[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 19 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Page 644]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Exchange With Reporters on Arrival at the White House

May 2, 1997

Budget Agreement

    Q. Mr. President, have you got all the Democrats on board now?
    The President. A lot of them. I feel good about it.
    Q. Do you need to do a selling job to the American people? Do you 
think you need to sell this at all?
    The President. Oh, sure. We need to talk about it. We will. It's a 
good agreement, a good thing for America.
    Q. [Inaudible]
    The President. We're having them over here for a while.

Note: The President spoke at 6:05 p.m. on the South Lawn at the White 
House. A tape was not available for verification of the content of this 
exchange. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.