We have never done very well when we tried to close our borders or be protectionist.

Health care reform on its own terms can close the gap between where we are and where our competitors are.

This is not an easy thing.

I look forward to working closely with Attorney General Reno and Jamie Gorelick in fighting for passage of a tough, smart crime bill.

We are bringing the deficit down.

H.R. 6 contains individual provisions that the Administration does not support, but is consistent with Administration objectives.

I transmit herewith the 1993 Annual Report on Alaska's Mineral Resources.

I don't want to characterize it, but the FBI and the CIA did a very good job on this.

There shall be established in the Department of Education the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.

The Commission shall provide advice to the President and the Secretary.

If I became President, I would try to open the doors of education to all young Americans, never make the cost a deterrent.

I believe we can, with discipline, continue to bring the deficit down and make room for investments that improve the skills and the productivity of the American people.

National service is more than a program, it carries the spirit of what America is going to have to be like if we're going to solve our problems and grow closer as a people.

It's better to do both, if possible.

The main good news for Americans is that Mr. Greenspan said that conditions for long-term growth are good; conditions for low inflation are good.

Education has propelled our economy, strengthened our democracy, and created our great American middle class.

We're not committed to any specific number of troops, but I think we should, and that's been my position all along.

I think it is important that all of us who are prepared to stick with this and who have made the same commitment, push for that kind of peace.