When vo-tech education can help young Americans get a better start in life, then the whole country benefits.

H. Allen Holmes has the experience necessary to carry out this vital role.

I am delighted to extend my warmest greetings and congratulations to the members of the Hispanic American community as you celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month.

The values passed from generation to generation in Hispanic American families are values central to the American experience.

Sherman M. Funk will continue to serve as Inspector General at the Department of State.

I'm honored to join you in celebrating this day -- 200 years since the first Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, took the oath of office.

Make no mistake; we are going to track every lead that we receive from whatever source to separate the drug barons from the drug money.

Treasury is making an outstanding contribution to our nation's fight against drugs.

We've got to hit the drug lords where it counts.

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

I encourage all Americans to take part.

Perhaps no single ethnic group has had as profound an impact upon our Nation as Hispanic Americans.

None of the Andean nations have asked for U.S. troops, and there is no contemplation of the use of American Armed Forces in any combat role there.

I announce my intention to nominate Curtis Virgil McVee to be Federal Cochairman of the Alaska Land Use Council.

The bottom line in the year 2000 -- and this is a statistic that really is staggering -- in the year 2000, every person who wants a job will have one if they have the skills.

Today, Hispanic Americans continue to be leaders and pioneers -- in education, government, business, science, sports, and the arts.

Every linkage between corporate America and a minority vendor and educational institution in the minority population brings us one step closer to assuring the equal participation of all Americans in our free enterprise system.

I announce my intention to nominate Marion V. Creekmore, Jr., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Government can play a unique role as a catalyst for opportunity.

I appreciate the chance to share this occasion.

Mexico is our third-largest trading partner.

Hispanics are one of America's fastest growing minorities, enriching our country socially, academically, economically, spiritually and living, more than ever, the American dream.

At stake is the very future of every community, and the Hispanic community is no different.

Join the grassroots groups like the Miami coalition of leaders from business, education, government, and law enforcement to stop drug use.

Mr. Cardenas has served as a member of the National Mortgage Association, 1985 to present.