Advances in computer technology and the Internet have changed the way America works, learns, and communicates. The Internet has become an integral part of America's economic, political, and social life.

The quotation frames the Internet not as a niche technology but as infrastructure—something woven into the everyday functioning of a modern nation. By pairing “works, learns, and communicates,” it emphasizes that digital networks reshape core institutions: the economy (productivity and commerce), education (access to information and new learning modes), and civic life (politics and public discourse). The second sentence underscores permanence and pervasiveness: the Internet is “integral,” implying that policy, opportunity, and inequality will increasingly be mediated through connectivity. In Clinton’s voice, the statement also reflects a late-20th-century optimism that technological change can drive national competitiveness and social transformation, while implicitly inviting government attention to access and governance.