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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: S S FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential Library Staff. Record Group/Collection: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Collection/Office of Origin: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Speech File Draft Files Subseries: Chron File, 1989-1993 OA/ID Number: 13610 Folder ID Number: 13610-005 Folder Title: National Conference of State Legislatures 3/11/92 [OA 6099] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 26 17 7 4 Document No. 31437455 WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 92 MAR 12 A8: 30 3/12/92 ----- DATE: ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES SUBJECT: OEOB, ROOM 450, MARCH 12, 1992 ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER S MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER > BROMLEY ROGICH > CALIO У ROLLINS > DEMAREST SMITH > A YEUTTER > FITZWATER GRAY > FINDLAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY ANDERSON MC GROARTY REMARKS: The attached has been forwarded to the President. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 02 MAR P7:14 March 11, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT 9 THROUGH: DAVID DEMAREST FROM: ANDY FERGUSON a7 SUBJECT: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES On Thursday, March 12 at 5 p.m., you will make remarks to the National Conference of State Legislatures in Room 450 in the OEOB. Your remarks (7 minutes, cards) focus on the need for Congress to pass your economic plan. The remarks also touch upon the effect of unfunded mandates, and block grant proposals on the states. (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 11, 1992 Draft Two NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES MARCH 12, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. And my greetings to your president, Bud Burke. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge again today. We're in tough times economically. We owe it to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. I take this mission very seriously. I understand that there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I also know that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can stimulate investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. 2 My plan is simple: To free up investment capital, I've asked Congress for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs for first-time home-buyers. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just 52 days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to give my plan even serious debate. Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the faith the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax- and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. 3 I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, because I believe that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility and freedom to experiment that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside. That's what the American people ask of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. Document No. 314374ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 3/11/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3/11/92 4:00pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS SUBJECT: MARCH 11, 1992 - 5:00 p.m. ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT \ MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO N/C ROLLINS \ DEMAREST SMITH FITZWATER YEUTTER GRAY Rob Swamon 2312 FINDLAY HOLIDAY KAUFMAN ANDERSON 2577 REMARKS: MCGROARTY Please forward your comments directly to this office no later than 4:00 pm, TODAY, MARCH 11, with a copy to this office. Thanks. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 10, 1992 02 MAR 11 P12 : 20 Draft One NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS MARCH 11, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge again today. We're in some tough times economically. We owe it to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. I take this mission very seriously. I understand that there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I know too that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can encourage investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. My plan is simple: To get investment capital moving, I've asked for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the 2 capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just XX days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to even give my plan serious debate. Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a. disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the expectations the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax-and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - 3 - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, in the belief that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift and affirmative consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside. That's what the American people demand of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. # # # # NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES MARCH 12, 1992 \ ROOM 450 \ 5:00 P.M. I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY, AND I THANK YOU FOR REARRANGING YOUR SCHEDULE so WE COULD GET TOGETHER. MY GREETINGS TO YOUR PRESIDENT, BUD BURKE, AND YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BILL POUND. LAST YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS UNABLE TO MEET WITH YOU BECAUSE OF PRESSING BUSINESS IN THE AFTERMATH OF DESERT STORM. - 2 - THAT WAS A TIME OF GREAT TRIUMPH FOR AMERICA, AND I STILL BELIEVE IT HOLDS ENDURING LESSONS FOR HOW WE IN GOVERNMENT CAN GET THINGS DONE. OUR COUNTRY SAW A CHALLENGE, AND WE MET IT WITH RESOLVE. WE DEBATED THE SUBJECT VIGOROUSLY. OUR DUTY AS AMERICANS DEMANDED NOTHING LESS. BUT WHEN THE TIME CAME TO ACT, WE PUT ASIDE PARTISANSHIP -- WE PUT AN END TO THE SQUABBLING. AND WE GOT THE JOB DONE. WE LIBERATED KUWAIT. - 3 - I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT WE FACE A GREAT CHALLENGE AGAIN TODAY. WE'RE IN TOUGH TIMES ECONOMICALLY. WE OWE IT TO OUR COUNTRY TO DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING. I TAKE THIS MISSION VERY SERIOUSLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO MAGIC WAND WE CAN WAVE TO ACCELERATE RECOVERY. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT BY TAKING A FEW COMMON SENSE STEPS -- AND TAKING THEM NOW -- WE CAN STIMULATE INVESTMENT, HELP STRUGGLING BUSINESSES BACK To THEIR FEET, AND PUT AMERICANS TO WORK. - 4 - MY PLAN IS SIMPLE: To FREE UP INVESTMENT CAPITAL, I'VE ASKED CONGRESS FOR A NEW INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. I WANT A CUT IN THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX -- TO CREATE JOBS FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR WORK. To INVIGORATE THE HOUSING INDUSTRY, I'VE ASKED FOR A $5,000 TAX CREDIT AND PENALTY-FREE WITHDRAWALS FROM IRAs FOR FIRST-TIME HOME-BUYERS. - 5 - WHEN I SUBMITTED THIS COMMON-SENSE PLAN TO CONGRESS, I ASKED THEM TO PUT ASIDE PARTISANSHIP FOR JUST 52 DAYS. - AND I GAVE THEM A DEADLINE: MARCH 20. INSTEAD, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SENDING ME A PACKAGE THAT I CANNOT AND WILL NOT SIGN. - 6 - AND THEY KNOW WHY: THEY'RE ASKING FOR A MASSIVE TAX INCREASE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I FULLY BELIEVE THAT A TAX INCREASE WOULD BE A DISASTER FOR OUR ECONOMY, FOR OUR FUTURE COMPETITIVENESS, AND FOR THE FAITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PLACE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT TO ACT RESPONSIBLY. CONGRESS MUST NOT DOUBT MY RESOLVE. IF THEY SEND ME THEIR TAX-AND-SPEND PLAN, I WILL VETO IT THE MINUTE IT HITS MY DESK. - 7 - AND LET THEM UNDERSTAND: FROM THAT MINUTE ONWARD, THE BATTLE IS JOINED. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF BUSINESS-AS-USUAL FROM WASHINGTON. I KNOW, Too, HOW THE BUSINESS-AS-USUAL APPROACH IS BURDENING YOU IN THE STATE CAPITOLS. I'M TALKING ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES. - 8 - I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN UNFUNDED MANDATE DROPS ON YOU FROM WASHINGTON: YOU HAVE To FIND THE MONEY TO PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S WISH LIST -- EITHER BY CUTTING YOUR OWN PROGRAMS OR RAISING TAXES ON YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IN OTHER WORDS, WASHINGTON TAKES THE CREDIT AND YOU TAKE THE HEAT. THESE MANDATES AREN'T MERELY IRRESPONSIBLE. THEY CUT TO THE HEART OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM, - 9 - AND I'VE TOLD CONGRESS POINT-BLANK: IF THEY PASS A MANDATE, THEY CAN'T PASS THE BUCK. THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT -- WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. THERE'S ANOTHER FRONT IN OUR FIGHT TO RESTORE FEDERALISM. MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, I PROPOSED A $15 BILLION BLOCK GRANT FOR THE STATES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT STATES ARE THE LABORATORIES OF DEMOCRACY. You NEED -- AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS NEED -- THE FLEXIBILITY AND FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT THAT THIS GRANT WOULD ALLOW. - 10 - YOUR CONFERENCE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN HELPING US GET THIS PROPOSAL IN SHAPE. WE WILL BE INTRODUCING IT TO CONGRESS SOON, AND I CALL ON THEM TO GIVE IT SWIFT CONSIDERATION. THE KEY IS WORKING TOGETHER -- REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS, THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES. - 11 - OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES OF AN ELECTION YEAR, BUT WE KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN WE SET PARTISANSHIP ASIDE. THAT'S WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASK OF US RIGHT NOW. WE MUST NOT LET THEM DOWN. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES MARCH 12, 1992 \ ROOM 450 \ 5:00 P.M. I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY, AND I THANK YOU FOR REARRANGING YOUR SCHEDULE so WE COULD GET TOGETHER. MY GREETINGS TO YOUR PRESIDENT, BUD BURKE, AND YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BILL POUND. LAST YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS UNABLE TO MEET WITH YOU BECAUSE OF PRESSING BUSINESS IN THE AFTERMATH OF DESERT STORM. - 2 - THAT WAS A TIME OF GREAT TRIUMPH FOR AMERICA, AND I STILL BELIEVE IT HOLDS ENDURING LESSONS FOR HOW WE IN GOVERNMENT CAN GET THINGS DONE. OUR COUNTRY SAW A CHALLENGE, AND WE MET IT WITH RESOLVE. WE DEBATED THE SUBJECT VIGOROUSLY. OUR DUTY AS AMERICANS DEMANDED NOTHING LESS. BUT WHEN THE TIME CAME TO ACT, WE PUT ASIDE PARTISANSHIP -- WE PUT AN END TO THE SQUABBLING. AND WE GOT THE JOB DONE. WE LIBERATED KUWAIT. - 3 - I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT WE FACE A GREAT CHALLENGE AGAIN TODAY. WE'RE IN TOUGH TIMES ECONOMICALLY. WE OWE IT TO OUR COUNTRY TO DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING. I TAKE THIS MISSION VERY SERIOUSLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO MAGIC WAND WE CAN WAVE TO ACCELERATE RECOVERY. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT BY TAKING A FEW COMMON SENSE STEPS -- AND TAKING THEM NOW -- WE CAN STIMULATE INVESTMENT, HELP STRUGGLING BUSINESSES BACK TO THEIR FEET, AND PUT AMERICANS TO WORK. - 4 - MY PLAN IS SIMPLE: To FREE UP INVESTMENT CAPITAL, I'VE ASKED CONGRESS FOR A NEW INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. I WANT A CUT IN THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX -- TO CREATE JOBS FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR WORK. To INVIGORATE THE HOUSING INDUSTRY, I'VE ASKED FOR A $5,000 TAX CREDIT AND PENALTY-FREE WITHDRAWALS FROM IRAs FOR FIRST-TIME HOME-BUYERS. - 5 - WHEN I SUBMITTED THIS COMMON-SENSE PLAN TO CONGRESS, I ASKED THEM TO PUT ASIDE PARTISANSHIP FOR JUST 52 DAYS. AND I GAVE THEM A DEADLINE: MARCH 20. INSTEAD, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SENDING ME A PACKAGE THAT I CANNOT AND WILL NOT SIGN. - 6 - AND THEY KNOW WHY: THEY'RE ASKING FOR A MASSIVE TAX INCREASE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I FULLY BELIEVE THAT A TAX INCREASE WOULD BE A DISASTER FOR OUR ECONOMY, FOR OUR FUTURE COMPETITIVENESS, AND FOR THE FAITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PLACE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT TO ACT RESPONSIBLY. CONGRESS MUST NOT DOUBT MY RESOLVE. IF THEY SEND ME THEIR TAX-AND-SPEND PLAN, I WILL VETO IT THE MINUTE IT HITS MY DESK. - 7 - AND LET THEM UNDERSTAND: FROM THAT MINUTE ONWARD, THE BATTLE IS JOINED. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF BUSINESS-AS-USUAL FROM WASHINGTON. I KNOW, Too, HOW THE BUSINESS-AS-USUAL APPROACH IS BURDENING YOU IN THE STATE CAPITOLS. I'M TALKING ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES. - 8 - I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN UNFUNDED MANDATE DROPS ON YOU FROM WASHINGTON: YOU HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY TO PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S WISH LIST -- EITHER BY CUTTING YOUR OWN PROGRAMS OR RAISING TAXES ON YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IN OTHER WORDS, WASHINGTON TAKES THE CREDIT AND YOU TAKE THE HEAT. THESE MANDATES AREN'T MERELY IRRESPONSIBLE. THEY CUT TO THE HEART OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM. - 9 - AND I'VE TOLD CONGRESS POINT-BLANK: IF THEY PASS A MANDATE, THEY CAN'T PASS THE BUCK. THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT -- WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. THERE'S ANOTHER FRONT IN OUR FIGHT TO RESTORE FEDERALISM. MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, I PROPOSED A $15 BILLION BLOCK GRANT FOR THE STATES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT STATES ARE THE LABORATORIES OF DEMOCRACY. You NEED -- AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS NEED -- THE FLEXIBILITY AND FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT THAT THIS GRANT WOULD ALLOW. - 10 - YOUR CONFERENCE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN HELPING US GET THIS PROPOSAL IN SHAPE. WE WILL BE INTRODUCING IT TO CONGRESS SOON, AND I CALL ON THEM TO GIVE IT SWIFT CONSIDERATION. THE KEY IS WORKING TOGETHER -- REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS, THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES. - 11 - OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES OF AN ELECTION YEAR, BUT WE KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN WE SET PARTISANSHIP ASIDE. THAT'S WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASK OF US RIGHT NOW. WE MUST NOT LET THEM DOWN. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU. II 3/12/92 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 92 MAR 11 P7:14 March 11, 1992 DK MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT 8 THROUGH: DAVID DEMAREST M FROM: ANDY FERGUSON a7 SUBJECT: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES On Thursday, March 12 at 5 p.m., you will make remarks to the National Conference of State Legislatures in Room 450 in the OEOB. Your remarks (7 minutes, cards) focus on the need for Congress to pass your economic plan. The remarks also touch upon the effect of unfunded mandates, and block grant proposals on the states. (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 11, 1992 Draft Two NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES MARCH 12, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. And my greetings to your president, Bud Burke. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge again today. We're in tough times economically. We owe it to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. I take this mission very seriously. I understand that there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I also know that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can stimulate investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. 2 My plan is simple: To free up investment capital, I've asked Congress for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs for first-time home-buyers. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just 52 days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to give my plan even serious debate Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the faith the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax- and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. 3 I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it --- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, because I believe that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility and freedom to experiment that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. Of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside. That's what the American people ask of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. OFFICE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 92 MAR 11 P5: 47 NOTICE: Enclosed are comments from staff members of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Such comments do not necessarily represent the official position of the Director of OMB or of the Office of Management and Budget. If you wish to have the Director's personal comments, please let me know -- and contact me if you have any questions. If our proposed substantive changes are not made, please let us know before the material is prepared in final. James UM C. Marr Associate Director for Legislative Reference and Administration Document No. 314374ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 3/11/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3/11/92 4:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS SUBJECT: MARCH 11, 1992 - 5:00 p.m. ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER > MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT \ MOORE < DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY > PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS \ DEMAREST SMITH > FITZWATER YEUTTER GRAY FINDLAY HOLIDAY KAUFMAN ANDERSON 1 REMARKS: MCGROARTY Please forward your comments directly to this office no later than 4:00 pm, TODAY, MARCH 11, with a copy to this office. Thanks. RESPONSE: See Comments his own Grady may do if on PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 10, 1992 02 MAR 11 P12: 20 Draft One NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS MARCH 11, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge again today. We're in some tough times economically. We owe it to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. I take this mission very seriously. I understand that there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I know too that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can encourage investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. My plan is simple: To get investment capital moving, I've asked for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the 52 2 capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just XX days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean That vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is serious debate. fast approaching and Congress has yet to even give my plan 3192 Taylor The Democrate have responded to the challenge with a Taylor Instead, they re talking about sending me a package that I 3192 cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for 100,billion a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that A a tax increase would be a. disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the expectations the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax-and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - 3 - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, in the belief that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the After flexibility that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this with the States and localities proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, ve have and I call on them to give it swift and affirmative modified ur riginal consideration. roposal to ahe into account The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, we tederal the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive artners oncerms. branches. of course I understand the pressures of an election egistlation year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set sue be submitted partisanship aside. That's what the American people demand of us "hately D Congress right now. We must not let them down. Hodson Thank you and God bless you. # # # # THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 92 MAR II P5: 55 March 11, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY FROM: ROGER B. PORTER RBP SUBJECT: Presidential Remarks: National Conference of State Legislators We have reviewed the attached set of presidential remarks and have noted a few suggested changes on the draft. If you have any questions or we can be of further assistance, please let us know. CC: Phillip D. Brady Document No. 314374ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 3/11/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3/11/92 4:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS SUBJECT: MARCH 11, 1992 - 5:00 p.m. ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT A MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY > PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH FITZWATER > YEUTTER GRAY FINDLAY HOLIDAY KAUFMAN ANDERSON REMARKS: MCGROARTY Please forward your comments directly to this office no later than 4:00 pm, TODAY, MARCH 11, with a copy to this office. Thanks. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 10, 1992 02 MAR 11 P12: 20 Draft One NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS MARCH 11, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge FACED WITH CHALLENGING again today. We're in some tough times economically. We owe it to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. I take this mission very seriously. I understand that there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I know too I that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can encourage investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. My plan is simple: To get investment capital moving, I've asked for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the 2 capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS. credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAS. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just XX days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to even give my plan serious debate. Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a. disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the expectations the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax-and-spend plan, I will veto it the WHEN minute it hits my desk. And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - 3 - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. FOOT THE BILL In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, in the belief that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift and affirmative consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside. That's what the American people demand of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. # # # # Document No. 314374ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 92 DATE: 3/11/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3/11/92 4:00pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS SUBJECT: MARCH 11, 1992 - 5:00 p.m. P4: ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER > MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN > PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH FITZWATER YEUTTER GRAY FINDLAY HOLIDAY KAUFMAN ANDERSON REMARKS: MCGROARTY Please forward your comments directly to this office no later than 4:00 pm, TODAY, MARCH 11, with a copy to this office. Thanks. RESPONSE: please add acknowledgment at opening of NCSL President PHILLIP D. BRADY Bud Burke from Konsas. Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 Thanks. (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 10, 1992 02 MAR 11 P12: 20 Draft One NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS MARCH 11, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge again today. We're in some (pπ) tough times economically. We owe it every American(BT) that 15 (Counsel) It IS now our mission to to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving I take this mission very seriously. I understand that stimulate growtht there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I create jobs. know too that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can encourage investment, help struggling (Peters) businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. My plan is simple: To get investment capital moving, I've asked for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the 2 capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just XX days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to (BT)O even give my plan serious debate. Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a. disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the expectations the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax-and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. instant(35) And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - 3 - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, in the belief that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift and affirmative consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside That's what the American people demand of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. Let's complete our mission. Let's put forth policies # # # # that give all Americans meaningful employment opportunities and advancement. the hope of economic Carol Memorandum for Speechwriting Staff From: Dan McGroarty Regarding: State legislators Please return your comments to Room 122 by: 3pm Today's Date: MAR 1 I 1992 best This the have (Ferguson/Aarhus) that a genius Jergnomes ever March 10, 1992 Draft One NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS MARCH 11, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge again today. We're in some tough times economically. We owe it to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. I take this mission very seriously. I understand that there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I know too that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can encourage investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. My plan is simple: To get investment capital moving, I've asked for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the 2 capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just XX days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to even give my plan serious debate. Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a. disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the expectations the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax-and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - 3 - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, in the belief that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift and affirmative consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. Of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside. That's what the American people demand of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. # # # # (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 10, 1992 Draft One NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS MARCH 11, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge again today. We're in some tough times economically. We owe it to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. I take this mission very seriously. I understand that there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I know too that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can encourage investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. My plan is simple: To get investment capital moving, I've asked for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the 2 capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just XX days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to even give my plan serious debate. Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the expectations the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax-and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - 3 - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, in the belief that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift and affirmative consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. Of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside. That's what the American people demand of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. # # # # (Duggan/Gershowitz/Nix) March 10, 1992 Draft One Stryker PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: STRYKER MEDICAL CORPORATION KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1992 [time] [Acknowledgments] I'm here to salute an outstanding group of competitors in one of our leading-edge industries. Stryker is celebrated across the nation and around the world for the quality of your products and the excellence of your management. You're leaders in an innovative industry that makes our country proud. Let me offer a personal note. I'm a grandfather -- and time after time in recent years I've seen modern medical devices work miracles for other grandparents. I've seen grandparents who had been hobbled for years with arthritis. Now they're running and playing again with their grandkids. Those miracles are thanks to the advances your industry has made with artificial joints. I am proud of how you at Stryker have gone abroad and captured new markets for your high-quality American products. Exports as a portion of your sales have risen steadily and now account for almost one third of all your sales. You have increasing numbers of customers in Canada and Mexico and Europe - - and you're the number one seller of artificial hips in Japan. Your industry is growing and creating good jobs for Americans because you give as good as you get. The health care technology industry, which is made up mostly of of smaller companies like Stryker, invests an average of 6.3 percent of 2 revenues in research and development. That is nearly double the national manufacturing average. Your industry alone provides the United States with a favorable balance of foreign trade of four billion dollars. You're solid proof that, given a level playing field, American workers can outthink, outperform and outproduce anyone, anyplace in the world. 11 Some people can't seem to understand this. They see the challenges of the global economy and they say: Let's draw the blinds, bolt the doors and maybe the world will go away. They push protectionism -- which really means surrender. The defeatists may carp, but over time they'll become irrelevant. The future belongs to those who have the will to compete. And for my part, I'll continue working with you to open up new markets in Mexico and South America and around the globe. I'm also working urgently for a climate more favorable for prosperity at home. Later today I'll give a longer speech to the Economic Club of Detroit. There, I'll go into greater detail about the economic growth plan I've asked Congress to pass by March 20. We need new incentives to get the economy moving -- for instance, a new investment tax allowance. We need to get real estate up and running -- and that means Congress should pass my $5,000 tax credit for young people buying their first homes. We need to reward the risk-takers who create new jobs -- and that means cut the tax on capital gains. But I'd like to spend the rest of my brief time with you 3 talking about another battle for the health of economy -- the struggle against excessive regulation. A level playing field outside the United States is all well and good, but you'll never reach it if you have to run yourselves to exhaustion right here at home on an uphill treadmill of overzealous regulation. In my State of the Union Message, I instituted a 90-day freeze on all proposed and existing federal regulations that could affect economic growth. As much as possible, we are now speeding up rules that will help growth and halting rules that would harm the economy. I am very concerned about the well-being of America's health technology businesses. Our whole future depends on innovative industries like yours. The Commerce Department recently reported that America's health technology industry is the strongest in the world -- but that if current political and economic trends continue, it would slip behind European and Asian competitors by the end of this decade. And need I say what one of those negative trends is? It is government regulation. As long as I am President I am determined to roll back the tide of over-regulation. After the 90-day freeze, I'll introduce reform legislation to correct unreasonable rules we can't change simply through executive action. And I will fight with all my might the Congressional liberals who try to impose new and unreasonable regulatory burdens on Americans' livelihood. I've already served notice, for instance, that I oppose the so-called FDA enforcement bill. If Congress sends me any more legislation 4 with excessive regulation in it, I'll veto it as soon as it hits my desk. As long as I am President, I'll work to cut needless red tape and get life-saving drugs and devices to those who need them. Regulation of the healing arts and health technologies must be based sound science -- not on ideological politics and scare tactics. And we need to heal something else -- a legal system that is emptying our wallets and tearing our social fabric apart. That's why I'm asking your support for my proposals to reform the liability system and the civil justice system. You know how bad the epidemic of lawsuits has become: Doctors have quit delivering babies because they fear malpractice suits. Parents won't coach little league for fear of liability suits. I want to be president of a country where people spend more time helping each other than they do suing each other. Our economy will be strong only so long as it's free. That's the lesson you innovators at Stryker have learned in markets at home and around the world. It's a principle I'll fight for in the public arena, in my go-arounds with Congress -- and as Chief Executive of the departments and agencies that regulate American business. Thanks again for your warm welcome. And may God bless the strongest, bravest, freest country on earth -- the United States of America. # # # Document No. 314374ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 92 MAR II P1:17 DATE: 3/11/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3/11/92 4:00pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS SUBJECT: MARCH 11, 1992 - 5:00 p.m. ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER > MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT \ MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY > PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS \ DEMAREST SMITH > FITZWATER YEUTTER GRAY FINDLAY HOLIDAY KAUFMAN ANDERSON REMARKS: MCGROARTY Please forward your comments directly to this office no later than 4:00 pm, TODAY, MARCH 11, with a copy to this office. Thanks. RESPONSE: OK- Q few suggestions Bo for SR PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 10, 1992 02 MAR 11 P12 : 20 Draft One NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS MARCH 11, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge again today. We're in some a tough times economically. We owe it every American to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. I take this mission very seriously. I understand that there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I know too that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can encourage investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. My plan is simple: To get investment capital moving, I've asked for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the 2 capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just XX days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to even give my plan serious debate. Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a. disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the expectations the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax-and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. instant And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - 3 - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, in the belief that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift and affirmative consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. Of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside. That's what the American people demand of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. # # # # THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 92 MAR 11 P3: P3:50 Date: 3/11/92 TO: FROM: ROBERT T. SWANSON Assistant Counsel to the President Per your request FYI For review and comment For appropriate action For approval For signature Please add to the Financial File of (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 10, 1992 02 MAR 11 P12 : 20 Draft One NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS MARCH 11, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge again today. We're in some tough times economically. We owe it That, is to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. I take this mission very seriously. I understand that there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I know too that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can encourage investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. My plan is simple: To get investment capital moving, I've asked for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the 2 capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just XX days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to even give my plan serious debate. Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a. disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the expectations the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax-and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - 3 - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, in the belief that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift and affirmative consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside. That's what the American people demand of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. # # Document No. 314374ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 92 MAR 11 P4:11 DATE: 3/11/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3/11/92 4:00pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS SUBJECT: MARCH 11, 1992 - 5:00 p.m. ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT \ MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH ROLLINS \ CALIO DEMAREST SMITH > YEUTTER FITZWATER GRAY FINDLAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY ANDERSON MCGROARTY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to this office no later than 4:00 pm, TODAY, MARCH 11, with a copy to this office. Thanks. RESPONSE: Please comments. see PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Ferguson/Aarhus) March 10, 1992 22 MAR 11 P12: 20 Draft One NCSL PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NAT'L CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATORS MARCH 11, 1992 ROOM 450 5:00 PM I'm pleased to be here today, and I thank you for rearranging your schedule so we could get together. Last year, as you know, I was unable to meet with you because of pressing business in the aftermath of Desert Storm. That was a time of great triumph for America, and I still believe it holds enduring lessons for how we in government can get things done. Our country saw a challenge, and we met it with resolve. We debated the subject vigorously. Our duty as Americans demanded nothing less. But when the time came to act, we put aside partisanship -- we put an end to the squabbling. And we got the job done. We liberated Kuwait. I don't need to tell you that we face a great challenge It is now again today. We're in some tough times economically. We owe it our mission to to our country to do all in our power to get this economy moving. Stimulate growth I take this mission very seriously. I understand that and create there's no magic wand we can wave to accelerate recovery. But I jobs. know too that by taking a few common sense steps -- and taking them now -- we can encourage investment, help struggling businesses back to their feet, and put Americans to work. My plan is simple: To get investment capital moving, I've asked for a new investment tax credit. I want a cut in the 2 capital gains tax -- to create jobs for those looking for work. To invigorate the housing industry, I've asked for a $5,000 tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs. When I submitted this common-sense plan to Congress, I asked them to put aside partisanship for just XX days. I asked them to consider my plan, debate it, and then put it to a quick, clean vote. And I gave them a deadline: March 20. The deadline is fast approaching, and Congress has yet to even give my plan serious debate. Instead, they're talking about sending me a package that I cannot and will not sign. And they know why: They're asking for a massive tax increase on the American people. I fully believe that a tax increase would be a. disaster for our economy, for our future competitiveness, and for the expectations the American people place in their government to act responsibly. Congress must not doubt my resolve. If they send me their tax-and-spend plan, I will veto it the minute it hits my desk. And let them understand: From that minute onward, the battle is joined. The American people are tired of business-as-usual from Washington. I know, too, how the business-as-usual approach is burdening you in the state Capitols. I'm talking about unfunded mandates. I understand what happens when an unfunded mandate drops on you from Washington: you have to find the money to pay for someone else's wish list - 3 - either by cutting your own programs or raising taxes on your constituents. In other words, Washington takes the credit and you take the heat. These mandates aren't merely irresponsible. They cut to the heart of the federal system. And I've told Congress point- blank: if they pass a mandate, they can't pass the buck. They have to pay for it -- without raising taxes. There's another front in our fight to restore federalism. More than a year ago, I proposed a $15 billion block grant for the states, in the belief that states are the laboratories of democracy. You need -- and your constituents need -- the flexibility that this grant would allow. Your Conference has been invaluable in helping us get this proposal in shape. We will be introducing it to Congress soon, and I call on them to give it swift and affirmative consideration. The key is working together -- Republicans and Democrats, the federal and state governments, the legislative and executive branches. Of course I understand the pressures of an election year, but we know what we can do in those moments when we set partisanship aside. That's what the American people demand of us right now. We must not let them down. Thank you and God bless you. 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