The country needs a 5-year, $500 billion deficit reduction program to be enacted this month.

I hope it's played in full.

I urge all Americans to show respect for those who carry the white cane and to honor, through appropriate ceremonies and activities, their many achievements.

We have been willing to explore a compromise if it were balanced and fair.

I call upon the people of the United States to plan and participate in fire prevention activities not only this week, but throughout the year.

Every hour of every day, we can help save a life by preventing a fire.

I will not sign a reconciliation bill that fails these tests.

The annexation of Kuwait will not be permitted to stand.

I can't dictate to the Congress -- Republicans or Democrats -- what to take up and when to take it up.

The American people want to favor growth, and they want to favor jobs.

Since World War II, allied strength and resolve have been tested over and over again.

We're ready for that, and we're not alone.

I'm particularly glad ... to welcome another Floridian from this area who flew down with us on Air Force One.

Bob knows that drugs threaten every single community in the United States.

He has not been afraid to make the tough decisions, and that is the kind of Governor we need.

I think the voters are beginning to understand that our crime legislation seeks to eliminate these liberal loopholes that allow the worst criminals to escape punishment.

Possums only pretend to be asleep.

Bob Dole calls him 'Florida's distinguished and dynamic Governor.'

And so, in May of '89, after consultation with Senator Helms and other leaders in the Senate, I sent our Violent Crime Control Act to Capitol Hill.

I'm also still in favor of the balanced budget amendment.

Jesse has become one of its most effective leaders as a watchdog of taxpayer money and a defender of family values.

Unless S. 2100 is amended to delete the exemption from sequestration, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the President's other senior advisers will recommend that the bill be vetoed.

If we had more Senators like him we wouldn't be trying to solve some of these problems.

I invite all Americans to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities

I think the jury is still out on that.