10/03/2000
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Jack McAuliffe was a cheerful giver."
"We have to recognize that we have a unique situation today where we've gone from record deficits to record surpluses."
"In a nation that prides itself in the fair and expeditious rule of law, the people have a right to expect that judicial emergencies are treated with the urgency they demand."
"I hereby determine that it is vital to the national security interests of the United States to waive the certification requirements."