Let's capture the spirit of our mighty Midwesterners, who for 2 weeks have refused to relinquish their dreams in the face of this terrible flooding and who have proven that nothing is impossible when we all pull together.

I'm honored to address the National Association of County Officials today and very, very grateful for the strong support you've given to our economic plan.

The Department of the Interior shall, on a reimbursable basis, provide such administrative services for the Council as may be required.

Our goal is to just be a good partner and to sensitively know that people will have to go through an emotional cycle.

We are putting our own house in order.

Many of you have made the same observation that Senator Mikulski did about the importance of the ongoing effort.

At a time like this, people who have worked hard all of their lives deserve a helping hand.

We are here to deal with basically two great issues.

That indomitable American spirit is recognized as far away as Tokyo and Korea.

I thought that was such a simple and yet brilliant statement.

The plan is fair, it's balanced, and it will create new jobs, permanent, productive, private-sector jobs.

I think it's fair to say that all of us in the administration who have been to this region have been very moved by what we have seen.

I don't know what this country would do without them.

I think it's got some legs.

We are Americans; we can pull together.

In times of crisis we're not Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans.

America is now the high-quality, low-cost producer of many products and services that can compete in any market in the world.

Americans can rise to any challenge.