Bill Clinton

We are on track to reach the largest annual budget surplus ever.

It is especially critical that we create a bipartisan consensus for saving the surplus and paying down our national debt.

Unfortunately, today, too many of them are not reaping the benefits of the prosperity they helped to create.

After passing a bill that will do so much good, it would be a real shame and a bad mistake for Congress to reverse course and cut back on our commitment to America's farming and ranching families.

Every American can take great pride in their service.

My bill would support the next stage of reform by helping States, school districts, schools, and teachers use these standards to guide classroom instruction and assessment.

Today I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 669, a bill authorizing appropriations for the Peace Corps for Fiscal Years 2000 through 2003.

I want to be clear that were it not for the truly emergency needs to which this bill responds, I would reject these environmental riders.

This legislation is a strong statement of our Government's continued, bipartisan support for the work of our volunteers and their contributions to international understanding.

This is an important day in the history of the Peace Corps.

This is no way to do the people's business.

This bill represents a missed opportunity by the Congress to protect our children from the death and disease caused by tobacco.

Reducing the debt lowers long-term interest rates for home mortgages and autos.

We are living through the longest peacetime expansion in our Nation's history.

At the end of this fiscal year, more volunteers will be serve overseas than at any time in the last 25 years.

This legislation represents a major step toward a goal that the Congress established for the Peace Corps in 1985.

The Peace Corps and the women and men who serve our country as volunteers embody some of our finest traditions and values.

Now they're in need, and we should help them.

I welcome the Congress's support for our continuing military efforts in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

I urge the Congress to take prompt and favorable action on this proposal.

It is absolutely imperative that the Senate follow suit without delay.

I applaud the Senate for today's historic vote to close the gun show loophole and keep guns out of the hands of criminals and children.

Their Government will continue to be there for them throughout their time of need.

I believe the campaign is working.

Today's shooting at Heritage High School in Georgia was deeply troubling to us all.