Certainly, wasting our national wealth and burdening future generations with mountains of debt does not keep faith with those who have struggled and sacrificed to begin a new form of government here on our shores.

Keep especially in mind the brave sailors of the U.S.S. Stark.

The administration opposes enactment of H.R. 900.

Greater love than this has no man than to lay down his life for his friends.

The administration supports the laudable objectives of the bill.

Our aim is to prevent, not to provoke, wider conflict, to save the many lives that further conflict would cost us.

Our task today is simple and sad: to remember, to pay tribute to those we loved.

Independence National Historical Park ... serves as the focal point for the National Park Service's celebration of the Constitution's Bicentennial.

The National Park Service is engaged in a variety of efforts to interpret the Constitution.

But while our sorrow was great in those days, I cannot help but tell you this morning that in some ways it was easier to bear then, because it was easier to understand why we were there and why we were fighting.

The administration opposes enactment of H.R. 1939.

Yes, they were heroes.

So, it's a simple truth we reaffirm here today: Young Americans of the U.S.S. Stark gave up their lives so that the terrible moments of the past would not be repeated.

We pray and we resolve to keep holy the memory of those who have died for our country and to make their cause inseparably our own.

Let no one doubt our resolve to protect our vital interests in the Persian Gulf or anywhere else.

We both share a strong commitment to human rights and democracy.

The administration has no objection to the enactment of H.R. 1205.

This bill abolishes unnecessary restrictions on natural gas and petroleum markets.