The election fundamentally is not about the Democratic Party.

Thank you for your support for me and for our administration.

If we can't do it now, when our economy and our prospects and our confidence are so strong, then when?

We can't afford to take a break.

Welfare reform itself was a bipartisan effort.

When Congress sends me this bill, I will sign it.

Tonight's vote for the Shays-Meehan bill is a breakthrough in the fight for bipartisan campaign finance reform.

I congratulate Representatives Chris Shays, Martin Meehan, and their colleagues for their courage and their persistence.

The House Republican plan puts politics ahead of people and puts your future in the backseat.

I urge the House to move this legislation to final passage before they adjourn for the August recess.

I'm sure when you started this program some of you didn't know how rewarding it would be.

The record is clear.

America is better off today than it was 6 years ago, that there are ideas behind the changes that took place in this country, and they're good ideas.

I have always said I belong to a party that puts progress over partisanship, that puts people over politics, that puts unity over division.

And I am proud of that.

I believe that the ideas we brought to the economic and social debate have contributed measurably to the remarkable conditions in our country today.

Let's put progress ahead of partnership.

We are moving in the right direction, my fellow Americans.