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Participants paid tribute to the late Representative Julian Dixon (D-CA) through their words and traditional religious music.

President Clinton had a meeting with a group of African American religious leaders at the White House. The President spoke about the the importance of the upcoming election to African Amer…

After a meeting with President Clinton, members of the President’s Cabinet met with reporters in the White House driveway. Education Secretary Richard Riley, Health and Human Services Secret…

Secretary Alexis Herman talked with reporters and others about the annual “State of the American Work Force” report. She talked about the place of U.S. workers in the growing economy, unions…

Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman, a Democratic Convention speaker, talked about the administration’s economic priorities and her support of Vice President AL Gore at the convention. She resp…

Economic experts spoke about the national effort to improve retirement savings and small business pension programs. They talked of a partnership between business and government to meet the n…

Participants spoke about the inhumanities of child labor and their goals of ending it worldwide. They discussed the negative effects it has on both the children involved and the economy of t…

On “Equal Pay Day,” President Clinton announced several initiatives to narrow the wage gap between men and women. He also commented upon the Los Alamos fire, which he declared a federal em…

Senators and others briefed the media on recent effort to create a patient’s bill of rights. This proposed legislation would protect managed care recipients from insurance company deci…

President Clinton and others unveiled a proposal to require hospitals to report serious or fatal errors to the government. The panel noted that “thousands” of lives and significant financ…

Participants in a panel convened by Clinton Administration talked about the problem of HIV and AIDS, particularly as they affect the workforce. They also talked about the acute problem in Af…

Labor Secretary Alexis Herman and other participants talked to reporters at the White House about President Clinton’s equal pay initiative and provided personal stories from the quest for ge…

President Clinton announced an initiative to close the wage gap between men and women. His plan would provide funding for training of federal officials on equal pay laws and to train women f…

With administration officials at his side, President Clinton announced two new proposals for health care coverage in the his 2000 federal budget. The proposals would extend health care cover…