Bill Clinton

To you both, to your nation, to the people of Canada, long live our mutual friendship.

I transmit herewith the Annual Report of the Department of Transportation, which covers fiscal year 1995.

I think we're moving forward.

I urge you to provide these additional funds for the FEC.

I agree that freedom from terrorism is something which no one should have to purchase.

I transmit herewith the Grains Trade Convention and Food Aid Convention constituting the International Grains Agreement, 1995.

Until that day comes when HIV and AIDS no longer threaten our people, we must continue to do all we can to hit the epidemic hard.

Today, commissioners of both parties have testified that the FEC is overworked, underfunded, and unable to address the many issues raised in recent elections.

I think under the Oslo agreement and under any sense of human rights and human decency, we ought to have zero tolerance for terrorism.

Any potential siting decision concerning such a facility ultimately should be based on objective, science-based criteria.

It was clear 4 years ago, as it is now, that it is only with an aggressive campaign against AIDS that we will win the battle.

I take this step as a matter of accommodation to the desires of the Senate and without prejudice to the allocation of rights and duties under the Constitution.

I believe that entry into force of the CFE Flank Document is in the best interests of the United States and will contribute to our broader efforts to establish a new European security order based on cooperation and shared goals.

That's all I think I should say right now.

The CFE Treaty has helped to transform a world of two armed camps into a Europe where dividing lines no longer hold.

We want to find a vaccine against the AIDS virus and a cure for those who have the HIV infection.

I urge the Congress to enact legislation that would strengthen the FEC as part of comprehensive campaign finance reform.

But the agency plainly lacks the resources it needs to keep pace with the rapidly rising volume of campaign spending and electoral activities.

No one should have to bargain to be free from terrorism.

No, but we'll get there. I don't know yet, but we'll get there. I feel very much better because of this broad bipartisan support, but I've been working with Senator Lott since the first of the year on this. He knows how important it is to…

Yes, but as Madeleine Albright said, that's the argument you make against drug trafficking. In other words, criminals will always make an effort to evade the law; that's what they do. But if you have--if you destroy the chemical…

But this will require--I have two responses. Number one, this will require other countries to do what we're already doing and destroy their stockpiles, so there won't be as much for them to get ahold of. Number two, it will make it much…

I hope that they will teach that citizen service cannot be a pursuit for just a week or a month.

Every young American should be taught the joy and duty of serving and should learn it at the moment when it will have the most enduring impact on the rest of their lives.

The era of big Government may be over, but the era of big challenges for our Nation is surely not.