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After doctors and patients described their experiences with the health care system, President Clinton spoke about his agenda to pass legislation which would create a patient’s bill of rights…

Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman talked about the low U.S. unemployment rate and the increase in the number of jobs. She stated that we have the first balanced budget in over a generation be…

Secretary Herdon announced the Farm Worker Safety campaign. The campaign is designed to inform farm workers about child rights and to teach their children how to be safe around farm work. Sp…

At this Rose Garden event President Clinton and other politicians spoke on the signing of the Workforce Investment Act. The act provides better access to job training programs for the unemp…

Labor Secretary Alexis Herman talked about the problem of violence in late-night retail establishments. She announced Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recommendations for…

Two years after the implementation of welfare reform, President Bill Clinton shared a report on how poor families were making the transition from welfare to work. He also announced changes i…

Secretary Alexis talked with reporters about the tenative agreement between General Motors and UAW to end a 56 day strike.

Democratic Congress members and Labor Secretary Alexis Herman reacted to the Republican health care proposal, and outlined their own legislation. Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) accused the Repub…

Industry and financial experts talked about the current state of retirement savings, highlighting Social Security and personal accounts. They were followed by congressional leaders and the p…

Prior to his remarks on the Patient Bill of Rights, President Clinton decried the nuclear test by Pakistan this morning. The president insisted that the United States would impose economic s…

President Clinton commemorated the one year anniversary of the Welfare-to-Work Program, hosting industry leaders and a former welfare recipient. He called on private companies to join in the…

Labor Secretary Alexis Herman met with reporters. She responded to the decision by Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate allegations of influence peddl…

The Department of the Treasury released the annual report on the status of the Medicare and Social Security trust funds. Secretary Robert Rubin and other members of the Cabinet discussed the…

Author Susan Eisenberg talked about her new book, “We’ll Call You if We Need You: Experiences of Women Working Construction.” The book examines the experiences of thirty women in the constru…

Vice President Al Gore, Secretary Alexis Herman and others gathered to highlight continuing gender pay inequities. They stressed the impact of this problem on working women and their familie…

After the formal delivery of their report to the president, members of the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry talked briefly with reporters.

President Clinton announced a continuing decrease in unemployment numbers, adding that over 300,000 new jobs were created last month. He took no questions from the media.

Secretary Herman talked about welfare to work programs initiated in the new welfare reform measures passed by Congress. She talked about the history and success of the program and how it is …

President Bill Clinton presented the Ron Brown Corporate Leadership Award to executives from Levi Strauss and IBM. The award is presented in memory of the late Secretary of Commerce Ron Brow…

As part of a forum titled, “Expanding the Marketplace: Inclusion, the Key to Economic Growth and Opportunity,” President Clinton talked about economic growth and minority participation in th…