I'm disappointed, of course, that this step was necessary because we worked very hard, and we're very close to having the requisite number of votes.
Bill Clinton
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Bill Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992. During his presidency, Clinton focused on several key policies, including welfare reform, economic growth, and healthcare reform. His administration is noted for achieving a budget surplus and for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Let all 100 Senators stand up and be counted in the full view of the American people.
I have a majority of Senate Democrats for fast track, a huge majority of the mayors and Governors who are Democrats.
It is wrong to deny this man that job because he agrees with the policies of his President on that issue.
I'm basically very upbeat, as we move toward the break for Thanksgiving and Christmas, about the capacity of the Congress to work together and to work with me.
I will be very surprised if we are not successful in developing a bipartisan, constructive, successful approach to fast track before this Congress is over.
Wait, wait, wait. I would have been disappointed if you hadn't been here tonight. I'm kind of used to this. People with AIDS are dying. But since I've become President, we're spending 10 times as much per fatality on people with AIDS as…
I'm willing to do what it takes to preserve and protect Social Security for the next generation.
I will add the Netherlands Antilles to the list of major illicit drug-transit countries if I determine that drugs entering the United States do so in sufficient quantities as to affect the United States significantly.
Those flights are United Nations flights, even though they're American pilots in those planes, and you cannot dictate to the United Nations what we do.
I want to help build these structures to deal with terrorism and environmental crises.
I don't believe that we should be in the business of ratifying or validating or politicizing the issue.
I think the right thing for America is to continue to tear down the trade barriers.
I think a President's legacy is ultimately determined by—after he's gone from office.





