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This legislation, while it necessarily contains compromises, will change Washington for the better.

I think they're a real shining example for emerging democracies in Africa and on other continents as well.

National service will do so much that must be done: meeting our country's needs, paying for our children's education, and bringing all of us together in the common work of citizenship.

I'm sure that it will.

Today the Senate showed it has heard the American people's demand for change.

I want you to know of my continuing support for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC).

Abandoning the SSC at this point would signal that the United States is compromising its position of leadership in basic science.

I urge the Congress to move forward on lobby disclosure legislation that brings the activities of lobbyists into the sunlight of public scrutiny.

Three years ago, the world rejoiced at the birth of a new democracy on the African continent.

I absolutely do.

National service is not about political partisanship.

I'm particularly pleased to have the President here as the first African head of state received by my administration.

Namibia's successful transition to a stable, multiparty, multiracial, multiethnic democracy offers hope and optimism for other nations in the region.

The bill represents a crucial, bi-partisan effort to show strong United States and multilateral support for democratic and pro-market reform in Russia and the other new independent states of the former Soviet Union.

I urge the Senate to pass this legislation tomorrow.

The ultimate goal is to restore the conditions of peace which existed before the Pakistanis were murdered.

The SSC project will stimulate technologies in many areas critical for the health of the U.S. economy.