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Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Luncheon in Chicago, Illinois July 30, 2000 July 29 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2000 that no one else now in our public life can Thank you. do and know, just because of the life she has lived. NOTE: The President spoke at 1:57 p.m. in the It is a very good thing that she is doing, Empire Room at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. In although I’d just as soon we were out relaxing his remarks, he referred to luncheon host Albert somewhere. [Laughter] I am glad that she wants N. Kwok; Korean American Senior Citizens Soci- to do it. I am glad that you’re helping her, ety of New York president John Sehe Jong Ha; and I hope you will help her every day between Korean American Association of America presi- now and November, because it’s the best thing dent Gilliam Kim; and President Kim Dae-jung that could possibly happen for the people and of South Korea. The transcript released by the the future of New York and for our country. Office of the Press Secretary also included the Please bring my wife up now to the floor. remarks of the First Lady. Remarks at a Democratic National Committee Luncheon in Chicago, Illinois July 30, 2000 Well, thank you all for being here today. I’m But we have this incredible group of people delighted to be in this beautiful new restaurant. running for the House. They can win the major- One of the owners of this restaurant, Phil ity. And now we have an extraordinary new Sen- Stefani, is a good friend of mine, and in honor ator from the State of Georgia, Zell Miller, who of my coming, he went to Rome. [Laughter] will be running for election in November. And I don’t know what it means, but it’s probably believe me, we can win not only the House a pretty good choice. [Laughter] but the Senate, as well, if you give them enough I want to thank Senator Dick Durbin, one help. of the finest human beings and one of the brav- And a number of you have helped the Senate est people and one of the most eloquent people candidate that I care the most about, in New who has served in the United States Congress York—[laughter]—and I want to thank you for in my adult lifetime, since I’ve been covering. that. And if you haven’t, I hope you will, be- cause it’s a big old tough State. And they’re He is an extraordinary human being, and I’m trying to take us out, and I think she’s going grateful that he is my friend, and I thank him. in, with your help. So I hope you will, and Thank you, Mr. President Middleton, and I thank you very much for that. thank you, Fred Baron, Leo Boyle, Anthony Let me say, normally I don’t speak from any Tarricone, all the other members of the ATLA, notes at these events, but I want to do it today for being here today. I want to thank all the for a particular reason. You make a living mak- candidates who have come here today. And I ing arguments, persuading people, knowing know—Fred told me he’d already introduced what’s on people’s minds, understanding the them, but this is a very interesting group of predispositions that they bring to any given cir- candidates. We have Ron Klink and Debbie cumstance. And this is a highly unusual cir- Stabenow running from the House of Rep- cumstance, so I want to talk to you about it resentatives for the United States Senate. And today, because with the conventions of the Re- they can both win, and they should win if you publicans in Philadelphia, the Democrats in Los help them. I saw earlier Deborah Senn and Angeles, we’re beginning to have this election Ed Bernstein. I think Brian Schweitzer is here. in earnest. We have a whole slew of House candidates. The first thing I want to do is to say a simple One of them, John Kelly from New Mexico, thank you. You’ve been thanking me; I want went to college with me, so I have a particular to thank you. I want to thank you for being interest in seeing him make good. [Laughter] so good to me and Hillary and Al and Tipper But he was also a distinguished U.S. attorney. Gore for these 8 years. I want to thank you 1518 Administration of William J. Clinton, 2000 / July 30 for supporting the civil justice system and, when with countries throughout the world. And Amer- it was threatened, the Constitution of the United ica is better positioned than it was 8 years ago. States. I want to thank you for supporting ordi- Now, here’s the most important thing: Now nary citizens, the people who can’t afford to what? What are we doing with this prosperity? come to fundraisers like this but work in places That’s my answer and your answer, but how like this, people who can’t afford to hire lobby- do we get it to be America’s answer? What ists in Washington to plead their case. And I are we going to do with this remarkable moment want to thank you again for supporting the can- of prosperity? Will we use it as a precious, once- didates here and those who are not here who in-a-lifetime gift to meet the big challenges and can help to give us a new majority in the Con- seize the big opportunities of this new century? gress. Or will we do what often happens in democ- The second thing I’d like to say, with some racies, when things are going well, and break humility, I guess, is that your support has been our concentration and sort of wander through validated by the record of the last 8 years. This this election? country is in better shape than it was 8 years The outcome of the election, who wins, de- ago. It’s stronger than it was 8 years ago, and pends on what people think the election is really people are better off than they were 8 years about. Now, on our side, we’ve got people led ago. by Vice President Gore who have brought And as Senator Durbin said, yes, part of it America back and who have great ideas for is economics. We have the longest economic keeping this positive change going. On their expansion in history and the lowest unemploy- side, they have people led by their Presidential ment rate in 30 years, the strongest growth in and Vice Presidential nominees who are speak- 40 years, the highest homeownership in history, ing in very soothing, reassuring ways about com- all of those statistics. But it’s more than that passion and harmony and inclusion. Gone are as well. This is a more just society. We have these harsh personal attacks that dominated the lowest African-American and Hispanic un- their politics from ’92 to ’98. employment rates ever recorded, the lowest fe- You watch their convention. I bet butter male unemployment rates in 40 years, the lowest wouldn’t melt in their mouth for the next few single-parent household poverty rate in 46 years. days. [Laughter] It is appealing as a package We have rising scores among our students in and a terrific marketing strategy. But that ob- schools, the first time in history the African- scures the differences between the candidates American high school graduation rate is equal for President, the candidates for Senate and to that of the white majority, the highest per- Congress, and, fundamentally, the different ap- centage of people going on to college in our proaches between the two parties. And it is just history. what they mean to do, because on issue after We have cleaner air, cleaner water, safer food. issue, this ticket is to the right of the one that We set aside more land in the lower 48 States Al Gore and I opposed in 1996. than any administration in history except those So this election—you just need to know three of the two Roosevelts. And we proved that you things about it. It is a big election; there are could improve the environment and the econ- big differences; and only the Democrats want omy at the same time. The welfare rolls have you to know what the differences are. What been cut in half. The crime rate is at a 30- does that tell you about who you ought to vote year low. Gun crime has dropped 35 percent for? [Laughter] in the last 7 years. So it’s about more than It is a big election, but a lot of people don’t money. It’s about who we are as a people and think so. Story after story after story that our how we live together. friends in the press write indicate that people Many of you whom I met earlier mentioned aren’t sure what the differences are between my work in the last couple of weeks on the the candidates for President. ‘‘Do they have dif- Middle East peace process. I’ve been very hon- ferent approaches to crime and gun safety? Do ored to be part of making a more peaceful they have different approaches to the economy? world, from the Balkans to the Middle East Do they really have different approaches to to Northern Ireland, trying to reduce the threat health care? They both seem like compassionate of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction people.
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