US Presidency
2013

Tackling college costs, creating more good jobs, establishing a better bargain for middle class families and everybody trying to work to join into it, an economy that grows not from the top down but from the middle out that's not just what I am going to focus on for the next few months, that's what I am going to be focused on for the remainder of my presidency. And I am going to take these plans all across the country, and I am going to ask folks for help because, frankly, sometimes I just can't wait for Congress. It just takes them a long time to decide on stuff. So we're going to reach out to CEOs and we're going to reach out to workers, and we're going to reach out to college presidents and we're going to reach out to students. We'll talk to Democrats and independents and, yes, I will be asking Republicans to get involved because this has to be our core project for the next decade.