Street Cleaners
- In the early '90s, high rates of violent crime became a big issue for voters. Clinton begins this by pointing to statistics showing murder rates falling.
- Clinton touts the successes of the 1994 crime bill, which funded the hiring of thousands of new police.
- He adds a note about the Brady bill. In a later presidential debate with Bob Dole, Clinton would brag about taking on the National Rifle Association, the nation's most powerful firearms advocacy group.
- Clinton urges stricter enforcement of sentences for felonies, and suggests strengthening prosecutions against adult teenagers for violent crimes.
- It's time to talk about drugs. Clinton praises programs like D.A.R.E., which focuses on drug-use prevention at the grade-school level.
- Clinton appoints Barry McCaffrey as his new drug czar. A "czar" is a name for high-level cabinet members in charge of the president's various programs (in this case, waging the War on Drugs).