I cannot in good conscience sign a bill that cuts education to save pet congressional projects.

This would significantly limit the possibility of competition and the potential benefits to consumers of improved service and lower cost.

It appears to reflect a balanced immigration policy that makes the most of our diversity while protecting the American workforce.

I will sign legislation that provides these needed supplemental appropriations and that reduces the deficit by at least as much as this bill.

The Conservation Plan will set forth a 5-year agenda for Federal agencies identified by the Coordination Council.

The American people have waited long enough.

S. 652, as reported, will not achieve these goals.

The line-item veto is a vital tool to cut pork from the budget.

If this Congress is serious about deficit reduction, it must pass the strongest possible line-item veto immediately.

I believe, in other words, that it takes a village to raise a child, especially when you consider the facts of life that children face today.

Children are not very well organized.

I want to work across party lines to solve this problem.

I thank all of you for coming here to meet about the fate of our children.

The earned-income credit will now provide a tax reduction for working families with children with incomes below $27,000 an average of $1,000 a year.

If you believe it takes a whole village to raise a child, it means that the Government has a responsibility... to guarantee children who can't get it for themselves health, safety, and education.

We have to grow the middle class and shrink the under class.

The family and medical leave law... has caused ordinary citizens to come up to me and say, 'Thank you.'

I hereby delegate the authorities vested in the President under sections 8 and 9 of the African Conflict Resolution Act to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development.