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White House transcripts of the President’s remarks, compiled by the Office of the Federal Register and published on govinfo.gov. They are in the public domain and usually appear 4–7 weeks after the event: the newest one here is from Sep 30, 2026. We show how often a word was said and short quotes, and link to the full text. Searches on this page go to our server, unlike My transcripts.

“Water” said in 31 of 112 transcripts, 172 times.

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Remarks at a Dinner for the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

May 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times

  1. …pour a little section, then another little section. And when they put water, it all leaked—surprisingly, you know. So it was fun, but we…
  2. …Los Angeles. Los Angeles is not— —looking too good with what—the water. We just sent so much water down their way. They didn't want…
  3. …take it because it was bad for the environment. I said, "No, water is good for the environment." If they would have had it when…

Remarks in Warren, Michigan

Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …defend it here—we have to defend it not only in the water, but we have to defend it in the air. The planes were…
  2. …things. Your sink—you ever try buying a new sink and no water comes out? Your showerheads, your toilets—the whole thing, it's a disaster…
  3. …an environmental problem. You have areas they can't get rid of their water, and yet, they have—they put restrictors on them. You used to…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times

  1. …sign things and it's nice and everything is good. You'll get more water in the showerhead and things like that. But this is such an…
  2. …I ask—it's so interesting. So you take these massive areas of water, and other countries are allowed to fish in them, right? Yes. So…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 7 times

  1. …appliances? Sinks and toilets. He didn't want to say it. There's no water. You don't get water. It's ridiculous. They don't. Nobody wants— . You buy…
  2. …shower or wash your hands, whatever you do—including dishwashers, where no water comes out—but you wash your hands, and, in my case, I…
  3. …end up washing your hands five times longer, so it's the same water. And we're going to open it up so that people can live…

Remarks on Domestic Coal Production

Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 11 times

  1. …poor job. As you probably heard, I released billions of gallons of water going in from upstate California, from the most northern parts of California…
  2. …it would have been like if you had fire hydrants that had water in them, if you had sprinkler systems in houses. A lot of…
  3. …they had beautiful sprinkler systems, there was no water. They had no water to put out the fires. Water is very good for putting out…

Remarks at a Women's History Month Event

Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …right? It was an Obama sycophant. We blew him out of the water, right, Cindy Hyde? So, thank you. And Senator Ashley Moody, congratulations. Where…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 25, 2025 Speech / ceremony 18 times

  1. …the way they're going. What a shame. And by the way, the water is flowing in California. I hope you people have seen it. But…
  2. …can't believe we had to do that. But we opened up the water in California. The water was flowing into a place called the Pacific…
  3. …the Pacific Ocean, is only a drop, but for us, it's more water than we can use in California. So I'll get you some photographs…

Remarks at an Executive Order Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 14, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …get rid of those restrictions. You have many places where they have water—they have so much water, they don't know what to do with…
  2. …the sink and water barely comes out. They turn—take a shower, water barely comes out, and it's an unnecessary restriction. And basically, I think…
  3. …hands or presses the button for a dishwasher and there's barely enough water to—I mean, there's no water. And you know what they do…

Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times

  1. …destroyed, the—the whole state, this Hurricane Helene. It was a heavy-water hurricane, the water like nobody's ever seen. Lakes were built in areas…
  2. …You know, I opened the floodgates a few days ago, let the water come down because the environmentalists didn't want water. They still don't want…
  3. …you crazy?" And I opened—you—I'm sure you've seen it. The water comes down from the northwest parts of Canada, I guess, and—but…

Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

Feb 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time

  1. …knowledge that their journey that night did not end in the icy waters of the Potomac, but in the warm embrace of a very loving…

Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters

Feb 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …ridiculous war. Okay. I sent him to California to turn on the water. We turned it on. It was not easy, because we had to…
  2. …causing a lot of problems. And we have billions of gallons of water. It was on 3 days ago. You probably saw. It should have…
  3. …is giving Los Angeles and the entire State of California virtually unlimited water, which they could have done 5 years ago, which I told them…

Remarks on the Collision of a United States Army Helicopter and an American Airlines Aircraft Near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times

  1. …Airport. Both aircraft crashed instantly and were immediately submerged into the icy waters of the Potomac. Real tragedy. The massive search and rescue mission was…
  2. …answers. That icy, icy Potomac—that was a cold, cold night, cold water. We're all overcome with the grief for many who have so tragically…
  3. …Together, we take solace that their journey ended not in the cold waters of the Potamic but in the warm embrace of a loving god…

Remarks in a Briefing on Wildfire Recovery Efforts in Los Angeles, California

Jan 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 35 times

  1. …Carolina, and we had just a similar type of disaster. It was water instead of fire, but, boy, that water did damage like I've never…
  2. …the pumps and valves in the north. We want to get that water pouring down here as quickly as possible to let hundreds of millions…
  3. …that. They didn't mind hearing that. But we have a lot of water that is available, and I hope you can work that out among…

Remarks During a Tour of Hurricane Helene Damage and an Exchange With Reporters in Swannanoa, North Carolina

Jan 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times

  1. …lot of that could have been prevented, I think, if they had water, which they had plenty of, but they didn't use it. But I'm…
  2. …North Carolina in this horrible crisis. For 2 months, Asheville lacked running water. And even today, some North Carolinians can't take a hot-water shower…
  3. …which is ridiculous. We'll marshal all available resources that bring back potable water and make your water and infrastructure dramatically more reliable very quickly. And…

Remarks During a Briefing on Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts and an Exchange With Reporters in Fletcher, North Carolina

Jan 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 14 times

  1. …see what was going on with California, why they aren't releasing the water. Millions and millions of gallons of water, they're sending it out to…
  2. …somebody's going to explain that one. In the meantime, they have no water in Los Angeles, where they had the problems. But—so we're going…
  3. …far worse than it was even billed. I have never seen such water damage. It was largely water damage—wind damage, but water damage as…

Remarks on Federal Disaster Assistance Efforts and an Exchange With Reporters Upon Arrival in Fletcher, North Carolina

Jan 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 9 times

  1. …just to revert to it for a second, millions of gallons of water are waiting to be poured down through already the half pipes that…
  2. …for 40 years. And about 20 years ago, they turned off the water. And it's the water that comes from the Pacific Northwest—some of…
  3. …it out to the Pacific. And in the meantime, you don't have water in the hydrants. You don't have water in the sprinkler systems. It's…

Remarks on Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Development and an Exchange With Reporters

Jan 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 18 times

  1. …guys back in the Oval Office—Los Angeles has massive amounts of water available to it. All they have to do is turn the valve…
  2. …from and down from the Pacific Northwest, where millions of gallons of water a week—and a day, even, in many cases—pours into California…
  3. …The valve goes—it turns toward the Pacific Ocean, and all that water goes pouring into the Pacific Ocean. If they did what I told…