Bill Clinton: “Act of 1999 December 17, 1999 Thank you. Senator Kennedy, Senator Jeffords, we thank you for your leadership and your…”

“Act of 1999 December 17, 1999 Thank you. Senator Kennedy, Senator Jeffords, we thank you for your leadership and your remarks today. And Senator Roth, we thank you very much. We know this couldn't have happened without you. And Senator Moynihan, Representative Lazio, thank you, sir. And Representative Waxman and Representative Brown who are here and Representative Dingell who isn't here, I want to thank all of you for your leadership in the House. Give them all a hand. [Applause] I also want to thank the members of the administration who were particularly active in supporting this bill: Secretary Herman, the cochair of my task force on the employment of adults with disabilities; Secretary Shalala; Secretary Summers; Social Security Commissioner Apfel. I'd like to thank, in the White House, my Chief of Staff, John Podesta; Chris Jennings; and Jeanne Lambrew, who had a lot to do with this bill, as all of you know. I want to thank Senator Dole, especially, and through him all the citizens who came forward and made it possible for this to be a genuinely American bill. I want to welcome the members of the Roosevelt family who are here today, particularly Jim and Ann Roosevelt, my longtime friends. And now Jim is a member of this administration, something I'm very proud of. I want to thank you, Justin Dart, and the members of the disability community who are here, for this and every other issue that we've worked on for over 7 years now.…”