George W. Bush

I want to welcome Coach DeBerry and the Fighting Falcons of the United States Air Force Academy.

We must conserve, but we've also got to find new sources of energy.

It is naive for the American people to say that we can be okay from an energy perspective by only focusing on conservation.

I do feel better having talked to him.

We're going to do our part when it comes to conservation in the State of California.

Agencies located in regions where electricity shortages are possible should conserve especially during periods of peak demand.

I am instructing all agencies, Federal agencies, to reduce their peak hour electricity use in the State of California.

China must understand that we'll be firm in our philosophy, consistent in our beliefs.

We're worried about blackouts that may occur this summer.

Such conservation would save public money, protect the environment, and help to minimize shortages.

The Federal Government should set a good example of conservation by reducing its own energy use

This plan could not have been done without the leadership of the Speaker and the leader of the Senate.

Social Security payroll taxes must not be increased.

Modernization must preserve Social Security's disability and survivors components.

There is a budget deal; it's an agreement that makes a lot of sense.

It must continue to do this important work for decades to come.

I have pledged that I will work to develop a bipartisan consensus to strengthen Social Security.

Robert Gordon Card, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Ernest J. Moniz, resigned.

It is my intention that the commission be composed of an equal number of Republicans and Democrats.

When it makes its report, the Congress and I will face some serious decisions, but we must be inspired by the example of the founder of Social Security, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Today, young workers who pay into Social Security might as well be saving their money in their mattresses.

It's time—it was time to come together to put a good budget together on behalf of the American people;

We Americans cherish our deep historical, cultural, economic, and, in many cases, family ties with Mexico and Latin America.

I believe that we must honor our commitment to pay full promised benefits to those who have made a lifetime of contributions to the Social Security program.

Ownership, independence, access to wealth should not be the privilege of a few; they're the hope of every American.