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President Bill Clinton, joined by Jim and Sarah Brady and a number of congressional leaders, signed the long-debated Brady Bill. The Brady Bill created a five-day waiting period for a backgr…

President Clinton joined Vice President Gore, Attorney General Reno, and several members of the House and Senate to sign the Abortion Clinic Access Bill into law. The bill stiffens punishmen…

Secretary Shalala gave examples of domestic violence and described how abused women receive help from the domestic violence hotline. She also talked about the work the Clinton administration…

Attorney General Janet Reno and Vice President Al Gore announced that more funds would be available for federal grants to improve law enforcement through new technologies. Vice President Gor…

President Clinton discussed the success of the Brady Bill gun control legislation and the Crime Bill. He was joined by former WH Press Secretary to President Reagan Jim Brady and police offi…

President Clinton signed legislation to help police officers purchase bullet-proof vests and for providing aid to the families of officers killed in the line of duty. The president thanked p…

Surrounded by administrative officials and police officers from around the country, the president outlined community policing initiatives.

Vice President Al Gore and other Cabinet officials announced a new partnership in crime-fighting methods. Local and federal law enforcement officials also demonstrated some of the new techno…

Vice President Al Gore and Attorney General Janet Reno paid tribute to officers who have died in the line of duty. Thousands of law enforcement officers gathered at the west front of the U.S…

President Clinton signed an executive order to ban the import of rifles with “large-capacity military” magazines. He said the nation must remain vigilant to ban weapons that are altered slig…

Joined by several congressional supporters, President Bill Clinton announced a plan to make a 0.08 percent blood alcohol level the national measure of drunk driving. He urged Congress to pas…

President Bill Clinton took part in a discussion focusing on solutions to the problem of attacks on people because of race or sexual orientation. The panel discussed different way in which t…

Vice President Al Gore, administration officials, including Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and others held a news conference to announce the awarding of $270 million …

The president and vice president talked with reporters about the vice-president’s just-released report from the Aviation Safety and Security Commission.

President Bill Clinton and others briefed reporters on a Department of Justice plan which traced handguns in order to allow law enforcement officials to discover who illegally sold such weap…

Administration officials, legislators, and others gathered to observe President Bill Clinton’s signing anti-terrorism legislation into law. Terrorism victims' relatives and advocates and sev…

President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Secretary Robert Rubin, Attorney General Janet Reno, and Commissioner Jerry Lovitt made statements on the impact the Brady law has had on law …

President Clinton and other administration officials announced that over 6500 smaller communities would receive grants for additional police officers. They applauded the 1994 Crime Bill and …

During ceremonies marking the fourth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), President William Jefferson Clinton spoke of his goals for enabling Americans to move productiv…

Speaking from the White House Rose Garden, President Clinton asked that the Senate consider and promptly confirm the nomination of Judge Stephen Breyer as the 108th justice of the Supreme Co…