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September 8, 2026 - Transcript

When President Obama took office in 2009, the country was in an economic freefall.

Unemployment is now at 4.7%. 82 straight months of job growth.

That is the longest streak ever in the history of our country.

Under President Obama, the high school graduation rate in this country hit 83%.

That's the highest it has ever been in the history of this country.

Under President Obama, we have had the first drop in the federal prison population in decades.

Under President Obama, after a concerted effort by his administration, homelessness among American veterans dropped by half.

Under President Obama, 16 countries around the globe gave up every last ounce of their highly enriched uranium, taking away the risk that it could be stolen or misused to assemble the core of a nuclear weapon or to make a dirty bomb.

President Obama, in 2011, ordered the Navy SEALs into Pakistan on that mission that killed bin Laden.

Under President Obama, banks can no longer use your money that you deposit in that bank to make risky bets for their own profits.

When President Obama took office, the deficit was about 10% of our GDP. It is now about 3%.

Under President Obama, our country's dependence on foreign oil plummeted.

President Obama overturned the ban on scientific research using stem cells.

President Obama upped by billions of dollars the resources available for mental health care in the VA.

And under this president, gay couples finally got all the same options as straight couples.

Oh, and you can't be denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition.

And you can't be charged more for your health insurance because you're a woman.

And your health insurance can't put a lifetime cap on what you're allowed to move because of your health care.

And 20 million Americans got health insurance because of President Obama.