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April 10, 1989
1989 APR 14 PM 5:57
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
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fo,
lesaddressed a
The new Administration is tackling the tough issues and
both
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addressing the most urgent priorities facing the nation.
and working townd solutions to
consterm
challenges
Accomplishments so far include:
1.
A comprehensive budget proposal to the Congress and an
numbers
no
unprecedented bipartisan agreement on the budget
consultations (Ciccon.)
reached in negotiations with the Congress in order to reduce
record time, comprehensive (Bates)
the Federal budget
2.
A y plan to rescue the Savings and Loan industry
deficit. (Pink
An initiative ( Porter)
3.
A proposal for cutting the capital gains tax rate to
encourage investment and create jobs + (Pink)
OMB:
keep capital formation strong opportunity
An initiative (Porter)
move to A15
4.
A proposal for raising the minimum wage to $4.25
coupled with a six month training wage
Comprehensive (NSC)
Replace w
5.
Foreign policy and defense strategy reviews initiated (Cicconi)
insert
Intensive Presidential (NSC)
34
6. Consultations with the leaders of 32 nations, including
Asia (Cicconi)
18 bilateral meetings held during the Tokyo trip (34 by
Insert 4/15) Poland buller
y with Congress (OMB)
7. The signing of a bipartisan accord on Central America
with Congress
8.
Introduction of a comprehensive legislative package for
educational reform excellence (Ciceoni)
Under the President's direction, (studdert)
9.
Action by the Director of National Drug Control Policy,
as a start (Pink)
Bill Bennett, to target Washington, D.C. Vin the war on
drugs
#1
Add the following to the list of accomplishments:
An initiative to strengthen the international strategy on
Third World debt.
suspension (Bales)
10.
A temporary ban on the import of certain types of
semi- automatic military assault rifles
(Cicconi)
Leadership by President Bush's Administration (studdent)
of an effort to seek An amo ugis/ative unce ment Morth hazarnows to (Press) w 123 reements their safe do disposal, for
11. Federal action in the Alaskan oilspill cleanup effort,
(grody)
12A the banning of toxic waste exports. and A call for the worldwide
12C a lan to begin an
12 D. Air
phaseout of CFCs by the year 2000, integrated 5. years Iclean for upplars
initiative (Porter) vlow income working parents nuclear all wash DOE
cleanistion?
12E A child care proposal to give parents greater choice
in meeting Their child care needs. (OMB)
facilities
and flexibility while helping those most in need
(Preas)
(Bates)
targetted to help those most in need (Porter)
13. Whistleblower protection legislation to strengthen the
rights of those who report misdeeds and mismanagement
14. A comprehensive ethics proposal to make uniform the
among (Bater)
standards between all three branches of government
The president created the office of National Service in the W. H., and
15. A Presidential proclamation and series of events
un the Administration's initiative on volunteerism. (Pethrsmeyer
celebrating National Volunteer Week
? Pink).
Insert H 4 + medicaid insert
16. A total of eleven televised press conferences by the
18.
President delete not an accomplishment
Insert: New aviation security initiatives announces. by DOT,
designed to counteract terrorism in the skys. (Bates)
President Bush has set an agenda for this country. He is
orienting us as a nation toward the future -- building a better
America -- keeping America strong and at peace. It is an agenda
that seizes this special moment in our history: leadership is the
ability to see the shape of things to come, to address tomorrow's
challenges today. George Bush is preparing the nation for the
21st Century.
Insert: Housing bullet (see last 2 pages)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
NOTE FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM;
DENISE SCHWARZ
SUBJECT: THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
I just received the final comments on the paper from Justice and
Agriculture.
Thank you for your patience.
Attachment
This constitutes about 70 percent of President Bush's
proposed drug budget. Substantial increases are
requested in funding to strengthen inspection,
interdiction, intelligence efforts and crop eradication
suchas operation Polar.Cap, a federally Led effort
programs: The President strongly supports the death which
broke up
penalty for drug kingpins who commit drug-related
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murders, and will appoint judges who will strongly any moreet
aundering
enforce the drug penalty laws.
operation
The Administration imposed a temporary suspension ban on the import of
certain types of astomatic littary assault weapons, in
order to get dangerous weapons out of the hands of criminals
many of atom orlinvolved in drug-related killings.
In addition, the Office of National Drug Control Policy has
responded to the drug emergency in the District of expanded Columbia:
A Metropolitan Area Task Force will be convened,
57 additional
with representatives from federal agencies, and
state and local police from D.C., Maryland and
Virginia.
More prisons: The federal Bureau of Prisons will
take custody of 250 inmates from the D.C. jail,
and work to locate land for construction of a new
prison.
Enforcement: The FBI will provide support to D.C.
police in investigations of drug-related murders.
Also, HUD will ease red tape to hasten the
eviction of drug offenders from federally funded
housing projects, and, with the D.C. police, will
tighten security and maintenance at projects.
Rehabilitation: The National Institute on Drug
Abuse will provide assistance in local treatment
efforts and will be authorized to establish three
new outpatient clinics by 1990.
Prevention: The Department of Education will
provide the District with 50 percent more funds
for drug prevention programs in city schools. The
Department of Labor will work with the business
community to increase job training for youth, and
will provide a $100,000 grant to establish
employee assistance programs for drug abuse.
THE ENVIRONMENT
President Bush, a long-time environmentalist, has taken
strong action to protect the environment. He is working
shoulder-to-shoulder with Interior Secretary Lujan and EPA
Administrator Reilly on a number of fronts.
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION:
Clean Air: The President committed his Administration
to submitting a new Clean Air Act, including provisions
for control of acid rain, ozone, and toxic air
pollutants.
Global warming: The President has called for the
phaseout of CFCs by the year 2000, provided safe
substitutes are available, in order to prevent further
damage to the eartiko protective ozone layer.
Cleaning up hazardous wastes: The President announced
he will be seeking new legislation to give the United
States government authority to ban all exports of
hazardous waste except where an agreement exists with
the receiving country providing for the safe handling
and management of those wastes.
Superfund: The President is reinvigorating the
Superfund hazardous waste clean-up program by directing
more aggress ive
EPA to take a number of actions, including stricter
action to force private parties to clean up sites
enforcement of violations, stepped-up cost recovery,
and increased emergency cleanup authority. authorities.
better use of existing
Clean water and coastlines: The EPA has started a
tracking system for medical wastes,\ the a first step in a
^ and Justice Dept has started a task force
to prosecute these abuse)
From Emily mead
April 14, 1989
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Civil Rights Agenda of the Bush Administration Since
1/20/89
MAJOR ACTIONS
On March 8, the DOJ submitted a letter to Senator Biden
indicating support of the objectives of the Hate Crimes
Bill [S. 419] and no opposition to the bill's
enactment.
The Hate Crimes Bill provides for the collection of
data about crimes motivated by race, religion,
ethnicity or sexual orientation.
On March 13, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh announced
that the Department of Justice had filed Federal
housing discrimination lawsuits seeking monetary
damages and civil penalties under the expanded
enforcement authority provided for in the Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1988 which became effective on March
12.
[President Bush was one of 12 southern Congressman to
vote for the Civil Rights Bill of 1968. This was the
first open housing law of the 20th century.]
On April 5, President Bush reaffirmed his dedication to
the Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) by announcing a proposal to authorize $60
million in additional funds for endowment grants. ($10
million for FY 1990, 20 million FY 1991 and 1992, and
$10 for FY 1993.) The Executive Order on Historically
Black Colleges and Universities will soon be issued.
OTHER ACTIONS
On January 23, the DOJ filed a complaint against the
Board of Education of Prince George's County, MD,
alleging a pattern or practice of employment
discrimination on the basis of race and sex.
On January 27, a federal grand jury indicted two
Georgia troopers and a county sheriff on charges of
violating the civil rights of a man they apprehended
after a car chase.
(more)
-2-
On February 10, the DOJ filed a lawsui against the
Holiday Spa Health Club chain, based in Towson,
Maryland, alleging that the chain has engaged in a
pattern and practice of racial discrimination against
blacks.
On February 27, the DOJ filed a motion to intervene in
a private housing discrimination lawsuit in Mississippi
in support of civil rights plaintiffs challenging a
zoning ordinance.
ACTION ON BEHALF OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF OTHER MINORITIES
On February 6, the DOJ announced that federal observers
would be assigned to polling places in Sandoval County,
New Mexico, school districts for board and bond
elections. The elections follow a Justice Department
suit filed on December 5, 1988, seeking a comprehensive
bilingual election program in the county that would
allow persons who speak the Navajo and Pueblo languages
to participate effectively in the electoral process.
On February 21, the DOJ filed a consent decree in the
U.S. District Court of Portland, Oregon, requiring the
State to make sweeping improvement at the Fairview
Training Center to ensure that the Center's 950
mentally retarded residents receive the care and
treatment to which they are entitled under the
Constitution and Federal law.
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS AND ADDRESSES
On February 1, a message from the President was issued
on the observance of National Afro-American (Black)
History Month, February, 1989.
On March 9, the President addressed the United Negro
College Fund Dinner in New York City.
#:
DEPARTMENTO MOUSING
EVELOPMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20410-0001
April 18, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR: John Sununu
Chief of Staff
The White House
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Accomplishments Jack Kemp Junkems of the Bush
Administration
I strongly believe that President Bush should highlight the
positive steps he has taken to create an "opportunity society" of
jobs, growth, housing and hope for Americans in need of a helping
hand.
His accomplishments include:
INSERT
1. A proposal to provide over $1 billion in federal
resources to help end the appalling tragedy of homelessness and
pave the way to jobs, permanent housing, health care and human
dignity. President Bush's proposal calls for fully funding the
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and for a new $50 million
matching grant program to promote public/private partnerships to
assist homeless families and the mentally ill. The annual Shelter
Survey prepared by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development showed that 9 out of 10 providers of assistance to the
homeless were from the voluntary sector - an illustration of
President Bush's support for the "1,000 points of light."
2. A call for enactment of enterprise zone legislation, to
take urban and rural areas once redlined for despair, and
greenline them for jobs, opportunity and hope for the future.
President Bush has asked Congress to enact labor and capital based
incentives to create jobs and entrepreneurial activity in our most
distressed communities.
3. A commitment to making housing more affordable for low-
income families, and to providing homeownership opportunities to
the poor and young families just starting out. President Bush
proposes to assist 109,000 new families in need of low-income
housing, and has pledged to maintain assistance to those families
already being helped. President Bush has also signalled his
commitment to empowering poor residents of public housing to
become homeowners through resident management and ownership of
public housing.
4. The Bush Administration is working to make public housing
drug free, to protect the rights of the vast majority of decent,
law-abiding public housing residents. The Department of Housing
and Urban Development has acted to suspend its lease and grievance
procedures to facilitate eviction of those involved on drug
related criminal activity; to make drug use and trafficking a
lease violation subject to eviction proceedings; to target federal
assistance to anti-drug security measures; to revoke federal
housing subsidies from those dealing in drugs; and to involve the
private and voluntary sectors in efforts to rid public housing of
drugs and give residents, especially young people, a stake in
their communities and their futures.
5. President Bush is enforcing the new Fair Housing Laws,
which went into effect on March 12, 1989. He will fully prosecute
those found to be discriminating in housing opportunities on the
basis of religion, race, age, ethnicity, handicap, or family
status.
John these are concrete accomplishments which can be pointed
to with pride. I strongly and sincerely believe they are crucial
to an "opportenity society" war on poverty using free-enterprise,
job creation and growth. They help form the basis of President
Bush's "kinder and gentler" America. I strongly urge you to
include them in any discussion of the administration's first 100
days.
P.S. I strongly urge that language like you used on television
talk shows on Sunday highlighting the link between cutting
the capital gains tax rate and creating jobs, growth and
opportunity should be used. Capital formation" is an
abstract concept with little meaning to those in need of a
job.
CC: David Bates
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
NOTE FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM;
DENISE SCHWARZ
SUBJECT: THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
I just received the attached submission from Health and Human
Services.
Thank you.
Attachment
APR-18-89 TUE 17:30
P.02
IMPLEMENTATION OF WELFARE REFORM
The Administration (HHS) issued proposed rules on April 18 to
implement the major provisions of the Family Support Act of 1988.
The Act required the Administration to develop a major new
education and job training program to help recipients of Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) move off welfare and
become economically self sufficient. The Act required proposed
regulations to be issued within 6 months of passage of the Act.
The Administration has been successful in meeting that difficult
goal. This Act was passed at the request of the Reagan-Bush
Administration and major support of the Congress.
The proposed rules are designed to:
target job training assistance to those who are most likely
to benefit and who are most at risk for long-term welfare
dependency;
provide that basic education is among the most important
tools an individual needs for self-sufficiency and that these
must be key components of this training program;
use existing resources, including existing training and
education programs as well as volunteer organizations and
business firms;
provide maximum level of flexibility to AFDC parents in
obtaining the type of child care that best suits their needs
consistent with the Administration's legislative proposals
on child care.
The Administration proposes to spend $3.3 billion over the next
five years implementing the JOBS program. The changes will pay
benefits in the future by reducing the number of individuals on
welfare. It is estimated that 138,000 families will be able to
leave welfare rolls over the next five years as a result of this
program.
Contact: John J. Phelan
HHS 245-1753
APR-18-89 TUE 17:31
P.03
EXPANSION OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR PREGNANT WOMAN, INFANTS,
AND CHILDREN
On April 18, 1989, the Administration fowarded to the Congress
proposed legislation to make federal programs better serve
pregnant women, infants, and chilren. The legislation carries
out commitments the President made in his February 9 adress,
"Building a Better America." The President's proposals also
include funds for improving the delivery of health care services;
this request does not require new legislation.
The legislation would expand significantly the population
Medicaid serves, making Medicaid available to 1.9 million more
women when they become pregnant. The legislation also takes
steps to make Medicaid more effective by bringing more eligibile
women and infants into the program. The legislation is part of
an overall approach to health care for the disadvantaged that
calls for full funding for Meicaid, $37.6 billion for FY 90, an
increase of $3.3 billion or 9.6 percent over the FY 89 level.
The legislation transmitted to the Congress today would:
increase by 374,000 the number of pregnant women and children
eligible for Medicaid.
foster greater participation in Medicaid by eligible pregnant
women by:
- providing services to pregnant women who are presumed
eligible for Medicaid before a formal eligibility
determination is made, and
- requiring States to operate outreach programs in area
of high infant mortality.
entitle all children under age 6 who are receiving Food Stamps
to Medicaid coverage for immunizations.
make the Federal match rate for State administrative expenses
a uniform 50 percent byh gradually reducing special
administrative match rates ranging from 75 to 100 percent. The
savings that result would allow the legislative eleigibility
changes proposed by the President to be implemented within the
current programs spending level.
APR-18-89 TUE 17:31
P.04
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10. A temporary ban on the import of certain types of
automatic military assault rifles
11. Federal action in the Alaskan cilspill cleanup effort,
the banning of toxic waste exports, and a call for the
phaseout of CFCS by the year 2000
12. A child care proposal to give parents greater choice
and flexibility, while helping those most in need
13. Whistleblower protection legislation to strengthen the
rights of those who report misdeeds and mismanagement
14. A comprehensive ethics proposal to make uniform the
standards between all three branches of government
15. A Presidential proclamation and series of events
celebrating National Velunteer Week
16. A total of eleven televised press conferences by the
President
17. Acted quickly to implement major welfare reform legislation that
will help reduce long-term welfave dependency.
President Bush has set an agenda for this country. He is
orienting us as a nation toward the future -- building a better
America -- keeping America strong and at peace. It is an agenda
that seizes this special moment in our history: leadership is the
ability to see the shape of things to come, to address tomorrow's
challenges today. George Bush is preparing the nation for the
21st Century.
18. Expansion of Medicmid program for Pregnant women,
Infants And Children.
MASTER copy
Document No.
026952SS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
4/14/89
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
4/17/89 c.o.b.
Building a Better America:
SUBJECT:
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE no comments
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
STUDDERT
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
BREEDEN
WINSTON
CARD
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST no comments
PETERSMEYER
FITZWATER
Boskin
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston,
Rm. 122, x2930, no later than c.o.b. Monday, April 17,
1989, with an info copy to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W, Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE ECONOMY
Keeping our nation's economy strong is the key to managing
change successfully. The news is good:
More Americans are at work today than ever before I and
has declared to (Bates 15 year low. (omB)
unemployment continues at a record low.
expansion continues with inflation under control. (OMB)
The economy is sound without resurging inflation.
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION: Insert ECON T.P.'S -
(Bates)
Presenting a detailed budget: The President has put forth a
detailed budget which addresses our fundamental obligations
for protection of national security and support of the
needy, while providing sufficient funds to advance high-
The President's budget (0mB)
priority initiatives, and at the same time, it restrains
and
overall growth of spending SQ that we can meet Gramm-
Rudman-Hollings targets, on time. (Cicconi) - with no new taxes. (Grady)
Reaching a budget agreement with Congress: The President
and Congress announced on April 14 a budget plan to reduce
$ 64
below FY '89
the estimated FY 1990 deficit by about $24 billion relative
to the Gramm Rudman Hollings baseline. The deficit will be
as required by the gramm- Rudman -
reduced to $99.4 billion, which 1s a $64 billion reduction
Hollings law. (Grady)
relative to the current estimate of the FY 1989 deficit.
the start of
This is the first budget agreement reached ahead of schedule
the budget year (Bates)
and not framed in the context of crisis.
rate (cieconi)
Capital gains tax cut: In order to promote capital formation
and investment, the President has proposed a 45 percent
capital gains exclusion for qualified capital gains, a
making the
15 percent
(OMB)
maximum 15 percent capital gains tax rate, and an increase
V
phased in (Bates
FOREIGN POLICY
The Administration's policy of peace through strength is
working. As he prepares for both the 40th Anniversary of NATO in
Brussels and the economic summit in Paris, President Bush has
undertaken a number of foreign policy initiatives to maintain
America's position of world leadership.
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION:
Bipartisan accord: On March 24, the President signed the
Bipartisan Accord on Central America with top leaders of the
a strong + effective
Congress. The agreement sets out the broad outlines of U.S. (NSC)
policy in the region:
Humanitarian aid: Congress has agreed to support the
Administration's request for continued humanitarian
for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance (NSC)
assistance at current levels through the elections in
Nicaragua scheduled for February, 1990.
Review/consultation: There will be extensive
delete
consultations and review with respect to these funds
(NSC of cieconi)
effective November 30 1989 by the bipartisan
leadership and relevant committees.
Democracy and Regional Peace : (NSC)
Caveat: The burden of proof is on the Sandinista
government to do something it has steadfastly refused
to do from 1979 to 1989: keep its promises to its
of democracy + peace
people and its neighbors. If those pledges continue to
be violated, we hope and expect that other nations will
find ways to join us to condemn those actions. But if
those promises are kept, we have an opportunity to
start a new day in Central America.
In addition, families earning under $20, 000
would be exempted from the tax. (Porter)
in the qualifying holding period from one year to three
The re- establishment of a capital gains differential
years. will encourage investment and stimulate The creation
of jobs. ( Brady)
Minimum wage proposal: The President is seeking to minimize
the adverse economic impact of an across-the-board increase
in the minimum wage, and to keep job opportunities available
for youth and minority workers. His proposal is:
A 27 percent increase in the minimum wage over three
years to $4.25 for most workers.
Maintaining the current $3.35 minimum for all new
employees of a firm on the job for less than six
months, regardless of age or previous employment.
An increase in the small business exemption to include
all firms, not just retail and service establishments,
with gross sales under $500,000.
An increase in the tip credit from 40 percent to 50
percent.
Savings and Loan reform: The Administration has transmitted
the "Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement
Act of 1989" to Congress, which includes provisions to:
Assure financial integrity of deposit insurance by
raising the annual premium rate for both commercial
banks and S&Ls.
Resolve the status of existing insolvent banks in an
orderly fashion.
Improve supervisory control by bringing S&Ls up to the
same standards applied to commercial banks.
Enhance enforcement of bank fraud provisions.
for
Add the following summary: Add to end - (Boskin)
#2 O
Initiative on Third World Debt: The President's initiative
to strengthen the international strategy on Third World
debt has already received broad international support
says Bates put under
from both industrialized and developing countries. The
approach is designed to promote sustained growth in
Foriegn the policy
developing countries by: (1) emphasizing sound market-
oriented economic policies in debtor countries, particu-
larly measures to promote investment and repatriation of
tlight capital; (2) increasing the focus on debt and
debt service reduction to complement new Lending by
commercial banks; and (3) using resources from the World
Bank and International Monetary Fund to catalyze voluntary
debt and debt service reduction by the commercial banks.
International Trade: The Administration broke a logjam in
Add
international trade talks which had existed since late 1988.
This clears the way for negotiations that -- if successful over
(USTR)
the
the next 20 months -- will greatly expand rules governing free
and open trade.
too
In breaking the stalemate, the United States advanced its
proposal to correct and prevent trade distortions in agriculture.
((INSERT POLAND) )
Bilateral meetings: The President has met with a total of 32
foreign leaders while in office (34 by 4/15), including a
series of 18 bilateral meetings during the trip to Emperor
also
(cicconi)
Hirohito's funeral. President Bush has met with leaders
from the Middle East, including Prime Minister Shamir of
Israel, President Mubarak of Egypt and King Hussein of
Jordan.
Policy reviews: President Bush has ordered comprehensive
review of foreign policy and defense strategies, soon to be
completed.
APR 18 '89 10:03
P.4/22
(Bates)
Insert
Inter-American Development Bank: The Bush Administration
successfully concluded negotiations which will lead to a
substantial increase in the Bank's resources. The
3
resulting $22.5 billion in lending over the 1990-93 period
will support development efforts in major Latin American
debtor countries as well as the smaller countries of Central
America and the Caribbean.
have decided on specific steps by the United States,
carefully chosen to recognize reforms underway, and to encourage
reforms yet to come once Solidarity is legal:
POTUS
The President is asking the
him
-- I will ask Congress to join me in providing Poland acces
has
to our Generalized System of Preferences, which offers selective
tariff relief to beneficiary countries.
are working
-- We will work with our allies and friends in the Paris
POLAND
Club to develop sustainable new schedules for Poland to repay it
debt, easing a heavy burden so that a free market can grow.
INSERT
The Pres
him
--
will also ask Congress to join me in authorizing the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation to operate in Poland, to
the benefit of both Polish and U.S. investors.
The Pres is proposing
--
We will propose negotiations for a private business
agreement with Poland to encourage cooperation between U.S. firm
and Poland's private businesses. Both sides can benefit.
-- The United States will continue to consider supporting,
on their merits, viable loans to the private-sector by the
International Finance Corporation.
-- We believe that the Roundtable agreements that clear the way
The Pres supports
for Poland to be able to work with the International Monetary
Fund on programs that support sound, new, market-oriented
economic policies.
We will encourage business and private non-profit groups
The Admin is encouraging
to develop innovative programs to swap Polish debt for equity ir
Polish enterprises; and for charitable, humanitarian and
environmental projects.
The President
-- We will support imaginative educational, cultural and
training programs to help liberate the creative energies of the
Polish people.
EDUCATION
The President's actions to improve education are guided by
four key principles: that excellence and success in education
should be recognized and rewarded; that federal funding should be
targeted to those who need it most; that choice and flexibility -
- for educators, parents and students -- are important to
educational reform and to achieving excellence; and finally, that
greater accountability is needed in the education system to
assure that students are actually receiving the highest quality
education.
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION:
The President proposed and sent to the Congress a
comprehensive education package, "The Educational Excellence Act
of 1989" which includes seven initiatives:
The Presidential Merit Schools program --- to reward
schools that have made substantial progress in raising
students' educational achievement, creating a safe and
drug-free school environment, and reducing the drop-out
rate.
A new Magnet Schools of Excellence program -- to
support the establishment, expansion or enhancement of
magnet schools, increasing parental choice and
improving quality education.
The Alternative Certification of Teachers and
Principals program -- to assist States interested in
broadening the pool of talent from which to recruit
teachers and principals.
President's Awards for Excellence in Education -- to be
awarded to public and private school teachers in every
state who meet the highest standards of excellence.
Drug-free Schools Urban Emergency Grants -- to provide
special assistance to selected urban school districts
that are disproportionately affected by drug
trafficking and abuse.
A National Science Scholars program -- to provide
college scholarships to high school seniors who have
excelled in the sciences and mathematics.
Additional Funding authorization for (omi)
Executive Order for endowment matching grants at
Historically Black Colleges and Universities -- to
strengthen HBCUs by building endowments, an especially
effective way to create financial strength and long-
term security.
THE ENVIRONMENT
President Bush, a long-time environmentalist, has taken
strong action to protect the environment. He is working
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shoulder-to-shoulder with Interior Secretary Lujan, and EPA (grady)
Administrator Reilly on a number of fronts.
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION:
Clean Air: The President committed his Administration
to submitting a new Clean Air Act, including provisions
for control of acid rain, ozone, and toxic air
pollutants. of Congress (Grady)
Top in consultation Administration w/ leaders ,fficials have begun drafting a bill,
ozone Depution: (cicconi)
Global warming: The President has called for the <a total world.
phaseout of CFCs by the year 2000, provided safe (Grady) wide
substitutes are available, in order to prevent further damage
to the earth's protective ozone layer.
Cleaning up hazardous wastes: The President announced (Bates)
he will be seeking new legislation to give the United
G
States government authority to ban all exports of
hazardous waste except where an agreement exists with
the receiving country providing for the safe handling
and management of those wastes.
Superfund: The President is reinvigorating the
Superfund hazardous waste clean-up program by directing
more aggressive action
EPA to take a number of actions, including stricter (Bates)
to force private parties to clean up sites (Bates)
enforcement of violations, stepped-up cost recovery,
better use of existing (Bates)
ies JEPA is now finishing
and increased emergency cleanup authority a priority review of
Superfund to improve
Clean water and coastlines: The EPA has started a
its operation
the
(Grady)
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The Departments of Interior, Commerce, and
agriculture, with the State of Alaska,
have begun a scientific assessment of damages
to natural resources. Exxon has provided
15 million in up-front funding for this effort.
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& the State of Alaska have began an
assess ment of the Environmental damage
caused by th oil spill.
The President has proposel $206 willin in his budget to
expand our parks and wildlife refuges.
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address environmental concerns alsorthdrilling off the
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comprehensive program to keep our beaches clean.
The
of sewage sludge
President is committed to end ocean dumping by 1991. (Grady)
Alaskan oil spill: A Cabinet-level team was sent
immediately to assess the Alaskan oil spill situation.
A joint federal-state resource recovery team was
convened, with Secretary of Transportation Skinner now
coordinating all efforts. Coast Guard Commandant Yost
has returned to Alaska to assume personal oversight of
developments, and the National Transportation Safety
Board is investigating the accident itself. Exxon has
accepted responsibility for paying for the cleanup, and
for employing local civilian personnel necessary to
control further damage. In addition to the
considerable federal personnel and equipment already in
place, on April 7, the President announced that Defense
Secretary Cheney will make available U.S. Armed Forces
personnel and equipment to assist in the cleanup. EPA
Administrator Reilly will coordinate the long-range
planning to restore the environment of Prince William
Sound, and the President has ordered a review of
existing contingency plans for accidents such as this.
Delite sentence
FIGHTING DRUG ABUSE
(Bath)
weakned (omB)
[America is being paralyzed by the threat of drugs:
With the
confirmation of Bill Bennett as Director of National Drug Control
Policy, and the trip by Attorney General Thornburgh to South
local
with regard to jointeradication and (Rates)
America to meet with leaders in interdiction efforts, we have
begun a new war on drugs in this country. The President believes
a four-pronged approach is key: education, rehabilitation,
interdiction and enforcement. The policy of this Administration
is "zero tolerance." No amount of illegal drug use is
acceptable. This means dealing with both supply and demand.
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION:
Budget: The Administration is requesting $6 billion in
(omis) new funding for FY 1990 to fight the drug war,
increasing outlays by nearly $1 billion for drug
education, treatment and enforcement.
Education: The Administration is requesting nearly $1.1
billion for education and prevention efforts. This is
a 16 percent increase over 1989, and includes funding
for ongoing programs and new initiatives.
Rehabilitation: Funding for drug abuse treatment will
be increased 18 percent. The Administration is
proposing over $700 million to expand the nation's
capacity to provide treatment, particularly to the
indigent, disadvantaged, youth, and expectant mothers.
Interdiction and enforcement: The Administration is
proposing over $4.1 billion for law enforcement
programs in 1990, a 10 percent increase over 1989.
This constitutes about 70 percent of President Bush's
proposed drug budget. Substantial increases are
requested in funding to strengthen inspection,
interdiction, intelligence efforts and crop eradication
programs. The President strongly supports the death
penalty for drug kingpins who commit drug-related
murders, and will appoint judges who will strongly
enforce the drug penalty laws.
Administration imposed a temporary ban on the import of
suspension ( TBates )
The Administration imposed a temporary ban on the (Lund)
import of certain semiautomatic weapons, and has
undertaken an emergency study to identify the best
means of reducing drug-related killings and other
violent crime.
In addition, the Office of National Drug Control Policy has
responded to the drug emergency in the District of Columbia:
A Metropolitan Area Task Force will be convened,
with representatives from federal agencies, and
state and local police from D.C., Maryland and
Virginia.
More prisons: The federal Bureau of Prisons will
take custody of 250 inmates from the D.C. jail,
and work to locate land for construction of a new
prison.
Enforcement: The FBI will provide support to D.C.
police in investigations of drug-related murders.
Also, HUD will ease red tape to hasten the
eviction of drug offenders from federally funded
housing projects, and, with the D.C. police, will
tighten security and maintenance at projects.
Rehabilitation: The National Institute on Drug
Abuse will provide assistance in local treatment
efforts and will be authorized to establish three
new outpatient clinics by 1990.
Prevention: The Department of Education will
provide the District with 50 percent more funds
for drug prevention programs in city schools. The
Department of Labor will work with the business
community to increase job training for youth, and
will provide a $100,000 grant to establish
employee assistance programs for drug abuse.
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CHILDCARE
The changing nature of American society is putting more and
more pressure on the family. President Bush wants to put choice
that
(Porter)
in the hands of parents
not government
so they have the
power to select the best and safest environment for their
children.
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION:
Child care: The President has proposed a child care package,
the "Working Family Child Care Assistance Act of 1989"
which:
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Provides a new child care tax credit of up to $1000 per
child under four for low and moderate income working
families.
Child
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Makes the existing Dependent Child Tax Credit
refundable.
Head Start: The President has also transmitted legislation
the FY 1990
to the Congress which would increase authorization for Head
to accomodate a
vincrease over FY 1989;
Start programs by $250 million for FY 1990; this will pay
(OMB)
enrollment of
four-yearolds
forVup to 95,000 more children in the program.
President directed Sec Dole to study (Porter)
the market for liability insurance to determine
life liability issues impair child care.
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VOLUNTEERISM
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The President proclaimed National Volunteer Week, April 10-
15
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NATIONAL SERVICE
President Bush has said that "From now on in America, any
definition of a successful life must include serving others".
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION:
Office of National Service: The President established in the
White House the Office of National Service to lead the
Administration's national service movement. This Office will
identify effective community service models and encourage others
to duplicate them across the country. It will challenge
individuals, schools, businesses, civic and service groups,
religious institutions and other entities to expand existing
community service programs and to create new ones. The goal of
this Office is to make service to others a central part of every
American's life and, in so doing, to help to ameliorate the
urgent ills which fray the fabric of American society. The
Office will recommend changes in national social and economic
policy to promote and encourage service including tort law
reform, welfare law reform and housing, to name a few.
Presidential proclamation: In signing the proclamation
commemorating National Volunteer Week, April 9-15, the President
challenged every American who cares about the future of this
country to engage in some meaningful form of community service.
He awarded 18 Presidential Awards to those chosen from nearly
2000 applications -- to winners who embody the ideals of
goodness, compassion and concern for others.
ETHICS
High ethical standards are central to this Administration,
and we will enforce them -- strictly, comprehensively, fairly,
and to the letter and spirit of the law.
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION:
The President issued an Executive Order creating the
President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform. On March 9,
the Commission filed its report and its recommendations to the
President. Legislation was sent April 12th to the Congress, and
the President issued an Executive Order announcing ethical
principles for the conduct of executive branch employees. The
President's proposals include:
earned (Cicconi)
A ban on outside Y income for non-career Presidential
appointees in the executive branch, including all employees
in the immediate White House office.
Ethics (Amy Schwartz)
(Covasel's
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office)
For clarity, they should be revised into three separate points.
That is:
Expanded financial disclosure for all three branches of
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Prohibition of the conversion of political
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A comprehensive review of federal campaign laws,
including an assessment of the negative effects of PACs
on parties, competition and political debate. The
President believes that PAC contributions to candidates
should be eliminated, and he will be consulting with
Congress on this issue. President Bush is also opposed
to federal funding of congressional campaigns.
In addition, a new bullet could be added to recognize that the
bill also includes:
Deferral of tax liability when an individual is
required by his or her agency to divest assets in order
to avoid conflicts of interest.
Strengthened rules against abusing the revolving door for
private gain at the expense of the public trust. These
separate
rules also apply to the legislative branch.
was proposed in vlegislation "legis lation 12,
submitted April
A 25 percent pay raise for federal judges, while restricting
The ethics reform legislation restricts
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V their acceptance of honoraria. President Bush believes that
honoraria for Members of Congress should be banned.
formalize that
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However, the President will not make that formal proposal
until after he consults with Congress on the question of a
congressional pay raise. He will include in that discussion
the question of a pay increase for certain Executive Branch
positions.
The extension of the Independent Counsel statute to cover
the Congress.
The extension of the federal statute that prohibits
employees from taking actions that enhance their own
financial interest to cover legislative and judicial branch
employees.
The establishment of an independent ethics office for the
Congress, to be headed by a clearly nonpartisan official,
confirmed by both houses.
The application of the existing one-year post-employment
"cooling-off" period for senior executive-branch employees
to the legislative and judicial branches.
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION
The President supports public servants who revere the trust
placed in them by the American people. To this end, he is
working to protect those public servants who report waste, fraud
and mismanagement.
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION:
On April 10, the President signed S. 20, the "Whistleblower
Protection Act of 1989." This law will strengthen the
protections and procedural rights available to those federal
employees who report misdeeds and mismanagement.
new/egislation
This will enhance the authority of the Office of
Special Counsel, and whistleblowers will also now be
allowed to take their cases to the Merit Systems
Protection Board.
The law now clarifies the burden of proof, so that
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employees must prove only that whistleblowing was a
"contributing factor" to any adverse personnel actions
con tinue to (omB)
against them. The agency will also have the right of
rebuttal.
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The it statute alters the legal burdens of proof, making
easier for employees to be vindicated when they are
wrongfully penalized by their supervisors for
whistleblowing activities.
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PRESS RELATIONS
ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATION (As of 4/11/89) :
9
Eleven televised press conferences held by the President
12
Seven Presidential interviews with reporters
Three sessions in the Oval Office with reporters
One regional press briefing
One televised address, to the nation
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