Bill Clinton

If it were not for the interest we have to pay on the debt run up between 1981 and 1992, our Government's budget would be in balance today.

That's the same time limit I called for when I ran for President and that I called for last year.

I want to challenge Congress to pass a bipartisan welfare reform bill.

Our goals are clear.

Today I have signed an Executive order reforming the Government's system of secrecy.

This is a very important day and a very important piece of legislation for all of us who care about our country's Capital.

We will not permit the reclassification of information after it has been declassified and disclosed under proper authority.

These changes provide a greater opportunity to emphasize our commitment to open Government.

The purpose of the bill I am signing today is just that; it is a road back.

Protecting information critical to our Nation's security remains a priority.

We must pass a bill that reforms the welfare system and restores mainstream values of work and family, responsibility and community.

Real welfare reform, tax and spending cuts that reduce both the budget deficit and the education deficit, and more steps to fight crime, not to back up on the fight: those are my top priorities.

Delaying reform any further would be a betrayal of what the American people want.

Well, I would remind you that long before Senator Dole said anything about it, I actually went to Hollywood and challenged them to deglorify violence, to deglorify sexual misconduct, to deglorify drug use, to deglorify destructive…

Well, the solid Democratic South in Presidential elections has been breaking up since 1948. Harry Truman stood up for civil rights, and he lost four States to Strom Thurmond. Ms. Woodruff. So you are saying there is nothing you can do?

And on Pollard, I'm going to handle his case the way I handle anybody else's. I get recommendations when people apply for clemency from the Justice Department, I review them, and I make a judgment on them. 1996 Presidential Election Mr…

We are looking at all of our options, and I'm going to get a report pretty soon on what I can do by Executive order, what I might ask the Congress to do. The Congress is also looking at this. Every country that we speak with, every world…

We're looking at what all of our options are. I think we need to be as firm as we can be. Our administration stepped in when Conoco signed that agreement, and they backed off of it. That was a good thing. And we are looking at what else we…

Do you want to see a veto? If the Senate passes the House bill, I'd be happy to veto. Mr. Blitzer. Well, the Senate looks like the Republicans are now suggesting they would take out some of the more--what you would consider onerous…

He's wrong. Keep in mind, why didn't I--I didn't have to veto anything in the last 2 years because it was only the third Congress since World War II, only the third Congress since World War II when a President passed more than 80 percent…

Glad to do it, Judy. President's Goals and Republican Agenda Ms. Woodruff. You are now well over 2 years into your Presidency. The common, increasingly common, perception out there is that because of the successes of the center-stage role…

I had no occasion to veto a bill.

I support the Cuban Democracy Act which was passed in 1992.

I think the American people want us to work together.

I want them to raise the minimum wage.