Remarks in a roundtable discussion on small business development in Phoenix, Arizona

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, July 12, 1999

The only other thing I would like to say is to thank you for what Univision is doing here and for what Univision doubtless will do to publicize this meeting to the Hispanic world in America. As you know, I'm very close to Henry Cisneros, and I think that the American people should know that next to the Vice President, the two people most responsible for everything we've done in this community development area over the last 6 years are the present HUD Secretary, Andrew Cuomo, and his predecessor, Henry Cisneros. So this is, indeed, something to celebrate.

So the only thing I want to say is when you start building that building down here, hire some of these folks and make sure it's a good deal. Thank you very much. Thank you all.

NOTE: The President spoke at 5:55 p.m. in the La Canasta Mexican Food Products factory. In his remarks, he referred to civil rights leader Jesse Jackson; Arizona State Attorney General Janet Napolitano; Oregon State Treasurer Jim Hill, president, National Association of State Treasurers; Leo Guzman, president, Guzman & Co.; Marianna Spraggins, senior managing director, Smith Whiley & Co.; Gene Humphrey, president and chief executive officer, Enron Economic Development Corp.; Steven Burd, chairman, president, and chief executive officer, Safeway Inc.; John C. Corella, president, Corella Companies; Myrna Sonora, vice president and general manager, Univision 33/KTVW; Michael Welborn, chairman and chief executive officer, Bank One Arizona; Andrew Gordon, president, Arizona Multibank Community Development Corp.; Frank Ballasteros, chief administrative officer, MICRO; Leonard Moreno, president, Moreno Welding, Inc.; Yolanda Kaizer, president, Builder's Book Depot; Josie Ippolito, president, La Canasta Mexican Food Products, Inc.; and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry G. Cisneros, president and chief operating officer, Univision Communications, Inc.