We have seen 7 million new jobs in the last 2 1/2 years.

The most important word is 'decisive.'

Our country is better positioned for the future than any other country in the world.

Parents provide the security, stability, and love that enable children to grow up healthy, happy, and strong.

The freer and the more open the world gets, the more vulnerable free people everywhere will be to the organized forces of destruction.

I invite the States, communities, and the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities expressing gratitude and abiding affection for parents.

All parents have an obligation to provide for the children they bring into the world.

This is an exciting time.

Parenthood is among the most difficult and most rewarding responsibilities in life.

Parents must teach and sustain, helping to empower each new generation to meet the challenges and opportunities of life with confidence.

I am convinced that in our country at this time, there is sort of a commonsense consensus about what we ought to do that has been damaged by excessive partisanship.

As good as this is, you ain't seen nothing yet if we stay on the same course.

The need to fund completion of these projects in FY 1997 would reduce funding available for other projects, including readiness and quality of life programs supported by the Administration and the Appropriations Committees.

People may disagree with certain laws, like the ban on assault weapons, but that doesn't give them a right to disobey the law.

Politics has been used too long to divide us when what we really need to do is to rise above partisanship to find common ground.

We can solve the problems of this country.

With the Nation facing serious budget constraints, such a spending increase is not affordable.

We need to get to work, and we need to do it in a bipartisan fashion.