Bill Clinton

Actually, this administration didn't make any deals. The Senate Finance Committee put together a bill that it could get out of the Senate Finance Committee. And then the question was very much whether we would go on to conference. I think…

Any free society has always some exposure to terrorism. I think what the American people should do, though, is to feel an enormous sense of pride in the aggressive work done by the New York Police Department and all the Federal authorities…

I have not received any such directive. And until I receive a report from the Pentagon, I have no further comment on this.

Let me also say before we take a question or two, to Mr. Speaker and to Congressmen Studds and Frank and McDermott and Pelosi and Morella and to all the other Members of the Congress who have been willing to support increased efforts for…

To try to figure out what Saddam -- what is in Saddam Hussein's mind is the path to madness.

This American action was taken based on the self-defense provisions of Article 51 of the U.N. Charter.

We could not and have not let such action against our Nation go unanswered.

We will deter aggression.

We believe that this is a very strong message.

I hope that this action will potentially save many Muslim as well as non-Muslim lives, both in the Middle East and elsewhere.

We will combat terrorism.

He concluded that there was a real and present danger; that if we failed to act and to act now, the Iraqis might continue attempting such acts of state-sponsored terrorism.

I am determined to take the steps necessary to keep our Nation secure.

They did last year. Maybe the Senate will save it, and we can save it in conference. I'm not surprised. You know, I'm grateful to them for saving the space station. That was headed for defeat, and we did a lot of work on it, and I'm glad…

I'm only concerned until there's a vote. We're working hard. I think we'll prevail, but let's wait and see what happens.

I'll be glad to answer that question after we see if we're going to have a conference. First, we have to prevail tonight. Let's try to make sure we win tonight, and then we'll be able to----

I don't know. I did call a number of them. And I tried to--after Senator Boren and Senator Danforth announced their little coalition--I don't mean little, I mean their coalition--I also reached out to some Republicans then. And I continue…

There have been a lot of those lately. [Laughter] The vote in the House was, and this will be. We have to go on to conference. If it passes today, this will be a very loud statement. It will say that both Houses of the Congress are…

No. Not to my knowledge. The last time I saw it, it didn't, Andrea [Andrea Mitchell, NBC News]. Now, I haven't seen the exact details of the last--the last time I heard about it, about an hour and a half ago, it did not.

Senator Mitchell is my ultimate authority on that. We're working our way through these amendments now, and we just had, as I understand it, Senators Harkin, Metzenbaum, and Wellstone just announced their support for the package, pursuant…

First of all, I support the crime bill. I supported the crime bill last year which expanded the death penalty in many different areas. And as you know, I have a longstanding support for capital punishment. But let me answer the specific…

I want to congratulate Senators Mitchell, Sasser, and Moynihan for their leadership, their colleagues for their courage, and the American people for demanding that the deficit come down through tough spending cuts and a Tax Code that asks…

I have determined to continue the review of the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Honduras.

I have determined that it is appropriate to designate Albania as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the GSP.

I have determined that it is appropriate to provide for the suspension of preferential treatment under the GSP for articles that are currently eligible for such treatment and that are imported from Mauritania.