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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Weekly Address Working Together on Behalf of the American People [Watch (HLS stream): Weekly Address Working Together on Behalf of the American People](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Gn0AlguU.m3u8) (3:36)  _Published 2013-10-19. Weekly Address Working Together on Behalf of the American People_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:52 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Obama Weekly Address](/video/2a3KKs7r/) ### Obama Weekly Address [President Obama - Weekly Address](/video/ilH1KTm2/) ### President Obama - Weekly Address [Weekly Address: What You Need to Know About Ebola](/video/orFtkJji/) ### Weekly Address: What You Need to Know About Ebola --- ## Transcript Hi, everybody. This week, because Democrats and responsible Republicans came together, the government was re- opened. And the threat of default was removed from our economy. There's been a lot of discussion lately of the politics of this shutdown but the truth is, there were no winners in this. At a time when our economy needs more growth and more jobs the manufacture crisis of these last few weeks actually harmed jobs and growth. And it's understandable that you're frustration with what goes on in Washington has never been higher. The way business is done in Washington has to change Now that these clouds of crisis and uncertainty have lifted, we need to focus on what the majority of Americans sent us here to do. Grow the economy, create good jobs, strengthen the middle class, lay the foundation for broad base prosperity and get our physical house in order for the long haul. It won't be easy. But we can make progress. Specifically, their are three places where I believe that democrats and Republicans can work together right away. First, we should sit down and persue a balanced approach to a responsible budget. One that grows our economy faster and shrinks our long term deficits further. There is no choice between growth an fiscal responsibility we need both. So were making a serious mistake if a buget doesnt focus on what your focused on. Creating more good jobs that pay better wages. If we are gonna free up resources for things that help us grow education, infrastructure, research. We should cut what we don't need and close corporate tax loopholes that don't create jobs. It shouldn't be as difficult as it's been in past years. Remember, our deficits are shrinking, not growing. Second, we should finish the job of fixing our broken immigration system. There's already a broad coalition across America that's behind this effort, from business leaders to faith leaders to law enforcement. It would go our economy. It would secure our borders. The Senate has already passed a bill with strong bipartisan support. Now the house should to. The majority of Americans think this is the right thing to do. It can and should get done by the end of this year. Third, we should pass a farm bill. One that America's farmers and ranchers can depend on, one that protects vulnerable children and adults in times of need, and one that give rural communities opportunities to grow and the longer term certainty they deserve. We won't suddenly agree on everything now that the cloud of crisis has passed, but we shouldn't hold back on places where we do agree just because we don't think its good politics. Or just because the extremes in our parties don't like compromise. I'll look for willing partners from either party to get important work done. There's no good reason why we can't govern responsibly without lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis because that isn't government. It's just hurting the people we were sent here to serve. Those of us who have the privilege to serve this country have an obligation to do our job the best we can. We come from different parties but we're Americans first. And our obligations to you must compel all of us. Democrats and Republicans have to cooperate and compromise, and act in the best interest of this country that we love. Thanks everybody, and have a great weekend. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Weekly Address Working Together on Behalf of the American People","description":"Weekly Address Working Together on Behalf of the American People","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Gn0AlguU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-10-19T17:12:24.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Gn0AlguU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/Gn0AlguU/","duration":"PT3M36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/Gn0AlguU/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```