Obama Speech to Congress on Feb 24, 2009

President Obama 's Speech to Congress on Feb 24 , 2009

President Obama 's first address to a joint of session of Congress and to the people focuses on the immediate steps in saving the country from recession and the long term investments plans in energy , health care and education . Starting with the recession and its reality the President asks the people who are living with it , not to quit in the crucial times of American history . Though the present conditions shake the confidence of the people , he promises hope by declaring that they

can recover from the crisis and rebuild the country . He expresses that the solution for the crisis exists in the industries and educational institutions where the great entrepreneurs with their creative imagination and the educated people with better skills and qualifications can change present conditions . He thanked the Congress for making the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that helps saving or creating 2 .5 billion jobs in the coming two years . The thrust will be on reconstructing the country with better roads and bridges with better power supply . The Recovery plan is the first step in putting the economy back on the track once again . Credit being the lifeblood of the economy , his administration is bent on saving the people and the economy by creating lending fund and restarting lending to the really needy who deserve it . It also aims at strengthening the banks and making them lend again to restart the machine of economy once again...