    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [May 27, 1993]
    [Page 763]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks on House of Representatives Action on the Budget
    May 27, 1993

        For a long time now, the American people have wondered whether their
    Government in Washington could ever really work for them again, ever
    really face the tough problems. Well, tonight the House of
    Representatives gave America a victory of growth over gridlock. Tonight
    the House showed courage and conviction. Tonight the House made hard
    choices: to cut a quarter of a billion dollars in spending; to ask those
    most able to pay, the wealthy, to do more to reduce our deficit; to
    increase incentives to invest and create jobs in the private sector; and
    to provide the incentives to make people at the bottom rungs of the
    economy prefer work over welfare. Tonight the House said no to gridlock,
    no to the status quo, and no to the special interests who worked so very
    hard to frighten millions of Americans about this program. Tonight the
    House said yes to jobs, yes to lowering the deficit, yes to lower
    interest rates, yes to a brighter future.
        Tomorrow we go on to the Senate, and we go back to the country. We
    have broken the gridlock. We are taking responsibility for the future.
    We are dealing with the tough problems. I am very, very proud of the
    people who tonight cast a very tough vote in a hard environment for a
    better tomorrow for America.
        Thank you very much.

    Note: The President spoke at 9:40 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White
    House.