And we will put Americans to work making our homes and buildings more efficient so that we can save billions of dollars on our energy bills.

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And we should put Americans to work making our homes and buildings energy-efficient.

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And when our brains get slow on the draw, we get less efficient at work.

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And we make our roads safer and cars are more energy efficient because we came to work today.

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We know that our work in the field has to be supported by strong backroom capabilities, efficient operational processes, financial management and enabling technologies.

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And so they are going to be integral in helping me to root out waste in government, make our agencies more efficient, and generate more ideas so that we can put the American people back to work.

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