Bill Clinton

We must and we will, instead, continue to support the peace and reconciliation process in Guatemala.

I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force the broad programs I have authorized pursuant to the March 15, 1995, declaration of emergency.

It is important that I state clearly that support for military forces or intelligence units which engage in violent and widespread repression was wrong.

We owe it to the fallen; we owe it to our children.

The national emergency declared on March 15, 1995, must continue in effect beyond March 15, 1999.

I think there are two things that should be noted as we do try to enforce our immigration laws.

It is now time for Congress to finish the job by making a long-term commitment to class size reduction.

I will reaffirm America's commitment to shed light on the dark events of the past, so that they are never repeated.

I am honored to have the chance to be greeted here, in a place that recalls both Guatemala's marvelous cultural heritage and its past of conflicts and pain.

I call on every Senator to vote for the Murray-Kennedy amendment to bring every class in the early grades down to a national average of 18.

That is our common goal.

I have been moved and humbled by their refusal to be defeated in the face of the deaths of their children.

With its passage, we can make the best airline system in the world even better.

We should not pit our children against one another or change the rules now on our critical efforts to reduce class size.

I declared a national emergency with respect to Iran pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

We must build a trading system that upholds the rights of workers and consumers.

I have profound respect for the victims and the families who had courage to testify.

I will vigorously oppose any Republican amendments to undermine the bipartisan agreement we reached last year on class size.

I am pleased that the Senate leadership has finally agreed to allow an up-or-down vote on an amendment to hire 100,000 teachers to reduce class size in the early grades.

You have ended a cruel war.

I think the model which has worked best throughout the world for economic empowerment for women has been the whole concept of microcredit.

We have come far in the last few years in building a common understanding of the drug problem.

I'm proposing a new law requiring all airlines to spell out how they will address problems such as delays, overbooking, and missing baggage.

Today, no country suffers more from the weapons and gangs left over from the war than El Salvador.

It is astonishing how much has been done in Guatemala and in the other countries of Central America.