Federal support of the arts and humanities is particularly critical.

The bottom line is that this report shows that our strategy of opportunity and responsibility is working.

We must have our theaters, our orchestras, our dance troupes, our exhibits, our lectures, our scholarship.

The default rate on student loans that is being announced today is the lowest in the history of America.

The earlier we start developing these creative impulses for artistic and intellectual potential, the better off our children and we will be.

At a time when so many forces seem determined to divide us, the arts and humanities unite us as a people in all of our rich diversity.

I expect there to be a negotiating process with the Congress, and I will work with them in good faith.

When necessary, we have tracked down defaulters and made them pay.

He is truly a 20th century renaissance man.

The arts and humanities are more essential than ever to the endurance of our democratic values.

We are honored to honor him today and thank him.

One of the most important things for me to do in the next 4 years was to open the doors of college education wider by passing a loan program that would allow people to pay their college loans back as a percentage of their income.

In America, we should all be able to enjoy art, ideas, and culture, no matter what our station in life.

By imagining a better America and acting to achieve it, we make our greatest progress.

I have today nominated Charlene Barshefsky to be the next United States Trade Representative.

I urge the Congress to take prompt and favorable action on this legislation.

I am confident she will make an excellent United States Trade Representative.

I cannot overemphasize how seriously the United States takes the goal of eliminating APL entirely.