Bill Clinton

This restriction is inconsistent with the broad flexibility provided under Federal welfare reform.

I promise you, the easiest work has already been done.

I know we can, and I need your help to do it and to send a message loud and clear: We do not want to have to make a choice in the 21st century, and we refuse to do so.

Every child needs what you provide here, education.

The most gifted and innovative public servants in America today are the mayors of the cities that are beginning to work again for all the people.

If you've got that kind of heat and electricity, you ought to be Governor.

I think we're much closer than we were 5 years ago to realizing the vision that I started out with when I announced for President, when I was a Governor.

To keep our economy strong, we must continue to break down unfair foreign trade barriers to American products and services.

It is the single most significant social challenge facing all classes of Americans.

The biggest challenge we face is to embrace our diversity, celebrate our diversity, respect our differences.

Heavy criminal penalties will also be levied against individuals in the United States who provide material support or resources to these terrorist organizations.

Construction Appropriations Act, 1998 October 6, 1997 To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with the Line Item Veto Act, I hereby cancel the dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority, as specified in the attached…

Well, since the Government of Israel and the Government of Jordan have made no comment about this, I think it is inappropriate for me to make any comment. I will say this--you know the policy of the United States for our own conduct is…

Well, let me say I have been briefed about it, and it appears to me that the law enforcement authorities have done their job in trying to uncover a problem. We'll have to wait and see. We can't presume people's guilt. But I think that the…

I think it was Thursday afternoon--came down and told me, and that's the first I knew about it. And I don't think they had known about it for very long. And I'm sure they took a little time to figure out exactly what was covered, how much…

Oh, I'm sure that Mr. Ruff didn't do that. I talked to him--he called me as soon as he knew about it--or one of the assistant counsels came down----

No, because I don't think there's any--I don't believe for a moment that any of the career military people in WHCA in any way deliberately didn't say anything about this. I think it was just an accident. And so I think that that would be…

Oh, I think that probably they never discussed it with anybody in the White House Communications Agency. You'd have to ask them. But I can tell you, as soon as I became aware of it, I instructed them to be turned over to the appropriate…

John, [John Donvan, ABC News] let me just sign this, and then I'll come back to answer questions. [At this point, the President signed the message transmitting the line item vetoes.] Videotapes of White House Coffees

I'd like to call on Michael Bonsignore now to talk about the energy savings available through the use of more high- efficiency products and systems, and also the potential for environmental technology exports. What he has to say and how…

And because these floods don't--wash away the soil, rather than sink down into the soil, you get very little benefit out of them, and farmers lose a lot of topsoil. [The discussion continued.]

So I think that's important. When the temperatures warm, they dry the soil and create the conditions for the floods simultaneously. Dr. Wilhite. That's correct.

Dr. Karl, do you want to say anything? [Thomas Karl, senior scientist, National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, mentioned statistics showing record precipitation in six States in 1996. The Vice…

Isn't there some evidence already that malaria in nations and areas where it presently exists is becoming more prevalent and moving to higher climates? [At this point, Diana Liverman, chair, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Human…

I would do anything, including go to the North Pole, if I thought it would help make peace.