Many of you have recorded declines in the crime rate in the last year or so because of the strategies that mayors are adopting with community policing.

I think it's important to raise the minimum wage because if we don't, next year the buying power of the minimum wage will be at a 40 year low.

We know that the combined rates of unemployment and inflation are the lowest they have been in 30 years.

I applaud you for these outstanding contributions and look forward to your continuing advice and assistance.

We should not repeal the assault weapons ban.

I have sought to essentially focus on three things that I think are critical to making sure we succeed in this new economy: empowering our people to make the most of their own lives, expanding opportunity but shrinking the Federal…

Let's work to empower people.

Congressional Accountability Act of 1995

Today, our job again is to persuade people that democracy and free markets can give all people the opportunity to live out their dreams.

I believe more strongly now that the incomes and living standards of Americans are tied directly to what happens outside our borders.

It is time to put behind us the rancor and cynicism that are shadowing the American ideal of baseball.

We know we must continue to invest in our own people, to empower individuals to take advantage of the opportunities of the global economy.

There is an education premium in this new economy that is greater than has ever been the case in the entire history of the Republic, ever.

It is time for this strike to end.

We do not want to see overall cuts in education programs.

The middle class bill of rights does something we should have done a long time ago: It gives a deduction for the cost of education after high school.

The job of every American at the close of the 20th century is to do what we can to guarantee that, as we move to the next century, the American dream will be available to all of our people.

I remain convinced that the best way to get baseball back for America is for the parties to reach their own settlement.