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WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama cited a report released this morning by the Council of Economic Advisors in explaining how health insurance reform will strengthen small businesses in America. With small businesses paying up to 18 percent more for health insurance than large businesses, too many small businesses are forced to [...]
July 27, 2009Read More
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that the Museum of Florida History is the recipient of an Award of Merit from the AASLH Leadership in History Awards for the exhibit Seminole People of Florida: Survival and Success (November 15, 2007–June 1, 2008). The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in [...]
July 22, 2009Read More
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama called on Congress to seize this opportunity – one that may not come again for decades – and finally pass health care reform. With families unable to keep up with skyrocketing costs, premiums rising three times faster than wages, businesses shedding jobs, and deficits piling up [...]
July 19, 2009Read More
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama touted the gains the Recovery Act has made in a little more than 100 days. While the recession is still far from over, the Recovery Act has helped end the economic free fall, ease the rate of monthly job losses from 700,000 a month, extend unemployment [...]
July 13, 2009Read More
On Monday, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met at the Kremlin in Moscow and each promised to reduce nuclear arms in their respective nations. Obama expressed that the two countries must take a leadership position in the reduction of nuclear weapons. “It is very difficult for us to exert that leadership unless [...]
July 7, 2009Read More
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama celebrated the unyielding American spirit that has defined our past and will lead us into the future. Even as we face daunting challenges – two wars, a deep recession, skyrocketing health care costs, and a dependence on foreign oil, we have always overcome long odds and [...]
July 6, 2009Read More
Gov. Charlie Crist is reconsidering his opposition to drilling off Florida’s shores, a sentiment he used to share with former governers Lawton Chiles, Dem., and Jeb Bush, Rep. Back in August 1993, disaster struck as 300,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil spilled off the shore of Tampa Bay – devastating 15 miles of Florida beaches. ”We [...]
July 3, 2009Read More
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama praised the House of Representatives for passing the energy bill on Friday evening. This historic piece of legislation will not just lessen our dependence on foreign oil, but also spark a clean energy transformation in our economy that will create millions of new American jobs that [...]
June 29, 2009Read More
With the president’s new proposal, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, placing more restrictions on business as well as the continuous bailouts received by so many businesses, it’s time to ask ourselves: where is capitalism going? Is it dying? Is our notion of this particular economic system which we have clung to so dearly merely in [...]
June 22, 2009Read More
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama explained the necessity of his proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. It is clear that one of the major causes of the current economic crisis was a breakdown of oversight leading to widespread abuses in the financial world. The Consumer Financial Protection Agency will have the sole [...]
June 22, 2009Read More
