Remarks by President Obama on Passage of the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, December 23, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2011 – 1:25 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I know you’re all looking forward to spending time with their families over the holidays, but we did have one last piece of business to finish up.  I said it was critical for Congress not to go home without preventing a tax increase on 160 million working Americans, and I’m pleased to say that they’ve got it done.  So I want to…