Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. THE PRESIDENT: Hello everybody. Obviously Tuesday was a big election. I think its clear the voters sent a message which is they want us to focus on the economy & jobs and moving this country forward. I just had a meeting with my Cabinet & key staff to let them know that we have to take that message to heart and make a sincere and consistent effort to try to change how Washington operates" said the President at 9:40 A.M. EDT this morning just outside Cabinet Room as he continued to comment on Tuesdays Elections. (In their entirety below in english & spanish.)
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release November 4 2010
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER A CABINET MEETING
Cabinet Room 9:40 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hello everybody. I just want to make a few quick remarks to expand on some things that I said yesterday. Obviously
Tuesday was a big election. I congratulated the Republicans and consoled some of our Democratic friends about the results and I think its clear that the voters sent a message which is they want us to focus on the economy and jobs and moving this country forward. I just had a meeting with my Cabinet and key staff to let them know that we have to take that message to heart and make a sincere and consistent effort to try to change how Washington operates.
Theyre concerned about making sure that taxpayer money is not wasted and they want to change the tone here in Washington where the two parties are coming together and focusing on the peoples business as opposed to scoring political points.
The folks around this table have done extraordinary work in their agencies. They have cooperated consistently with Congress. I think they are interested in bipartisan ideas. And so they are going to be integral in helping me to root out waste in government make our agencies more efficient and generate more ideas so that we can put the American people back to work.
Now at the same time obviously whats going to be critically important over the coming months is creating a better working relationship between this White House and the congressional leadership thats coming in as well as the congressional leadership that carries over from the previous Congress. And so I want everybody to know that I have already called Mitch McConnell John Boehner Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi to invite them to a meeting here at the White House in the first week of the lame duck on November 18th.
This is going to be a meeting in which Ill want us to talk substantively about how we can move the American peoples agenda forward. Its not just going to be a photo op. Hopefully -- it may spill over into dinner. And the immediate focus is going to be what we need to get done during the lame-duck session.
I mentioned yesterday we have to act in order to assure that middle-class families dont see a big tax spike because of how the Bush tax cuts have been structured. It is very important that we extend those middle-class tax provisions to hold middle-class families harmless.
But there are a whole range of other economic issues that have to be addressed: unemployment insurance for folks who are still out there looking for work; business extenders which are essentially provisions to encourage businesses to invest here in the United States and if we dont have those were losing a very important tool for us to be able to increase business investment and increase job growth over the coming year. Weve got to provide businesses some certainty about what their tax landscape is 
going to look like and weve got to provide families certainty. Thats critical to maintain our recovery.
I should mention that in addition to those economic issues there are some things during the lame duck that relate to foreign policy that are going to be very important for us to deal with and Ill make mention of one in particular and thats the START treaty. We have negotiated with the Russians significant reductions in our nuclear arms. This is something that traditionally has received strong bipartisan support. Weve got people like George Shultz who helped to organize arms control treaties with the Russians back when it was the Soviet Union who have come out forcefully in favor of this.
This is not a traditionally Democratic or Republican issue but rather a issue of American national security. And I am hopeful that we can get that done before we leave and send a strong signal to Russia that we are serious about reducing nuclear arsenals but also sending a signal to the world that were serious about nonproliferation. Weve made great progress when it comes to sending a message to Iran that they are isolated internationally in part because people have seen that we are serious about taking our responsibilities when it comes to nonproliferation and that has to continue.
So there is going to be a whole range of work that needs to get done in a relatively short period of time and Im looking forward to having a conversation with the leadership about some agenda items that they may be concerned about.
Last point Ill make is that Ive also invited the newly elected Democratic and Republican governors here to the White House on December 2nd because I think its a terrific opportunity to hear from them folks who are working at the state and local levels about what theyre seeing what ideas they think Washington needs to be paying more attention to.
A lot of times things are a little less ideological when you get governors together because theyve got very practical problems that theyve got to solve in terms of how do they make sure that roads and bridges are funded and how do they make sure that schools stay open and teachers stay on the job. That kind of nuts and bolts stuff I think oftentimes yields the kind of commonsense approach that the American people I think are looking for right now.
So in sum weve got a lot of work to do. People are still catching their breath from the election. The dust is still settling. But the one thing Im 
absolutely certain of is that the American people dont want us just standing still and they dont want us engaged in gridlock. They want us to do the peoples business partly because they understand that the world is not standing still.
Im going to be leaving tomorrow for India and the primary purpose is to take a bunch of U.S. companies and open up markets so that we can sell in Asia in some of the fastest-growing markets in the world and we can create jobs here in the United States of America. And my hope is is that weve got some specific announcements that show the connection between what were doing overseas and what happens here at home when it comes to job growth and economic growth.
But the bottom line is is that all around the world countries are moving. They are serious about competing. They are serious about competing with us not just on manufacturing but on services. Theyre competing with us when it comes to educational attainment when it comes to scientific discovery.
And so we cant afford two years of just squabbling. What we need to do is make sure that everybody is pulling together Democrats and Republicans and independents folks at the federal level and the state levels private sector with the public sector to make sure that America retains it competitiveness retains its leadership in the world. And thats something that Im very much looking forward to helping to be a part of.
So thank you very much everybody.
END 9:48 A.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE Oficina del Secretario de Prensa
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PARA PUBLICACION INMEDIATA 4 de noviembre 2010
DECLARACIONES DEL PRESIDENTE TRAS UNA REUNION DE GABINETE
Sala del Gabinete 9:40 A.M. EDT
EL PRESIDENTE: Buenos das a todos. Slo quiero hacer unos cuantos comentarios rpidos para ampliar algunas cosas que dije ayer. Obviamente
el martes hubo una eleccin importante. Felicit a los republicanos y consol a algunos amigos demcratas por los resultados y pienso que est claro que los votantes enviaron un mensaje que es que quieren que nos concentremos en la economa y empleos y en hacer que este pas avance. Estn preocupados por asegurarse de que no se despilfarre el dinero de los contribuyentes y quieren cambiar el tono aqu en Washington para que los dos partidos se unan y se dediquen a los asuntos del pueblo en vez de apuntarse victorias polticas.
Acabo de tener una reunin con mi gabinete y personal clave para dejarles saber que debemos tomar ese mensaje en serio y hacer un esfuerzo sincero y constante por cambiar la manera en que opera Washington. Y las personas alrededor de esta mesa han hecho una extraordinaria labor con sus agencias. Han cooperado constantemente con el Congreso. Pienso que estn interesados en ideas que cuentan con el respaldo de ambos partidos. Y entonces sern esenciales para ayudarme a eliminar el despilfarro en el gobierno hacer que nuestras agencias sean ms eficientes y generar ms ideas para que podamos hacer que los estadounidenses vuelvan a trabajar.
Ahora bien al mismo tiempo obviamente va a ser crucialmente importante en los prximos meses crear una mejor relacin de trabajo entre esta Casa Blanca y los prximos lderes del Congreso como tambin los lderes del Congreso previo que seguirn en funciones. Y entonces quiero que todos sepan que ya he llamado a Mitch McConnell John Boehner Harry Reid y Nancy Pelosi para invitarlos a una reunin aqu en la Casa Blanca la primera semana de la sesin del Congreso saliente el 18 de noviembre. Ser una reunin en la que deseo que hablemos seriamente sobre 
maneras de hacer que las prioridades del pueblo estadounidense avancen. No ser simplemente una sesin fotogrfica. Tengo la esperanza de que dure hasta la cena. Y la atencin inmediata ser lo que debemos lograr durante la sesin del Congreso saliente.
Mencion ayer que debemos tomar medidas para asegurar que las familias de clase media no vean un gran aumento de impuestos debido a la manera en que se han estructurado los recortes tributarios de Bush. Es importante que extendamos esas clusulas tributarias para que no afecten a las familias de clase media.
Pero hay toda una serie de asuntos econmicos que deben abordarse: la asistencia por desempleo para las personas que todava estn buscando trabajo; extensiones para empresas que esencialmente son clusulas que alientan a los negocios a invertir aqu en Estados Unidos y si no contamos con ellas perderemos una muy importante herramienta para poder aumentar la inversin empresarial y aumentar la generacin de empleo el prximo ao. Debemos darles a las empresas un grado de certeza sobre cul ser el panorama tributario y debemos darles certeza a las familias. Eso es crucial para continuar nuestra recuperacin.
Debo mencionar que adems de esos asuntos econmicos hay ciertos asuntos relacionados con la poltica exterior que es importante que abordemos durante la sesin saliente del Congreso y har mencin de uno en particular y se es el tratado START. Hemos negociado con los rusos reducciones significativas de nuestras armas nucleares. Eso es algo que tradicionalmente ha recibido firme respaldo de ambos partidos. Contamos con personas que se han pronunciado enrgicamente a favor de esto como George Shultz quien ayud a organizar tratados de control de armas con los rusos cuando era la Unin Sovitica.
ste no es un asunto tradicionalmente demcrata o republicano sino ms bien un asunto de seguridad nacional para Estados Unidos. Y tengo la esperanza de que podamos lograr esto antes de partir y enviar una firme seal a Rusia de que tomamos en serio la reduccin de arsenales nucleares y tambin enviarle una seal al mundo de que tomamos en serio la no proliferacin. Hemos alcanzado muchos logros en lo que respecta a enviar un mensaje a Irn de que estn aislados internacionalmente en parte porque la gente ha notado que tomamos en serio nuestras responsabilidades cuando se trata de la no proliferacin y eso debe continuar.
Entonces habr toda una variedad de trabajo que se debe realizar en un periodo relativamente corto y estoy deseoso de tener una conversacin con los lderes sobre algunos de estos asuntos a tratar que puede que les preocupen.
Lo ltimo que quiero decir es que el 2 diciembre tambin he invitado aqu a la Casa Blanca a los gobernadores demcratas y republicanos recientemente elegidos porque pienso que es una oportunidad fabulosa 
para escuchar a las personas que estn trabajando a nivel estatal y local sobre lo que estn viendo las ideas a las que consideran que Washington debe prestarle ms atencin.
Muchas veces las cosas se tornan un poco menos ideolgicas cuando se rene a los gobernadores porque tienen problemas muy prcticos que deben solucionar en trminos de cmo asegurarse de que las carreteras y puentes estn financiados y cmo asegurarse de que las escuelas permanezcan abiertas y los maestros sigan trabajando. Pienso que ese tipo de asunto prctico a menudo produce el tipo de estrategia de sentido comn que creo que el pueblo estadounidense est buscando en este momento.
Entonces en resumen tenemos mucho trabajo por hacer. La gente est recuperando el aliento tras las elecciones. El polvo se est asentando. Pero algo de lo que estoy totalmente seguro es que el pueblo estadounidense no quiere que simplemente nos quedemos cruzados de brazos y no quiere una paralizacin. Quieren que nos ocupemos de los asuntos del pueblo en parte porque comprenden que el mundo no se queda inmvil.
Maana parto para la India y el propsito principal es llevar a un grupo de empresas estadounidenses y abrir mercados para que podamos vender en Asia en algunos de los mercados de ms rpido crecimiento en el mundo y podamos generar empleos aqu en Estados Unidos. Y tengo la esperanza de tener ciertos anuncios especficos que muestren la conexin entre lo que estamos haciendo en el extranjero y lo que sucede aqu dentro del pas en lo que respecta a la generacin de empleo y el crecimiento econmico.
Pero lo ms importante es que en todo el mundo los pases estn avanzando. Realmente quieren competir. Realmente quieren competir con nosotros no slo en produccin industrial sino tambin en servicios. Estn compitiendo con nosotros en lo que respecta a logros acadmicos en lo que respecta a descubrimientos cientficos.
Y entonces no nos podemos dar el lujo de simplemente reir durante dos aos. Lo que necesitamos hacer es asegurarnos de que todos nos esforcemos juntos demcratas y republicanos e independientes la gente a nivel federal y a nivel estatal el sector privado con el sector pblico para asegurarnos de que Estados Unidos siga siendo competitivo retenga su liderazgo en el mundo. Y eso es algo en lo que estoy muy deseoso de contribuir y de participar.
As que muchas gracias a todos.
FIN 9:48 A.M. EDT
