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8/21/96 11:50am
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
TRAIN TRIP KICKOFF
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
AUGUST 25, 1996
[Acknowledgments]. Today, we stand on the edge of a new century. A time of great
challenge and change, but, especially, a time of remarkable possibility for all our people. My
fellow Americans, I am as confident as I have ever been that the future ahead is bright, brighter
than all the days of our magnificent past.
In every city and town of our great land Americans are rising up and coming together to
meet the challenges of our times -- and conquer them. We are doing it in a way that honors our
legacy by protecting our values, but looks to the future by embracing new ideas. It is not a
Democratic approach or a Republican approach ~ it is a truly American approach.
They're going to have a great time in Chicago over the next few days. But as much as I'd
like to be there, I wanted to take this train trip more, because I want all Americans to see what's
happening all across our country . . . America is on the right track to the 21st century!
As we take this trip through the heartland, we are seeing Americans in all walks of life,
mastering our challenges with new solutions based on old values. My Administration set out to
give our people the tools to meet our challenges, [cops, schools, econ, enviro]
We are coming together around our common values: Opportunityforall Americans to
build a great future, and responsibility from all Americans to make the most of it. That's the basic
bargain of America. And it thrives when we come together as a community. These are the values
that guide millions of Americans across our country every day, and they must guide America into
the future.
When I took office, our economy wasn't creating enough opportunity. Unemployment
was nearly eight percent; the deficit was out of control; new jobs were scarce. We put a
comprehensive economic plan in place to get the American economy back on track, cutting the
deficit, shrinking government, expanding exports, and investing in our people.
Look at the results: America is selling more cars than Japan for the first time in a decade.
The combined rate of inflation, unemployment, and mortgages is the lowest in 30 years. We have
cut the deficit by 60 percent. America has created more than 10 million new jobs. In [state
unemploymen.] We cut taxes for 15 million working families, including more than ... And real
hourly wages are starting to rise for the first time in a decade.
We have seen recently just how much we can do when we put aside partisan politics and
use common-sense. In the last five days, I signed bipartisan legislation to reform health care so
families will never again be denied health insurance because a family member is sick; to end
welfare as we know it; and to give 10 million Americans a raise, by increasing the minimum wage.
�8/21/96 11:50am
Now we must press forward,
[speech topic]
I want you all to think about what kind of future you want for your children, about what
kind of country you want America to be in the 21st century. That's what this election is all about.
Are we going to meet our challenges and protect our values to make the 21st century the future
we want for our children? All across America, people are coming together and saying, "Yes."
New solutions for new challenges ~ guided by values as old as America. We've got more
to do, and we are going to do it. I look to the future and I am filled with confidence. I want this
train trip to show all Americans what you see every day in Huntington ~ America is on the right
track to the 21st century!
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
�8/21/96 11:50am
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
TRAIN TRIP KICKOFF
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
AUGUST 25,1996
[Acknowledgments]. Today, we stand on the edge of a new century. A time of great
challenge and change, but, especially, a time of remarkable possibility for all our people. My
fellow Americans, I am as confident as I have ever been that the future ahead is bright, brighter
than all the days of our magnificent past.
They're going to have a great time in Chicago over the next few days. But as much as I'd
like to be there, I wanted to take this train trip more, because I want all Americans to see what's
happening all across our country . . . America is on the right track to the 21st century!
In every city and town of our great land Americans are rising up and coming together to
meet the challenges of our times ~ and conquer them. We are doing it in a way that honors our
legacy by protecting our values, but looks to the future by embracing new ideas. It is not a
Democratic approach or a Republican approach ~ but a truly American approach, rooted in
American values and inspired by a vision of tomorrow.
Over the next few days, we're going to take a journey together into the heartland. We
will see Americans in all walks of life, rising up to the challenges we face at the dawn of the 21st
century, and mastering them with new solutions based on enduring values. My Administration set
out to give our people the tools to meet those challenges, and I want people to see how their
neighbors are using those tools to succeed. Citizens taking responsibility to make their streets
safer by working with the community police officers we're putting on the beat. Small business
owners and big corporations, creating more opportunity through new jobs made possible by
increased exports to markets we have opened. Teachers, parents, and principals, joining us as
partners to set the highest standards in our schools. And everywhere we go, we will see living
proof that when America is united, nothing can stop us.
Just think about the enormous progress we have made together over the last four years.
The economy is stronger, the deficit is lower, and government is smaller. Education is better, our
families are healthier, and our streets are safer. Americans are ignoring the temptation of division,
and coming together around our constant, common values.
Opportunity for all Americans to build a great future, and responsibility from all
Americans to make the most of it. That's the basic bargain of America. And it thrives when we
come together as a community. Opportunity, responsibility, and community are the values that
made America strong. You and I know they are the values that guide millions of Americans
across our country every day. And they are the values that must guide America into the future.
Four years ago, it seemed to some like our problems were intractable — but one by one,
we are beating them. When I took office, our economy wasn't creating enough opportunity.
Unemployment was nearly eight percent; the deficit was out of control; new jobs were scarce. We
�8/21/96 11:50am
put a comprehensive economic plan in place to get the American economy back on track and
make sure all Americans have the opportunity to share in the benefits of today's economy: cutting
the deficit, shrinking government, expanding exports, and investing in our people.
Look at the results: Detroit is selling more cars than Japan for thefirsttime in a decade.
4.4 million more Americans own their own home. Exports have surged to record levels on the
strength of over 200 trade agreements. We have cut the federal government by almost 240,000
people, making it the smallest in 30 years. The combined rate of inflation, unemployment, and
mortgages is the lowest it has been in 30 years. We have cut the deficit by 60 percent — it is now
the smallest since [the year Ronald Reagan took office.] America has created more than 10 million
new jobs. In West Virginia, unemployment has dropped almost 4 percent since I took office [from
11.2 to 7.3]. And real hourly wages are starting to rise for thefirsttime in a decade.
We have seen recently just how much we can do when we put aside the rancor of partisan
politics and use the common-sense approach of the American people. In the lastfivedays, I
signed bipartisan legislation to reform health care, end welfare as we know it, and reward work.
The health reform bill written by Republican Nancy Kassebaum and Democrat Ted Kennedy
means families will never again be denied health insurance because a family member is sick. The
welfare reform bill passed by a majority of Democrats and Republicans in Congress will finally
make welfare what it was meant to be ~ a second chance, not a way of life. And, after
overcomingfierceopposition in Congress, we raised the minimum wage to give 10 million hardworking Americans the chance to earn a living wage; one out of everyfivehourly workers in
West Virginia will get a raise. [83,000]
Now we must press forward. We want the American economy to roar into the 21st
century with every American on board. We must finish the job and balance the budget. That will
keep interest rates low on everythingfromnew homes to college loans, and it will encourage even
more business investment. But we must balance the budget in a way that honors our
commitments: from the health care of our parents to the education of our children. The
Republican plan rests on deep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, education, and the environment that
we do not need and our future cannot afford. My plan balances the budget by 2002 and protects
our values.
We have to do more to make sure all families have the economic security they need to
build a good life: access to quality health care, a secure retirement, and the best education. We
have to cut taxes to help people in ways that will benefit them most and unleash the full power of
Americans to make our growing economy grow even faster. We already cut taxes for 15 million
working families while cutting the deficit, including more than 100,000 families right here in West
Virginia ~ and every Republican in Congress voted against it.
Now, we want to cut taxes so every single American can go to college; to help parents
care for their children; to help families buy a home, care for a sick parent, and pay for education. I
have proposed a $1,500 a year tax cut for Americans to pay for thefirsttwo years of college.
That will make tuition at a typical community college free. I have proposed a $10,000 tax
deduction for families to help pay for all education after high school: to go to college, to go to
�8/21/96 11:50am
medical school, or to go back to school. We also we want to give middle-class parents a $500
tax cut for every child, to make it easier for them to raise their children. And we want a tax cut
to let people use their IRA to buy afirsthome, cope with a medical crisis, or pay for education.
As we work together to create more opportunity, we have to take more responsibility
together as well. We know thefirstresponsibility of government is law and order and we are
giving Americans the power to take responsibility for the safety of their neighborhoods. We are
putting 100,000 new police officers on the streets -- to walk the beat, learn the neighborhood, and
work with its citizens. We banned 19 deadly assault weapons ~ and not one hunter or sportsman
lost his gun because we did. But 60,000 felons, fugitives and stalkers who tried to buy a handgun
were stopped because of the Brady Bill. As long as I am in the White House, any attempt to
repeal the assault weapons ban or the Brady Bill will be met with a veto.
We made three-strikes-you're-out the law of the land ~ so the most dangerous criminals
go to jail for the rest of their lives, with no chance for parole. And we understand what the police
have been saying for years: the best way tofightcrime is to prevent it in thefirstplace. So we
fought for drug-education and gang-prevention programs in our schools. Our crime-fighting plan
is making a difference all across America. In city after city and town after town, the police are
hitting the streets and crime is coming down.
Now we have to do more. I want to make it easier for parents to bring order to their
children's lives and to teach themrightfrom wrong. I support schools that adopt school uniform
policies, because they promote discipline and respect. I support community-based curfews to
keep kids off the street after a certain time, so they're safe from harm and away from trouble.
And I urge schools and communities in the strongest possible terms: Enforce your truancy laws,
because young people belong in school, not on the street.
Nothing we do is more important than helping families stick together and grow stronger
together. I am proud to have signed the Family and Medical Leave law ~ in the past four years,
12 million Americans have been able to take time off from work to care for a new baby or a sick
parent. We gave parents the V-chip, because you have the right and the responsibility to control
what your child sees on TV. We have worked to protect America's children from the single
greatest threat to their health: tobacco. 3,000 children start smoking every day, and 1,000 of
them will die early as a result. We said to the tobacco companies: You have a right to market
your products to adults ~ but you must draw the line on our children.
Now we must do more. We should pass a second Family and Medical Leave Act so
parents can take time off from work to go to parent-teacher conferences or take a child to the
doctor. And we want employees to haveflextime,so they can take the overtime they earn and
use it to spend more time with their families.
As members of the American community, we all have a responsibility to leave a clean
environment and a healthy future for our children and grandchildren. We want Americans to be
confident the air they breathe is pure, the water they drink is clean, and the land their children play
on is safefromtoxic hazards. I am proud we defended 25 years of bipartisan environmental
�8/21/96 11:50am
progress against an onslaughtfromthe far right.
Opportunity for our people by making college more affordable. Responsibility for our
streets by putting community police officers on the beat and taking guns off the street. Families
growing stronger because it's easier to be a good parent and a good worker. And everywhere,
communities coming together, working together, and thriving together. It's happening all across
America, and we should all be proud. New solutions for new challenges ~ guided by values as
old as America. We've got more to do, and we are going to do it. I look to the future and I am
filled with confidence. I want this train trip to show all Americans what you see every day in
Huntington » America is on therighttrack to the 21st century! We are going to take the future
by storm.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
�8/21/96 11:50am
Families growing stronger and communities coming together, helped by things like the V-chip that
make it a little easier for them.
We should make sure that people looking for a new job don't lose their health care while they're
unemployed.
�I d ri
/I.tar- A c ' 7^.
�8/21/96 11:50am
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
TRAIN TRIP KICKOFF
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
AUGUST 25,1996
[Acknowledgments]. Today, we stand on the edge of a new century. A time of great
challenge and change, but, especially, a time of remarkable possibility for all our people. My
fellow Americans, I am as confident as I have ever been that the future ahead is bright, brighter
than all the days of our magnificent past.
They're going to have a great time in Chicago over the next few days. But as much as I'd
like to be there, I wanted to take this train trip more, because I want all Americans to see what's
happening all across our country . . . America is on the right track to the 21st century!
In every city and town of our great land Americans are rising up and coming together to
meet the challenges of our times ~ and conquer them. We are doing it in a way that honors our
legacy by protecting our values, but looks to the future by embracing new ideas. It is not a
Democratic approach or a Republican approach ~ but a truly American approach, rooted in
American values and inspired by a vision of tomorrow.
Over the next few days, we're going to take a journey together into the heartland. We
will see Americans in all walks of life, rising up to the challenges we face at the dawn of the 21st
century, and mastering them with new solutions based on enduring values. My Administration
set out to give our people the tools to meet those challenges, and I want people to see how their
neighbors are using those tools to succeed. Citizens taking responsibility to make their streets
safer by working with the community police officers we're putting on the beat. Small business
owners and big corporations, creating more opportunity through new jobs made possible by
increased exports to markets we have opened. Teachers, parents, and principals, joining us as
partners to set the highest standards in our schools. And everywhere we go, we will see living
proof that when America is united, nothing can stop us.
Just think about the enormous progress we have made together over the last four years.
The economy is stronger, the deficit is lower, and government is smaller. Education is better, our
families are healthier, and our streets are safer. Americans are ignoring the temptation of
division, and coming together around our constant, common values.
Opportunity for all Americans to build a great future, and responsibility from all
Americans to make the most of it. That's the basic bargain of America. And it thrives when we
come together as a community. Opportunity, responsibility, and community are the values that
made America strong. You and I know they are the values that guide millions of Americans
across our country every day. And they are the values that must guide America into the future.
Four years ago, it seemed to some like our problems were intractable — but one by one,
we are beating them. When I took office, our economy wasn't creating enough opportunity.
Unemployment was nearly eight percent; the deficit was out of control; new jobs were scarce.
1
�8/21/96 11:50am
We put a comprehensive economic plan in place to get the American economy back on track and
make sure all Americans have the opportunity to share in the benefits of today's economy:
cutting the deficit, shrinking government, expanding exports, and investing in our people.
Look at the results: Detroit is selling more cars than Japan for the first time in a decade.
4.4 million more Americans own their own home. Exports have surged to record levels on the
strength of over 200 trade agreements. We have cut the federal government by almost 240,000
people, making it the smallest in 30 years. The combined rate of inflation, unemployment, and
mortgages is the lowest it has been in 30 years. We have cut the deficit by 60 percent — it is now
the smallest since [the year Ronald Reagan took office.] America has created more than 10
million new jobs. In West Virginia, unemployment has dropped almost 4 percent since I took
office [from 11.2 to 7.3]. And real hourly wages are starting to rise for the first time in a decade.
We have seen recently just how much we can do when we put aside the rancor of partisan
politics and use the common-sense approach of the American people. In the last five days, I
signed bipartisan legislation to reform health care, end welfare as we know it, and reward work.
The health reform bill written by Republican Nancy Kassebaum and Democrat Ted Kennedy
means families will never again be denied health insurance because a family member is sick.
The welfare reform bill passed by a majority of Democrats and Republicans in Congress will
finally make welfare what it was meant to be — a second chance, not a way of life. And, after
overcoming fierce opposition in Congress, we raised the minimum wage to give 10 million hardworking Americans the chance to earn a living wage; one out of every five hourly workers in
West Virginia will get a raise. [83,000]
Now we must press forward. We want the American economy to roar into the 21st
century with every American on board. We must finish the job and balance the budget. That
will keep interest rates low on everything from new homes to college loans, and it will encourage
even more business investment. But we must balance the budget in a way that honors our
commitments: from the health care of our parents to the education of our children. The
Republican plan rests on deep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, education, and the environment that
we do not need and our future cannot afford. My plan balances the budget by 2002 and protects
our values.
We have to do more to make sure all families have the economic security they need to
build a good life: access to quality health care, a secure retirement, and the best education. We
have to cut taxes to help people in ways that will benefit them most and unleash the full power of
Americans to make our growing economy grow even faster. We already cut taxes for 15 million
working families while cutting the deficit, including more than 100,000 families right here in
West Virginia ~ and every Republican in Congress voted against it.
Now, we want to cut taxes so every single American can go to college; to help parents
care for their children; to help families buy a home, care for a sick parent, and pay for education.
I have proposed a $ 1,500 a year tax cut for Americans to pay for the first two years of college.
That will make tuition at a typical community college free. I have proposed a $10,000 tax
deduction for families to help pay for all education after high school: to go to college, to go to
�8/21/96 11:50am
medical school, or to go back to school. We also we want to give middle-class parents a $500
tax cut for every child, to make it easier for them to raise their children. And we want a tax cut
to let people use their IRA to buy a first home, cope with a medical crisis, or pay for education.
As we work together to create more opportunity, we have to take more responsibility
together as well. We know the first responsibility of government is law and order and we are
giving Americans the power to take responsibility for the safety of their neighborhoods. We are
putting 100,000 new police officers on the streets - to walk the beat, leam the neighborhood, and
work with its citizens. We banned 19 deadly assault weapons - and not one hunter or sportsman
lost his gun because we did. But 60,000 felons, fugitives and stalkers who tried to buy a
handgun were stopped because of the Brady Bill. As long as I am in the White House, any
attempt to repeal the assault weapons ban or the Brady Bill will be met with a veto.
We made three-strikes-you're-out the law of the land ~ so the most dangerous criminals
go to jail for the rest of their lives, with no chance for parole. And we understand what the police
have been saying for years: the best way to fight crime is to prevent it in the first place. So we
fought for drug-education and gang-prevention programs in our schools. Our crime-fighting plan
is making a difference all across America. In city after city and town after town, the police are
hitting the streets and crime is coming down.
Now we have to do more. I want to make it easier for parents to bring order to their
children's lives and to teach them right from wrong. I support schools that adopt school uniform
policies, because they promote discipline and respect. I support community-based curfews to
keep kids off the street after a certain time, so they're safe from harm and away from trouble.
And I urge schools and communities in the strongest possible terms: Enforce your truancy laws,
because young people belong in school, not on the street.
Nothing we do is more important than helping families stick together and grow stronger
together. I am proud to have signed the Family and Medical Leave law - in the past four years,
12 million Americans have been able to take time offfromwork to care for a new baby or a sick
parent. We gave parents the V-chip, because you have the right and the responsibility to control
what your child sees on TV. We have worked to protect America's children from the single
greatest threat to their health: tobacco. 3,000 children start smoking every day, and 1,000 of
them will die early as a result. We said to the tobacco companies: You have a right to market
your products to adults ~ but you must draw the line on our children.
Now we must do more. We should pass a second Family and Medical Leave Act so
parents can take time off from work to go to parent-teacher conferences or take a child to the
doctor. And we want employees to have flextime, so they can take the overtime they earn and
use it to spend more time with their families.
As members of the American community, we all have a responsibility to leave a clean
environment and a healthy future for our children and grandchildren. We want Americans to be
confident the air they breathe is pure, the water they drink is clean, and the land their children
play on is safe from toxic hazards. I am proud we defended 25 years of bipartisan environmental
�8/21/96 11:50am
progress against an onslaught from the far right.
Opportunity for our people by making college more affordable. Responsibility for our
streets by putting community police officers on the beat and taking guns off the street. Families
growing stronger because it's easier to be a good parent and a good worker. And everywhere,
communities coming together, working together, and thriving together. It's happening all across
America, and we should all be proud. New solutions for new challenges ~ guided by values as
old as America. We've got more to do, and we are going to do it. I look to the future and I am
filled with confidence. I want this train trip to show all Americans what you see every day in
Huntington - America is on the right track to the 21st century! We are going to take the future
by storm.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
�8/21/96 11:50am
Families growing stronger and communities coming together, helped by things like the V-chip
that make it a little easier for them.
We should make sure that people looking for a new job don't lose their health care while they're
unemployed.
�y
8/20/96 7:00pm
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
TRAIN TRIP KICKOFF
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
AUGUST 25,1996
[Acknowledgments]. Today, we stand on the edge of a new century. A time of great
challenge and change, but, especially, a time of remarkable possibility for all our people. My
fellow Americans, I am as confident as I have ever been that the future ahead is bright, brighter
than all the days of our magnificent past.
In every city and town of our great land Americans are rising up and coming together to
meet the challenges of our times ~ and conquer them. We are doing it in a way that honors our
legacy by protecting our values, but looks to the future by embracing new ideas. It is not a
Democratic approach or a Republican approach ~ but a truly American approach, rooted in
American values and inspired by a vision of tomorrow.
Just think about the enormous progress we have made together over the last four years.
The economy is stronger, the deficit is lower, and government is smaller. Education is better, our
families are healthier, and our streets are safer. Americans are ignoring the temptation of
division, and coming together around our constant, common values.
Opportunity for all Americans to build a great future, and responsibility from all
Americans to make the most of it. That's the basic bargain of America. And it thrives when we
come together as a community. Opportunity, responsibility, and community are the values that
made America strong. They are the values that guide millions of Americans across our country
every day. And they are the values that must guide America into the future.
Over the next few days, we're going to take a journey together into the heartland ~ where
we will see Americans in all walks of life, rising up to the challenges we face at the dawn of the
21st century, and mastering them with new solutions based on these enduring values. Citizens
taking responsibility to make their streets safer by working with the community police officers
we're putting on the beat. Small business owners and big corporations, creating more opportunity
through new jobs made possible by increased exports to markets we have opened. Teachers,
parents, and principals, joining us as partners to set the highest standards in our schools. And
everywhere we go, we will see living proof that when America is united, nothing can stop us.
Four years ago, it seemed to some like our problems were intractable ~ but one by one,
we are beating them. When I took office, our economy wasn't creating enough opportunity.
Unemployment was nearly eight percent; the deficit was out of control; new jobs were scarce.
We put a comprehensive economic plan in place to get the American economy back on track and
make sure all Americans have the opportunity to share in the benefits of today's economy:
cutting the deficit, shrinking government, expanding exports, and investing in our people.
Look at the results: Detroit is selling more cars than Japan for the first time in a decade.
4.4 million more Americans own their own home. Exports have surged to record levels on the
1
�8/20/96 7:00pm
strength of over 200 trade agreements. We have cut the federal government by almost 240,000
people, making it the smallest in 30 years. The combined rate of inflation, unemployment, and
mortgages is the lowest it has been in 30 years. We have cut the deficit by 60 percent ~ it is now
the smallest since [the year Ronald Reagan took office.] America has created more than 10
million new jobs. And real hourly wages are starting to rise for the first time in a decade.
We have seen recently just how much we can do when we put aside the rancor of partisan
politics and use the common-sense approach of the American people. In the last five days, I
signed bipartisan legislation to reform health care, end welfare as we know it, and reward work.
The health reform bill written by Republican Nancy Kassebaum and Democrat Ted Kennedy
means families will never again be denied health insurance because a family member is sick.
The welfare reform bill passed by a majority of Democrats and Republicans in Congress will
finally make welfare what it was meant to be ~ a second chance, not a way of life. And, after
overcoming fierce opposition in Congress, we raised the minimum wage to give nine million
hard-working Americans the chance to earn a living wage.
Now we must press forward. We want the American economy to roar into the 21st
century with every American on board. We must finish the job and balance the budget. That
will keep interest rates low on everything from new homes to college loans, and it will encourage
even more business investment. But we must balance the budget in a way that honors our
commitments to our parents and our children, by protecting Medicare, Medicaid, education, and
the environment.
We have to do more to make sure all families have the economic security they need to
build a good life: access to quality health care, a secure retirement, and the best education. We
have to cut taxes to help people in ways that will benefit them most and unleash the full power of
Americans to make our growing economy grow even faster. We already cut taxes for 15 million
working families while cutting the deficit, and every Republican in Congress voted against it.
Now, we want to cut taxes so every single American can go to college. I have proposed a
$1,500 a year tax cut for Americans to pay for the first two years of college. That will make
tuition at a typical community college free. I have proposed a $10,000 tax deduction for families
to help pay for all education after high school: to go to college, to go to medical school, or to go
back to school. We also we want to give middle-class parents a $500 tax cut for every child,
to make it easier for them to raise their children. And we want a tax cut to let people use their
IRA to buy a first home, cope with a medical crisis, or pay for education.
As we work together to create more opportunity, we have to take more responsibility
together as well. We know the first responsibility of government is law and order and we are
giving Americans the power to take responsibility for the safety of their neighborhoods. We are
putting 100,000 new police officers on the streets - to walk the beat, learn the neighborhood, and
work with its citizens. We banned 19 deadly assault weapons - and not one hunter or sportsman
lost his gun because we did. But 60,000 felons, fugitives and stalkers who tried to buy a
handgun were stopped because of the Brady Bill. As long as I am in the White House, any
attempt to repeal the assault weapons ban or the Brady Bill will be met with a veto.
�8/20/96 7:00pm
We made three-strikes-you're-out the law of the land - so the most dangerous criminals
go to jail for the rest of their lives, with no chance for parole. And we understand what the police
have been saying for years: the best way to fight crime is to prevent it in the first place. So we
fought for drug-education and gang-prevention programs in our schools. Our crime-fighting plan
is making a difference all across America. In city after city and town after town, the police are
hitting the streets and crime is coming down.
Now we have to do more. I want to make it easier for parents to bring order to their
children's lives and to teach them right from wrong. I support schools that adopt school uniform
policies, because they promote discipline and respect. I support community-based curfews to
keep kids off the street after a certain time, so they're safe from harm and away from trouble.
And I urge schools and communities in the strongest possible terms: Enforce your truancy laws,
because young people belong in school, not on the street.
Nothing we do is more important than helping families stick together and grow stronger
together. I am proud to have signed the Family and Medical Leave law ~ in the past four years,
12 million Americans have been able to take time off from work to care for a new baby or a sick
parent. We gave parents the V-chip, because you have the right and the responsibility to control
what your child sees on TV. We have worked to protect America's children from the single
greatest threat to their health: tobacco. 3,000 children start smoking every day, and 1,000 of
them will die early as a result. We said to the tobacco companies: You have a right to market
your products to adults ~ but you must draw the line on our children.
Now we must do more. We should pass a second Family and Medical Leave Act so
parents can take time off from work to go to parent-teacher conferences or take a child to the
doctor. And we want employees to have flextime, so they can take the overtime they earn and
use it to spend more time with their families.
As members of the American community, we all have a responsibility to leave a clean
environment and a healthy future for our children and grandchildren. We want Americans to be
confident the air they breathe is pure, the water they drink is clean, and the land their children
play on is safe from toxic hazards. I am proud we defended 25 years of bipartisan environmental
progress against an onslaught from the far right.
Opportunity for our people by making college more affordable. Responsibility for our
streets by putting community police officers on the beat. Families growing stronger because it's
easier to be a good parent and a good worker. And everywhere, communities coming together,
working together, and thriving together. It's happening all across America, and we should all be
proud. New solutions for new challenges ~ guided by values as old as America. We've got
more to do, and we are going to do it. I look to the future and I am filled with confidence. Look
around you; you can see it ~ America is on the right track to the 21st century. We are going to
take the future by storm.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
�ECONOMIC SPEECH LANGUAGE
Four years ago. Four years ago, our economy was no longer providing the opportunity
that is the key to the American dream. Unemployment was nearly 8%; the deficit was at an all
time high, and growing; job-growth was anemic. Great American industries were flat on their
back. Our country was drifting toward the 21 st Century.
President Clinton changed tlie country's course. Bill Clinton ran for President
determined to prepare our people for the 2 1st century — to restore opportunity to all, to demand
responsibility from all, and to bring our people together in community. He put in place a tough
economic plan, cutting the deficit, shrinking the government, expanding exports through over
200 trade agreements, and investing in our people and their skills.
Tlie economy is now growing. Four years later, let's look at the recordl._Jhe_U.S. auto
industry is now number one again. Basic industries are back; there have been 900,000.new
'
constaiction jobs. High-tech industries like semiconductors and biotech lead the"world. 4.4
million people became homeowners. Hundreds of thousands of women-owned businesses have
been started — and now one in three businesses are owned by women. Exports have surged to
'record levels. The federal government has been cut by 2.'>0,000 people. The combined rate of
unemployment, inflation and mortgages is the lowest in 30 years. The deficit has been cut by
over half - so that it is now the smallest since 1981. The economy has created 10 million new
jobs. And real wages, which had fallen for a decade, have begun to rise again. America's
economy is the soundest it has been in a generation.
A record to build on, not to rest on. Our strategy is working. Now, we must press
forward, to keep the economy growing and to make sure that all our people can reap the rewards
of economic change
So we must keep our economy growing, steady and strong. We should finish the job of
balancing the budget. That would keep interest rates down, and spur even more business
investment. We should do it in a way that protects Medicare, Medicaid, education ancl the
environment. We should reward work by raising the minimum wage. And we should continue to
invest in technology and other areas that will keep the economy growing
As we expand opportunity, we must demand that all Americans take responsibility to
make the most of a growing economy And we must give them the capacity to do so — and that
means education, especially college. We have already expanded preschool, tightened school
standards, and opened the doors of college wider than ever before. Now, we must make the 13th
and 14th years of education as much a universal standard as a high school degree is today. That is
why President Clinton wants to give every family a $10,000 deduction to pay for education after
high school, and to give individuals a $1 500 tuition tax credit for 2 years — enough to pay for the
cost of a typical community college. And we should make sure that every worker who needs
education or training, gets it. That is the way to make opportunity real into the 21st Century.
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<p>Michael Waldman was Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting from 1995-1999. His responsibilities were writing and editing nearly 2,000 speeches, which included four State of the Union speeches and two Inaugural Addresses. From 1993 -1995 he served as Special Assistant to the President for Policy Coordination.</p>
<p>The collection generally consists of copies of speeches and speech drafts, talking points, memoranda, background material, correspondence, reports, handwritten notes, articles, clippings, and presidential schedules. A large volume of this collection was for the State of the Union speeches. Many of the speech drafts are heavily annotated with additions or deletions. There are a lot of articles and clippings in this collection.</p>
<p>Due to the size of this collection it has been divided into two segments. Use links below for access to the individual segments:<br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+1">Segment One</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+2">Segment Two</a></p>
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Office of Speechwriting
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1993-1999
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Segment One contains 1071 folders in 72 boxes.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Office of Speechwriting
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