Bill Clinton
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Bill Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992. During his presidency, Clinton focused on several key policies, including welfare reform, economic growth, and healthcare reform. His administration is noted for achieving a budget surplus and for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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by number of sources- I take time today to tell the Senate about a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of his Nation--a young man who died in the Korean war. His name is Ralph Ray Mitola. He came from Broad Channel, NY. For those Senators who are not familiar with Broad Channel, it is a populated island in Jamaica Bay. It is part of Queens County, which is one of the boroughs of the City of New York. Cross Bay Boulevard connects Broad Channel to the Rockaways, which are a magnificent gateway to the Atlantic Ocean. The American Legion Broad Channel Memorial Post 1404 recently honored the memory of Ralph Mitola, and four other young men from Broad Channel who died in the Korean war. The occasion for the ceremony was the 50th anniversary of the armistice in Korea, which was observed by American Legion Post 1404 as part of the 85th Annual Queens County Convention Parade. Mr. President, July 27, 1953 is the day in history when negotiators signed the armistice agreement at Panmunjom. The armistice led to a North Korean withdrawal across the 38th parallel, and the Republic of South Korea regained its status as a free and democratic nation. Korea was a critical battleground in the defense of liberty against the totalitarian ideologies of the 20th century. Ralph Mitola left his home and traveled half a world away to the Korean Peninsula to defend freedom.4 sources2003govinfo.gov
- in honor of AmeriCorps Week, I am pleased to introduce legislation that will place more of our Nation's low- and middle-income high school students on the road to higher education. My legislation will address the disparity that exists in college persistence between lower-income, high-achieving students and their more affluent peers. According to the National Educational Longitudinal Survey, NELS, more than 1.5 million high school students with annual household incomes of less than $85,000 do not earn college degrees despite having ranked in the top half of their high school classes. Further, a recent report from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation found that 59 percent of lower-income high-achieving students graduated from college compared to 77 percent of their higher income peers. America cannot remain competitive in the global economy if we continue to squander our college talent every year. That is why I am sponsoring the Coaching Our Adolescents for College Heights Act, or the COACH Act. The COACH Act creates a pilot AmeriCorps program to recruit, train, and place recent college graduates, or coaches, in high schools to help prepare low- and middle-income, high-performing high school students for success in college.3 sources2008govinfo.gov
- I rise to introduce the Caribbean National Forest Act of 2004, along with Senator Schumer. The Caribbean National Forest Act designates approximately 10,000 acres of the Caribbean National Forest (CNF) as the El Toro Wilderness. The El Toro Wilderness would be the only tropical forest wilderness in the U.S. National Forest system. The CNF has long been recognized as a special area, worthy of protection. The Spanish Crown proclaimed much of the current CNF as a forest reserve in 1824. One hundred years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt reasserted the protection of the CNF by designating the area as a forest reserve. Located 25 miles east of San Juan, the CNF is a biologically diverse area. Although it is the smallest forest in the national forest system, the CNF ranks number one in the number of species of native trees with 240. In addition, the CNF has 50 varieties of orchids and over 150 species of ferns. The area is also rich in wildlife with over 100 species of vertebrates, including the endangered Puerto Rican parrot. The only native parrot in Puerto Rico, they numbered nearly one million at the time that Columbus set sail for the New World. Today there are fewer than 35 of these parrots.3 sources2004govinfo.gov
- Today is National Healthy Schools Day-- established to build awareness and promote healthy school environments for our children and school personnel. Many organizations--including the Healthy Schools Network in New York--have worked together over the years to educate their communities as well as local, State, and Federal elected officials of the conditions that many of our children and teachers are subjected to on a daily basis. I strongly believe the work of these organizations is crucial in fostering the development and well being of our Nation's children. That is why I am proud to join them in this effort as the sponsor of resolution recognizing April 28, 2008 as National Healthy Schools Day. By recognizing this day, Congress can promote healthy school environments for all children, teachers, principals, and school staff. Over half of our Nation's schools have environmental problems linked to poor indoor air quality. Poor IAQ can cause a wide range of academic problems for the millions of children attending these schools, including lack of concentration, respiratory illnesses, learning difficulties, and even cancer. Furthermore, millions of school absences each year are attributed to health problems caused by poor IAQ or other unhealthy school environments. It is imperative that we address these problems.2 sources2008govinfo.gov
- I rise to thank the chairman and ranking member of the Budget Committee for accepting an amendment that I believe is so important to safeguard the food supplies in our country and thereby safeguard our children from the growing threat of contamination. Presently we enjoy one of the most safe food supplies in the world, but we are clearly not immune to the threats we read about every day in our newspapers. I saw a recent headline in the New York Times that the public does have reason to be alarmed. The Times reported that there are only 400 inspectors to investigate problems at the 57,000 plants in our country. Because of this lack of resources, the FDA inspects food manufacturers only once every 8 years. The American people deserve better than that. So this important measure will strengthen our food safety infrastructure by increasing the number of FDA inspectors so high-risk sites can be inspected annually and would also step up research and surveillance to identify the sources of contamination and track the incidence of foodborne illnesses to help us better meet emerging threats from abroad. Finally, it would protect against cuts in funding for the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture food safety initiatives and ensure sufficient funds in the cases of threats from food safety emergencies. I am very pleased the administration changed its announced policy yesterday about testing the ground meat in our Nation's schools.2 sources2001govinfo.gov
- I rise to speak on the energy bill. I am pleased to say that I support this bill. The bill includes provisions that will help develop new energy sources and technologies, encourage conservation and increased energy efficiency, improve the reliability of our electricity system, and address the challenge of climate change. I think that it should go further in some respects--particularly in making us less dependent on foreign oil. But overall, it represents a step in the right direction. First, I want to discuss several provisions that I think are extremely important in helping us develop new energy sources and technologies. It is true that in the coming decades we will continue to rely heavily on traditional energy resources such as fossil fuels to heat and light our homes and power our cars. But there are new sources of energy and new energy technologies that offer great potential to help us meet many of these needs. We need to move beyond fossil fuels, and that goal must be a top priority of our national energy policy. Hydrogen fuels cells are clearly one of the energy technologies that offer great promise. I am extremely pleased that the bill includes the major provisions of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Act of 2005 that I have worked on for years with Senator Dorgan. This ambitious legislation authorizes significant funding for hydrogen research and development and sets aggressive goals for the deployment of hydrogen technologies.…2 sources2005govinfo.gov
Jun 22, 2025
The election will decide the next mayor of New York, and I urge you to vote for Andrew Cuomo.
May 31, 2025
I hope that people will still believe in our democratic system enough to stick with it and keep pushing to make it work.
May 31, 2025
We've never seen anything like this before in my lifetime – somebody that says, 'Whatever I want should be the law of the land. It's my way or the highway.'
May 31, 2025
The American people don't pay you to have personal feelings. They pay you to deliver for them.
May 31, 2025
Damn it, what we have in common matters more. We cannot throw the legacy of this country away.
May 7, 2025
One of the hallmarks of our economic strategy has been a respect for the independence and the integrity of the Federal Reserve
Apr 10, 2025
You mean to tell me that the success of the program and my re-election hinges on the Federal Reserve and a bunch of fucking bond traders?
Mar 4, 2025
We have worked to give the American people a smaller, less bureaucratic government in Washington. And we have to give the American people one that lives within its means.
Feb 6, 2025
'We should see it as a return to form for a party that has always made distinctions between 'good' and 'bad' immigrants.'
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