I've tried to move our party and to move our country away from sort of yesterday's categorical, partisan name calling toward a genuine debate over new ideas.

The Patients' Bill of Rights should not be designed for the political needs of any party; it should be designed to meet the health needs of all Americans.

It is the President's hope that Republicans and Democrats can work across party lines to put progress ahead of partisanship and pass legislation that provides Americans with the patients' protections they need and deserve.

This bill shows what we can do when we work together.

I look forward to working with Members on both sides of the aisle to secure passage of this important legislation this year.

It is essential that we work together to enact the third element of the Agreement, the appropriations bills for fiscal year 1998.

I want to meet them halfway on this and on many other issues.

His practice of bipartisanship earned Bill Perry the trust and respect of the Congress and the American people.

When we put aside partisanship, embrace the best ideas regardless of where they come from, and work for principled compromise, we can move America not left or right but forward.

I believe we can find common ground.

This is an example of what we can do when we stop talking and start acting and when we reach across the lines that divide us and join hands and agree on things that we all agree on.

This legislation is proof of the progress we can make for the American people when we put politics aside and join with each other in common cause.

This legislation proves that we can make progress when we all put politics aside and join across party lines to get the job done for our country.

This week's agreement shows what we can accomplish when we set aside rigid agendas, put aside partisanship, and work together.

I call on Members of Congress from both parties to follow through on what Frank McConnell asked of the Speaker and me: Let's put politics aside, work together, and get this done.

When it rains and floods out, when the water runs down the street, I can't tell whether a Democrat or a Republican lives in these houses.

We remain ready at any moment to sit down in good faith with Republicans and Democrats in the Congress to work out an acceptable welfare reform plan.

My administration remains ready at any moment to sit down in good faith with Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work out a real welfare reform plan.