Bill Clinton

I want to congratulate you for being selected as empowerment zones and supplemental zones and enhanced enterprise communities.

We're going to work hard with you.

Just imagine this, Chicago got 200 separate organizations to roll up their sleeves and work and agree on a project.

I want to thank again Secretary Cisneros and Secretary Espy for the work they did and the long effort that all of us have made in the area of rural development.

I believe that we can do it.

We believe in this, and we're going to keep pushing it.

I really think all of America is in your debt in proving that the crime rate can be reduced in a breathtaking fashion in a relatively short time.

When I ran for President in 1992, I advocated setting up these empowerment zone ideas.

The plan approved today will provide for a sustainable level of timber harvesting, while protecting the environment.

Chicago had over 200 organizations participating in the application.

I think that is so important that a city instead of trying to just emphasize everything that's going well and hiding all of its problems is going to try to use the run-up to the Olympics to actually solve its problems.

That's what public life is all about out there on the main streets of America.

I came to this job with the absolute conviction that most problems in America had been solved by somebody somewhere.

I really believe that you all are going to do something special and different and really meaningful.

This decision allows us to continue to move forward in pursuit of my commitment to the people and the environment of the Pacific Northwest and northern California.

I thought the spirit of cooperation that was manifested in the black and the white communities really made a big difference to me.

We can move on to have these empowerment zones.

I hope you're all very, very proud of what you have done.

Haiti's long night of fear has given way to a new day of hope.

Instead, we kept our word.

Today America says: Thank you, General.

The military regime would still be in power in Haiti, terrorizing the people there.

All those who have served and all those who still serve in Haiti have served with extraordinary skill, courage, and dedication.

If we listen to people at the grassroots level and enlist ourselves as your supporters, then we can continue to make progress on crime.

I believe in 'three strikes and you're out,' and I believe in trying to keep kids from making the first strike.