Bill Clinton: “Thank you so much, Secretary Cisneros, for that stirring set of remarks, for your kind and generous introduction, but…”

“Thank you so much, Secretary Cisneros, for that stirring set of remarks, for your kind and generous introduction, but more importantly, for your creative, vigorous, and effective leadership in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a department that is now known as a source of innovation, well run, efficiently run, but also a place where values count, where ideas count, on the cutting edge of change. Henry Cisneros, whether he is trying to integrate a housing development in Vidor, Texas, or trying to give safety and security back to the children in the public housing in Chicago or donning a hard hat to try to take some buildings down and make public housing more humane all across the country, he's the model of what we all ought to be in public service today. Let me also say, only half jokingly, he also has just demonstrated Clinton's third law of politics, which is whenever possible be introduced by someone you've appointed to high office; they will brag on you every time. [Laughter] To President Raul Yzaguirre--we were just reminiscing that he has been a leader of La Raza now for 20 years. I'm very glad you don't have term limits. [Laughter] He's been a good thing for your organization.…”