Government

We're going to do the right thing and balance the budget and build that bridge to the 21st century.

The deficit, which was $290 billion when I took office, has dropped all 4 years for the first time in the 20th century and is now going to be $107 billion this year.

I want to give this country the finest educational system in the world when I leave office in the 21st century.

Our national politics had gotten to the point where we were running it the way we wouldn't run our families.

Granting the consent of Congress to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

We are on the right track.

To provide for the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to continue in existence, and for other purposes.

We've cleaned up more toxic waste sites in 3 1/2 years than the people before us did in 12.

I have signed into law H.R. 1281, the 'War Crimes Disclosure Act.'

Support the National Education Goals

We could help 5 million people a year, and we ought to do it.

This country is better off than it was 4 years ago not because of anything any of us did alone, including the President.

We are better off than we were 4 years ago.

I call upon government officials, educators, labor leaders, employers, and the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs and activities.

I think we have not made as much progress as I wish we had.

The President's -- obviously, we're going to do a debate; it's Sunday night.

I believe you will see progress on that as they go back home.

When the integrity of our laws and the safety our people are at stake, we will take no chances.