The Brady act is working.

Because of David Kessler, we have been able to undertake this initiative to protect our young people from tobacco.

We have a common interest in doing this job together.

I hereby delegate to you the responsibility for submitting a legislative proposal to the Congress as required under section 809(e) of the Act.

You cannot celebrate Thanksgiving this year without a balanced budget.

It is relatively rare for a country to have both peace and prosperity.

I ask you to help us do that.

I believe we'll get the fast-track authority, and I believe we'll conclude an agreement.

Now we stand at a moment of unprecedented promise for the Americas.

Chile's return to democracy, a heroic and courageous struggle, has helped to fuel freedom's march all across our hemisphere.

This is a joint bipartisan responsibility that my Administration and the Congress take very seriously.

I believe we must have fast-track authority to conclude new trade agreements that open markets to America's products and that advance our values.

Together we are striving to follow the roadmap set by our hemisphere's 34 democracies in the Miami Summit of the Americas in 1994.

You have more experience and credibility at that than I have, but I am glad to be your partner in building those bridges.

We challenge the national media and entertainment industry to join us— by renouncing the glamorization of drug abuse and realistically portraying its consequences.

For our children's sake and the sake of this Nation, this menace must be confronted through a rational, coherent, cooperative, and long-range strategy.

I request that the National Bioethics Advisory Commission undertake a thorough review of the legal and ethical issues associated with the use of this technology.

will cause serious, irreversible and avoidable harm [and in] the balance are the lives and well-being of many thousands of women and children and American credibility as the leader in family planning programs around the world.