Bill Clinton

But if Congress sends me this conference report, I will veto it and insist that they try again.

I don't know. That's up to the Congress. Only the Congress can shut the Government down, and only the Congress can reopen it. But they can certainly reopen it, and I hope they will, particularly this week. It's just wrong for the Federal…

This reduction in benefits discourages work by senior citizens who are able and willing to stay in the workforce.

Well, I'd like to give them the chance to get back to me. I think it's important that I not talk anymore about the contents of my conversation until they have a chance to consider it and get back to me.

I just don't know. I hope so. I want the Congress to open the Government again. This is not--this whole action is without precedent. I think we should stop it, and we should go back to the ordinary way of dealing with this. I have…

I talked about how we could get together and my personal willingness to be involved. But I'd rather not talk about the specifics of it until I hear back from them.

Well, I had talks with both of them this afternoon, and I offered--first, I asked them to open the Government again, and to do it immediately, so that the people who have made plans for Christmas week to be here and elsewhere would not be…

Well, it means it can change the circumstances under which they're tried and what they might have to do as a condition. Do you want to discuss that? Attorney General Reno. What it is saying--it is clearly constitutional to condition bail…

The way it is drawn, I do. The Attorney General might want to explain it, but basically, in the places where this has been tried the people who are arrested are asked to undergo drug testing. As I understand it, about 80 percent of them…

That's not what the American people want, and I won't accept it.

This new law is in the best tradition of America, one articulated by President Andrew Jackson a long time ago, 'Equal opportunity for all; special privileges for none.'

Those who are the victims of fraud should have recourse in our courts.

That rider not only would make bad policy, it also has no place in this bill.

It makes no sense to eliminate an industry-driven, highly competitive, cost-shared initiative like our Advanced Technology Program (ATP).

It eliminates my COPS initiative (Community Oriented Policing Services) to put 100,000 more police officers on the street.

I want to sign a good bill and I am prepared to do exactly that if the Congress will make the following changes to this legislation.

We don't need to do it by cutting back on police officers and risking our safety.

I ran for President in large measure to renew our democracy, to give ordinary Americans a greater stake in our Government.

LSC should be allowed to carry on its work in an appropriate manner, both in its basic programs and in special initiatives like the migrant legal services program.

This law says the days of secret lobbying are over.

I cannot accept this bill.

These cuts would impair our ability to support important activities such as the nonproliferation of weapons, the promotion of human rights, and the control of infectious disease like the Ebola virus.

I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 1058, the 'Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.'

The crime bill is working because it provides funds for police officers directly to police departments.

It is appropriate to change the law to ensure that companies can make reasonable statements and future projections without getting sued every time earnings turn out to be lower than expected or stock prices drop.