"landmark cases" premieres monday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span3, and c-span radio. for background on each case, order your copy of the "landmark cases" companion book at c-span.org/landmarkcases. his weekly address, the president discusses economic growth and gives his reaction to a potential government shutdown in december. senator john barrasso of wyoming gives the republican response. he talks about the costs of federal regulations. obama: hi, everybody. yesterday, we learned our businesses created 118,000 jobs in september. that makes 67 straight months of job creation and 13.2 million new jobs in all.

we would be doing even better if we didn't have to keep dealing with crises in congress every few months. at a time when the global economy is softening, our own growth could slow if congress doesn't do away with harmful austerity measures. on wednesday, more than half of republicans in congress voted to shut down the government for the second time in two years. fortunately, there were enough votes in both parties to pass a bill to keep the government open for another 10 weeks. unfortunately, the gimmick only sets up another shutdown threat two weeks before christmas. that is not the way america should operate. it kicks the can down the road without solving any problems or doing long-term planning for the future. i will not sign another short-term spending bill like the one congress sent me this week. here is why. a few years ago, both parties whatd to put in place

proved to be harmful automatic cuts that make no distinction between spending we don't need and spending we do. those cuts kept our economy from growing faster. even worse, they are undermining the middle class. if we don't undo these cuts, next year, we will be funding our kids education at the same levels per pupil that we did in the year 2000. compared to my budget, that would be like cutting federal .unding for 4500 schools 17,500 teachers and aides. ..9 million students that is not good for our kids for our economy. it's a prescription for american decline, and it shouldn't happen. which invest in things like education today, or we are going to pay the price tomorrow. congress should stop kicking the can down the road and pass a serious budget. a serious budget is one that keeps america strong through our military and law enforcement,

that keeps america generous by caring for our veterans and seniors, that keeps america competitive by educating kids and workers. that is why i want to work with serious people in both parties, because that is how we will build on the progress of 13 million new jobs and help the middle class get ahead. thanks, everybody, and have a great weekend. senator barrasso hi, i'm dr. john barrasso. let me tell you a story about a family in my home state. andy johnson is 32. he and his wife katie have four kids. they live in the country. they have a few cows and horses. two years ago, they want to do build a small pond in their front yard. they got their plan approved by the state, and they use the pond to provide water for their animals. they thought it was a beautiful addition. the pond attractive birds and other animals. everything was fine until the johnsons got a visit from the united states environmental

protection agency. even though the state of wyoming had approved the pond, the federal government had not. the johnsons now face fines of more than $37,000 every day until they remove the pond. tos is what has happened government in america. it has gotten so aggressive, so inflexible, and so unyielding, and seemingly for so little purpose, and it's going to get worse. the obama administration is seizing new authority to control what it calls waters of the united states. this includes things like irrigated ditches, even low points in the landscape where water might collect after heavy rain. the consequences of this federal authority will be severe. local land-use decisions will be driven by washington bureau cap's, and this water rule is one of thousands of regulations washington is churning out. in the final 15 months of the obama administration, washington

bureaucrats are working overtime to finalize new rules on everything from prairie puddles to power plants. just this week, the white house released an ozone rule that will increase electricity costs and decrease reliability. in this administrations race to control more of what americans do every day. it has lost all perspective. the rules are based on ideology rather than practicality. the result is an explosion of expensive regulations and federal requirements on hard-working families. washington's assault on andy johnson in wyoming could be repeated across the country. the obama administration issued more than 2500 new regulations in the past six years. complying with these regulations is expected to cost the economy a staggering $680 billion. people will be forced to spend