Bill Clinton actually said...

"This legislation is part of a bipartisan and intergovernmental effort to aid the District in its time of fiscal crisis."

"I believe that unless we do this, and until we do it, there will still be a sort of wedge that will be very hard to get out of the spirit and the life of America."

"I have concluded, having worked at this job now for 2 1/2 years, that we cannot achieve the specific strategies of creating opportunity or providing for more responsibility unless we find a way to do ..."

"an unforeseen emergency exists, which requires immediate military assistance to an international organization"