Bill Clinton

The bill would infringe upon the constitutional authorities of the Commander in Chief and harm U.S. interests.

I have made UN peacekeeping reform a key goal.

I'm very, very pleased to have him and the Ambassador and leaders of the Government here.

This bill is the next step in my Administration's continuing effort to raise living standards for working families and help restore the American Dream for all our people.

The best way to do that is by building a new partnership between Americans and their Government.

It can be, as was written in Ecclesiastes, a time for peace.

I have asked Congress for $30 million for this regional project.

I have done my duty.

H.R. 872 would leave the United States with the unacceptable choice between acting alone or doing nothing when emergencies arise.

Learning must become a way of life.

If the Congress does not act now, the minimum wage will fall to its lowest real level in 40 years.

I want us to focus on the challenges that we face for the 21st century.

I am pleased to transmit for your immediate consideration and enactment the 'Working Wage Increase Act of 1995.'

It will let middle-income families share in our economic prosperity today and help them build our economic prosperity tomorrow.

We've done all of that to help our people get the skills they need.

These responsibilities have defined our economic strategy.

The UN, once a forum for anti-American debate and propaganda, now is a vehicle for promoting the values we share.

We live in an increasingly global economy in which people, products, ideas, and money travel across national borders at lightning speed.

The provisions of H.R. 872 infringe on the President's constitutional authority and would impose requirements that are operationally unworkable.

There have been few times in history when mankind has had such an opportunity to enhance peace.

Our job here is to expand opportunity, not bureaucracy— to empower people to make the most of their own lives.

Relations between the two countries rest on the values of democracy and human rights.

This provision alone would destroy the UN's ability to plan, manage and sustain peace operations.

Under my Warsaw Initiative the United States will seek $5 million in security-related assistance for Bulgaria.

Despite our progress, too many Americans are still working harder for less.