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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Warwick, Rhode Island)
For Immediate Release
November 20, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT FUNDRAISER FOR CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER
Rocky Point Palladium
Warwick, Rhode Island
7:06 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Claudine. What a welcome.
Thank you. I'm very, very pleased to be back here. Thank you,
Claudine, and Ed -- Governor Ed Diprete, the outstanding Governor of
this great state, who I want to see reelected very, very badly. So
do your part on that one. (Applause.) And Ron -- you guys sit down,
now. And you can't sit down, so eat your heart out. (Laughter.)
Ron Matchley, what a job he's doing, proving already that he's the
leader you thought he'd be when you sent him down there. And, of
course, let us also give a very special thanks to the Woonsockett
High School Band. Great music. I can hear you out there.
(Applause.) Talk about a big band -- I mean, that's it. And a good
one. Thank you all very, very much.
And I just have to say that I'm pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. (Laughter.) Hey, listen, this is the first
time I've been to an amusement park in years. (Laughter.) In fact,
I wanted to check out the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service guys
wouldn't let me do it. (Laughter.)
No, it is -- and I really mean this -- we've had a good
day, campaigning out there in Illinois, and now here with Ed and
Claudine. But it's great to be back in the home of so many great
Republican Rhode Island leaders -- Senator Chafee was going to be
here, but the Senate is finishing up its work. And, of course,
Governor Ed DiPrete -- I told you what I thought about him. And then
Ron -- he and Congressman Claudine Schneider are going to fly back
with me on Air Force One because they're finishing up the session
down there. And you all think you're glad to get them out of town --
what about me, I'll tell you. (Laughter.)
No, but since the first days of the Republic, this Rhode
Island brand of leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce
individualism. And this little state has always been a big friend of
dissent and a mecca for mavericks and a home for the self-reliant.
Rhode Island is and will always be personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it it on behalf of an independent woman that I have
come to Providence tonight. (Applause.) And I am here to stand
proudly by a great leader for Rhode Island and for the United States
of America. And I am here for my friend, Claudine. (Applause,)
What is it about her? What is it about her? It is very
interesting that people in Washington and Rhode Island never refer to
her as Congresswoman Schneider. She is, to all of us -- Barbara, me,
all the people down there -- just Claudine, a down-to-earth lady who
still makes her own clothes. And she does a pretty good job of that.
(Laughter and applause.)
But approachable as she is, make no mistake about it --
Claudine is a champ. And after all, she was the winner of the Nike
Capital Challenge 5K for five years in a row. She can run. She can
run in a race and she can run for the Senate -- and win both.
MORE
- 2 -
(Applause.) Listen, that energy -- when I get around her I get
nervous just being there. I mean, I want to go out and do something.
(Laughter.) But this is the pace that she set for those of us that
understand the House of Representatives, always ahead of the pack,
always out front. And this is the pace that she's setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. And sometimes,
Claudine disagrees with her party. But she stands up and you know
where she's coming from, and I respect that. But with her, I can
always bank on one thing -- I always know exactly where she stands --
right by her principles because she is entirely honest. A woman of
total integrity. (Applause.)
You know very well that she's a pace-setter when it comes
to the worlwide struggle to preserve and to protect the environment.
She was a sponsor of legislation to reduce this hazardous waste at
its source, to give companies the incentives to recycle, because she
knows that it is easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it
up.
And she was also instrumental in the passage of that very
important law for Rhode Island, indeed, for the country -- the Ocean
Dumping law critical if we're to clean up the shorelines of
America. She's worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she's been among the foremost guardians
of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man and his
chainsaws.
Claudine, looking over those committee assignments of
yours, I also noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries
Subcommittee. And so I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my
record as a fisherman, no species are endangered by me. (Laughter.)
I want off of your hit list. (Applause.)
I do share her concern about the future of endangered
species, and that's why my administration announced a ban in July of
the importation of African elephant ivory into the United States.
(Applause.) And I also share your concern for the quality of the
water that we drink, the air we breathe, and the future of our land.
And it is out of this concern that I asked the EPA and the Justice
Department to crack down on those who pollute our waters and our
beaches. And we are determined to fight toxic air emissions. And we
can be grateful that the EPA has been instructed to be more
aggressive in enforcing the cleanup of hazardous waste.
But we're learning that no nation can save the
environment by itself. Pollution respects no boundaries, no borders;
pollution is a world problem; and only a world solution will stop it.
A world solution can begin with the United States and the
Soviet Union. And so when I meet President Gorbachev in Malta a week
from this coming Saturday, I will seek his active cooperation in
cleaning up the world's environment. (Applause.)
And speaking of cleaning up, while we're at it, we've got
to clean up our streets -- by fighting the scourge of drugs and its
accomplice, violent crime. Our children deserve a chance to avoid
drugs, through a vigorous antidrug campaign in the schools. Users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. But
society also deserves a chance, by sending the drug dealers where
they belong -- to do time -- hard time. And I know that Claudine
agrees with that. (Applause.)
Last May, I asked the Congress to increase funding for
our drug education and prevention efforts by nearly $1.1 billion -- a
16 percent increase. But I'm also asking for increases in my crime
and im my drug packages for more police, more prisons, more
prosecutors. Again, society deserves a chance. And I challenge
Congress to take action as soon as it reconvenes to pass my crime
legislation.
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- 3 -
There are so many children in America who deserve a
chance and are not getting it because they are not learning to read,
learning to write, learning for work. And that is why I was pleased
to join Governor DiPrete and his colleagues in that summit in
Charlottesville, to join in a compact to improve our schools through
the principles of choice in education, more flexibility for states
and for teachers -- and God bless our teachers -- and increased
accountability.
There are others in America who also deserve a chance.
And so I was proud to ask for the reauthorization of the Commission
on Civil Rights, and will be equally proud to sign that bill into law
shortly. (Applause.) I was also proud to endorse the Hate Crimes
Bill to identify and fight bigotry. But we must go one step further
-- we must end discrimination against the disabled. And I want to
see legislation passed to that effect.
And, of course, Claudine -- this magnificent woman has
been at the forefront of securing the civil rights of all of us.
Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere." In this spirit, Claudine Schneider is such a fervent
advocate of the rights of minorities and women, and she believes that
injustice to any American is an injustice to all Americans.
(Applause.)
It is widely known, I'm sure, here and in Washington that
there's a whole other dimension. As I look at the demographic change
in the United States, the change that is taking place, and then you
look at our interaction with our trading partners around the world,
it is very, very clear that the United States must retain, if not
rebuild, its competitive edge. And did you know that your
Congresswoman Claudine Schneider, is the Chairman of the
Competitiveness Caucus in Washington, D.C.? She is the one who is
out front on the Job Training Parternship Act, on the emphasis on
research and development, on more science and math so our kids can
compete in the year 200 with whoever it is, whatever power it is
around the world. She is the one who is insisting that the playing
field for trade be level. In addition to all these other interests,
she is out front trying to make the United State of America more
competitive, and effective as she's been in Congress, she'll be even
more so in the United States Senate. (Applause.)
No, the winds of change, the winds of change -- we've all
seen how the winds of change are reshaping the world. And because of
this change, at no time -- at no time in the long history of the
postwar years has dialogue been more important between the
superpowers. And so, as I mentioned, I will go to Malta a week from
Saturday, meeting to continue our dialogue -- meeting with President
Gorbachev.
But as I work with him, it is very important that
American and Soviet leaders at all levels are involved in frank and
meaningful dialogue. We can all be grateful for Claudine because she
has performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows members of Congress to have a candid exchange on
issues from arms control to the environment with their counterparts
in the Supreme Soviet. I salute you for that. And I encourage more
of that kind of interchange between the Soviet citizens and U.S.
citizens.
I can tell you, I'm looking forward to this meeting with
General Secretary-President Gorbachev at Malta. I see these kids in
this Woonsockett Band there and I'll say to you guys, you live in
exciting times. You live in times where you have a shot -- a clear
shot at living in a much more peaceful world. And so this mission --
this trip to Malta, if you will, is not about signing agreements.
It's not about crossing the "t's" or dotting the "i's." It is to try
to understand as best I can as your President these fantastic changes
that are taking place -- the dynamic changes that are taking place in
Eastern Europe and inside the Soviet Union.
I'm going to keep my eyes wide open. I sometimes get
MORE
- 4 -
needled a little bit about being cautious and prudent, but somehow I
think that that's what a President of the United States ought to do
when you go to meet the Soviet leader. (Applause.) And so I won't
miss an opportunity. (Applause.) I won't miss an opportunity as I
look to the future. I'm going to look over my shoulder a little bit
at the history to be sure that we do the right thing for this
generation that's coming up here.
You know, Claudine, in conclusion let me just say this.
You've been a leader in the environment, in the war on crime and
drugs, in competitiveness, in advancing civil rights, promoting a
dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that your future is
bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. And I will just
repeat it here -- you will make a great United States Senator.
(Applause.) America needs your energy -- that indefatigable energy.
As I told you, when I got off the plane, I felt tired just being
around her. I mean, let's go, let's go. We need that energy in the
Senate. We need your spirit, we need your commitment, and we need
your leadership -- the leadership of a pace-setter, not a follower.
So thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless
you, and God bless all of you and God bless the United States.
Thank you very, very much. (Applause.)
END
7:23 P.M. EST
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Warwick, Rhode Island)
For Immediate Release
November 20, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT FUNDRAISER FOR CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER
Rocky Point Palladium
Warwick, Rhode Island
7:06 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Claudine. What a welcome.
Thank you. I'm very, very pleased to be back here. Thank you,
Claudine, and Ed -- Governor Ed Diprete, the outstanding Governor of
this great state, who I want to see reelected very, very badly. So
do your part on that one. (Applause.) And Ron -- you guys sit down,
now. And you can't sit down, so eat your heart out. (Laughter.)
Ron Matchley, what a job he's doing, proving already that he's the
leader you thought he'd be when you sent him down there. And, of
course, let us also give a very special thanks to the Woonsockett
High School Band. Great music. I can hear you out there.
(Applause.) Talk about a big band -- I mean, that's it. And a good
one. Thank you all very, very much.
And I just have to say that I'm pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. (Laughter.) Hey, listen, this is the first
time I've been to an amusement park in years. (Laughter.) In fact,
I wanted to check out the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service guys
wouldn't let me do it. (Laughter.)
No, it is -- and I really mean this -- we've had a good
day, campaigning out there in Illinois, and now here with Ed and
Claudine. But it's great to be back in the home of so many great
Republican Rhode Island leaders -- Senator Chafee was going to be
here, but the Senate is finishing up its work. And, of course,
Governor Ed DiPrete -- I told you what I thought about him. And then
Ron -- he and Congressman Claudine Schneider are going to fly back
with me on Air Force One because they're finishing up the session
down there. And you all think you're glad to get them out of town --
what about me, I'll tell you. (Laughter.)
No, but since the first days of the Republic, this Rhode
Island brand of leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce
individualism. And this little state has always been a big friend of
dissent and a mecca for mavericks and a home for the self-reliant.
Rhode Island is and will always be personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it it on behalf of an independent woman that I have
come to Providence tonight. (Applause.) And I am here to stand
proudly by a great leader for Rhode Island and for the United States
of America. And I am here for my friend, Claudine. (Applause.)
What is it about her? What is it about her? It is very
interesting that people in Washington and Rhode Island never refer to
her as Congresswoman Schneider. She is, to all of us -- Barbara, me,
all the people down there -- just Claudine, a down-to-earth lady who
still makes her own clothes. And she does a pretty good job of that.
(Laughter and applause.)
But approachable as she is, make no mistake about it --
Claudine is a champ. And after all, she was the winner of the Nike
Capital Challenge 5K for five years in a row. She can run. She can
run in a race and she can run for the Senate -- and win both.
MORE
- 2 -
(Applause.) Listen, that energy -- when I get around her I get
nervous just being there. I mean, I want to go out and do something.
(Laughter.) But this is the pace that she set for those of us that
understand the House of Representatives, always ahead of the pack,
always out front. And this is the pace that she's setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. And sometimes,
Claudine disagrees with her party. But she stands up and you know
where she's coming from, and I respect that. But with her, I can
always bank on one thing -- I always know exactly where she stands --
right by her principles because she is entirely honest. A woman of
total integrity. (Applause.)
You know very well that she's a pace-setter when it comes
to the worlwide struggle to preserve and to protect the environment.
She was a sponsor of legislation to reduce this hazardous waste at
its source, to give companies the incentives to recycle, because she
knows that it is easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it
up.
And she was also instrumental in the passage of that very
important law for Rhode Island, indeed, for the country -- the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we're to clean up the shorelines of
America. She's worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she's been among the foremost guardians
of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man and his
chainsaws.
Claudine, looking over those committee assignments of
yours, I also noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries
Subcommittee. And so I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my
record as a fisherman, no species are endangered by me. (Laughter.)
I want off of your hit list. (Applause.)
I do share her concern about the future of endangered
species, and that's why my administration announced a ban in July of
the importation of African elephant ivory into the United States.
(Applause.) And I also share your concern for the quality of the
water that we drink, the air we breathe, and the future of our land.
And it is out of this concern that I asked the EPA and the Justice
Department to crack down on those who pollute our waters and our
beaches. And we are determined to fight toxic air emissions. And we
can be grateful that the EPA has been instructed to be more
aggressive in enforcing the cleanup of hazardous waste.
But we're learning that no nation can save the
environment by itself. Pollution respects no boundaries, no borders;
pollution is a world problem; and only a world solution will stop it.
A world solution can begin with the United States and the
Soviet Union. And so when I meet President Gorbachev in Malta a week
from this coming Saturday, I will seek his active cooperation in
cleaning up the world's environment. (Applause.)
And speaking of cleaning up, while we're at it, we've got
to clean up our streets -- by fighting the scourge of drugs and its
accomplice, violent crime. Our children deserve a chance to avoid
drugs, through a vigorous antidrug campaign in the schools. Users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. But
society also deserves a chance, by sending the drug dealers where
they belong -- to do time -- hard time. And I know that Claudine
agrees with that. (Applause.)
Last May, I asked the Congress to increase funding for
our drug education and prevention efforts by nearly $1.1 billion -- a
16 percent increase. But I'm also asking for increases in my crime
and im my drug packages for more police, more prisons, more
prosecutors. Again, society deserves a chance. And I challenge
Congress to take action as soon as it reconvenes to pass my crime
legislation.
MORE
- 3 -
There are so many children in America who deserve a
chance and are not getting it because they are not learning to read,
learning to write, learning for work. And that is why I was pleased
to join Governor DiPrete and his colleagues in that summit in
Charlottesville, to join in a compact to improve our schools through
the principles of choice in education, more flexibility for states
and for teachers -- and God bless our teachers -- and increased
accountability.
There are others in America who also deserve a chance.
And so I was proud to ask for the reauthorization of the Commission
on Civil Rights, and will be equally proud to sign that bill into law
shortly. (Applause.) I was also proud to endorse the Hate Crimes
Bill to identify and fight bigotry. But we must go one step further
-- we must end discrimination against the disabled. And I want to
see legislation passed to that effect.
And, of course, Claudine -- this magnificent woman has
been at the forefront of securing the civil rights of all of us.
Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere." In this spirit, Claudine Schneider is such a fervent
advocate of the rights of minorities and women, and she believes that
injustice to any American is an injustice to all Americans.
(Applause.)
It is widely known, I'm sure, here and in Washington that
there's a whole other dimension. As I look at the demographic change
in the United States, the change that is taking place, and then you
look at our interaction with our trading partners around the world,
it is very, very clear that the United States must retain, if not
rebuild, its competitive edge. And did you know that your
Congresswoman Claudine Schneider, is the Chairman of the
Competitiveness Caucus in Washington, D.C.? She is the one who is
out front on the Job Training Parternship Act, on the emphasis on
research and development, on more science and math so our kids can
compete in the year 200 with whoever it is, whatever power it is
around the world. She is the one who is insisting that the playing
field for trade be level. In addition to all these other interests,
she is out front trying to make the United State of America more
competitive, and effective as she's been in Congress, she'll be even
more so in the United States Senate. (Applause.)
No, the winds of change, the winds of change -- we've all
seen how the winds of change are reshaping the world. And because of
this change, at no time -- at no time in the long history of the
postwar years has dialogue been more important between the
superpowers. And so, as I mentioned, I will go to Malta a week from
Saturday, meeting to continue our dialogue -- meeting with President
Gorbachev.
But as I work with him, it is very important that
American and Soviet leaders at all levels are involved in frank and
meaningful dialogue. We can all be grateful for Claudine because she
has performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows members of Congress to have a candid exchange on
issues from arms control to the environment with their counterparts
in the Supreme Soviet. I salute you for that. And I encourage more
of that kind of interchange between the Soviet citizens and U.S.
citizens.
I can tell you, I'm looking forward to this meeting with
General Secretary-President Gorbachev at Malta. I see these kids in
this Woonsockett Band there and I'll say to you guys, you live in
exciting times. You live in times where you have a shot -- a clear
shot at living in a much more peaceful world. And so this mission --
this trip to Malta, if you will, is not about signing agreements.
It's not about crossing the "t's" or dotting the "i's." It is to try
to understand as best I can as your President these fantastic changes
that are taking place -- the dynamic changes that are taking place in
Eastern Europe and inside the Soviet Union.
I'm going to keep my eyes wide open. I sometimes get
MORE
- 4 -
needled a little bit about being cautious and prudent, but somehow I
think that that's what a President of the United States ought to do
when you go to meet the Soviet leader. (Applause.) And SO: I won't
miss an opportunity. (Applause.) I won't miss an opportunity as I
look to the future. I'm going to look over my shoulder a little bit
at the history to be sure that we do the right thing for this
generation that's coming up here.
You know, Claudine, in conclusion let me just say this.
You've been a leader in the environment, in the war on crime and
drugs, in competitiveness, in advancing civil rights, promoting a
dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that your future is
bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. And I will just
repeat it here -- you will make a. great United States Senator.
(Applause.) America needs your energy -- that indefatigable energy.
As I told you, when I got off the plane, I felt tired just being
around her. I mean, let's go, let's go. We need that energy in the
Senate. We need your spirit, we need your commitment, and we need
your leadership -- the leadership of a pace-setter, not a follower.
So thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless
you, and God bless all of you and God bless the United States.
Thank you very, very much. (Applause.)
END
7:23 P.M. EST
to
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
11/20
1969 NOV 17 11/17 PM
November 17, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON w
FROM:
MARK DAVIS
SUBJECT:
CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER FUNDRAISER
Attached draft includes paragraphs on your initiatives
concerning crime, drugs, the enviroment, and education.
9:10 11/19 Time
call form edits
per X.
to
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 17, 1989
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, WARWICK, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
6:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst) ) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band.
((And I just have to say, I'm pleased to visit the Rocky
Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've been to
an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride the
Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.))
But it's great to be back in the home of so many great Rhode
Island Republican leaders -- Senator Chafee, Governor DiPrete and
Congresswoman Claudine Schneider.
Since the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand
of leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce,
individualism. This little state has always been a big friend of
dissent, a mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant.
Rhode Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue
atop your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
2
If you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row. This is the pace Claudine
has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always out in
front. And this is the pace she is setting for the future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. But with Claudine, I can always bank
on one thing. I always know exactly where she stands -- right by
her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She was a
sponsor of legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source,
to give companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that
it is easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
3
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ) )
But I do share her concern for the future of endangered
species, and that is why my administration announced a ban in
July of the importation of African Elephant Ivory into the United
States. I also share your concern for the quality of the water
we drink, the air we breathe, and the future of our land. And it
is out of this concern that I asked the EPA and the Justice
Department to crack down on those who pollute our waters and our
beaches. We are determined to fight toxic air emissions. And we
can be grateful that the EPA has been instructed to be more
aggressive in enforcing the clean-up of hazardous waste.
But we are learning that no nation can save the environment
by itself. Pollution respects no borders; pollution is a world
problem; and only a world solution will stop it.
A world solution can begin with the United States and the
Soviet Union. So when I meet President Gorbachev in Malta, I
will seek his active cooperation in cleaning up the
environment.
And while we're at it, we've got to clean up our streets --
by fighting the scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent
crime. Our children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. Users and addicts
deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. But society also
deserves a chance, by sending drug dealers where they belong --
to do time -- hard time. And I know that Claudine agrees.
4
Last May, I asked Congress to increase funding for our drug
education and prevention efforts by nearly $1.1 billion -- a 16
percent increase. But I am also asking for increases in my crime
and in my drug packages for more police, more prisons and more
prosecutors. Again, society deserves a chance. And I
as soon if reconvenes to
challenge Congress to take action new and pass my crime
legislation.
There are so many children in America who deserve a chance,
and are not getting it, because they are not learning to read,
learning to write, learning for work. That is why I was pleased
to join Governor DiPrete and his colleagues in the states in
Charlottesville, to join in a compact to improve our schools
through the principles of choice in education, more flexibility
for states and for teachers, and increased accountability.
There are others in America who also deserve a chance. And
SO I am proud to ask for the reauthorization of the Commission on
Civil Rights. I am also proud to endorse the Hate Crimes Bill to
identify and fight bigotry. But, we must go one step further --
we must end discrimination against the disabled.
And, of course, Claudine has been at the forefront of
securing the civil rights of us all. Martin Luther King said:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." In this
spirit, Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of the
rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice to
any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
5
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. So I will go to Malta to continue our
dialogue with President Gorbachev. But, as I work with him, it
is important that American and Soviet leaders at all levels are
involved in frank and meaningful dialogue. We can all be
grateful for Claudine, because she has performed an invaluable
service, by originating a live network show that allows Members
of Congress to have a candid exchange on issues from arms control
to the environment with their counterparts in the Supreme Soviet.
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in advancing civil rights and in
promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. And I have to say --
you'd make a great Senator. America needs your energy, your
spirit and your leadership -- the leadership of a pace-setter,
not a follower.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER FUNDRAISER
WARWICK, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
NOV. 20, 1989
6:00 P.M.
THANK YOU, CLAUDINE, JOHN [CHAFFEE], ED [DIPRETE]
AND RON [MATCHLEY]. AND LET US ALL GIVE A SPECIAL
THANKS TO THE WOONSOCKETT HIGH SCHOOL BAND. 11
((AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I'M PLEASED TO VISIT THE
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME I'VE BEEN TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN YEARS. IN FACT,
I WANTED TO RIDE THE CORKSCREW, BUT THE SECRET SERVICE
WOULDN'T LET ME.) 11
BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE HOME OF so MANY
GREAT RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICAN LEADERS -- SENATOR
CHAFEE, GOVERNOR DIPRETE AND CONGRESSWOMAN CLAUDINE
SCHNEIDER.
- 2 -
SINCE THE FIRST DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC, THE RHODE
ISLAND BRAND OF LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN MARKED BY A
TENACIOUS, FIERCE, INDIVIDUALISM. THIS LITTLE STATE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG FRIEND OF DISSENT, A MECCA FOR
MAVERICKS, AND A HOME FOR THE SELF-RELIANT. RHODE
ISLAND IS, AND WILL ALWAYS BE, PERSONIFIED BY THE
STATUE ATOP YOUR CAPITOL -- THE VERY IMAGE OF THE
INDEPENDENT MAN.
BUT IT IS ON BEHALF OF AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN THAT I
HAVE COME TO PROVIDENCE TONIGHT. I AM HERE TO STAND BY
A GREAT LEADER FOR RHODE ISLAND AND AMERICA. I AM HERE
FOR MY FRIEND, CLAUDINE. 11
AND IT'S INTERESTING - -- PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON AND
RHODE ISLAND NEVER REFER TO HER AS CONGRESSWOMAN
SCHNEIDER. SHE IS, TO US ALL, JUST CLAUDINE, A DOWN-
TO-EARTH LADY WHO STILL MAKES HER OWN CLOTHES.
- 3 -
BUT APPROACHABLE AS SHE IS, MAKE NO MISTAKE --
CLAUDINE IS A CHAMP. AFTER ALL, SHE WAS THE WINNER
OF THE NIKE CAPITAL CHALLENGE 5K FOR FIVE YEARS IN A
ROW. THIS IS THE PACE CLAUDINE HAS SET IN THE HOUSE,
ALWAYS AHEAD OF THE PACK, ALWAYS OUT IN FRONT. AND
THIS IS THE PACE SHE IS SETTING FOR THE FUTURE.
SOMETIMES, PACE-SETTERS RUN ALONE. SOMETIMES,
CLAUDINE DISAGREES WITH HER PARTY. BUT WITH CLAUDINE,
I CAN ALWAYS BANK ON ONE THING. I ALWAYS KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE SHE STANDS -- RIGHT BY HER PRINCIPLES.
CLAUDINE IS A PACE-SETTER WHEN IT COMES TO THE
WORLDWIDE STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT. SHE WAS A SPONSOR OF LEGISLATION TO
REDUCE HAZARDOUS WASTE AT THE SOURCE, TO GIVE COMPANIES
INCENTIVES TO RECYCLE, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT IT IS
EASIER TO PREVENT TOXIC WASTE THAN IT IS TO CLEAN IT
UP.
- 4 -
CLAUDINE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PASSAGE OF
THE OCEAN DUMPING LAW -- CRITICAL IF WE ARE TO CLEAN UP
THE SHORELINES OF AMERICA. SHE HAS WORKED HARD TO HALT
THE CONTINUING TRAGEDY OF TROPICAL DEFORESTATION. AND
SHE HAS BEEN AMONG THE FOREMOST GUARDIANS OF THOSE RARE
AND WONDERFUL SPECIES ENDANGERED BY MAN AND HIS
CHAINSAWS.
(CLAUDINE, LOOKING OVER YOUR COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS, I ALSO NOTICED YOU'RE A LEADING MEMBER OF
THE FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEE
...
SO I'M SURE YOU'LL BE
PLEASED TO HEAR THAT WITH MY RECORD AS A FISHERMAN, NO
SPECIES ARE ENDANGERED BY ME. )) 11
- 5 -
BUT I DO SHARE HER CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE OF
ENDANGERED SPECIES, AND THAT IS WHY MY ADMINISTRATION
ANNOUNCED A BAN IN JULY OF THE IMPORTATION OF AFRICAN
ELEPHANT IVORY INTO THE UNITED STATES. 11 I ALSO SHARE
YOUR CONCERN FOR THE QUALITY OF THE WATER WE DRINK, THE
AIR WE BREATHE, AND THE FUTURE OF OUR LAND. AND IT IS
OUT OF THIS CONCERN THAT I ASKED THE EPA AND THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO CRACK DOWN ON THOSE WHO POLLUTE
OUR WATERS AND OUR BEACHES. WE ARE DETERMINED TO FIGHT
TOXIC AIR EMISSIONS. AND WE CAN BE GRATEFUL THAT THE
EPA HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN
ENFORCING THE CLEAN-UP OF HAZARDOUS WASTE.
BUT WE ARE LEARNING THAT NO NATION CAN SAVE THE
ENVIRONMENT BY ITSELF. POLLUTION RESPECTS NO BORDERS;
POLLUTION IS A WORLD PROBLEM; AND ONLY A WORLD SOLUTION
WILL STOP IT.
A WORLD SOLUTION CAN BEGIN WITH THE UNITED STATES
AND THE SOVIET UNION. so WHEN I MEET PRESIDENT
GORBACHEV IN MALTA, I WILL SEEK HIS ACTIVE COOPERATION
IN CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT.\
- 6 -
AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP OUR
STREETS -- BY FIGHTING THE SCOURGE OF DRUGS AND ITS
ACCOMPLICE, VIOLENT CRIME. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE A
CHANCE TO AVOID DRUGS, THROUGH A VIGOROUS ANTI-DRUG
CAMPAIGN IN THE SCHOOLS. USERS AND ADDICTS DESERVE A
CHANCE TO GO CLEAN THROUGH TREATMENT. BUT SOCIETY ALSO
DESERVES A CHANCE, BY SENDING DRUG DEALERS WHERE THEY
BELONG -- TO DO TIME -- HARD TIME. AND I KNOW THAT
CLAUDINE AGREES.
LAST MAY, I ASKED CONGRESS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR
OUR DRUG EDUCATION AND PREVENTION EFFORTS BY NEARLY
$1.1 BILLION -- A 16 PERCENT INCREASE. BUT I AM ALSO
ASKING FOR INCREASES IN MY CRIME AND IN MY DRUG
PACKAGES FOR MORE POLICE, MORE PRISONS AND MORE
PROSECUTORS. AGAIN, SOCIETY DESERVES A CHANCE. 11 AND
I CHALLENGE CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION NOW AND PASS MY
CRIME LEGISLATION.
- 7 -
THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN IN AMERICA WHO DESERVE
A CHANCE, AND ARE NOT GETTING IT, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
LEARNING TO READ, LEARNING TO WRITE, LEARNING FOR WORK.
THAT IS WHY I WAS PLEASED TO JOIN GOVERNOR DIPRETE AND
HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE STATES IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, TO
JOIN IN A COMPACT TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH THE
PRINCIPLES OF CHOICE IN EDUCATION, MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR
STATES AND FOR TEACHERS, AND INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY.
THERE ARE OTHERS IN AMERICA WHO ALSO DESERVE A
CHANCE. AND so I AM PROUD TO ASK FOR THE
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS. I
AM ALSO PROUD TO ENDORSE THE HATE CRIMES BILL TO
IDENTIFY AND FIGHT BIGOTRY. BUT, WE MUST GO ONE STEP
FURTHER -- WE MUST END DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE
DISABLED. 11
AND, OF COURSE, CLAUDINE HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT
OF SECURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF US ALL. MARTIN LUTHER
KING SAID: "INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE
EVERYWHERE." IN THIS SPIRIT, CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER IS
SUCH A FERVENT ADVOCATE OF THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES AND
WOMEN. SHE BELIEVES THAT INJUSTICE TO ANY AMERICAN, IS
AN INJUSTICE TO ALL AMERICANS.
- 8 -
WE HAVE ALL SEEN HOW THE WINDS OF CHANGE ARE
RESHAPING THE WORLD. AND, BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE, AT
NO TIME IN THE LONG HISTORY OF THE POSTWAR YEARS HAS
DIALOGUE BEEN MORE IMPORTANT BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS.
so I WILL GO TO MALTA TO CONTINUE OUR DIALOGUE WITH
PRESIDENT GORBACHEV. BUT, AS I WORK WITH HIM, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT AMERICAN AND SOVIET LEADERS AT ALL
LEVELS ARE INVOLVED IN FRANK AND MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE.
WE CAN ALL BE GRATEFUL FOR CLAUDINE, BECAUSE SHE HAS
PERFORMED AN INVALUABLE SERVICE, BY ORIGINATING A LIVE
NETWORK SHOW THAT ALLOWS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO HAVE A
CANDID EXCHANGE ON ISSUES FROM ARMS CONTROL TO THE
ENVIRONMENT WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE SUPREME
SOVIET.
so CLAUDINE, YOU HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN THE
ENVIRONMENT, IN THE WAR ON CRIME AND DRUGS, IN
ADVANCING CIVIL RIGHTS AND IN PROMOTING A DIALOGUE WITH
THE SOVIETS. IS IT ANY WONDER THAT YOUR FUTURE IS
BRIGHT WITH PROMISE?
- 9 -
YOU HAVE MADE A GREAT CONGRESSWOMAN. AND I HAVE
TO SAY -- -- YOU'D MAKE A GREAT SENATOR. III AMERICA
NEEDS YOUR ENERGY, YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP - --
THE LEADERSHIP OF A PACE-SETTER, NOT A FOLLOWER.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO RHODE ISLAND. GOD
BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER FUNDRAISER \ WARWICK, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM \ NOVEMBER 20, 1989 \ 6:00 P.M.
THANK YOU, CLAUDINE, ED [DIPRETE], JOHN [CHAFEE],
AND RON [MATCHLEY]. AND LET US ALL GIVE A SPECIAL
THANKS TO THE WOONSOCKETT HIGH SCHOOL BAND. 11
((AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I'M PLEASED TO VISIT THE
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM. You KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME I'VE BEEN TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN YEARS. IN FACT,
I WANTED TO RIDE THE CORKSCREW, BUT THE SECRET SERVICE
WOULDN'T LET ME.)) 11
- 2 -
BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE HOME OF so MANY
GREAT RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICAN LEADERS -- SENATOR
CHAFEE, GOVERNOR DIPRETE AND CONGRESSWOMAN CLAUDINE
SCHNEIDER. 11
SINCE THE FIRST DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC, THE RHODE
ISLAND BRAND OF LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN MARKED BY A
TENACIOUS, FIERCE, INDIVIDUALISM. THIS LITTLE STATE
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG FRIEND OF DISSENT, A MECCA FOR
MAVERICKS, AND A HOME FOR THE SELF-RELIANT.
- 3 -
RHODE ISLAND IS, AND WILL ALWAYS BE, PERSONIFIED BY THE
STATUE ATOP YOUR CAPITOL - -- THE VERY IMAGE OF THE
INDEPENDENT MAN.
BUT IT IS ON BEHALF OF AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN THAT I
HAVE COME TO PROVIDENCE TONIGHT. I AM HERE To STAND BY
A GREAT LEADER FOR RHODE ISLAND AND AMERICA. I AM HERE
FOR MY FRIEND, CLAUDINE. 11
- 4 -
AND IT'S INTERESTING -- PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON AND
RHODE ISLAND NEVER REFER TO HER AS CONGRESSWOMAN
SCHNEIDER. SHE IS, TO US ALL, JUST CLAUDINE, A DOWN-
TO-EARTH LADY WHO STILL MAKES HER OWN CLOTHES.
BUT APPROACHABLE AS SHE IS, MAKE NO MISTAKE --
CLAUDINE IS A CHAMP. 11 AFTER ALL, SHE WAS THE WINNER
OF THE NIKE CAPITAL CHALLENGE 5K FOR FIVE YEARS IN A
ROW.
- 5 -
THIS IS THE PACE CLAUDINE HAS SET IN THE HOUSE, ALWAYS
AHEAD OF THE PACK, ALWAYS OUT IN FRONT. AND THIS IS
THE PACE SHE IS SETTING FOR THE FUTURE.
SOMETIMES, PACE-SETTERS RUN ALONE. SOMETIMES,
CLAUDINE DISAGREES WITH HER PARTY. BUT WITH CLAUDINE,
I CAN ALWAYS BANK ON ONE THING. I ALWAYS KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE SHE STANDS -- RIGHT BY HER PRINCIPLES. 11
- 6 -
CLAUDINE IS A PACE-SETTER WHEN IT COMES TO THE
WORLDWIDE STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT. SHE WAS A SPONSOR OF LEGISLATION TO
REDUCE HAZARDOUS WASTE AT THE SOURCE, TO GIVE COMPANIES
INCENTIVES TO RECYCLE, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT IT IS
EASIER TO PREVENT TOXIC WASTE THAN IT IS TO CLEAN IT
UP.
- 7 -
CLAUDINE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PASSAGE OF
THE OCEAN DUMPING LAW -- CRITICAL IF WE ARE TO CLEAN UP
THE SHORELINES OF AMERICA. SHE HAS WORKED HARD TO HALT
THE CONTINUING TRAGEDY OF TROPICAL DEFORESTATION. AND
SHE HAS BEEN AMONG THE FOREMOST GUARDIANS OF THOSE RARE
AND WONDERFUL SPECIES ENDANGERED BY MAN AND HIS
CHAINSAWS.
:
- 8 -
(CLAUDINE, LOOKING OVER YOUR COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS, I ALSO NOTICED YOU'RE A LEADING MEMBER OF
THE FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEE
So I'M SURE YOU'LL BE
.
PLEASED TO HEAR THAT WITH MY RECORD AS A FISHERMAN, NO
SPECIES ARE ENDANGERED BY ME.))\\
BUT I DO SHARE HER CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE OF
ENDANGERED SPECIES, AND THAT IS WHY MY ADMINISTRATION
ANNOUNCED A BAN IN JULY OF THE IMPORTATION OF AFRICAN
ELEPHANT IVORY INTO THE UNITED STATES. 11
- 9 -
I ALSO SHARE YOUR CONCERN FOR THE QUALITY OF THE WATER
WE DRINK, THE AIR WE BREATHE, AND THE FUTURE OF OUR
LAND. AND IT IS OUT OF THIS CONCERN THAT I ASKED THE
EPA AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO CRACK DOWN ON THOSE
WHO POLLUTE OUR WATERS AND OUR BEACHES. WE ARE
DETERMINED TO FIGHT TOXIC AIR EMISSIONS. AND WE CAN BE
GRATEFUL THAT THE EPA HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO BE MORE
AGGRESSIVE IN ENFORCING THE CLEAN-UP OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE.
- 10 -
BUT WE ARE LEARNING THAT NO NATION CAN SAVE THE
ENVIRONMENT BY ITSELF. POLLUTION RESPECTS NO BORDERS;
POLLUTION IS A WORLD PROBLEM; AND ONLY A WORLD SOLUTION
WILL STOP IT.\\
A WORLD SOLUTION CAN BEGIN WITH THE UNITED STATES
AND THE SOVIET UNION. So WHEN I MEET PRESIDENT
GORBACHEV IN MALTA, I WILL SEEK HIS ACTIVE COOPERATION
IN CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT.\
- 11 -
AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP OUR
STREETS -- BY FIGHTING THE SCOURGE OF DRUGS AND ITS
ACCOMPLICE, VIOLENT CRIME. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE A
CHANCE To AVOID DRUGS, THROUGH A VIGOROUS ANTI-DRUG
CAMPAIGN IN THE SCHOOLS. USERS AND ADDICTS DESERVE A
CHANCE TO GO CLEAN THROUGH TREATMENT. BUT SOCIETY ALSO
DESERVES A CHANCE, BY SENDING DRUG DEALERS WHERE THEY
BELONG -- TO DO TIME -- HARD TIME. 11 AND I KNOW THAT
CLAUDINE AGREES.
- 12 -
LAST MAY, I ASKED CONGRESS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR
OUR DRUG EDUCATION AND PREVENTION EFFORTS BY NEARLY
$1.1 BILLION -- A 16 PERCENT INCREASE. BUT I AM ALSO
ASKING FOR INCREASES IN MY CRIME AND IN MY DRUG
PACKAGES FOR MORE POLICE, MORE PRISONS AND MORE
PROSECUTORS. AGAIN, SOCIETY DESERVES A CHANCE. 11
AND
I CHALLENGE CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION NOW AND PASS MY
CRIME LEGISLATION.
- 13 -
THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN IN AMERICA WHO DESERVE A
CHANCE, AND ARE NOT GETTING IT, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
LEARNING TO READ, LEARNING TO WRITE, LEARNING FOR WORK.
THAT IS WHY I WAS PLEASED TO JOIN GOVERNOR DIPRETE AND
HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE STATES IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, TO
JOIN IN A COMPACT TO IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH THE
PRINCIPLES OF CHOICE IN EDUCATION, MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR
STATES AND FOR TEACHERS, AND INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY.
- 14 -
THERE ARE OTHERS IN AMERICA WHO ALSO DESERVE A
CHANCE. AND so I AM PROUD TO ASK FOR THE
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS. I
AM ALSO PROUD TO ENDORSE THE HATE CRIMES BILL TO
IDENTIFY AND FIGHT BIGOTRY. BUT, WE MUST GO ONE STEP
FURTHER -- WE MUST END DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE
DISABLED. 11
- 15 -
AND, OF COURSE, CLAUDINE HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT
OF SECURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF US ALL. MARTIN LUTHER
KING SAID: "INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE
EVERYWHERE." IN THIS SPIRIT, CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER IS
SUCH A FERVENT ADVOCATE OF THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES AND
WOMEN. SHE BELIEVES THAT INJUSTICE TO ANY AMERICAN, IS
AN INJUSTICE TO ALL AMERICANS. 11
- 16 -
WE HAVE ALL SEEN HOW THE WINDS OF CHANGE ARE
RESHAPING THE WORLD. AND, BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE, AT
NO TIME IN THE LONG HISTORY OF THE POSTWAR YEARS HAS
DIALOGUE BEEN MORE IMPORTANT BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS.
So I WILL GO TO MALTA TO CONTINUE OUR DIALOGUE WITH
PRESIDENT GORBACHEV. BUT, AS I WORK WITH HIM, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT AMERICAN AND SOVIET LEADERS AT ALL
LEVELS ARE INVOLVED IN FRANK AND MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE.
- 17 -
WE CAN ALL BE GRATEFUL FOR CLAUDINE, BECAUSE SHE HAS
PERFORMED AN INVALUABLE SERVICE, BY ORIGINATING A LIVE
NETWORK SHOW THAT ALLOWS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO HAVE A
CANDID EXCHANGE ON ISSUES FROM ARMS CONTROL TO THE
ENVIRONMENT WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE SUPREME
SOVIET.
- 18 -
So CLAUDINE, YOU HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN THE
ENVIRONMENT, IN THE WAR ON CRIME AND DRUGS, IN
ADVANCING CIVIL RIGHTS AND IN PROMOTING A DIALOGUE WITH
THE SOVIETS. Is IT ANY WONDER THAT YOUR FUTURE IS
BRIGHT WITH PROMISE?
You HAVE MADE A GREAT CONGRESSWOMAN. AND I HAVE TO
SAY -- YOU'D MAKE A GREAT SENATOR. III AMERICA NEEDS
YOUR ENERGY, YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP -- THE
LEADERSHIP OF A PACE-SETTER, NOT A FOLLOWER.
- 19 -
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO RHODE ISLAND. GOD
BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
#
#
#
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 17, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
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FROM:
MARK DAVISM
SUBJECT:
CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER FUNDRAISER
Attached draft includes paragraphs on your initiatives
concerning crime, drugs, the enviroment, and education.
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 17, 1989
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, WARWICK, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
6:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst) ) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band.
( (And I just have to say, I'm pleased to visit the Rocky
Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've been to
an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride the
Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.) )
But it's great to be back in the home of so many great Rhode
Island Republican leaders -- Senator Chafee, Governor DiPrete and
Congresswoman Claudine Schneider.
Since the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand
of leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce,
individualism. This little state has always been a big friend of
dissent, a mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant.
Rhode Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue
atop your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
2
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row. This is the pace Claudine
has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always out in
front. And this is the pace she is setting for the future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. But with Claudine, I can always bank
on one thing. I always know exactly where she stands -- right by
her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She was a
sponsor of legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source,
to give companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that
it is easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
3
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me.) )
But I do share her concern for the future of endangered
species, and that is why my administration announced a ban in
July of the importation of African Elephant Ivory into the United
States. I also share your concern for the quality of the water
we drink, the air we breathe, and the future of our land. And it
is out of this concern that I asked the EPA and the Justice
Department to crack down on those who pollute our waters and our
beaches. We are determined to fight toxic air emissions. And we
can be grateful that the EPA has been instructed to be more
aggressive in enforcing the clean-up of hazardous waste.
But we are learning that no nation can save the environment
by itself. Pollution respects no borders; pollution is a world
problem; and only a world solution will stop it.
A world solution can begin with the United States and the
Soviet Union. So when I meet President Gorbachev in Malta, I
will seek his active cooperation in cleaning up the
environment.
And while we're at it, we've got to clean up our streets --
by fighting the scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent
crime. Our children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. Users and addicts
deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. But society also
deserves a chance, by sending drug dealers where they belong --
to do time -- hard time. And I know that Claudine agrees.
4
Last May, I asked Congress to increase funding for our drug
education and prevention efforts by nearly $1.1 billion -- a 16
percent increase. But I am also asking for increases in my crime
and in my drug packages for more police, more prisons and more
prosecutors. Again, society deserves a chance. And I
challenge Congress to take action now and pass my crime
legislation.
There are so many children in America who deserve a chance,
and are not getting it, because they are not learning to read,
learning to write, learning for work. That is why I was pleased
to join Governor DiPrete and his colleagues in the states in
Charlottesville, to join in a compact to improve our schools
through the principles of choice in education, more flexibility
for states and for teachers, and increased accountability.
There are others in America who also deserve a chance. And
so I am proud to ask for the reauthorization of the Commission on
Civil Rights. I am also proud to endorse the Hate Crimes Bill to
identify and fight bigotry. But, we must go one step further --
we must end discrimination against the disabled.
And, of course, Claudine has been at the forefront of
securing the civil rights of us all. Martin Luther King said:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." In this
spirit, Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of the
rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice to
any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
5
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. So I will go to Malta to continue our
dialogue with President Gorbachev. But, as I work with him, it
is important that American and Soviet leaders at all levels are
involved in frank and meaningful dialogue. We can all be
grateful for Claudine, because she has performed an invaluable
service, by originating a live network show that allows Members
of Congress to have a candid exchange on issues from arms control
to the environment with their counterparts in the Supreme Soviet.
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in advancing civil rights and in
promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. And I have to say --
you'd make a great Senator. America needs your energy, your
spirit and your leadership -- the leadership of a pace-setter,
not a follower.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 17, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
w
FROM:
MARK DAVISMO
SUBJECT:
CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER FUNDRAISER
Attached draft includes paragraphs on your initiatives
concerning crime, drugs, the enviroment, and education.
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 17, 1989
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, WARWICK, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
6:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst) ) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band. \\
( (And I just have to say, I'm pleased to visit the Rocky
Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've been to
an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride the
Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.) ) \\
But it's great to be back in the home of so many great Rhode
Island Republican leaders -- Senator Chafee, Governor DiPrete and
Congresswoman Claudine Schneider.
Since the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand
of leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce,
individualism. This little state has always been a big friend of
dissent, a mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant.
Rhode Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue
atop your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
2
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row. This is the pace Claudine
has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always out in
front. And this is the pace she is setting for the future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. But with Claudine, I can always bank
on one thing. I always know exactly where she stands -- right by
her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She was a
sponsor of legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source,
to give companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that
it is easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
3
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ) )
But I do share her concern for the future of endangered
species, and that is why my administration announced a ban in
July of the importation of African Elephant Ivory into the United
States. I also share your concern for the quality of the water
we drink, the air we breathe, and the future of our land. And it
is out of this concern that I asked the EPA and the Justice
Department to crack down on those who pollute our waters and our
beaches. We are determined to fight toxic air emissions. And we
can be grateful that the EPA has been instructed to be more
aggressive in enforcing the clean-up of hazardous waste.
But we are learning that no nation can save the environment
by itself. Pollution respects no borders; pollution is a world
problem; and only a world solution will stop it.
A world solution can begin with the United States and the
Soviet Union. So when I meet President Gorbachev in Malta, I
will seek his active cooperation in cleaning up the
environment.
And while we're at it, we've got to clean up our streets --
by fighting the scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent
crime. Our children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. Users and addicts
deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. But society also
deserves a chance, by sending drug dealers where they belong --
to do time -- hard time. And I know that Claudine agrees.
4
Last May, I asked Congress to increase funding for our drug
education and prevention efforts by nearly $1.1 billion -- a 16
percent increase. But I am also asking for increases in my crime
and in my drug packages for more police, more prisons and more
prosecutors. Again, society deserves a chance. And I
challenge Congress to take action now and pass my crime
legislation.
There are so many children in America who deserve a chance,
and are not getting it, because they are not learning to read,
learning to write, learning for work. That is why I was pleased
to join Governor DiPrete and his colleagues in the states in
Charlottesville, to join in a compact to improve our schools
through the principles of choice in education, more flexibility
for states and for teachers, and increased accountability.
There are others in America who also deserve a chance. And
so I am proud to ask for the reauthorization of the Commission on
Civil Rights. I am also proud to endorse the Hate Crimes Bill to
identify and fight bigotry. But, we must go one step further --
we must end discrimination against the disabled.
And, of course, Claudine has been at the forefront of
securing the civil rights of us all. Martin Luther King said:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." In this
spirit, Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of the
rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice to
any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
5
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. So I will go to Malta to continue our
dialogue with President Gorbachev. But, as I work with him, it
is important that American and Soviet leaders at all levels are
involved in frank and meaningful dialogue. We can all be
grateful for Claudine, because she has performed an invaluable
service, by originating a live network show that allows Members
of Congress to have a candid exchange on issues from arms control
to the environment with their counterparts in the Supreme Soviet.
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in advancing civil rights and in
promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. And I have to say --
you'd make a great Senator. America needs your energy, your
spirit and your leadership -- the leadership of a pace-setter,
not a follower.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
090593SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
11/16/89
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER FUNDRAISER
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
SUBJECT:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1989
(11/15 - draft three)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
ROGERS
CARD
WINSTON
CICCONI
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
DELAND
WRAY
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
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1989 NOV 16 PM 6: 22
Nov. 16, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Through:
CHRISS WINSTON
3
From:
MARK DAVIS MD
Subject:
Claudine Schneider Fundraiser
I. SUMMARY: You will speak to about 600 people at a $500 a
couple fundraiser for Congresswoman Claudine Schneider at the
Rocky Point Palladium in Providence, located in an old amusement
park still in operation (hence the joke about the "Corkscrew" --
a popular ride). Rep. Schneider's fundraiser immediately follows
one for Governor DiPrete, who will introduce her. She, in turn,
will introduce you. Senator Chafee will also be present. Your
remarks are under ten minutes, and will be on a teleprompter.
II. DISCUSSION: Senator Pell has just announced he is running
for a sixth term. Claudine Schneider has yet to formally
announce, but she has told her supporters that she is still going
for the Senate. This speech touches on themes suggested by her
people -- praise her for her independence, and her stands on the
environment, and the war on drugs and crime.
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 15, 1989
Draft: Three
Warwick
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
( ,(Time) ) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
6:00 pm
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst)) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band.
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the original home
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the
a YOU
original home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders --
of
Senator Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine
Schneider.
((And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.) ) \\
( (Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. )) \\
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
2
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row. This is the pace Claudine
has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always out in
front. And this is the pace she is setting for the future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. But with Claudine, we can always bank
on one thing. I always know exactly where she stands -- right by
her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
3
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ) )
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong -- to do time -- hard
time.
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
4
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
5
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. And I have to say --
you'd make a great Senator. America needs your energy, your
spirit and your leadership -- the leadership of a pace-setter,
not a follower.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 17, 1989
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, WARWICK, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
6:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements, --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst)) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band.
( (And I just have to say, I'm pleased to visit the Rocky
Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've been to
an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride the
Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.) )
But it's great to be back in the home of so many great Rhode
Island Republican leaders -- Senator Chafee, Governor DiPrete and
Congresswoman Claudine Schneider.
Since the first days of the Republic, the Rhcde Island brand
of leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce,
individualism. This little state has always been a big friend of
dissent, a mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant.
Rhode Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue
atop your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
2
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row. This is the pace Claudine
has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always out in
front. And this is the pace she is setting for the future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. But with Claudine, I can always bank
on one thing. I always know exactly where she stands -- right by
her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She was a
sponsor of legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source,
to give companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that
it is easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
3
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me.) )
But I do share her concern for the future of endangered
species, and that is why my administration announced a ban in
July of the importation of African Elephant Ivory into the United
States. I also share your concern for the quality of the water
we drink, the air we breathe, and the future of our land. That
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aggressive in enforcing the clean-up of hazardous waste.
But we are learning that no nation can save the environment
by itself. Pollution respects no borders; pollution is a world
problem; and only a world solution will stop it.
A world solution can begin with the United States and the
Soviet Union. So when I meet President Gorbachev in Malta, I
will seek his active cooperation in cleaning up the
environment.
And while we're at it, we've got it to clean up our streets
-- by fighting the scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent
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through a vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. I believe
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Last May, I asked Congress to increase funding for our drug
education and prevention efforts by nearly $1.1 billion -- a 16
percent increase. But I am also asking for increases in my crime
and in my drug packages for more police, more prisons and more
prosecutors. Again, society deserves a chance. And I
take action now
challenge Congress to get off the dime and pass my crime
legislation.
There are so many children in America who deserve a chance,
and are not getting it, because they are not learning to read,
learning to write, learning for work. That is why I was pleased
to join Governor DiPrete and his colleagues in the states in
Charlottesville, to enact form a compact to improve our schools with
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world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
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service, by originating a live network show that allows Members
of Congress to have a candid exchange on issues from arms control
to the environment with their counterparts in the Supreme Soviet.
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in advancing civil rights and in
promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. And I have to say --
you'd make a great Senator. America needs your energy, your
spirit and your leadership -- the leadership of a pace-setter,
not a follower.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Nov. 16, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Through:
CHRISS WINSTON
From:
MARK DAVIS MD
Subject:
Claudine Schneider Fundraiser
I. SUMMARY: You will speak to about 600 people at a $500 a
couple fundraiser for Congresswoman Claudine Schneider at the
Rocky Point Palladium in Providence, located in an old amusement
park still in operation (hence the joke about the "Corkscrew" --
a popular ride). Rep. Schneider's fundraiser immediately follows
one for Governor DiPrete, who will introduce her. She, in turn,
will introduce you. Senator Chafee will also be present. Your
remarks are under ten minutes, and will be on a teleprompter.
II. DISCUSSION: Senator Pell has just announced he is running
for a sixth term. Claudine Schneider has yet to formally
announce, but she has told her supporters that she is still going
for the Senate. This speech touches on themes suggested by her
people -- praise her for her independence, and her stands on the
environment, and the war on drugs and crime.
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 15, 1989
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
( (Time)) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ( (Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst)) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band. \\
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the original home
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the
original home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders --
Senator Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine
Schneider.
( (And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.) )
( (Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. )) \\
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
2
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row. This is the pace Claudine
has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always out in
front. And this is the pace she is setting for the future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. But with Claudine, we can always bank
on one thing. I always know exactly where she stands -- right by
her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
3
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me.)
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong -- to do time -- hard
time.
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
4
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
5
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. And I have to say --
you'd make a great Senator. \\\ America needs your energy, your
spirit and your leadership -- the leadership of a pace-setter,
not a follower.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
090593SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/15/89
11/16/89 2:00 PM
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE N/C
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT M/C
PORTER N/C
DARMAN
ROGICH N/C
BATES N/C
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
DELAND N/C
GRAY N/C
WRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
9 E 8 v 91 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 15, 1989
1989 NOV 15 PM 6: 43
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
((Time)) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. (Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band.
original
original
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the natural home
original
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the natural
home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders -- Senator
Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine Schneider.
((And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.) ) 11
((Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. ))
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
2
mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. \\ After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 4 5K for five years in a row, making her not just one of
many, but the Fastest Woman in Congress. This is the pace
Claudine has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always
out in front. And this is the pace she is setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. And sometimes, she disagrees with me.
we
But with Claudine, If I can always bank on one thing. I always know
exactly where she stands -- right by her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
3
legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ))\\
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong -- to do time -- hard
time.
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
4
Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans. 11
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
5
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
and I have to say 1 you'd
You have made a great Congresswoman. If you so choose, you
will also make a great Senator. III But whatever you do I know you
because We me america
needs your commet energy, your sperit ondeyour ke
the leaderding
B.F.
will always go after it with the perseverance and leadership of a
not
pace-setter, never a follower. And as you lead, please know that
you have the support and friendship of the President of the
United States.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
090593SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
11/15/89
11/16/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
DELAND
GRAY
WRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
090593SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/15/89
11/16/89 2:00 PM
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
DELAND
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
OK no/ changer- additions
DRWN 11/16/84
LE : Olv 91 100 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 15, 1989
1989 NOV 15 PM 6: 43
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
((Time)) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ( (Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst) ) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band.
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the natural home
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the natural
home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders -- Senator
Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine Schneider.
CONE
((And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Pon
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.) ) \\
((Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. )) \\
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
2
mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. \\ After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row, making her not just one of
many, but the Fastest Woman in Congress. This is the pace
Claudine has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always
out in front. And this is the pace she is setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
and her collegues,
disagrees with her party. And sometimes, she disagrees with me.
But with Claudine, I can always bank on one thing. I always know
exactly where she stands -- right by her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
3
legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ))\\
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong -- to do time -- hard
time 11
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
4
Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans. 11
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
5
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
And, as I have told
You have made a great Congresswoman. If you so choose, you
you, you would
U.S.
will also make a great Senator. But whatever you do, I know you
will always go after it with the perseverance and leadership of a
pace-setter, never a follower. And as you lead, please know that
you have the support and friendship of the President of the
United States.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE white HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 16, 1989
Memorandum to Chriss Winston
From:
Jim Pinkerton P
Subject:
Claudine Schneider Draft Remarks
pg. 1, para. 2, line 1 "...the Ocean State, the natural home of
the America's Cup..."
If there is any chance that we would be offending other
places, e.g., San Diego, with this phrase then it should be
omitted.
2,4,4 Also, He "Fastest Womm" in Cargress has
to
go' Refer to 25 the iPace setter to
leave it at that.
Congress
4
60 :2d 91 100.68
090593SS
Document No.
9223
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
11/15/89
11/16/89 2:00 PM
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
DELAND
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
November 16, 1989
TO: CHRISS WINSTON
NSC concurs with the Presidential address for Congresswoman Claudine
Schneider to be given on Mondav, November 20, 1989.
Brent Roate Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
CC: James W. Cicconi
Ext. 2702
pt :8 V 91 AON 68
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 15, 1989
1989 NOV 15 PM 6: 43
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
((Time)) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst) ) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band. 11
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the natural home
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the natural
home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders -- Senator
Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine Schneider. 11
((And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.) )
((Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. ))
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
2
mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row, making her not just one of
many, but the Fastest Woman in Congress. This is the pace
Claudine has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always
out in front. And this is the pace she is setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. And sometimes, she disagrees with me.
But with Claudine, I can always bank on one thing. I always know
exactly where she stands -- right by her principles. 11
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
3
legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you' be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ))\\
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong -- to do time -- hard
time.
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
4
Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans. 11
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
5
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. If you so choose, you
will also make a great Senator. But whatever you do, I know you
will always go after it with the perseverance and leadership of a
pace-setter, never a follower. And as you lead, please know that
you have the support and friendship of the President of the
United States.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
090593SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/15/89
11/16/89 2:00 PM
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
DELAND
GRAY
WRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
00 : Ed 91 CCT 68
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
1989 NOV 15 PM 6: 43
Nov. 15, 1989
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
((Time)) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. (Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst) ) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band. 11
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the natural home
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the natural
home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders -- Senator
Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine Schneider. 11
( (And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.)) 11
( (Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. )) 11
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
2
mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. 11 After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row, making her not just one of
many, but the Fastest Woman in Congress. This is the pace
Claudine has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always
out in front. And this is the pace she is setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. And sometimes, she disagrees with me.
But with Claudine, I can always bank on one thing. I always know
exactly where she stands -- right by her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
3
legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ))\\
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong -- to do time -- hard
time
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
4
Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
5
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. If you so choose, you
will also make a great Senator. But whatever you do, I know you
will always go after it with the perseverance and leadership of a
pace-setter, never a follower. And as you lead, please know that
you have the support and friendship of the President of the
United States.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
090593SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/15/89
11/16/89 2:00 PM
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
DELAND
FITZWATER
WRAY
GRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
no comment
12:2d 91 13068
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 15, 1989
1989 NOV 15 PM 6: 43
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
((Time)) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst)) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band.
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the natural home
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the natural
home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders -- Senator
Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine Schneider. 11
((And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.) ) 11
((Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. ))
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
2
mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine. 11
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row, making her not just one of
many, but the Fastest Woman in Congress. This is the pace
Claudine has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always
out in front. And this is the pace she is setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. And sometimes, she disagrees with me.
But with Claudine, I can always bank on one thing. I always know
exactly where she stands -- right by her principles. 11
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
3
legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up. 11
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ) )
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong -- to do time -- hard
time.
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
4
Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
5
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. If you so choose, you
will also make a great Senator. But whatever you do, I know you
will always go after it with the perseverance and leadership of a
pace-setter, never a follower. And as you lead, please know that
you have the support and friendship of the President of the
United States.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 16, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
Deputy Assistant to the President for
Communications
FROM:
BRENT O. HATCH
Associate Counsel to the President
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Claudine Schneider;
Providence, Rhode Island
Counsel's office has reviewed the above-referenced speech. We
have no legal objections.
CC: James W. Cicconi
00 : I d 91 100 68
090593SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/15/89
11/16/89 2:00 PM
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
DELAND
GRAY
WRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
1989 NOV 15 PM 6: 43
Nov. 15, 1989
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
((Time)) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst) ) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band. 11
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the natural home
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the natural
home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders -- Senator
Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine Schneider. 11
( (And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me. ) ) 11
((Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. ))
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
2
mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. 11 After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row, making her not just one of
many, but the Fastest Woman in Congress. This is the pace
Claudine has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always
out in front. And this is the pace she is setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. And sometimes, she disagrees with me.
But with Claudine, I can always bank on one thing. I always know
exactly where she stands -- right by her principles. 11
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
3
legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up. 11
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ))\\
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong --- to do time -- hard
time.
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
4
Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
5
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. If you so choose, you
will also make a great Senator. But whatever you do, I know you
will always go after it with the perseverance and leadership of a
pace-setter, never a follower. And as you lead, please know that
you have the support and friendship of the President of the
United States.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
090593SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/15/89
11/16/89 2:00 PM
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
DELAND
GRAY
WRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
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Title: Claudine
Nov. 15, 1989
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
((Time)) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst)) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band. 11
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the natural home
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the natural
home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders -- Senator
Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine Schneider.\\
((And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me.))
((Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. ))
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
2
mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine. 11
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row, making her not just one of
many, but the Fastest Woman in Congress. This is the pace
Claudine has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always
out in front. And this is the pace she is setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. And sometimes, she disagrees with me.
But with Claudine, I can always bank on one thing. I always know
exactly where she stands -- right by her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
1
3
legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law -- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ) )
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong -- to do time -- hard
time.
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
4
Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
5
So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. If you so choose, you
will also make a great Senator. But whatever you do, I know you
will always go after it with the perseverance and leadership of a
pace-setter, never a follower. And as you lead, please know that
you have the support and friendship of the President of the
United States.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 16, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Claudine Schneider,
Providence, R.I.
We have no suggested changes from a policy standpoint and
approve of the draft in its present form.
CC: James W. Cicconi
090593SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/15/89
11/16/89 2:00 PM
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
DELAND
GRAY
WRAY
HAGIN
REMARKS:
Please forward any comments directly to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 16, with a copy
to my office. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Martin
Title: Claudine
Nov. 15, 1989
1989 NOV 15 PM 6: 43
Draft: Three
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, PROVIDENCE, R.I.
ROCKY POINT PALLADIUM
((Time)) Monday, Nov. 20, 1989
Thank you, Claudine, John and Ed. ((Acknowledgements --
Phil Terzian and Charles Bakst) And let us all give a special
thanks to the Woonsockett High School Band. 11
It's great to be back in the Ocean State, the natural home
of the America's Cup. And it's great to be back in the natural
home of so many great Rhode Island Republican leaders -- Senator
Chafee, Governor DiPrete and Congresswoman Claudine Schneider. 11
((And I just have to say, I'm also pleased to visit the
Rocky Point Palladium. You know, this is the first time I've
been to an amusement park in years. In fact, I wanted to ride
the Corkscrew, but the Secret Service wouldn't let me. ) )
((Come to think of it, it's a tribute to Claudine that she
is keeping her fundraiser indoors. In fact, I could name some
statesmen -- none of them present -- who could do quite well by
holding their fundraisers in the amusement park right outside.
Why they could raise millions -- just by letting people hit them
with a wet sponge at a nickel a throw. ))
But tonight I come with nothing but kudos to throw. Since
the first days of the Republic, the Rhode Island brand of
leadership has been marked by a tenacious, fierce, individualism.
This little state has always been a big friend of dissent, a
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mecca for mavericks, and a home for the self-reliant. Rhode
Island is, and will always be, personified by the statue atop
your Capitol -- the very image of the Independent Man.
But it is on behalf of an independent woman that I have come
to Providence tonight. I am here to stand by a great leader for
Rhode Island and America. I am here for my friend, Claudine.
And it's interesting -- people in Washington and Rhode
Island never refer to her as Congresswoman Schneider. In fact,
if you were to call her that, many at first wouldn't know who you
were talking about. She is, to us all, just Claudine, a down-to-
earth lady who still makes her own clothes.
But approachable as she is, make no mistake -- Claudine is a
champ. After all, she was the winner of the Nike Capital
Challenge 5K for five years in a row, making her not just one of
many, but the Fastest Woman in Congress. This is the pace
Claudine has set in the House, always ahead of the pack, always
out in front. And this is the pace she is setting for the
future.
Sometimes, pace-setters run alone. Sometimes, Claudine
disagrees with her party. And sometimes, she disagrees with me.
But with Claudine, I can always bank on one thing. I always know
exactly where she stands -- right by her principles.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the worldwide
struggle to preserve and protect the environment. She shares my
concern about the quality of the water we drink, the air we
breathe, and the future of our land. She was a sponsor of
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legislation to reduce hazardous waste at the source, to give
companies incentives to recycle, because she knows that it is
easier to prevent toxic waste than it is to clean it up.
Claudine was also instrumental in the passage of the Ocean
Dumping law --- critical if we are to clean up the shorelines of
America. She has worked hard to halt the continuing tragedy of
tropical deforestation. And she has been among the foremost
guardians of those rare and wonderful species endangered by man
and his chainsaws.
( (Claudine, looking over your committee assignments, I also
noticed you're a leading member of the Fisheries subcommittee
So I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear that with my record as a
fisherman, no species are endangered by me. ))\\
Claudine has been a leader, and my partner, in fighting the
scourge of drugs and its accomplice, violent crime. Claudine and
I agree that children deserve a chance to avoid drugs, through a
vigorous anti-drug campaign in the schools. We agree that users
and addicts deserve a chance to go clean through treatment. And,
when all else fails, we agree that society deserves a chance, by
sending drug dealers where they belong -- to do time -- hard
time.
When compassion is called for, Claudine reaches out. But
when it comes to those who prey on the weakest among us, Claudine
is tough. This is the Congresswoman who fought to stiffen the
penalty for those who commit violent crimes against the elderly;
and for those who kidnap and abuse children. This is the
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Congresswoman who fought to crack down on dealers who exploit
children. And this is the woman who sought to deny federal
benefits to drug traffickers, and slap stricter penalties on
those who commit crimes with a firearm.
Claudine is a pace-setter when it comes to the creation of
jobs and economic growth. We are now in the 84th month of
continuous economic growth -- the longest peacetime expansion in
the history of America. And Claudine has been a leader in
maintaining this growth, from her work as a founder of the
congressional Caucus on Competitiveness, to her support of
market-oriented approaches to supply cheap energy.
And, of course, she has been at the forefront of one of the
greatest causes of our times -- civil rights. Martin Luther King
said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
And that is why Claudine Schneider is such a fervent advocate of
the rights of minorities and women. She believes that injustice
to any American, is an injustice to all Americans.
We have all seen how the winds of change are reshaping the
world. And, because of this change, at no time in the long
history of the postwar years has dialogue been more important
between the superpowers. In these remarkable times, Claudine has
performed an invaluable service, by originating a live network
show that allows Members of Congress to debate their views on
issues from arms control to the environment with their
counterparts in the Supreme Soviet. In this way, Claudine has
promoted peace through candid exchange and honest debate.
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So Claudine, you have been a leader in the environment, in
the war on crime and drugs, in job creation and civil rights, and
in promoting a dialogue with the Soviets. Is it any wonder that
your future is bright with promise?
You have made a great Congresswoman. If you so choose, you
will also make a great Senator. But whatever you do, I know you
will always go after it with the perseverance and leadership of a
pace-setter, never a follower. And as you lead, please know that
you have the support and friendship of the President of the
United States.
Thank you for inviting me to Rhode Island. God bless you,
and God bless the United States of America.
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