Bill Clinton

The first balanced budget in a generation is now also the first budget in American history to be strengthened by the line item veto.

I believe it was the appropriate thing to do.

I have determined that this cancellation will reduce the Federal budget deficit.

The Congress is required to certify to the President all the tax items that benefit fewer than 100 people.

Special interests will not be able to play the old game of slipping a provision into a massive bill in the hope that no one will notice.

I have determined that each of these cancellations will reduce the Federal budget deficit.

I hereby cancel one item of new direct spending, as specified in the attached report.

I think all three are outside the scope of the budget negotiating process.

The actions I take today will save the American people hundreds of millions of dollars over the next 10 years.

These three things are appropriate.

Our Federal workers and the thousands of people who visit Federal facilities will now be protected from the risk of secondhand smoke.

The smoking of tobacco products is thus prohibited in all interior space owned, rented, or leased by the executive branch of the Federal Government.

Americans who have made the choice not to use tobacco products should not be put at risk by those who choose to smoke.

I urge the Congress to do the right thing and restore the full $34 million when they return in September.

Our balanced budget includes a 15-cents-a-pack cigarette tax to help States provide health care for up to 5 million uninsured children.

Cigarette smoking is the most single significant public health problem facing our people today.

The heads of agencies are encouraged to use existing authority to establish programs designed to help employees stop smoking.

It is the policy of the executive branch to establish a smoke-free environment for Federal employees and members of the public visiting or using Federal facilities.

Now there is enough money available for scientific research to have a real hope to find a cure.

Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in our country and perhaps equally profoundly affects the lives of millions and millions of people who have it every day.

These initiatives can make life-changing differences for millions of Americans.

Balanced Budget Act of 1997

We cannot rest until we find a cure that will free our children from this disease.

I want to thank Dr. Phillip Gorden, the head of diabetes research at NIH.