“We saw strangers shielding strangers from a hail of gunfire on the Las Vegas strip.” 
“To everyone still recovering in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, California, everywhere -- we are with you, we love you, and we will always pull through together.”
“With us tonight is one of the toughest people ever to serve in this House -- a guy who took a bullet, almost died, and was back to work 3 & a half months later: the legend from Louisiana, Congressman Steve Scalise.”
In the aftermath of that terrible shooting, we came together, not as Republicans or Democrats, but as representatives of the people. But it is not enough to come together only in times of tragedy.”
“Tonight, I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground, and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people we were elected to serve. “
Touting his economic record @POTUS declares “our massive tax cuts provide tremendous relief for the middle class and small business.”
“We repealed the core of the disastrous Obamacare -- the individual mandate is now gone.” (Cheers)
“We slashed the business tax rate from 35 percent all the way down to 21 percent, so American companies can compete and win against anyone else anywhere in the world.”
“We slashed the business tax rate from 35 percent all the way down to 21 percent, so American companies can compete and win against anyone else anywhere in the world.”
“This is our new American moment. There has never been a better time to start living the American Dream.”
“...no matter where you have been, or where you come from, this is your time. If you work hard, if you believe in yourself, if you believe in America, then you can dream anything, you can be anything, and together, we can achieve anything.”
“In America, we know that faith and family, not government and bureaucracy, are the center of American life. The motto is ‘in God we trust.’”
“We are totally defending our Second Amendment, and have taken historic actions to protect religious liberty.”
“I call on Congress to empower every Cabinet Secretary with the authority to reward good workers -- and to remove Federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people.”
Meanwhile we are getting word from the @WhiteHouse that @POTUS has signed an executive order to keep open #Gitmo.
“People who are terminally ill should not have to go from country to country to seek a cure -- I want to give them a chance right here at home.”
“America has also finally turned the page on decades of unfair trade deals that sacrificed our prosperity and shipped away our companies, our jobs, and our wealth. ...
The era of economic surrender is over.”
The era of economic surrender is over.”
“We will work to fix bad trade deals and negotiate ones and they’ll be good ones and they’ll be fair.”
“Tonight, I am calling on the Congress to produce a bill that generates at least $1.5 trillion for the new infrastructure investment that our country so desperately needs.”
“Any bill must also streamline the permitting and approval process -- getting it down to no more than two years, and perhaps even one.”
“We want every American to know the dignity of a hard day's work. We want every child to be safe in their home at night. And we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much.”
“Struggling communities, especially immigrant communities, will also be helped by immigration policies that focus on the best interests of American workers and American families.”
“Tonight, I am calling on Congress to finally close the deadly loopholes that have allowed MS-13, and other criminal gangs, to break into our country.“
“We have proposed new legislation that will fix our immigration laws, and support our ICE and Border Patrol Agents...so that this cannot never happen again.”
“I am extending an open hand to work with members of both parties -- Democrats and Republicans -- to protect our citizens of every background, color, religion and creed.”
“My duty, and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber, is to defend Americans -- to protect their safety, their families, their communities, and their right to the American Dream. Because Americans are dreamers too.”
Now @POTUS is beginning to outline the “four pillars” of his #ImmigrationReform plan.
#DACA recipients who meet plan’s criteria can become “full citizens of the United States over a 12-year period.”
“It is time to reform these outdated immigration rules, and finally bring our immigration system into the 21st century. (applause) These four pillars represent a down-the-middle compromise, and one that will create a safe, modern, and lawful immigration system.”
“So let’s come together, set politics aside, and finally get the job done.”
“We must get much tougher on drug dealers and pushers if we are going to succeed in stopping this scourge.”
“Around the world, we face rogue regimes, terrorist groups, and rivals like China and Russia that challenge our interests, our economy, and our values.”
“In confronting these dangers, we know that weakness is the surest path to conflict, and unmatched power is the surest means of our defense. For this reason, I am asking the Congress to end the dangerous defense sequester and fully fund our great military.”
“As part of our defense, we must modernize and rebuild our nuclear arsenal, hopefully never having to use it, but making it so strong and powerful that it will deter any acts of aggression...”
“I just signed an order directing Secretary Mattis ... to reexamine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities in Guantánamo Bay.”
“Our warriors in Afghanistan also have new rules of engagement. Along with their heroic Afghan partners, our military is no longer undermined by artificial timelines, and we no longer tell our enemies our plans.”
“I am asking the Congress to pass legislation to help ensure American foreign-assistance dollars always serve American interests, and only go to friends of America not enemies...”
“I am asking Congress to address the fundamental flaws in the terrible Iran nuclear deal.”
“But no regime has oppressed its own citizens more totally or brutally than the cruel dictatorship in North Korea. North Korea's reckless pursuit of nuclear missiles could very soon threaten our homeland.”
“Past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation. I will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations that got us into this dangerous position.”
“We need only look at the depraved character of the North Korean regime to understand the nature of the nuclear threat it could pose to America and our allies.”
“Tonight, we pledge to honor Otto's memory with American resolve.”
And now @POTUS telling the story of a North Korean double amputee who was tortured and then escaped and now lives in Seoul.
Ji Seong-ho holds up his crutches to cheers and applause.
In his first #SOTU filled with references to flag, faith and family, @realDonaldTrump concludes with a promise that “our nation will forever be safe and strong and proud and mighty and free.”
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