George W. Bush: “If Congress fails to pass a bill I can sign by mid-May, the problems grow even more acute.”

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

It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your President.

Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is. On behalf of a grateful nation, thank you for your hard work and God bless you.

For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence—a time set apart.