George H.W. Bush

I will never let these threats endanger our kids' security.

You tell me why a nation that can make smart bombs cannot produce the smartest kids in the entire world.

I believe very simply that Government is too big and we spend too much of your money.

The available balances of pay-as-you-go offsets are sufficient to finance all payments to internees pursuant to H.R. 4551.

I can stand before you and say something that no President has ever been able to say before: The cold war is over.

I hope that you and every American will take a look at the ideas and then compare them with my opponent's before you make a decision.

Our hearts go out to the people of Hawaii, and we pledge to stand by them in support at this hour of need.

The American people aren't undertaxed; the Government in Washington is overfed.

With the cold war over, we face a world of transition.

I have decided to notify Congress to sell up to 72 of your F-15's to the country of Saudi Arabia.

America can get the job done.

You need to hear leaders talking about these ideas, real ideas that are right for our country.

We will always compete, and we will win.

I want to do everything I can to keep Americans at work.

The cold war is over. Freedom finished first.

I have diagnosed the problem; I've offered serious solutions, not all of which are popular.

Under current law and NPS procedures, such information is routinely developed and provided to Congress and the public.

Members, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (5).

H.R. 5534 would divert scarce resources to a non-Federal entity, the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom, at the expense of high-priority resource protection, operation, and maintenance needs in existing national parks.

H.R. 450 would unduly restrict the right to prospect for minerals and would impose inflexible and costly reclamation standards on miners.

Well, I'll get a little advice on that from some around the table here. Thank you all. Note: The President spoke at 9:35 a.m. in the Cabinet Room at the White House prior to a meeting with congressional leaders.

Not on this issue. I don't think there's any gridlock at all, Helen [Helen Thomas, United Press International]. I think the country is together. I think the Members of Congress have been superb. I have spoken out publicly in gratitude for…

Some of it unquestionably will be over the budget, not all of it. And I'm going to ask Dick Darman to explain this to the Members here in a minute.

Well, one of the things we're going to talk to these leaders about is just exactly that and see what we can do. But I know the Governors of both States, Governor Chiles, Governor Edwin Edwards, are prepared to pitch in. And it is my…

I urge that the Congress give favorable consideration to this agreement.