President Obama on Innovation and Sustainable Growth

The President lays out his vision for innovation, growth, and quality jobs from Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. September 21, 2009. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Hello, Hudson Valley! (Applause.) Thank you very much. Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you. Thank you very much. What a wonderful reception. It is great to be here. Thanks for whoever organized the weather. (Laughter.) I want to, first of all, say thank you to Jill Biden, who has been a teacher for almost three decades and she’s spent most of that time in community colleges. She understands, as all of you do, the power of these institutions to prepare students for 21st century jobs, and to prepare America for a 21st century global economy. And that’s what’s happening right here at Hudson Valley Community College. So give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.) We've got some special guests here that I want to acknowledge, in addition to Jill. First of all, a wonderful man, the governor of the great state of New York -- David Paterson is in the house. (Applause.) Your shy and retiring Attorney General -- Andrew Cuomo is in the house. (Applause.) Andrew is doing great work enforcing the laws that need to be enforced. I want to thank the Comptroller -- Thomas DiNapoli is in the house. (Applause.) Speaker Sheldon Silver is in the house. (Applause.) The Democratic Conference Leader, State Senator John Sampson. (Applause.) Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings. (Applause.) We've got three outstanding members of Congress who are just doing great work every single day -- Maurice Hinchey, Paul Tonko, Scott Murphy -- please give them a big round of applause. (Applause.) The President of Hudson Valley Community College, Andrew Matonak, is in the house. (Applause.) Did I pronounce that right, Andrew? And Joe Sarubbi, Executive Director of TEC-SMART, who did a -- gave me a wonderful tour -- (applause.) Now, you may ask, why are By uptakevideo Tags : Hudson , NY , Obama , Troy , Valley , business , economic , economy , growth

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