    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [June 8, 2000]
    [Page 1112]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Senate Action on the Patients' Bill of Rights
    June 8, 2000

        I am disappointed that today's vote in the Senate means that the
    American people will continue to wait for the long overdue patient
    protections that they deserve. However, we continue to enjoy
    overwhelming bipartisan support in the House of Representatives and are
    now within a single vote of a bipartisan majority in the Senate. I am
    encouraged by this progress and urge the supporters of a real Patients'
    Bill of Rights to redouble their efforts to pass this critically
    important legislation.