It was a great pleasure and a great honor for me to be able to spend some time with the Holy Father.

This additional funding will be available for the Secretary of Labor to finance temporary jobs to repair damage caused by the floods.

I welcome the Vatican's commitment to human rights, including religious freedom for all.

We shared many values and perspectives: a commitment to today's young people in the United States and throughout the world.

We finally even found something that Senator Dole and I could agree on, in this bill.

I commend the Congress for acting expeditiously to develop a bill that helps those who are suffering as a result of the Midwest floods.

When the floods were coming no one had time to wring their hands, so they just automatically rolled up their sleeves.

It is my hope that the success of this extraordinary gathering of young people will create a greater spirit of unity and community among them.

I think that we can all be heroes if we learn something from this that we carry over into the rest of our lives.

This funding will provide for a range of housing activities, including acquisition, rehabilitation, tenant-based rental assistance, and new construction in areas affected by the flooding in the Midwest.

Today I have signed into law H.R. 2667, the 'Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Relief From the Major, Widespread Flooding in the Midwest Act of 1993.'

Today we salute them and others like them.

Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

The Act also provides $2.0 billion for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) operations for disaster relief.

The Act includes $75 million for the Public Health and Social Service Emergency Fund of the Department of Health and Human Services for the repair and renovation of community health centers.

This Act provides $6.3 billion of Federal assistance to the victims of the Midwest floods and other disasters.

We must actually enact a crime bill.

I hereby designate Peru as a beneficiary country under the ATPA.