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Remarks in Las Vegas, Nevada October 31, 1996 2256 Oct. 31 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 forward.'' Will you help me in Arizona to me still for this election. I want to thank the build that bridge? Will you be there on Tues- mayor for always being so kind to her. And day? Will you talk to your friends? [Applause] I want to say a special word of thanks, too, God bless you. Let's do it. Your best days to Governor Bob Miller for being there with are ahead. Thank you. me in good times and badÐalways there, al- ways supporting us, always standing up for NOTE: The President spoke at 10:23 a.m. on the what was right and standing up for Nevada. lawn at Grady Gammage Auditorium. In his re- And I want to tell you that something I marks, he referred to Jeff Goodman, who sang the national anthem; Vice Mayor Joe Lewis of have said in the Oval Office of the White Tempe; Arizona State University football player, House many timesÐI'd like to say here in Juan Roque; Rose Mofford, former Governor of public: I believe in Washington, DC, the Arizona; and Representative Pastor's wife, Verma. most underappreciated public servant in the United States Senate is Harry Reid of Ne- vada. He is a remarkable, remarkable Sen- Remarks in Las Vegas, Nevada ator. You should be very proud of him. You October 31, 1996 should be very proud of him. You know, be- cause he's a gentleman and he's low-key and The President. Thank you. I think the he just says what he has to say in a town first thing I should say is, happy birthday, where hot air and hot rhetoric and divisive Nevada. I am so glad to be here today, so actions take precedent, very often the people delighted to see all of you here in not only who really make a difference are not appre- large numbers but with genuine enthusiasm. ciated. Harry Reid should be appreciated You should feel good about your country and here, and every day he's more appreciated good about our future. back there in Washington. I want to thank the Green Valley High School Band for playing the national anthem, And thank you, Nell Justice, for having the thank you; the Las Vegas Academy of Inter- courage to get up here and give a speech national Studies, Performing Visual Arts, in front of all these people and for embody- thank you. I want to thank the saxophonists ing, to me, what my job, this campaign, and who played here earlier from the musicians our common destiny is all about. We are union and the mariachi band. about to choose the last President of the 20th Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you, century and the first President of the 21st County Commission Vice Chair Paul century. I believe more strongly than I can Christianson. You arranged a beautiful day say that the greatest days of this country lie for us here today. I'd also like to say a special before us; that if we make the right decisions, word of appreciation to a person who is not if we do what we have always done in the here with us today, the county commission past at critical times, if we meet our chal- chair, Yvonne Atkinson-Gates. We're think- lenges and do it in a way that enables us ing about her, and we miss her. Senator Dina to live more closely toward our values, our Titus, Assembly Leader Richard Perkins. young people here will live in the age of Thank you, Gladys Knight, for coming and greatest possibility the world has ever known. speaking. Thank you, Andre Agassi, for com- We are dramatically changing the way we ing. Thank you. Thank you, Attorney General work and live, the way we relate to each other Frankie Sue Del Papa. And thank you, my and the rest of the world. A lot of these good friend Harry Reid. changes are very good, but some of them Ladies and gentlemen, I owe a lot to a pose very stiff challenges to families. I'll give lot of people. I'm on the verge of finishing you one example of the changes that are the last campaign I'll ever be in unless I run going on. for the school board someday. And I want When I became President there were to say that every time I come here to Las about 3 million people working in their Vegas, I think of my wonderful mother who homes and making a living. The other day loved this community so much and loved to I was in Atlanta at a rally, and I was intro- come here. And I wish she were here with duced by a young woman. She and her hus- VerDate 28-OCT-97 07:52 Nov 06, 1997 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P44NO4.001 p44oc4 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 / Oct. 31 2257 band were from Georgia. They were living to stop the bloody war in Bosnia or kick the in New York. They both had jobs there. He dictators out in Haiti or stand up for the got a job in Atlanta; they moved back to At- cause of peace in Northern Ireland or try lanta. She's still working for her company in to deal with the problems of our neighbors New York, in Atlanta, because of the com- to the south in Mexico. But America is puter. There were 3 million people doing stronger today than it was 4 years ago. No that in 1992. There are 12 million people Russian missiles are pointed at our children doing that in 1996. There will be 30 million today, for the first time since the dawn of people doing that in the year 2000. That is the nuclear age, and we're moving in the just one example. right direction there. And I want our country The frontiers of knowledge are being to be coming together around our basic val- pushed back dramatically. The life expect- ues. I want us to be able to celebrate, laugh ancy for people with HIV and AIDS is more about, cherish our diversity, and say, we're than twice what it was just 4 years ago. We bound together by our belief in the values have uncoveredÐwe have discovered, medi- that have made America great, but otherwise cal researchers, the first real treatment for we don't discriminate against anybody. We stroke victims that offers promise. Two of the want to go forward in an American commu- genes which cause breast cancer were just nity in which everybody has a place and a uncovered. And I allocated another $30 mil- role to play. lion to that research just a week ago. It is Five days before this election, I want you really within our reach not only to cure but to be upbeat about America, optimistic about prevent that disease in the future. your future, and determined to make the For the first time, a few weeks ago a lab- choice that will guarantee that that vision can oratory animal with its spine completely sev- be made real in your lives and the lives of ered had movement in its lower limbs be- your friends and neighbors. That is the cause of nerve transplants to the spine from choice. other parts of the body. These are unbeliev- For me, it is best expressed in this idea able things. We just signed a contract, the of a bridge to the 21st century. I believe that United States Government did, with IBM to there's a real difference here between Sen- build jointly a supercomputer over the next ator Dole and me, between Senator Coffin couple of years that will do as many calcula- and Congressman Ensign. And I believe it's tions in one second as you can do at home an honest difference. I don't like all this on your calculator in 30,000 years. harsh rhetoric and personal attacks and at- This world is changing. And America is tempts to convince people that your oppo- faced with the question of what to do about nent is no good. I don't think there is very the changes. When I ran for President 4 much to that. years ago I had a vision of what I wanted I'm about to end my last campaign. I can our country to be like in the 21st century. tell you thisÐI've been working at this for And I'm so glad there are so many young over 20 years now. Most of the people I've people here today because that will be your met in both parties, from all points on the century. For me, it's pretty straightforward. political spectrum, have loved our country, I want every child in America, without regard have wanted what was best for it, worked to race or gender or where you start out in hard and were honest, contrary to the image life, to have the same chance to live up to that is often portrayed. There are honest dif- your God-given abilities and the same chance ferences here, and you should be exuberant to live out your dreams that I and the mem- that you have a choice to make between hon- bers of my generation had. You deserve it, est differences. and I am determined to see that you get it.
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