Bill Clinton

Today I am pleased to announce the latest COPS grants, over $96 million for nearly 1,500 police officers in more than 500 communities.

I look forward to continuing to work with the Congress in the months ahead as we work to establish a lasting peace in the Balkans.

I want to emphasize again my continued commitment to close consultation with the Congress on political and military matters concerning Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The threat of weapons of mass destruction is real and increasing in an age of technological change and open borders.

He brought it all together.

You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit the report fulfilling these requirements to the appropriate committees of the Congress.

I thank him from the bottom of my heart for being a true patriot and a true friend.

Remember, look around the room tonight. It's the America we want and the world we will work for.

For 6 1/2 years now, I have worked hard to build an economy that gives all of our people a chance to prosper and to live out their dreams.

The bill will also give 21st century tools to our police officers to fight the criminals who, themselves, increasingly use technology to commit crimes.

We have seen America's long journey, and we have been a part of it, from the unfortunate beginnings of our relationship to where we are today.

We are beginning to repair the social fabric and restore civility to everyday life.

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Well, I'm encouraged by any good word, but I think that the conditions that we set out are the minimal ones to make this work. I don't think that the--after all the Serbs--after all the buildup and the hundreds of thousands of Kosovars…

But we know—we know—that there are still large numbers of communities that have been left out and left behind.

Most people don't ever think about this as an economic development issue.

Our greatest untapped markets are here at home—at least $85 billion in untapped markets.

We must continue to work together for a fair and accurate census.

I think it's important that we try to take this example to the whole Nation.

We are having...our annual empowerment zone and enterprise community national convention.

I think it will make a huge difference.

We can prove that you can have low unemployment and increasing opportunity.

We should go into the 21st century leaving no one behind.

The bill creates a reasonable efforts defense to tort claims, and perhaps even to contract claims, thus imposing the entire burden of damages on innocent plaintiffs instead of on the defendants who caused the harm.

I believe we ought not to leave anybody behind when we go into the 21st century.