Withdrawn January 24

We owe a lasting debt of gratitude to the Challenger Seven and all those who have taught and still teach us about our place in the cosmos.

I am pleased that the Congress avoided another partial government shutdown.

We can take the fight to terrorists, who would acquire terrible weapons of mass destruction.

We are downsizing the Government.

Governing by continuing resolution is not the appropriate way for the Congress to perform its work.

A default could raise interest rates and impose serious, long-term harm on the economy.

No young American should ever not go to college because of the cost.

The people of our space program still carry with them the memory of the Challenger astronauts and keep alive in their daily striving the spirit of the friends and colleagues they lost on that tragic day.

Every child deserves to have a dream and to have a chance to live out that dream.

Families work because people work together.

Submitted January 24

Our goal should be to make crime the exception rather than the rule.

The state of the Union is strong.

I learned of Roger Johnson's resignation as Administrator of the General Services Administration with deep regret.

People live together because they think they'll all be better off than if they were all out somewhere else by themselves.

We will continue to build on the work Roger started.

Those big numbers don't mean much to people; they really want to know how they are doing in their communities.