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DRAFT, 1/18/95
•raa14ent W1111aa Jafferaoa Cliatoa
. &tate of tJae Uaioa M4raaa
Joiat aaaaioa of coavr•••
The capitol of the Vn1te4 atataa
Januarr at,
111•
OPDIBfl
Mr. President. llr. sp8aker. llembera of tbe 104th Congreaa of tbe
United States of Allerica.
Ky
fallow Aaaricans:
Two years aqo, I stood in this chamber and promised to brinq
chanqe to the Allerican people. Well, as I look around me -- and
behind me -- it is quite clear that thinqs have changed -- thouqh
not all the chanqes are exactly what I bad in mind.
Now, we must focus, toqether, on continuinq our journey to becoae
the masters, not the servants, of abanqe across America and
chanqa throuqhout tba world. To do that, we must understand that
some important things have not chanqed •.our responsibility to
avery man, woman and child in our nation bas not abangad.
They
have entrusted us to be partners in protactinq the Amarican·or.a.
-- to keep our nation strong, at home and abroad, as we aove into
the 21st Century.
This is nothinq new in America. In a qovarnaant of aaparated and
limited powers, in a diverse, democratic society, founded on·
compromise and desiqned for consensus, we are all acoountable·to·
the American people for our actions.
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I am the
26~
of our 42
�Presidents whose own party has been in the ainority in one or
both.Housas of Congress-- Presidents of great achievement, like
Harry Truman and Ronald Raaqan.
[Let me take a moment to say
that I know I speak for all Americans toniqht when I say our
prayers are with President Reagan in his couraqeoua fiqht aqainst
Alzheimer'&· Disease.*]
so we must now taka up history's call to do our work together. In
that tradition, I pladqe to work with both parties to do the jobs
we ware sent hera to do. To those of you who are ready to
cooperate, I am ready to work. To those of you who chose to do
battle, I am ready for that. I will make full usa of the powers
of this great off ice. I will do what I think is ric)ht. I call on
every one of you to
d~
the same. In the end, the people will be
our. judqa.
To anyone who wonders where I will draw the line, I say that I
will act as I have as President for two years·, puttillCJ avery ·
proposal that comes before me to a simple teat:
the
in~arasta
Doaa
it advance
of our middle class families? Does it .uppart
~air
values? Does it help them build stronger futures for tb. . . .lvaa
and their children? If it does, I will support it. If it does
not, I will oppose it.
Toniqht, . I ask you ·to remember that this qoaa far bayonet the work
of qovarnilent to the livas of the people of this country -- and
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�far beyond even material things. Think about the Aaerican Dreua
and what it really ..ana -- what it has always meant. Reflect on
the words that helped Iaake us Aaer·icans and that have abodied
that Dreaa throughout every time of great change: That we are
endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights -- Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is the faith we must
now renew.
BRA OJ' CBUTGB
our task is no easier now than it has ever been. We are in the
middle of a great crossing from one age to another -- a crossing
filled with every bit as much opportunity and peril aa any in our
history. As we move from the industrial age to tbe new
information age, more new worlds are opening up to ua than at any
time in our memory. But those changes also mean that unl- our
people have the education and skills to win, and unleaa we as a
nation are coJDDlitted to tearing down barriers_, we won't bave a
secure future. For half a century, we faced one overarabiag enemy·
-- CoUlunism. This new world we have inheritecl is one of .any
fights -- military, political, economic -- on many froata:
against terrorists, genocide and environmental wreckage, and
weapons of mass destruction.
In this great country, we inherit hope. But in
we must earn success. My mission aa your President -- the aiasion
I hope you.will join with me to complete
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ia to
make
aura our
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�nation is ready to earn our auccaaa
again~
Two years ago, it was an open question whether we would take up
our role as leaders of the world, or retreat from it. It was an
open question whether we would overcome obstacles holding us
· back:
The budget deficit. The preparation of our people to
compete and win in the new economy.
our
government's
worn-ou~
answers to new challenges. And -- moat important -- the way we
view our responsibilities for ourselves and for one another.
To me, the opportunities and the perils of the new era are
&\Dilled
up best in the lives of our people. For aoat of the poet-World
War II era, America
~ew
and Americana of nearly all inoa.e
classes shared in that prosperity.
over the last 15 years,
Americans with the most education and the
~aatest
flexibility to
take new jobs and seek new opportunities have experienced
substantial income
~owth.
either stall or sink.
has always
~own
But every other
~oup
has sean income
An America that, in our fin-t aoments, ·
together, now
~ows
apart.
That is why, for the last two years; I have worked to build three
goals -·- which should guide us in the work we must still do.
First, we must keep the American Dre. . alive in this new economy·
-- making your government a true partner with ita citizens and
our private sector to give people new hope that if you vdrk hard,
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�you can build batter lives for yourselves and your children.
Second, we must cut government that no longer meets the demands
of our times, and focus our common effort on what we can do best
in these times -- not on what government once did or what others,
)
including individuals, can do batter.
Third, we as citizens must enter into a new covenant -- based on
an old idea: America holds out the promise of opportunity for
all, but only if each of us takes responsibility for ourselves,
our coJDJDuni ties and our country.
We must be willing to throw out old ideas tbat no longer serve us
-- ideas that people in both parties still promote.
We cannot
return to. the old idea of something-for-nothing. And we
definitely cannot move forward into a world of avery-man-forhimself.
Our job demands that we take far more responsibility
responsibility to all Americana and especially to our children.·
I know that, for many Americana tonight, the cballeng.. of
~e
new era seam overwhelming.
about how much we have done in the last two years to belp maet
our challenges.
Two years ago, we faced the highest budget deficit in our history
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-- a problem that had exploded out of control durift9 tba previous
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�12 years. We had the lowest level of new job
Great Depression.
gro~
since the
There was no guarantee that the great
opportunities for new trade around the world would work for us,
not against us.
Tonight, two years later, we have given the American people the
economic foundation they need to fight in the new economy. After
years of others saying they would do it, this Democratic
administration has cut the budget deficit by $700 billion dollars
nearly $11, ooo off the backs of every American fuily of four
the largest two-year drop in history.
Tonight, after years of others aayinq they would do it, this
Democratic administration is cutting the federal bureaucracy by
272,000 positions. We have cut taxes for 15 aillion varking
Americana with children. And there are 5.6 million new jobs in
this economy -- with the best year of job growth in a decade just
behind us.
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And, tonight, there is no doubt that Aaarica is the world's
leader in embracing the new global economy.
from both
part~ea,
Thanks to 1-darllhip
we have opened more opportunitlea for trade --
creating good, high-paying jobs for aore Americana-- than at any.
time in a generation. And I am proud that we did so
an
our teras,
in a way that will help American workers for decades to came.
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�Americana must be prepared to make the moat·of all those
opportunities -- with confidence that they can face the chanqe.
From the first day of pre-school, to the first day on the job, to
the last day you work, we must do everytbinq possible to .aka
sure you have the tools you.need to meet the challenges of the
new economy.
That is why I proposed, and you passed more fundamental reforms
of American education than at any time in 30 years.
Expanded
Head start. World-class standards for all our schQOls.
affordable
~olleqe
MOre
loans for 20 million Americana. A new bridge
to better jobs for students who don't go straight on to collaqe.
Charter schools (?)
Two years aqo, we were at risk of winning
.
tbe
Cold War abroad,
.
only to lose the safety of our streets at bame. so after year• of
others talking about crime -- and six years in which Congress ·
failed to pass a crime bill-- we did-somethinq about
it-~
and
it was the riqht thinq to do. Toniqbt, •tbree-strikea-and-you're
out" is the law of the land. We have belpacl ·our comaunitiea take
back their safety, with crime prevention progr- to help our
children have futures to say yes to. And we are puttinq 100,000
. police officers on our streets.
We passed the Brady Bill, which already bas stopped XXXX people
with previous records from buying handquna. Thanks to aany of.you
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�here tonight who stood up against a ferocious lobbying cawpaign - and to many others no longer here because they did the aaJie
thing -- we banned 19 types of assault weapons. Now our police
are no longer outgunned.
Perhaps the greatest gap we faced in our nation was the one of
trust -- we were coming apart at the very moment when we moat
needed to be coming together. That is a hard probla to aolve,
but one we must address.
our national service program,
Americorps, does· that. We are giving 20,000 Aaericana
~- and
soon
will give 100, ooo Americana -- the chance to serve their country
and to earn support for their education and training as they do.
National Service is the beat of what I am trying to do aa
President: It helps people face the new economy; it does it with
less -- not more -- bureaucracy; and it inspires our citizens to
give something back to our co-unities.
Tonight, we have with us
xxx members of Americorps [stories].
All of these things have made America stronger. I will
~
let
anyone take us back to a position of weakness. I will not let
anyone take· us back to exploding the budget deficit and puttinq
new burdens on our futures. I will not let anyone cut the legs
out from under the reforms -- Head Start, better schools, college
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loans -- that give our children and. hardworking Americana the
chance to prepare themselves for the future. I will not. let
anyone put assault weapons back on the street or take 100,000
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�police officers off the streets -- especially when every dollar
for those officers is baing paid for by cutting government that
doesn't work.
And let me be very clear about one thing: I do not understand bow
anyone can oppose a force that is uniting us when there are so
many forces that are driving us apart. I will fight anyone wbo
tries to end the national service program that these young people
bare tonight have dedicated themselves to build. And I do not
intend.to lose.
DB ltB1r BCOIIOXY
These, and many other things, are what we have done to improve
the State of our Union. But I know, for too IIBDY Americans, the
State of our Union is not yet good enough.
Jobs are much easier to get. But too many of you are still
working harder than ever and taking home leas.
oUr victories on
international trade are creating exciting new jobe and careers.
But too many of our families watch their neighbors loaa their
jobs, wondering if they will be next. We've raisecl standards in
schools and challenged parents to get more involved. But
vi~
both parents working, it is harder than ever to fincl the time to
help our children.
Some would have you believe we
~n
restore opportunity for tbe
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)·
�middle class by simply stepping out of the way and hoping that
prosperity at the top will find ita way to the rest of us.
We've
tried that before; it failed us. And the middle class has
suffered as a result.
The
~nly
real answer is the one we have already begun: to .aka
sure Americans have the tools they need to get ahead and stay
ahead. That is why I have now proposed the Middle Class Bill of
Rights, what should be ca1led the Middle Class Bill of Righta and
Responsibilities. It is different than other tax cut proposals
before this congress: It helps
Amari~
keep more of their
income today, but only if they invest it in equipping thaaselves
to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
It offers. a tax deduction for ali education after high school and
a training account for workers seeking new job skills.
It aarapa
a worn-out job training bureaucracy and helps workers .aka their
own choices about how to earn the skills they need.
It lowers
taxes for families with young children -- because prepariDCJ a
child for the future is harder than ever. It offers an individual
retirement account with tax-free withdrawals for family needs -because our families are where .we build our leqacy for toaorrow.
When congress considers this tax cut proposal -- or any other .tax ·
cut proposal -- I will insist on one thing: that we pay for it
with cuts in government spending. That we do nothing to. make the
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deficit worse and increase the burden on our children's futures.
I wish we had bipartisan support when we took the tough steps to
reduce the deficit in 1993., but we didn't. Everyone is this
chamber tonight says they are for cutting the deficit. This tiae,
when the tough votes come up, I hope every one of you will prove
to the American people that you can put their long-tara interests
ahead of short-term political gain.
ROLB 01' GOVBIU1IUDJII
To keep the deficit going down, we must cut government tbat no
longer works. But that is not the only reason to cut and cb4nge
this government.
In this time of change, the Aaeriaan people
deserve a new kind of government that reflects the people's
values, defends their interests and earna back their trust.
Before we can move forward, you and I must talk about the
difference between what many of you say you want to do and what I
believe the American people want us to do. Some of you believe
there should be a government progrua for avery probleia.
But I
have believed for years and have worked for years to show that
government need not, cannot and should not solve all our
problems.
Others of you insist that getting rid of governaent will aol._
every problem. if we don't need government's help, we abould get
it out of· the way. But those who proclaim tbat gov.rn.&nt is the
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�only problem-- and that tearing it down is·the only solution
are dead wrong •.
I believe America's workers fighting to compete in ·a tough world
deserve·all the education they can get. I believe our young
people deserve affordable college loans to build their futures. I
believe America's families deserve clean water and clean air -the environment will not protect itself.
I believe our children
deserve to walk to school without fear of baing shot. And I
believe that 100,000 more police on the streets are part of the
solution, not part of the problem.
Throughout avery period of our history, our country baa .•fined
itself and ita government anew to meet the challang.. of,abange.
The Homestead Act that opened the West.
The land grants that
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built our qreat public universities.
Unemployment insurance •
. social Security. Medicare. The GI Bill.
The right of avery
American to have every civil right of citizenship. All tbaaa aDd
more are the work of a free people, acting through tbeir
government.
Americans may be justified in their anqar at
government today. But would we really have wished to go without
these things?.
To those who want to tear down all government I aayz That is not
what the American people want us to do.
elected to do.
That ia not what I vas
And that ia what I will fight to prevent, with
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�all the powers of ay office and all the energy I pos-ss.
Wbat we must do instead is create for ourselves a new.kind of
government that stops trying to solve the problema of yesterday,
and starts facing the challenges of tomorrow.
our government
must only do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
It must
protect us without a smothering bureaucracy, and be aa flexible
and entrepreneurial as the best privata companies.
purpose must be to challenge every
Amari~
Its central
to take the
responsibility to build a good life for themselves.
In aany cases, that
~
mean cutting the govarnaant we bava had.
In the last two years, we·hava begun to do that,
w~tb
special
leadership from Vice President Gore in our Reinventing Govarnaent
Initiative.
Let aa repeat: %bia Democratic administration is on
the way to cutting 272,000 bureaucratic positions out of the
federal government -- to the smallest size since Jobn P. Kennedy
was President. [more description?]
Now, we are going to the next step. We are ending public bouaiDCJ ,
as we know it. [more meat?] [Devolution example?] I bave asked
the Vice Praaidant to work with the new Congress to fiacl the best
ideas for reforming our government. Tomorrow, he will meet wit:h
the House Republican caueus to get on with this job. Let's do it.
And let's make it real.
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�l have long. said, and you agree, that it's tiae for Washington to
stop sticking states and communities with the tab for
washington's demands.
[actio~?] I
have long said, and you agree,
that the President should have the line-itea veto, just like .oat
governors, to say no to wasteful spending. [action?]
But don't fool yourselves. The American people are not just angry
at government. They are angry at Washington. The believe that
this city looks out for the interests of the well-connected and
the professionals who do their
bi~ding
-- but not for thea. Right
now, Washington has three times as many lobbyists and six times
as many special interest PACa as two decades ago. The .adical
industry spent
last Congress.
$300
million to defeat health care reform in the
And they got what they paid
for~
The people will never trust anything else we do here-until we
first restore their trust in their democracy.
I
congratulate you
on passing legislation to make Congress live by the laws it
·,._
applies to the private sector. (action?] Tonight, I cballenge the
congress to do mora.
Stop taking gifts, meals, travel and entertainment froa
lobbyists. A couple of weeks ago, tobacco lobbyists
r~
these
historic halls passing out invitations for a golf week-and in
Florida. Twice in recent weeks, you have voted to keep these
gifts coming.
Tonight,
I
challenge
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COIM)reaa
to
�atop taking the gifts right now -- without waiting to pass a law.
No JDOre football tickets. No aore fancy aeala. No more tropical
vacations. And, then, outlaw all of this for good.
Pass the law requiring full disclosure by lobbyists that the last
Congress killed. The lobbyists bad the gall.to stand outside
these doors and cheer. But I assure you, they weren't cheering
across America.
Cap the costs of campaigns and pass tough campaign finance
refona. And we should make the people's airwaves tb,air instrument
for renewing democracy by requiring broadcasters to give free T¥
time to candidates.
Republicans and Democrats are for it. X.t'a ·
get it done. Finally, show the American people that you bave.not
forgotten who sent you here. Congress's pay shouldn't 90 up until
the typical family's income goes up.
our goal bas to be to restore trust, so that
~ricana
believe we
can do our jobs responsibly here, without deepening the problwe're supposed to solve.
Right now, the people don't even trust ua to do the tbinc)a tbat
they want ue to do --.like. fix our health care ayat... Whatever
differences we may have had on health care -- whatever aiatakea
any of us may have made -- the goal was right then ancl it is ·
right now. If we care as much as we all say we do about fr-iDc)
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�Americans to do their best, we must find a way to guarantee that
every American family bas health care insurance that·can never be
taken away.
Tbe.bard, cold fact is that, as.we gather bare tonight, there are
1.1 million American working families sitting in their bames who
bad health insurance when I spoke to you a year ago and vho do
not have it tonight. The hard, cold fact is that there are
millions and millions more of you who still have health insurance
tonight, but who are paying more for leas coverage than a year
ago. The bard, cold fact is that last year, for the first time in
25 .years, we reduced both defense and doaestic spending,
·ancs
the
deficit is still going up -- largely because health care coats
are still going up at three tiaea the rate of inflation.
we cannot walk away from this just because it is
politi~lly
difficult. We may disagree on the pace or the road-. .p to reform.
But we have an obligation to overcome our differenoea and the
well-financed interests that have scornacl this country's baalth
care crisis and to taka the first &tepa. .
We can reform insurance, so that no American
ri~a
loeinf)
coverage or facing skyrocketing prices when they change or lose a
job or a family member falls ill. We can find a market-driven way
to provide long-term care for familiea takin9 care ef pazenta.
And, surely, we can find a way to keep avery cbild in America
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�from going without health coverage.
[Foreign policy: This portion is coming. The message is similar
to the CEB speech. Those who say we can just walk away froa the
world have views that are short-sighted. We must ·reach out, not
retrench. I will continue to work in this new Congress to forge a
bipartisan coalition of internationalists who share these
convictions against· isolationism. I will do everything in my
·power, as
I
have ·done tor two years now, to keep our country
engaged in the world. The whole future of the world· and the
future of our children, depend on our involvaaant and leadership
in the world. Specifics on: Military readiness; nuclear nonproliferation; democracy.]
~must
not win freedom's greatest victories, only to lose our
~ocratic
faith here at home.
The truth is, our faith is bui
less on the things that go on bare than on the tbinqa that are·
closer to our lives -- our families and frianda -- and tbe bi
purposes that give meaning to our lives -- tba God ve vorabip,
the
c~Qve.
bonds.\ For
~ny
But in too many ways, we are loainq
Americans, it is harder
~tizenship
that
~rings.us
dar to do
together. Working ·in
children's schools together. caring for the places va love
getting together to talk over what va bava in
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�common.
That is why I believe we must inspire a new covenant -- basad on
and responsibilities, not just for building up our own
but for doing our part to build up our comaunities and our
untry.
Deep down, I think we agree on this -- no matter what our other
differences might be.
spot,
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One year ago tomorrow, from this same
said: •we cannot ranaw our country wben within a decade
more than half of the children will be born into families where
there bas been no marriaqe ••• when 13-year-old boye get semiautomatic weapons to shoot 9-yaar-olda for kicks • • • wben
children are bavinq children and .the fathers walk away as if the
kids don't amount to
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an~ing.•
was struck by something similar that Speaker Gingrich aaid bare
a month ago: •No civilization can survive with 12-year-olda
having babies, 15-year-olds killing each other, 17-year-olda
dyinq of AIDS, and 18-year-olds receiving diplaaas,they cannot
read.• [ck quote]
ese aren't Democratic problaaa or Republican probl....
Wbat'a
at stake is the very soul of our country. The question ia not
about it. The question is, what are we finally goift9
o do about it?
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�The bills we pass hare are nowhere near as important as the
values we pass on to the next generation.
We can keep your
child's school open late to give them an alternative to drugs and
gangs. But they won't learn right from wrong unless you teach
thea. we can put five million police on the street. But your
community won't be safe unless you reach out and help. We can do
everything in. our power to create new opportunities. But if
employers don't train their workers and reward thea for wbat they_
do to keep our economy strong, we won't keep the American Dream:
alive. And if parents who already have leas and lass time with
their families because they are working so bard can find the
energy to teach their children right from wrong, I believe they
deserve an entertainment industry that atopa selling violence,
drugs and sex in' ways that undermine everything they do.
It is wrong when our citizens cannot exercise their
constitutionally protected right to make the moat personal
choices about their lives without fear of death -- and va should
condemn and punish those who would substitute violence for reason
on the issue of abortion. But that doas·not relieve ua of the
responsibility to do everything within our power to .aka abortion
less necessary -- when there are over 300 abortions for every
. 1, ooo
births in our country.
we have to· say to teenagers that it is wrong to vat pregnant.or
father ·a child if you aren't married and if you aren't. ready to
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raise that child, love that child and take responsibility for
that child's future. (action?]
We will never solve this problem by creating a whole new
bureaucratic structure of orphanages. Government's don't raise
children; parents do. But we will
al~o
never solve this problem
until, once and for all, we end welfare as we know it.
Almost no one in this chamber tonight has worked longer or harder
for that than I have.
I worked on this for years aa a governor.
My administration has granted more states the fraadoa to find
innovative solutions than the past two administrationa combined.
Last year, I sent congress the moat sweeping welfare rafora bill
that any administration baa aver presented -- but Congress chqae
not to act.
Now it is time to act.
We must aake aura those who can work go
to work. That mothers and fathers taka raaponsibility for their
children, with tough laws to crack down
em
unpaid abilcl support.
And that· everyone in this country, and especially our children,
understands that welfare is a second chance and not a way of
life.
But we must never again let anyone usa welfare to divide us, ·not
during this moment when we need to be united and strong.. We auat
never forget the people in this country who want to abaraga the·
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�system aost -- the people who are on welfare. I've talked to thea
-- lots of them -- and aost of thea have the saae clre- that we
do:
They want to go to work to win back some diqnity in the eyes
of their chilclren, and they want thea to have a .chance to do
better than they have.
We should not punish poor people.
We
should get rid of a system that perpetuates welfare and put
people to work so they can be responsible parents. But we should
do it with respect for every person in this country.
If we really care about our chilclren, we have to pass on to ththe conviction that we can work toqether. We have to say no to
the idea that we can g•t anywhere by bein; divided against one
another.
Of course, we will have disagre-nta. Deaocracy is
disagreement; you know you are in a dictatorship when all you
hear is silence.
But it is tiae to return to the moat basic
ideas of citizenship, to end the nasty name-calling that poisons
so auch of our disagreement now.
If we cannot all love one another, as the Scriptures c:oamand, let
us learn to respect one another. We can have all the fiC)hta here
we want, and we can enjoy all the attention that goea alon; with
our great positions. But until we work together to Mka the JaO&t
of our potential, until we rebuild the bonds that
~bout
our
history have made us stronger than any nation, until we faoe ·the
fact that we are going up or down. tc)gether, we will never .aka
our country what it can be as we face this tiae of great cbange. ·
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�so as we go forth from this chamber tonight·, I ask every parson
here and every American who can hear my voice to join together
in building a new dream that is as old as America. That dreaa is
so familiar, and yet we must reinvent it in our own times, just
as those who have gone before us reinvented it in theirs.
It is
a dream our Founders had the vision to write into the soul of
this land: Of a qreat and enduring nation, in wbich we the
people, in order to form a
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perfect union and establish
justice, set a true course to secure the blessings of liberty,
not just for ourselves, but for our posterity.
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•~••i4eat Willt.. Jeff~••• Cllatoa ·
state of t!la Galoa ad&'95JAN
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Jolat ••••loa of
fte capitol of U• hite4 State•
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Jaauarr ••· 111•
OIIBIIDI«<. .
Hr. lPZ"-14ant.
xr.
speaker.
Ullitad States of Aaarica. Ky fallow Alaericau:
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Two years ago, I stoo4 in this
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and promised to.~int
ehanCJe to the American. people. Well, aa I look. around •• -- an4
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behincl me -- it is quite clear. that t.hincJ• have· changed. -- though
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not.all the cbanCJes are exactly what I ha4 in mind.
How, wa must fOC\lf!J 1 together,· on_ continu.inCJ
our
journey to beooae
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the aaatera, not the servants, . of. chant• aero•• America and.
cban9e
~OUCJhout
the world. To do that,
w~
aut uncleratancl
~t
some important thinqa have· not changed. Ou.r responsibility to
avery man, woman and child in our nation has not
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have entrQatecl us to ba 'partners in protecting the American Dream
-- to keep our nation atronv, at hoaa and abroad, aa we move into
the 21st
Ce~tury.
This is nothinCJ new in America. In a vovernment of separated and
limited powers, in·~ diverse,. democratic society, founded on
compromise and daaiped tor oonaelia\18, we are all accountable to.
the American people for our actions.
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the 26th of our 42
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·Presiderata wb.oae own party haa bean in the minority in one or
both Hou.aaa of Congress -- Praaiclanta of great ~chiev-ant, lllta
Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan. . [Let me taka a moment to say
that
I: know I apeak
for all Americans tonight wben I say our
prayers are with Pfeaid~nt a-gan in bia cou.J:aveoua fight agaiut
Al&bei•ar'a Diaeasa.t)
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so we muat nov tua up history•• call to do our work tot,thar. In·
that tradition, I' pledge
wa were sent here to
do.
to work vith both partlaa
To tbosa of you
vb~
to ~o tbe jobs
are ready to
cooperate, I am ready,to work. To those of you who chose to do
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am ready for that. I will make full usa of the povera
of tbia great office. I vill do what I tbink ia rigb~~ I 'call on
avery one of you. to do the aaae. In the end, the people vill'ba
.:S
our
judg~
' To anyone vho wonclars vhara I will draw the line, I say that I
. I
will act as I bave as President for two years, putting avery
proposal that comes before me to a simple ·t·aat: Does it advance
the interests of our aiddle claae faailiaa? Doaa.it support tbair
values? Does it help .them build ·&trongaz- futures for tb-alvea
and their children? If
1~
doae, I vlll au.pport it. If it doe""
not, I will oppose it.
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Tonight, x-aak you to remember that this goes far beyond the
~ork
· of government to the lives of th• people ot this country. -- and
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na·tiori is ready to earn our s\lccaaa again.
TWo years ago,· it was an open question whether we would take up .
our .role as leaders of the world, or retreat fro~ lt.· It vaa. an
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open question whether ve·voulcl
O¥arooae
o~taolea
balding ua
backz
The budget deficit.· The prapaz'ation of.· our people. to
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··compete ancl win in
the new aoonoay.
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vovernaent' • wom~out
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answers to na'fir cballenCJe&_. And -- moat ~portant -- the way ve
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viav our responsibilities tor ourselves ·and tor one ~other.
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To me, the opportunities and the' perils of tha nav era are
up bast in tha l'ivas of our
War
people~
a~ad
For mc:-at of the poat•World
I I er., America grew ~nd.Aaer~cana of n.arly all income
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classes shared· in that prosperi.ty.
OVer the last 15 year•,
:Americans with tbe moat education and
the
vreateat flexibility to
tBke new jobs and ~·- new opportunities have expariencecs'
substantial incoma'vrowtb.
ltber stall. or sink.
But avery other group has sean inco•a
An Aaex:ica that, in our finest aoJiants,
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always qrown toi;etber, now grows apart.
That is why, ·for the last two years,
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have worked to
goals -~ which ahoulcl,.CJUide us in the work we must still do.
Firat, we must. keep the
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AawiC~US
Draa alive in this new economy
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--making your·CJoVernment. a trUe partner with ita citiaena and
our private sector to CJive people new hope that if yo~ work harcl,
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12 years~ w~ had the lowest l_evel of new job qrovth since tbe
Great Depression.
There was no guarantee that the great
opportunities for new trade around .the world would
. work for. ua,
not aqainst us.•
Tonight, two years later, we have ql
) economic
foundatio~.
n t.ba Aaarican people t.ba
they need to figh
in the new eoonoay. After
years of others .saying they would cia: it ~~~~----~!I)D/t-=1~·- .
administration baa cut the buqet datir···by $700 billio 'Iollar• ' ~~-·
·ho, ooo .
~- ~"'"1..,000
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off
. . the baoka of ave
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-- the largest two-year drop in
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uaily. of four
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hia~ory.
ToniCJht, after years ot otbera aayint they vould do it, thi,a
Deaocratio administration is cuttinv the federal bureaucracy by
272,000 positions.
wa
have.~t ~ea.ror 15
'Americana with ohildren •. And there are
s.6
million working·
aillion new joba in
this economy -- with the best year of job growth in a decade just
bahind us.
And, tonight, there is no doubt tbat Aaerica is tha world's
leaclar in embracing the new global economy.. Thanks to leadar8h1p.
from
both
parties, va have opened more opPortunities tor trade .-.
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creating goocl, high-paying.joba for mora Americana-- than at any
time in a generation. And I am proud .that ve did so on our tans,
in
a way that will help American workers
for~decaclea
to coaa.
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middle claaa by simply steppin; out of the way and hopinv that
prosperity at the
to~
will fiftcl its way to the
rea~
of us •. We've
tried that before; it failad us. And the aidd.le claaa haa
suffered aa a result.
a one ve have already begun: to· make·
The only real answer is
aura Americans have th tools they need to gat ahead and stay
ahead. That ia why I
Ri9hts, what shauld
ave · now propoae4 the Hid.dla Class· Bill of
called the Middle Class Bill of Ri9bta and
Reaponaibilitiaa. It is different than other tax cut-proposals.
~fore
this
incoaa
tOday~
Congress~
It helpa Americans keep more of their
but onl ·tf they invest ·it in equippinCJ th-elvea
·--·
to meet tba.cballengea of tomorrow.
It offers a tax 4e4uqt1on for all education after hiqh achoo.l
a training account for
~orkara
aeakin9 new job skills.
a~
It scraps
a ·worn-out job training bureaucracy and helps workers make their
own choices about how to earn
the
skills ·they naacl. · It loware
taxes .for families with younq children -- because preparin; a
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for the future ia harder than aver. It offers an·individual
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retirement account with tax-free withdrawals for faaily needs -bacausa·our families are where ve build our legaoy for to•orrov.
When Congress considers this tax cut proposal -- or any other tax
cut proposal -- I will insist on one thinq: that we pay for it
with cuts in government spendinq. That we do nothing to make the
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�· ·ctaficit worse and increase the burden on our children's
Z wish we had bipartisan support Wban We took the tOUCJ
·raduoa the deficit in
~993,
but-we 4idft't. Everyone Is this
chamber tonight· aays: they ar~ for cutting the deficit. Tbia tiaa,'
vben ·the tough ~otea come
~ova ·:
up, I hope· evaxy ·one of. you will
.to the Allerican people that you
call
put their long-ten intereats
· ahea4 of abort-term political gain.
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To keep the deficit going down, we must cut government tbat no
._longer works. But that is not the only reason to cut and change
this government.
In this tiaa of change, the Aaeriaan people
deserve •·new kind of government tbat reflect. the people'a
values, clefancla their interests. ancl earns back their
~nat.
Before we can move forward, you.and I must talk about the
difference betw•en vbat
~y
of'you·say·you want to do and what I
believe the American people want us to do. Some of you believe
there sboulcl be a
qovar~ent
program for avery problea.
But I.
~v• beli'aved for ye~--and. have vorkacl .for years t~ ah~w ~at .
government need ~o7Acannot aM- ·~-:~• ~olve all our
~bl-..
ry
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Otbera,of you insist that cjetting rid of government ·vill.aolve
.avery 'problem. zt we don't need gOvernment's help, va aho)lld vet
it out
o~
the way. But tboaa who proclaim that qovernment is the
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No
takin~
the qifte right now -- without va!tinv to pass a law.
mora football tickets. No more fancy aeala. No mora tropical
vacatlcma. And,
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Ouuav-all of this for
raqui~ing
Pass the law
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k.~
#t.·Mt~.t~)
full di•cloaura by lo
i•t• tbat tbe last
congress killed. The lobbyiata bad. the gall· o stand o..ataide
tb. . .
~oors and cheer. But I asaure you,~an•t Cheerinq
acroaa America.
cap the
coa~
of caapaitns and paaa tough caapal9ft finance
rafora .. And wa should make the people's ainravali. tJwir imat:n,aant
for renewing democraoy.by requiring
,
to
g~ve
frea.'l'\'
Rapulicana and Deaocrata are for .it. Let's
tiae to aanclidataa.
,
broac:lcaater~.
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gat it dona. Filla·lly, show tba A11arioan people that you have .not
forgotten who sent you hare •.
convr•••'•
pay ebouldn 1 t qo up until
the typical faaily'a income .goaa up.
Our CJOal has to be to restore trust, so that Aaaricans believe va
can do. our joba responsibly hare, without deepening the probl,
va•ra supposed
to
solve.
Right nov, the people don't a:van truat us to do the. things tllat
they want ua to de -- like fiX our health care •yat-. Whatever
differences we may have had ·on health care -- whatever mistakes·
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any of us
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have ma4a --
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•resident Williaa Jefferaoa CliDto
state of the Uaioa M4z'aaa
Joint session of CoDq~eaa
The capitol oi the united states
January a•, 111•
OPDIIICJ
Mr. President. Mr. Speaker. Members of tbe 104th Congress of the
United States of America.
My
fellow Americans:
Two years aqo, I stood in this chamber and promised to brinq
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·chanqe to the American people. Well, as I look around me-- and
behind me -- it is quite clear that thinqs have chanqed -- thouqh
not all the chanqes are exactly what I had in mind.
No matter how much has chanqed, our responsibility remains the
same.
We were sent here to work for the American people.
·sut we were not sent here to bicker over petty differences and to
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waste their
~ime
foremost
to put away the party labels, to put away the
)
personal
and money. So toniqht, I ask you -- first and
disaqreeme~t,
and put
~~~~;te*
first. [We cannot ask
Americans to be better citizens if we are not better servants.]
[responsibility]
We must never forqet where we are toniqht• This is the common
qround of democracy. We are' the keepers of a noble trust. From
this very place, Franklin Roosevelt called America to the qreat
fiqht aqainst f<cism. ~rry Truman summoned . us to qive new life
v-ote.~
�to the American Dream for a new
ge~eratio~ Lyndon
Johnson said:
"We shall overcome," and we did overcome. And Ronald Reagan led
1l I f &1, .Je
.tJ s J,a !P , "
us to(finish the twilight s~ggl~ against. Communism.
And I know I speak for all Americans when I wish President and
Mrs. Reagan strength and God speed
3r.t..o-f f"'YY I::S.S,oi'\.S -
~onight.
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Those (!!Cihts} to spread the
~··of
America throughout this
land; to bring justice to every American, no matteif.ce or
uvs~
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religion or background; to defeat the foes of freedom, here and
around the world
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these are the fights our people fought
together to reach this~urningpolntj """'J-~~~
At the end of one American Century, it is our time to create
another. I believe there is nothing Americans cannot achieve if
we join together again.
b w/...4'?7
We face crucial choices about our course. We will not always
agree. But it is up to us to work out our disagreements and to
chart a new direction for a new century. To those of you who are
ready to work together, I am ready.
this:
But, I want. you to know
When we do. not agree, I will make full use of the powers
of this great office. I will do what I think is right. In the
end, the people will be our judge.
We 'live in a new era. People call it the Information Age, or the
post-Cold War world, even the New Millenium. It is an exciting
�'
time.
People everywhere are casting off the chains of tyranny and
einbracing our way -- democracy ~nd freedom. [economy]Here at
home, we can
make our people more secure, more prosperous and
rebuild the fabric of our community.
[This is a very bright moment for Americans.who have the
education to compete and win-in the global economy, who have
strong families and live in.good communities. ]
But, these times are also confusing, uncertain
and hard. Some ·
·_are prospering in the new open global economy. But Americans have
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stag~ incomes. It takes two_ to_ do .the w~rk one ~sed to do to 1 __
LA"'-f .-.
4: ~~
~4f.e t...C-Arl "s~ n'fYe--4-. _~:---~'is way they used
support a f~ily. People cannot d.ti.pe::r:,
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It is harder to r,aise our children
right.
It's no wonder that many people are angry -- that they doubt
.,
·whether this is
st~ll
the land of opportunity for everyone who\
works hard and plays by the ntles. But anger must not defeat us.
I want the same things for the children of every American _that I
want for my own daughter: the chance to build a good fife, to
live among good people and to help make America an even better
place.'7
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It is tiJ_~to make sure everyone has the chance to earn the
American Dream -- to- give every American the knowledge, the
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not divide America, so that we enter the 21st Century still the
strongest country and the most profound
fo~ce
for peace and
freedom in the world •.
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We can do this-- if we listen to the people, ·if we learn from
them, if we put their interests and their concerns ahead of
everything else that we do. -· :______-
My fellow Americans, in this day, and in our age, we need to keep
moving toward the three goals that I
b~ought
to this office..
We
need a new economic strategy to meet the demands of a more
competitive world. We need a new, smaller government, that helps
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tJ.o .b.c.f4.-w,fv~
·
eh1~2_ 1f.{;r~ _.
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people L!Jeize opportun:i:ti~ instead of/\ telling them what to do.
And, most important, we need w~at I have called for years a new
so lUI.~ ~f-~- t-ufU
covenant>-- a~ that says: if you take responsibil
.bA.wJ.,II\, . r· America
· .will be your
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land of opportunity
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keep th
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pr011iae 7 government must be a
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partner~
to
he~ giv~
.Americans the tools they need to fulfill their dreams:fo
ma~
their own future.
Some say there should'be a government program for every problem.
.
o~y
.
Others insist that .government is the/\problem. Both are wrong.
�That is why my administration has cut the government
~-
and
changed it to save the American people money and serve them
.better. My administration -- this Democratic administration
has cut more than 100,000 positions from th.a federal government.
And we will cut a total of more than a quarter million [ck] in . ·
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tpe next two years. After years of others saying they would ~,
we did it. When we're finish.ad, the
will be the
governm~nt
smallest it has been.in 30 years.
And, thanks in large part to that man
[po~nt
tq Vice President],
this smaller government works better •. The skeptics said that his
prescriptions for change would
~~d~st
are putting them into action. We are buying
We are moving faster. The age of the
(Coo
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in warehouse. But we
s~arter
and cheaper.
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toilet seat [ck] is
gone. When disaster strikes, the government, your government, is
there for you. Today, one year after the California earthquake
J.
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/,~.:.. h--st~n,
damage 5,600 schools, all but 40 are~educating our children. [And
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we're working on the post office too.] We are there when you need
Wbo\•f-L.
'us, and we are not when you don't.
All this is only a beginning. But I am convinced we
ar~
on the
right track. At every turning point in our history, we have
defined our government anew to meet the tests of the times.
Unemployment insurance. Social Security. Medicare. The GI Bill.
Civil rights for all Americans. All these and more are the work
of a free people, acting through their government. Americans are
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justified in their anger at government today. But is there anyone \.
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�~· in this chamber who 'thinks that Americans sent us here to tear
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all of this down?
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.I
was not elected to do that:J'l'he American people sent us here to
serve their interests and advance their cause. And for the last
two years that is precisely what we have been doing.
We have given people the chance tot' e time off when a child.or
'
a
par~nt
is sick. We have made sure
will get the shots they need. We've
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. · ~ir clea~., We've expanded Head Sta
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at every child in America .·
de your food safer, and the
and set world class
standards for our schools. We've give
students who don't go
straight to college a new path betwee
school and work. We've
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lowered fees and interest
~ates
on co leg• loans. We.have helped
bring the chance of new enterprise·an -new hope to our nation's
cities.
we·have said to violent criminals: "
ee strikes and you're
out." We have made it harder for crim ala to get hold of
handguns. We are
·
pu~ting 10~,000 n~w
b$/r~ ':(l.::.,._.f.k-e,oVJ /~'f'1
lice officers on our
· ~~ l;.l..rrf-.tr .
streets. AndAwe've taken 19 types of d adly assault weapons off
our
streets-~~ had to face down a
rocious pack of lobbyists
to get doneJ-- because these.are weapo s that kill our children
and that destroy our families. ~d I
proud that we did
it~
We diet these things to make your lives
safer~
And, to anyone who tries to take them
way or roll them back, I
healthier,· better.
�have a simple message: ·on behalf of
e American people, I will
{iiqht yoU}
s~ l~
'1()--.x- w J.
But I would urge each and.every
you in this chamber
Demcrats and Republicans: Let's
ste time. Let's move beyond
this •.. There is so much potential for
s to agree and so much we
can do together.
We agree that too
icans are
Jf"'t feeling the
economic recovery that has produced 5 6 million new jobs since I
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people are
rking harder than ever and
the
We agree that these hardworking
pay less in taxes
and have a.better shot at the.America
Dream.
That is why I have proposed the.Middl
Class Bill of Rights.
In
the weeks and months ahead, we will h ar a lot about cutting
taxes from people here in Washington. So let tell you now what I
want to do and what I will not allow.
My Middle Class Bill of Rights reward
families who want to
invest in the future. That's what mak s it different. If you have
a young child,· you'll qat a $500 dedu tion. If you have an
individual retirement account, you'll be able to withdraw from it
-- without any penalties -- to pay fo
like educating your child.
your family's needs --
�And, most important, it offers a tax
traininq after hiqh school. I bet eve
for education and
one who has ever written a
huqe check for colleqe tuition has wo dared why you don't qet a
break~
If corporations can deduct tor investments that bui'ld the
future, why can't families?
Under the Middle Class Bill of Riqhts
you'll be able to. And I
call upon this Conqress to pass it wi
out delay.
Everyone in this chamber thinks we sh uld cut the deficit. Two
years aqo, it was an open question wh ther we would find the.
strenqth to brinq this expodinq probl
the couraqe of many people here
under control. Thanks to
many who did not return to
take their seats -- we beqan to break this problem.
After years of otbers sayinq they wou
do it 1 my administration
cut the budqet deficit by $700 billio • That's nearly $11_,000 for
every family of four in our nation.
look where we're startinq from.
or ••• we aqree that the economy is re overinq, ·but it's not qood
enouqh.
or ••• two years aqo, it was an open
estion whether • • •
Will this advance the interests of mid le class families? Will it
�support their values?
for their children? All these things
build stronger futures
�·.
•reai4eat Williaa ~f
state of the YM~~
Joint
a-ioa
J
of «1=01~...
!file capitol of tU
Jaa~at,
Mr. President. Mr. Speaker. M-bara o
the 104th CollC)reaa. My
fellow Americana:
This is the sanctuary of democracy,
once again our d.aaocracy ·
baa spoken. [To ali of you in the 104
congr-a, to you, 11r.
Speaker: congratulations.]
We
are the keepers of a noble trust,
that trust. From this
faithful to
lin Roosevelt, joining with
the 77th congress, called America to
fascism. Harry Truman, joining with
against
Otb congress, summoned
us to build unparalleled prosperity a
Ronald Reagan,
joining with the lOOth Congress, exbo
to carry on until
the twilight struggle against communi m was won.
I know I speak for all Americana when I wish President and Mrs.
Reagan strength and Godspeed tonight.
In every case, the President and the
onqreaa, whether of the
same party or not, have completed the r mission for America. Hare
at the end of one American Century, i
anoth~r.
Tonight, I call upon you to
mission of our times.
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falls to us to create
oin with me to complete the
�Let us be inspired not only by.those
by those we came here to serve. I wan
bo have gone before us, but
to begin tonight by
talking about the citizens of this co
introduce you to several of them sitt ng with the First Lady.
Cindy Perry teaches children in Kantu
as one of the
20,000 members in our national sarvi
program, Americorps.
Kansas City Police Chief Steven Bisho
is a force for safety on
our streets. [Kuwait troop raprasenta iva.] [Haiti troop
representative.] And Jack Lucas is a
Hattiesburq, Mississippi, who has
son, Jimmy, a Wast
Point graduate, and his grandson,
Let us ask them all to stand and be r coqnizad for making the
state of our Union stronq and proud
of hope.
Each of
them has chosen to embrace the apport
ities of their time and to
take responsibility for
their country -- at a time
when we must find a way
sibility and citizenship
matter aqain.
These people represent all the people we have come here to serve
-- the people who deserve a shot at
e American Dream. Let us
rise to the occasion. Let us put
partisanship, pettiness
and anger.
more than ever. We
The choices we make matt
~
not let those people down.
Tonight, our economy stands on firmer
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ound than it has in
�decades. our ideals have never been a
around the world,
our armed forces better prepared. Man
of our people are already
doinq better than ever in the
1 economy, fueled by open
markets and new technoloqies.
But we know, for too many people,
uncertainty. Families are workinq h
is tampered by
~
ar for less. It is not ·jcae=
our material riches which are at issu , but thinqs far more
precious:
o~
children, our families, our values.
The challenqes of this new era are as qreat and subtle as any we
have ever known. We face a qlobal eco omy and an information
revolution that demand unprecedented
earninq, communication and
ability to chanqe. They offer wonder£ 1 opportunities, but they
also impose new pressures on jobs and incomes, our families and
our coJDJDunities. Our job is to ensure that these chanqes
strenqthen, not undermine, the Americ
For many years, I have talked about
I call a New covenant,
but what is really a very old idea:
all Americans have not
just a riqht, but a responsibility to
ise as far and as hiqh as
their God-qiven talents and determina
take them. We must
understand that opportunity and respo
that we will never have one without th
ibility qo hand-in-hand,
other.
We must make our New covenant the foun ation of a new economy, in
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�which all Americans who work hard hav
we must use it to reshape our gov
a chance to get ahead. And
-- to reduce ita size
and ita scope -- to fit our new era a
to make it more
responsive to the will of the people.
We cannot ask Americans to be better
better servants.
itizens if we are not
First, we must stop business as usual in
Washington.
You've made a start by passing a law
to Congress the
laws you apply to the private
signed yesterday.
But we have a lot more to do.
ican people look at their
nation's capital, and they see
the well-connected
and the well-protected milk the ayst
, and the interests of·
people are left out. Three times as
ny lobbyists roam the
streets and corridors of Washington a
did 20 years ago.
Even as this new Congress was opening its doors, tobacco
lobbyists passed out invitations to m
paid golf weekend in Florida. [ck]
rs for an all-expenses
F-rey meals, free travel,
expensive gifts • • • business as usual. Twice this month, you
have voted to keep them coming.
Tonigrt, I challenge you to stop
taking lobbyist gifts -- now, without
aiting for legislation to
pass. Then send me the strongest possi le bill, and I'll sign it.
Let's curb the role of big money in o
elections.
Cap the cost
�of campaigns and put the PACs in thei
place.
Let's make the
people's airwaves an instrument for d
ocracy, by giving free TV
time to candidates.
And pass a law to make the lobbyists
ell the people who they
work for, what they're spending and w at they want.
When
congress killed that law last year,
a lobbyists actually stood
in the halls and cheered.
But, I qu
antee you, the people
weren't cheering at home.
Let's fina ly give tbam something to
cheer about.
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lost thaiz fai tb iD thaiz qoveruuuat. fte worat part of tllat ia
Dot wbat it aeaDa for -
aa4 you. It
• wllat it a•Da for tlaea
and their faith iD th...alvaa.
•or too loDq, they've baeD left oa th
aidaliaea, watohiaq our
natioa'a political aotora locked ia .a
hoay debate betwaeD two
aides tbat doa't really apeak for th... aoae believe there ahould
be a IJOVena-t pro<Jraa for
hara, baliava that
~ FQIIf-·
9~t
ia tba
~:r
ot:Juora,
...,:r
of. :rou
FQIIl...
But, for years, I bava said -- aa4 wor 84 to show -- tbat aeithar
aida iD tbat stale debate is riqht. Go
aatheclral,
ao imautabla struoture ia whioh we wor hip. BUt qovarDIIeDt ia Do
alieD beiDCJ either. GoVHDIIeDt,
deaooraoy, ia Dow aa4 baa
�always baa nothiDCJ aore aDd aotlliDq
eaa tball tile will of the
people to allooaa for tll...alvea tile
t aourae to a better life.
GoVerllll&Dt alloul4D't 4o for ua wbat •
aan oaly 4o for our-lvea.
But tOCJatller iD our CJOVU"D1181lt, we
4o 110re for all.
I believe we must make
ar ADSI SJDarter -- to make
it work for our people aqain.
But
is vary different from
tearinq it all down. Our job is to qat rid of yesterday's
qovernment, so our people can meat the tests of our times.
Two years aqo, when I became President
others had been sayinq
they would cut qovernment, but not mu
happened.
quarter of a trillion dollars in spend
domestic proqraas.
Eliminating mora
the federal bureaucracy
CUttinq over a
cuttinq mora than 300
100,000 positions from
years alone -- [with
every penny of the cuts qoinq to pay f r puttinq 100,000 more
police officers on the streets.]
more
than a quarter million positions
next two years.
By the
time I address you next year -- based
n decisions we have
already made -- we will have made the
overnmant the smallest it
has been in thirty years.
Under the leadership of Vice President
we have stopped
doing a lot of things that cost you mon
Previous efforts to
change government simply gathered dust
warehouse, but we put
ours into action.
hammer is qone.
The aqe of the $500
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The
�government's 10,000 page personnel
The Small
been cut from being an inch
Business Administration loan
eral disaster agency --
thick to a single page. FEMA -- the f
has gone from being a disaster to bel
Roads were
rebuilt in record time in California
the earthquake.
because the federal govern.ent moved
all but 40 of the
5, 600 schools damaged in the earthqu
e are back in business
educating our children.
And
[ck]
The next round will cut even deeper.
e'll cut $140 billion in
spending by shrinking departments, a
nding our freeze on
domestic spending, cutting 60 public
using programs down to
three.
proqr~
We are getting rid of
the Interstate couaerce co-ission, th
[program].
These programs have outliv
time to cut yesterday's qovernment --
we don't need
helium proqraa, and
their usefulness.
It's
o we can solve tomorrow's
problems.
We will slash and streamline all the r
make sure the IRS respects the rights
will stop passing programs we can't pa
We will
f every taxpayer. And we
for and passing the cost
on to the states.
And let's do something else.
For year , Congress has concealed
in the budget scores of pet spending p ojects -- and last year
was no different: A million dollars to study stress in plants.
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�Give me what nearly every Governor
veto.
And I'll use it to save the
eady has: the line item
ayers money.
That kind of cutting makes sense for
But some of
you are ready to use this moment not
o change government, but to
tear down everything it does.
ore the lessons of our
You i
history and the needs of our people.
e have to give the people
who taka responsibility and who pay
air dues the power to build
good lives for themselves. When milli ns of our people are
struggling to meat the demands of our new economy, we can't just
walk away.
So when we cut, let's remember that g vernment still has
important things to do. Young childr
hold
o~
future in their
handSJ We OW& a debt to our VateranSJ the elderly have made US
what we are.
[When we give more flexibility to the
certain fundamental national needs
tates, let's remember
must be addressed in
every state, north and south, east and west.
Every child should
be immunized against childhood disease
Every child should get
lunch at school. Head Start should be
ere for pre-schoolers
everywhere. Pregnant women should get
he medical care, and
infants must get milk everywhere -- it s in the national
interest.]
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�When we deregulate, let's remember wb t national action in the
national interest has given
food; safer cars; safer
workplaces. It has made our nursing h mas more humane. And we'v.a
given family leave time for people to taka. care of newborn
children and sick parents without los ng their jobs.
Do we need more common sense and fair ass in our regulations?
You bet we do.
Should we qut enviro
ental protection?
No.
The
environment can't protect itself.
Should we cut the deficit more? Abaol tely. And we will. But.we
must do so in a way that protects the economic recovery and does
not punish middle class families or
has a
different plan has an obligation to a ow how they'll achieve
their deficit goal without cutting so ial Security or Medicare.
[veterans programs, aid to education
- from expanded Head Start
to expanded college loans for the mid le .class.]
[Crime]
[Immigration.
My principle is clear:
~~hoofU
do right by this
country should be rewarded, not carry
a burden for those who
don't. That's why my administration ha
moved aggressively to
"
secure our borders against illegal
record
number of border guards; deporting
e as many criminals aliens
as ever before, and cracking down
legal aliens who .try to
�take American jobs.
But, we must be
ise enough to know the
difference between handling illegal i
igrants and manhandling
legal immigrants. In this great natio
of immigrants, hate
doesn't govern.]
Ultimately, all we are doing in cutti g and changing the focus of
government reflects the changes
economy.
y taking place in our
We are moving from an
ial age of hierarchy,
bureaucracy, and conformity, to
age of
flexibility, adaptability, and consta t learning.
government that can be a partner in
We must have a
ing this new econoay work
for all Americana.
We have two jobs: To expand· the econo
to make sure the
benefits of growth reach all who are
to work for them.
For growth, we're on the right track.
Almost six million jobs in
two years. Exports booming. Inflation
own. High wage jobs coming
back. A record number of American ent
preneurs living the
American dream.
But too many people are being left out.
economy will probably do what it's
If we don't act, our
since 1978: Provide high
income growth to the top 20 percent -- the top professional and
business people -- but give very littl
the stagnant middle class --
to the next 60 percent --- even falling back -
- to the bottom 20 percent.
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�people are workinq harder
We cannot let that continue.
with leas security, less income, less certainty they can even
afford a vacation, much less colleqe
retirement for themselves.
or their children or
We cannot let this continue.
We are a middle class country.
class values sustain us.
We must expand the middle class and
ink the under class, while
supporti~q
those already successful
the new economy.
Ameri9a is once aqain the world's str nqest economy.
it to stay that way, those who work
If we want
have lifted our nation
must have more of its benefits.
There are two ways to do this.
If you want to raise your income
in the information aqe, you've qot to
et an education and always
be able to qat more.
ked so hard to increase
educational opportunity from Head Sta
apprenticeships, to job traininq,
available and more affordable for
The second thinq we can do
public schools, to
inq colleqe loans
llion people.
to lower taxes.
In 1993, we took the first step with a workinq family tax cut for
15 million families with incomes of un er $26,000 and increased
cuts for those workinq in new business s [fix later].
could do more than that, we first had
inherited down. And we had to qet
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Before we
o qet the deficit we
ic qrowth up. We have
�done both.
Now we
~
cut taxes more. But we
in a way that
promotes and reinforces our first obj
improving
education and empowering citizens to
e the most of their own
· lives.
The Middle Class Bill of Rights might well be called the Bill of
Rights and Responsibilities.
It will have four parts desiqned to
improve education and increase
for working families.
First, a tax deduction for all
on and training after high
school.
e deduction for investments
We already give businesses
in the future.
We already give citiz ns the deduction for
mortgage interest. But education is e
important to the
economic well-being of America, and w should allow a deduction
for it, as well.
Second, a $500 tax credit for all chi dren under thirteen in
middle class
ho~seholds.
Third, an individual retirement accoun
rights for the cost of education,
with tax-free withdrawal
care, first-time home
buying, and care of a parent.
And fourth, a G.I. Bill for American w rkers.
We are going to
consolidate 50 federal proqrams and of er the money directly to
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�eligible American workers.
If you
laid off, or make a low
wage, you will get a voucher worth
year for up to two
years to go to your local community
or any other program
~v'~~~a
you choose.
This middle class tax relief and
eauc•~1onal
assistance goes to
those who need it to raise their
and their children.
qoes to people who are doing
possible to make the most
of their own lives. We must do what's
In the budget I will send you, the
will b8 paid for by budget cuts, cuts
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programs, cuts in special interest
be mora than twice the cost of the
leaving tens of billions
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to provide it.
Class Bill of Rights
bureaucracy, cuts in
And the cuts will
la Class Bill of Rights,
reduction, without
cutting Social Security, Medicare,
aid for mothers and children, and
' benefits, education,
research.
The deficit is coming down three years in a row for the first
time since President Truman was in off
billion -- that's nearly $10,000 for
country.
That's true thanks to the
, by more than $600
family of four in this
of many people here
who made the tough choices -- and many who did not return in part
because of that courage.
Now, we can give needed tax relief, ra
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incomes, [grow] the
�economy, And control the deficit, and that's what we must do.
I know a· lot of you have your own
we can work together.
about tax relief.
ide~s
our teat for a ~Y proposal should be: will
it create jobs and raise incomes for
strengthen families and support
~e
middle class?
child~en?.
middle class and shrink the under cla.s?
support it.
I hope
Will it
Will it build the
If it does, we should
If it doesn't, we should oppose it.
There is one further issue we must di••cusa that affects the
incomes of lower income working peopl••, people who are doing
their best, choosing work over welfar• •
Two and a half million
Americans, often women with children, work for $4.25 an hour
[ck].
In terms of real buying power, by next year, that minillWil
wage will be at a 40 year low.
[Some conventional economists say
raising the minimum wage costs jobs, lut if the raise is
moderate, the evidence points in the c ther direction. ]
raising it will make work more attractive.
that people can't live on $4.25 an
ho~r
In fact,
But the main point is
in 1995.
Freshman members of Congress have beej on the job less than a
month. But by the close of business tOday, 24 days into the new
year, each has already earned as much in their congressional
salary as people who work under
year.
minimu~
wage make in an entire
�In the past, the minimum wage has
a bipartisan issue.
challenge you to get together and
a way to raise the minimum
wage to a decent level without undue
oss of jobs.
Last year, we almost came to blows
was done.
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health care, but nothinq
But the hard, cold fact
of the Union Address, we know that
in working families have lost their c verage. The hard, cold fact
is that millions more, mostly workers who are self-employed and
in small businesses, have had their p
deductible& skyrocket.
And
co-payments, and
cold fact is that health
costs are still holding the federal d ficit up -- evan though my
economic plan is bringing domestic s
ding as a percentage of
our economy to its lowest level in
ears.
I still believe we must move our natio
towards providing health
security for every American family. La t year, we bit off more
than we could chew.
ork together, step by
This year,
step, and get something done.
Let's at least pass insurance reform s
that no American risks
losing coverage or facing skyrocketing
when they change
jobs, or lose a job, or a family mamba
sure that every state has a voluntary
people in small businesses can buy ins
rates.
falls ill.
Let's make
self-employed
ance at more affordable
Let's help families provide lo g-term care for a sick
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�parent or a disabled child.
Let's he p workers who lose their
jobs keep health insurance coverage
for work.
And let's find a way to
health care.
a year while they look
e sure our children have
Let's work together.
Much of what is on the American paopl .'a mind is devoted to
internal security concerns -- the sa
incomes, our children, our streets, o
ity of our jobs and
health, our borders.
that the Cold War is past,
believe that all
security issues, with the possible ex
of trade, reside
within our borders.
Now
That is not so.
our security depends upon our continu
peace, freedom, and democracy.
We c
world
la~darahip
for
ot be strong at home
without baing strong abroad.
The financial crisis in Mexico is a po erful case in point.
have to act -- for the sake of million
We
of Americans whose
livelihoods are tied to Mexico's well-! ing.
If we want to
secure American jobs, preserve Americaj exports and safequard
America's borders, we must pass our stlbilization program and
help put Mexico back on track. This le islation is right for
America, and I call on Congress to pas
it quickly.
When I took office, as many as a,ooo n clear warheads in Russia - each powerful enough to incinerate a city the size of Atlanta 11
�- were aimed at our nation.
Tonight, for the first time in a
generation, not a single Russian weapcn is aimed at our homes or
our children.
Tonight, because we anc four former soviet
republics ratified the START I treaty, our nations are on the way
to destroying missiles and bombers that carry 9,000 nuclear
warheads.
And, soon, three of those :four republics will
completely eliminate their nuclear arsenals.
We've come so far so fast in the post-Cold War world that it is
easy to take the decline of the nuclear threat for qranted.
But
it is still there, and we are not fini.hed yet.
This year, I am asking the Senate to approve START II -- and
eliminate weapons that carry 5000 more warheads.
States will lead the charge to extend
The United
ndefinitaly the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty to enact a co.prehensive test ban and
efforts to halt nuclear weapons testin4J and eliminate chemical
weapons.
To stop, and roll back,
No~1
Korea's potentially
deadly nuclear proqram, we will contin11e to implement the
agreement we have reached with that
na~ion.
It's a smart, tough
deal based on guaranteed constant insptction, with safeguards for
our allies and ourselves.
our worldwide campaign to find and destroy materials that can be
used to make nuclear bombs is part of a larger strategy to combat
terrorism.
I will submit to Conqress comprehensive legislation
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�to strenqthen our hand in combatinq
strike at home or abroad.
errorists, whether they
As the co ards who bombed the World
Trade center can testify, the United States will hunt down
terrorists and brinq them to justice.
Just this week, another
horrendous terrorist act in Israel ki led 19 and injured scores
more.
extend our deepest
on behalf of the American paop
sympathy to the families of the viet
of such evil, it is hard to qo forwar •
the past, not the future.
I know that in the face
•
But the terrorists are
We must -- and we will -- persist in
our pursuit of peace.
From my first day in office I have pl dqad that our nation would
maintain the best equipped, beat trai ad and beat prepared
fiqhtinq force on
Earth\.
We have --
our military is ready for action -.......
nd they are.
To make sure
d to provide the pay and
quality of life that the military and their families deserve
I
am askinq this Conqress to add $25 bi lion more in defense
spendinq over the next six years.
We ask much of our armed forces.
many
~ays
iqht I repeat that request.
are called to service in
-- and we must qive them wh t the times demand and our
troops deserve.
Time after time, in the last year, o
its best. In the
troops showed America at
on the border of Rwanda,
they saved hundreds of thousands of li es.
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�In the Persian Gulf, they moved rapid y and decisively to head
off another Iraqi threat to Kuwait.
n Haiti, our men and women
in uniform have qiven the Haitian peo le their freedom and
democracy back.
The United states has proudly support d free elections in South
Africa, the peace process in Northern Ireland, the removal of
Russian troops from central·and East
Europe, new economic
alliances in Asia, and, of course, in
own neiqhborhood with
the SWDlllit of the Americas.
b&en honored to play a
And, we
role in the unfoldinq peace process in the Middle East, includinq
the wonderful treaty between Israel
Jordan, the difficult but
important aqreement between Israel and the PLO.
There is much to
be done and as we saw aqain yesterday, the fanatic and brutal
enemies of peace will stop at nothinq
We must not let the peace process falt
terrorism.
that
Accordinqly, last niqht I
------ •
of peace.
_,The United States
We will work with Israel, s
o continue the bloodshed.
We must stand aqainst
iqned an Executive Order
ill stand with the forces
ia, and Lebanon until a
comprehensive peace is achieved.
This, then, my fellow Americans, is o
aqenda -- expandinq
opportunity, not bureaucracy, enhancin
security at home and
abroad, empowerinq people to make the
oat of their own lives.
It is ambitious and achievable, but it is not enouqh.
11
We need
�more than new ideas chanqinq the worl , or equippinq all
Americans to compete in the new econa y. More than a qovernmant
that is smaller,. smarter and wiser. M ra than all the chanqea we
can make from the outside in.
unas and our posterity
also depend upon our ability to answ
from the values and the voices that s
from within,
ak to our hearts, voices
that tall us we must accept rasponsib lity for ourselves, for our
families, for our communities and,
, for our country.
We see our families and our communiti
apart. our common
qround is shiftinq out from under us.
the town hall
maatinq, the ball park -- it's
many overworked parents
to find the time and space for the thi qa that matter most. And
too many of our children don't have pa ants or qrandparents who
can qive them the experience that
buil~s
character and
strenqthens identity.
our public life is bacominq more and m re contentious, with
leaders treatinq each other as enemies! not opponents: with
citizens sittinq on the sidelines as srectators, whose every fear
and frustration is exploited.
better.
We hare\in this chamber can do
We can, and must, make differ,nt choices.
differences will be made by millions o
But the real
our fellow citizens.
we move to the twenty-first century, e eryone matters and we
don't have a person to waste.
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As
�Responsibility is for everybody. For
ur corporate leaders: We
will brinq down the deficit and expan
markets. But you have to
keep jobs in this country and raise y ur worker's waqas when they
help you do wall.
For the entertainment industry: We wi 1 fiqbt to the death for
free speech. But you have to respect
ur oldest values and stop
qlorifyinq sex and violence, not beca sa we will make you, but
because you should.
For the players and owners who have b
to a halt:
The younq people of Americ
uqbt the qama of baseball
are watchin9.
You have a
responsibility to worry less about bow many millions you can
make, and more about what kind of role models you make.
Responsibility is for everybody. We wi 1 keep schools open late
to qive younq people an alternative to druqs and qanqs. But your
children won't learn the difference be ween riqbt and wronq,
unless you teach them
and they won'
stay off drugs unless you
tell them not to.
[Citizens must be able to e.xercise the,r riqbt to make the most
personal choices about their lives
wi~out
cominq under attack.
And as your President, I condemn the m ders at abortion clinics
and will do everythinq in my
ep you safe. But when
there are over 300 abortions for every
ooo births in America, we
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�all have a responsibility to make abo
ion less necessary.
We ought to promote every alternative to abortion. That means
adoption.] It means stopping the epid
of teen pregnancies and
births where there is no marriage. I
sent Congress a plan to
target schools all over the country wi
anti-pregnancy programs
that work. But government can only do
o much. Tonight, I am
calling on religious, business and
c leaders to join together
in a National Campaign Against Teen
to make a
difference.
We have to sand the strongest message
Don't have sax. Don't get praqnant,
ssible to our teenagers:
't father a child if you
aren't married, if you aren't ready to raise that child, if you
aren't ready to love that child.
Responsibility is for everybody. And n
more to
undermine our sense of responsibility
han our failed welfare
system. It rewards welfare over work.
t cause families to break
up. It lets millions of parents get awJy without paying child
support.
That is why I have worked so long to r
orm welfare. We have made
a good start. In the last two years,
administration has given
more states the chance to find their o
than the past two
ways to reform welfare
ed. Last year, I
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�introduced the most sweepinq welfare reform plan ever presented
by an administration.
We have to make welfare what it was
ant to be: a second chance,
not a way of life. We'll help those o
quickly as possible, provide child c
welfare move to work as
e and teach skills if they
need them for up to two years. But
simple: Anyone who can work must qo t
If a parent isn't payinq child suppo
the rule will be
work.
, we'll make them pay.
We'll suspend their driver's
track them across state
lines and make them work off
owe. Governments don't
raise children. Parents do.
Now we aqree with soma of you here --
to a point. You want to
punish poor children for the mistakes
f their parents. You want
to leave chiidren homeless, hunqry and on their own. Well, there
has always been poverty in America. Bu
there has never been
poverty in the American spirit.
not a nation that leaves
children on doorsteps, abandons those
ith AIDS, locks out people
with disabilities.
Let this be the year we end welfare as we know it. But let this
also be the year we stop usinq this is
No one is more eaqer to end welfare
trapped on it. Just ask Lynn Woolsey,
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to divide America.
people who are
o worked her way off
�welfare and is now a Congresswoman fr m California.
I know it has become fashionable to
race Franklin D.
Roosevelt. So let's remember exactly
at he said: "Human
kindness has never weakened the stami
or softened the fiber of
a free people. A nation does not have
o be cruel in order to be
tough."
It ia fittiDq to 4well on •reai4eat
this April, be passe4 froa tbe D&tion
....lt. •ifty years aqo
t loved bta ao, leaviDg
ua to aroaa fro• one era to tbe neat w tbout bia. lhlt be left ua
a gui4iDCJ a tar, tbe certain bowle4qe
especially in tbe face of uncertain a
~t
ia tbe first law of 4.-oaraay, tb
our faitbaa
~t
a, a D&tion auat aare.
ol4eat leaaoa of .oat of
we are atronqer tOCJetJer tball alone. '!'bat we
qain when we qive. Alone, we retreat.
bat ia wby we auat .aka
citizenship aatter aqain.
Tba people I intro4uaa4 to you teaab ua all tbat. CiD4y Perry
teaabaa abil4ran to raa4 in aaeriaorpa,\ in national service. &be
qaina wban abe qiveaa abe ia a aotber o· four, an4 abe aaya tbat
bar service "inspire411 bar to qat bar b qb-aabool equivalanay
last year. Bow, like tbousan4s of other ..abara, abe will use bar
money froa Allariaorpa to qo to aolleqe
coapete an4 win in tbe new econaay.
o equip ber-lf to
�AD4 let . . say tbiaa I will fiqbt aay effort to aut the fUD4iaq
for Aaerioorpa. ft8D ao .any foraea p 11
waat to atop oae fora• that 4rawa
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apart, bow aaa aayoae
118
Chief Biabip gaiaa wbea be qiveaa Be
workecl to bail4
oomauaity poliaiDq iD K&Daaa City --
baa aeea ariae go 4o-.a
beaauae of it. Be atoo4 up for our
cr
Weapoaa baD, aD4 bowa that the peopl
Bill aD4 tlla &aaault
be aervea aD4 the people
he lea4a are all safer beaauae of it.
[Baitiaa troop] CJ&iaa whea be qiveaa B W8Dt to Baiti aa part of
Ilia a4opte4 oouatry'a fora• to belp ••
e· 4.-oaraay. ADd be aaw
the people of Ilia aative laa4 -- Baiti -- are reatoriacJ 4eaoaraay
for tb-elvea.
AD4 Jack Luaaa CJ&iDe4 wbea be qave. l'i ty arow4e4 yeara aqo, iD
the aaa4a of Iwo Jim&, be tauqbt aa4 b
lear.ae4 the leaaoaa of
aitiseaabip. February 20, 1945 was no
rdinary day for a small-
town boy. As he and his three buddies
oved along a slope, they
encountered the enemy -- and two grana es at their feet. Jack
Lucas threw himself on them both, and, in that moment, saved the
lives of his companions. And what
gain? In the next
instant, a medic saved his life. He gai ed a foothold for
freedom. And he gained this:
at 17 years old, just
a year older than his grandson is today
became the youngest
Marine in our history, the youngest man in this century, to be
25
�awarded the Congressional Medal of H or.
He regainacl something much greater
a faith, Aaerica's oldest
faith. All these years later, it's at 11 there. Here's what he
says about that day: ."It didn't matt
you·were. You relied on one another.
wbare you were frOil, who
ou did it for your
country."
We gain when we give. Responsibility. Citizenship. These words
have real meaning. They are more than stale chapter headings in
some remote civics book. They are the virtues ·by which we can
fulfill ourselves and our God-given
ential, as individuals and
as a nation.
by which we can live out,
And
once more, in our generation and our
ildren's, the eternal
promise of America, the enduring
of that first and moat
sacred contract: That we hold these t
be self-evident,
that all men are created equal. That
endowed by their
creator with certain inalienable right • And that amonq these are
~ife,
Liberty and the PUrsuit of Happi
This is a great country, and we are a
confident, if we have faith in the
eat people. If we are
ma~ificent
possibility of our
own lives, we can do this. Let us want
ror every child in America
nothing less than we want for our own.
~f
we do, I believe with
all my heart, that our best days are st 11 to come.
God Bless
You. And God Bless the People of the Un ted States of America.
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�\.
all have a responsibility to make a
We ought to promote every alternativ
necessary.
to abortion. That means
adoption.] It means stopping the epi
of teen pregnancies and
births where there is no marriaqe. I
sent Conqress a plan
t~ ~
ith anti-preqnancy proqrams ~
target schools all
that work. But government can only d
so much. Toniqht, I am
callinq on religious, business
vic leaders to join toqether
in a National Campaiqn Against
reqnancy
to make a
difference.
We have to send the strongest aeaaaq
possible to our teenagers:.
Don't have sex. Don't get preqnant,
on't father a child if you
aren't married, if you aren't ready
o raise that child, if you
aren't ready to love that child.
Responsibility is for everybody. An
nothing has done more to
undermine our sense of responsibili
than our failed welfare
system. It rewards welfare over wor • It cause families to break
up. It lets millions of parents qat away without payinq child
s91'Port. ·.
fhwh~ ~ b
~ ~ "' 6-r w W\./tU rl'-·
That is why I have worked so lonq t
P.lk~~ ~J·~...t.Jt-c~P.,
reform
welfare.~
we have made
a good start. In the last two years, my administration has qiven
more states the chance to find thai
reform welfare
than the past two administrations c
year, I
22
�introduced the most sweepinq welfare reform plan ever presented
by an administration.
we have to make welfare what it was
eant to be: a second chance,
not a way of life. We'll help those
n welfare move to work as
quickly as possible, provide child c re and teach skills if they
need them for up to two years. But
the rule will be
simple: Anyone who can work must qo
If a parent isn't payinq child suppo
, we'll make them pay.
We'll suspend their driver's
track them across state
lines and make them work off
owe. Governments don't
raise children. Parents do.
Now we aqree with some of you here -
up to a point. You want to
punish poor children for the mistake
of their parents. You want
to leave children homeless, hunqry a d on their own. Well, there
has always been poverty in· America.
ut there has never been
poverty in the American spirit. We a e not a nation that leaves
children on doorsteps, abandons thos
w;fth
with AIDS, locks out people
dis~bilities.
Let this be the year we end welfare
know it. But let this
also be the year we stop usinq this
to divide America.
No one is more eaqer to end welfare
an the people who are
trapped on it. Just ask Lynn Woolsey
who worked her way off
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�~~
I know it has become
fashionable~to
Roosevelt. So let's remember exactly
~...,__
race Franklin D.
hat he said: "Human
kindness has never weakened the stam na or softened the fiber of
a free people. A nation does not hav
to be cruel in order to be
tough."
It is fittiaq to 4well oa Preai4ent
..velt. •ifty years aqo
this April, he passe4 fro• the aatio
l ..viaq
us to cross fraa one era to the aezt without hia. But he left us
a gui4iaq a tar, the aertaia bowle4q
especially ia the faae of unaertaiD
That ia the first law of 4aaoaraay,
our fait:llao !rllat . . ara 81:zoJI9U
ol4eat leaaoa of aoat of
~t:laalr 1:llaa aloaa.
qaia wha we qive. Alone, we retreat
!rllat . .
lfhat is why we aust .ake
aitisaship . .tter aqaia. '
The people I iatro4uae4
to you t ..ah ua all tbat. Ciady Perry
,,
~f•C.hes ~hi14ra
to rea4 iD Meriao
iD aatioaal aerviae. She
qaias when she qives1 She is a aoth
of four, aD4 abe says that
her service "iaspire4" her to qet
hiqh-aahool equivalency
last year. Bow, like thousaa4s of o
er a.-b4rs, she will use her
aoaey fraa aa~iaorps to qo to aoll.)e to equip herself to
compete aa4 wiD ia the new eaoaaay.
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�ADd let •• say this• I will fiqht aa
effort to aut tba fuadiDq
for Aaeriaorps. Whea so-Y forau
all u
apart,
waat to atop oaa foraa that draws u
tOCJatber?
b.cnr
a&ll
aayoaa
Chief Biship qaiDs when he qivaa1 Be has worked to build
ao. .uaity poliaiaq iD K&Dsas City --
&D~
has saea artaa go dowa
because of it. Be stood up for our
weapoDs baD, aad kDowa that the paop a h• serves aad the people
he leads are all safer because of it.
[Baiti&D troop] qaiDs whaa he qivaa1 Be weat to Haiti as part of
his adopted aouatry's foraa to help
aaura da.oaraay. ADd he saw
the people of his Dative laad -- Bai i -- are rastoriDq da.oaraay
for theaaelves.
ADd Jaak Luaas qaiDed whaa he qava.
ifty arcnrded years aqo, iD
the saads of Iwo Jt..a, he
a la&rDed the lasso- of
aitisaaship. February 20,
ordinary day for a small-
town boy. As he and his three buddie
moved along a slope, they
encountered the enemy -- and two qr
des at their feet. Jack
~p~as ~ew
himself on them both,
that moment, saved the
lives of his companions. And what did he gain? In the next
instant, a medic saved his life. Be
freedom. And he gained this:
~ined
as
a year older than his grandson is tod y
Marine in our history, the youngest
25
a foothold for
at 17 years old, just
became the youngest
n in this century, to be
�awarded the congressional Medal of B nor.
Be regained something much greater -
a faith, America's oldest
faith. All these years later, it's a ill there. Hera's what he
says about that day: "It didn't matt
you were. You relied on one another.
where you were from, who
ou did it for your
country.•
We
fl;l~
lAt-tA
\IN
s~
.
gain when we give. Responsibility. Citizenship. These words
have real meaning. They are mora than stale chapter headings in
some remote civies book. They are the virtues by which we can
fulfill ourselves and our God-given
as a nation.
tential, as individuals and
And
by which we can live out,
once more, in our generation and our
ildren's, the eternal
promise of America, the enduring dre
of that first and most
sacred coReraet: That we hold these
ths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal. That
ey are endowed by their
l,o\}~
Creator with certain inalienable righ s. And that among these are
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happ
T~±s
is 11; great country, and we are a great people. If we are
confident, if we have faith in the ma
ificent possibility of our
own lives, we can do this. Let us
for every child in America
wan~
nothing less than we want for our own
If we do, I believe with
all my heart, that our best days are
till to come.
You. And God Bless the People of the
nited States of America.
II
God
Bless
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SOTU [State of the Union]- Edits by Admin. Officials [3]
2006-0458-F
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of gift.
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Don Baer
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Office of Communications
Don Baer
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1994-1997
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/36008" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7431981" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
Identifier
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2006-0458-F
Description
An account of the resource
Donald Baer was Assistant to the President and Director of Communications in the White House Communications Office. The records in this collection contain copies of speeches, speech drafts, talking points, letters, notes, memoranda, background material, correspondence, reports, excerpts from manuscripts and books, news articles, presidential schedules, telephone message forms, and telephone call lists.
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Publisher
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Extent
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537 folders in 34 boxes
Text
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Original Format
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Paper
Dublin Core
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Title
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SOTU [State of the Union] - Edits by Admin. Officials [3]
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Office of Communications
Don Baer
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2006-0458-F
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Box 3
<a href="http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/assets/Documents/Finding-Aids/2006/2006-0458-F.pdf" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7431981" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Publisher
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Format
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Adobe Acrobat Document
Medium
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Reproduction-Reference
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
1/12/2015
Source
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42-t-7431981-20060458F-003-003-2014
7431981