Bill Clinton: “Thank you. I love these signs: ``Our children's future starts today.'' ``Health care for all.'' ``No guts, no glory…”

“Thank you. I love these signs: ``Our children's future starts today.'' ``Health care for all.'' ``No guts, no glory: Stop gridlock.'' ``The Devil's in the details.'' That's right, too. [Laughter] ``Divided we'll go down the tubes.'' ``We want real recovery.'' I love these signs, and I thank you all for being here today. Let me begin by saying how much I enjoyed flying down here with Congressman Clay and Congressman Gephardt and with Congressman Volkmer and Congresswoman Danner; they're here, too. They are part of the engine for change that you're going to see move through our Congress. I thank Bill Clay for hosting us in his district, and I want to congratulate him on the passage and this time the signing, not the veto, of the Family and Medical Leave Act. I want to say how glad I am to be back in St. Louis with your Governor, my longtime friend and early supporter. And I know that he will be a great success, and I'm going to do what I can to be his partner in Washington. I know from clear experience that we don't have all the answers, and I'll do what I can to see that we make as many decisions as possible out here in the Governor's offices where the rubber meets the road. And I thank him for being here. I want to recognize two of the groups that performed, the Fox High School Band and Harris-Stowe College Choir. Let me say a word if I might about our majority leader, Dick Gephardt. There is no way that I can convey to the people of St.…”