Bill Clinton: “And I thank you for that. And let me again once again emphasize that I am convinced that the experience of New York in…”

“And I thank you for that. And let me again once again emphasize that I am convinced that the experience of New York in community policing demonstrates beyond anything I could say that if we can put these programs in place in all the major neighborhoods of this country that have crime problems, we would immediately make them not only more livable and more attractive, we would make them far more apt to get private investment. This is a huge economic issue as well as a personal security issue. And that's why we've just got to wrap the Justice Department and crime control initiatives into this whole effort. If we don't do it, we can't be successful in some areas, and if we do, of course, the flip side is that we can. I want to thank all of you so much for giving me a little of your time today and for your support of this initiative. I hope you'll talk to your colleagues across the country, to the Members of Congress, and again reach out across party and other lines and say this is something that will be good for America. I need your help now to pass it, and I'm ready to go to work to do that. Thank you very, very much. Mayor Dinkins. Thank you, Mr. President.”