George W. Bush: “I want to consolidate our Republican Party.”

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.

We are grateful to the first responders and volunteers who are working to find the missing and comfort the grieving at Camp Mystic and along the Guadalupe.

We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death.

On this day of prayer, Laura and I are holding up our fellow Texans who are hurting.