During these first 100 days, President Obama has:

Taken steps to repair our economy and put us back on the road to long-term prosperity:

• Passed the most ambitious economic recovery package in history, providing immediate relief for Americans who have lost their jobs and saving or creating millions of private sector jobs over the next two years that will put Americans to work doing the work America needs done.
• Crafted a recovery plan and budget that lays the groundwork for long-term prosperity by dealing with our most pressing needs: developing a strong market for alternative energy and the jobs and security a clean energy economy will bring; health care reform to reduce costs and assure quality, affordable health care for all Americans; and unprecedented investments and reforms in education aimed at ensuring that, in this global economy, our children are once again the best-educated in the world.
• Enacted tax breaks for 95 percent of working Americans and taken steps to make college more affordable, extended health care coverage to millions more uninsured children of working families, and signed the Lily Ledbetter law to guarantee equal pay for equal work for America’s working women.
• Taken action to deal with the crisis in our credit markets with programs to get credit flowing again to small businesses, homeowners and students. And the President has set in motion a process to address the legacy of reckless speculation on Wall Street that has crippled lending, including badly needed financial regulatory reforms.
• Put us on a course to cut the deficit in half in four years, understanding that America’s economic future requires a return to fiscal discipline. In doing so, President Obama has challenged giveaways to the special interests, targeted tax breaks for companies who ship jobs overseas and ordered a line-by-line review of the federal budget.

Restored America’s reputation around the world:

• Followed through on his commitment to repair our frayed alliances and build coalitions to deal with global threats. The President has engaged people and leaders across the globe with strength, vision and humility in order to make progress possible.
• Rallied the world at the G-20 to deal with the global financial crisis and won the unanimous support of the UN Security Council, including China and Russia, for enhanced economic sanctions in response to North Korea’s provocative missile launch.
• Launched a multi-pronged initiative effort to slow nuclear proliferation, reinvigorated our international effort on Iran’s illicit nuclear program and revived critical arms control talks with the Russians.
• Begun the process of responsibly ending the war in Iraq and united our NATO allies and other partners behind a focused, new strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
• Kept his commitment to upholding America’s values, banning the use of torture and ordering the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
• Opened the door to a promising new era in our own hemisphere, breaking down old barriers and challenging failed policies.

Kept his commitment to an open and accountable government:

• Kept faith with the American people by working to deliver a government that is open and transparent, responsive and accountable to the American people.
• Instituted the toughest ethics rules on record and curbed the influence of special interests and lobbyists in the federal government’s decision-making.
• Launched Recovery.Gov to chart the expenditure of recovery funds so that the American people know where their tax dollars are being spent and conducted the first virtual town hall so that Americans can have access to their President.
• Fulfilled his pledge to restore science to its rightful place and sent a clear signal that evidence and fact will no longer be trumped by ideology.
• Brought a new tone of civility and cooperation to Washington, reaching out to the other party even when it has not always been rewarded with support.

This is only the beginning; there are many miles to go. But, even in these most challenging times, President Barack Obama has in 100 days charted a bold new direction for our country that holds out great hope for a more prosperous and secure future.