George W. Bush: “I hope that the Speaker will change her mind.”

Today, we remember your loss, we share your sorrow and we honor the men and women that you have loved so long and so well.

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

Seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.

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