President Is Set to Meet the Press Tonight
President Bush tonight will address motorists’ concerns about high gas prices and push for Social Security restructuring during the sixth news conference since his November reelection.
The news conference is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. PDT in the East Room. The White House has asked television networks to broadcast the prime-time session.
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said the president’s remarks were timed to coincide with the end of a nationwide tour to persuade Americans that the nation’s retirement system needed to be revamped.
In a 10- to 12-minute opening statement, Bush will “talk in more specific ways” about his ideas for achieving a bipartisan solution to Social Security’s future solvency problems, McClellan said.
On energy, Bush will push Congress to pass his long-stalled energy plan, McClellan said.
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