Remarks on beginning a whistlestop tour in Huntington, West Virginia

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Sept 2, 1996

Thank you, and God bless you all. Thank you.

NOTE: The President spoke at 1:40 p.m. at the old C&O train station prior to departure on the 21st Century Express. In his remarks, he referred to Gov. Gaston Caperton of West Virginia; Charlotte Pritt, Democratic candidate for Governor of West Virginia; Marilyn Milne, president, Boomerang Medical Transcription, Inc.; Sharon Rockefeller, wife of Senator Jay Rockefeller; Mayor Jean Dean of Huntington, WV; Chuck Chambers, co-chair, West Virginia State Democratic Party Executive Committee; former Gov. Hulett C. Smith of West Virginia; and Cecil Roberts, president, United Mine Workers of America. A tape was not available for verification of the content of these remarks.