03/16/2000
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Half of our economic productivity in the last half century is attributable to science and technological innovation."
"The real beneficiaries are the people who are not organized, who could never afford to come to a luncheon like this, but who are the heart and soul of this country."
"I ran for President because I honestly believed our country was not doing what was necessary to prepare for a new century, a new millennium."
"I proposed significant increases in computing and communications research."