Bill Clinton: “1993 June 10, 1993 I want to thank Senator Leahy, Senator Biden, Congressman Brooks, and Congressman Fish for being here…”

“1993 June 10, 1993 I want to thank Senator Leahy, Senator Biden, Congressman Brooks, and Congressman Fish for being here today and for their leadership in helping to enact into law the bill I am about to sign. I want to thank the Attorney General for her presence here and for the work that the Justice Department did on this bill, H.R. 1313, called the National Cooperative Production Amendments of 1993. This bill was the embodiment of the concept that the Vice President, who has just come in--come on up. Good to see you. He's magical. I uttered his name, and he appeared. [Laughter] This bill is the embodiment of the concept that the Vice President and I strongly espoused during our campaign last year. It will allow American companies, large and small, to pool their resources to compete and win in the international marketplace. Our Nation leads the world in basic research. We also have to be second to none in moving new technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace. We have to unleash the creativeness and the inventive prowess of both corporate giants and start-up enterprises in order to spur economic growth and new jobs. The cooperative arrangements envisioned by this legislation will become increasingly necessary as the costs and skills required to develop and manufacture new products exceed the resources of any single company.…”