1、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。奥巴马总统在美国国会黑人同盟晚宴上英语演讲稿Hello, CBC! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, have a seat. It is good to be with you here tonight. If it wasn’t black tie I would have worn my tan suit. (Laughter.) I thought it looked good. (Laughter.)Thank you, Chaka, for
2、 that introduction. Thanks to all of you for having me here this evening. Iwant to acknowledge the members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Chairwoman MarciaFudge for their outstanding work. (Applause.) Thank you, Shuanise Washington, and the CBCFoundation for doing so much to help our young pe
3、ople aim high and reach their potential.Tonight, I want to begin by paying special tribute to a man with whom all of you have workedclosely with; someone who served his country for nearly 40 years as a prosecutor, as a judge,and as Attorney General of the United States: Mr. Eric Holder. (Applause.)
4、Throughout his longcareer in public service, Eric has built a powerful legacy of making sure that equal justice underthe law actually means something; that it applies to everybody - regardless of race, or gender,or religion, or color, creed, disability, sexual orientation. He has been a great friend
5、 of mine.He has been a faithful servant of the American people. We will miss him badly. (Applause.)This year, we’ve been marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. We honor giants likeJohn Lewis - (applause); unsung heroines like Evelyn Lowery. We honor the countlessAmericans, some
6、who are in this room - black, white, students, scholars, preachers,housekeepers, patriots all, who, with their bare hands, reached into the well of our nation’sfounding ideals and helped to nurture a more perfect union. We’ve reminded ourselves thatprogress is not just absorbing what has
7、 been done - it’s advancing what’s left undone.Even before President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, even as the debate draggedon in the Senate, he was already challenging America to do more and march further, to builda Great Society - one, Johnson said, “;where no child wi
8、ll go unfed, and no youngster will gounschooled. Where no man who wants work will fail to find it. Where no citizen will be barredfrom any door because of his birthplace or his color or his church. Where peace and security iscommon among neighbors and possible among nations.; “;This is the world tha
9、t waits for you,;he said. “;Reach out for it now. Join the fight to finish the unfinished work.; To finish theunfinished work.America has made stunning progress since that time, over the past 50 years - even over thepast five years. But it is the unfinished work that drives us forward.Some of our un
10、finished work lies beyond our borders. America is leading the effort to rally theworld against Russian aggression in Ukraine. America is leading the fight to contain andcombat Ebola in Africa. America is building and leading the coalition that will degrade andultimately destroy the terrorist group k
11、nown as ISIL. As Americans, we are leading, and wedon’t shy away from these responsibilities; we welcome them. (Applause.) That’s what Americadoes. And we are grateful to the men and women in uniform who put themselves in harm’sway in service of the country that we all love. (Appla
12、use.)So we’ve got unfinished work overseas, but we’ve got some unfinished work right here athome. (Applause.) After the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, our businesseshave now created 10 million new jobs over the last 54 months. This is the longest uninterruptedstretch o
13、f job growth in our history. (Applause.) In our history. But we understand our work isnot done until we get the kind of job creation that means everybody who wants work can a findjob.We’ve done some work on health care, too. I don’t know if you’ve noticed. Thanks to theAffordable C
14、are Act, we’ve seen a 26 percent decline in the uninsured rate in America. (Applause.) African Americans have seen a 30 percent decline. And, by the way, the cost ofhealth care isn’t going up as fast anymore either. Everybody was predicting this was all going tobe so expensive. We’
15、ve saved $800 billion - (applause) - in Medicare because of the work thatwe’ve done - slowing the cost, improving quality, and improving access. Despite unyieldingopposition, this change has happened just in the last couple years.But we know our work is not yet done until we get into more comm
16、unities, help more uninsuredfolks get covered, especially in those states where the governors aren’t being quite ascooperative as we’d like them to be. (Applause.) You know who you are. It always puzzles mewhen you decide to take a stand to make sure poor folks in your state can’t get healthinsurance even though it doesn’t cost you a dime. That doesn’t make much sense to me, but Iwon’t go on on that topic. (Applause
