Bill Clinton: “California September 10, 1993 Thank you very much, Mr. Vice President and Madam Mayor and ladies and gentlemen. It's a…”

“California September 10, 1993 Thank you very much, Mr. Vice President and Madam Mayor and ladies and gentlemen. It's a great pleasure for me to be here today. And we want to spend most of our time listening to you, but I'd like to take just a few minutes to explain what it is we're trying to do with this reinventing Government project and how it relates to the future of the California economy and the ability of this State to come back. When I ran for President it was apparent to me that America had not done very well in dealing with all these terrific challenges and changes that are sweeping through our world. And you know from your own personal life when you're confronted with a change and a challenge, you basically have two options: You can kind of hunker down and deny it and pretend it's not there and hope it'll go away--and about one time in a hundred it will work out all right, and the other 99 times it's not a very satisfactory response--or you can take a deep breath and embrace the change and determine to make something good happen. And that's what we have to do as a country. We have to make change our friend again and not our enemy. Of all the States in America, the State that's had the toughest time lately is California. Your unemployment rate's about 3 percent higher than the national average.…”