Bill Clinton

The immediate need is for staff and resources to address the backlogged workload.

The executive branch continues to implement my policy of maintaining the number of advisory committees within the ceiling of 534 required by Executive Order 12838 of February 10, 1993.

We are working hard, and we intend to keep going until the job is done.

I am submitting the Twenty-Fifth Annual Report on Federal Advisory Committees.

This funding is needed to implement fully all of the security requirements identified in the White House Security Review.

I believe that every man, woman, and child in this world should be able to walk the Earth in safety.

Savings achieved through elimination of discretionary committees during fiscal year 1996 totalled $2.5 million.

America will continue to lead in ending the use of all antipersonnel mines.

We urge the House to reduce funding for lower priority programs.

I'm happy and sad at the same time.

My Administration will continue to work with the Congress to assure that all advisory committees that are required by statute are regularly reviewed through the congressional reauthorization process.

The reductions would also force ATF to curtail its drug-related law enforcement activities.

Any legislation must protect tobacco farmers and their communities.

To me, this is not about money.

Military Articles and Services September 15, 1997 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) As required by section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2415), I transmit herewith the annual report on U.S. exports…

I come because when I leave here, I feel more alive, I feel more committed, I feel new energy, and I like what I see.

I am pleased to transmit a legislative proposal entitled the 'Export Expansion and Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1997.'

I will not hesitate to use my veto power to prevent that hasty decision from becoming the law of the land.

The future promises still greater opportunities.

We are about to find out.

We have not taken a back seat to anyone.

I am delighted to be with you here today.

You have risen to these challenges.

For five decades, your honor, your heroism, your judgment, and your intelligence has helped America to meet every challenge we have faced.

Politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.