Bill Clinton

Our job is to think about the people out there in America, those who are left behind in this global economy who need help to work their way from the under class to the middle class.

Fishery Agreement January 19, 1995 To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et. seq.), I transmit herewith the Agreement between the Government of…

Reports indicate at least 3,100 people have died, nearly 900 are missing, over 16,000 are injured, and an estimated 240,000 are homeless.

I have directed the Secretary of Defense to provide appropriate disaster assistance to the Government of Japan in response to the devastating earthquake of January 17, 1995.

We have to act, act quickly, act with dispatch, and put the national interest first.

Disaster relief assistance is being provided in response to an earthquake affecting Kobe and Osaka, Japan.

The destruction of basic physical infrastructure poses a threat to the lives of the survivors.

People deserve a pension system that they rely on.

Employers can no longer gamble with the retirement savings of their own employees.

I think people who work hard should also be able to play hard.

It says that people who act responsibly should be rewarded.

Today we can be grateful that the security of our pensions are strong and growing stronger.

This is not simply a financial problem for Mexico; this is an American challenge.

The time is now to act.

It is vital to our interests. It is vital to our ability to shape the kind of world that I think we all know we have to have.

This package will support American exports, secure our jobs, help us to better protect our borders and to safeguard democracy and economic stability in our hemisphere.

Our goal, our vision must be to create a global economy of democracies with free market, not government-run, economies.

NAFTA helped us to dramatically increase our exports of goods and services.

We could solve about half the problems of this country in a very short time if I felt the kind of devotion and commitment everywhere that I sensed here.

It didn't break your faith in the future.

Therefore, I reiterate my call for Congress to act swiftly on several much needed reform proposals including real campaign finance reform and the gift ban and a strong version of the line-item veto.

I wish I could bottle what I have seen and heard here today and spread it out in every community in America.

I hope he never has to come home and work on this again.

However, while this legislation is an important political reform, it is only the first step in what must be a greater effort to change business-as-usual in Washington.

I do hereby proclaim 1995 as the Year of the Grandparent.