These trends. President obama delivered his fifth state of the Union Address on tuesday. In attendance, as is custom, senate and house members, justices of the supreme court, the joint chiefs of staff, and members of his cabinet. Over the course of 65 minutes, the president prodded congress to work with him on boosting upward mobility, creating more jobs, tackling Climate Change, and updating the nations immigration system. The president made clear that if congress is recalcitrant, he would act alone, wherever possible. What i offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class, and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class. Some require congressional action. And i am eager to work with all of you. But america does not stand still and neither will i. So wherever and whenever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, thats what im going to do. Question. The New York Times editor
[ applause ] so our job is to reverse these trends. President obama delivered his fifth state of the Union Address on tuesday. In attendance, as is custom, senate and house members, justices of the supreme court, the joint chiefs of staff, and members of his cabinet. Over the course of 65 minutes, the president prodded congress to work with him on boosting upward mobility, creating more jobs, tackling Climate Change, and updating the nations immigration system. The president made clear that if congress is recalcitrant, he would act alone, wherever possible. What i offer tonight is a set of concrete, practical proposals to speed up growth, strengthen the middle class, and build new ladders of opportunity into the middle class. Some require congressional action. And i am eager to work with all of you. But america does not stand still and neither will i. So wherever and whenever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, thats what im going to d