Bill Clinton: “This legislation makes clear that children's health and safety are the paramount concerns of the public child welfare…”

the era of big government is over

We have worked to give the American people a smaller, less bureaucratic government in Washington. And we have to give the American people one that lives within its means.

keeping everyone engaged until the agreement was reached

We've never seen anything like this before in my lifetime – somebody that says, 'Whatever I want should be the law of the land. It's my way or the highway.'