08/07/1997
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"On behalf of all Americans, I thank him for his many contributions."
"The only cause for alarm would be if we were to sit by and do nothing to prepare for a problem we know we could be presented with."
"It is long past time for the bloodshed to end once and for all."
"I call on the Congress to work expeditiously to include these amounts in a supplemental bill I can sign that does not include unwise and unnecessary offsets."