Bill Clinton

We've got a lot to be thankful for.

We should never forget that there are still people in our country that need our concern and our caring.

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, as all of you know.

Let me be able to give this turkey a pardon.

I want to thank the people who run this wonderful service here for their commitment, for their service.

I'm grateful that the United States has been a force for peace.

American leadership, together with our allies, is needed to make this peace real and enduring.

The central fact for us as Americans is this: Our leadership made this peace agreement possible.

We are at a decisive moment.

The peace plan agreed to would preserve Bosnia as a single state, within its present borders and with international recognition.

The people of Bosnia finally have a chance to turn from the horror of war to the promise of peace.

The fact that these leaders have voted to bring an end to this and to give the people of Bosnia a peaceful Christmas and a peaceful future is something for which we should be very, very thankful.

Those individuals charged with war crimes will be excluded from political life.

The Presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia have made a historic and heroic choice.

I will work with the leaders of Congress to establish a schedule for implementing that.

Now that the parties to the war have made a serious commitment to peace, we must help them to make it work.

The continued decline in our national crime rate shows that the efforts by citizens and their police are making a difference. My 1994 crime bill's putting 100,000 cops on the street, taking assault weapons off the street, and cracking down…

The bill also includes legislative riders that were tacked onto the bill without any hearings or adequate public input.

The bill provides no new funding for the Community Development Financial Institutions program, an important initiative for bringing credit and growth to communities long left behind.

I signed into law H.R. 2020, the 'Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996.'

I am pleased that a provision contained in an earlier version of the bill was removed from the bill.

This bill provides insufficient funds to support the important activities covered by this bill.

Major compliance cuts send the wrong signal and reward tax cheats.

I urge the Congress to meet its responsibilities by sending me the remaining FY 1996 appropriations bills in an acceptable form.

Such a reduction would severely hamper their ability to provide the President with advice on environmental policy and carry out its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act.