Archive for August 8th, 2007
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Statement by the President
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Setting The Record Straight: The Administration Is Meeting Its Commitment To Border Security
The Washington Times inaccurately claims National Guard troops assigned to the U.S.-Mexico Border under Operation Jump Start are “being pulled off the line a year earlier than promised.” (Jerry Seper, “Guard Troops Pulled Back From Border,” The Washington Times, 8/9/07)
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Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
Pursuant to my constitutional authority and as contemplated by section
446 of The District of Columbia Self-Governmental Reorganization Act
as amended in 1989, I am transmitting the District of Columbia’s 2008
Budget Request Act. This transmittal does not represent an endorsement
of the contents of the D.C. government’s requests. -
Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
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Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
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President Bush Signs America COMPETES Act
H.R. 2272, the America COMPETES Act or the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act, which authorizes various programs at the National Science Foundation and the Departments of Energy, Commerce, and Education intended to strengthen education and research in the United States related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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President Bush Signs into Law S. 1099
On Thursday, August 9, 2007 the President signed into law S. 1099, which extends Federal Employee Health Benefits to United States citizen Employees of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission.
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President Bush Signs Legislation to Rename Postal Facilities
On Thursday, August 9, 2007, President Bush signed legislation to rename 15 postal facilities.
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President Bush Discusses American Competitiveness Initiative During Press Conference
President Bush on Thursday said, “Today I’m going to sign into law a bill that supports many of the key elements of the American Competitiveness Initiative. This legislation supports our efforts to double funding for basic research in physical sciences. This legislation authorizes most of the education programs I called for in the initiative I laid out at the State of the Union. These programs include Math Now proposals to improve instruction in mathematics, and the advanced placement program my administration proposed, to increase the number of teachers and students in AP and international baccalaureate classes.”
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President Bush Discusses American Competitiveness Initiative During Press Conference – August 9, 2007
President Bush on Thursday said, “Today I’m going to sign into law a bill that supports many of the key elements of the American Competitiveness Initiative. This legislation supports our efforts to double funding for basic research in physical sciences. This legislation authorizes most of the education programs I called for in the initiative I laid out at the State of the Union. These programs include Math Now proposals to improve instruction in mathematics, and the advanced placement program my administration proposed, to increase the number of teachers and students in AP and international baccalaureate classes.”
