09/16/1996
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"Thank you for the work that all of you have done in giving America the highest homeownership rate in the history of the Republic."
"I want to encourage them, to tell them their fellow Americans are thinking about them."
"I want to praise the courage of those who worked so hard during this disaster."
"I launched the America Reads challenge, to make sure all our children can read on their own by the end of the third grade."