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Easter Bunny: West Wing Week!
Narrator: Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's
happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
This week, the President hosted a Forum on Women and the
Economy; welcomed the President of Brazil;
traveled to Florida and urged the Senate to pass the Buffett
Rule; and took part in the great annual White House tradition --
the Easter Egg Roll.
That's April 6th to April 12th or "You're Proof of Change."
The President: -- this incredible collection of accomplished women;
you're proof of change.
Narrator: On Friday, April 6th, the President walked over to the
EEOB to attend the White House Forum on Women and the Economy.
He highlighted ways his administration has worked to
ensure women's economic security and to create jobs for women all
across America.
The President: When any of our citizens can't fulfill the potential that they
have because of factors that have nothing to do with talent,
or character or work ethic, that diminishes us all.
It holds all of us back.
So closing this pay gap, ending pay discrimination,
is about far more than simple fairness.
Narrator: On Monday, the First Family kicked off the 134th Annual
Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House
featuring sports, storytelling, and, of course,
Easter egg rolling.
(whistle blowing)
(cheering and applause)
♪♪(music playing)♪♪
Parent: You've got it -- keep going!
Child: Yay!
The President: Okay.
"Where the Wild Things Are."
This, it's the wild rumpus!
Wild things roared their terrible roars.
Children: (roaring)
The President: And gnashed their terrible teeth --
ya ya ya ya ya ya.
And rolled their terrible eyes.
Roll your eyes.
♪♪(music playing)♪♪
(cheering and applause)
Narrator: In the afternoon, the President hosted President Dilma Rousseff
of Brazil for meetings at the White House as part of the
leaders' ongoing dialogue regarding the growing
partnership between the United States and Brazil.
On Tuesday, the President traveled to Florida Atlantic
University in Boca Raton, Florida,
to speak on the economy.
And made the case for the Buffett Rule,
a simple principle in fairness that ensures that millionaires
pay at least the same effective tax rate as middle
class families.
The President: You might have heard of this, but Warren Buffett is paying a
lower tax rate than his secretary.
Now, that's wrong.
That's not fair.
Audience Members: No!
The President: And so we've got to choose which direction we want this country
to go in.
Do we want to keep giving those tax breaks to folks like me who
don't need 'em?
Or give 'em to Warren Buffett; he definitely doesn't need 'em.
Or Bill Gates, he's already said, "I don't need 'em."
Or do we want to keep investing in those things that keep our
economy growing and keep us secure?
That's the choice.
(cheering and applause)
Narrator: On Wednesday, the President delivered a statement on the
Buffett Rule in the EEOB, standing with a group of
millionaires and their secretaries to urge the Senate
to pass a law that ensures millionaires don't pay a lower
tax rate than their secretaries.
It might surprise you to hear which former President fought
for the same kind of tax fairness.
The President: -- gave another speech where he said it was crazy --
that's a quote -- that certain tax loopholes make it possible
for multi-millionaires to pay nothing while a bus driver was
paying 10% of his salary.
That wild-eyed, socialist, tax-hiking,
class warrior was Ronald Reagan.
Narrator: Later, the President joined a conference call from the Oval
Office and spoke with thousands of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps
volunteers to thank them for their service and welcome the
new CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service,
Wendy Spencer.
On Thursday, the President continued to make the case for
the Buffett Rule in interviews with four local television
anchors from Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Columbus, Ohio; Reno, Nevada;
and St. Louis, Missouri, sending an appeal to the Senators from
those states to support the proposal when it comes to the
floor of the Senate on Monday.
The President: Great to be here at the home of the fighting owls!
Narrator: To find out more information on any of these topics or to see
complete videos of these events, go to WhiteHouse.gov.
And thanks again for checking out your West Wing Week.
Student: It's a burrowing owl.
The President: It's a burrowing owl?
Student: It's very small.
The President: It's a native to Florida?
Student: Yes.
The President: Are there a lot of them?
Do you see them quite a bit?
Student: Yes.
The President: I am an owl.
Student: Fighting owls.
Student: Fighting owls.
The President: Fighting owls.
Student: Who calls the owls (inaudible)?
The President: Owls.
Go owls!