All I'm saying is, after all we've been through in this country in the last couple of years and all the hate crimes we've seen, I just don't see how we can possibly walk away from this session of Congress and not pass this.

I think we should focus on the bills where the real flaws are.

I call on the Congress to work with my Administration to fix the 1996 Farm Bill permanently.

I cannot accept any bill that would weaken the Community Reinvestment Act and undermine our commitment to promoting more investments in underserved communities.

I have approved H.R. 1906.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999

I call on the Congress to pass long-term crop insurance reform before adjourning this year.

The Act represents a continuing commitment to the protection of our Nation's wilderness resources, by expanding the existing Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness by over 4,400 acres.

This Act will protect unique natural resources that will continue to be enjoyed by all Americans for many years.

Today I have signed into law S. 323, the 'Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999.'

I urge Congress to continue moving forward.

We do need to do more to keep guns away from kids and crooks.

I will continue to fight hard to win passage of these commonsense measures to keep guns out of the wrong hands.

If Congress sends me a crime-fighting bill that's a crime spending bill that doesn't have the right priorities, I will have to veto it.

This Act represents more than a decade of hard work by the people of the Western Slope of Colorado to bring to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison the recognition it deserves.

By passing H.R. 2 today, the House took an important step toward improving educational opportunities for the Nation's most disadvantaged students.

I am pleased today to sign into law S. 323, which creates the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado as America's 55th national park.

I urge the Congress to work with my Administration in similar fashion in coming to mutually acceptable agreements on the remaining FY 2000 appropriations bills and to do so expeditiously.