Recent Press Releases

President George H. W. Bush

Remarks of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda

December 3, 2018

Remarks of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda
‘The Greatest Generation achieved all-American accomplishments and exhibited all-American virtues. And it may just be that no one did that as fully as our forty-first president. Even in the ranks of his remarkable generation, he will stand out forever as one of its most especially remarkable sons. George Bush was the best -- of the best.’

President George H.W. Bush

‘George Bush built his life on the premise that loving and serving America was simply a citizen’s duty...His legacy will rank among the most distinguished statesmen our nation has ever produced.’

December 1, 2018

‘George Bush built his life on the premise that loving and serving America was simply a citizen’s duty. He fulfilled that duty time and time again, as completely as anyone could. His legacy will rank among the most distinguished statesmen our nation has ever produced.’