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We need to lower marginal tax rates and increase investment.

But what we're determined to do, and what the reforms will do is to make sure this system goes back to its core purpose of taking the savings of Americans and from investors around the world and allocating those to people with an idea, not just the largest companies in the country, but to small businesses with an idea and a plan for growing.

We need comprehensive reform that will make America the best place in the world to invest and do business.

We need to make investment to get the economy going again, to give the private sector the confidence.

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards.

My priority will continue to be that we maintain the optimal balance to be able to invest in education and infrastructure while encouraging business growth.

We make a series of investments, some will pan out and some won't.

We can find a great sector or business, but we're investing so early that unless there's this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability to evolve, it won't work.

We will watch very carefully what is happening in the economy and adjust policies appropriate.