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CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND SECURITY FOR ALL AMERICANS

Signed into law the Economic Package, August 10, 1993.
The economy created 8.4 million new jobs in the first 3 years of this Administration.
Since the Clinton Budget Plan passed, over 1 million new manufacturing and construction jobs have been created.
Unemployment has fallen to 5.5% from 7% when President Clinton first took office.
Lowest combined rate of unemployment, inflation and mortgage rates in 27 years.
Homeownership is at its highest level in 15 years.
Made new tax cuts available to over 90% of small businesses.
Passed the largest deficit-cutting plan in history -- saving more than $1 trillion over seven years.
On track for three consecutive years of deficit reduction -- for the first time since Harry Truman.
Cut federal spending by $255 billion over 5 years.
Proposed a plan to balance the budget while protecting critical investments in education.

PROMOTING A FUTURE OF OPPORTUNITY

Increased Head Start funding by almost $760 million.
Passed the Student Loan Reform Act, August 10, 1993.
Implemented the National Service Act, September 21, 1993.
Signed into law the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, March 31, 1994.
Enacted the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, May 4, 1994.
Signed into law the Improving America's Schools Act, September 28, 1994.
Signed into law the Telecommunications Bill -- first reform of the communications industry since 1934, helping connect every child in America's classrooms to the information superhighway by the year 2000, February 8, 1996.

MAKING COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS SAFE FOR OUR FAMILIES

Passed into law the toughest most comprehensive Crime Bill ever, September 13, 1994
Signed into law the Brady Bill, blocking over 60,000 criminals from buying guns, Nov. 30, 1993.
Enacted the Assault Weapons Ban as part of the Crime Bill.
Put 100,000 new police on the street -- over 31,000 more officers have been funded.
Signed the Violence Against Women Act as part of the Crime Bill.
Signed into law the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act, October 20, 1994.
Issued Presidential Directive enforcing a "Zero Tolerance" gun policy in schools, October 22, 1994
Submitted and fought for the most comprehensive Drug Control budget ever.

MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK BETTER AND COST LESS

Already cut the Federal Workforce by 215,000 positions -- its lowest level in 30 years.
Abolishing 16,000 pages of obsolete regulations and rewriting 31,000 more pages.
$58 billion in savings are already in the bank. $46 billion in savings are still to come.
Over 180 new recommendations will save $70 billion. Eliminated 284 federal advisory committees.
Developed government-wide Customer Service Standards for the first time.
Appointed the most diverse Cabinet and Administration in history.
Signed the most important federal procurement act ever to streamline government purchasing.
Reformed Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation to protect 8.5 million pensions.
Signed the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, March 22, 1995.

RESTORING TRUST IN OUR GOVERNMENT

Signed into law the National Voter Registration Act (Motor-Voter), May 20, 1993.
Eliminated the tax deduction for lobbying expenses.
Imposed strictest Administration ethics guidelines in history.
Barred top officials from becoming foreign lobbyists after leaving government.
Signed the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 -- the first overhaul of lobbying rules in 50 years.
Fought for passage of and signed into law the Congressional Accountability Act, January 22, 1995.
Fought for passage of line-item veto and campaign finance.

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH

Issued a new executive order to require polluters to disclose information to the public and expanded the public's right-to-know about toxic releases.
Cutting EPA paperwork by 25% while still protecting public health.
Issued a new standard to cut pollution from chemical plants 90% by 1997.
Signed executive orders to increase recycling and cut pollution in federal buildings.
Fought for and signed the law creating the California Desert National Park, October 31, 1994.
Issued a new standard to cut pollution from incinerators 95%.
Introduced comprehensive Safe Drinking Water and Superfund reforms.
Initiated a plan to restore Florida's Everglades.
Ended decades of conflict over the allocation of California Bay-Delta water.

PROMOTING HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS

Passed the Family and Medical Leave Act, February 5, 1993.
Signed a comprehensive Child Immunization Plan -- last year, the U.S. reported the highest levels of immunizations among pre-school children in history.
Revoked the Reagan/Bush restrictions on abortion counseling ("the gag rule"), abortions in military hospitals, "Mexico City" policy and RU-486 imports.
Increased Ryan White CARE Act funding for outpatient AIDS care over 100% in first 3 budgets.
Put the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) on a full-funding path.
Increased funding 65% for breast cancer research.
As part of the balanced budget plan, introduced health care reform initiative which strengthens Medicare and expands coverage.
Proposed a $1.3 billion increase in veterans' benefits -- of which $1 billion will be directed to the VA health system to provide treatment for 43,000 more veterans.

PRESERVING AND STRENGTHENING OUR FAMILIES

Expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit providing tax relief for 15 million working families.
Introduced the Work and Responsibility Act - comprehensive welfare reform.
Passed the Family Support and Preservation Program.
Passed major funding increases for homeless programs in both Houses.
Approved waivers to 37 states permitting comprehensive welfare reform demonstrations.
Helped reduce welfare caseloads by 5% since taking office -- representing 700,000 fewer recipients of welfare each month.
Collected a record $10 billion in child support through enforcement in 1994.
Reducing the number of recipients in the Food Stamp Program -- today nearly one million fewer people need food stamps than in October 1994, saving taxpayers over $800 million.
Signed into law the Social Security Independent Agency Act.
Increased adoption and foster care funds by almost $600 million from 1994-1995.
Increased funding for child care in every budget proposal.

CREATING OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA'S COMMUNITIES

Created nine Economic Empowerment Zones and 95 Enterprise Communities.
Signed into law the Community Development Banking Financial Institutions Act, Sept. 23, 1994.
Signed into law the Interstate Banking Bill, September 29, 1994.
Instituted the Defense Reinvestment and Conversion Initiative.
Reformed the Community Reinvestment Act, helping increase the number of mortgage loans to African Americans and Hispanic Americans by 55% and 42%, respectively, from 1993 to 1994.
Made the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Mortgage Revenue Bond Program permanent.

OPENING FOREIGN MARKETS TO AMERICAN GOODS

Signed NAFTA into law, December 8, 1993, which will create hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs.
Signed GATT into law, December 8, 1994, the largest trade agreement in history.
Opened up more foreign markets for U.S. goods with more trade pacts than any other administration.
Increased exports 31% since taking office -- 16% in 1995 alone.
Created over 1 million high-paying jobs through exports in the last three years.
Opened 15 different market sectors through 20 trade agreements in Japan ranging from telecommunications procurement to rice.
U.S. exports have grown on average 80% in some sectors covered under agreements with Japan.
For the first time in almost 20 years, U.S. is once again the world's leader in automobile production.
For the second year in a row, U.S. is named the most competitive economy in the world.

AMERICAN LEADERSHIP

Leads an America for the first time with NO Russian missiles targeting our cities or citizens.
Leading fight to combat international terrorism supporting stronger laws and law enforcement training and standing with those abroad taking risks for peace, including the Summit of Peacemakers in Egypt, in March 1996.
Assisted Israel and Jordan achieve historic peace treaty, and Israelis and Palestinians fulfill their historic accord.
Worked for ceasefire and new peace in Northern Ireland.
Signed into law Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act imposing additional sanctions on Cuba regime after unprovoked attack and killing of U.S. nationals and underscoring our support for peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba.
Brought democracy to Haiti for first time in its history w/ return of democratically-elected President Aristide to office and free election of successor Pres. Praval, continuing to stop flow of refugees to US.
Led effort in Bosnia (with NATO allies and our Russian partners) to conclude comprehensive peace agreement at Dayton and to secure peace through participation in IFOR and support for economic reconstruction and humanitarian relief.
Persuaded Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan to give up the nuclear weapons left on their land with collapse of Former Soviet Union and air-lifted more than half a ton of vulnerable, highly-enriched uranium, from Kazakhstan to safe storage.
Negotiated and agreed to framework with North Korea that freezes and leads to the eventual elimination of North Korea s dangerous nuclear program.
Worked successfully to secure bipartisan Senate ratification of the START II Treaty with Russia, reducing nuclear stockpiles by another 25%.
Led the international effort to secure the indefinite and unconditional extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) further reducing the danger of global nuclear proliferation and working to prevent such weapons from reaching hands of international criminals or terrorists.
Maintaining strong sanctions against rogue states that sponsor terrorism and defy rule of law, such as Iran, Iraq, Libya and Sudan.
Leading the way to establishing Trans-Atlantic Partnership for Peace, preparing for NATO enlargement and expanding democracy, new market economies in Central Europe, Fmr. Soviet Union.
Assisted South Africa's transition to democracy, providing support for elections and development.
Chaired first Summit of America's in Miami hosting all the hemisphere's democratic nations.