Bill Clinton

Many have worked to bring us to this moment.

I wanted to change the perception that there were no companies in America that cared about the employees and that were sticking up for them and trying to do right by them.

I wanted this to be a country where every person, without regard to race or gender or income, would have a chance to live out his or her dreams.

It's simply not true that public service is not capable of operating at a very high level of productivity and quality based on pride and partnership of the workers.

The award will celebrate business for the quality of their relationship to their workers and their communities.

The science and technology enterprise is a source of discovery and inspiration and is key to the future of our Nation.

I urge all Americans to observe these occasions with appropriate ceremonies and activities, giving due recognition to the countless individuals and organizations that build, secure, and operate this country's modern transportation system.

Serious crimes have decreased for the 4th year in a row, including an 8 percent drop in the murder rate.

They were American heroes.

The United States must sustain world leadership in science, mathematics, and engineering if we are to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Crime is coming down in America.

I will continue to work with you and continue to challenge the American people to work with you.

We're running well ahead of schedule in reaching our goal of putting 100,000 new police officers on the street.

America needs more police.

I urged the American people to join neighborhood crime watch groups and to do other things that would support community policing.

You have served your country in so many ways, and you should be proud of your 35 years in Congress.

It is when we work together that we can truly make progress for our country and for the people who sent us here.

I know you will do a lot with these 43,000 additional officers to make the streets of America safer.

There is established effective May 15, 1996, a Board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate any and all of the disputes raised in mediation.

I want to thank the others who are on the line.

Thank you for your strength, your courage, and your sacrifice.

We lost too many wonderful men and women in uniform last year.

Today we are providing more law enforcement dollars to more communities than on any other single day in the history of this country.

I believe we would honor the sacrifice of those whom we honor today if we could create an America where... you didn't see a report of a horrible crime leading the news.

I look forward to participating with you in that discussion.