05/02/2000
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Four years ago when I came here, I came because I was worried about how you would go into the 21st century and because I had a vision for what America ought to be like at the dawn of that new era."
"Let's build that bridge to the 21st century."
"We need to build communities from the grassroots up."
"The deficit, which was $290 billion when I took office, has dropped all 4 years for the first time in the 20th century and is now going to be $107 billion this year."