Today, I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 3130, the 'Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998.'

Governments don't raise children, parents do.

So how are we going to balance that?

We want to continue to do everything possible to ensure that the same system that served our parents can also serve our children.

We do not want to go back to the terrible conditions that paralyzed our Government and paralyzed our own people's potential in 1992 when I took office.

I have done my best to give the American people a Government for the 21st century.

The deficit has been cut by 90 percent.

Both unemployment and crime are at their lowest level in 24 years.

The following list includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this issue.

State of the Union is sort of where he lays out what he plans to get done that year.

We extended the life of the Medicare Trust Fund until at least 2010.

Today I'd like to talk to you about how we're expanding the shield of Medicare protection.

It has not been free of risks.

Human rights is a top priority of his government.

America is still around after 220 years because we have a Constitution which said, if you want the country to always get better, you have to make it possible for people to always get better.

That is by far the biggest problem Government faces.

I believe that most of the public officials would welcome it.

We will spend a lot more time on those long-term challenges.