I'm especially pleased to be able to take this action now, in this season of hope and light.

No longer can laws keep children of one race from nurturing arms of adoptive parents of another.

We will double the number of children we move from foster care to permanent homes, from 27,000 a year today to 54,000 a year by the year 2002.

The Secretary of Energy shall work with agencies procuring AFVs to coordinate the placement of their vehicles with the placement of similar vehicles by nonfederal alternative fuel stakeholders.

Look what we did: We doubled the earned-income tax credit, raised the minimum wage.

My Administration remains committed to promoting a lasting peace on the island.

I do think that those of you in a different position might well evaluate it.

I would like to be remembered as the President who prepared America for that future.

Agencies shall continue to work together in interagency committees recommended by the Federal Fleet Conversion Task Force.

I cannot look at a woman who's in a situation where the baby she is bearing against all her wishes and prayers is going to die anyway, and tell her that I am signing a law which will prevent her from ever having another child.

I think we have not done as much as we can.

Agencies shall formulate their compliance plans based on existing and requested funds, but shall not be exempt from the requirements of the Act or this order due to limited appropriations.

If an agency has failed to meet the statutory requirements, it shall include in its report an explanation for such failure.

We are appealing again for the implementation of practical measures to reduce the potential for conflict.

The purpose of this order is to ensure that the Federal Government exercise leadership in the use of alternative fueled vehicles (AFVs).

Each agency shall submit a report on its compliance with sections 303 and 304 of the Act.

I have worked to keep the American dream alive for all those who are willing to work for it.

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1996, as Wright Brothers Day.