○  克林顿总统1999年联邦国情咨文演说  ○

helowestin30years,andthecrimeratehasdroedforsixstraightyears.

tonight,iproposea21stcenturycrimebilltodeploythelatesttechnologiesandtacticstomakeourcommunitiesevensafer.ourbalancedbudgetwillhelpputupto50,000morepoliceonthestreetintheareashardesthitbycrime,andthentoequipthemwithnewtoolsfromcrime-maingcomputerstodigitalmugshots.wemustbreakthedeadlycycleofdrugsandcrime.

ourbudgetexpandssuortfordrugtestingandtreatment,sayingtoprisoners,"ifyoustayondrugs,youhavetostaybehindbars."andtothoseonparole,"ifyouwanttokeepyourfreedom,youmuststayfreeofdrugs."

iaskcongretorestorethefive-daywaitingperiodforbuyingahandgunandextendthebradybilltopreventjuvenileswhocommitviolentcrimesfrombuyingagun.

wemustdomoretokeepourschoolsthesafestplacesinourcommunities.lastyear,everyamericanwashorrifiedandheartbrokenbythetragickillingsinjoneoro,paducah,pearl,edioro,ringfield.weweredeeplymovedbythecourageousparentsnowworkingtokeepguoutofthehandsofchildrenandtomakeothereffortssothatotherparentsdon''thavetolivethroughtheirlo.

aftershelostherdaughter,suzawilsonofjoneoro,arkaas,cameheretothewhitehousewithapowerfulplea.shesaid"please,pleaseforthesakeofyourchildren,lockupyourgu.don''tletwhathaenedinjoneoro,haeninyourtown."

it''sameagesheispaionatelyadvocatingeveryday.suzaisherewithustonight,withthefirstlady.iwouldliketothankherforhercourageandhercommitment.

inmemoryofallthechildrenwholosttheirlivestoschoolviolence,iaskyoutostrengthenthesafeanddrugfreeschoolact,topalegislationtorequirechildtriggerlocks,todoeverythingpoibletokeepourchildrensafe.

today,we''re–excuseme–acenturyago,presidenttheodorerooseveltdefinedourgreatcentraltaskasleavingthislandevenabetterlandforourdescendantsthanitisforus.today,we''rerestoringthefloridaeverglades,savingyellowstone,preservingtheredrockcanyoofutah,protectingcalifornia''sredwoods,andourpreciouscoasts.

butourmostfatefulnewchallengeisthethreatofglobalwarming.nineteenninety-eightwasthewarmestyeareverrecorded.lastyear''sheat

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