THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release April 5, 1999



REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT ANNUAL WHITE HOUSE EASTER EGG ROLL RECEPTION

The South Lawn

10:10 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I want to welcome you to the White House today. And before I say anything else, I want to say in this season of peace for us I know all of us will send our thoughts and prayers to our men and women in uniform in Kosovo, and our prayers and best wishes to the many thousands of refugees that have been generated by that terrible conflict.

Now, let me first begin by thanking our sponsors who make this possible every year. And I thank the White House volunteers. I'd also like to thank the staff for preparing -- listen to this -- 7,000 eggs for today's event. (Applause.) That's more than we ask them to prepare for a State Dinner. (Laughter.) I'd also like to thank Scholastic, Inc. for the Prescription for Reading program that Hillary mentioned; and tell you all that we have tried to make this an occasion for family learning, for children and their parents to learn together. The Prescription is one example.

You can also seen an electronic presentation on the White House at the CD-ROM pavilion. You can meet American figures in our history at the Historical Fun Stage. There will be a lot of storytelling sessions. We have a lot of old regulars here, and a lot of new people like Jamie Lee Curtis, who's come to join us this year. And we thank all of them for participating.

Now, I want to get on with the show, but I want to know: where are the people for the Easter Egg Roll? Are we down there? Turn around. If you want to see it, they're down right behind us.

MRS. CLINTON: And over there, too.

THE PRESIDENT: And over there. Are you ready? Where's our famous, fateful whistle blower? All right. On your mark -- get ready, set, go.

(The Easter Egg Roll commences.)

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