This Act will enable the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to continue in its role as the world's leading transportation investigative agency.

I'm particularly pleased with the 5-year continuation of the Food Stamp Program, the foundation for food assistance for Americans in need.

Virtually everyone favors free trade and fair trade, but not everyone has the vision to make it a reality.

I don't think that protectionism in our country is very strong.

I can tell you that I am convinced that the most important step that we can take together as two nations is the conclusion of this free-trade agreement between the United States and Mexico.

Only through efficient international cooperation, based on strict respect for each country's sovereignty, can drug trafficking be fought.

Mexico doesn't want to be a third world nation. It wants to be a first world nation.

This agreement will unleash powerful energies in both economies.

We reaffirmed our commitment in regard to the need to promote trade liberalization.

We pledged to work cooperatively with Mexico bilaterally and other nations to seek alternative solutions.

No country is more important to the United States than Mexico is.

Free trade means more jobs and productivity for both Mexicans and Americans.

Today that ideal of a special relationship between the United States and Mexico is no longer a dream; it is real.

I've come to Mexico tonight with a message of respect, of admiration, and hope for a brighter future shared by our two countries.

God bless the people of Monterrey.

I believe that our two peoples are now on the eve of an era more cooperative and more prosperous than ever we have known before.

Thank you for that welcome.

Let us commence a new era for both our nations where what stretches between us is not a barrier but a bridge.

God bless the people of Mexico.

Let me tell you, as President of the United States, this relationship is of vital importance to my country.

It is an honor to stand with you, before this magnificent palace, at such a promising moment in our shared history.

Together, let us say yes to liberty.

We want to work together toward the free and open trade so vital to creating jobs and enterprise in your economy and our own.

We have shown patience.

The world still has violent disapproval of what Saddam Hussein has done.