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美国总统每周电台演讲：华盛顿白宫奥巴马讲话 WEEKLY ADDRESS: Congress Must ActNow to Pass a Budget and Raise theDebt Ceiling WASHINGTON, DC— In his weekly address, PresidentObama said that the economy is making progress fiveyears after the worst recession since the GreatDepression, but to avoid another crisis, Congress mustmeet two deadlines in the coming weeks: pass a budgetby the end of the month to keep the government open,and raise the debt ceiling so America can pay its bills.Congress should vote to do these now, so that we cankeep creating new jobs and expanding opportunity for themiddle class. Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly AddressThe White HouseSeptember 21, 2013 Weekly Address Hi, everybody. It was five years ago this week that afinancial crisis on Wall Street spread to Main Street, andvery nearly turned a recession into a depression. In a matter of months, millions of Americans wererobbed of their jobs, their homes, their savings – after adecade in which they’d already been working harder andharder to just get by. It was a crisis from which we’re still trying to recover. But thanks to the grit and determination of the Americanpeople, we are steadily recovering. Over the past three and a half years, our businesses havecreated seven and a half million new jobs. Our housingmarket is healing. We’ve become less dependent onforeign oil. Health care costs are growing at the slowestrate in 50 years. And in just over a week, millions ofAmericans without health care will be able to get coveredfor less than $100 a month. So our economy is gaining traction. And we’re finallytackling threats to middle-class prosperity thatWashington neglected for far too long. But as anymiddle-class family listening right now knows, we’ve gota long way to go to get to where we need to be. Andafter five years spent digging out of crisis, the last thingwe need is for Washington to manufacture another. But that’s what will happen in the next few weeks ifCongress doesn’t meet two dea