America has been blessed with many great and good leaders over the past two centuries.

I call on Members of Congress from both parties to follow through on what Frank McConnell asked of the Speaker and me: Let's put politics aside, work together, and get this done.

I just want to say to all the people of Pennsylvania how much I appreciate what you went through.

I actually resent it myself.

We want to support you.

Overall, the American economy is healthy and strong.

This is not just an emergency for a few days or a week.

I know there's nothing that anyone, including the President, can say that will make these losses go away.

On the ground, we are doing what needs to be done not only now, in the next few days, but for as long as it takes.

I will follow up on the suggestions that we have gotten.

This Government today is the smallest it's been since 1965.

I want to say a special word, too, to Charles Haley.

But we are also a nation of laws.

I congratulate everyone who played on this team.

The council's work may be done, but the Nation's work is just beginning.

This is beginning to be boring for them, I think.

Let me say, all of you are from Virginia.

One of the biggest problems we have in our country...is dealing with the tension every human being has between thinking about what's happening right this second and what's right to do over the long run.