Mexico has taken concrete steps on its own to fight drug trafficking.

I tell you, I believe in the kids of this country.

We all seek the same goal: to keep drugs out of America's neighborhoods and away from our children.

We have to make 2 years of education after high school... just as universal in America by the year 2000 as a high school diploma is today.

I am very honored to be here.

I condemn this act in the strongest possible terms.

Bob Graham is very important to this country, not just to the Democratic Party but to the country.

Our country was producing results for the people and for the future.

Today's vote by the House of Representatives on Mexico is the wrong way to continue and deepen the unprecedented cooperation we are getting from Mexico in the war on drugs.

President Zedillo recognizes the enormity of the problem Mexico faces, and he has been courageous in carrying this battle forward.

We have to have a commitment to rebuild our schools and give our children the facilities they need to learn in.

We have a Federal response which I think is totally antiquated.

Our economy produced 12 million jobs in 4 years—never happened before in a 4-year period.

I call on the leaders and the people of the region to reject violence, to redouble their efforts toward peace and reconciliation.

That is the world I'm determined to leave to you in 4 years when I go out of office.

North Carolina has led the way for a long time.

Full certification is warranted, given Mexico's well-demonstrated commitment to the fight against drugs.

We have to struggle always in Washington against the temptation to make the day's work about ourselves.