I also want to tell you that the Attorney General and I have been working hard for the last several weeks with interested Members of Congress to bring up a crime bill this year.

I recommend that the Congress give favorable consideration to this agreement at an early date.

I urge the House to act quickly on its own campaign finance reform bill.

I intend to fully and aggressively push the crime bill, which did not pass the Congress last year.

This legislation would provide American workers with rights enjoyed by workers in virtually every other advanced industrial nation.

I just think it's important to get in focus the fact that if there is a strike, it ought to be quickly solved by legislation.

The expectations that this bill will create are unreasonable.

The program growth authorized by the bill would place higher priority NOAA programs at risk in the appropriations process.

The case for this 'FREEDOM Support Act' is so overriding that I am confident that we can lay the politics aside and get this passed.

Without general regulatory authority, S. 2733 does not provide sufficient regulatory flexibility to react to unforeseen conditions.

S. 1985 would encourage private creditors to make their lending conditions more stringent.

S. 1985 creates a new Bankruptcy Code chapter for small businesses which is badly flawed.

S. 250 would increase the potential for corruption and vote fraud.

However, the Administration opposes H.R. 4996 as written.

The bill would result in a sequester of Medicare, farm payments, and other sequestrable mandatory programs.

H.R. 5260 would increase employers taxes and extend the EUC program in a manner incompatible with long-term economic growth and fiscal responsibility.

This cut would undermine last year's landmark 'Missile Defense Act of 1992'.

I must view this provision as advisory rather than mandatory, in order to avoid conflict with my exclusive authority under the Constitution to decide whether and when the executive branch should propose legislation.