A healthy travel and tourism industry is good for the economy.

I'm not about to give in to that kind of blackmail.

Our economy is the strongest in the world, and it's growing.

No nation on Earth is better positioned for the new century than America.

We need to do it in a way that reflects our core values: opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their own lives.

For all their loose talk, the congressional leaders know that a default would have a severe impact on our country.

This is a time of genuine promise for our country.

My balanced budget reflects our national values.

It gives you more jobs, more new businesses, more homeowners, a stronger future for all Americans.

I will not let anyone hold health care, education, or the environment hostage.

A country where Medicare withers on the vine, where our children are denied educational opportunity, where pollution worsens, where working people get a tax increase, that's not the kind of America I want for the 21st century.

We should be focusing on the challenges this economy poses, not undermining its strengths.

We should balance the budget.

The White House announced that the President will attend the dedication of a memorial cairn commemorating the victims of the terrorist bombing of Pan American Airlines Flight 103 at Arlington Cemetery on November 3.

I cannot in good conscience support a budget that actually raises taxes on people with incomes under $30,000 a year more than they're cut.

I'm going to veto it anyway.

I think we ought to balance the budget, secure Medicare, and I'm not opposed to a tax cut if it's properly targeted.

This Act provides $13.4 billion in discretionary budget authority for programs of the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.