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Document No. 003699
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
02/06/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING-IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY/EPA
(02/06 5:45 p.m. draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Judge/cw)
February 6, 1989
1989
5:45
p.m.
clark10' 6:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I am told this is the first time a president has visited
this building
which, may I say, is a first that is long
overdue. In my search for a first-rate EPA Administrator, one of
top priorities was to find someone with strong credentials as a
leader in the environmental community
and that man is
William Reilly.
I hope it's plain to everyone in this room and around the
country that among the first items on my personal agenda as
President is the protection of America's environment.
This is a great day for improving the quality of American
life -- for improving the quality of the air we breathe, the
water we drink, and the land God has entrusted us to use wisely.
I've just come from the swearing-in ceremony another great friend
of the environment -- our new Secretary of the Interior -- Manuel
Lujan. I want them to work as partners in keeping our air, land
and water clean -- and our public lands secure.
I'm sure all of you know by now Bill Reilly's incredible
background in environmental protection
president of the
Conservation Foundation, one of the nation's outstanding
environmental think tanks
president of the U.S. Affiliate of
the World Wildlife Fund. He began his career in this field as a
- 2 -
senior staff member of the President's Council on Environmental
Quality in the early 70s and then as executive director of the
Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth. A leader in one of the
other major environmental organizations has said of Bill that he
has, I'm quoting now, "without question
the most personal
knowledge of the substance of issues of any of the C.E.O.s" of
any of the conservation organizations. That gives you an idea of
why I picked Bill.
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you something
more about why I picked him. About a year and a half ago, Bill
convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as the Washington Post put it, "normally would have
difficulty agreeing [even] on a place for dinner."
Environmentalists, developers, industrialists, state and
federal regulators -- all were there. And the result? By the
time Bill was through with them, which took more than a year,
they'd put aside differences and called for 'no net loss' of
wetlands, and they'd agreed on 100 reforms to achieve that goal.
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus
for defense. But that's not the only consensus I would like to
broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment, and I believe doing that requires finding ways to
clean up the environment without stifling the economy.
During the campaign I noted that "
environmental action
has too often been marked by confrontation among competing
interests
[while] the fact is that more often than not, there
is common ground if the parties will make an effort to find it."
- 3 -
Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans
-- and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are
both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe the American people are impatient for
results. They won't accept excuses. They won't accept finger
pointing. They want us to get all the sides together and find a
way to achieve both their goals.
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in just how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail I found
letters from 7th graders at a church school in California. I
thought I'd share one with you, dated January 20th, the day I was
inaugurated. It said, and remember, this was on the day I was
just taking office, "Dear Mr. President, Would you please do
something about pollution. I am not saying you're doing a bad
job, but could you put a little more effort into it?"
Well, with Bill Reilly at the helm here, we're going to put
a lot more effort into it.
[And now I believe it's time to swear Bill in.]
###
(Judge/cw)
February 6, 1989
3:30 p.m.
clark10
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
SWEARING IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I am told that this is a morning of firsts The first time
a president has visited this building
which, may I say, is a
dure
first that is long overdue. And the first time that a man coming from
an environmental group has been sworn in as director of this
agency
the new Environmental Protection Administrator,
William Reilly.
I hope it's plain to everyone in this room and around the
country what I'm saying with these two firsts and that is that
among the first items on my personal agenda as president is the
protection of America's environment.
This is a great day for improving the quality of American
life -- for improving the quality of the air we breathe, the
water we drink, and the land God has entrusted us to use wisely.
I've just come from the swearing-in ceremony another great friend
of the environment -- our new Secretary of the Interior -- Manuel
Lujan. I want them to work as partners in keeping our air, land
and water clean -- and our public lands secure.
I'm sure all of you know by now Bill Reilly's incredible
background in environmental protection
president of the
Conservation Foundation, one of the nation's outstanding
environmental think tanks
president of the U.S. Affiliate of
the World Wildlife Fund. He began his career in this field as a
- 2 -
senior staff member of the President's Council on Environmental
Quality in the early 70s and then as executive director of the
Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth. A leader in one of the
other major environmental organizations has said of Bill that he
has, I'm quoting now, "without question the most personal
knowledge of the substance of issues of any of the C.E.O.s" of
any of the conservation organizations. That gives you an idea of
why I picked Bill.
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you something
more about why I picked him. About a year and a half ago, Bill
convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as the Washington Post put it, "normally would have
difficulty agreeing [even] on a place for dinner."
Environmentalists, developers, industrialists, state and
federal regulators -- all were there. And the result? By the
time Bill was through with them, which took more than a year,
they'd put aside differences and called for 'no net loss' of
wetlands, and they'd agreed on 100 reforms to achieve that goal.
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus
for defense. But that's not the only consensus I would like to
broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment, and I believe doing that requires finding ways to
clean up the environment without stifling the economy.
During the campaign I noted that "
environmental
action
has too often been marked by confrontation among competing
interests
[while] the fact is that more often than not, there
is common ground if the parties will make an effort to find it."
- 3 -
Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans
-- and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are
both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe the American people are impatient for
results. They won't accept excuses. They won't accept finger
pointing. They want us to get all the sides together and find a
way to achieve both their goals.
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in just how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail I found
letters from 7th graders at a church school in California. I
thought I'd share one with you, dated January 20th, the day I was
inaugurated. It said, and remember, this was on the day I was
just taking office, "Dear Mr. President, Would you please do
something about pollution. I am not saying you're doing a bad
job, but could you put a little more effort into it?"
Well, with Bill Reilly at the helm here, we're going to put
a lot more effort into it.
[And now I believe it's time to swear Bill in.]
# # #
Document No.
003699
Master
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
2/3/89
12:00 2/6/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING-IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES 12:00
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINTSON
CARD 10:30
ROGERS
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston's office (x2930 - Room 122 ) with an info copy to my
office by 12:00 Monday, February 3. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
me Chere - no chg
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Judge/cw)
February 3, 1989
2:30
p.m.co
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clark10
3.06
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I am told that this is a morning [afternoon] x of firsts. The
first time a president has visited this building
which, may I
say, is a first that is long overdue. And the first time that
a
veteran of the environmental movement has been sworn in as
man coming decectly prom an enoir group
Bates
director of this agency
the new Environmental Protection
Administrator, William Reilly.
I hope it's plain to everyone in this room and around the
country what I'm saying with these two firsts -- and that is that
among the first items on my personal agenda as president is the
protection of America's environment.
I'm sure all of you know by now Bill Reilly's incredible
background in environmental protection
president of the
Conservation Foundation, one of the nation's outstanding
environmental think tanks
president of the U.S. Affiliate of
Buty
Fund
the World Wildlife Federation. He began his career in this field
as a senior staff member of the President's Council on
Environmental Quality in the early 70s and then as executive
director of the federal Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth.
A leader in one of the other major environmental organizations
has said of Bill that he has, I'm quoting now, "without
question the most personal knowledge of the substance of
issues of any of the C.E.O.s" of any of the conservation.
organizations. That gives you an idea of why I picked Bill:
- 2 -
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you something
more about why I picked him. About a year and a half ago, Bill
convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as the Washington Post put it, "normally would have
difficulty agreeing [even] on a place for dinner."
Environmentalists, developers, industrialists, state and
federal regulators -- all were there. And the result? By the
time Bill was through with them, which took more than a year,
they'd put aside differences and called for 'no net loss' of
wetlands, and they'd agreed on 100 reforms to achieve that goal.
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus
for defense. But that's not the only consensus I would like to
broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment, and I believe doing that requires finding ways to
clean up the environment without stifling the economy.
During the campaign I noted that "
environmental action
has too often been marked by confrontation among competing
interests
[while] the fact is that more often than not, there
is common ground if the parties will make an effort to find it." "
Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans
-- and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are
both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe the American people are impatient for
results They won't accept excuses. They won't accept finger
pointing They want us to get all the sides together and find a
way to achieve both their goals
- 3 -
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in just how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail I found
letters from 7th graders at a church school in California. I
thought I'd share one with you, dated January 20th, the day I was
inaugurated. It said, and remember, this was on the day I was
just taking office, "Dear Mr. President, Would you please do
something about pollution. I am not saying you're doing a bad
job, but could you put a little more effort into it?"
Well, with Bill Reilly at the helm here, we're going to put
a lot more effort into it.
[And now I believe it's time to swear Bill in.]
REMARKS FOR SWEARING-IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I AM TOLD THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A PRESIDENT HAS
VISITED THE EPA
WELL, I'M GLAD TO BE THE FIRST. IN MY
...
SEARCH FOR A FIRST-RATE EPA ADMINISTRATOR, ONE OF MY TOP
PRIORITIES WAS TO FIND SOMEONE WITH STRONG CREDENTIALS AS
A LEADER IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY ...
AND THAT MAN
IS WILLIAM REILLY.
2
I HOPE IT'S PLAIN TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND AROUND
THE COUNTRY THAT AMONG THE FIRST ITEMS ON MY PERSONAL
AGENDA AS PRESIDENT IS THE PROTECTION OF AMERICA'S
ENVIRONMENT.
I AM PLEDGED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF AMERICAN
LIFE -- FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE AIR WE BREATHE,
THE WATER WE DRINK, AND THE LAND GOD HAS ENTRUSTED US TO
USE WISELY. I'VE JUST COME FROM THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY
OF OUR NEW SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR -- MANUEL LUJAN.
3
INTERIOR AND EPA MUST WORK AS PARTNERS IN KEEPING OUR AIR,
LAND AND WATER CLEAN -- AND OUR PUBLIC LANDS SECURE.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW BY NOW BILL REILLY'S
INCREDIBLE BACKGROUND IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PRESIDENT OF THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, ONE OF THE
NATION'S OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL THINK TANKS
PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND-U.S.
4
HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THIS FIELD AS A SENIOR STAFF
MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
IN THE EARLY 70s AND THEN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
TASK FORCE ON LAND USE AND URBAN GROWTH. A LEADER IN ONE
OF THE OTHER MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HAS SAID OF
BILL THAT HE HAS, I'M QUOTING NOW, "WITHOUT QUESTION
THE MOST PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBSTANCE OF ISSUES OF
ANY OF THE C.E.O.s" OF ANY OF THE CONSERVATION
ORGANIZATIONS. THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHY I PICKED
BILL.
5
I THOUGHT I'D TELL YOU A STORY THAT WILL TELL YOU
SOMETHING MORE ABOUT WHY I PICKED HIM. ABOUT A YEAR AND A
HALF AGO, BILL CONVENED A FORUM ON THE WETLANDS CRISIS.
HE BROUGHT TOGETHER 25 PEOPLE WHO, AS THE WASHINGTON POST
PUT IT, "NORMALLY WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY AGREEING [EVEN] ON
A PLACE FOR DINNER."
ENVIRONMENTALISTS, DEVELOPERS, INDUSTRIALISTS, STATE
AND FEDERAL REGULATORS -- ALL WERE THERE. AND THE RESULT?
6
BY THE TIME BILL WAS THROUGH WITH THEM, WHICH TOOK MORE
THAN A YEAR, THEY'D PUT ASIDE DIFFERENCES AND CALLED FOR
"NO NET LOSS" OF WETLANDS, AND THEY'D AGREED ON 100
REFORMS TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
I SPOKE THE OTHER DAY ABOUT WANTING TO BROADEN THE
CONSENSUS FOR DEFENSE. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY CONSENSUS
I WOULD LIKE TO BROADEN. I WANT TO BROADEN THE CONSENSUS
FOR A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, AND I BELIEVE DOING THAT REQUIRES
FINDING WAYS TO CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT STIFLING
THE ECONOMY.
7
DURING THE CAMPAIGN I NOTED THAT " ENVIRONMENTAL
ACTION HAS TOO OFTEN BEEN MARKED BY CONFRONTATION AMONG
COMPETING INTERESTS
[WHILE] THE FACT IS THAT MORE OFTEN
THAN NOT, THERE IS COMMON GROUND IF THE PARTIES WILL MAKE
AN EFFORT TO FIND IT."
OUR GREAT COMMON DESIRE IS A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL
AMERICANS -- AND I BELIEVE THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND A
CLEAN ENVIRONMENT ARE BOTH PART OF WHAT ALL AMERICANS
UNDERSTAND A BETTER LIFE TO MEAN.
8
I ALSO BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE IMPATIENT FOR
RESULTS. THEY WON'T ACCEPT EXCUSES. THEY WON'T ACCEPT
FINGER POINTING. THEY WANT US TO GET ALL THE SIDES
TOGETHER AND FIND A WAY TO ACHIEVE BOTH THEIR GOALS.
BY THE WAY, THE OTHER DAY I GOT A LITTLE LESSON IN
JUST HOW IMPATIENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE. IN THE
MORNING MAIL I FOUND LETTERS FROM 7TH GRADERS AT A CHURCH
SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA. I THOUGHT I'D SHARE ONE WITH YOU,
DATED JANUARY 20TH, THE DAY I WAS INAUGURATED.
9
IT SAID, AND REMEMBER, THIS WAS ON THE DAY I WAS JUST
TAKING OFFICE, "DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO
SOMETHING ABOUT POLLUTION. I AM NOT SAYING YOU'RE DOING A
BAD JOB, BUT COULD YOU PUT A LITTLE MORE EFFORT INTO IT?"
WELL, WITH BILL REILLY AT THE HELM HERE, WE'RE GOING
TO PUT A LOT MORE EFFORT INTO IT.
[AND NOW I BELIEVE IT'S TIME TO SWEAR BILL IN.]
###
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
(Judge/ow)
February 1989
2/7/89
5:45 p.m.
clark10
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
SWEARING IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I am told this is the first time a president has visited
Will, Im glad to be the first
this building
...
which, may I say, is a first that is long
overdue. In my search for a first-rate EPA Administrator, one of
my top priorities was to find someone with strong credentials as a
leader in the environmental community
...
and that man is
William Reilly.
I hope it's plain to everyone in this room and around the
country that among the first items on my personal agenda as
President is the protection of America's environment.
I am pledged to
This is a great day for improving the quality of American
life -- for improving the quality of the air we breathe, the
water we drink, and the land God has entrusted us to use wisely.
I've just come from the swearing-in ceremony another great friend
of the environment at our new Secretary of the Interior -- Manuel
Interior and EPA must
Lujan. I want them to work as partners in keeping our air, land
and water clean -- and our public lands secure.
I'm sure all of you know by now Bill Reilly's incredible
background in environmental protection
...
president of the
Conservation Foundation, one of the nation's outstanding
environmental think tanks
...
president of the U.S. Affiliate of
the World Wildlife Fund. He began his career in this field as a
- 2 -
senior staff member of the President's Council on Environmental
Quality in the early 70s and then as executive director of the
Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth. A leader in one of the
other major environmental organizations has said of Bill that he
has, I'm quoting now, "without question
the most personal
knowledge of the substance of issues of any of the C.E.O.s" of
any of the conservation organizations. That gives you an idea of
why I picked Bill.
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you something
more about why I picked him. About a year and a half ago, Bill
convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as the Washington Post put it, "normally would have
difficulty agreeing [even] on a place for dinner. 11.
Environmentalists, developers, industrialists, state and
federal regulators -- all were there. And the result? By the
time Bill was through with them, which took more than a year,
they'd put aside differences and called for 'no net loss' of
wetlands, and they'd agreed on 100 reforms to achieve that goal.
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus
for defense. But that's not the only consensus I would like to
broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment, and I believe doing that requires finding ways to
clean up the environment without stifling the economy.
During the campaign I noted that "
environmental action
has too often been marked by confrontation among competing
interests
[while] the fact is that more often than not, there
is common ground if the parties will make an effort to find it."
- 3 -
Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans
-- and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are
both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe the American people are impatient for
results. They won't accept excuses. They won't accept finger
pointing. They want us to get all the sides together and find a
way to achieve both their goals.
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in just how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail I found
letters from 7th graders at a church school in California. I
thought I'd share one with you, dated January 20th, the day I was
inaugurated. It said, and remember, this was on the day I was
just taking office, "Dear Mr. President, Would you please do
something about pollution. I am not saying you're doing a bad
job, but could you put a little more effort into it?"
Well, with Bill Reilly at the helm here, we're going to put
a lot more effort into it.
[And now I believe it's time to swear Bill in.]
###
(Judge/cw)
February 6, 1989
5:45 p.m.
clark10
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
SWEARING IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I am told this is the first time a president has visited
this building
which, may I say, is a first that is long
overdue. In my search for a first-rate EPA Administrator, one of
top priorities was to find someone with strong credentials as a
leader in the environmental community
and that man is
William Reilly.
I hope it's plain to everyone in this room and around the
country that among the first items on my personal agenda as
President is the protection of America's environment.
This is a great day for improving the quality of American
life -- for improving the quality of the air we breathe, the
water we drink, and the land God has entrusted us to use wisely.
I've just come from the swearing-in ceremony another great friend
of the environment -- our new Secretary of the Interior -- Manuel
Lujan. I want them to work as partners in keeping our air, land
and water clean -- and our public lands secure.
I'm sure all of you know by now Bill Reilly's incredible
background in environmental protection
president of the
Conservation Foundation, one of the nation's outstanding
environmental think tanks
president of the U.S. Affiliate of
the World Wildlife Fund. He began his career in this field as a
- 2 -
senior staff member of the President's Council on Environmental
Quality in the early 70s and then as executive director of the
Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth. A leader in one of the
other major environmental organizations has said of Bill that he
has, I'm quoting now, "without question the most personal
knowledge of the substance of issues of any of the C.E.O.s" of
any of the conservation organizations. That gives you an idea of
why I picked Bill.
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you something
more about why I picked him. About a year and a half ago, Bill
convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as the Washington Post put it, "normally would have
difficulty agreeing [even] on a place for dinner."
Environmentalists, developers, industrialists, state and
federal regulators -- all were there. And the result? By the
time Bill was through with them, which took more than a year,
they'd put aside differences and called for 'no net loss' of
wetlands, and they'd agreed on 100 reforms to achieve that goal.
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus
for defense. But that's not the only consensus I would like to
broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment, and I believe doing that requires finding ways to
clean up the environment without stifling the economy.
During the campaign I noted that "
environmental action
has too often been marked by confrontation among competing
interests
[while] the fact is that more often than not, there
is common ground if the parties will make an effort to find it."
- 3 -
Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans
-- and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are
both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe the American people are impatient for
results. They won't accept excuses. They won't accept finger
pointing. They want us to get all the sides together and find a
way to achieve both their goals.
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in just how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail I found
letters from 7th graders at a church school in California. I
thought I'd share one with you, dated January 20th, the day I was
inaugurated. It said, and remember, this was on the day I was
just taking office, "Dear Mr. President, Would you please do
something about pollution. I am not saying you're doing a bad
job, but could you put a little more effort into it?"
Well, with Bill Reilly at the helm here, we're going to put
a lot more effort into it.
[And now I believe it's time to swear Bill in.]
###
Document No.
003699
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
2/3/89
12:00 2/6/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING-IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINTSON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston's office (x2930 - Room 122 ) with an info copy to my
office by 12:00 Monday, February 3. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Minoments
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
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(Judge/cw)
February 3, 1989
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
SWEARING IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I am told that this is a morning [afternoon] of firsts. The
first time a president has visited this building
which, may I
say, is a first that is long overdue. And the first time that a
veteran of the environmental movement has been sworn in as
director of this agency the new Environmental Protection
Administrator, William Reilly.
I hope it's plain to everyone in this room and around the
country what I'm saying with these two firsts -- and that is that
among the first items on my personal agenda as president is the
protection of America's environment.
I'm sure all of you know by now Bill Reilly's incredible
background in environmental protection
president of the
Conservation Foundation, one of the nation's outstanding
environmental think tanks
president of the U.S. Affiliate of
the World Wildlife Federation. He began his career in this field
as a senior staff member of the President's Council on
Environmental Quality in the early 70s and then as executive
director of the federal Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth.
A leader in one of the other major environmental organizations
has said of Bill that he has, I'm quoting now, "without
question. the most personal knowledge of the substance of
issues of any of the C.E.O.s" of any of the conservation
organizations. That gives you an idea of why I' picked Bill
- 2 -
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you something
more about why I picked him. About a year and a half ago, Bill
convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as the Washington Post put it, "normally would have
difficulty agreeing [even] on a place for dinner."
Environmentalists, developers, industrialists, state and
federal regulators -- all were there. And the result? By the
time Bill was through with them, which took more than a year,
they'd put aside differences and called for 'no net loss' of
wetlands, and they'd agreed on 100 reforms to achieve that goal.
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus
for defense. But that's not the only consensus I would like to
broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment, and I believe doing that requires finding ways to
clean up the environment without stifling the economy.
During the campaign I noted that " environmental action
has too often been marked by confrontation among competing
interests
[while] the fact is that more often than not, there
is common ground if the parties will make an effort to find it." "
Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans
-- and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are
both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe the American people are impatient for
results. They won't accept excuses. They won't accept finger
pointing. They want us to: get all the sides together and find
a
way to achieve both their goals
- 3 -
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in just how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail I found
letters from 7th graders at a church school in California. I
thought I'd share one with you, dated January 20th, the day I was
inaugurated. It said, and remember, this was on the day I was
just taking office, "Dear Mr. President, Would you please do
something about pollution. I am not saying you're doing a bad
job, but could you put a little more effort into it?"
Well, with Bill Reilly at the helm here, we're going to put
a lot more effort into it.
[And now I believe it's time to swear Bill in.]
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James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
(Judge/cw)
February 3, 1989
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I am told that this is a morning [afternoon] of firsts. The
first time a president has visited this building
which, may I
say, is a first that is long overdue.
And the first time that a
veteran of the environmental movement has been sworn in as
director of this agency the new Environmental Protection
Administrator, William Reilly.
)
I hope it's plain to everyone in this room and around the
country what I'm saying with these two firsts -- and that is that
among the first items on my personal agenda as president is the
protection of America's environment.
I'm sure all of you know by now Bill Reilly's incredible
background in environmental protection
president of the
Conservation Foundation, one of the nation's outstanding
environmental think tanks
president of the U.S. Affiliate of
the World Wildlife Federation. He began his career in this field
as a senior staff member of the President's Council on
Environmental Quality in the early 70s and then as executive
director of the federal Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth.
A leader in one of the other major environmental organizations
has said of Bill that he has, I'm quoting now, "without
question
the most personal knowledge of the substance of
issues of any of the C.E.O.s" of any of the conservation
organizations: That gives you an idea of why I picked Bill.
- 2 -
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you something
more about why I picked him. About a year and a half ago, Bill
convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as the Washington Post put it, "normally would have
difficulty agreeing [even] on a place for dinner."
Environmentalists, developers, industrialists, state and
federal regulators -- all were there. And the result? By the
time Bill was through with them, which took more than a year,
they'd put aside differences and called for 'no net loss' of
wetlands, and they'd agreed on 100 reforms to achieve that goal.
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus
for defense. But that's not the only consensus I would like to
broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment, and I believe doing that requires finding ways to
clean up the environment without stifling the economy.
During the campaign I noted that " environmental action
has too often been marked by confrontation among competing
interests [while] the fact is that more often than not, there
is common ground if the parties will make an effort to find it. "
Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans
-- and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are
both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe the American people are impatient for
results. They won't accept excuses They won t accept finger
pointing They want us to get all the sides together and find a
way to achieve both their goals
- 3 -
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in just how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail I found
letters from 7th graders at a church school in California. I
thought I'd share one with you, dated January 20th, the day I was
inaugurated. It said, and remember, this was on the day I was
just taking office, "Dear Mr. President, Would you please do
something about pollution. I am not saying you're doing a bad
job, but could you put a little more effort into it?"
Well, with Bill Reilly at the helm here, we're going to put
a lot more effort into it.
[And now I believe it's time to swear Bill in.]
Chris As
draft #1
(Judge)
February 3, 1989
1:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I am told that this is a morning [afternoon] of firsts. The
first time a president has visited this building
which, may I
say, is a first that is long overdue. And the first time that a
veteran of the environmental movement has been sworn in as
director of this agency
the new Environmental Protection
Administrator, William Reilly.
I hope it's plain to everyone in this room and around the
country what I'm saying with these two firsts -- and that is that
among the first items on my personal agenda as president is the
protection of America's environment.
I'm sure all of you know by now Bill Reilly's incredible
background in environmental protection
president of the
Conservation Foundation, one of the nation's outstanding
environmental think tanks
president of the U.S. Affiliate of
the World Wildlife Federation. He began his career in this field
as a senior staff member of the President's Council on
Environmental Quality in the early 70s and then as executive
director of the federal Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth.
m
A leader of one of the other major environmental organizations
has said of Bill that he has, I'm quoting now, "without
question
the most personal knowledge of the substance of
issues of any of the C.E.O.s" of any of the conservation
organizations. That gives you an idea of why I picked Bill.
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you something
more about why I picked him. About a year and a half ago, Bill
convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as the Washington Post put it, "normally would have
difficulty agreeing [even] on a place for dinner. "
As the Post continued: "There were environmentalists,
developers and industrialists who were squaring off against each
other in various courts at the time. And there were state and
chile
federal regulators who were being sued by all sides. "
And the result? Here's how the Post put it: "Sixteen
months later, the warring parties had put aside their differences
and called collectively for 'no net loss' of wetlands, plus 100
other reforms that went farther in addressing the controversial
issue than anyone had expected. "
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus
for defense. But that's not the only consensus I would like to
broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment, and I believe that requires finding ways to clean up
the environment without stifling the economy. As Bill has said,
to quote him, " from an environmental view, if you don't [show
sensitivity to economics], you won develop enduring policies
and laws. "
During the campaign I noted that
"
environmental action
has too often been marked by confrontation among competing
to
interests. The fact is that more often than not, there is common
ground if the parties will make an effort to find it."
Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans
-- and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are
both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe they are impatient for results. They won't
accept excuses. They won't accept finger pointing. They want us
to get all the sides together and find a way to achieve both
their goals.
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in just how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail I found
letters from 7th graders at a church school in California. I
thought I'd share one with you, dated January 20th, the day I was
inaugurated. It said, and remember, this was on the day I was
taking office, "Dear Mr. President, Would you please do something
about pollution. I am not saying you're doing a bad job, but
could you put a little more effort into it?"
Well, with Bill Reilly at the helm here, we're going to put
a lot more effort into it.
[And now I believe it's time to swear Bill in.]
(Judge/cw)
February 3, 1989
2:30 p.m.
clark10
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
SWEARING IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989
I am told that this is a morning [afternoon] of firsts. The
first time a president has visited this building
which, may I
say, is a first that is long overdue. And the first time that a
veteran of the environmental movement has been sworn in as
director of this agency
the new Environmental Protection
Administrator, William Reilly.
I hope it's plain to everyone in this room and around the
country what I'm saying with these two firsts -- and that is that
among the first items on my personal agenda as president is the
protection of America's environment.
I'm sure all of you know by now Bill Reilly's incredible
background in environmental protection
president of the
Conservation Foundation, one of the nation's outstanding
environmental think tanks
president of the U.S. Affiliate of
the World Wildlife Federation. He began his career in this field
as a senior staff member of the President's Council on
Environmental Quality in the early 70s and then as executive
director of the federal Task Force on Land Use and Urban Growth.
A leader in one of the other major environmental organizations
has said of Bill that he has, I'm quoting now, "without
question
the most personal knowledge of the substance of
issues of any of the C.E.O.s" of any of the conservation
organizations. That gives you an idea of why I picked Bill.
- 2 -
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you something
more about why I picked him. About a year and a half ago, Bill
convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as the Washington Post put it, "normally would have
difficulty agreeing [even] on a place for dinner."
Environmentalists, developers, industrialists, state and
federal regulators -- all were there. And the result? By the
time Bill was through with them, which took more than a year,
they'd put aside differences and called for 'no net loss' of
wetlands, and they'd agreed on 100 reforms to achieve that goal.
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus
for defense. But that's not the only consensus I would like to
broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment, and I believe doing that requires finding ways to
clean up the environment without stifling the economy.
During the campaign I noted that "
environmental action
has too often been marked by confrontation among competing
interests
[while] the fact is that more often than not, there
is common ground if the parties will make an effort to find it." "
Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans
-- and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are
both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe the American people are impatient for
results. They won't accept excuses. They won't accept finger
pointing. They want us to get all the sides together and find a
way to achieve both their goals.
- 3 -
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in just how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail I found
letters from 7th graders at a church school in California. I
thought I'd share one with you, dated January 20th, the day I was
inaugurated. It said, and remember, this was on the day I was
just taking office, "Dear Mr. President, Would you please do
something about pollution. I am not saying you're doing a bad
job, but could you put a little more effort into it?"
Well, with Bill Reilly at the helm here, we're going to put
a lot more effort into it.
[And now I believe it's time to swear Bill in.]
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
February 8, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR WILLIAM KANE REILLY
AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
The EPA Building
Washington, DC
10:43 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Russell. Please be seated.
Well, I'm told that this is the first time that a President has
visited the EPA. Well, not exactly the EPA, but all the stores
underneath the EPA. (Laughter.) And I think I should at the outset
of these brief remarks just express my appreciation to the merchants
and to the others who have this vibrant mall in their custody --
(laughter) -- thanking them for the opportunity to have this ceremony
here so we could meet with as many of the EPA employees as possible.
I'm delighted to be here, and in my search for a new
first-rate EPA administrator, one of my top priorities was to find
someone with strong credentials as a leader in the environmental
community, and that man is our new Administrator, William Reilly.
He's got big shoes to fill, though. I know that, and I have great
respect for those that have preceeded him. Lee Thomas did an
outstanding job here, and I want those who worked with him to know
how strongly I feel about that. (Applause.)
I want to salute the members of the diplomatic corps who
were nice enough to be with us today. I think that puts appropriate
emphasis on the fact that much of -- many of the problems that we
face in the environment are global problems, and I'm delighted that
they're with us here today. Pleased to see Senator Chaffee and other
members of the United States Senate, and members of the House with us
as well.
I hope it is plain that -- to everyone in this room and
around the country that among my first items on my personal agenda is
the protection of America's environment. I am pledged to improving
the quality of life, for improving the quality of the air we breathe
and the water we drink and the land that, as Father O'Reilly said,
God has entrusted to us.
I have just come from the swearing-in of Manuel Lujan,
our new Secretary of the Interior. EPA and Interior have got to work
as partners, keeping our land and our air and our water clean --
public land secure. And I'm sure all of you know by now Bill
Reilly's incredible background in environmental protection --
- 2 -
conservation organizations." And that gives you an idea of why we
are very lucky to have him here and why I selected him.
I thought I'd tell you a story that will tell you
something more about why I picked him. About a year-and-a-half ago
he convened a forum on the wetlands crisis. He brought together 25
people who, as The Washington Post put it, would -- normally would
have difficulty agreeing even on a place for dinner.
Environmentalists, developers, industrialists, state and federal
regulators all were there, and the result -- well, by the time he was
through with them -- which took more than a year -- they put aside
differences and called for a no net loss of wetlands and they agreed
on 100 reforms to achieve that goal.
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the
consensus for defense, but that's not the only consensus that I would
like to broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean
environment and I believe doing that requires finding ways to clean
up the environment without stifling the economy. During the campaign
I noted that environmental action has too often been marked by
confrontation among competing interests. Well, the fact is that more
often than not there is common ground if the parties will make an
effort to find it.
Our great common desire is a better life for all
Americans and I believe that economic growth and a clean environment
are both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean.
I also believe that the American people are impatient for results.
They won't accept excuses anymore and they won't accept finger
pointing. They want us to get all the sides together and find a way
to achieve both their goals.
By the way, the other day I got a little lesson in how
impatient the American people are. In the morning mail -- this
marvelous mail that comes in to the President of the United States --
I found letters from seventh graders at a church school in
California. I thought I'd share one with you. It was dated
Inauguration Day, January 20th, and it said -- and remember this was
just on the day that I was taking office -- "Dear Mr. President,
Would you please do something about pollution. I'm not saying you're
doing a bad job but could you put a little more effort into it."
(Laughter.)
Well, with William Reilly at the helm here, we're going
to put a hell of a lot more effort into it. And now, Bill, let's do
the honors. (Applause.)
(The oath is administered.)
ADMINISTRATOR REILLY: Mr. President, on behalf of all
15,000 of my closest and most valued new colleagues, welcome to EPA.
(Applause.) And great thanks to all of you who worked so hard to
make this event possible this morning. We had to reschedule the
opening of Black History Month. I'm pleased to say that that has
been rescheduled. We appreciate all the effort that has gone into
accomodating this event in these halls. We chose the place that
would accomodate the very largest number of the EPA staff, and this
- 3 -
on a great note. We've had great cooperation through the
confirmation period and I appreciate that very much.
Well, it is clearly a very great honor to serve as
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. I thank you
for your confidence in me, for nominating me, Mr. President. I thank
you, Chairman Burdick, Senator Chafee, members of the Environment and
Public Works Committee, for the great many courtesies that were
extended to me over the past weeks in the course of the confirmation.
I feel equally honored to be able to serve, to look
forward to working with this very fine EPA staff. I wish all of them
could be here today. I have got to say I've been enormously
impressed with the capabilities of the dozens or so of people who
have come into contact with me in the course of the last several
weeks. I can honestly say that EPA professionals began showing me up
and bailing me out a full month before my confirmation and now is no
time to stop. (Laughter.) I will need all the help that I can get.
I should say I owe a special debt of gratitude to those
hardworking souls who assisted me in handling the questions -- the
written questions that followed our hearing on the Hill. We were
pleased to be able to move the confirmation very fast. But in the
course of doing that, we were given some 315 written questions, the
answers to which were due 24 hours later, and many of you stayed up
through the night. I was able to tap off the answers to 305 or so of
these, of course, with no difficulty. (Laughter.) But those last
ten I really did appreciate your help and we met that deadline.
Well, for the staff here today, let me reassure you --
you are not dreaming. This is the President of the United States --
(Laughter.) He is standing here at the headquarters, or as close as
we could get him to it, of the Environmental Protectional Agency, and
he's not up for reelection for another four years. (Laughter.) I
think, as a matter of fact, he's probably smiling for all three of
those reasons.
The President is here for a very simple reason -- he
cares. He cares urgently about protecting the environment. He said
so during his campaign. And his commitment came through to me in my
very first meeting with him and it has since been reinforced in
countless ways -- only one of which is the fact that he's here with
us today.
This powerful statement, this important symbol of the
President's interest in the environment may not, in fact, make our
jobs here any easier. If anything, I think our work will be judged
by even higher expectations than ever before. But isn't it
encouraging to have an environmentalist in the White House who comes
here to signal his close and public commitment to the work of the
Environmental Protection Agency? (Applause.)
Mr. President, I know that you appreciate, as I do and as
Russ Train was saying in his remarks before you arrived, that life is
not easy on the front line of environmental protection. Probably no
other federal agency touches so many lives as EPA touches. Probably
no other federal agency faces so many complex and fiercely
controversial decisions.
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In the confirmation hearing there were two themes that
were sounded again and again from across the policital spector. The
Environmental Protection Agency should be an advocate for the
environment, the Senator said. EPA should enforce the laws of the
land, we heard. And so we shall. (Applause.)
I think, as I stand here, about the extraordinary sweep
of the responsibilities we here at EPA exercise. I think of so many
places in America that have touched me and my family in a very
special way. As I was growing up with my parents and my sister, who
I'm proud to say are here today, and later on, with my wife and
children and friends, many of whom are also here today. Lake
Michigan, the Rio Grande and the Gulf of Mexico, Narragansett Bay,
Cape Cod and the Chesapeake -- these we lived on or near. And it's
personally stirring for me to have some responsibility for them now.
For them and for other resources of air, water and land
in a country where the real crown jewels are the wonders of nature.
And now, even the stratosphere is receiving our attention. And we're
called upon to offer the ideas and experiences of the United States
to other nations in a search for environmental policies that may be
crucial to keeping this planet habitable. The cause of the
environment is so vital and so personal that working in this vineyard
is its own reward.
One of the hallmarks, I think, of this agency is that
many of the people who work here are very powerfully motivated --
motivated to help the environment. The idealism and the commitment
to a better environment makes you, EPA's employees, very, very
special. And it makes the prospect of working with you here for me a
very, very happy one.
So I could not be more pleased or more proud to have the
opportunity to work for the environment, to work for President Bush
and to work with you, my EPA colleagues. I think that we are going
to do great things together.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
END
11:02 A.M. EST
Document No.
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2/3/89
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DATE:
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SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING-IN OF WILLIAM K. REILLY
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
BREEDEN
WINTSON
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston's office (x2930 - Room 122 ) with an info copy to my
office by 12:00 Monday, February 3. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
They
fordon Sloher
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702