Bush On The Air: Life In Latin America
March 10, 2007, 12:27pm
For the next several days, President Bush and first lady Laura Bush are on a trip to five countries in Latin America — Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. That presented the president with a timely opening to talk about both the progress toward freedom and economic prosperity in the region, as well as the obstacles still ahead.
“The United States is doing its part to help our neighbors in Latin America build a better life for themselves and their families. We are helping these young democracies make their governments more fair, effective, and transparent.
“We are supporting their efforts to meet the basic needs of their citizens — like education, health care, and housing. And we are increasing opportunity for all by relieving debt, opening up trade, and encouraging reforms that will build market economies, where people can start from nothing and rise as far as their talents and hard work can take them.”
Democrats drew attention to the life of veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital and elsewhere in their weekly address. Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., said reports of horrible living conditions for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed have prompted more unacceptable reports of bad living conditions at other facilities — and Democrats are determined to fix the problems.
“I’m a fiscal conservative. I would rather cut taxes than raise them,” Mitchell said. “And I think one of the best things Congress can do is find government waste and weed it out. But it’s not right to hurt veterans when they so desperately need our care, and for too long the Bush Administration has tried to care for our veterans on the cheap.”
Categories: White House, Weekly Radio Address, Trade, Latin America
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