Moving from a time of recession, debt and doubt, we now enjoy an unprecedented era of prosperity, surplus and hope. America is working again. Twenty-two million people have new jobs and economic security for their families. The biggest budget deficits in history have been transformed into the biggest surpluses ever. We are living in the longest period of economic growth ever experienced in our country.
Crime is down.
Welfare rolls have been cut in half. And our federal government is smaller than it has been in 40 years. The credit for these remarkable achievements belongs, first and foremost, to the American people. The Clinton-Gore Administration has always pursued policies that unlock the creativity, the ingenuity, and the hard work of the American people. That is why we will not rest until every American can fully participate in the remarkable economic success that so many have enjoyed in recent years.