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From the White House press office, President Barack Obama’s remarks as prepared for delivery before signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Tuesday afternoon at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science:

It is great to be in Denver. I was here last summer to accept the nomination of my party and to make a promise to people of all parties — that I would do all I could to give every American the chance to make of their lives what they will and see their children climb higher than they did. I am back today to say that we have begun the difficult work of keeping that promise.