[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book II)]
[October 3, 2008]
[Page 1269]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Remarks Following a Visit to the Treasury Department
October 3, 2008

    The President. I just had the honor of talking to Treasury 
Department employees. I thanked them for their hard work over the past 6 
weeks in dealing with a serious financial crisis.
    I do want to thank the Secretary too. Mr. Secretary, you and your team have worked incredibly 
hard. You've worked with the Congress; you've worked with the financial 
markets, both domestically and internationally. I know that your people 
are exhausted in there, and I'm--really appreciate the fact that I'm 
going to sign a piece of legislation that'll be a part of solving this 
crisis--an important part of solving the crisis.
    And so I just went up to thank people. Sometimes people in 
Government never get thanked enough for all the hours they keep. And 
I've got a lot of confidence in you, Mr. Secretary, and your team. And I want to thank you for giving me a 
chance to come by, and looking forward to getting this plan in place. I 
just told the people in the Rose Garden that, you know, it's 
complicated, and we're going to make sure that whatever we do is done in 
a deliberate fashion and one that will be effective and be mindful of 
the taxpayers. Appreciate serving with you.
    Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Thank you very much.
    The President. Appreciate serving with you. Thank you all.

Note: The President spoke at 2:38 p.m. In his remarks, he referred to 
H.R. 1424, approved October 3, which was assigned Public Law No. 110-
343. The Office of the Press Secretary also released a Spanish language 
transcript of these remarks.