Government

I am pleased that the Congress fully funded my request for the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) safety programs.

I am disappointed that the Congress has funded unrequested increases for nuclear weapons management and related programs, while curtailing investments in important civilian activities.

I am pleased that in the omnibus appropriations bill, the Congress fully funds my request of $201 million for the Department of Transportation to implement the Vice President's September 9 recommendations.

This bill also funds the Nation's defense program for another year.

It is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Administrative Offsets.

This budget agreement shows what we can do when we work hard on things that really matter to the American people.

John Kerry and Senator Ted Kennedy stood with the President.

I want to say first how very much I appreciate the work that is done here by all of you at NASA.

I have the pleasure of transmitting to you the Seventeenth Annual Report of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for Fiscal Year 1995.

I want you to help me balance that Federal budget.

I feel good about it, but that is the way that our Government has traditionally worked.

I think the American people made it quite clear that they do not support the Government-shutdown way of governing America.

These are huge decisions.

That's why I say we have to finish the job, because we want to keep the interest rates down.

I'm determined to keep going until we balance the budget and do it in the right way.

Today I have the privilege of signing legislation that will increase the security of our country and our families.

I urge them to finish their work as quickly as possible.

Yes, we're better off than we were 4 years ago, and it wasn't an accident.