Bill Clinton

I welcome the announcement by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) that Ethiopia and Eritrea have accepted the OAU framework agreement and the modalities for its implementation.

A tax cut of this size leaves virtually none of these surpluses available: for addressing the long-term solvency of Medicare... or for necessary funding for our national security and for education, health, and other domestic priorities.

To them I say, listen to Judith Cato's story.

Maintaining NTR helps us to move China toward global norms on human rights, weapons of mass destruction, crime and drugs, and the environment, as well as on trade.

I do not believe it is political to say a poor person should have the same right as a rich person.

Under the law, they are entitled to them as citizens.

I remain determined to pursue an agreement for China to join the WTO on viable commercial terms—not as a favor to China but as a means of opening and reforming China's markets and holding China to the rules of the global trading system.

The Legal Services Corporation has made equal justice not a political cause but an everyday occurrence.

I believe it's important to modernize benefits, and over the long run, the economical thing to do.

Without Medicare the doors to hospitals and doctors' offices, to basic medical treatment and good health would actually be closed to millions of older women.

NTR promotes China's integration into the global economy, which in turn strengthens market-oriented reformers within China.

The United States will continue to support the efforts of the OAU under the chairmanship of Algerian President Bouteflika to bring this tragic conflict to a speedy conclusion.

A strong and modern Medicare system is absolutely vital to the health and future of America's women.

This is an arithmetic problem.

We continue to strongly oppose several provisions included in the Committee bill that would seriously undermine local control.

Today I think we have to say again, equal justice is the birthright of every American.

Expanding trade can help bring greater social change to China by spreading the tools, contacts, and ideas that promote freedom.

This is a significant step toward peace.

I welcome the strong bipartisan vote in the House today to extend normal trade relations (NTR) with China.

The discretionary allocation available to the House is clearly inadequate to fund many priority programs within the Department of Energy.

The bill would cause the Nation to forgo the unique opportunity to eliminate completely the burden of the debt held by the public by 2015 as proposed by the President in the Mid-Session Review of the Budget.

The magnitude of the tax cuts in the bill...could approach the size of all of the on-budget surpluses the Congressional Budget Office projects for the next ten years.

I ask you to help me send the word to the Congress that let's do first things first.

The discretionary allocation available to the House is clearly inadequate to fund many priority programs within the Department of Energy.

I urge Congress to enact the Administration's Harbor Services Fund proposal, which would provide a stable source of funding for port and harbor activities.