Bill Clinton

I believed that this was an appropriate increase in view of the other disciplines we have worked with the Congress to put in place.

Today marks the completion of the withdrawal of Russian military forces from the Republic of Estonia and the Latvian Republic.

I have determined that an alternative pay adjustment is appropriate for the 1995 pay raise under section 5303.

In my opinion, this alternative pay plan for a 2 percent pay increase under section 5303 will not materially affect the Government's ability to recruit or retain well-qualified employees.

The United States will continue its active support for this process with the goal of a brighter and more peaceful future for all of our people in the next century.

These courageous agents served to make America's streets safer for our children.

I join the American people in mourning the deaths of five young agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

On behalf of a grateful nation, I extend deepest sympathies to the families of these heroic individuals.

I established by Executive order an Emergency Board to investigate a dispute between the Soo Line Railroad Company and certain of its employees represented by the United Transportation Union.

But, as we have seen this week, this war is not an easy one.

I am pleased to learn that you are willing to serve on this Emergency Board, and I hereby appoint you as Chair.

Every day, dedicated men and women risk their lives in the international war against drugs.

This letter will constitute your appointment and your authority to act in that capacity.

There is established, effective August 29, 1994, a Board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate this dispute.

Act, 1995 August 26, 1994 Today I have signed into law H.R. 4506, the ``Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY 1995.'' The Act provides a total of $20.5 billion in discretionary budget authority for various programs in the…

More police on the street, less Government in Washington, that's a good deal for the American people.

This week, they weren't ignored. This week they were heard, and they made all the difference.

We have to continue this fight; we have to win it.

It bans assault weapons that were designed for soldiers to use in war but that have been used instead by gang members and gangsters to make war on police and innocent citizens.

It will lock up the most dangerous criminals for good by making 'three strikes and you're out' the law of the land.

The public interest won.

We can put cooperation over confrontation.

It shows that when we put aside the rhetoric and the partisanship, we can solve any issue and meet any challenge.

With a little good faith and an awful lot of hard work, both Democrats and Republicans took a stand against crime as the American people had demanded they do for years.

It will say to anyone who kills a police officer, 'You, too, can pay with your life.'