Bill Clinton

I thought it was important to have our actions speak for themselves.

I think there's a good possibility if the parties themselves wish to do it.

We can get Republicans and Democrats on the solution side of this problem.

I welcome the agreement by the Bosnian Serbs to comply with a condition set by NATO and the United Nations for ending the NATO air strikes.

We ought to pass a budget this time that will bring our books into balance by a date certain.

The cuts to broadcasting operations and the related construction program would require the elimination of up to 15 language broadcast services.

I am delighted to be joined here by the Foreign Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Ambassador to Greece to formally congratulate these two countries on the agreement they signed yesterday in New York.

Let us join in support of Hispanic children and families as they strive to fulfill the American Dream.

To terminate this program would leave the Federal Government without a critical tool in addressing fast-emerging crises.

And if we're going to talk about what morality requires, morality requires them to tell the truth to the American people.

The President's budget proposes to reduce discretionary spending for FY 1996 by $5 billion in outlays below the FY 1995 enacted level.

I was pleased to sign an Executive order creating the President's Advisory Commission and White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.

America has always drawn strength from the extraordinary diversity of its people.

The vibrant Hispanic culture has long been entwined with our Nation's heritage.

We have some reason to hope that we are making progress, thanks to the determination of NATO and the United Nations, in securing Bosnian Serb compliance with the conditions the U.N. and NATO have set forward for the cessation of the…

His landmark work to register Hispanic voters helped to bring these Americans into the mainstream of American public life.

I do hereby proclaim September 15 through October 15, 1995, as National Hispanic Heritage Month.

I reiterate my earlier congratulation to the Commission on Immigration Reform for its hard work on legal immigration reform. The Commission has provided the Congress and the Nation with an excellent framework to achieve gradual reductions…

Well, I think the agreement signed in Geneva by the three parties is very, very hopeful--the Bosnian Government, the Croatian Government, the Serbian Government. I think the negotiations should continue. I'm sending Ambassador Holbrooke…

Thank you all. Goodbye. [At this point, the teleconference ended, and the President took questions from reporters.] Education Budget

I'd like to now call on a longtime friend of mine, the superintendent of the Philadelphia schools, David Hornbeck. David, are you there? [Mr. Hornbeck discussed the impact of funding cuts on Goals 2000, the Head Start program, and…

That's the thing. It's just beginning to work. And I really appreciate you saying that. I'd like to call on Dr. Gerry House, the superintendent of the Memphis school systems. Dr. House. [Dr. House discussed the impact of funding cuts on…

I thank you for saying that. I want to emphasize, because there's been a little bit of controversy about Goals 2000, that I think the genius of the program is that, under Secretary Riley's leadership, we have done more to give more…

Oh, I hope we'll get a good continuing resolution. That's quite important. It's important that we not just walk away from our responsibilities. Thank you.

Well, I don't know that that's a compromise. I have an alternative; they have an alternative. I picked up some kind of reading between the lines of some of the comments of the leadership and other prominent Members of Congress in the last…