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But we’ve got a long way to go.  There is no reason that over 90 percent of the homes in South Korea have broadband Internet access, and only 65 percent of American households do.  Think about that.  There’s no reason why China should have nearly 10,000 miles of high-speed rail by 2020, and America has 400.  Think about that number.  They’ve got 10,000; we’ve got 400.  They’ve got trains that operate at speeds of over 200 mph -- and I don't know how fast our trains are going.  (Laughter.)

We’re the nation that built the Transcontinental Railroad.  We’re the nation that took the first airplane into flight.  We constructed a massive Interstate Highway System.  We introduced the world to the Internet.  America has always been built to compete.  And if we want to attract the best jobs and businesses to our shores, we’ve got to be that nation again. 

And throughout history, the investments I’ve talked about –- in education and innovation and infrastructure -– have historically commanded the support from both Democrats and Republicans.  It was Abraham Lincoln who launched the Transcontinental Railroad and opened the National Academy of Sciences.  He did it in the middle of a war, by the way.  But he knew this was so important we had to make these investments for future generations.  Dwight Eisenhower helped build our highways. Republican members of Congress worked with FDR to pass the G.I. Bill. 

More recently, infrastructure bills have found support on both sides of the congressional aisle.  The permanent extension of research and development tax credits was proposed by both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.  Our education reforms have been praised by both Democratic and Republican governors. 

So the point is there should not be any inherent ideological differences that prevent Democrats and Republicans from making our economy more competitive with the rest of the world.  If we’re willing to put aside short-term politics, if our objective is not simply winning elections but winning the future -- (applause) -- then we should be able to get our act together here, because we are all Americans and we are in this race together.  (Applause.)

So those of us who work in Washington have a choice to make in the coming weeks and months.  We can focus on what’s necessary for each party to win the news cycle or the next election.  We can do what we’ve been doing.  Or we can do what this moment demands, and focus on what’s necessary for America to win the future. 

For as difficult as the times may be, the good news is that we know what the future could look like for the United States.  We can see it in the classrooms that are experimenting with groundbreaking reforms, and giving children new math and science skills at an early age.  We can see it in the wind farms and solar plants and advanced battery plants that are opening all across America.  We can see it here at Forsyth -– in your laboratories and your research facilities -- and over at the biotechnology firms that are churning out jobs and businesses and life-saving discoveries. 

You see it in the faces of the young people who we just visited to -- visited with, Dr. Green and myself -- some not-so-young faces, but people who, despite layoffs, despite hardships, felt confident in their future. 

Just the other month, I saw part of America’s future during a science fair we held at the White House.  It was the first science fair we’ve ever held.  And we talked to some of these amazing young people.  It was probably as much fun as I’ve had in several months.  Now, that's a low bar, given -- (laughter.)  But there was a team from Tennessee that had designed a self-powered water filtration plant so that homes in Appalachia could have access to clean water.  And then there were these young people -- these are all high school, some younger than high school -- there were young people who had designed a way to make an entire town more energy-efficient. 

And there were young people who had entered into rocket contests, and they were showing me all the rockets that they had been shooting up, and they had won an international contest, and explained to me the designs of these things -- and robots that were running around in the State Dining Room and bumping into things.  (Laughter.)  

And then the last person I spoke to was a young woman from Dallas, Texas, and her name was Amy Chyao.  She’s 16 years old.  She’s a child of immigrants.  Her parents came to the United States from China, but Amy was born here.  And when she was a freshman in high school, she got interested in cancer research.  She had studied biology and she got interested in cancer research.  So she decided -- get this -- she decided to teach herself chemistry over the summer.  And then she designed a device that uses light to kill hard-to-reach cancer cells while leaving the healthy ones untouched.  This is her summer science project -- (laughter) -- 16 years old.  

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