Bill Clinton: “The bill I vetoed was a rejection of the reasonably good bill that passed the Senate. What the Governors said in their…”

“The bill I vetoed was a rejection of the reasonably good bill that passed the Senate. What the Governors said in their compromise was that they were prepared to keep coming up with at least some of their match--the vast majority of it--and that they wanted more money for child care, which would have to be spent on child care. We're talking about two different things now. What I was referring to was some of the positions taken and some of the waivers--a couple of the waivers that I haven't yet granted. But their basic compromise, I thought, was pretty good. And we're working with them. And I actually think we're getting pretty close to passing a welfare reform bill. It's my impression--is that we've made real good progress.”