Bill Clinton

We have expanded Head Start dramatically.

I want to work across party lines to solve this problem.

We have to grow the middle class and shrink the under class.

We should avoid mean-spirited restrictions on benefits to children.

If you believe it takes a whole village to raise a child, it means that the Government has a responsibility... to guarantee children who can't get it for themselves health, safety, and education.

The earned-income credit will now provide a tax reduction for working families with children with incomes below $27,000 an average of $1,000 a year.

I believe, in other words, that it takes a village to raise a child, especially when you consider the facts of life that children face today.

I thank all of you for coming here to meet about the fate of our children.

We cannot afford to let scores of unnecessary amendments drag down this process.

This drop in home ownership means 1.5 million families who would now be in their own homes if the 46 years of home ownership expansion had not been reversed in the 1980's.

Home ownership encourages savings and investment.

The time is now to enact this important legislation.

Make it easy for people to own their own homes and enjoy the rewards of family life and see their work rewarded.

Our home ownership strategy will not cost the taxpayers one extra cent.

By the time your children are ready to start the first grade, we want you to be able to own your own home.

Is that your dad? [Laughter] Stand up, Daddy. [Laughter] Now, here's what we're going to do. I'm going to take a picture with each team, and then we're going to break up, take the ropes down, we'll all visit a little, okay? But you know…

Good afternoon. I am very concerned about the loss of our F-16 over Bosnia and the fate of the American pilot, and we are following that situation closely. I have spoken today with President Chirac about the situation in Bosnia and about…

I know all Americans join with me in sending their prayers to the family and loved ones of an American pilot who was shot down yesterday while doing his duty flying over Bosnia.

We will use them only if, first, if there is a genuine peace with no shooting and no fighting and the United States is part of policing that peace.

I determined that the role of the United States should be to vigorously support the diplomatic search for peace.

I believe this is the appropriate, acceptable, proper policy for the United States.

This policy has not only worked to minimize the loss of life but also to maximize the chances for peace in a very troubling area.

In 1994, because of the policies that our allies and the United States have pursued together, the casualties have dropped from 130,000 in 1992 to about 2,500 in 1994.

But let's not forget this policy has saved a lot of lives.

That's what the Endangered Species Act is supposed to do. And the people who don't like it believe that we try to save endangered species that aren't important and hurt people a lot economically. And here's what we've got to do. What we've…