George Bush actually said...

Each day of delay in enacting this essential legislation adds more than $10 million to the cost of resolving this enormous problem.

Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 1278 - Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989

06/13/1989

More George Bush Quotes

We will not target civilian facilities.

America treats human life as our most precious value.

Saddam Hussein does not share our value in the sanctity of life.

This temporary interruption in America's economic growth does not signal a decline in the basic long-term vitality of the U.S. economy.