Bill Clinton

I am determined to pursue this in a completely bipartisan fashion.

I am sure they will work hard to ensure the Treasury Department works well for the American people.

We can do better than this.

This is a magic moment.

Thank you very much. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, I'll never forget the first time I saw you campaigning in Chicago in the spring of 1992. I told Hillary that night when I called her on the phone that I didn't know if you could be elected…

Well, I hope we have, but we haven't had a chance to talk about it. Note. The exchange began at 11:15 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. A tape was not available for verification of the content of this exchange.

Well, I think we have to--my main concern is not to allow Somalia to deteriorate to the condition which it was in before the United Nations went there. I look forward to talking with the Prime Minister about Somalia today. Obviously, we…

Even the millions of Americans who enjoy good health care coverage today are concerned that it won't be there for them next month or next year.

We still stand at the crossroads in a time of swirling change.

If you're happy with Medicare, you can stay in it.

I wish every one of you could see them working, working every day up here on these problems.

I have had a wonderful time tonight seeing friends from all over America.

The United States can never stop worrying about the weak and dealing only with the strong.

I tell you, we can do better, and we must.

I sincerely hope our Government can do something about this runaway nightmare of a problem.

It's time to change that, and we ought to do it this year.

NAFTA will create jobs here in the United States, 200,000 jobs by 1995.

Now it's time to provide health security for all Americans so that people who work hard and take responsibility for their own lives can enjoy the peace of mind they deserve.

Thank you for your support.

Most Americans believe that we really are all in this together.

Thank you all, ladies and gentlemen, for that wonderful welcome. And thank you especially, my good friend Congressman Serrano, for that warm introduction and for not telling them that you are, after all, much faster than I am. [Laughter] I…

Well, let's take two more. These folks in the back, and then our hosts ought to be able to close up. [A participant asked if the plan would address behavioral causes for increased health care costs.]

One of you asked a question about the employees, too, about how they could pay and whether they could pay. Don't forget that under this tax bill that just passed, most families, working people with children with incomes of under $27,000 a…

First of all, let's just take somebody's running a family restaurant and they make $20,000 a year. The following things will happen to them: First of all, they'll be capped at 3.5. Secondly, their expensing provision of the Tax Code went…

Absolutely. What we're trying to do is get the maximum amount of competition in the system for the services that have to be provided at---- Administrator Bowles. Harnessing the power of the marketplace to drive the price down, to put power…