video statement online today saying she has to focus on her recovery. i don t remember much from that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust you placed in me to be your voice. thank you for your prayers and for giving me time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. i m getting better. let s bring in cnn s athena jones from washington. what kind of reaction are we receiving? the reaction has been swift here on capitol hill from both sides of the aisle. democratic leader nancy pelosi said i join all my colleagues in congress in thanking gabby for the honor of calling her colleague and wishing gabby and mark great success and happiness. and house speaker john boehner said in his statement, i salute congresswoman giffords for her service and for the courage and perseverance she s shown in the face of tragedy. she will be missed. we also saw a statement from representative steny hoyer saying i
but we ve got to do more. so today i directed my administration to send me a new national tourism strategy focused on creating jobs. and some of america s most successful business leaders, some who are here today, have signed up to help. we re going to see how we can make it easier for foreign tourists to find basic information about visiting america and we re going to see how we can attract more tourists to our national parks. we want people visiting not just epcot center, but the everglades too. the more folks who visit america, the more americans we get back to work. it s that simple. now, just as we do a better job of marketing our tourist destinations, we ve also got to make it easier for tourists to make the visit. there s a good reason why it s not easy for anybody to get a