[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 12 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Page 420]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Remarks at the White House Easter Egg Roll

March 24, 2008

    Well, Laura and I welcome you to the White House for the Easter egg 
roll. How about the Jonas Brothers? Thanks for coming. We are sure glad 
you're here. We welcome you to the Easter egg roll.
    Pretty soon after a few remarks, I have the honor of blowing the 
whistle to start the Easter egg roll. But we've got a lot of other 
people who are going to make sure today is a special day. We want to 
thank all our volunteers who have made this event possible. We thank 
our--[applause]--yes, there you are. [Laughter] We thank our readers. 
For you Dallas Cowboy fans, it is a great honor to welcome Troy Aikman 
here to be one of the readers.
    We want to remind you that we're dedicating today's Easter egg roll 
to our--clean oceans. And there's a booth here where you can find out 
how you can contribute to make sure that we're environmentally sound 
stewards of our oceans. Ocean conservation is a important aspect of good 
public service, and it's certainly something that Laura has on her mind, 
as she comes up to address you. And so now it's my honor to welcome the 
First Lady of the United States, my dear wife, Laura Bush.

Note: The President spoke at 9:23 a.m. from the Blue Room balcony at the 
White House. In his remarks, he referred to entertainers the Jonas 
Brothers; and Troy Aikman, former quarterback, Dallas Cowboys. The 
transcript released by the Office of the Press Secretary also included 
the remarks of the First Lady.