Bill Clinton

Tonight the United States House of Representatives cast an historic vote for American workers, farmers, and families.

I call on the Senate to pass GATT with the same strong, bipartisan support as it received in the House of Representatives.

The Uruguay round agreement is the product of 8 years of work by three administrations—Republican and Democratic.

Never again can America be unprepared, or permit an aggressor to threaten our vital interests, or isolate itself from events of global significance.

Without the capacity to expand trade and to generate more economic opportunities we will, first of all, not be able to fulfill our global responsibilities.

When we walked away from our leadership and engagement responsibilities, as we did after the First World War, the world has paid a terrible price.

We have a golden opportunity here to add $1,700 in income to the average family's income in this country over the next few years.

It is an American agreement, designed to benefit all the American people in every region of our country from every walk of life.

That is a wrong argument.

I'm committed to make your Government work for ordinary Americans again.

We must be thankful, with all of our challenges, for what's right with America.

I want to begin by thanking our brave service men and women who are so many miles from home this Thanksgiving, serving our country with honor overseas.

A lot, but let me just--I'll mention two things. One is there's more than 5 million Americans more who have jobs, and who therefore can afford to have Thanksgiving, this Thanksgiving than there were two Thanksgivings ago, right after I was…

And I'm very thankful for the opportunity that my family and I have been given to get up here every day and work on the problems and the opportunities of this country.

I'm very thankful for that.

The Uruguay round is the largest, most comprehensive trade agreement in world history.

Well, I think we have to work hard to stand up against terror and to try to bring the benefits of peace to the people who support the peace. And that is a difficult situation; we know that it is. But our policy will remain clear and…

No, I have no intention of changing it; it's working. My policy in the Middle East is to support the peace process, to support a comprehensive peace, to stand behind Israel in its security, to increase the feeling that peace is possible…

I have no comment about that except to tell you that we will continue to do everything we can to reach a peace agreement and to facilitate the peace between the parties.

I do think we should speed it up. There will be a meeting next week, a donors' meeting in Brussels, and we're going to try to move about $125 million out in a hurry. I do believe that the donors must work to get the assistance out quickly…

First of all, there has been no discussion--he described to you what came out of Camp David. There has been no discussion among the parties of a role for American forces yet. That would--let's let the people who have to make this agreement…

I don't think--well, the Prime Minister has already said the process is not a fraud; it's been quite successful. It's been the most successful process since Israel became a nation. And we'll just keep working at it to try to make it work…

We're having extensive consultations and will continue to with the congressional leadership. But as I said, I'd rather talk about these matters today, and I'll answer some other questions tomorrow.

Well, let me say that you know what our position has been all along, and I think today's action is a good step in the right direction. We are moving forward. I will have a chance to meet with many of our allies in Budapest in the next few…

Tomorrow I'm going to have a more extensive opportunity to meet with the press; I'll be glad to answer all those questions. I'd rather just answer questions today on these two matters we've discussed. Bosnia