Bill Clinton: “Thank you very much. I think John Kiszkiel did a great job of introducing me and talking about the problem. Sam, when…”

“Thank you very much. I think John Kiszkiel did a great job of introducing me and talking about the problem. Sam, when you get done, maybe we ought to run him for office around here. [Laughter] He did a great job, didn't he? I thank him for opening his pharmacy this morning and for introducing me to some of his customers. I'll mention them in a moment. I also want to thank Charles West, who, if you notice, when I heard Charles West up here talking, I thought, he's the only guy up here that doesn't have an accent. He's from Arkansas. [Laughter] He's like me. So I loved hearing him talk. But I want to thank Charles and Ron Ziegler for coming here and expressing the support of the pharmacists of America and the people who run our drugstores all over the country for the administration's health care initiative. I am very grateful to them. And their support will be pivotal as we go into this critical session of Congress and try to pass the health care bill. I thank your Members of Congress for being here, especially our host, Sam Gejdenson, who has done a great deal of work in Congress on a number of issues that are important. On health care and defense conversion and job training and exports, if there is an issue that requires us to be on the cutting edge of change, you can bet that Sam Gejdenson will be on the cutting edge of the issue. And I really appreciate that. I thank my friend Barbara Kennelly for coming here and for her support and outstanding work in Congress.…”