Bill Clinton

We must continue to have predictability in the investment climate.

We have the smallest Government here in Washington since President Kennedy was in office.

One of my happiest days as President was when we walked up the South Lawn of the White House with all the first group of young people.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the women's rights movement in America and its immeasurable contributions to our Nation's promise of justice and equality for all.

I thank Senator Jeffords and Senator Thurmond and Senator Hatch for being here tonight to restrain the partisan impulses that might otherwise overtake Senator Kennedy and me.

It is a major economic issue for our country.

We must continue our efforts to help women succeed at work and at home, to be free from violent crime, and to enjoy quality health care.

Uncertainty is the enemy of economic growth.

I agree with you that the most important thing we can do in this session of Congress is to support Secretary Cuomo's plan to raise the FHA loan limit.

Agreements February 27, 1998 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Chairman:) Pursuant to subsection (b) of the Case-Zablocki Act, (1 U.S.C. 112b(b)), I hereby transmit a report prepared by the Department of State concerning international…

We need Congress' help to meet this goal.

Our hearts and prayers are with the families who lost their loved ones.

I want to praise the courage of those who worked so hard during this disaster.

I want to encourage them, to tell them their fellow Americans are thinking about them.

I launched the America Reads challenge, to make sure all our children can read on their own by the end of the third grade.

And if we do that, there is no limit, in the words of Dr. Seuss, on the places our children will go.

Literacy is the key to all learning.

I transmit herewith the 1998 Trade Policy Agenda and 1997 Annual Report on the Trade Agreements Program.

Currently, 40 percent of our Nation's 8-year-olds are not reading even at the basic level.

I hereby proclaim March 1998 as Irish-American Heritage Month.

Those who traveled here in the 17th and 18th centuries came primarily to escape religious, social, and political discrimination in their homeland.

Federal disaster aid was made available to the victims of tornadoes in central Florida.

Today the Justice Department is awarding more than $135 million in grants under the Violence Against Women program to help State and local authorities combat domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault.

I intend to nominate William C. Apgar to be Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

These funds will help every State build and expand on the programs they have developed to ensure that abusers are captured, prosecuted, and punished.