Exerpt taken from The White House Blog
Putting Washington at the Service of the Middle Class Posted by Mona Sutphen on January 27, 2010 at 10:23 PM EST

President Obama "laid out an agenda attempting to attack one problem from every conceivable angle: the terrible squeeze felt by America’s middle class.  Fundamentally, that means prying government away from special interests and dedicating it to measures that put Americans to work and lay the foundation for a stronger economy for our country – lowering health care and tuition costs, spurring creation of the next generation of clean energy jobs.  It also means putting a cop on the beat on Wall Street, so major banks can no longer take advantage of families and taxpayers."

For more, please read the transcript of the President's remarks and/or view the video below.

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