Apr 14, 2000
Things could be a lot better, but only if we build on the platform that we're standing on right now.
Bill Clinton
The Public Record
Bill Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992. During his presidency, Clinton focused on several key policies, including welfare reform, economic growth, and healthcare reform. His administration is noted for achieving a budget surplus and for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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Apr 14, 2000
I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand.
Apr 14, 2000
This is not about locking lands up; it is about freeing them up for all Americans for all time.
Apr 14, 2000
On this Earth Day I would like to emphasize three things: first, obviously, this national monument.
Apr 13, 2000
Organ and tissue transplantation offers us the extraordinary opportunity to share with others one of our most precious gifts--the gift of life.
Apr 13, 2000
I join the friends and families of donors in remembering with pride and gratitude all those who gave of themselves so that others might live.
Apr 13, 2000
START II will make our people safer and our partnership with a democratic Russia stronger.
Apr 13, 2000
This bill is a win-win proposition for the United States and our friends in Africa and the Caribbean Basin.
Apr 13, 2000
It will help promote economic reform, reduce poverty, and broaden participation in the benefits of the global economy.
Apr 13, 2000
We find more meaning in compassion than in judgment, and we find more meaning in unity than division.
Apr 13, 2000
I would pray that somehow America could be infected, every single one of us, with the spirit that has animated John Lewis' life.
Apr 13, 2000
The thing that makes us want to be here for John tonight is not just that he got his brains beat out, nearly, 35 years ago for all our freedom but that he let it go.
Apr 13, 2000
I urge Congress to complete the remaining work on the bill rapidly so that final approval can occur during the first week after its Easter recess.
Apr 13, 2000
Our young people are getting the message they need a college education to have the future of their dreams.
Apr 13, 2000
The bipartisan agreement reached by the House and Senate on the Africa and Caribbean Basin trade legislation is a major step toward enactment of these historic initiatives.
Apr 13, 2000
Ultimately, the lesson of the civil rights movement was that what freed us is that the people who were oppressed—not that they got legal rights.
Apr 13, 2000
There is still a passionate sense of national urgency about school reform.
Apr 13, 2000
It will boost investment, economic growth, and job creation in these countries, while improving the global competitive position of our own textile industry.
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