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Bill Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992. During his presidency, Clinton focused on several key policies, including welfare reform, economic growth, and healthcare reform. His administration is noted for achieving a budget surplus and for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
We talked to him for a long time on the telephone. The only reason we didn't is because I didn't want to ask him to come all the way up to Camp David, and we had planned to go up there for the weekend. And he decided and I decided there…
First, I would like to welcome King Hussein back to the White House and to say how very much I support his courage and vision in renewing his efforts to make peace with Israel. I want to reaffirm the support of the United States for a…
Well, let me say that, first of all, we have been in touch with the North Koreans in New York almost at this moment. We will set up these talks, and we will have ample opportunity to discuss the range of issues that will be discussed in…
This committee action sends a clear signal to the American people that Congress is well on its way to making health care history this year.
I think there's already been enough talking, and I'm ready for the music.
These provisions would result in an approximate increase of $0.6 billion in direct spending, which the bill does not fully offset.
The White House Conference on Travel and Tourism will provide you and your colleagues an opportunity to meet with leaders in the executive branch and in Congress.
They have broken the chokehold of special interests and, by choosing to cover everyone, have stood up instead for millions of hard working middle class Americans.
This is, after all, your house, and we're sort of the temporary tenants.
This provision could easily displace gainfully employed workers and disrupt local economies.
International tourism is one sector of our economy that consistently generates a trade surplus.
Failure to close the USUHS would increase Department of Defense spending by $286 million between FYs 1995 and 1999.
This function should remain with the Department of Energy, which has cradle-to-grave responsibility for the maintenance and reliability of nuclear warheads.
I want to thank the Members who came and brought their family members, their friends, their staff members.
Most of the funds I am releasing today will help small business people in southern California who have had difficulty obtaining assistance until now.
This would undermine the principle that new mandatory spending should be offset by reductions to existing mandatory spending.
The travel and tourism industry is one of the unsung heroes of our economy.
Hillary and I have tried to make this event and the one we had last year fun, relaxing, nonpolitical, which is almost impossible in Washington.
The potential annual cost of the additional personnel is over $100 million.
We have not survived over 200 years as the strongest and oldest democracy in this country by fighting out our differences on moral and racial and ethnic issues.
I think it's legitimate for the President to use his legal authority to underscore that point.
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