Bill Clinton actually said...

"This legislation will provide critical assistance to the unemployed and their families by extending the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program."

"I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the State of Washington... is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster R..."

"No working group of the Government before they have a proposal—that would be like opening the White House at every staff meeting we have."

"I believe that, as a Nation, we have a moral obligation, as well as an economic interest, to help these families stay afloat while they attempt to find jobs."