Barack Obama

in a few minut __PUNCT__ we open thi up to a discuss about the chang that america must make to compet in the global_economi __PUNCT__

i honor to be join by leader from govern and the grassroot __PUNCT__ from busi and labor __PUNCT__ from academia and the non __PUNCT__ profit sector __PUNCT__

becaus for america to succe __PUNCT__ we have to join togeth to har the energi and ingenu of the american_peopl __PUNCT__

thi morn __PUNCT__ i like to talk about how we go to do just that __PUNCT__

for the last three week __PUNCT__ i been travel around the countri __PUNCT__ talk about how we can chang our economi so that it work for the american peopl __PUNCT__

i also been listen __PUNCT__

i met with parent in wisconsin who struggl to afford the groceri to let their famili eat well __PUNCT__ or the ga that take them to and from work __PUNCT__

i talk to a man in missouri whose wife work two job and ha arthriti that cost___MONEY__ a week to care for __PUNCT__

i heard from a student in minnesota who ha done everyth that been ask of her __PUNCT__ but worri that she won't be abl to take her final test becaus she max out her student_loan __PUNCT__

stori like these can be found all across the countri __PUNCT__ becaus far too mani american ar work_hard and do their part __PUNCT__ but still can't keep pace __PUNCT__

it time for us to recogn that these individu stori connect to a larger american stori __PUNCT__

all of us have a stake in our common prosper __PUNCT__

when folk ar struggl out on main_street __PUNCT__ that pain is go to trickl up to wall_street __PUNCT__

and just as we must provid relief to american who ar struggl __PUNCT__ we also have to recogn that we fail to put ourselv in a posit to compet in the global_economi __PUNCT__

our countri face new challeng to our leadership in thi young centuri __PUNCT__

our kid will grow up face competit from their counterpart in beij and bangalor __PUNCT__

if we don't chang cours __PUNCT__ there no guarante that the american_dream will be there for my daughter __PUNCT__ or your son __PUNCT__ as it wa there for us __PUNCT__

america risk fall behind __PUNCT__

if we remain depend on oil from dictat __PUNCT__ we endang our secur __PUNCT__ imperil our planet __PUNCT__ pai more at the pump __PUNCT__ and sit on the sidelin while the job of the futur ar creat abroad __PUNCT__

if we can't give everi child in america the chanc to get a world __PUNCT__ class educ __PUNCT__ we crippl their abil to make a live in a knowledg __PUNCT__ base_economi __PUNCT__ and watch china and india move_ahead in the race for the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

if we can't control skyrocket health_care_cost __PUNCT__ we confront a mount moral crisi __PUNCT__ and a major anchor on the abil of american_busi to compet __PUNCT__

if we don't rebuild our crumbl road __PUNCT__ rail bridg and electr grid __PUNCT__ we see our standard of live suffer __PUNCT__ while we leav our commun less safe from terror or natur_disast __PUNCT__

and if we don't invest in and encourag innov __PUNCT__ we could cede america histor_role as the engin of growth __PUNCT__ and progress __PUNCT__ and discoveri for the entir world __PUNCT__

these challeng ar real __PUNCT__

how we deal with them will shape the prosper of everi singl american __PUNCT__ and the futur of america leadership in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ it fall to us to look at these problem __PUNCT__ and to see the possibl embed within them __PUNCT__

it fall to us to do what gener of american have done befor __PUNCT__ and to remak the world as it should be __PUNCT__

my oppon in thi campaign ha serv thi countri with honor __PUNCT__ and i look forward to debat him on these issu __PUNCT__

becaus we have a veri differ view of the choic that america need to make __PUNCT__

he ha support and would continu __PUNCT__ an agenda that ha fail to keep pace with the challeng of the __NUM__ centuri __PUNCT__

i believ we must move in a new direct __PUNCT__

if we have the courag to commit to chang __PUNCT__ the american_peopl can not just seiz __PUNCT__ but shape __PUNCT__ the opportun of the global_economi __PUNCT__

togeth __PUNCT__ we can author our own stori __PUNCT__

togeth __PUNCT__ we can pursu a __NUM___centuri leadership agenda that focus on five area __PUNCT__ energi __PUNCT__ educ __PUNCT__ health_care __PUNCT__ infrastructur __PUNCT__ and innov __PUNCT__

success will not come from washington __PUNCT__ it must come from the dynam __PUNCT__ determin and ingenu of the american_peopl __PUNCT__ through new partnership between state and citi __PUNCT__ the public and privat_sector __PUNCT__ and through the activ_involv of the american_peopl __PUNCT__

but we also know that for our countri to succe __PUNCT__ washington ha to chang __PUNCT__

becaus at moment of great econom transform __PUNCT__ govern must serv as a catalyst for chang __PUNCT__ to leverag all of the sector of american_societi that ar repres here todai __PUNCT__

thi can be the moment when we make a truli nation effort to end our addict to oil __PUNCT__

just as roosevelt invest in an arsen of democraci and kennedi took us to the moon __PUNCT__ we can be the gener that achiev energi_secur __PUNCT__ grow our economi __PUNCT__ and save our planet __PUNCT__

american_presid have been call for thi kind of effort sinc nixon __PUNCT__

but now is the time to act __PUNCT__

we could have made that choic in __NUM__ but instead we got secret task_forc and greater energi depend __PUNCT__

and we watch as countri like brazil and germani have creat hundr of thousand of job __PUNCT__

we have fail to act __PUNCT__ and we fallen behind __PUNCT__

i propos invest __MONEY___billion in a green_energi sector to creat five million new job __PUNCT__ good_job that can't be outsourc __PUNCT__

but thi must mere be a spark for american_industri and innov to develop altern to oil and ga __PUNCT__ and to creat a new energi_economi __PUNCT__

if we do thi __PUNCT__ the great assembl_line manufactur of the __NUM___centuri can turn out car that run on renew_energi __PUNCT__

the dictat who hold our secur hostag will see their leverag disappear along with their revenu __PUNCT__

the ocean will no longer rise __PUNCT__ and our planet will be preserv __PUNCT__

that what we must do as a centerpiec of our competit strategi as a nation __PUNCT__

thi can be the moment when we make an histor commit to educ __PUNCT__

becaus we cannot be satisfi until everi child in america __PUNCT__ and i mean everi child __PUNCT__ ha the same chanc to get a world __PUNCT__ class educ that we want for our own children __PUNCT__

we need to commit __MONEY___billion to give everi child access to qualiti __PUNCT__ earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__

but we also need a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ state strategi that reach down to the grassroot __PUNCT__

to have success school __PUNCT__ we need to recruit an armi of new teacher __PUNCT__ and provid them with better pai and more support __PUNCT__ but we also have to develop new curricula and renew account __PUNCT__

to lift up our children __PUNCT__ we need a nation_commit __PUNCT__ but we also need parent to get up off the couch __PUNCT__ turn off the tv __PUNCT__ and to read to their children __PUNCT__

and to educ the best workforc in the world __PUNCT__ a colleg_educ should be the birthright of everi american __PUNCT__ but we also have to ask our young_peopl to invest in america through servic __PUNCT__ and we should work with our commun_colleg to provid new skill and lifelong learn __PUNCT__

that what we must do to extend the american_dream __PUNCT__

thi can be the moment when we final come togeth to make health_care afford and access for everi singl american __PUNCT__ and lower_cost for all american_famili __PUNCT__

here in pittsburgh __PUNCT__ we seen the advanc that can be made when we see the opportun embed in provid health_care __PUNCT__

we can creat a futur where medic_record ar electron __PUNCT__ enhanc care and lower_cost __PUNCT__

we can invest in new cure and put a new emphasi on prevent __PUNCT__ so that we have a healthier and more product popul __PUNCT__

we can forg new allianc between busi and labor to ensur that worker ar cover __PUNCT__ and that corpor ar no longer saddl with rise_cost __PUNCT__

that how we go to care for our peopl and help american_busi compet __PUNCT__

thi can be the moment when we make a gener commit to rebuild our infrastructur __PUNCT__

that what teddi_roosevelt did when he brought togeth leader from the public and privat_sector to plan for __NUM___centuri infrastructur __PUNCT__

that what we must do here in the __NUM__ __PUNCT__

washington can seed thi effort __PUNCT__

that why i propos put __MONEY___billion into a nation infrastructur reinvest bank to rebuild our road and bridg __PUNCT__ our rail and port __PUNCT__

thi must leverag the kind of privat_invest that can creat million of job and remak our commun __PUNCT__

year from now __PUNCT__ we could drive on new road __PUNCT__ depend on safe bridg and stronger leve __PUNCT__ and connect our citi with high speed rail __PUNCT__

we can begin the invest in a smart electr grid to power electr_car and transmit clean_energi across the countri __PUNCT__

and we can achiev the simpl goal of make sure that everi american ha access to the high speed broadband __PUNCT__ no matter how much monei you have __PUNCT__ or where you come from __PUNCT__ you should have access to thi technolog __PUNCT__

that what we must do to make sure that america run on a strong __PUNCT__ fair and effici foundat __PUNCT__

and thi can be the moment when we invest in the scienc and innov that will shape our futur __PUNCT__

becaus in a technolog __PUNCT__ driven economi __PUNCT__ america must alwai stai on the cut edg __PUNCT__

that mean revers a trend where we devot a smaller and smaller share of our nation resourc to research and develop __PUNCT__

an innov agenda must commit to fund basic research and make the r&d tax_credit perman __PUNCT__

it must also exempt start __PUNCT__ up from capit_gain gain_tax __PUNCT__ and remov bureaucrat barrier to entrepreneur __PUNCT__ for instanc __PUNCT__ by make our patent process more effici and reliabl __PUNCT__

we need the discoveri of tomorrow to be made in our lab and univers __PUNCT__ at pitt and carnegi mellon __PUNCT__

we need the success_stori of tomorrow __PUNCT__ the next googl __PUNCT__ or the next microsoft __PUNCT__ to take place here in america __PUNCT__

thi agenda is ambiti __PUNCT__

it will take resourc in the wake of polici that have run up our debt __PUNCT__

but the answer to our fiscal_problem is not to short __PUNCT__ chang invest in our abil to compet __PUNCT__ invest that ar vital to long __PUNCT__ term growth __PUNCT__

to stop mortgag our children futur __PUNCT__ we need to elimin wast in exist program __PUNCT__ end the iraq_war __PUNCT__ gener revenu by charg pollut for their emiss __PUNCT__ and put an end to corpor loophol and tax_cut for the wealthi __PUNCT__

we can have a smarter govern that pai it wai while invest in our countri futur __PUNCT__

that is how washington must chang to becom a catalyst for growth __PUNCT__

becaus in citi and town across america __PUNCT__ i know that the american_peopl ar readi to rise to the challeng of a new moment __PUNCT__ thei just haven't been ask __PUNCT__

it time for that to chang __PUNCT__

becaus there is noth that american can't do when we choos to rise togeth __PUNCT__

for two hundr and fifti_year __PUNCT__ that is what ha been done here in pittsburgh __PUNCT__

thi is where u. __PUNCT__ steel becam the first billion_dollar corpor __PUNCT__ and turn out more steel at the dawn of the cold_war than the entir soviet_union __PUNCT__

and just as that output built our citi and laid down the rail that connect them __PUNCT__ the work that creat that wealth wa the foundat of a middl_class where each gener opportun could extend a littl further __PUNCT__ and each individu stori could advanc the larger american stori __PUNCT__

mani of the steel_mill ar gone __PUNCT__

but thi american_citi ha found new opportun through health_care and it __PUNCT__ through financ and univers __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we must connect that local innov and ingenu to a nation_strategi __PUNCT__

the american stori is never static __PUNCT__

but as we move from on chapter to the next __PUNCT__ we must alwai rememb that our nation_great is advanc when we act on our fundament good __PUNCT__

america succe when the plai_field is level and open __PUNCT__ and peopl don't fall behind __PUNCT__ when govern is not an obstacl __PUNCT__ but a catalyst for share_prosper __PUNCT__ when we come togeth to find new wai to expand the horizon of opportun for each and everi american __PUNCT__

and with your help __PUNCT__ that is the kind of america i want to build as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__