Brendan Boyle: “Donald Trump inherited an economy built on years of steady job growth.”

Our Founders would be surprised and alarmed that this current Congress has not jealously guarded its prerogatives.

From the most conservative Republican to the most progressive Democrat, to return to the room where it all began and remind ourselves that we are the inheritors of this great tradition.

Part of me as a Philadelphian wants to say a Philly cheesesteak. But that would not age well over 250 years.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, when we do things [in Congress], it is of a partisan nature … so besides the history of it, I hope that after this, the spirit of this event will live on.