Bill Clinton

We are turning the tide.

I cannot accept the provision that would cut off all funding for these agencies on April 1, 1996, unless the State Department Authorization Act and related legislation had been signed into law.

I am very proud to be able to sign this legislation to bring lobbying in Washington into the sunlight of public scrutiny.

I am prepared to support the high pleading standard of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

This bill does not meet the priorities and needs of our Nation and people.

It will pull back the curtains from the world of Washington lobbying.

It's just wrong for the Federal employees, and even more for the American people, to have the Government close the week before Christmas.

I believe that this bill, as modified in conference, could erode this crucial basis of our markets' strength.

The Mojave is our newest national park and part of the 1994 California Desert Protection Act—the largest addition to our park system in the lower 48 States.

The Federal criminal justice system should serve as a model for State criminal justice systems.

This legislation will help to address the critical problem of youth criminals.

Once they've been arrested, we must stop them from repeating their crimes.

We can and will continue to prosecute and convict these criminal drug users.

We owe that to the American people.

Continued drug use is unacceptable.

You should report to me in writing by March 31, 1996, on the specific steps you will take to implement this policy.

It cuts funding of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities so deeply as to jeopardize their capacity to keep providing the cultural, educational, and artistic programs that enrich America's communities large and small.

I am eager to work with the Congress to reach agreement on a balanced budget plan.

We can't tolerate a revolving door of criminal drug abusers in our system.

This is short-sighted and unwise.

This bill is unacceptable because it would unduly restrict our ability to protect America's natural resources and cultural heritage.

I'm proud of our antidrug strategy.

These incentives—commonly referred to as 'coerced abstinence'—should be applied at the earliest possible stage in a person's interaction with the criminal justice system—following arrest.

It does not reflect my priorities or the values of the American people.

I cannot permit it to happen.