If America must close down access to quality education, a clean environment and affordable health care for our seniors, in order to keep the government open, then that price is too high.

This bill would make it almost inevitable that the Government would default for the first time in our history.

I urge the Congress to meet its responsibilities by sending me the remaining regular FY 1996 appropriations bills in acceptable form.

I am vetoing H.R. 2586, which the congressional leadership sent to me last night.

I don't want to destroy Medicare or Medicaid.

I cannot do it, and I will not do it.

Consumers and rail and motor carriers should be permitted to benefit from the removal of unproductive economic regulatory burdens.

I will not take steps that I believe will weaken our nation, harm our people and limit our future as the cost of temporarily keeping the government open.

The Act provides $19.3 billion in budgetary resources for programs of the Department of Energy.

The bill also fully funds my request for the Department of Energy's Stockpile Stewardship and Management program.

People over 80 continue to be the fastest growing group of our population.

The bill supports the Administration's proposal to reinvent the Department of Energy to improve the way it serves the American people.

We appreciate the speed and professionalism with which Saudi authorities have responded to this emergency.

The owners of those securities would not be paid on time.

I congratulate the parties for the wisdom they have shown in entering into this agreement and avoiding renewed conflict.

I also congratulate Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who played a direct role in assisting the parties to arrive at this agreement.

The unemployment and inflation rates together are at a 25-year low.

America must never forget the debt we owe the World War II generation.