美國總統每周電臺演講6月12日-資料下載頁

　　

【正文】 train high gas prices put on your families proposals will take years to have their full impact, so I urge Congress to take action as soon as , we can meet the energy challenges we faceand keep our economy the strongest, most vibrant, and most hopeful in the you for listening.第五篇：6月28日美國總統每周電臺講話This week, the White House Office of FaithBased and Community Initiatives held a conference to highlight the work being done by our Nation39。s armies of passion, with help from the Federal conference demonstrated the remarkable difference these groups have made over the past eight I first came to office, I was troubled to see many of our citizens39。 greatest needs going many addicts walked the rough road to recovery many prisoners had the desire for reform but no one to show them the our country, the hungry, homeless, and sick begged for deliveranceand too many heard only silence in tragedy was that there were good men and women across America who had the desire to help but not the many of them worked with small charities, they were overlooked by Washington as potential partners in because many of them belonged to faithbased organizations, they were often barred from receiving support from the Federal I set about to change this with a new approach called “passionate conservatism.” This approach was passionate, because it was rooted in a timeless truth: that we ought to love our neighbors as we39。d like to be loved this approach was conservative, because it recognized the limits of government: that bureaucracies can put money in people39。s hands, but they cannot put hope in people39。s hope in people39。s hearts is the mission of our Nation39。s faithbased and munity groups, so my Administration decided to treat them as trusted held these groups to high standards and insisted on demonstrable they have delivered on those their partnerships with the government, these organizations have helped reduce the number of chronically homeless by nearly 12 percentgetting more than 20,000 Americans off the have helped match nearly 90,000 children of prisoners with adult they have helped provide services such as job placement for thousands of former and munity groups have also had a powerful impact Africa, they have participated in our Malaria just over two years, this effort has reached more than 25 million peopleand according to new data, malaria rates are dropping dramatically in many parts of that groups have also been a vital part of the Emergency Plan for AIDS we launched this program in 2003, about 50,000 people in SubSaharan Africa were receiving antiretroviral treatment for HIV/, that number is nearly each of these statistics, there are stories of people whose lives have been changed by the kindness of faithbased and munity such person is Ramie was once lost to substance abuse, recidivism, and when she tried to get clean for her daughter39。s high school graduation, Ramie couldn39。t break free from her she found a faithbased group called The Next The Next Door, Ramie met people who stood by her throughout her difficult gave her a second chance to bee a productive citizen and good , Ramie is reunited with her now helps other women as the Next Door case Ramie describes her turnaround, she uses the words of Saint Paul: “Old things have passed away。behold，all things are being new.”I39。m grateful to every American who works to create this spirit of of you, our Nation has made great strides toward fulfilling the noble goals that gave rise to the FaithBased and Community of you, I39。m confident that the progress we have made over the past eight years will of you, countless souls have been touched and lives have been you for listening.