US Presidency
1992

I have provided for up to $ 4.4 billion in my budget to extend federal unemployment benefits. And I ask for congressional action right away. And I thank the committee. Well, at last. Let's be frank. Let's be frank. Let me level with you. I know and you know that my plan is unveiled in a political season. I know and you know that everything I propose will be viewed by some in merely partisan terms. But I ask you to know what is in my heart. And my aim is to increase our nation's good. I am doing what I think is right, and I am proposing what I know will help. I pride myself that I am a prudent man, and I believe that patience is a virtue. But I understand that politics is, for some, a game and that sometimes the game is to stop all progress and then decry the lack of improvement.