This legislation will help to address the critical problem of youth criminals.

You should report to me in writing by March 31, 1996, on the specific steps you will take to implement this policy.

We can and will continue to prosecute and convict these criminal drug users.

Too often, the same criminal drug users cycle through the court, corrections, and probation systems still hooked on drugs and still committing crimes to support their habit.

The Federal criminal justice system should serve as a model for State criminal justice systems.

The Mojave is our newest national park and part of the 1994 California Desert Protection Act—the largest addition to our park system in the lower 48 States.

The Republican plan would raise taxes for over 7 million of our hardest pressed working families.

If the Republican plan becomes law, millions of children would be denied basics they need: health care they now have, schooling they can count on, school lunches, a safe place to live, or air and water we can be sure is safe to breathe and…

So for them to cause a shutdown, denying Americans the services their tax dollars support, as a tactic in the budget debate is wrong.

The cuts they propose would deprive millions of people of health care: poor children, pregnant women, the disabled, seniors in nursing homes.

We are determined, as Democrats, to try to work together and to try to work with the Republicans to achieve a balanced budget but in a way that is consistent with our principles.

We're going to keep working, trying to reach as much agreement among ourselves as possible.

It is wrong for them to shut the Government down again just before Christmas.

We will never forget them.

Congress should act quickly.

The world is looking for our leadership for peace because they know America can be trusted.

They embodied the spirit of service that sets our Nation apart.

I am pleased to announce that I have nominated Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, U.S. Air Force, for assignment as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.