Bill Clinton

Well, there's no requirement one way or the other. I'll be there a lot, regardless. It will require me to be there often. Mr. Cavuto. So do you become a New York resident first, Mr. President?

Well, I haven't made a final decision just yet. And there are some decisions I can't make, particularly ones that related to financial matters I simply can't make until I leave. But what I want to do is to build my library and my public…

Well, they say they're not, and they may not be if they have a big enough across-the-board cut. But until their across-the- board cut they were, number one. Number two, if I could deal with Senator Domenici and with the House…

Well, there aren't big spending differences although there would be if there are across-the-board spending cutbacks. The main difference is--you know, Senator Domenici, to be fair to him, has not been guilty of grandstanding, but his party…

----or the EPA decisions. Although, I would point out there are an awful lot of businesses, a huge number who agree with the Microsoft action. Mr. Cavuto. Do you think, by the way, that Microsoft is a bully?

But the difference between me and Pat Buchanan is I think we ought to invest abroad, too. That is, I'm not an ``America only,'' but I don't want to leave behind the people who are hurt in America. Mr. Cavuto. But isn't his point that we…

Thank you. New Markets Initiative Mr. Cavuto. This is an interesting initiative because, on the one hand, you're compelling companies to do something good, but you also have to get them to respond to that message. How do you do that?

And whether you're eligible for college loans and all that. Those of you who have families who can help, they're also entitled to a $1,500 tax credit for what they pay towards your college education. So if you get the scholarship and the…

And you can calculate based on your family income whether you can also get a Pell grant. And they get it over and above, don't they? Mr. Freeman. Yes, no matter what, they get that.

Is Bob Milliken here? Mr. Milliken started the communities in schools program--how long ago now? He's been working at this for 25 years, and over 15 years ago, when I was Governor of Arkansas, he came to Arkansas, and he put some of--the…

You're the first. Just juniors. And how many juniors are in the program? Most of them? And do you think 100 percent of the juniors in the program will go to college? Student. Yes. [The discussion continued.]

Is there a limit to the number of young people who can be in the program in this high school? Student. No. You just have to meet all the requirements.

That's great. It's not quite as big a thrill as Jayson Williams, maybe, but I also got to--I spent a lot of time with Wynton Marsalis. He's the only musician, I think, in the world who is both the greatest jazz musician and the greatest…

In the State of Maryland--Maryland is the only State in America where you have to do community service as a requirement. It's like taking American history or English or whatever. It's like a requirement for getting your high school…

So harder courses and two summer schools? Student. Not harder courses, it's like college prep. Student. We also have to take 40 hours of community service in our 4 years. We can take 10 hours a year. We can do how many hours that we can do…

If you do what? Student. If you maintain a 2.5 grade point average, and you have to take two summer institute college preps for two summers. And you have to go to Malcolm X Shabazz for 4 years and graduate within that 4 years. You can't do…

Tell us about this Project GRAD program. Anybody want to tell me about it? Go ahead. Student. Project GRAD is a scholarship program that guarantees you a $6,000 scholarship.

You know Senator Lautenberg, Congressman Payne, your Mayor James. Jayson, don't you think you ought to introduce Mr. Katz to these people? [At this point, NBA New Jersey Nets player Jayson Williams made brief remarks and introduced Nets…

Do you believe that?

This is not just a problem; this is an opportunity.

I am pleased that we have reached an agreement with congressional leaders on a budget that will permit America to advance its most critical priorities around the world.

I have tried to minimize them, and I will continue to work on it.

Federal disaster relief programs already have provided more than $600 million to help individuals and communities recover from the effect of Hurricane Floyd.

My message to him is, if you stay in school and you learn your lessons, no matter how difficult your economic circumstances, you can now go on to college in America.

The biggest separate social problem we have with Hispanics in America today is the dropout rate from school is way too high.