Signing statements 1,278 on file, 1993 to 2025

What a president says about a bill at the moment of signing it, and which bill: 672 written statements and 606 sets of remarks made at a signing. Search by keyword, president or year.

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Bill Statement President Issued
H.R. 1151 Statement on Signing Legislation Concerning the Participation of Taiwan in the International Civil Aviation Organization Barack Obama July 12, 2013
S. 47 Remarks on Signing the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama March 7, 2013
S. 2318 Statement on Signing the Department of State Program Update and Technical Corrections Act of 2012 Barack Obama January 15, 2013
H.R. 8 +1 Statement on Signing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 Barack Obama January 2, 2013
H.R. 1627 Remarks on Signing Legislation To Improve Aid for Veterans and Military Families and an Exchange With Reporters Remarks on Signing Barack Obama August 6, 2012
S. 2165 Remarks on Signing Legislation To Enhance Security Cooperation With Israel Remarks on Signing Barack Obama July 27, 2012
H.R. 4348 Remarks on Signing the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act Remarks on Signing Barack Obama July 6, 2012
H.R. 2072 Remarks on Signing the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama May 30, 2012
H.R. 3606 Remarks on Signing the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act Remarks on Signing Barack Obama April 5, 2012
S. 2038 Remarks on Signing the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama April 4, 2012
H.R. 3801 Statement on Signing the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 Barack Obama February 10, 2012
H.R. 1540 Statement on Signing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Barack Obama December 31, 2011
H.R. 2055 Statement on Signing the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 Barack Obama December 23, 2011
H.R. 674 Remarks on Signing Legislation To Provide Incentives For Businesses To Hire Unemployed Veterans Remarks on Signing Barack Obama November 21, 2011
— Remarks on Signing an Executive Order to Cut Waste and Promote Efficient Spending Across the Federal Government Remarks on Signing Barack Obama November 9, 2011
— Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Establishing the Fort Monroe National Monument and an Exchange With Reporters Remarks on Signing Barack Obama November 1, 2011
— Remarks on Signing an Executive Order To Reduce Prescription Drug Shortages and an Exchange With Reporters Remarks on Signing Barack Obama October 31, 2011
H.R. 1249 Remarks on Signing the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act in Alexandria, Virginia Remarks on Signing Barack Obama September 16, 2011
H.R. 1473 Statement on Signing the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 Barack Obama April 15, 2011
H.R. 4 Statement on Signing the Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011 Barack Obama April 14, 2011
H.R. 6523 Statement on Signing the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 Barack Obama January 7, 2011
H.R. 847 Statement on Signing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 Barack Obama January 2, 2011
H.R. 2965 Remarks on Signing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama December 22, 2010
H.R. 4853 Remarks on Signing the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama December 17, 2010
S. 3307 Remarks on Signing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama December 13, 2010
H.R. 4783 Statement on Signing the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 Barack Obama December 8, 2010
H.R. 4783 Remarks on Signing the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama December 8, 2010
— Remarks on Signing an Executive Order Renewing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics Remarks on Signing Barack Obama October 19, 2010
H.R. 3619 Statement on Signing the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 Barack Obama October 15, 2010
S. 2781 +1 Remarks on Signing the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 Remarks on Signing Barack Obama October 8, 2010

A signing statement is issued as a bill becomes law, and often sets out how the president reads it or which parts they consider unenforceable. Each row links to the bill on the congressional side, where the votes that passed it are recorded. The statements come from GovInfo's compilation of presidential documents, which runs from 1993 forward.