Bill Clinton

This stimulus package is an essential bridge from today's weak recovery to the development of a Stronger base for long-term growth.

I am asking these people today to fill roles which are absolutely essential for the effective workings of this Government.

We will give our full energies to helping reach a fair and permanent solution to the Cyprus dispute.

We believe that a solution to the dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav Republic must be found rapidly.

I think he's got a fair chance to survive.

We are looking for a lot of different options.

I'm just pointing out that if the minority in the Senate can get 40 votes plus one, they can stop anything from happening.

The average person who has health insurance is pretty satisfied with the quality of health care, but terrified of losing the health care coverage.

I can't conceive of the United States ever having any kind of normal relationship with Iraq as long as Saddam Hussein is there.

I think moving the economic program as quickly as possible and developing a big consensus for the idea that we need to make a serious attempt to both reduce the deficit and increase investments in jobs and education and technology.

We plainly got the votes to pass it as it is or with very minor modifications.

Half the battle is over.

If we let Russia revert to a country which will never be able to do business with us, that's bad business.

We ought to try to get the Vance-Owen peace process working.

That will unleash billions of dollars, tens of billions of dollars into this economy this year, which in turn will be reinvested, which will create new jobs.

The change the American people voted for is now beginning.

I intend to go there with an aggressive and quite specific plan for American partnership.

The United States supports the historic movement toward democratic political reform in Russia.

The truth is, no one knows all of the answers.

I would argue to you that we have gotten a major benefit out of deficit reduction.

The time has come to put in the other piece to create jobs and to lay the foundation for an educated work force and for a high-technology future.

Just as the best social program is a job, the best deficit reduction program is a growing economy.

Anyone who has been involved with the Democratic Party for any length of time is certainly familiar with Mrs. Harriman's talent for diplomacy.

The House of Representatives took a strong stand for the most credible deficit reduction program in anybody's memory.

Democratic reform in Russia is the basis for a better future for the Russian people.