Bill Clinton: “New Mexico July 27, 1998 Shootings at the Capitol Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, before you sit down, if I…”

“New Mexico July 27, 1998 Shootings at the Capitol Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, before you sit down, if I might, I want to do something quite serious but, I think, important here at the beginning. I would like to ask Senator Domenici and Senator Bingaman and Congressmen Kolbe and Becerra to come up and stand with me, and I'd like to ask all of us to offer a moment of silent prayer for the memory and the families of the two police officers who were slain at our Nation's Capitol. [At this point, a moment of silence was observed.] Amen. Thank you very much. Social Security Let me, now on a somewhat lighter note, say that Mayor Baca was reeling off all of his relatives on Social Security--I'm glad to see one person here who I believe is now eligible for Social Security, former Governor Bruce King, and his wife, Alice, over there. I point them out for a special purpose. One of the demographic realities we have to confront is that women are living longer than men. Governor King is in a wheelchair because of a fright he received from a rattlesnake, which his wife killed. [Laughter] So we congratulate both of them. Let me also say, I'm glad to see this great and diverse group of Americans here in Albuquerque. You can always depend upon getting an audience that genuinely does look like America if you come to Albuquerque. I thank all the Native Americans here who are in the audience. Thank you very much for coming. I see our friends from the Sikh community over there.…”