President Barack Obama made a stop in Lawrence on Jan. 22, 2015 during his trip to promote middle-class economics, affordable childcare, wage equality, an increase in minimum wage and free community college. Obama also addressed how he would make his visions possible. Click the links below to navigate to highlights of his speech.
(Video from The White House Youtube page)
Video points of interest:
- Opening remarks
- President Obama enters
- President Obama starts his speech
- State of the economy
- Middle-class economics
- Main speech starts
- Affordable childcare
- Wage equality & minimum wage increase
- Free community college
- Paying for middle-class economics
- Closing remarks
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