08/03/1998
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"Ensuring the safety of our food and the health of our people are among the most important parts of our citizens' basic contract with their Government."
"I call on Congress to help us strengthen food safety across the board."
"I hope we'll be successful."
"My Administration's goal—articulated in our Healthy People 2010 plan—is to cut the number of illnesses caused by Listeria in half by 2010."