Bill Clinton

Diversity November 19, 1993 To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, the Convention on Biological Diversity, with Annexes, done at Rio de Janeiro, June 5, 1992, and…

Kasich Deficit Reduction Proposal November 19, 1993 Dear Mr. Speaker: I write to express my strong opposition to the Penny-Kasich amendment to H.R. 3400. Over the past year, we have taken bold and serious steps to bring down the federal…

To my fellow leaders of the APEC nations and distinguished guests, we gather here tonight in Washington State at an historic moment. At least two other times during this century a great global struggle has ended and a new era has dawned…

I have been there many times. I've been there five times, actually. And I have been very impressed with the remarkable transformation of the country as it has gotten more prosperous and more democratic and impressed also by the amount of…

Well, he did engage and discuss a number of those things. I think, given the nature of the political environment in China and their historic reluctance to discuss these issues in public, the press statement that he made was consistent with…

Well, first of all, I think anybody should be reluctant to isolate a country as big as China with the potential China has for good, not only good for the 1.2 billion people of China who are enjoying this unprecedented economic growth but…

I don't know how to describe it. That was also, I thought, a very good meeting. But I have an intense interest in the changes that are going on in Japan now, and I am watching them with great admiration. As you know, I think, based on what…

We have some more talks to hold, but I believe we are generally in agreement that we should attempt to use this forum to broaden trade and deepen understanding and perhaps to accelerate the pace at which we can increase trade and economic…

What I meant by that is I think that we all have to work together, as we are now, on the issues of concern to us. As you know, the United States is very concerned that North Korea not become a nuclear power and adhere to the missile…

That we haven't changed our policy. Our policy is to try to engage China but to be very firm with the human rights issues, to be very firm on the weapons proliferation issues. But there are 1.2 billion people in China, and we don't believe…

Yes, and we agreed to meet again next year in Indonesia.

I'm struck by how much common investment and common activity there is now.

The Fund promotes the formation and expansion of self-sustaining private sector CDFIs.

We've agreed that our economic policies should be opened, not closed.

I was never more proud of her than I was the other day when she called and she said, 'You're for that assault weapons ban, aren't you?'

We want this community to be united, not divided, and open, not closed.

The administration strongly supports H.R. 3474.

So we're very hopeful.

I think that the American people would think a lot more of the Congress if the Brady bill passed both Houses before they left.

This will make a difference, this crime bill.

I believe that the responsibilities of the United States and Japan to do more to promote global economic growth will have been, in large measure, advanced.

We want the Asia-Pacific community to be united but not closed, united but open.

We have not only passed the biggest deficit reduction program in history, which has produced very low interest rates and stable growth, we have presented the Congress with another package of cuts that includes a procurement reform bill…

This should help make credit more available to consumers and businesses at potentially lower costs.

We have to find a way to make these changes our friend and not our enemy.