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| Remarks by the President after a Cabinet Meeting 7 April 2006 |
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| The Cabinet Room The Chateau 2.10 PM WST THE PRESIDENT: We'll have to be quick, I have to fly over to Adventures for a Convention. Ok, I will first like to thank all my Cabinet Members for being ehre today, each and everyone of you, we had a very fruitful meeting this first meeting of the new Administration. We discussed on Health. The Secretary of Health has new plans. So we've been having a discussion here today about how to make sure our health care system meets certain objectives: one, empowering the patients; two, how do we have a system that helps control rising costs in health care? And one of the interesting and innovative ways to do that is through health savings accounts. Health savings accounts are good for the uninsured, they're good for small businesses, they're good for larger corporations. And people around the table here have been sharing their experiences with how folks are saving money through health savings accounts. And I would urge the small business owner or the individual who is concerned about his or her health care to take a look at a health savings account. We discussed various matters pertaining to how to move on, and ahead. I dicussed with the Secretary of State on Issues I want him to face, and to take on such as Iran, and of course our relationships with Mexico and the United States. I discussed with the Member on my trip to the United States and Mexico next week, and I think we had a very fruitful first meeting. I will take two questions - Jason Q: Mr. President, what is your view on Karen Hudges, it ended in a very bad - A: I think we took the necessary steps. Karen is of big help and I will always attribute to her the hard work she put in to move this Administration to where it is today. But now, we have Ellen Degeneres. Ms. Degeneres is able to bring and to carry on. I think Ms. Degeneres is the perfect person to see through the tough times ahead and to finish well in 2010. Peter - Q: Sir, thankyou. One question on Mexico, how did the discussions go on Immigration? A: We talked abit about that of course. want to thank the efforts of those involved in the process. I appreciate their understanding there needs to be a comprehensive immigration bill. I recognize there are still details to be worked out. I would encourage the members to work hard to get the bill done prior to the upcoming break, so that was it. I look forward to meeting President Bush in Washington D.C. on Saturday, next week and we will talk about this on Saturday, in Washington. Thankyou All. END |