The best way to serve distressed communities in urban and rural America is through a comprehensive, coordinated, and integrated approach.

This interagency effort shall coordinate Federal assistance and support within each empowerment zone and enterprise community.

We will be unable to implement any of our other education objectives until we are successful at achieving Goal 6.

I think we did everything we could have, and a lot of our work is still to be done now that the agreement has been made and is public and has to be implemented.

I believe that all that has to be part of the negotiating process.

It is outrageous for the Government to have rules and regulations which take those people's money from them and spend it on things that cannot be justified.

These four individuals have all exhibited the level of accomplishment and excellence that Secretary Christopher and I have pledged that our Ambassadors would have.

I think this effort can do as much as anything else to build the trust of the American people.

The funding authorized in the bill is critical to maintaining our Nation's defense capabilities.

I've been willing to do that since February.

If we can reform these procurement practices, we can probably do more there than in any other area of our national life in the short run to restore the confidence of the American people in their Government.

I don't think we have an option because I think the country can't walk away from this problem.

I think that there will be a new enthusiasm for things that are government reform.

They want to see some results.

The commitment is to reduce the government by 252,000.

We believe that a significant number of those people can be eliminated or used to serve customers better.

The goal is to get as much through as quickly as possible.

I think we all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the Vice President for the difficult and thorough work which has been done.