Jeb Hensarling: “I need not state that last week was a very, very trying, yet very moving week for many Americans because we said goodbye…”

“I need not state that last week was a very, very trying, yet very moving week for many Americans because we said goodbye to one of the greatest Presidents I believe in the history of America, and certainly one of the greatest that I have known in my life time, President Reagan. And I think many Americans recall so much about the President, about how he loved freedom and how optimistic he was. There is a phrase that many people associated with President Reagan when he ran for reelection in 1984, and that phrase was, It is morning again in America. Well, America has faced a significant economic challenge over the last several years, and that is we have faced a recession. Many people have been hurt by this recession and jobs were lost and businesses were padlocked. But I have to tell you, we have come out of the darkness. We are coming into the light. When we look the at our national economy, again it is morning in America. One of the proudest days I have had as a Member of United States Congress was the day that I signed my name, co-authored President Bush's economic growth program.”