Bill Clinton: “Aged in Denver September 20, 1995 Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Marie Schroeder, for that robust…”

“Aged in Denver September 20, 1995 Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Marie Schroeder, for that robust introduction. [Laughter] And quite to the point. I was almost lost in my notes there for a moment--[laughter]--there it was, time to be here. Mother Patricia, Mother Provincial Margaret, Archbishop Stafford, and my long-time friend Governor Romer, I thank you all for being here today, and I thank you for your wonderful welcome. I want to say a special word of thanks to Helen Cooper and to her daughter and son-in- law, and to Reynalda Garcia and to her two daughters, for spending some time with me just a few moments ago to discuss the care that they receive in this wonderful home and the role that Medicare--I mean Medicaid plays in that. I want to thank all of you for giving me the chance to come here. And I'd like to begin by a special word of appreciation to the Little Sisters of the Poor who run this wonderful facility and who in their lives, with just a little bit of help from the Government here in the form of Medicaid, illustrate an ethic of service that few Americans can hope to match but all Americans should seek to emulate. I thank them for that. I have come here to talk about a Government program called Medicaid, what it means to families like yours all across the country and what role it should play in our efforts to balance the national budget. We are all now living through a period of remarkable change in our country's history. Everybody knows it.…”