George W. Bush: “We congratulate the members of the Council of Representatives for coming together to approve these historic agreements.”

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.

This tax relief has been a key factor in promoting the economic growth and job creation of recent years, and it should be made permanent.

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position.