This is something that I have looked forward to for some time.

I intend to do my very best to be faithful to the lessons that I learned as a Governor.

Well, you've come a long way in a short time and with a lot of courage.

I think a lot of you said this, but I just want to close with this: It's easy for people to talk about family values, but it's also important for us to value families.

I hereby direct you to submit to me prior to July 15, 1993, a draft of an Executive order ending discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in determining who may serve in the Armed Forces of the United States.

One of the things that we are determined to do here in Washington is open the Government to you.

The Department of Commerce will play a leading role in the development of a high skill, high wage economy.

By allowing workers to tend to vital family and health care needs without jeopardizing their jobs, this legislation would provide American workers with rights enjoyed by workers in virtually every other advanced industrial nation.

I still think I'm right; I feel comfortable about the way we have done this; and I'm going to maintain the commitment that I have.

I do not expect that to spark this kind of problem.

This compromise is not everything I would have hoped for or everything that I have stood for, but it is plainly a substantial step in the right direction.

I'm proud of you.

I think that there's a lot of response to the efforts we're making now, but there's also a lot of troubling news about lost jobs.

I think it's going to fit, don't you?

I came here to talk about the economy today with Mr. Greenspan.

I'm satisfied with what I hope the resolution will be.

The principle behind this for me is that Americans who are willing to conform to the requirements of conduct within the military services, in my judgment, should be able to serve in the military and that people should be disqualified from…

I'm going to give a speech to the joint session February 17th, and we'll lay out my program then.