Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement responding to remarks by President Bush this morning on the nation’s economy:“The President’s statement this morning fails to grasp that middle-class families are working harder but earning less, while facing record gas prices, failing mortgages, and rising home heating bills. If President Bush thinks this is success, I would hate to see his definition of failure.“Even as middle-class families are struggling, the President’s budget plan gutted energy independence, cut home heating assistance for seniors, undermined cancer research, robbed promised funding from K-12 education, and slashed Pell grants and college financial...