I invite all the American people, and people everywhere, to join me on this thirty-fourth anniversary of the United Nations, in strengthening our common resolve to increase its effectiveness in meeting the global challenges and aspirations…

Welfare reform has been a decade-long legislative struggle.

Not a single day goes by when we in the United States do not call upon the United Nations, or one of its affiliates, to help deal with a problem of global dimensions.

Human rights begin at home.

This bill is not the entire or the final solution, but it does make important progress.

From the day that I took office, I have sought to place at the top of my agenda and to awaken the conscience of the world and to bring that conscience about human rights to bear on the world's leaders.

Protection of the basic rights of all persons in our land is a vital part of our commitment to a just and humane society.

the United Nations remains mankind's last best hope for building a world community based on justice, tolerance for diversity and respect for the rule of law.

I will support whatever decision is made by the people of Puerto Rico because I believe Puerto Ricans have enough judgment to make a decision about their own future for themselves.

I have no doubt in my mind at all that we can meet any challenge with the ingenuity and the commitment and the courage and the freedom and the cooperation and the free enterprise system of our Nation.

I'm asking the Congress to provide $1.6 billion this winter and $2.4 billion next year and thereafter to ease the burden of rising energy costs on people who most need assistance.

Every time you save energy, you save money.