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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).
What do you think? [After a participant remarked that children could be scared by some television programs, the Vice President said the V-chip would give parents a tool to prevent that. Several parents stressed that older children should…
What about you all? [A 13-year-old said that children tended to act out television shows instead of playing and expanding their imagination. A parent said that although watching television could be safer than some other activities, parents…
What do you think? Do you think your mother should have some influence over what you watch on television, or should you decide? [A participant said that parents should have influence over what their children watched, and she then described…
Let's talk about that because that's going to be a big issue. [The Vice President pointed out the need for an industry-wide system to rate computer games and to allow parents to screen the Internet to prevent children's access to…
What about you? You're 11, right? [A participant said that he spent hours playing on the computer and asked if there would be a V-chip for computers.]
----that they're acting, they model what they do based on what they see on television. [The participant confirmed that his peers modeled themselves after television characters, and he then endorsed the V-chip to help parents prevent such…
You watch television a lot? [A student responded that he only watched the news and a few other programs, but that his peers based their lives on television as a major activity and a model for behavior.]
They'll do that to you. [Laughter] Let me ask you this. Do you believe--I want to ask and then I want to go around to the students here--how do you think the V-chip should be used? And how much difference do you think there is in the age…
I thought maybe we ought to start with Catherine next to me, because Catherine Murphy actually passed the first V-chip bill--[laughter]--in the United States of America. I think you all need to know that. It wasn't us; it was her. And so I…
Hillary, do you want to comment on that, based on what you said in---- [Hillary Clinton said that more information on the link between television and child behavior would encourage parents to use the rating system and the V-chip in their…
Hillary almost fell off the chair when you said that, the keeper of the remote. [Laughter] Participant. So we're really delighted with both the V-chip and the rating system. [Another parent said the combination was a vital first step for…
I want to talk about the better programming in a minute because I think that's a big part of it, especially when I ask the young people about it. But I want to give the parents who are here a chance to say anything they'd like to say about…
That means corporations helping to improve our schools, helping to connect them to the information superhighway.
It is a tribute to the wisdom of the American people that we are willing to set aside and preserve some wild places.
I rejoice in my Irish heritage; and like millions of Americans, I pray for lasting peace in the land of our ancestors.
I urge all the people of the United States to participate in this observance by making eye care and eye safety a priority.
I have determined that the unauthorized departure of vessels intending to enter Cuban territorial waters could jeopardize the safety of certain U.S. citizens and other persons residing in the United States.
As soldiers and scholars, poets and Presidents, Irish Americans have enriched every facet of American society.
I hereby report that I have exercised my statutory authority to declare a national emergency in response to the Government of Cuba's destruction of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft in international airspace north of Cuba.
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