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。美国总统在新奥尔良港就经济和出口英语演讲稿THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Big Easy! (Applause.) Everybody, give it up for Nancy for thatgreat introduction. (Applause.) It is good to be back in New Orleans. This is what passes forwinter here in New Orleans, huh (Laughter.) Folks got all the
2、ir coats on and all that. Come on.You need to go to Chicago to know what its like to be cold.It is great to be here. It is especially happy for my staff. They love coming to New Orleans.But we did schedule the event early because Ifigure theres a limit to how much trouble theycould get into. (Laught
3、er.) They cant get over to Bourbon Street fast enough if we did adaytimeevent. And I know that there areprobably a couple of my staff that are LSU fans. Iwouldnt mind staying for the game tomorrownight. I know weve got the presidenthere - I justsaw him a minute ago and I wished him all the best.I al
4、so want to acknowledge acouple of other people who are here. Youvegot your Governor- Bobby Jindal is here. (Applause.) Weve got theSecretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx,who is here. (Applause.) We have Cedric Richmond, your outstanding Congressman. (Applause.) Cedric then brought down a whole bun
5、ch of his colleagues from theCongressionalBlack Caucus for some important work that theyre doing - notthat theyre going to enjoythemselves at all while theyre here. (Laughter.) But we are thrilled to see them all here.You have one of the best mayorsin the country in Mitch Landrieu. (Applause.) And I
6、 justflew downwith your Senator, who, by coincidence, has the same name - Mary Landrieu. (Applause.) Shes traveling around the state today and doing unbelievable work on behalfof thepeople of Louisiana. And I justwant to say nobody is a tougher advocate on behalf of theworking people ofLouisiana tha
7、n Mary Landrieu. So werevery, very proud of the work that shedoes. (Applause.)Finally, I want to thank Mr. GaryLaGrange, Keith Palmisano, and Chris Hammond. Theyshowed me around the port. (Applause.) And this is one ofthe - by the way, anybody whos gota seat, feel free. I noticed that a few folks ar
8、e standingup. If you dont have a seat then keeponstanding. I dont want you hurtingyourself.This is one of the busiest portcomplexes in the entire world. You movemillions of tons ofsteel and chemicals and fuel and food every singleyear. I just found out you also handle alot ofthe countrys coffee, whi
9、ch means youre responsible for keeping theWhite House awake at alltimes. (Applause.) Got some coffee folkshere.And, in so many ways, this portis representative of what ports all around the country do:They help to keep our economy going - movingproducts, moving people, making sure thatbusinesses are
10、working. Youve got corn and wheat thats coming downfrom my home state ofIllinois down the river, ending up here, and then goingall around the world. And its part ofthereason why weve been able to increase exports so rapidly, is because wevegot some of the bestnatural resources and waterways and faci
11、lities in theworld.Now, growing our economy,creating new jobs, helping middle-class families regain a senseof stabilityand security so they can find good jobs and make sure that their kids are doingevenbetter than they did - thats always been what America is about, but fortoo many people, thatsense
12、that you can make it here if you try, that sensehas been slipping away. And mydrivingfocus has been to restore that sense of security, and it should be Washingtonsfocus,regardless of party. Thats whateverybody in Washington should be thinking about every day.So today, I want to just offer acouple of
13、 ideas about what we could do right now togetherthat would help oureconomy - right now. Now, the good newsis, over the past 44 months ourbusinesses have created 7.8 million newjobs. Since I took office, weve cut thedeficits in half. (Applause.) Thats right. By the way, you wouldnt know this sometime
14、s listening to folks onTV,but the deficits are going down, theyre not going up. Theyve been cut in half. (Applause.)And they keep on going down.Over the past three years, healthcare costs have risen at the slowest pace on record.Exports are up. The housing market is up. The American auto industry is
15、 roaring back. So wevegot a lot of good things to buildon, but weve got a lot more work to do. And what we shouldstart doing, the first thing we should do is stopdoing things that undermine our businessesand our economy over the past fewyears - this constant cycle of manufactured crises and self-inf
16、licted woundsthat have been coming out of Washington.For example, we learned yesterdaythat over the summer, our economy grew at its fastestpace in a year. Thats the good news. The bad news is that the very day that theeconomicquarter ended, some folks in Washington decided to shut down thegovernment and threatenedto default on Americas obligations for the firsttime in more than 200 years. And itslike thegears of our