First Lady Michelle Obama continued her tour of her new neighborhood today with a visit to the Department of Transportation.

“The economic recovery plan is making the largest investment in our nation’s infrastructure since the interstate highways were created in the 1950s. It’s time,” she said. “It will repair and rebuild highways, expand access to public transportation, which we all need; invest in high speed rail, which we all need; and improve our nation’s airports.

“So that’s why your management, the work that you’re doing here in Transportation to manage the investments in the economic recovery plan, is so very important,” she added later. “There is a lot of work to do.”

Mrs. Obama this afternoon visited the Department of the Interior, where she spoke about how important it is to protect our natural resources and move towards a clean, sustainable energy future.

President Obama is holding his first press conference, in the East Room of the White House.

At a town hall in Elkhart, Indiana today, the President discussed with working people exactly how the package will affect them and their communities.

The President is on his way to Elkhart, Indiana, for a town hall about the economic recovery plan.

Last Thursday, February 5, 2009, President Obama took his first flights aboard Marine One and Air Force One, on his way to the House Democratic Issues Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia.

“Americans across this country are struggling, and they are watching to see if we’re equal to the task before us,” the President says in this morning’s Weekly Address. “Let’s show them that we are.”

Yesterday, President Obama signed an executive order establishing the new White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Since a few questions have come in, we want to update you on the President’s campaign commitment to introducing more sunlight into the lawmaking process by posting non-emergency legislation online for five days before signing it.

President Obama signed an executive order establishing the Economic Recovery Advisory Board.