President Barack Obama will announce plans on Tuesday for a national fuel-economy and greenhouse-gas standard for automobiles in an effort to give more certainty to car companies as they struggle for survival, industry and administration sources told POLITICO on Monday.
The administration will bill the tailpipe-emissions announcement as historic, because it avoids a patchwork of standards and has won agreement from so many stakeholders, including automakers, state governments, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The national emissions policy for autos, which will ramp up to a new mileage-per-gallon standard in 2016, will harmonize the CAFE standard and the EPA's greenhouse-gas standard, so that industry will not have to worry that the administration will regulate those on separate tracks.
Washington Hilton Washington, D.C. （あ〜ここ、この間ワシントンに行ったとき、ご飯食べました）
9:56 P.M. EDT
THE
PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Good evening. You know,
I had an entire speech prepared for this wonderful occasion, but now
that I'm here I think I'm going to try something a little different.
Tonight I want to speak from the heart. I'm going to speak off the
cuff. (Teleprompters rise.) (Laughter and applause.)
Good
evening. (Laughter.) Pause for laughter. (Laughter.) Wait a minute,
this may not be working as well as I -- (laughter.) Let me try that
again.
Good evening, everybody. (Applause.) I would like to
welcome you all to the 10-day anniversary of my first 100 days.
(Laughter.) I am Barack Obama. Most of you covered me. All of you
voted for me. (Laughter and applause.) Apologies to the Fox table.
(Laughter.) They're -- where are they? I have to confess I really did
not want to be here tonight, but I knew I had to come -- just one more
problem that I've inherited from George W. Bush. (Laughter.)
But
now that I'm here, it's great to be here. It's great to see all of
you. Michelle Obama is here, the First Lady of the United States.
(Applause.) Hasn't she been an outstanding First Lady? (Applause.)
She's even begun to bridge the differences that have divided us for so
long, because no matter which party you belong to we can all agree that
Michelle has the right to bare arms. (Laughter and applause.)
Now
Sasha and Malia aren't here tonight because they're grounded. You
can't just take Air Force One on a joy ride to Manhattan. (Laughter.)
I don't care whose kids you are. (Laughter.) We've been setting some
ground rules here. They're starting to get a little carried away.
Now,
speaking -- when I think about children obviously I think about
Michelle and it reminds me that tomorrow is Mother's Day. Happy
Mother's Day to all the mothers in the audience. (Applause.) I do
have to say, though, that this is a tough holiday for Rahm Emanuel
because he's not used to saying the word "day" after "mother."
(Laughter.) That's true. (Laughter.)
David Axelrod is here.
You know, David and I have been together for a long time. I can still
remember -- I got to sort of -- I tear up a little bit when I think
back to that day that I called Ax so many years ago and said, you and I
can do wonderful things together. And he said to me the same thing
that partners all across America are saying to one another right now:
Let's go to Iowa and make it official. (Laughter and applause.)
Michael
Steele is in the house tonight. (Applause.) Or as he would say, "in
the heezy." (Laughter.) What's up? (Laughter.) Where is Michael?
Michael, for the last time, the Republican Party does not qualify for a
bailout. (Laughter.) Rush Limbaugh does not count as a troubled
asset, I'm sorry. (Laughter.)
Dick Cheney was supposed to be
here but he is very busy working on his memoirs, tentatively titled,
"How to Shoot Friends and Interrogate People." (Laughter.)
You
know, it's been a whirlwind of activity these first hundred days.
We've enacted a major economic recovery package, we passed a budget, we
forged a new path in Iraq, and no President in history has ever named
three Commerce Secretaries this quickly. (Laughter.) Which reminds
me, if Judd Gregg is here, your business cards are ready now.
(Laughter.)
On top of that, I've also reversed the ban on stem
cell research, signed an expansion -- (applause) -- signed an expansion
of the children's health insurance. Just last week, Car and Driver
named me auto executive of the year. (Laughter.) Something I'm very
proud of.
We've also begun to change the culture in Washington.
We've even made the White House a place where people can learn and can
grow. Just recently, Larry Summers asked if he could chair the White
House Council on Women and Girls. (Laughter.) And I do appreciate
that Larry is here tonight because it is seven hours past his bedtime.
(Laughter.) Gibbs liked that one. (Laughter.)
In the last
hundred days, we've also grown the Democratic Party by infusing it with
new energy and bringing in fresh, young faces like Arlen Specter.
(Laughter.) Now, Joe Biden rightly deserves a lot of credit for
convincing Arlen to make the switch, but Secretary Clinton actually had
a lot to do with it too. One day she just pulled him aside and she
said, Arlen, you know what I always say -- "if you can't beat them,
join them." (Laughter.)
Which brings me to another thing that's
changed in this new, warmer, fuzzier White House, and that's my
relationship with Hillary. You know, we had been rivals during the
campaign, but these days we could not be closer. In fact, the second
she got back from Mexico she pulled into a hug and gave me a big kiss.
(Laughter.) Told me I'd better get down there myself. (Laughter.)
Which I really appreciated. I mean, it was -- it was nice. (Laughter.)
And
of course we've also begun to change America's image in the world. We
talked about this during this campaign and we're starting to execute.
We've renewed alliances with important partners and friends. If you
look on the screen there, there I am with Japanese Prime Minister Taro
Aso. There I am with Gordon Brown.
But as I said during the
campaign, we can't just talk to our friends. As hard as it is, we also
have to talk to our enemies, and I've begun to do exactly that. Take a
look at the monitor there. (Laughter.) Now, let me be clear, just
because he handed me a copy of Peter Pan does not mean that I'm going
to read it -- (laughter) -- but it's good diplomatic practice to just
accept these gifts.
All this change hasn't been easy. Change
never is. So I've cut the tension by bringing a new friend to the
White House. He's warm, he's cuddly, loyal, enthusiastic. You just
have to keep him on a tight leash. Every once in a while he goes
charging off in the wrong direction and gets himself into trouble. But
enough about Joe Biden. (Laughter.)
All in all, we're proud of
the change we've brought to Washington in these first hundred days but
we've got a lot of work left to do, as all of you know. So I'd like to
talk a little bit about what my administration plans to achieve in the
next hundred days.
During the second hundred days, we will
design, build and open a library dedicated to my first hundred days.
(Laughter.) It's going to be big, folks. (Laughter.) In the next
hundred days, I will learn to go off the prompter and Joe Biden will
learn to stay on the prompter. (Laughter.)
In the next
hundred days, our bipartisan outreach will be so successful that even
John Boehner will consider becoming a Democrat. After all, we have a
lot in common. He is a person of color. (Laughter.) Although not a
color that appears in the natural world. (Laughter.) What's up,
John? (Laughter.)
In the next hundred days, I will meet with a
leader who rules over millions with an iron fist, who owns the airwaves
and uses his power to crush all who would challenge his authority at
the ballot box. It's good to see you, Mayor Bloomberg. (Laughter.)
In
the next hundred days, we will housetrain our dog, Bo, because the last
thing Tim Geithner needs is someone else treating him like a fire
hydrant. (Laughter.) In the next hundred days, I will strongly
consider losing my cool. (Laughter.)
Finally, I believe that my
next hundred days will be so successful I will be able to complete them
in 72 days. (Laughter.) And on the 73rd day, I will rest.
(Laughter.)
I just -- I want to end by saying a few words
about the men and women in this room whose job it is to inform the
public and pursue the truth. You know, we meet tonight at a moment of
extraordinary challenge for this nation and for the world, but it's
also a time of real hardship for the field of journalism. And like so
many other businesses in this global age, you've seen sweeping changes
and technology and communications that lead to a sense of uncertainty
and anxiety about what the future will hold.
Across the
country, there are extraordinary, hardworking journalists who have lost
their jobs in recent days, recent weeks, recent months. And I know
that each newspaper and media outlet is wrestling with how to respond
to these changes, and some are struggling simply to stay open. And it
won't be easy. Not every ending will be a happy one.
But it's
also true that your ultimate success as an industry is essential to the
success of our democracy. It's what makes this thing work. You know,
Thomas Jefferson once said that if he had the choice between a
government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, he
would not hesitate to choose the latter.
Clearly, Thomas
Jefferson never had cable news to contend with -- (laughter) -- but his
central point remains: A government without newspapers, a government
without a tough and vibrant media of all sorts, is not an option for
the United States of America. (Applause.)
So I may not -- I
may not agree with everything you write or report. I may even
complain, or more likely Gibbs will complain, from time to time about
how you do your jobs, but I do so with the knowledge that when you are
at your best, then you help me be at my best. You help all of us who
serve at the pleasure of the American people do our jobs better by
holding us accountable, by demanding honesty, by preventing us from
taking shortcuts and falling into easy political games that people are
so desperately weary of.
And that kind of reporting is worth
preserving -- not just for your sake, but for the public's. We count
on you to help us make sense of a complex world and tell the stories of
our lives the way they happen, and we look for you for truth, even if
it's always an approximation, even if -- (laughter.)
This is a
season of renewal and reinvention. That is what government must learn
to do, that's what businesses must learn to do, and that's what
journalism is in the process of doing. And when I look out at this
room and think about the dedicated men and women whose questions I've
answered over the last few years, I know that for all the challenges
this industry faces, it's not short on talent or creativity or passion
or commitment. It's not short of young people who are eager to break
news or the not-so-young who still manage to ask the tough ones time
and time again. These qualities alone will not solve all your
problems, but they certainly prove that the problems are worth
solving. And that is a good place as any to begin.
So I offer
you my thanks, I offer you my support, and I look forward to working
with you and answering to you and the American people as we seek a more
perfect union in the months and years ahead.
Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. (Applause.)
私はといえば、GW中、たまに仕事をしたりした以外は何もせず、本をちらちら読んだり、ブログ書いたりしてました。唯一成し遂げたのは、The Fratellisの「Whistle for the choir」を歌えるようにしたことだけど、さっき、カラオケリストを検索してみたら、これはなかったので、がっくりです。第一興商さん、リストに追加、お願いします。
DOE Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $800 Million from Recovery Act to Accelerate Biofuels Research and Commercialization http://www.energy.gov/news2009/7375.htm
アマゾンのマスクのページにある「この商品を買った人はこんな商品も買っています」には、オバマ演説集があるんだけど、マスクかぶりながら演説を聞く〜なんてわけなくて、多分、CDをかけつつオバマの真似っていう需要に違いない。「この商品を見た後に買っているのは？」をみてもマスクが77％なんだけど、演説集のCDやDVDを買う人もいるんでね。でも、そんなんだったら、ここ「Jin and Tonic」の「オバマ演説」を見た方が安上がりなんだけど…。最近は訳してないんで、内容の理解にはあんまり役に立たないかと思うけど、音声とモノマネだけなら、映像もあるこのサイトも使えまっせ！ オバマのモノマネにチャレンジする人はぜひ！
I don't want to run auto companies（自動車会社の経営なんてしたくないんだ）.
I don't want to run banks（銀行の経営なんてしたくないんだ）.
I've got two wars I've got to run already（遂行しなきゃならない戦争を、もう二つも抱えているんだから）.
I've got more than enough to do（やらなきゃならないことは、十分すぎるほどあるんだよ）.
So the sooner we can get out of that business, the better off we're going to be（だからその問題をできるだけ早くさっさと片付けた方がいいんだ）."
この「I don't want to run auto companies. I don't want to run banks. I've got two wars I've got to run already」の部分が、いかにも本音ベースの発言に聞こえたからでしょうか。数多くのマスコミが引用していました。そしてその次の「I've got more than enough to do（やらなきゃならないことは、十分すぎるほどあるんだよ）」は、「超訳」すれば「もう、大変なんすから」だなあと聞いていて思ったわけです。
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