We do need a less bureaucratic, more creative, more entrepreneurial, more flexible Government in Washington.

I think Dick Riley's worth the money.

My strategy is eliminating yesterday's Government to meet the demands of today and tomorrow.

Our job here is to expand opportunity, not bureaucracy— to empower people to make the most of their own lives.

We're creating a leaner, not a meaner, Government.

Let's work together to improve our welfare system.

I think it requires some investment of taxpayer money in the areas of particularly basic health care and nutrition.

I think that this—when I submit the budget, I think it'll be the beginning of a very positive thing.

Getting the deficit under control was only a beginning.

I'm optimistic that we'll pass it because more often than not in very difficult issues the Congress does the right thing.

Yes, we must change the Government.

Every American now wants Government to expand opportunity and to shrink bureaucracy.

We clearly can do some things right in a nonbureaucratic, creative way.

I'm committed to making welfare what it was meant to be, a second chance, not a way of life.

I ask you to fight to keep the reforms that we've put in place and the programs that you've relied on over the years.

We do not want to see overall cuts in education programs.

We hear you. We will work together to earn the jobs you have given us.

Is it good for the American people?