US Presidency
2001

Thank you. Sit down. Behave yourself. You're at the White House. Laura, thank you very much for being here on this historic moment. Mr. Vice President, Secretary O'Neill, Director Daniels, Secretary Evans and Chao are here, as well. Secretary Abraham, Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, Members of the United States Senate, Members of the House of Representatives, fellow Americans, welcome. Some months ago, in my speech to the joint session of Congress, I had the honor of introducing Steven Ramos to the Nation. Steven is the network administrator for a school district. His wife, Josefina, teaches at a charter school. They have a little girl named Lianna, and they're trying to save for Lianna's college education. High taxes made saving difficult. Last year they paid nearly $ 8,000 in Federal income taxes. Well, today we're beginning to make life for the Ramos ' a lot easier. Today we start to return some of the Ramos ' money and not only their money but the money of everybody who paid taxes in the United States of America.