, I propose a standard tax deduction for health iiisurance that will be like the standard tax deduction for dependents. Families with health insurance will pay no income or payroll taxes on $15,000 of their income. Single Americans with health insurance will pay no income or payrol

22、l taxes on $7,500 of their income. With this reform, more than 100 million men. women, and children who are now covered by employer-provided insurance will benefit from lower tax bills.At the same time, this reform will level the playing field for those who do not get health insurance through their

23、job. For Americans who now purchase health insurance on their own, my proposal would mean a substantial tax savings $4,500 for a family of four making $60,000 a year.精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】5/9精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】5/9 And精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】6/9精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】6/9 for the milli

24、ons of other Americans who have no health insurance at all this deduction would help put a basic private health insurance plan within their reach. Changing the tax code is a vital and necessary step to making healthcare affordable for more Americans.My second proposal is to help the states that are

25、coming up with innovative ways to cover the uninsured. States that make basic private health insurance available to all their citizens should receive federal funds to help them provide this coverage to the poor and the sick. I have asked the Secretary of I lealth and I luman Services to work with Co

26、ngress to take existing federal funds and use them to create zz Afford able Choices grants. These grants would give our Nations governors more money and more flexibility to get private health insurance to those most in need.There are many other ways that Congress can help. We need to expand Health S

27、avings Accounts . help small businesses through Association Health Plans . reduce costs and medical errors with better information technology . encourage price transparency . and protect good doctors from junk lawsuits by passing medical liability reform. And in all we do, we must remember that the

28、best healthcare decisions are made not by govenunent and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors.Extending hope and opportunity in our country requires an immigration system worthy of America with laws that arc fair and borders that are scxrurc. When laws and borders arc routinely vio

29、lated, this harms the interests of our country. To secure our border, we are doubling the size of the Border Patrol - and funding new infrastructure and technology.Yet even with all these steps, we cannot fully secure the border unless we take pressure off the border - and that requires a temporary

30、worker program. We should establish a legal and orderly path for foreign workers to enter our country to work on a temporary basis. As a result they wont have to try to sneak in - and that will leave border agents free to chase down drug smugglers, and criminals, and terrorists. We will enforce our

31、immigration laws at the worksite, and give employers the tools to verify the legal status of their workers - so there is no excuse left for violating the law. We need to uphold the great tradition of the melting pot that welcomes and assimilates new arrivals. And we need to resolve the status of the

32、 illegal immigrants who are already in our country - without animosity and without amnestyConvictions run deep in this Capitol when it comes to immigration. Let us have a serious civil, and conclusive debate - so that you can pass, and I can sign, comprehensive immigration reform into law.Extending

33、hope and opportunity depends on a stable supply of energy that keeps Americas economy running and Americas environment clean. For too long our Nation has been dependent on foreign oil. And this dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists who could cause huge disruption

34、s of oil shipments . raise the price of oil. and do great harm to our economy.It is in our vital interest to diversify Americas energy supply - and the way forward is through technology. We must continue changing the way America generates electric power - by even精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】7/9精品文檔合集：【

35、精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】7/9 greater use of clean coal technology . solar and wind energy and clean, safe nuclear power, We need to press on with battery research for plug-in and hybrid vehicles, and expand the use of clean diesel vehicles and biodiesel fuel. We must continue investing in new methods of pr

36、oducing ethanol - using everything from wood chips, to grasses, to agricultural wastes.We have made a lot of progress, thanks to good policies in Washington and the strong response of the market Now even more dramatic advances are within reach. Tonight, I ask Congress to join me in pursuing a great

37、goal. 頃 us build on the work we have done and reduce gasoline usage in the United States by 20 percent in the next ten years - thereby cutting our total imports by the equivalent of three-quarters of all the oil we now import from the Middle EastTo reach this goal, we must increase the supply of alt

38、ernative fuels, by setting a mandatory Fuels Standard to require 35 billion gallons of renewable and alternative fuels in 2017 - this is nearly five times the current target. At the same time, we need to reform and modernize fuel economy standards for cars the way we did for light trucks - and conse

39、rve up to eight and a half billion more gallons of gasoline by 2017.Achieving these ambitious goals will dramatically reduce our dependence on foreign oil, but will not eliminate it. So as we continue to diversify our fuel supply, we must also step up domestic oil production in environmentally sensi

40、tive ways. And to further protect America against severe disruptions to our oil supply, I ask Congress to double the current capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.America is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that will enable us to live our lives less dependent on oil. These technolog

41、ies will help us become better stewards of the environment - and they will help us to confront the serious challenge of global climate change.A future of hope and opportunity requires a fair, impartial system of justice. The lives of citizens across our Nation are affected by the outcome of cases pe

42、nding in our federal courts. And we have a shared obligation to ensure that the federal courts have enough judges to hear those cases and deliver timely rulings. As President, I have a duty to nominate qualified men and women to vacancies on the federal bench. And the United States Senate has a duty

43、 as well - to give those nominees a fair hearing, and a prompt up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.For all of us in this room, there is no higher responsibility than to protect the people of this country from danger. Five years have come and gone since we saw the scenes and felt the sorrow that terr

44、orists can cause. We have had time to take stock of our situation. We have added many critical protections to guard the homeland. We know with certainty that the horrors of that September morning were just a glimpse of what the terrorists intend for us - unless we stop them.With the distance of time

45、, we find ourselves debating the causes of conflict and the course we have followed. Such debates are essential when a great democracy faces great questions. Yet one question has surely been settled - that to win the war on terror we must take the fight to the enemy .精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】8/9精品文

46、檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】8/9From the start, America and our allies have protected our people by staying on the offense. The精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】9/9精品文檔合集：【精編匯總版】布什的演講全文英文合集】9/9 enemy knows that the days of comfortable sanctuary, easy movement, steady financing, and free flowing communications are

47、 long over. For the terrorists, life since Nine-Eleven has never been the same.Our success in this war is often measured by the things that did not happen. We cannot know the full extent of the attacks that we and our allies have prevented - but here is some of what we do know: We slopped an al Qaeda plot to flv a hijacked airplane into the tallest building on the West Coast We broke up a Southeast Asian terrorist cell grooming operatives for attacks inside the United States. We uncovered an al Qaeda cell developing anthrax to be used in attacks against America