Bill Clinton actually said...

It will be a big deal for Americans, lots of jobs involved if it works.

Exchange With Reporters Prior to the Opening Session of the Economic Summit in Tokyo

07/06/1993

More Bill Clinton Quotes

I will have appropriate consultations with Congress and appropriate conversations with the American people.

We strongly supports the Committee's action that fully funds the investment proposals for the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Without it, we can't go forward.

Nobody defended it; nobody said what was in it.