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).
We will create an America in which everybody has a chance to live out their dreams.
The deficit, which was $290 billion when I took office, has dropped all 4 years for the first time in the 20th century and is now going to be $107 billion this year.
This is not about party; this is about people; this is about the future of America.
This is not about party; it's about you, how we're going to live together and whether we should work together to give each other the tools to make the most of our future.
That system is now over, but the question is, what are we going to do now?
I think there has never been a relationship quite like this in American history between a President and a Vice President.
I want to give this country the finest educational system in the world when I leave office in the 21st century.
We're putting crime victims where they belong, at the center of the criminal justice system, not on the outside looking in.
We can help groups like Teens on Target in Los Angeles and Oakland, California, which help gang victims.
I support a constitutional amendment to guarantee crime victims the right to attend and speak at court proceedings, sentencing, and parole hearings.
We must do everything we can to help the victims of crime to make sure their voices are heard in the corridors of justice.
Hello. Hello, Louisiana! Hello, Lake Charles! Thank you. Let's give a hand to the bands over here. [Applause] Thank you for the music. Thank you. Can you hear me way in the back, back there? Audience members. Yes!
Our national politics had gotten to the point where we were running it the way we wouldn't run our families.
Granting the consent of Congress to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.





