English subtitles for clip: File:2016-09-17 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm

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The President: Hi, everybody.

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I've delivered a few hundred
of these weekly addresses

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over the years.

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And you may have noticed a
theme that pops up

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pretty often:

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The Republicans who run this
Congress aren't doing

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their jobs.

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Well, guess what?

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Congress recently returned
from a seven-week vacation.

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They've only got two weeks
left until their next one.

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But there's a lot of
business they need to get

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done first.

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First - even as we're seeing
more and more Zika cases

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inside the United States,
they've refused to fund our

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efforts to protect women and
children by fighting Zika in

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a serious way.

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Second - they still need to
provide resources to help

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the people of Louisiana
recover from last month's

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terrible floods, and to
help communities like Flint

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recover from their
own challenges.

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Third - they have made
Merrick Garland, a Supreme

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Court nominee with more
federal judicial experience

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than any other in history,
wait longer than any other

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in history for the simple
courtesy of a hearing, let

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alone a vote.

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All because they want their
nominee for President to

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fill that seat.

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There are plenty other
bipartisan priorities they

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should finish
this year, too.

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Passing criminal
justice reform.

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Attacking the
opioids epidemic.

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Funding Joe Biden's
cancer moonshot.

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Finishing a Trans-Pacific
trade agreement that will

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support American jobs and
boost American wages.

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And passing a budget that
will make sure all of

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America's priorities are
funded without resorting to

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shutdown threats and
last-minute gimmicks.

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And none of this list includes other big priorities

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that should get done.

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By the way, it's been almost
a decade since Congress

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voted to raise
the minimum wage.

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None of this should
be controversial.

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All of it is
within our reach.

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This is America -
we can do anything.

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We just need a Congress that
works as hard as you do.

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At the very least, we should
expect that they do their

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jobs - and protect us from
disease, help us recover

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from disaster, keep the
Supreme Court above

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politics, and help our
businesses grow and hire.

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So if any of these
priorities matter to you,

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let your
Congressperson know.

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And if they still refuse to
do their jobs - well, you

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know what to do in November.

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Our government only works as
well as the people we elect.

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And that's
entirely up to you.

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Thanks, and have
a great weekend.