English subtitles for clip: File:2016-05-07 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm

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The President: Hello, everybody.

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In our house, everybody
knows that President is only

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the third-most important
job in the family.

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So this weekend, I'm going
to take a little extra time

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to say thank you to Michelle
for the remarkable way she

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does the most important
job: being a mom.

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And I'm going to give extra
thanks to my mother-in-law

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for the role model she's
always been to Michelle and

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the countless selfless
ways in which she's helped

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Michelle and me raise
Malia and Sasha.

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I am incredibly lucky to
have women who help me

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raise, love, and
look after our girls.

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I hope you'll also take a
moment to say thank you to

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the women in your life who
love you in that special way

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mothers do.

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Biological moms, adoptive
moms, and foster moms;

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single moms, grandmoms
and godmothers; aunts and

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mentors - whomever you
think of

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when you think of Mother's Day.

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Or take a moment, like I
will, to remember the moms

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who raised us, whose big
hearts sustained us, and

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whom we miss every day,
no matter how old we get.

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Giving flowers is
always a good idea.

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But I hope that on this
Mother's Day, we'll recommit

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ourselves to doing more than
that: Through deeds that

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match our words, let's give
mothers the respect they

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deserve, give all women the
equality they deserve, and

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give all parents the support
they need

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in their most important roles.

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That includes paid maternity
and paternity leave, sick

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leave, accommodations for
workers who are pregnant,

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good health care, affordable
child care, flexibility at

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work, equal pay, and a
decent minimum wage.

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We ask our mothers to do
more than their fair share

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of just about everything.

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Making sure they're treated
fairly is the least we can do.

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The idea of setting aside
a Sunday in May for our

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mothers became an official
holiday with a Congressional

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resolution a little more
than 100 years ago.

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They did it on May 8 - the
same day we'll celebrate

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Mother's Day this year.

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If Congress can make a
holiday, surely they can

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back it up with the things
that give it meaning.

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After all, that's what
my mother taught me.

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I couldn't just say I was
going to do the right thing,

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or say I agreed with
it on principle.

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I had to actually do it.

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So this Mother's
Day, say thank you.

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Say, "I love you."

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And let's make sure we
show that gratitude and

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appreciation through acts of
respect throughout the year.

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No one deserves that
more than our moms.

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Happy Mother's Day, and
have a great weekend.