Bill Clinton: “Thank you. Let me begin by saying that, as an old school musician, I appreciate the band being here today and playing…”

“Thank you. Let me begin by saying that, as an old school musician, I appreciate the band being here today and playing for us. Thank you very much. Secretary Herman, thank you very much for your introduction, and my good friend Mayor Sharpe James. I told Jayson, when Mayor James was talking, I said, ``You know, I really like Sharpe. He never loses his enthusiasm. He's always out there pumping, and you need that for leadership, to make something go.'' I thank Secretary Herman for her leadership. Secretary Slater, thank you for being here. Your principal, Lanni Paschall, better? The third time I'll get it perfect. Your superintendent, Marion Bolden, thank you for being here. Senator Lautenberg, Congressman Payne, who used to--Don Payne used to teach and coach at this school, and we thank him for being here. I am also joined by Congressmen John Larson from Connecticut and Paul Kanjorski from Pennsylvania. We thank them for being here. And I'm especially honored by the presence here today of a man who believes passionately in this cause and has worked on trying to give all of our children a better future, your former Governor and my former colleague, Governor Tom Kean, now the president for a university. Thank you for being here, sir. I want to thank Lew Katz, who will speak in a moment; and Ray Chambers, the owners of the Nets and partners in the Yankees. Ray Chambers has been a real guardian angel of this city.…”