MRS. OBAMA: Thank you, everyone. Thank you so much. All right, everyone, take a seat, and have a glass of wine — (laughter) — all right, because I’m going to sell you guys out. (Laughter.) They were passing around a little glass, and I was like, what’s that? (Laughter.) So please feel free. Don’t wait till I leave when the desserts come out to get the wine. (Laughter.)

Remarks by The President Welcoming the NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers to the White House

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello! How are you? Thank you, everybody. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you so much, everybody. Please have a seat. Welcome to the White House. And congratulations, a little belatedly, to the Los Angeles Lakers for winning your 15th — 15th — NBA title, and fourth in the past 10 years.

Remarks by the President and Vice President at Middle Class Task Force Meeting

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hey, folks. A year ago when President Obama established the Middle Class Task Force and asked me to chair it — and I might add, we were only in office I think two days, Melody, when he set up this Middle Class Task Force — because as we campaigned around the country, he made it clear that we were going to be sure that as we grew this economy, the middle class was not left behind as they had been the previous 10 to 12 years. And as we move from recession to recovery, our focus is the middle class.

Remarks by the President during Town Hall Meeting in Elyria, Ohio

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Hello, Ohio! (Applause.) Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. Everybody, please relax. (Laughter.) We’re going to be here for a little bit. Everybody take a seat — if you have a seat. (Laughter.) It is great to see you — can everybody please give Jody a big round of applause for the introduction? (Applause.)

Remarks by The First Lady during Department of Commerce visit

MRS. OBAMA: Hey! (Applause.) All right, so who would have thought that the Department of Commerce was so happening? (Laughter.) You guys are alive. There’s energy here. Thank you. I am thrilled to be here. It is exciting for me to come and see you. I’ve been planning to come for a little bit, but now I’m here.

Remarks by the President and the Vice President to the U.S. Conference of Mayors

Protesters rally outside the White House

Remarks by the President on Financial Reform

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I just had a very productive meeting with two members of my Economic Recovery Advisory Board: Paul Volcker, who’s the former chair of the Federal Reserve Board; and Bill Donaldson, previously the head of the SEC. And I deeply appreciate the counsel of these two leaders and the board that they’ve offered as we have dealt with a broad array of very difficult economic challenges.

Remarks by the President and First Lady in Honor of National Mentoring Month

Remarks by the First Lady at the Joint Armed Forces Officers’ Wives’ Luncheon