Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, May 6, 1996 Volume 32ÐNumber 18 Pages 735±789 1 VerDate 28-OCT-97 11:04 Jan 07, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P18AP4.000 p18ap4 Contents Addresses and Remarks Alaska North Slope crude oil exports, See also Bill Vetoes memorandumÐ748 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Interviews With the News Media policy conferenceÐ749 Exchanges with reporters Billy and Ruth Graham, dinner honoringÐ Cabinet RoomÐ768, 781 784 Oval OfficeÐ770, 776 Budget negotiationsÐ781 Roosevelt RoomÐ764 Cattle pricesÐ768 Florida Joint Statements Democratic dinner in Coral GablesÐ758 U.S.-Israel joint statementÐ767 National Drug Control Strategy in Coral GablesÐ754 Letters and Messages Kennedy Center anniversary receptionÐ746 Eid al-Adha, messageÐ735 National Association of RealtorsÐ739 Pennsylvania, Democratic reception in Mettings With Foreign Leaders PhiladelphiaÐ735 Israel, Prime Minister PeresÐ749, 764, 767 Radio addressÐ738 Palestinian Authority, Chairman ArafatÐ770 U.S.-Israel counterterrorism accordÐ764 U.S. Olympic Committee Proclamations Champions in LifeÐ772 Labor History MonthÐ786 DinnerÐ774 Law Day, U.S.A.Ð769 Loyalty DayÐ769 Bill Signings Statements by the President Technical corrections to the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and See also Bill Signings Appropriations Act of 1996, statementÐ785 Alaska North Slope crude oil exportsÐ747 Family and Medical Leave ActÐ774 Bill Vetoes Gasoline pricesÐ758 ``Immigration Control and Financial Common Sense Product Liability Legal Responsibility Act of 1996,'' Senate actionÐ Reform Act of 1996 783 MessageÐ780 Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources RemarksÐ776 Emergency Act, Senate passageÐ783 Tobacco use, initiative to reduceÐ783 Communications to Congress Supplementary Materials See also Bill Vetoes Cyprus, letter transmitting reportÐ773 Acts approved by the PresidentÐ789 National Drug Control Strategy, letter Checklist of White House press releasesÐ788 transmittingÐ757 Digest of other White House announcementsÐ787 Communications to Federal Agencies Nominations submitted to the SenateÐ787 WEEKLY COMPILATION OF regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, approved by the President (37 FR 23607; 1 CFR Part 10). 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The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is pub- There are no restrictions on the republication of material lished pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal Reg- appearing in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Docu- ister Act (49 Stat. 500, as amended; 44 U.S.C. Ch. 15), under ments. 2 VerDate 28-OCT-97 11:04 Jan 07, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P18AP4.000 p18ap4 Week Ending Friday, May 3, 1996 Message on the Observance of Thank you, Congressman Chaka Fattah, Eid al-Adha for that powerful introduction and for your April 26, 1996 great service. Thank you, Congressman Tom Foglietta, for your friendship and your sup- Warm greetings to everyone celebrating port. Thank you, Gussie, and thank you, Eid al-Adha. Mina Baker Knoll, and thank you, Joe Kohn. An observance of sacrifice and a celebra- Thank you, Mr. Chairman Fowler, for all tion of faith, Eid al-Adha is a sacred day for the endless nights that you go back and forth Muslims in our nation and around the world. across America in search of the magical On this special day, the entire global Muslim chemistry of victory, not just for our party community joins in spirit with those who and our candidates, but for the kind of Amer- have traveled to Mecca to complete the Hajj. ica we're fighting for. And thank you, Mr. The Festival of the Sacrifice reminds all Mayor, for proving that the Democratic Party of us of the need for obedience to God, can be the party of the future and the party prompts us to reflect on God's mercy, and of all the people, the party of compassion gives participants a welcome opportunity to and competence, the party of the mind, and join with friends and family in a community the party of the heart. Thank you all. celebration of faith. In commemorating this Ladies and gentlemen, I am deeply moved holy day, Muslims in America and in coun- by this large outpouring. As President Ken- tries around the world serve as a source of nedy used to say, I am deeply touched, but strong faith that can enrich our lives and not so deeply touched as you are tonight. strengthen our common values. [Laughter] I thank you for your support, and Best wishes for a memorable and meaning- I thank you for your commitment to your ful observance. city, your State, and your country. Pennsylva- nia and Philadelphia have been very, very Bill Clinton good to me. And as all of you know, this State and this part of our State has a special place NOTE: This item was not received in time for pub- in my wife's heart and her family history. And lication in the appropriate issue. we're delighted always, either one of us, to have a chance to come. I think you know why we're here, or you Remarks at a Democratic Reception wouldn't be here. But let me just say again in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania very briefly, when I ran for President in 1992 April 26, 1996 and the State of Pennsylvania gave Bill Clin- ton and Al Gore its electoral votes, when Thank you very much. Come on up, Con- Philadelphia gave our ticket a larger margin gressmanÐgive Congressman Borski a hand than President Kennedy received here in for going to his daughter's soccer game. Give 1960, we had a very straightforward vision him a hand. [Applause] for our country, a vision for what we wanted One of the things you need to know if America to look like in the 21st century and you're in public life is how to make a proper what we wanted America to be like for all entrance. [Laughter] And Bob just qualified. the children that are here. Actually, I saw him this morning. We were First, we wanted a country where every both out running at Fort McNair in Washing- person who is willing to work for it, without ton, DC, and he said he'd be here tonight. regard to their race, their income, or their And I thank him for keeping his word. background, could have a chance to live out 735 VerDate 28-OCT-97 11:28 Jan 07, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P18AP4.029 p18my4 736 Apr. 26 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 their dreams. Second, we wanted a country about what will happen. You know where I that was coming together, not being driven am and what I will do. You know where they apart; that was reaching across the racial and are and what they will do. You know that other lines that divide us to find strength in our approach produced a deficit that is less our diversity and our shared values. Third, than half of what it was in 1992 when we I wanted to see our country continue to be took office, 81¤2 million more jobs, a real the world's strongest force for peace and crime bill instead of 6 years of talking about freedom and prosperity and security, so that it. It's putting 100,000 police on the street we could build a framework for the 21st cen- and helping communities to drive the crime tury that would free our children of the wor- rate down to make our streets safer. ries that two World Wars and the cold war You know that it produced new and inno- imposed upon generation after generation vative approaches to protect the environment after generation of Americans in the 20th while growing the economy. You know that century. it produced a new commitment to the edu- In short, I really believed that if we did cation of all of our children, from expanding the right thing, the new global economy the Head Start program to expanding the could open up the greatest age of possibility availability of affordable college loans, to the our people have ever known. I still believe national service program that your former that. And what I come to you to say is that Senator, Harris Wofford, heads today. You we have a record that we can be proud of. know what we will do, and you know they Together we've done what we said we'd do oppose all those things. in 1992. But it is a record to build on, not You also know that I have done my best a record to sit on. It is a record to go forward to reach across party lines to work with Re- from, and not a record to take a radical turn publicans of good will; that I think this in- away from. That is what is at stake here. tense partisanshipÐthe idea that everybody The American people in a way are fortu- who is not in your party is the enemy of your nate in this election year.