Bill Clinton

This is a huge, huge issue that will go a long way to defining what kind of country we are.

Today I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 2280, the 'Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1999.'

We have to realize this is a truly precious moment.

I think the world is much better off because we've expanded trade over the last 50 years.

We ought to set a goal that all parents can take time they need for their families, without losing the income they need to support them.

This legislation expresses the gratitude of the Nation for the sacrifices our veterans have unselfishly endured.

We're not going to stop until the freest big country on Earth is the safest big country on Earth.

We have no higher value than family, but too many of our families are having trouble balancing the demands of home and work.

I think it reinforces the imperative of our not only trying to protect our border but to work with the Mexican authorities to try to combat these.

We can't give up our dumping laws as long as we have the most open markets in the world.

Thank you very much, Antonio.

Thank you for what you're doing to support the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence.

We ought not to buy from countries that violate the child labor norms.

I know this is a nonpartisan event, but I wanted to acknowledge her presence there.

These are 470,000 acts of community conscience and common mercy.

They represent lives saved, injuries avoided, tragedies averted.

I think it's worth a little extra to have those child trigger locks.

We need to use it to give all of our children a world-class education.

Don't let anybody forget that as we come into this session.

I challenge Congress to make a New Year's resolution to do the same.

That's certainly news to me.

Over 32,000 Americans still lose their lives in gunfire every year, including 12 children every day.

No one has an interest in seeing these kinds of mistakes made.

I believe that one of the biggest economic as well as environmental problems the world has today is that most decisionmakers... still believe the only way to get rich is the way the U.S. and Europe got rich in the industrial era.

These numbers, of course, are not just numbers.