I do not think there was any doubt about where the United States stands on these issues today.

I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, the Convention on Biological Diversity.

These moments are always hard, because change is always hard.

Years from today, Americans will look back on these months as a moment when our Nation looked squarely at a new economic era and did not flinch from its challenges.

Tomorrow all of us will go for a day of discussion on beautiful Blake Island.

We will remain engaged in the world.

I think our trade relationships alone indicate that the United States has not attempted to isolate China but instead has attempted to assist its movement into the global economy.

I herewith report four new and two revised deferrals of budget authority, totaling $7.8 billion.

Our policy is to try to engage China but to be very firm with the human rights issues.

I believe that my meeting today with President Jiang established our determination to build on the positive aspects of our existing relations and to address far more candidly and personally than we have in the past the problems that remain…

The cold war may be over, but the United States is not about to pull up its stakes and go home.

I also emphasized the need for progress on our trade imbalance.

The best single hope for reducing the long-term structural deficit is passage of fundamental health care reform to bring these costs under control.

We must pursue a strategy of involvement grounded in confidence in our ability to do well in the future.

We have common concerns about the conditions in our neighborhood, about regional trade barriers, about our shared environment.

I think that the present policy is not sustainable.

Our goal this week will be to do some of both.

I feel good about where we are on that.