If a bill that fails to address these concerns were to come to me in its current form, I would have to veto it.

We've gone from deficit to surplus.

This is the most important national security vote we will make this year.

My FY 2001 budget includes recommended funding levels of $98.0 million for operations.

My Administration has taken landmark steps to help State and localities improve educational opportunities for students.

We still have challenges.

Ten years ago, when things looked pretty grim for public schools, there was bad news to report.

When I became President, we had a $295 billion deficit.

I think there is every likelihood now that that bill will be on my desk for signature by the end of the month.

I urge Government officials, business people, community leaders, educators, volunteers, and all the people of the United States to celebrate the contributions older Americans have made.

This year we've got $400 million in after-school programs.

We have to keep the economy going.

Today I signed into law S. 1769, a bill to continue a number of existing Federal reports scheduled to expire on May 15 of this year.

I'll always be proud that the first bill I signed as President was the Family and Medical Leave Act.

The United States will pay off $216 billion of debt this year—the largest debt paydown in American history.

There is no assurance that funds will go to improve instruction.

We should not jeopardize the longest economic expansion in history with risky tax cuts that threaten our fiscal discipline.

My decision to discontinue SA was based upon a recommendation by the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Departments of State, Transportation, Commerce, the Director of Central Intelligence, and other executive branch departments…