We're determined to do everything we possible can to help the farmers in this area and the communities get through it.

I commend the Congress for developing a supplemental appropriations bill that supports my investment program and meets urgent National needs.

I am pleased to sign into law last night a modest job creating bill, H.R. 2118, the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993.

Every job it creates, every policeman or policewoman it rehires, every farm devastated by weather it assists, and every small business it enables to grow will make a difference to the people and communities served by this legislation.

This bill does not nearly provide what I believe is necessary to help our economy.

I believe that if a community has pulled together and produced a real plan for job creation and economic growth, the federal government must pitch in by giving that base to the community at a discount or, in some cases, even for free.

Literacy is not a luxury. It is a right and a responsibility.

On Monday, I leave for Tokyo for the G-7 summit.

Today we compete in a quieter field, the world of global economic competition.

I think it will leave you stronger and in a better position in the world.

I have insisted on the fullest possible accounting from the Vietnamese Government and pressed for further progress.

I think there will be enormous bipartisan understanding that you simply cannot take this away from communities without reinvesting something in them.

Let me repeat, there are two things at work here.

This government-wide effort will cost over $5 billion in the next five years.

I am confident that she will do an outstanding job of guiding the Air Force through this period of post-cold-war change.

The steps I have outlined today will advance that goal.

I probably have more admiration for your country in more ways than any President who has ever served.

Sheila Widnall is a woman of high achievement: a respected scientist, a skilled administrator, and a dedicated citizen.