I know you will do a lot with these 43,000 additional officers to make the streets of America safer.

It is when we work together that we can truly make progress for our country and for the people who sent us here.

Crime is coming down in America.

We lost too many wonderful men and women in uniform last year.

They were American heroes.

I urged the American people to join neighborhood crime watch groups and to do other things that would support community policing.

I want to thank the others who are on the line.

The science and technology enterprise is a source of discovery and inspiration and is key to the future of our Nation.

Thank you for your strength, your courage, and your sacrifice.

Serious crimes have decreased for the 4th year in a row, including an 8 percent drop in the murder rate.

You have served your country in so many ways, and you should be proud of your 35 years in Congress.

There is established effective May 15, 1996, a Board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate any and all of the disputes raised in mediation.

The United States must sustain world leadership in science, mathematics, and engineering if we are to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Today we are providing more law enforcement dollars to more communities than on any other single day in the history of this country.

It is extraordinary.

I look forward to participating with you in that discussion.

Community policing has a lot to do with this, and I congratulate all of you who have, each in your own way, implemented it.

I believe we would honor the sacrifice of those whom we honor today if we could create an America where... you didn't see a report of a horrible crime leading the news.