Bill Clinton

I declared a major disaster in Kentucky and ordered Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts.

Kevin Emanuel Marchman, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Joseph Shuldiner, which was sent to the Senate on March 19, 1997, and on January 29, 1998.

Justice for all is central to our democracy, and we must strive to ensure that all Americans have equal access to the judicial system.

I hope you will remember that I believe that America ought to respond to the dynamic times in which we live.

Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Mexico.

Let us have the courage not only to recognize our differences, but also to build on the dreams we share and on the values we hold in common.

Michael Craig Lemmon, of Florida, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Armenia.

Each Federal agency must take steps to promote greater use of mediation, arbitration, early neutral evaluation, agency ombuds, and other alternative dispute resolution techniques.

It is clearly true that we can only absorb all the changes going on in the world today if we form a more perfect Union.

I am deeply disappointed that this Act extends the comment period and delays the effective date of the 'Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network' final rule.

Jeffrey G. Stark, of New York, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, vice R. Kenton Musgrave, retired.

During times of war, Americans have fought and died to defend our liberty and promote the ideals of democracy.

I do not believe this is a moment for complacency.

Arthur Louis Schechter, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

This economy works today on ideas and on the thinking skills of people.

The Price of American Leadership

Mari Carmen Aponte, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Dominican Republic.

To provide for the collection of data with respect to the number of non immigrants who remain in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney General.

1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act.

I wish Washington worked this way.

Without laws, our democracy would wither; without access to our legal system, there can be no true justice.

Let me just mention one or two other things.

Let us reaffirm our belief in freedom, equality, justice, and opportunity for all of our people.

John O'Leary, of Maine, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Chile.

Neal E. Kravitz, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Paul Rainey Webber III, term expired.