Apr 29, 1997
She looked at all these schools, she had wonderful choices, and she made her own decision.
Bill Clinton
The Public Record
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).
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Apr 29, 1997
The economy grew 5.6 percent on an annualized basis—the highest in a decade.
Apr 28, 1997
The over-broad definitions in the bill make this takeover of state law potentially troubling.
Apr 28, 1997
This provision would unfairly discriminate against the most vulnerable members of our society.
Apr 27, 1997
Earl Phelan deeply believes that mentoring is the key to young people's success. Through B.E.L.L., or Building Enterprises for Learning and Living, the organization he helped to found, he has given hundreds of African-American young adults…
Apr 27, 1997
Young people above all, however, have the time, the energy, and the idealism for this kind of citizen service.
Apr 27, 1997
If we could get everybody in America to serve, we'd have the happiest country on Earth.
Apr 27, 1997
More importantly, the average AmeriCorps volunteer helps to generate another 12 part-time volunteers who come along and help.
Apr 27, 1997
We can promise big numbers—but we're, honest to goodness, going to promise ourselves that we will try to change the culture in these communities from dysfunctional environments to functional ones.
Apr 27, 1997
We're going to try to extend health insurance to 5 million kids and try to at least make the first 2 years of college as available as a high school education is today.
Apr 27, 1997
I really dreamed that someday I could walk into a school like Nebinger Elementary and see what I saw today, two young people tutoring 5-year-olds.
Apr 27, 1997
I will live with the stories that the young people told last night at that event for the rest of my life.
Apr 26, 1997
I'm here because I want the young people out here to grow up in an America that is even greater than the America I grew up in.
Apr 24, 1997
I've just been briefed on it. The FBI is working on it--working hard on it. It's my understanding that one of the trucks has been recovered, and that the other one has weapons that are inert and cannot cause any harm. But we're working on…
Apr 24, 1997
Well, first of all, a majority of Republicans supported this treaty and all the Democrats. And I think we can get a balanced budget supported by a majority of Republicans and a majority of Democrats in both Houses if we work together in…
Apr 24, 1997
Where our children's health and safety are concerned, we cannot, and we will not, rest.
Apr 24, 1997
To make a technical correction to title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist states.
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