    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [April 23, 1993]
    [Page 494]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation
    April 23, 1993

        Today I have signed into law H.R. 1335, the ``Emergency Supplemental
    Appropriations'' Act of 1993. This Act provides $4 billion in emergency
    unemployment compensation to approximately 1.9 million unemployed
    American workers. This critical assistance will help the unemployed and
    their families with grocery bills, mortgage payments and other expenses
    while they seek new employment. I am disappointed that the job-producing
    elements of the original version of the legislation were forced to be
    removed from it.
        Our efforts to create jobs, increase investment, and safeguard our
    communities and our children, were frustrated by the use of
    parliamentary tactics in the Senate in the furtherance of politics-as-
    usual. The losers, in the end, were jobless Americans looking for the
    dignity of employment, and communities across the United States looking
    forward to meeting unmet national needs through growth-oriented efforts
    provided by the legislation in its original form. It is my hope that the
    Congress will consider further legislation to produce the jobs that are
    needed to strengthen and sustain the current economic recovery.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,
    April 23, 1993.

    Note: H.R. 1335, approved April 23, was assigned Public Law No. 103-24.
    This statement was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    April 24.