George W. Bush: “H.R. 3997 would enable the Department of the Treasury ... to remove troubled assets.”

The actions taken by my Administration in response to the financial crisis have laid the groundwork for a return to economic growth and job creation.

If any voters came hoping for a kind word and a hug, they’d have to settle for the kind word.

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

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.