[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 24 (Monday, June 20, 2005)]
[Pages 1004-1005]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Remarks at the Congressional Picnic

June 15, 2005

    Thank you all for coming tonight. I think we're going to have a 
pretty special picnic here on the South Lawn. Laura and Lynne and Dick 
and I are really pleased you're here.

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It's a chance to say thanks to the Members of Congress and their 
families.
    I appreciate the Marine Band. I hope you've enjoyed them as much as 
I've enjoyed listening to them upstairs.
    So enjoy the food. In about 45 minutes or so, we're going to have a 
celebration of American musicals, at the tent down there below. We hope 
you join us. WETA is going to film it, so make sure you look pretty. 
[Laughter]
    But thanks for coming. May God bless you all and your families. Glad 
you're here.

Note: The President spoke at 6:56 p.m. on the South Lawn at the White 
House.