Bill Clinton

We always say we're for opportunity and responsibility.

I'm interested in maximizing the ability of our country to use technology for economic empowerment.

This is not a partisan issue.

Once again a minority in the Senate has blocked bipartisan campaign finance reform. The failure of the Senate to adopt real reform is a victory for the politics of cynicism, and it leaves unchecked the influence of moneyed special…

This election, conducted fairly and transparently, has been a true triumph of democracy.

The bill should also be amended to promote single Statewide accountability systems.

Today's AmeriCorps members are living up to the highest obligations of our citizenship.

I always believed that you would elevate the cause of citizen service in America.

The bill should thus be amended to devote substantially more funds to Targeted Grants and less funds to Basic Grants.

The CDBG program promotes housing and economic activity in low- and moderate-income areas.

AmeriCorps volunteers prove daily they're one of the best and smartest investments our country ever made.

I transmit herewith a 6-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia.

The bill should also require school districts to devote at least five percent of their annual Title I allocations to provide high-quality professional development for teachers.

If America can remain committed to building one America across all the lines that divide us, we will be proud of the America your children and grandchildren have.

I also am disturbed that the conference report includes new language that is aimed at restricting efforts to reduce smog by delaying EPA action on several States' clean air petitions.

The House should also include provisions from the President's proposal that would require States to use tests written in Spanish when testing Spanish-speaking students.

I urge the Congress to work with my Administration in similar fashion in coming to mutually acceptable agreements on the remaining FY 2000 appropriations bills and to do so expeditiously.

I have signed into law H.R. 2684, the 'Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.'

You are breathing new life into our old, old democracy.

The bill should require that tests used to assess the literacy level of first graders be in the language most likely to yield valid results.

There is no question that you are now an indispensable force for change in America.

I am pleased that H.R. 2684 provides $19.8 billion for the medical care of our Nation's veterans.

This Act will fund vital housing, community development, environmental, disaster assistance, veterans, space, and science programs.

I congratulate Abdurrahman Wahid on his election as President of Indonesia.

Regulatory Commission October 18, 1999 To the Congress of the United States: As required by section 307(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5877(c)), I transmit herewith the Annual Report of the United States Nuclear…