George Washington actually said...

"Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:I lay before you three letters from our minister in London, advices concerning the Algerine mission from our minister at Lisbon and others, ..."

"GO. WASHINGTON."

"I directed copies and translations to be made, except in those particulars which, in my judgment, for public considerations, ought not to be communicated."

"Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:I transmit to you an act and three ordinances passed by the government of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio on the ..."