Congress

I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, pursuant to sections 123 b. and 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

I call on the Congress to stop playing politics and start living up to its responsibility to help save lives.

I believe that most Members of Congress in both parties agree that the gun show loophole, if closed, would keep more guns out of the hands of criminals.

I have asked the PFIAB to make the report available to Congress and to the public.

That's why more than a year and a half ago, I asked Congress to pass a strong, enforceable Patients' Bill of Rights.

I call on every Member of Congress to reject these efforts to tear down what we accomplished last year.

Communities across the country need to know that Congress will live up to the bipartisan commitment we made last fall to fund this effort.

I will soon send the Congress a plan to bestow the highest level of wilderness protection on more than 5 million acres of back-country lands.

You can't imagine, as Congressman Kolbe said, what this weather looks like to us.

I want to increase our support for ECOMOG, and I hope Congress will support my proposal to do so.

I am confident that the Administration and the Congress, working together, can bolster cooperation in the hemisphere.

I urge the Congress to enact legislation providing for such an increase, and if Congress fails to act, I will use my executive authority to guarantee that a 3.6 increase takes effect.

I urge the full Congress to approve their amendment and send it to me for signature so we can give hard-pressed farmers the relief they deserve as soon as possible.

I'd like to thank you for supporting our congressional candidates.

When Congress sends me this bill, I will sign it.

I congratulate Representatives Chris Shays, Martin Meehan, and their colleagues for their courage and their persistence.

I urge the House to move this legislation to final passage before they adjourn for the August recess.

I am pleased that both Houses of Congress have now passed a comprehensive bill to give Americans new opportunities and choices to train for the jobs of the future.