The President's Radio Address
05/05/2000
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I hope we'll use this time to pay down our debt and get this country out of debt for the first time since 1835.
We need to put it beyond politics and put our children first and get this done.
I have taken this decision under the authority vested in me as President by section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950.
Politics is supposed to create the conditions and give people the tools to shape their dreams, not tear their hearts out.