Bill Clinton

In light of serious budget constraints, this spending increase is neither warranted nor justified.

I present to the American people a plan for a balanced Federal budget.

H.R. 1530, through a host of other onerous provisions, undercuts the Secretary's managerial authority and seeks to micromanage DOD operations.

It does not raise taxes.

Finally, balance the budget in 10 years.

H.R. 1530 raises serious concerns about the Administration's ability to carry out foreign relations to protect vital U.S. interests.

This prejudges the outcome of an ongoing technology selection process.

He left each of us our own stock of Les Aspin stories, guaranteed to bring a smile to our faces and warmth to our hearts.

This budget proposal is very different from the two passed by the House and the Senate.

We also continue to believe that the resumption of North-South dialog is essential not only to the full implementation of the Agreed Framework but also to the continuing effort to build lasting prosperity and a stable peace on the Korean…

The bill's provisions to reduce the funds and alter the underlying legislation with respect to the Nunn-Lugar program seriously undermine that program.

Cut taxes for the middle class and not the wealthy.

The restrictions on funding available to the Administration to commence a contingency operation and the necessity to submit supplemental requests to continue an operation are unwarranted restrictions on the authority of the President.

Through the years, I sought him out more and more.

The bill unwisely cuts the Defense Environmental Restoration Account by $200 million.

Good night. Let's get to work.

Les Aspin was a true and remarkable patriot who made a dramatic positive difference to the United States.

Don't cut education.

Balancing our budget can help to change that if we do it in a way that reflects our values and what we care about the most: our children, our families, and what we leave to generations to come.

Let me close by thanking you. I've enjoyed this, and I expect you have, too. And most of all I want to thank all of you for having us here, for listening, for asking the questions.

Same with the Democrats; it's not just the Republicans. Speaker Gingrich. There's a real challenge for all of us to go back home and explain why America has to lead. Let me finally say to Lou and to everybody here who invited us, I think…

That's good. Speaker Gingrich. But let me tell you, because it was so vivid and it makes the President's point. We had a meeting, you'll remember well, where Dick Armey and I were down there and the whole brandnew leadership after the…

Senator Dole hasn't given me permission to read that book yet. [Laughter] Speaker Gingrich. Well, I thought I'd get you a copy soon.

They sure did that. Speaker Gingrich. I was going to say, they succeeded. We can barely get it together voluntarily. So, Mr. President----

You want to do it on lobby reform? In a heartbeat. I accept. Because, otherwise--otherwise, in this--we cannot pass lobby reform or campaign finance reform or anything else. I would love to have a bipartisan commission on it. It's our only…