Bill Clinton

This Act establishes the Oklahoma City National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System.

Thank you and congratulations to our 'Top Cops' and to their families.

I am pleased to sign today S. 871, the 'Oklahoma City National Memorial Act of 1997.'

I do hereby proclaim October 9, 1997, as Leif Erikson Day.

Wildlife conservation is the purpose of the refuges.

The next big challenge I think we have is, how do we deal with the very real and, I'm convinced, quite profound environmental challenges that will be presented to the world.

This bill recognizes that the use of refuge lands and waters, to the extent that such use can be allowed, shall be reserved first to those recreational activities that depend and thrive on abundant populations of fish and wildlife.

Today was not the end of this fight for campaign finance reform but the beginning. The Republican leadership and a minority of the Senate used procedural maneuvers to block the obvious will of a majority of United States Senators to…

I believe that if we changed the direction of America we could create a nation in the 21st century where the American dream really was alive for every person.

Where there is no vision, the people perish.

I thought it would be a good thing for the country psychologically, as well as economically, to have a balanced budget for the first time in a generation.

This legislation, now passed by the committees of jurisdiction in both the Senate and the House, will allow us to tear down those barriers and help American businesses and workers compete and win in the global marketplace.

I cannot tell you how important I believe it is that every single Governor have a passionate, uncompromising commitment to excellence in education for every single person in the State.

I want to thank you for the enormous vote of confidence that was given to me and to Al Gore and to our team in the election of 1996.

Reauthorizing the Nation's surface transportation programs is the Administration's top transportation priority for this session of Congress.

The law prevents any fundraising or other financial transactions by these groups in the U.S.

We either act like a community now to lift these children up, or we will be punished as a community later for our collective neglect.

You can't do everything; you can't do nothing.

The bill provides $4.2 billion more than I requested in my 1998 budget.

I want our country to be a place where the American dream was really alive for every person.

We can stand as a shining alternative to that.

Today's action sends a clear message: The path to change is through dialog and open deliberation, not violence and hatred.

I made a commitment to the policies that favor the future over the past, change over the status quo, unity over division, and things that benefit everybody instead of just a few people.

We've never generated so many jobs in such a short time, over 13 million now in less than 5 years.

What I'm for is everybody having a chance to participate in this country's life.