Bill Clinton

I am equally confident that Jane Wales' experience in the foreign policy arena will be used well as our staff at OSTP continues to pursue joint science and technology ventures with other countries around the world.

We can never take the deficit down to zero.

Let us begin that together.

I applaud her decision and thank her for the hard work and dedicated service she gave her country and wish her happiness and success in the future.

Just this week, our national service program cleared its final hurdles and now will clearly become law.

Her background in State government and experience in consensus-building and solving local issues will make her a forceful advocate for local and State interests.

In our Nation, where most people have to work, we cannot force people to choose between being a good parent and a good worker.

We don't want to punish success. We want to reward it.

Along with Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court and the many other judges yet to be named, this outstanding group of jurists will change the face of the Federal courts and help move our country forward.

I appreciate the outstanding work Regina Montoya has done as the Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

The political fog that has surrounded this town for so long is at long last lifting.

All Americans, whatever their political stripe, can reap the benefits of the change we can begin today.

There are few things that I will do that will have more lasting effect than the appointment of Federal judges.

For the first time in a long time, we'll be making a meaningful downpayment on the massive Federal deficit.

We want to end welfare as we know it and restore dignity to millions of idle Americans who have been dependent too long.

We're putting business-as-usual out of business in Washington.

I am also very pleased that Marcia Hale has agreed to take on this new responsibility.

The days of endless gridlock, rising deficits, and trickle-down economics are over.

I am honored to welcome to this house and to this country one of the heroes of our time.

I recommend that the Senate promptly give its advice and consent to accession to this Convention together with its amending Protocol.

We have laid the foundation for the renewal of the American dream.

The United States will not rest until all of the peoples of this hemisphere enjoy the fruits of freedom and democracy.

Our meeting today is a symbol to those brave Cubans who remain in prison on political charges or who struggle daily, risking their lives, for the twin causes of human rights and democracy.

This is a very, very important beginning.

He is a living testimony to the unbending will to strive for liberty and dignity.