Bill Clinton

You cannot celebrate Thanksgiving this year without a balanced budget.

You have more experience and credibility at that than I have, but I am glad to be your partner in building those bridges.

I believe we must have fast-track authority to conclude new trade agreements that open markets to America's products and that advance our values.

Now we stand at a moment of unprecedented promise for the Americas.

This is a joint bipartisan responsibility that my Administration and the Congress take very seriously.

Together we are striving to follow the roadmap set by our hemisphere's 34 democracies in the Miami Summit of the Americas in 1994.

Chile's return to democracy, a heroic and courageous struggle, has helped to fuel freedom's march all across our hemisphere.

I believe we'll get the fast-track authority, and I believe we'll conclude an agreement.

We challenge the national media and entertainment industry to join us— by renouncing the glamorization of drug abuse and realistically portraying its consequences.

For our children's sake and the sake of this Nation, this menace must be confronted through a rational, coherent, cooperative, and long-range strategy.

Will cause serious, irreversible and avoidable harm [and in] the balance are the lives and well-being of many thousands of women and children and American credibility as the leader in family planning programs around the world.

I request that the National Bioethics Advisory Commission undertake a thorough review of the legal and ethical issues associated with the use of this technology.

On this anniversary, with the memory of the four victims in our prayers, the United States reaffirms its commitment to help bring democracy, respect for human rights, and prosperity to the people of Cuba.

I thought we could do a little better on mass transit. Senator Moynihan. The newspapers out there, did you hear that? [Laughter]

We must prevent these things from happening in the first place.

Violent crime had tripled in 30 years.

I think the Brady bill has helped, the assault weapons bill has helped.

If it doesn't happen in Boston, it doesn't have to happen anyplace else.

We cannot be the country we ought to be if 20 percent of our children are living in poverty.

Our policy seeks to accelerate the pace of sustainable economic development for the countries of Africa.

And that brings me to what I actually need to talk to you about today.

No child is deprived of a safe and permanent home for even one day longer than necessary.

I was also particularly concerned that a strike would be especially disruptive over a holiday weekend.

American credibility as the leader in family planning programs around the world

May God comfort her family and countless friends.