"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
"As long as we have the bond that you can almost feel in this room and that I felt in that other room..."
"I hope it is something that we can continue in the years ahead."
"I think a certain faith was restored for a lot of people in our institutions of government."
"Pope John Paul II, a man of peace and goodness—an inspiration to the world—has been struck today by a would-be assassin's bullet."
"We are grateful that he has been spared."
"The people of the United States... join millions throughout the world in fervent prayer for his full and rapid recovery."
"Nyle C. Brady is an exemplary choice for this important position."
"All men are brothers, that they must forever forsake the ways of violence and live together in peace."
"We are closer to achieving our goal of fiscal responsibility and a government that lives within its means."
"This was an example of bipartisan cooperation and representative democracy at its best."
"On behalf of all Americans, I thank the Senators who heard the voice of the people and found the courage to commit themselves seriously to budgetary restraint, tax rate reduction, and renewed national..."
