Bill Clinton actually said...

"We intend to stay with you until this job is finished."

"We will do whatever we can that is legally possible, working with Chairman Panetta here, to accelerate the funds and to reduce the bureaucratic burdens of moving on this highway construction."

"This is a national problem, and we have a national responsibility and we will be in it for the long run."

"We've had about 1,500 Federal personnel in California, Washington, and at the teleregistration center in Denton, Texas, working on this."