Bill Clinton

We want a steady recovery.

I've always said that national service would be America at its best.

This legislation, while it necessarily contains compromises, will change Washington for the better.

I want to say a special word of appreciation for the work that the President and Namibia have done in promoting their new system of government.

I think they're a real shining example for emerging democracies in Africa and on other continents as well.

National service will do so much that must be done: meeting our country's needs, paying for our children's education, and bringing all of us together in the common work of citizenship.

I urge the Congress to move forward on lobby disclosure legislation that brings the activities of lobbyists into the sunlight of public scrutiny.

I'm sure that it will.

Today the Senate showed it has heard the American people's demand for change.

Three years ago, the world rejoiced at the birth of a new democracy on the African continent.

National service is not about political partisanship.

I want you to know of my continuing support for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC).

I'm particularly pleased to have the President here as the first African head of state received by my administration.

Abandoning the SSC at this point would signal that the United States is compromising its position of leadership in basic science.

Namibia's successful transition to a stable, multiparty, multiracial, multiethnic democracy offers hope and optimism for other nations in the region.

The bill represents a crucial, bi-partisan effort to show strong United States and multilateral support for democratic and pro-market reform in Russia and the other new independent states of the former Soviet Union.

The ultimate goal is to restore the conditions of peace which existed before the Pakistanis were murdered.

It's good to see that it brings Congress together as well.

I have long believed that we will not give the middle class the economic growth and health care reform it needs unless we also reform our political system.

The SSC project will stimulate technologies in many areas critical for the health of the U.S. economy.

Today's vote is a breakthrough in the fight to give the Government back to the American people.

Our support requires making sure that the project is well managed and that the Congress is informed of the full costs and anticipated benefits of the program.

The United States still needs an aggressive program.

I urge the House to act quickly on its own campaign finance reform bill.

You know, I don't believe that.