Bill Clinton: “Thank you very much, first, to you Dick Huber, for being such a faithful member of our new markets team. You started out…”

“Thank you very much, first, to you Dick Huber, for being such a faithful member of our new markets team. You started out with us in Atlanta; you made the trip to Appalachia and to the Delta and other places; and you led me home to Hartford today for you. You know, the first time we were talking about this--I should say this about Dick; he talks about how cynical he is. That's a front. I'm a politician; I recognize a front when I see one. [Laughter] He said, ``You know, I'm not sure I'm happy about you taking all these other businessmen on this new markets tour. It looks to me like there's a great business opportunity here, and I hate for everybody else to find it before I do.'' And I want to come back to that, but I thank you. I thank my longtime friend the president of Trinity College, Evan Dobelle, and Heidi Miller from the Citigroup. And thank you, Robert Fiondella and all the other business leaders that are here. Thank you, Governor. Thank you, Congressman, and also Congressman Kanjorski, who has been a faithful member of all of our tours. I thank Speaker Lyons and Senator Sullivan and all the other leaders who are here. I want to say another word. I'm particularly glad to be in Hartford with Congressman Larson, because he's been after me to come here as well. And Secretary Slater, thank you for making all these trips. And Reverend Jackson, thank you for being such an inspiration for all of these efforts. I want to thank the Collective founders, Jackie and Dollie McLean.…”