Bill Clinton: “I think that does bother you, but you shouldn't worry about that, at least not now, because the reason I agreed to have…”

“I think that does bother you, but you shouldn't worry about that, at least not now, because the reason I agreed to have a Special Counsel look into it is so anybody who asks me a question, I can say, ``I'm going to give it all to the Special Counsel. If I did anything wrong, he'll find out,'' so that it wouldn't slow us down. And let me just say, this year already, we've signed a major education bill to try to improve public schools in America and set world-class standards for all our schools. We are proceeding at a very rapid rate on the crime bill. We are proceeding toward passing a budget at the most rapid rate in recent memory, which, if it passes, will lower the Government's deficit for 3 years in a row for the first time since Harry Truman was President. We are proceeding on health care reform. So we are moving ahead. So far, the work of the Congress has not been diverted, and the work of the Presidency has not been diverted. I know it may be hard--you can't tell, in other words, from the news coverage that, but that's the truth. And we're not going to let it be diverted if we can possibly help it. Violence in Schools [Ms. Stewart introduced a videotape on guns at school. A participant then described the shooting of a teacher in his school and asked when funding would be available for metal detectors.]”