Bill Clinton: “Americans With Disabilities January 13, 1999 Wow! Wasn't she great? Let's give her another hand. She was great.…”

“Americans With Disabilities January 13, 1999 Wow! Wasn't she great? Let's give her another hand. She was great. [Applause] Thank you. On behalf of all of us in our administration, many of whom are here, I want to thank all the advocates for persons with disabilities in our audience. I thank especially Tony Coelho, Becky Ogle, Paul Marchand, my great friend Justin Dart, Paul Miller, and others. I want to thank all the people in the administration, those in the Cabinet who are here with me and the agency heads and the others in the White House who have done so much to help to sensitize me and the Vice President and others to the challenges and our obligations. I say a special word of thanks to Tom Harkin, who has personally taught me a lot about the issues we discuss today, to Senator Ted Kennedy, and to Senator Jeffords. I knew if I listened long enough, that Republican rhetoric would finally sound good around one issue. [Laughter] And you did it today, and I thank you. You were just great. It was great. I'd also like to thank two great friends of this cause who are in the audience, Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island, Congressman Ben Cardin from Maryland. We thank them for being here. You know, a lot of things have already been said, and I would like to say something not in my notes. I hope nobody will take this the wrong way, because everybody knows what a great enthusiast I am of athletics.…”