clinton became president January 25, 1993 HRC to head Health Care Reform President Clinton announces that First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will head the Task Force on National Health Care Reform. The President hopes to reform the nation's health care system so that all Americans have health insurance, ensuring what is called “universal coverage,” and to control the sky-rocketing costs of health care. February 5, 1993 Family Medical Leave Act President Clinton signs the Family Medical Leave Act that requi (23 dez 1992 ano – 27 nov 1997 ano)

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January 25, 1993
HRC to head Health Care Reform
President Clinton announces that First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will head the Task Force on National Health Care Reform. The President hopes to reform the nation's health care system so that all Americans have health insurance, ensuring what is called “universal coverage,” and to control the sky-rocketing costs of health care.

February 5, 1993
Family Medical Leave Act
President Clinton signs the Family Medical Leave Act that requires companies to provide workers with up to three months of unpaid leave for family and medical emergencies.

February 26, 1993
Explosion at the World Trade Center
Six people are killed and more than a thousand suffer injuries after a bomb planted under the World Trade Center in New York City explodes. The bomb marks the beginning of a string of threats against the United States made during the Clinton administration by both foreign and domestic terrorists.

Gore heads National Performance Review
President Clinton appoints Vice President Al Gore to head the National Performance Review, which will devise an initiative entitled “Reinventing Government.” The initiative streamlines government by reducing the number of federal employees; it also cuts federal spending as a percentage of GDP to levels unseen since the Kennedy administration.

March 11, 1993
Janet Reno becomes Attorney General
The Senate confirms Janet Reno as US Attorney General, the first woman to serve in the position. Reno was Clinton's third choice for the position, after his first two selections were scuttled due to financial improprieties.

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