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From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:hes@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU Thu Apr 29 14:06:43 1993
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 13:22-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
Subject: President's Remarks at Photo Op with House Ways & Means
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release April 29, 1993
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
DURING MEETING WITH HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
The Roosevelt Room
10:20 A.M. EDT
Q Mr. President --
THE PRESIDENT: Let me just make a brief remark, and
then I'll answer your questions.
First, I want to thank these members of the Ways and
Means Committee for coming in for this meeting. This morning's
economic figures on the performance of the United States economy in
the first three months of the year clearly, I think, support the
policies of this administration. They support filling out and
implementing the budget commitment that the Congress has made to
reduce the deficit and to increase targeted investments and to
generate jobs.
It also plainly proves, I think, that the administration
was right in trying to hedge against this economic slow growth by
passing the jobs bill that the House of Representatives passed and
that the Senate wanted to pass. It proves that we were right in both
reducing the deficit and in trying to create some jobs right now in
this economy. But it also proves that the long-term interests of the
country will be served if we fulfill our commitments on the budget.
The budget, I think, is well under way. The Ways and
Means Committee had a good day yesterday. And I think we can continue
to show our commitment to bring the deficit down and to target our
investments in areas that will create jobs. We'll have a long-term
plan that's good. But it also proves, I think clearly, beyond any
doubt, that the strategy of the administration to create some more
jobs right now was the right strategy. The American people still
need more employment, and we're going to do our best to give it to
them.
Q Mr. President, 100 days -- have there been
mistakes? Are there things you would do differently? What have you
learned, what lessons?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I learned that things are not
going to change quite as fast as I wanted them to. But I noticed
there was -- one columnist a day or two ago in one of the major
papers pointed out that at least the American people know that the
Democratic Party is serious and the President is serious about
deficit reduction. They know we're going to do something about
health care reform. They know we're going to try to be partners with
the private sector in rebuilding the economy. And they know we're
trying to make the government work again -- with the National Service
Program that I will announce tomorrow, and a whole other range of
issues to try to give people educational and other opportunities. So
I feel basically quite good about what's happened.
But this country has some serious problems, and we're
going to have to get everybody serious about dealing with the
problems. Now, I am very impressed so far with the work that we've
been able to do with the House and with the majority in the Senate in
getting the deficit down and in focusing on the investment needs of
our people. But we've got a lot of work to do.
I think if you look at -- I don't know that 100 days is
a rational category, but if you look at how much we've done and how
much is well underway now as compared with most previous
administrations in a similar time period, I think we're doing pretty
well.
Q Did you take on too much, Mr. President?
Q Have you reached a decision on Bosnia yet, Mr.
President?
THE PRESIDENT: Helen, I have not. I still -- as you
probably know, General Powell was away for most of the week in
Europe. And I want to see and talk with him personally and have some
other consultations on some of the military issues. And I have not.
But we will do so soon and then we'll begin some pretty aggressive
consultations with our allies.
Q took on too much, Mr. President? Do you have
some concerns about that?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I will. You know, it's a question
of -- the Vice President has a word for it -- sequence and timing, I
think he calls it. I think -- I believe I got hired to try to do
something about the economy and the health care issue, and to try to
promote political reform and many other things we're trying to do. I
don't expect -- when we put all these things out here, I don't expect
them all to be resolved right away. But I think we're going to focus
on the budget first. That's what we're doing today. Then we're
going to take up -- we're going to focus on health care.
But this country still needs to remember that we've got
to do these things to put people back to work and to solve their
economic problems. That is the issue -- the economy. And that is
what we are spending -- I'm spending two-thirds of my time or more on
the economy and health care. And that's what I hope we can do in the
Congress in the few weeks ahead.
Q So you're more optimistic than Mr. Panetta? You're
more optimistic than Mr. Panetta?
THE PRESIDENT: I have more faith in Mr. Panetta's
colleagues than he does. (Laughter.)
I think we're going to bring this deficit down, and I
think we're going to get some investments passed. I think we're
going to turn this economy around. I wish we could have done it
faster. I still think we ought to create some jobs now. I think
that was a mistake. But I think we just keep going. We'll make the
progress we can and go on.
Q Thank you.
END10:26 A.M. EDT