2023年奥巴马总统呼吁加强美国基础设施投资英语演讲稿.docx

此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。 奥巴马总统呼吁加强美国根底设施投资英语演讲稿 　　THE PRESIDENT: Hello, St. Paul! (Applause.) It is good to be back in Minnesota. (Applause.) 　　AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! 　　THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. That’s why I came here. Good to see you. 　　Although, can I just say that when we got off the plane, Secretary Foxx, who is from NorthCarolina, turned to me and he said, this is the coldest I’ve ever been in my life. (Laughter.)Now, we were only out there for like a minute -- (laughter) -- which goes to show how soft thesefolks from North Carolina are when it comes to the weather. (Laughter and applause). I, on theother hand, am from Chicago -- (applause) -- I walked off those stairs and I was like, this isbalmy, this is great. (Laughter.) February, in Minnesota -- can’t beat it. Cannot beat it. 　　Now, in addition to Secretary Foxx, who I want to -- give him a big round of applause forthat introduction. (Applause.) You’ve two champions for the people of Minnesota who are heretoday. You’ve got Representative Betty McCollum -- (applause) -- and Representative KeithEllison. (Applause.) You’ve got your Mayor, Chris Coleman, in the house. (Applause.) The newMayor of Minneapolis, Betsy Hodges, is here. (Applause.) And my great friend, who actually toldme I was running for President before I knew I was running for President -- R.T. Rybak. Lovethat name. (Applause.) Where’s R.T. 　　Now, I want to thank everybody who showed me around Union Depot and gave me apreview of this new light rail line. It is fantastic. (Applause.) And I also just want to say --even though he’s not here today -- I want to say to everybody how Michelle and I have beenkeeping in our thoughts and prayers one of the great Americans that we know, as well as agreat Minnesotan -- Walter Mondale. (Applause.) 　　Now, like millions of Americans, I’ve spent some time with Minnesotans lately -- because Iwas watching the Olympics. (Laughter.) Minnesota sent 19 athletes to the games. (Applause.)That’s tied for second most of any state, and they did us all proud. It is not shocking thatMinnesotans might be pretty good at the Winter Olympics. (Laughter.) What is particularlyinteresting is that, once again, the tiny town of Warroad proved that it really is Hockeytown,USA, thanks to T.J. Oshie and Gigi Marvin, who we’re just so proud of. And T.J.’s shootoutperformance against the Russians I might say I enjoyed a lot. (Applause.) I tweeted at himabout it. 　　So we’ve spent some time over the last few weeks on hockey, but I’m not here to talk abouthockey. By the way, I cannot play hockey. (Laughter.) I grew up in Hawaii -- we do not havehockey in Hawaii. But I’m here to talk about what you’re doing in the Twin Cities, and howyou’re helping to create new jobs and new opportunities for every American. 　　We are at a moment when our economy is growing. Our businesses have created about 8.5million new jobs in the past four years. Unemployment is at the lowest it’s been in over fiveyears; in Minnesota, it’s lower than it’s been in six and a half years. (Applause.) And, by theway, you’ve got a great governor who I served with in the Senate, Mark Dayton, who is helpingto make that happen. (Applause.) 　　So in a lot of ways things are looking up. But in some ways, the trends that had beenbattering middle-class families for a long time have gotten even starker, because those at thetop are doing better than ever, while wages and incomes for a lot of families have barelybudged. And too many families are working harder than ever just to keep up. So as I said atthe State of the Union address a few weeks back, our job is to reverse those trends. (Applause.) We’ve got to build an economy that works for everybody. We’ve got to restoreopportunity for all people, so that no matter who you are, where you come from, what youlook like, you can get ahead if you work hard and you’re responsible. 　　And so I laid out an opportunity agenda that has four parts. Number one, good jobs thatpay good wages in manufacturing, in energy, in innovation and infrastructure. Number two,train folks with the skills they need to get those good jobs, something that your senator, AlFranken, is doing great work on every single day. He cares a lot about that job training issue. (Applause.) Number three, guaranteeing every child has access to a world-class education. (Applause.) And, number four, making sure that hard work is rewarded with wages you can liveon, and savings you can retire on, and health care you can count on. That’s what we’re fightingfor. (Applause.) 　　Minnesota is helping to lead the way on these issues. Your state legislature is poised toraise your minimum wage this year. (Applause.) In my State of the Union address, I called fora new women’s economic agenda. It’s actually a family economic agenda -- equal