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Document No. 127605
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/28/90
DATE:
3:00 p.m. Thursday 03/29
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER-INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
(03/28 Draft four)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
WINSTON
BENNETT
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 03/29, with a copy to my
office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
OK an drafted
92:6v 98 06 -Dow
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Grant/Nappo
March 28, 1990
1990 MAR 28 PM 7: 34
Draft four
A:coats
REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
12:20 P.M.
Thank you. My thanks to ((Father Mallory)) of Notre Dame
for his invocation, and of course it's always a pleasure to see
Senator Lugar. I see our new Republican state chairman is here,
Keith Luce, a hard worker doing a great job. And most of all,
I'm pleased to be here on behalf of the man who brings Hoosier
ideas to Washington everyday, Senator Dan Coats.
I'm sorry that I couldn't have lunch with you today, but
I've really lost my appetite. On the way over I was notified
that the Secret Service had found my food taster face-down in the
salad. III They said somebody had washed my lettuce with
Perrier. 111
Throughout the eighties -- the decade which saw the greatest
economic expansion in U.S. peacetime history, and fires of
freedom begin to burn all over the world -- throughout this
turbulent decade, the people of Indiana had two great men
representing them in the United States Senate. Dick Lugar, and
of course, Dan Quayle -- a foreign policy duo that have been
instrumental to the progress we've seen internationally. Dick
Lugar's tenure on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been
nothing short of superb, and I continue to depend on his wise
counsel as we wrestle with a world in change.
2
I don't have to tell you -- you already know -- how
important Dan Quayle's outstanding leadership has been in crucial
areas like Central and Latin America. He's served our
Administration well, and he's served our Nation well. 11
Indiana's got a lot to be proud of in her favorite son -- Dan
Quayle. Now it's time for Dan Coats to step into that legacy
of leadership in the Senate. 11
For the last ten years, Dick Lugar and Dan Quayle have
built a dynasty of Republican leadership in Indiana -- with a
command of the issues that has kept America number one. In 1986,
Dan Quayle was re-elected by the largest winning margin of any
Republican in Indiana history. Yet two years later, Senator
Lugar broke the record with an even bigger margin. And come
November, my common sense tells me the voters of Indiana will
continue the tradition and give Dan Coats a great victory. 11
I'm here, "Back Home in Indiana," -- in what natives call
the "Crossroads of America" -- to talk to you today about common
sense, something Hoosiers know a lot about. Indiana is the heart
of the heartland, and Hoosiers are right in the middle of the
American mainstream -- with the kind of values that have made
this nation great. I'm talking about values like hard work,
opportunity, decency, loyalty, faith and family.
Everyone here believes that the family is the cornerstone of
American society. Our Administration has placed the family at
the center of its agenda for the 1990s -- to build an America
where every man, woman and child is drug-free; where schools
3
challenge and support our kids and our teachers; and where our
families can live in a clean, safe environment. Dan has been one
of the biggest supporters of our pro-family agenda, reaching out
to families like yours with hopes and dreams for their children's
futures. Dan Coats is a voice for your values. III
And it's a strong voice. His work in Congress sponsoring
important pro-family legislation was crucial to the progress
we've already made in strengthening the family in this country.
Dan Coats has helped people in areas like educational reform,
family support, help for "at risk" children, and families in
need. In fact, the Republican Party felt so strongly about his
legislation, that we made it part of the National Platform.
Mainstream values that all Americans care about -- that's why I
believe we need Dan Coats in the Senate. 111 And I think you all
agree. 111
Nothing ravages the American family more than drug abuse.
Our National Drug Strategy, which I announced last September,
deals with all sides of the issue -- from education and
prevention to expanded treatment to stronger penalties and
stepped-up enforcement. It's a tough approach, but it's a
sensible one.
No part of America is safe from the scourge of drugs. This
is not simply an "inner-city" problem or a "border" problem for
the bureaucrats in Washington to handle. We've got to get PCP
and crack off every street and out of every school in America.
And it's time we got more federal resources into the hands of
4
those in the thick of the fight -- those on the front lines. If
we are to build a better future for this country, America first
must be drug-free. 11
As the Republican leader of the Senate subcommittee that
deals with drugs, Dan knows the road ahead won't be easy, but
that's why I need him back in the Senate. I need Dan's
experience and intelligence as we fight to take back our
streets. 11
Bringing Hoosier values and Hoosier vision to Washington is
important to me. And I'll tell you about another great Indiana
Republican who brought those values to Washington, President
Benjamin Harrison. One hundred years ago, President Harrison
presided over the first Congress to appropriate a billion dollar
budget. That was a lot of money back then -- still is.
But since then, Congressional spending has spiralled out of
control -- 1.2 trillion right now. And common sense tells us the
American people aren't over-taxed. We need a budget process that
can deal rationally with wasteful government spending. We need a
line-item veto. III Give me what 43 governors have -- the power
to cut unnecessary spending. One of the first things Dan Coats
did when he arrived in the Senate was to introduce important
line-item veto legislation. (( In fact, I haven't seen anybody
move that adeptly since the Indianapolis Colts snuck out of
Baltimore.) ))
Together, we're fighting to keep your taxes low and federal
spending down. Now that's what I call common sense. 11
5
Americans want to keep the longest peacetime economic
expansion ever moving forward -- 89 months and counting. And
Americans want a clean environment, too. We can do both.
Tomorrow in Washington, there's a lot at stake: clean air, a
safe environment, economic growth, and the jobs of thousands of
Americans. The Senate will cast an historic vote on our
amendments to the Clean Air Act, a vote which will affect
generations to come as we work to build a cleaner, safer America.
It's going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet
without throwing hard-working Americans out of work.
But common sense tells us this too. We must find that
balance. And we will find that balance.
Tomorrow, Dan Coats will be in the Senate to cast one of the
most important votes of his life. And I know I can count on him.
But I need to count on his experience, his judgment, and his
concern for people not just tomorrow, or the day after that --
but in the months and years to come. And that's why I'm counting
on each of you in this room to give your all for Dan Coats. 11
I've talked today about some of the issues that are
important to me as we face the new decade. But one thing to
remember: as the world changes, issues will change but principles
remain to the end. Dan Coats is a principled man -- who will be
a voice for your values. III
I know Hoosier values, and I admire them -- I chose my
running mate from Indiana because of them. And on November 6,
6
when the voters of Indiana think of Dan Coats, I know they'll
think of the song by another Hoosier, the great Cole Porter,
-- called "You're the Top. " 11
This man, Dan Coats, gives voice to the values of the
heartland. Nothing could be more important as we head into a
new century of challenge and change. Let's keep Indiana great,
and keep the dynasty of Republican leadership going strong.
Let's continue the tradition and give Dan a huge victory. 11
Thank you for your support, God bless you, and God bless
Indiana.
# # #
Document No. 127605
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/28/90
DATE:
3:00 p.m. Thursday 03/29
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER-INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
(03/28 Draft four)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
WINSTON
BENNETT
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 03/29, with a copy to my
office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
Pase 4: 3rd par: 2nd Sentence.- .-
"American people aren't over- OF taxed?" : IIV MAR 69 ?"
Did you really mean to say
06
James W. Cicconi
DebA.
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Grant/Nappo
March 28, 1990
1990 MAR 28 PM 7: 34
Draft four
A:coats
REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
12:20 P.M.
Thank you. My thanks to ((Father Mallory)) of Notre Dame
for his invocation, and of course it's always a pleasure to see
Senator Lugar. I see our new Republican state chairman is here,
Keith Luce, a hard worker doing a great job. And most of all,
I'm pleased to be here on behalf of the man who brings Hoosier
ideas to Washington everyday, Senator Dan Coats.
I'm sorry that I couldn't have lunch with you today, but
I've really lost my appetite. On the way over I was notified
that the Secret Service had found my food taster face-down in the
salad. 111 They said somebody had washed my lettuce with
Perrier. III
Throughout the eighties -- the decade which saw the greatest
economic expansion in U.S. peacetime history, and fires of
freedom begin to burn all over the world -- throughout this
turbulent decade, the people of Indiana had two great men
representing them in the United States Senate. Dick Lugar, and
of course, Dan Quayle -- a foreign policy duo that have been
instrumental to the progress we've seen internationally. Dick
Lugar's tenure on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been
nothing short of superb, and I continue to depend on his wise
counsel as we wrestle with a world in change.
2
I don't have to tell you -- you already know -- how
important Dan Quayle's outstanding leadership has been in crucial
areas like Central and Latin America. He's served our
Administration well, and he's served our Nation well. 11
Indiana's got a lot to be proud of in her favorite son -- Dan
Quayle. Now it's time for Dan Coats to step into that legacy
of leadership in the Senate. 11
For the last ten years, Dick Lugar and Dan Quayle have
built a dynasty of Republican leadership in Indiana -- with a
command of the issues that has kept America number one. In 1986,
Dan Quayle was re-elected by the largest winning margin of any
Republican in Indiana history. Yet two years later, Senator
Lugar broke the record with an even bigger margin. And come
November, my common sense tells me the voters of Indiana will
continue the tradition and give Dan Coats a great victory. 11
I'm here, "Back Home in Indiana," -- in what natives call
the "Crossroads of America" -- to talk to you today about common
sense, something Hoosiers know a lot about. Indiana is the heart
of the heartland, and Hoosiers are right in the middle of the
American mainstream -- with the kind of values that have made
this nation great. I'm talking about values like hard work,
opportunity, decency, loyalty, faith and family.
Everyone here believes that the family is the cornerstone of
American society. Our Administration has placed the family at
the center of its agenda for the 1990s -- to build an America
where every man, woman and child is drug-free; where schools
3
challenge and support our kids and our teachers; and where our
families can live in a clean, safe environment. Dan has been one
of the biggest supporters of our pro-family agenda, reaching out
to families like yours with hopes and dreams for their children's
futures. Dan Coats is a voice for your values.
And it's a strong voice. His work in Congress sponsoring
important pro-family legislation was crucial to the progress
we've already made in strengthening the family in this country.
Dan Coats has helped people in areas like educational reform,
family support, help for "at risk" children, and families in
need. In fact, the Republican Party felt so strongly about his
legislation, that we made it part of the National Platform.
Mainstream values that all Americans care about -- that's why I
believe we need Dan Coats in the Senate. 111 And I think you all
agree. 111
Nothing ravages the American family more than drug abuse.
Our National Drug Strategy, which I announced last September,
deals with all sides of the issue -- from education and
prevention to expanded treatment to stronger penalties and
stepped-up enforcement. It's a tough approach, but it's a
sensible one.
No part of America is safe from the scourge of drugs. This
is not simply an "inner-city" problem or a "border" problem for
the bureaucrats in Washington to handle. We've got to get PCP
and crack off every street and out of every school in America.
And it's time we got more federal resources into the hands of
4
those in the thick of the fight -- those on the front lines. If
we are to build a better future for this country, America first
must be drug-free. 11
As the Republican leader of the Senate subcommittee that
deals with drugs, Dan knows the road ahead won't be easy, but
that's why I need him back in the Senate. I need Dan's
experience and intelligence as we fight to take back our
streets.
Bringing Hoosier values and Hoosier vision to Washington is
important to me. And I'll tell you about another great Indiana
Republican who brought those values to Washington, President
Benjamin Harrison. One hundred years ago, President Harrison
presided over the first Congress to appropriate a billion dollar
budget. That was a lot of money back then -- still is.
But since then, Congressional spending has spiralled out of
control -- 1.2 trillion right now.
?
And common sense tells us the
American people aren't over-taxed. We need a budget process that
can deal rationally with wasteful government spending. We need a
line-item veto. 111 Give me what 43 governors have -- the power
to cut unnecessary spending. One of the first things Dan Coats
did when he arrived in the Senate was to introduce important
line-item veto legislation. (( In fact, I haven't seen anybody
move that adeptly since the Indianapolis Colts snuck out of
Baltimore. ))
Together, we're fighting to keep your taxes low and federal
spending down. Now that's what I call common sense.
5
Americans want to keep the longest peacetime economic
expansion ever moving forward -- 89 months and counting. And
Americans want a clean environment, too. We can do both.
Tomorrow in Washington, there's a lot at stake: clean air, a
safe environment, economic growth, and the jobs of thousands of
Americans. The Senate will cast an historic vote on our
amendments to the Clean Air Act, a vote which will affect
generations to come as we work to build a cleaner, safer America.
It's going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet
without throwing hard-working Americans out of work.
But common sense tells us this too. We must find that
balance. And we will find that balance.
Tomorrow, Dan Coats will be in the Senate to cast one of the
most important votes of his life. And I know I can count on him.
But I need to count on his experience, his judgment, and his
concern for people not just tomorrow, or the day after that --
but in the months and years to come. And that's why I'm counting
on each of you in this room to give your all for Dan Coats. 11
I've talked today about some of the issues that are
important to me as we face the new decade. But one thing to
remember: as the world changes, issues will change but principles
remain to the end. Dan Coats is a principled man -- who will be
a voice for your values. III
I know Hoosier values, and I admire them -- I chose my
running mate from Indiana because of them. And on November 6,
6
when the voters of Indiana think of Dan Coats, I know they'll
think of the song by another Hoosier, the great Cole Porter,
-- called "You're the Top." 11
This man, Dan Coats, gives voice to the values of the
heartland. Nothing could be more important as we head into a
new century of challenge and change. Let's keep Indiana great,
and keep the dynasty of Republican leadership going strong.
Let's continue the tradition and give Dan a huge victory. 11
Thank you for your support, God bless you, and God bless
Indiana.
# # #
action, Bill Wascher
Document No. 127605
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/28/90
DATE:
3:00 p.m. Thursday 03/29
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER-INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
(03/28 Draft four)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
WINSTON
BENNETT
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 03/29, with a copy to my
office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
no Comments
from CE A
3/29/90
OE :6" MARE James 06
W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Grant/Nappo
March 28, 1990
1990 MAR 28 PM 7: 34
Draft four
A:coats
REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
12:20 P.M.
Thank you. My thanks to ((Father Mallory)) of Notre Dame
for his invocation, and of course it's always a pleasure to see
Senator Lugar. I see our new Republican state chairman is here,
Keith Luce, a hard worker doing a great job. And most of all,
I'm pleased to be here on behalf of the man who brings Hoosier
ideas to Washington everyday, Senator Dan Coats.
I'm sorry that I couldn't have lunch with you today, but
I've really lost my appetite. On the way over I was notified
that the Secret Service had found my food taster face-down in the
salad. III They said somebody had washed my lettuce with
Perrier. III
Throughout the eighties -- the decade which saw the greatest
economic expansion in U.S. peacetime history, and fires of
freedom begin to burn all over the world -- throughout this
turbulent decade, the people of Indiana had two great men
representing them in the United States Senate. Dick Lugar, and
of course, Dan Quayle -- a foreign policy duo that have been
instrumental to the progress we've seen internationally. Dick
Lugar's tenure on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been
nothing short of superb, and I continue to depend on his wise
counsel as we wrestle with a world in change.
2
I don't have to tell you -- you already know -- how
important Dan Quayle's outstanding leadership has been in crucial
areas like Central and Latin America. He's served our
Administration well, and he's served our Nation well. 11
Indiana's got a lot to be proud of in her favorite son -- Dan
Quayle. Now it's time for Dan Coats to step into that legacy
of leadership in the Senate. 11
For the last ten years, Dick Lugar and Dan Quayle have
built a dynasty of Republican leadership in Indiana -- with a
command of the issues that has kept America number one. In 1986,
Dan Quayle was re-elected by the largest winning margin of any
Republican in Indiana history. Yet two years later, Senator
Lugar broke the record with an even bigger margin. And come
November, my common sense tells me the voters of Indiana will
continue the tradition and give Dan Coats a great victory. 11
I'm here, "Back Home in Indiana," -- in what natives call
the "Crossroads of America" -- to talk to you today about common
sense, something Hoosiers know a lot about. Indiana is the heart
of the heartland, and Hoosiers are right in the middle of the
American mainstream -- with the kind of values that have made
this nation great. I'm talking about values like hard work,
opportunity, decency, loyalty, faith and family.
Everyone here believes that the family is the cornerstone of
American society. Our Administration has placed the family at
the center of its agenda for the 1990s -- to build an America
where every man, woman and child is drug-free; where schools
3
challenge and support our kids and our teachers; and where our
families can live in a clean, safe environment. Dan has been one
of the biggest supporters of our pro-family agenda, reaching out
to families like yours with hopes and dreams for their children's
futures. Dan Coats is a voice for your values. 111
And it's a strong voice. His work in Congress sponsoring
important pro-family legislation was crucial to the progress
we've already made in strengthening the family in this country.
Dan Coats has helped people in areas like educational reform,
family support, help for "at risk" children, and families in
need. In fact, the Republican Party felt so strongly about his
legislation, that we made it part of the National Platform.
Mainstream values that all Americans care about -- that's why I
believe we need Dan Coats in the Senate. 111 And I think you all
agree. 111
Nothing ravages the American family more than drug abuse.
Our National Drug Strategy, which I announced last September,
deals with all sides of the issue -- from education and
prevention to expanded treatment to stronger penalties and
stepped-up enforcement. It's a tough approach, but it's a
sensible one.
No part of America is safe from the scourge of drugs. This
is not simply an "inner-city" problem or a "border" problem for
the bureaucrats in Washington to handle. We've got to get PCP
and crack off every street and out of every school in America.
And it's time we got more federal resources into the hands of
4
those in the thick of the fight -- those on the front lines. If
we are to build a better future for this country, America first
must be drug-free. 11
As the Republican leader of the Senate subcommittee that
deals with drugs, Dan knows the road ahead won't be easy, but
that's why I need him back in the Senate. I need Dan's
experience and intelligence as we fight to take back our
streets. 11
Bringing Hoosier values and Hoosier vision to Washington is
important to me. And I'll tell you about another great Indiana
Republican who brought those values to Washington, President
Benjamin Harrison. One hundred years ago, President Harrison
presided over the first Congress to appropriate a billion dollar
budget. That was a lot of money back then -- still is.
But since then, Congressional spending has spiralled out of
control -- 1.2 trillion right now. And common sense tells us the
American people aren't over-taxed. We need a budget process that
can deal rationally with wasteful government spending. We need a
line-item veto. III Give me what 43 governors have -- the power
to cut unnecessary spending. One of the first things Dan Coats
did when he arrived in the Senate was to introduce important
line-item veto legislation. (( In fact, I haven't seen anybody
move that adeptly since the Indianapolis Colts snuck out of
Baltimore. ))
Together, we're fighting to keep your taxes low and federal
spending down. Now that's what I call common sense. 11
5
Americans want to keep the longest peacetime economic
expansion ever moving forward -- 89 months and counting. And
Americans want a clean environment, too. We can do both.
Tomorrow in Washington, there's a lot at stake: clean air, a
safe environment, economic growth, and the jobs of thousands of
Americans. The Senate will cast an historic vote on our
amendments to the Clean Air Act, a vote which will affect
generations to come as we work to build a cleaner, safer America.
It's going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet
without throwing. hard-working Americans out of work.
But common sense tells us this too. We must find that
balance. And we will find that balance.
Tomorrow, Dan Coats will be in the Senate to cast one of the
most important votes of his life. And I know I can count on him.
But I need to count on his experience, his judgment, and his
concern for people not just tomorrow, or the day after that --
but in the months and years to come. And that's why I'm counting
on each of you in this room to give your all for Dan Coats. 11
I've talked today about some of the issues that are
important to me as we face the new decade. But one thing to
remember: as the world changes, issues will change but principles
remain to the end. Dan Coats is a principled man -- who will be
a voice for your values. III
I know Hoosier values, and I admire them -- I chose my
running mate from Indiana because of them. And on November 6,
6
when the voters of Indiana think of Dan Coats, I know they'll
think of the song by another Hoosier, the great Cole Porter,
-- called "You're the Top." 11
This man, Dan Coats, gives voice to the values of the
heartland. Nothing could be more important as we head into a
new century of challenge and change. Let's keep Indiana great,
and keep the dynasty of Republican leadership going strong.
Let's continue the tradition and give Dan a huge victory. 11
Thank you for your support, God bless you, and God bless
Indiana.
# # #
Document No. 127605
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/28/90
3:00 p.m. Thursday 03/29
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER-INDIANAPOLIS, - INDIANA
SUBJECT:
(03/28 Draft four)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
WINSTON
BENNETT
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 03/29, with a copy to my
office. Thanks.
90
RESPONSE:
Mary/cate entire/st I'd It's not 1st at 4 the pghs in Indianaz on clean and non no Assistant won Deputy James / randwell Ext. to to W. the the 2702 may Cicconi Chief President of Staff
Document No. 127605
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDU
2419
03/28/90
3:00 p.m. Thursday 03/29
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER-INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
SUBJECT:
(03/28 Draft four)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
WINSTON
BENNETT
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 03/29, with a copy to my
office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
March 30, 1990
TO: CHRISS WINSTON
NSC concurs with the Presidential remarks for the Dan Coats Fundraiser
with the changes noted.
Brent Rates Scowcroft
James W. Cicconi
CC: James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
90 MAR 29 A 9: 02
Grant/Nappo
March 28, 1990
1990 MAR 28 PM 7: 34
Draft four
A:coats
REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
12:20 P.M.
Thank you. My thanks to ((Father Mallory)) of Notre Dame
for his invocation, and of course it's always a pleasure to see
Senator Lugar. I see our new Republican state chairman is here,
Keith Luce, a hard worker doing a great job. And most of all,
I'm pleased to be here on behalf of the man who brings Hoosier
ideas to Washington everyday, Senator Dan Coats. 11
I'm sorry that I couldn't have lunch with you today, but
I've really lost my appetite. On the way over I was notified
that the Secret Service had found my food taster face-down in the
salad. III They said somebody had washed my lettuce with
Perrier. III
Throughout the eighties -- the decade which saw the greatest
economic expansion in U.S. peacetime history, and fires of
freedom begin to burn all over the world -- throughout this
turbulent decade, the people of Indiana had two great men
representing them in the United States Senate. Dick Lugar, and
?
of course, Dan Quayle -- a foreign policy duo that has have been
instrumental to the progress we've seen internationally. Dick
Lugar's tenure on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been
nothing short of superb, and I continue to depend on his wise
counsel as we wrestle with a world in change.
2
I don't have to tell you -- you already know -- how
important Dan Quayle's outstanding leadership has been in crucial
areas like Central and Latin America. He's served our
Administration well, and he's served our Nation well. 11
Indiana's got a lot to be proud of in her favorite son -- Dan
Quayle. Now it's time for Dan Coats to step into that legacy
of leadership in the Senate. 11
For the last ten years, Dick Lugar and Dan Quayle have
built a dynasty of Republican leadership in Indiana -- with a
command of the issues that has kept America number one. In 1986,
Dan Quayle was re-elected by the largest winning margin of any
Republican in Indiana history. Yet two years later, Senator
Lugar broke the record with an even bigger margin. And come
November, my common sense tells me the voters of Indiana will
continue the tradition and give Dan Coats a great victory. 11
I'm here, "Back Home in Indiana," -- in what natives call
the "Crossroads of America" -- to talk to you today about common
sense, something Hoosiers know a lot about. Indiana is the heart
of the heartland, and Hoosiers are right in the middle of the
American mainstream -- with the kind of values that have made
this nation great. I'm talking about values like hard work,
opportunity, decency, loyalty, faith and family.
Everyone here believes that the family is the cornerstone of
American society. Our Administration has placed the family at
the center of its agenda for the 1990s -- to build an America
where every man, woman and child is drug-free; where schools
3
challenge and support our kids and our teachers; and where our
families can live in a clean, safe environment. Dan has been one
of the biggest supporters of our pro-family agenda, reaching out
to families like yours with hopes and dreams for their children's
futures. Dan Coats is a voice for your values.
And it's a strong voice. His work in Congress sponsoring
important pro-family legislation was crucial to the progress
we've already made in strengthening the family in this country.
Dan Coats has helped people in areas like educational reform,
family support, help for "at risk" children, and families in
need. In fact, the Republican Party felt so strongly about his
legislation, that we made it part of the National Platform.
Mainstream values that all Americans care about -- that's why I
believe we need Dan Coats in the Senate. III And I think you all
agree. 111
Nothing ravages the American family more than drug abuse.
Our National Drug Strategy, which I announced last September,
deals with all sides of the issue -- from education and
prevention to expanded treatment to stronger penalties and
stepped-up enforcement. It's a tough approach, but it's a
sensible one.
No part of America is safe from the scourge of drugs. This
is not simply an "inner-city" problem or a "border" problem for
the bureaucrats in Washington to handle. We've got to get PCP
and crack off every street and out of every school in America.
And it's time we got more federal resources into the hands of
4
those in the thick of the fight -- those on the front lines. If
we are to build a better future for this country, America first
must be drug-free.\
As the Republican leader of the Senate subcommittee that
deals with drugs, Dan knows the road ahead won't be easy, but
that's why I need him back in the Senate. I need Dan's
experience and intelligence as we fight to take back our
streets. 11
Bringing Hoosier values and Hoosier vision to Washington is
important to me. And I'll tell you about another great Indiana
Republican who brought those values to Washington, President
Benjamin Harrison. One hundred years ago, President Harrison
presided over the first Congress to appropriate a billion dollar
budget. That was a lot of money back then -- still is.
But since then, Congressional spending has spiralled out of
control -- 1.2 trillion right now. And common sense tells us the
under-
American people aren't over taxed. We need a budget process that
can deal rationally with wasteful government spending. We need a
line-item veto. 111 Give me what 43 governors have -- the power
to cut unnecessary spending. One of the first things Dan Coats
did when he arrived in the Senate was to introduce important
line-item veto legislation. " In fact, I haven't seen anybody
move that adeptly since the Indianapolis Colts snuck out of
Baltimore. ))
Together, we're fighting to keep your taxes low and federal
spending down. Now that's what I call common sense.
5
Americans want to keep the longest peacetime economic
expansion ever moving forward -- 89 months and counting. And
Americans want a clean environment, too. We can do both.
Tomorrow in Washington, there's a lot at stake: clean air, a
safe environment, economic growth, and the jobs of thousands of
Americans. The Senate will cast an historic vote on our
amendments to the Clean Air Act, a vote which will affect
generations to come as we work to build a cleaner, safer America.
It's going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet
without throwing hard-working Americans out of work.
But common sense tells us this too. We must find that
balance. And we will find that balance.
Tomorrow, Dan Coats will be in the Senate to cast one of the
most important votes of his life. And I know I can count on him.
But I need to count on his experience, his judgment, and his
concern for people not just tomorrow, or the day after that --
but in the months and years to come. And that's why I'm counting
on each of you in this room to give your all for Dan Coats. 11
I've talked today about some of the issues that are
important to me as we face the new decade. But one thing to
remember: as the world changes, issues will change but principles
remain to the end. Dan Coats is a principled man -- who will be
a voice for your values. III
I know Hoosier values, and I admire them -- I chose my
running mate from Indiana because of them. And on November 6,
I
6
when the voters of Indiana think of Dan Coats, I know they'll
think of the song by another Hoosier, the great Cole Porter,
-- called "You're the Top." 11
This man, Dan Coats, gives voice to the values of the
heartland. Nothing could be more important as we head into a
new century of challenge and change. Let's keep Indiana great,
and keep the dynasty of Republican leadership going strong.
Let's continue the tradition and give Dan a huge victory. 11
Thank you for your support, God bless you, and God bless
Indiana.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
so
MAR 29
P3:
March 29, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
FREDERICK D. NELSON
F.B.N.
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Dan Coats Fundraiser
Indianapolis, Indiana
Counsel's Office offers a few comments that betray a lack of
humor perhaps common to lawyers.
I recommend deletion of the Perrier joke on page 1. A
presidential remark made at the expense of a specific private
business concern could create undesirable and unintended market
consequences for that and related enterprises.
Similarly, with regard to the second to the last paragraph on
page 4, we question whether it would be appropriate for the
President to characterize the home team as having "snuck out of
Baltimore"; regardless of the accuracy of the characterization,
intruding into this dispute (which controversy did give rise to
congressional hearings a few years ago) might seem gratuitous.
We take it that the line in the same paragraph saying that "the
American people aren't over-taxed" is not more humor but a simple
typo.
Finally two sentences on page 5 -- "Tomorrow in Washington [the
Senate will vote on clean air]"; "Tomorrow, Dan Coats will be in
the Senate to cast one of the most important votes of his
life" -- leads me to suggest that the date of the vote on final
passage be double checked. I had understood that the vote was
slated for Tuesday, the day of the speech.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Assistant Counsel to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Document No. 127605
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/28/90
3:00 p.m. Thursday 03/29
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER-INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
SUBJECT:
(03/28 Draft four)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
WINSTON
BENNETT
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 03/29, with a copy to my
office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Grant/Nappo
March 28, 1990
1990 MAR 28 PM 7: 34
Draft four
A:coats
REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
12:20 P.M.
Thank you. My thanks to ((Father Mallory)) of Notre Dame
for his invocation, and of course it's always a pleasure to see
Senator Lugar. I see our new Republican state chairman is here,
Keith Luce, a hard worker doing a great job. And most of all,
I'm pleased to be here on behalf of the man who brings Hoosier
ideas to Washington everyday, Senator Dan Coats. 11
I'm sorry that I couldn't have lunch with you today, but
I've really lost my appetite. On the way over I was notified
that the Secret Service had found my food taster face-down in the
salad. 111 They said somebody had washed my lettuce with
Perrier. III
Throughout the eighties -- the decade which saw the greatest
economic expansion in U.S. peacetime history, and fires of
freedom begin to burn all over the world -- throughout this
turbulent decade, the people of Indiana had two great men
representing them in the United States Senate. Dick Lugar, and
of course, Dan Quayle -- a foreign policy duo that have been
instrumental to the progress we've seen internationally. Dick
Lugar's tenure on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been
nothing short of superb, and I continue to depend on his wise
counsel as we wrestle with a world in change.
2
I don't have to tell you -- you already know -- how
important Dan Quayle's outstanding leadership has been in crucial
areas like Central and Latin America. He's served our
Administration well, and he's served our Nation well. 11
Indiana's got a lot to be proud of in her favorite son -- Dan
Quayle.\ Now it's time for Dan Coats to step into that legacy
of leadership in the Senate. 11
For the last ten years, Dick Lugar and Dan Quayle have
built a dynasty of Republican leadership in Indiana -- with a
command of the issues that has kept America number one. In 1986,
Dan Quayle was re-elected by the largest winning margin of any
Republican in Indiana history. Yet two years later, Senator
Lugar broke the record with an even bigger margin. And come
November, my common sense tells me the voters of Indiana will
continue the tradition and give Dan Coats a great victory. 11
I'm here, "Back Home in Indiana," -- in what natives call
the "Crossroads of America" -- to talk to you today about common
sense, something Hoosiers know a lot about. Indiana is the heart
of the heartland, and Hoosiers are right in the middle of the
American mainstream -- with the kind of values that have made
this nation great. I'm talking about values like hard work,
opportunity, decency, loyalty, faith and family.
Everyone here believes that the family is the cornerstone of
American society. Our Administration has placed the family at
the center of its agenda for the 1990s -- to build an America
where every man, woman and child is drug-free; where schools
3
challenge and support our kids and our teachers; and where our
families can live in a clean, safe environment. Dan has been one
of the biggest supporters of our pro-family agenda, reaching out
to families like yours with hopes and dreams for their children's
futures. Dan Coats is a voice for your values.
And it's a strong voice. His work in Congress sponsoring
important pro-family legislation was crucial to the progress
we've already made in strengthening the family in this country.
Dan Coats has helped people in areas like educational reform,
family support, help for "at risk" children, and families in
need. In fact, the Republican Party felt so strongly about his
legislation, that we made it part of the National Platform.
Mainstream values that all Americans care about -- that's why I
believe we need Dan Coats in the Senate. III And I think you all
agree. 111
Nothing ravages the American family more than drug abuse.
Our National Drug Strategy, which I announced last September,
deals with all sides of the issue -- from education and
prevention to expanded treatment to stronger penalties and
stepped-up enforcement. It's a tough approach, but it's a
sensible one.
No part of America is safe from the scourge of drugs. This
is not simply an "inner-city" problem or a "border" problem for
the bureaucrats in Washington to handle. We've got to get PCP
and crack off every street and out of every school in America.
And it's time we got more federal resources into the hands of
4
those in the thick of the fight -- those on the front lines. If
we are to build a better future for this country, America first
must be drug-free.
As the Republican leader of the Senate subcommittee that
deals with drugs, Dan knows the road ahead won't be easy, but
that's why I need him back in the Senate. I need Dan's
experience and intelligence as we fight to take back our
streets. 11
Bringing Hoosier values and Hoosier vision to Washington is
important to me. And I'll tell you about another great Indiana
Republican who brought those values to Washington, President
Benjamin Harrison. One hundred years ago, President Harrison
presided over the first Congress to appropriate a billion dollar
budget. That was a lot of money back then -- still is.
But since then, Congressional spending has spiralled out of
control -- 1.2 trillion right now. And common sense tells us the
American people aren't over-taxed. We need a budget process that
can deal rationally with wasteful government spending. We need a
line-item veto. 111 Give me what 43 governors have -- the power
to cut unnecessary spending. One of the first things Dan Coats
did when he arrived in the Senate was to introduce important
line-item veto legislation. " In fact, I haven't seen anybody
move that adeptly since the Indianapolis Colts snuck out of
Baltimore. ))
Together, we're fighting to keep your taxes low and federal
spending down. Now that's what I call common sense. 11
5
Americans want to keep the longest peacetime economic
expansion ever moving forward -- 89 months and counting. And
Americans want a clean environment, too. We can do both.
Tomorrow in Washington, there's a lot at stake: clean air, a
safe environment, economic growth, and the jobs of thousands of
Americans. The Senate will cast an historic vote on our
amendments to the Clean Air Act, a vote which will affect
generations to come as we work to build a cleaner, safer America.
It's going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet
without throwing hard-working Americans out of work.
But common sense tells us this too. We must find that
balance. And we will find that balance.
Tomorrow, Dan Coats will be in the Senate to cast one of the
most important votes of his life. And I know I can count on him.
But I need to count on his experience, his judgment, and his
concern for people not just tomorrow, or the day after that --
but in the months and years to come. And that's why I'm counting
on each of you in this room to give your all for Dan Coats. 11
I've talked today about some of the issues that are
important to me as we face the new decade. But one thing to
remember: as the world changes, issues will change but principles
remain to the end. Dan Coats is a principled man -- who will be
a voice for your values. III
I know Hoosier values, and I admire them -- I chose my
running mate from Indiana because of them. And on November 6,
6
when the voters of Indiana think of Dan Coats, I know they'll
think of the song by another Hoosier, the great Cole Porter,
-- called "You're the Top. # 11
This man, Dan Coats, gives voice to the values of the
heartland. Nothing could be more important as we head into a
new century of challenge and change. Let's keep Indiana great,
and keep the dynasty of Republican leadership going strong.
Let's continue the tradition and give Dan a huge victory. 11
Thank you for your support, God bless you, and God bless
Indiana.
# # #
Dan Coats Fundraiser
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
april 3
Jeamis Comments
/
page 2
2nd paragraph - 4th line
now reads:" Dan Quayle was re-elected by the largest
winning margin of any Republican in Indiana
history "
Should be changed to:
"Dan Q nayle was re-elected by the largest
winning Indiana margin of any Senate candidate
in history".
It is the largest margin for both Republican & Democrati-Semete
2
page 5
4th paragraph- - 1st line
The vote for the final passage of Clean-Air bill is
set for 8 p.m. Tuesday april 3rd -1.e. the night of
this speech.
The line should be changed to:
" 20night, Dan Coats will be back in the Senate..
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Document No. 127605
MAR 2 9 1990
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
03/28/90
3:00 p.m. Thursday 03/29
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER-INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
SUBJECT:
(03/28 Draft four)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
BATES
UNTERMEYER
CARD
ROGERS
CICCONI
PINKERTON
DEMAREST
WRAY
FITZWATER
WINSTON
BENNETT
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
BOSKIN
DELANE
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chrise
Winston by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, 03/29, with a copy to my
office. Thanks.
Room 122
RESPONSE:
Comments on P. 2 and P 4 from CEQ.
James W. Cicconi
22:2d MAR 06
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
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1990 MAR 28 PM 7: 34
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REMARKS: DAN COATS FUNDRAISER
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1990
12:20 P.M.
Thank you. My thanks to ((Father Mallory)) of Notre Dame
for his invocation, and of course it's always a pleasure to see
Senator Lugar. I see our new Republican state chairman is here,
Keith Luce, a hard worker doing a great job. And most of all,
I'm pleased to be here on behalf of the man who brings Hoosier
ideas to Washington everyday, Senator Dan Coats.\
I'm sorry that I couldn't have lunch with you today, but
I've really lost my appetite. on the way over I was notified
that the Secret Service had found my food taster face-down in the
salad. 111 They said somebody had washed my lettuce with
Perrier. III
Throughout the eighties -- the decade which saw the greatest
economic expansion in U.S. peacetime history, and fires of
freedom begin to burn all over the world -- throughout this
turbulent decade, the people of Indiana had two great men
representing them in the United States Senate. Dick Lugar, and
of course, Dan Quayle -- a foreign policy duo that have been
instrumental to the progress we've seen internationally. Dick
Lugar's tenure on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been
nothing short of superb, and I continue to depend on his wise
counsel as we wrestle with a world in change.
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2
I don't have to tell you -- you already know -- how
important Dan Quayle's outstanding leadership has been in orucial
areas like Central and Latin America. He's served our
Administration well, and he's served our Nation well. 11
The State Sorg is Back Home Again in Indiand
Indiana's got at lot to be proud of in her favorite son -- Dan
Quayle.\\ Now it's time for Dan Coats to step into that legacy
of leadership in the Senate. 11
For the last ten years, Dick Lugar and Dan Quayle have
built a dynasty of Republican leadership in Indiana -- with a
command of the issues that has kept America number one. In 1986,
Dan Quayle was re-elected by the largest winning margin of any
Republican in Indiana history. Yet two years later, Senator
Lugar broke the record with an even bigger margin. And come
November, my common sense tells me the voters of Indiana will
continue the tradition and give Dan Coats a great victory. 11
I'm here, "Back Home Again in Indiana," -- in what natives call
the "Crossroads of America" -- to talk to you today about common
sense, something Hoosiers know a- lot about. Indiana is the heart
of the heartland, and Hoosiers are right in the middle of the
American mainstream -- with the kind of values that have made
this nation great. I'm talking about values like hard work,
opportunity, decency, loyalty, faith and family.
Everyone here believes that the family is the cornerstone of
American society. Our Administration has placed the family at
the center of its agenda for the 1990s -- to build an America
where every man, woman and child is drug-free; where schools
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3
challenge and support our kids and our teachers; and where our
families can live in a clean, safe environment. Dan has been one
of the biggest supporters of our pro-family agenda, reaching out
to families like yours with hopes and dreams for their children's
futures. Dan Coats is a voice for your values.
And it's a strong voice. His work in Congress sponsoring
important pro-family legislation was crucial to the progress
we've already made in strengthening the family in this country.
Dan Coats has helped people in areas like educational reform,
family support, help for "at risk" children, and families in
need. In fact, the Republican Party felt so strongly about his
legislation, that we made it part of the National Platform.
Mainstream values that all Americans care about -- that's why I
believe we need Dan Coats in the Senate. 111 And I think you all
agree. III
Nothing ravages the American family more than drug abuse.
Our National Drug Strategy, which I announced last September,
deals with all sides of the issue -- from education and
prevention to expanded treatment to stronger penalties and
stepped-up enforcement. It's a tough approach, but it's a
sensible one.
No part of America is safe from the scourge of drugs. This
is not simply an "inner-city" problem or a "border" problem for
the bureaucrats in Washington to handle. We've got to get PCP
and crack off every street and out of every school in America.
And it's time we got more federal resources into the hands of
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4
those in the thick of the fight -- those on the front lines. If
we are to build at better future for this country, America first
must be drug-free.\
As the Republican leader of the Senate subcommittee that
deals with drugs, Dan knows the road ahead won't be easy, but
this really what
that's why I need him back in the Senate. I need Dan's
experience and intelligence as we fight to take back our
streets.
Bringing Hoosier values and Hoosier vision to Washington is
important to me. And I'll tell you about another great Indiana
Republican who brought those values to Washington, President
Benjamin Harrison. One hundred years ago, President Harrison
presided over the first Congress to appropriate a billion dollar
budget. That was a lot of money back then -- still is.
But since then, Congressional spending has spiralled out of
control -- 1.2 trillion right now. And common sense tells us the
American people aren't over-taxed.
We need a budget process that
can deal rationally with wasteful government spending. We need a
line-item vato. III Give me what 43 governors have -- the power
to cut unnecessary spending. One of the first things Dan Coats
did when he arrived in the Senate was to introduce important
line-item veto legislation. " In fact, I haven't seen anybody
move that adeptly since the Indianapolis Colts snuck out of
Baltimore.)
Together, we're fighting to keep your taxes low and federal
spending down. Now that's what I call common sense.\\
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5
Americans want to keep the longest peacetime economic
expansion ever moving forward -- 89 months and counting. And
Americans want a clean environment, too. We can do both.
Tomorrow in Washington, there's a lot at stake: clean air, a
safe environment, economic growth, and the jobs of thousands of
Americans. The Senate will cast an historic vote on our
amendments to the Clean Air Act, a vote which will affect
generations to come as we work to build a cleaner, safer America.
It's going to take a lot of work to protect this great planet
without throwing hard-working Americans out of work.
But common sense tells us this too. We must find that
balance. And we will find that balance.
Tomorrow, Dan Coats will be in the Senate to cast one of the
most important votes of his life. And I know I can count on him.
But I need to count on his experience, his judgment, and his
concern for people not just tomorrow, or the day after that --
but in the months and years to come. And that's why I'm counting
on each of you in this room to give your all for Dan Coats. 11
I've talked today about some of the issues that are
important to me as we face the new decade. But one thing to
remember: as the world changes, issues will change but principles
remain to the end. Dan Coats is a principled man -- who will be
a voice for your values. III
I know Hoosier values, and I admire them -- I chose my
running mate from Indiana because of them. And on November 6,
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6
when the voters of Indiana think of Dan Coats, I know they'll
think of the song by another Hoosier, the great Cole Porter,
-- called "You're the Top. # 11
This man, Dan Coats, gives voice to the values of the
heartland. Nothing could be more important as we head into a
new century of challenge and change. Let's keep Indiana great,
and keep the dynasty of Republican leadership going strong.
Let's continue the tradition and give Dan a huge victory. 11
Thank you for your support, God bless you, and Cod bless
Indiana.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
For Immediate Release
April 3, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON FOR SENATOR DAN COATS
Indianapolis Convention Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
1:11 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: First, let me, once again, say how much I
enjoyed reveling in the magic of Sandi Patti and her great music.
And to see my friend Fred Travalena, again, here. Could have helped
him with some of his gestures, the way it is -- (laughter) -- but
he's coming along. And it's great, really, to be back in
Indianapolis, with good friends like Dick Lugar and, of course, Don
Cox and Margie Hill of our National Committee, two great
representatives there. And then, seeing -- we're flying up here with
our new state chairman -- he's here, Keith Luce, a hard worker doing
a great job to rebuild the party.
And most of all, I'm pleased to be here on behalf of a
man who brings your ideas -- Hoosier ideas to Washington every day
with great integrity and honor, and I'm talking about Dan Coats, the
man of the moment. It is essential he be reelected. (Applause.)
I want to thank Dick Freeland and Bob Irsay and others
for this tremendously successful event. I'm sorry I couldn't get
over here to have lunch with you today; I wasn't allowed to. On the
way over I was notified that the Secret Service had found my food
taster face down in the salad. (Laughter.) Somebody had washed my
lettuce with Perrier. (Laughter.) It could have been worse --
broccoli -- could have been worse. (Laughter.)
Throughout the '80s -- the decade which saw the greatest
economic expansion in U.S. peacetime history, and fires of freedom
begin to burn all over the world -- throughout this turbulent decade,
the people of Indiana had two great men representing them in the
United States Senate. Dick Lugar and then, of course, Dan Quayle --
a foreign policy duo that have been instrumental to the progress
we've seen internationally. Dick's tenure on the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee has been -- I was telling this to Dick Freeland
here -- absolutely, nothing less than superb. And I continue to
depend on his wise counsel as we wrestle with a world in change.
I don't have to tell you -- you know this already -- how
important Dan Quayle's outstanding leadership has been in crucial
areas like Central and Latin America. And he's served our
administration well and our nation well. (Applause.) So Indiana
already had a lot to be proud of in these two fine men. And now we
have Dan Coats, stepping into that legacy of leadership in the United
States Senate.
For the last 10 years, Dick Lugar and Dan Quayle have
built this dynasty of Republican leadership in Indiana -- with a
command of the issues that's kept America number one. In 1986, Dan
Quayle was reelected by the biggest landslide of any Senate candidate
in Indiana history. And yet two years later, Dick Lugar came along,
broke the record with an even bigger winning margin. And come
November, my common sense tells me, that the voters of Indiana will
continue to give that -- the tradition and give Dan Coats an even
greater victory margin. It's going to happen. (Applause.)
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So I'm here, "back home again in Indiana" -- in what
natives call the "Crossroads of America" -- to talk to you today
about common sense, something Hoosiers know a lot about. Indiana is
the heart of the heartland, and the Hoosiers are right in the middle
of an American mainstream with the kind of values that have made this
nation great. And I'm talking about values like hard work, and
opportunity, and decency, and loyalty, faith and family.
Everyone here believes that the family is the cornerstone
of American society. Our administration has placed the family at the
center of our agenda for the 1990s -- to build an America where every
man, woman and child is drug-free; where schools challenge and
support our kids and our teachers; and where our families can live in
a clean, safe environment. Dan has been one of the biggest
supporters -- as Dick Lugar referred to this -- Dan Coats has been
one of the biggest supporters of our pro-family agenda, reaching out
to families like yours with hopes and dreams for the children's
futures. He is really your voice for your values.
And it's a strong voice. His work in Congress sponsoring
important pro-family legislation was crucial to the progress that
we've already made in strengthening the family in this country. And
he's helped people in areas like education reform and family support
and help for "at risk" children and families in need. In fact, the
Republican Party felt so strongly about his legislation that we made
it a part of our national platform. Mainstream values that all
Americans care about. And that's why I believe we need Dan Coats in
the Senate. And I know that everybody here today agrees with me on
that important point. (Applause.)
Nothing ravages the American family more than drug abuse.
Our National Drug Strategy, articulated by Bill Bennett -- we call it
National Drug Strategy II -- which I announced last September, deals
with all sides of the issue -- from education and prevention, to
expanded treatment, to stronger penalties and stepped-up enforcement.
It's a tough approach, but it is a sensible approach.
No part of America is safe from the scourge of drugs.
This is not simply an inner-city problem or a "border" problem for
bureaucrats in Washington to handle. We've got to get PCP and crack
off every street and out of every school in America.
And it's time we got more federal resources into the
hands of those in the thick of the fight -- those on the front lines.
And if we are to build a better future for this country, America
first must be drug-free. (Applause.)
As the Republican leader of the Senate subcommittee that
deals with drugs, Dan knows the road ahead won't be easy, but that's
another strong reason why I need him back in the Senate. I need his
experience and his intelligence as we fight to take back our streets.
You know, I noticed a bunch of police officers here today
and outside greeting us when we arrived at the airport, and I'd just
like to say parenthetically, we owe a great debt of gratitude to the
men and women in police uniform -- sheriff, whatever it is -- that
are protecting our kids. I think to myself -- I went over the other
day to the funeral home where a recognized, dedicated police officer
-- and this in the Maryland State Police -- had been gunned down on
the highway, on a major highway artery -- and I thought to myself how
lucky we are to have dedicated men like, in that instance, Sergeant
Wolf, or like some that are here today who are dedicating themselves
to protect the lives of our families and our children. It is
inspriational to me. (Applause.)
We're talking about values and bringing Hoosier values
and Hoosier vision to Washington is important to me. Not just in
stopping crime and drugs, but also in stopping those who measure
progress made solely by dollars spent. You know as I do that
congressional spending is spiraling out of control -- $1.2 trillion
right now. And common sense tells us the American people aren't
under-taxed. We need a budget process that can deal rationally with
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wasteful government spending. We need a line-item veto or some
strong recision legislation. (Applause.) And so again I appeal to
Congress give me what 43 governors have -- the power to cut
unnecessary spending.
One of the first things that Dan Coats did when he
arrived in the United States Senate was to introduce important
line-item veto legislation. In fact, I haven't seen anybody move
that adeptly since Chuck Person slam-dunked an opponent at Market
Square Arena. Together, we're fighting to keep your taxes low and
federal spending down. And that's what I call just plain common
sense.
Americans want to keep the longest peacetime expansion
ever moving forward -- 89 months and counting. And Americans want a
clean environment -- we want that also. And it is my view we can do
both. We can't do it if we move to the extreme. And I am not going
to move to the extreme in environmental legislation, but we are going
to pass and sign sound environmental legislation.
This morning here in Indianapolis, I went over a few
blocks away and planted a tree to help kick off a great community
effort to protect and preserve the beauty of this wonderful city.
Today in Washington, there's also a lot at stake -- Dick and Dan both
know this -- clean air, a safe environment, economic growth, and the
jobs of thousands of Americans. The Senat today will cast -- what
is it -- 8:00 p.m. tonight, I believe -- an historic vote on our
amendments, the first meaningful amendments to the Clean Air Act; a
vote which will affect generations to come as we work to build a
cleaner, safer America. It's going to take a lot of work to protect
this great planet without throwing hard-working Americans out of
work.
I, again, reject the extremists in the environmental
movement who would burden our economy by mindless regulation. And I
reject those who do not recognize their obligations to clean up our
environment. We've got to find the middle path. Common sense tells
us to find this needed balance, and we will find it.
Tonight, Dan Coats will be back in the Senate to cast one
of the most important votes of his life. And I know I can count on
him. But I need to count on his experience, his judgment, and his
concern for people not just tonight or tomorrow, but in the months
and the years to come. And that's why I'm counting on each and every
one of you in this room to give your all for Dan Coats.
I've talked today just briefly about some of the issues
that are important to me as we face the new decade. But one thing to
remember, as the world changes, issues will change but principles
remain to the end. And you have a principled man -- Dan Coats is a
principled man who will be a voice for your values.
I know Hoosier values and I admire them -- I chose my
running mate from Indiana because of them. And on November 6, when
the voters of Indiana think of Dan Coats, I know they'll think of the
song by another Hoosier, the great Cole Porter -- called "You're the
Top."
Senator Dan Coats gives voice to the values of the
heartland. Nothing could be more important as we head into a new
century of challenge and change. So do what you can. Let's keep
Indiana great, and keep the dynasty of Republican leadership going
strong. Let's continue the tradition and give this good and decent
man a huge victory.
Thank you for your support. God bless the State of
Indiana. God bless you all. Thank you very, very much. (Applause.)
END
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STATEMENT ON CHINA
BY SENATOR DAN COATS
6/6/89
MR. PRESIDENT, THE IMAGES THIS WEEKEND OF CHINA'S CHAOTIC
SUFFERING ARE STILL FRESH. IT WAS ALMOST UNBEARABLE TO HEAR THE
MEASURED ANALYSIS OF EVENTS BY DIPLOMATS-- ALL THE POLITE HEDGING
AND SUBTLE LANGUAGE. THIS WAS NOT AN "INCIDENT" OR A "SETBACK."
IT WAS A MONSTROUS ABORTION OF HATE AND DEFEAT-- THE WORK OF
HANDS SOILED BY BLOOD.
*
WE SAW THE AVENUE OF ETERNAL PEACE LITTERED WITH THE
CORPSES OF PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.
*
WE WATCHED STUDENTS ON BARRICADES CRUSHED UNDER THE TREADS
OF ADVANCING TANKS.
* WE SAW SOLDIERS FIRE ON THOSE WHO ATTEMPTED TO GATHER AND
TREAT THE WOUNDED.
* AND WE LEARNED THAT THE BODIES OF SOME STUDENTS WERE
COVERED BY TROOPS WITH GASOLINE, THEN SET AFLAME TO DESTROY THE
EVIDENCE OF INFAMOUS OPPRESSION.
THE CHINESE RED CROSS NOW PUTS ESTIMATES OF THE DEAD OVER 2500--
VICTIMS OF LEADERS WHO HAVE SOLD THEIR OWN PEOPLE FOR THE
PITTANCE OF MOMENTARY POWER. SOMEHOW, GIVEN CHINA'S APPARENT
MODERATION OF THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE CONVINCED OURSELVES THAT
TOTALITARIAN VIOLENCE WAS CONSIGNED TO HISTORY-- A LONG-FORGOTTEN
MADNESS. BUT THE VENEER OF RECENT COOPERATION ONLY SERVES TO
HEIGHTEN THE EFFECT OF THIS VILLAINY.
PRESIDENT'S BUSH'S RESPONSE YESTERDAY WAS APPROPRIATE. AMERICA
CANNOT SEND WEAPONS TO A REGIME THAT THEN TURNS THEM ON THEIR
OWN, UNARMED CITIZENS. AND I AM CONVINCED THAT IN COMING WEEKS WE
WILL FIND OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CHINESE PEOPLE IN THEIR
TRIAL.
BUT EVEN AS WE'RE SOBERED BY CHINESE SUFFERING, THERE IS A DEEPER
CAUSE FOR ENCOURAGEMENT. FOR THE MINDS WHICH DEVISE INJUSTICE AND
PLAN OPPRESSION NOW KNOW SOMETHING NEW-- THE FIRST TREMOR OF
FEAR.
THE WORLD WE SEE TODAY RECALLS WORDS SPOKEN NEARLY 400 YEARS AGO.
WHILE ENGLAND WAITED IN 16.. FOR A SPANISH INVASION, QUEEN
ELIZABETH REVIEWED HER VASTLY OUTNUMBERED ARMY AND ADDRESSED THEM
WITH THREE WORDS: LET TYRANTS FEAR.
WELL, THIS MORNING THEY DO FEAR-- ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN POLAND
AND HUNGARY-- IN CHINA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE SOVIET UNION--
TYRANTS FEAR, AND WITH JUST CAUSE:
* THEY FEAR THE PASSIONATE INTENSITY OF THE YOUNG--
CONSCIOUS THEY SERVE AN UNFOLDING PURPOSE.
* THEY FEAR THE HARD EXPERIENCE OF THE OLD-- EMBITTERED BY
DECADES OF POLITICAL BRUTALITY.
* BUT THEY FEAR, MOST OF ALL, WHEN MEN BURDENED BY
OPPRESSION STAND UPRIGHT AND SHOUT THEIR DEFIANCE. THEY FEAR,
ABOVE ALL, THE CHANTED REFRAINS OF FREEDOM.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SOCIALISM'S COMPELLING VISION OF FORCED
EQUALITY AND SECULAR IDEOLOGY WAS RINGED WITH A HALO OF
INEVITABILITY. IT MARCHED FROM NATION TO NATION-- FEEDING ON THE
STRENGTH OF PROMISED UTOPIA.
BUT THESE CLAIMS HAVE TURNED TO ASHES IN THE MOUTH AS SOCIALISM
HAS FAILED AMID MOUNTAINS OF THE INNOCENT DEAD. IT PROMISED TO
MOVE THE WORLD, BUT COULD ONLY MANAGE TO STAIN IT WITH BLOOD.
TODAY THE PLACE OF THAT DISCREDITED CREED HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE
PROMISE OF JUSTICE. IT IS FREEDOM THAT OCCUPIES THE IMAGINATION
OF PASSIONATE REFORMERS. IT IS LIBERTY THAT SHAPES THE VISIONS OF
THE DISAFFECTED. AND CHINA IS THE MODEL.
TANKS MAY DIP THEIR TREADS IN BLOOD, BUT THE WEIGHT OF IRON FORCE
CAN NO LONGER OUTBALANCE THE UNESTIMATED SUM OF CHINA'S HUMAN
PAIN. THEIR MEMORY OF PAST WOUNDS AND THEIR ANGUISHED APPEAL TO
PRINCIPLE ENSURE THAT THERE WILL BE NO RETURN TO DOCILE
SUFFERING.
WE CANNOT SEE HOW DELIVERY WILL COME, OR WHEN IT WILL COME. BUT
NOTHING IS MORE CERTAIN. FOR FREEDOM HAS AN INEVITABILITY OF ITS
OWN-- AN INEVITABILITY ROOTED, NOT IN THE MYTH OF AN UNSEEN
DIALECTIC, BUT IN THE HIGHEST HOPES OF COMMON MEN.
CHINESE FREEDOM WILL NOT BE STILLBORN. FOR THE COUNT OF TANKS AND
TROOPS IS NOT THE FINAL MEASURE OF MIGHT. THE COLD CALCULUS OF
POLITICAL REALITY MAY COUNSEL DESPAIR. BUT WE TRUST IN A
PROVIDENCE THAT GIVES STRENGTH TO THE WEARY AND INCREASES THE
POWER OF THE WEAK. AND WE HEAR THE ECHOING RING OF DETERMINED
VOICES: LET TYRANTS FEAR.
STATEMENT OF SENATOR DAN COATS
PANAMANIAN CERTIFICATION
5/18/89
MR. PRESIDENT, WINSTON CHURCHILL ONCE OBSERVED THAT AN EXHIBITION
OF POLITICAL BRUTALITY IS SOMETIMES so DISTURBING THAT "THE
SPECTATORS LEAVE THEIR COMFORTABLE SEATS AND HASTEN TO THE WORK
OF RESCUE AND RETRIBUTION." I AM CONVINCED WE ARE SEEING JUST
THIS TYPE OF EXHIBITION IN PANAMA-- A SPECTACLE OF VIOLENCE AND
DECEPTION, BORN OF BOUNDLESS HUBRIS AND SUSTAINED BY CRIMINAL
CORRUPTION.
MANUEL NORIEGA HAS MADE IT PAINFULLY OBVIOUS THAT HE RESPECTS
NEITHER INTERNATIONAL OPINION NOR HIS OWN PEOPLE. HIS ACTIONS
COMPRISE A LENGTHENING LITANY OF BETRAYAL-- AIMED BOTH AT THAT
UNFORTUNATE NATION AND OUR OWN NATION AS WELL.
* HE HAS TURNED THE RECENT PANAMANIAN ELECTION INTO A SHAM--
INVALIDATING ITS RESULTS WHEN IT WAS CLEAR HIS HAND-PICKED
CANDIDATE LOST BY A MARGIN OF 3 TO 1. A VOTE IS THE MOST POWERFUL
INSTRUMENT AND SACRED RIGHT OF FREE MEN, AND A MAJORITY OF VOTES
IS THE FINAL EXPRESSION OF NATIONAL WILL AND GOVERNMENTAL
LEGITIMACY. WHEN NORIEGA VIOLATED THAT TRUST, HE COMMITTED A
CRIME AGAINST DEMOCRATIC HOPE. WIELDING THE BLUNT INSTRUMENTS OF
DEPRAVED AMBITION, HE STANDS AS A SINGLE MAN AGAINST AN ENTIRE
NATION.
* BUT NORIEGA, NOT CONTENT MERELY WITH FRAUD, PLUNGED HEADLONG
INTO BRUTALITY. NORIEGA-CONTROLLED MOBS, GIVEN THE ORWELLIAN
TITLE OF "DIGNITY BATTALIONS" AND ARMED WITH METAL PIPES, RUBBER
HOSES AND NAIL-STUDDED TWO-BY-FOURS, COMMENCED WITH ATTACKS ON
OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ENDARA WAS GIVEN A
6-INCH GASH ON THE HEAD. OPPOSITION VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
FORD WAS BEATEN BLOODY IN FRONT OF NEWS CAMERAS BEFORE BEING
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
* ALL THIS WAS SHOCKING FOR ITS CRASSNESS. BUT, GIVEN NORIEGA'S
HISTORY, NONE OF IT SHOULD REALLY HAVE SURPRISED. THE PANAMANIAN
DEFENSE FORCES HE LEADS HAVE MADE AMERICAN TROOPS AND THEIR
DEPENDENTS CONSTANT TARGETS OF HARASSMENT. THE PENTAGON REPORTS
670 SUCH MAJOR INCIDENTS IN THE PAST 14 MONTHS-- INCLUDING
BEATINGS, RAPES AND MURDER THREATS.
* AND WE CANNOT FORGET THAT PANAMA CONTINUES TO BE A PRINCIPLE
MONEY-LAUNDERING CENTER FOR THE SOUTH AMERICAN COCAINE TRADE, AS
WELL AS A TRANSIT SITE FOR DRUGS. IT HAS BECOME A HAVEN FOR
DEALERS THAT TRADE THEIR DEATH TO OUR CHILDREN UNDER THE
PROTECTION-- AND WITH THE COOPERATION-- OF GENERAL NORIEGA. AND
NORIEGA HIMSELF REMAINS UNDER INDICTMENT BY TWO U.S. GRAND JURIES
FOR ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING.
THERE IS NO MISTAKING THE GRIM, RELENTLESS DESCENT INTO
OPPRESSION WE HAVE WITNESSED IN PANAMA. FOR WE HAVE SEEN IT
BEFORE. WE HAVE SEEN THAT TYPE OF BLATANT FRAUD WHICH IS THE ONLY
WAY FOR THE CORRUPT TO SIMULATE LEGITIMACY. WE HAVE SEEN THAT
SORT OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE WHICH IS THE ONLY SHIELD FOR PETTY AND
VICIOUS DESPOTS. MANUEL NORIEGA HAS BROKEN EVERY REMAINING TIE OF
GOOD FAITH AND WRAPPED A BRUTAL REALITY IN A GAUZE OF
UNCONVINCING LIES. HE HAS SHOWN HIMSELF EMPTY OF THOSE SYMPATHIES
THAT DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES OF CIVILIZED CONDUCT.
NORIEGA'S PANAMA TODAY SHARES BOTH THE METHODS AND FRIENDSHIP OF
CUBA AND NICARAGUA. ITS LEADER HAS TAKEN THE MANTLE OF CASTRO AND
ORTEGA. HE HAS MANAGED TO EARN MEMBERSHIP IN THAT SELECT COMPANY
OF THE CONTEMPTIBLE.
THERE CAN BE NO EXCUSE FOR COMPLACENCY WHEN THE PAINED CRIES OF
THAT BATTERED NATION ARE so DISTINCT AND so INSISTENT.
BUT IN PANAMA WE FACE SOMETHING MORE THAN TRAGEDY AND BETRAYAL.
WE FACE COMPLEX ISSUES OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE. FOR IN JUST A FEW
MONTHS WE WILL CONFRONT THE PROSPECT OF TURNING OVER CONTROL OF
THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION TO A PANAMANIAN ADMINISTRATOR,
NOMINATED BY THAT NATION'S PRESIDENT. IN JANUARY, 1990 WE ARE
SCHEDULED BY TREATY TO PROCEED WITH THIS NEXT STEP IN PANAMA'S
ASSUMPTION OF AUTHORITY.
IT IS NOT TOO DIFFICULT TO PREDICT THE PUBLIC REACTION TO THIS
SCHEDULED TRANSITION. WE AMERICANS HAVE LITTLE TOLERANCE FOR
TYRANTS. WE HAVE EVEN LESS WHEN THEY THREATEN OUR INTERESTS. THE
PROSPECT OF ANY DIPLOMATIC DEALINGS WITH NORIEGA, ON ANY ISSUE,
AT ANY LEVEL WILL PROVOKE OUTRAGE-- PRESSED DOWN AND SHAKEN
TOGETHER. AND WE WILL WITNESS A DRUMFIRE OF DEMANDS TO SCUTTLE
THE PANAMA CANAL TREATIES IN THEIR ENTIRETY. WE CAN DO OUR BEST
TO CAREFULLY ARTICULATE THE BEST REASONS TO PRESERVE THESE
TREATIES, BUT WE WOULD DOUBTLESSLY BE DROWNED OUT BY A THUNDERING
RUSH OF EVENTS WHICH, IF LEFT UNCHECKED, WOULD SEEM TO GUARANTEE
ABROGATION.
THE SENATE HAS ALREADY GIVEN ITS APPROVAL TO THESE TREATIES.
THAT WAS A CONTROVERSY WHICH WAS FOUGHT AND DECIDED, WHETHER WE
LIKE THE RESULTS OR NOT. NOW WE MUST SEEK SOME OPTION THAT
SATISFIES BOTH AMERICAN INTERESTS AND AMERICAN SENSIBILITIES. WE
MUST FIND AN ALTERNATIVE THAT DOES NOT DISCREDIT OUR COMMITMENTS
OR SACRIFICE OUR PRINCIPLES. so TODAY I AM OFFERING LEGISLATION
OUTLINING AN APPROACH I BELIEVE WILL MEET THESE CHALLENGES.
THE IDEA IS REALLY QUITE SIMPLE. I HAVE PROPOSED THAT NO NEW
CANAL ADMINISTRATOR BE APPOINTED UNLESS AND UNTIL THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES CERTIFIES TO CONGRESS THAT THE PANAMANIAN
GOVERNMENT IS ELECTED ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURES OF ITS OWN
CONSTITUTION AND IS IN CONTROL OF THE PANAMANIAN DEFENSE FORCES.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE CANAL ADMINISTRATOR MUST BE SELECTED BY A
LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT, AND NOT NORIEGA'S DRUG DICTATORSHIP. AND
UNTIL THAT CONDITION IS MET, THE CONGRESS PLEDGES TO WITHHOLD ITS
CONSENT.
BEFORE MY DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES BEGIN THEIR SCRUTINY, LET US
BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING. THIS PROPOSAL-- EMBODIED IN MY BILL AND
CALLED FOR IN A SENSE OF THE SENATE RESOLUTION I HOPE TO
INTRODUCE LATER THIS WEEK-- IS NOT A CHANGE OF ANY SORT IN THE
PANAMA CANAL TREATIES, MUCH LESS AN ABROGATION OF THOSE TREATIES.
IT DEALS ONLY WITH AMERICAN LAW-- THE UNITED STATES CODE-- NOT
PROVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH ANY FOREIGN NATION. IT
IS SIMPLY AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE EXPRESSION OF CONGRESSIONAL
RESOLVE-- A METHOD TO ENSURE THAT OUR MESSAGE IS NOT MISTAKEN.
* TO NORIEGA IT PROMISES SERIOUS AND UNRELENTING RESISTANCE TO
HIS ILLEGITIMATE RULE AND ILLUSORY AUTHORITY. IT ASSERTS THAT THE
NON-NEGOTIABLE PRECONDITION FOR THE NORMAL AND ORDERLY TRANSITION
OF CONTROL OVER THE CANAL IS, QUITE SIMPLY, HIS ABSENCE.
* TO THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF PANAMA, IT PLEDGES
THE RECOGNITION OF ITS LEGITIMACY-- ROOTED IN THE PANAMANIAN
POPULAR WILL. IT IS ONLY WHEN THEY PICK THE CANAL ADMINISTRATOR
THAT HE WILL BE RECOGNISED. IT IS ONLY WHEN THAT OFFICIAL HAS
THEIR SUPPORT THAT HE WILL HAVE OUR SUPPORT AS WELL.
I CAN ALREADY IMAGINE CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO THIS LEGISLATION.
SOME WILL ARGUE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH OUR PRINCIPLES BECAUSE IT
GOES BACK ON OUR DIPLOMATIC WORD. OTHERS WILL CONTEND THAT IT
WOULD ACTUALLY THREATEN OUR INTERESTS BY OFFENDING PANAMANIAN
NATIONAL PRIDE AND SOLIDIFYING NORIEGA'S SUPPORT. BUT WITH ALL
DUE RESPECT, I BELIEVE THESE OBJECTIONS ARE MISPLACED.
THIS PROPOSAL CANNOT POSSIBLY BE CONSTRUED AS A VIOLATION OF OUR
WORD-- A BETRAYAL OF PRINCIPLE. IT SIMPLY OUTLINES THE CONDITIONS
FOR OUR CONSENT-- CONSENT IT IS OUR RIGHT TO GRANT OR RESERVE
ACCORDING TO WHATEVER CRITERIA WE CHOOSE. BUT THIS QUESTION OF
PRINCIPLE DESERVES FURTHER ATTENTION. FOR IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT
IS A DECISION OF PRINCIPLE AND INTEGRITY TO DEAL WITH A
LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN SOME BRUTAL PRETENDER. IT IS AN
ACT OF FIDELITY TO OUR HIGHEST IDEALS TO RESIST ANY CONCESSION OF
LEGITIMACY TO NORIEGA AND HIS LAWLESS CONFEDERATES.
IT IS, ADDITIONALLY, DIFFICULT FOR ME TO IMAGINE HOW THIS
PROPOSAL MIGHT OFFEND PANAMANIAN PRIDE AND THEREBY STRENGTHEN
NORIEGA'S SUPPORT. OUR ACTION WOULD SIMPLY BE A RECOGNITION OF
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PEOPLE OF PANAMA LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. WE
ARE SIMPLY SAYING WE'LL ONLY DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENT THEY JUST
ELECTED. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IGNORING THEIR DEMOCRATIC CHOICE
WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO EMBITTER THAN PACIFY. AND RESPECTING THAT
CHOICE, I BELIEVE, WOULD ONLY INVITE THEIR RESPECT.
WE HAVE WITNESSED THE SPECTACLE OF MANUEL NORIEGA'S BRUTALIZATION
OF PANAMANIAN DEMOCRACY. WE HAVE SEEN THE ARROGANT ABUSE OF OUR
SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS. WE HAVE WATCHED WITH HELPLESS ANGER WHILE
A DRUG-RUNNING DICTATOR HAS PADDED HIS POCKETS THROUGH OUR
CHILDREN'S ADDICTION. AND NOW IT IS TIME TO LEAVE OUR COMFORTABLE
SEATS AND HASTEN TO THE WORK OF RESCUE AND RETRIBUTION. WE CANNOT
OBEY THE COUNCIL OF TIMIDITY AND INACTION WHEN WE HAVE OPTIONS
THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND THOSE OPTIONS, IT SEEMS TO ME,
ARE CLEAR.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
STATEMENT ON THE AMERICAN FLAG
SENATOR DAN COATS
7/17/89
MR. PRESIDENT, OFTEN THE AMERICAN FLAG'S UNIQUE POWER TO
MOVE AND INSPIRE IS ONLY EVIDENT WHEN DISPLAYED IN TIMES OF
CRISIS. LIKE ON THE DAY THAT IT WAS DRAPED OVER THE CASKETS OF
THOSE WHO DIED ON THE BATTLESHIP IOWA. OR ON THE DAY IT WAS
BURNED BY CHANTING IRANIAN FANATICS DURING THE HOSTAGE CRISIS.
THESE UNFORGETTABLE IMAGES PROVOKE A KIND OF PRIDE AND ANGER
THAT IS EASIER FELT THAN EXPLAINED. THEY ARE EMOTIONS THAT DON'T
NEED TO BE SYRUPY OR SENTIMENTAL. BUT THEY ARE ROOTED IN ONE
SOLID AND EXTRAORDINARY FACT-- THAT THE FLAG SOMEHOW EMBODIES THE
SELFLESSNESS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED TO PRESERVE
AN AMERICAN EXPERIMENT IN FREEDOM.
BUT NOW THE SUPREME COURT HAS DISCOVERED A CURIOUS AND
DISTURBING NEW CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. IRONICALLY, AS A FLAG FLEW
OVER ITS WHITE-MARBLED BUILDING, THE COURT DETERMINED IT WAS
PERFECTLY LEGAL TO BURN THE AMERICAN FLAG AS A FORM OF POLITICAL
SPEECH.
THE CASE THEY DECIDED BEGAN WITH A PROTEST AT THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION IN 1984. IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, A PROTESTER
DOUSED THE AMERICAN FLAG WITH KEROSENE AND SET IT AFLAME WHILE
SEVERAL DOZEN OTHERS CHANTED, "AMERICA, THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE,
WE SPIT ON YOU.'
THIS KIND OF DESECRATION PROVOKES IN MOST AMERICANS,
INCLUDING MYSELF, THE SORT OF BARELY RESTRAINED OUTRAGE THAT
KEEPS YOU FROM SLEEPING AT NIGHT.
IT IS NOT THAT AMERICANS ARE INSECURE. WE DO NOT BLINDLY
FOLLOW TRADITIONS. BUT WE DO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT SYMBOLS--
PARTICULARLY THAT ONE SYMBOL OF IDEAS AND VALUES FOR WHICH MEN
AND WOMEN HAVE SACRIFICED AND DIED IN EVERY GENERATION. TO
DESECRATE THE FLAG, I BELIEVE, IS TO DESECRATE THEIR MEMORY AND
MAKE LIGHT OF THEIR SACRIFICE.
THERE IS A TYPE OF PATRIOTISM THAT IS HELD so DEEPLY THAT IT
FINDS EXPRESSION IN CONCRETE THINGS LIKE A PATRIOT'S CRIPPLED
BODY-- OR IN BITS OF COLORED CLOTH. FOR MEN WHO HAVE RISKED DEATH
IN SERVICE OF A FLAG IT IS MORE THAN JUST A SYMBOL, IT IS
SACRIFICE YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HAND-- OR TRAMPLE UNDERFOOT IN
CONTEMPT.
THE FLAG BEARS OUR PRIDE IN TIMES OF CELEBRATION. IT BEARS
OUR GRIEF AT HALF-STAFF. BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO BEAR THE
INSULTS OF A CALLOUSED AND DEFORMED CONSCIENCE.
MEN AND WOMEN WHO WE ASK TO DIE FOR A FLAG HAVE A RIGHT TO
EXPECT DEFERENCE FOR THAT FLAG BY THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM THEIR
SACRIFICE. IT IS PART OF THE COMPACT WE MAKE WITH THOSE WHO WILL
SERVE. UNTIL THIS DECISION, IT WAS THE LAW IN 48 STATES. AND IT
MUST BE THE LAW ONCE AGAIN-- EVEN IF THAT TAKES A CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
TOLERANCE IS AN IMPORTANT THING IN A FREE AND DIVERSE
SOCIETY. AGREEMENT MUST NEVER BE A PREREQUISITE FOR CIVILITY. BUT
TOLERANCE CAN NEVER BE ROOTED IN THE VIEW THAT NOTHING IS WORTH
OUR OUTRAGE BECAUSE NOTHING IS WORTH OUR SACRIFICE.
CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST AUTHORED A STINGING DISSENT TO THIS
MISGUIDED DECISION, ARGUING, "SURELY ONE OF THE HIGH PURPOSES OF
A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY IS TO LEGISLATE AGAINST CONDUCT THAT IS
REGARDED AS EVIL AND PROFOUNDLY OFFENSIVE TO THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE-- WHETHER IT BE MURDER, EMBEZZLEMENT, POLLUTION OR FLAG
BURNING.
"
JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS ADDED, REFERRING TO THE IDEALS OF
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM, "IF THOSE IDEAS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR-- AND
OUR HISTORY DEMONSTRATES THAT THEY ARE-- IT CANNOT BE TRUE THAT
THE FLAG THAT UNIQUELY SYMBOLIZES THEIR POWER IS NOT ITSELF
WORTHY OF PROTECTION FROM UNNECESSARY DESECRATION."
YES, WE MUST BE TOLERANT. BUT WE MUST NEVER ADOPT AN
ENERVATING AND COWARDLY DISDAIN THAT STRIPS US OF PATRIOTIC
CONVICTION AND DULLS OUR ABILITY TO BE OFFENDED BY THE
DESECRATION OF VITAL SYMBOLS. "IN THE WORLD IT IS CALLED
TOLERANCE," WROTE DOROTHY SAYERS, "BUT IN HELL IT IS CALLED
DESPAIR
THE SIN THAT BELIEVES IN NOTHING, CARES FOR NOTHING,
ENJOYS NOTHING, FINDS PURPOSE IN NOTHING, LIVES FOR NOTHING, AND
REMAINS ALIVE BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING FOR WHICH IT WILL DIE."
Israel and Terrorism
Column by Senator Dan Coats
8/4/89
There is a museum in Jerusalem that has a small glass case
containing only the soiled, crushed shoe of a child. It was found
at the Treblinka death camp. And it captures the whole Israeli
attitude toward war and peace, diplomacy and negotiations: No
horror is impossible. No enemy is to be trusted.
It is not an easy task to deal with an ally that has wounds
this deep. Suffering, bitterness and caution run through Israel's
national character like a poorly healed scar. A harsh history has
created a nation that is independent by conviction, prickly by
temperament, and swift to defend its interests.
But there is one indispensible key to retaining the
confidence and support of a strategic ally, especially one as
difficult as Israel. Winston Churchill summarized it, "It is no
use once again leading other nations up the garden path and then
running away when the dog growls."
Over the last ten years, the most vocal advocates of swift
retribution and immediate justice for terrorist murders have come
from the United States Congress. Each new instance of brutality
has been met with one pained and insistent refrain: Locate these
terrorists and bring about justice.
But now one of our closest allies has done something we did
not anticipate-- they acted on those words. Israeli commandos
captured Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid, the terrorist leader of an
organization that targets both American and Israeli citizens for
abduction and assassination.
Israel might have expected praise. They got derision.
Evidently we have become so accustomed to failure-- so
content with inertia-- that we cannot even recognize success when
it stares us in the face. It is Israel that has given reality to
our rhetoric. It is Israel that took our advice and captured a
terrorist criminal- exercising its rights as a sovereign nation,
threatened from all sides, to defend its citizens and interests.
Golda Meir once said, "In our war with the Arabs we have a
secret weapon-- no alternative." Organizations like Hezbollah
are not just committed to a Palestinian state. They are committed
to the destruction of Israel. And their methods make no exception
for the innocent. Terrorist brutality leaves Israel with no
alternative but resolute action.
But Arab terrorists have played their bloody trump card--
brutally murdering Colonel Higgins in Lebanon. And voices have
been raised to insinuate, even declare, that Israel is to blame.
The dog has made its rabid growl. And some recommend, once again,
that we abandon an ally and beat a hasty and undignified retreat.
One magazine editorialized, "Israel didn't create the
current crisis, but Israel did contribute to the crisis. The
kidnapping is moral cowardice, and it undermined the credibility
of Israel in the West. " A newspaper columnist accused Israel of
"something approaching gross negligence."
But there is no moral equivalence- or even moral relation--
between Israel's act of self-preservation and the terrorist's act
of shame. Israel actually offered the murderers of Colonel
Higgins the freedom of their leader in a prisoner exchange,
presenting Hezbollah with a stark decision that defined their
true objectives. And they typically chose the terrorist's
pleasure in lawless murder, even above their own cause.
By this act, these men have severed their last tenuous ties
with common humanity.
The murder of Colonel Higgins has fully and finally
convinced many in the Congress that diplomacy is a weak, even
useless, tool to moderate terrorist demands or soften their
methods. We can explore details of the whole diplomatic terrain
with these fanatics. But down every vista they can only see the
gallows.
The situation in the Mideast is fluid. But the moral debate
has been decisively clarified by recent events. British Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan once said, "I have never attended the
funeral of a murdered man; but I take it that at such a ceremony
some distinction is made between the mourners and the assassins."
In this case the distinction is as clear as the line between
civilization and barbarism. Israel mourns. And Arab terrorists
are left stained by the blood of the innocent. To confuse the
two is to confuse the very nature of justice. And America should
not be a party to it.
FLOOR STATEMENT ON CONTRA AID
SENATOR DAN COATS
MR. PRESIDENT, I APPROACH THIS DEBATE WITH A GREAT DEAL OF
INTERNAL CONFLICT. I HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER OF NICARAGUA'S
ANTICOMMUNIST RESISTANCE SINCE SANDINISTA TYRANNY FIRST MADE IT
NECESSARY. FOR MANY YEARS THE CONTRAS HAVE KEPT ALIVE THE FADING
HOPES OF NICARAGUANS FOR A DEMOCRATIC PEACE. WE OWE THEM FAR MORE
THAN WE'VE DELIVERED. THEY JUSTLY OWE US NOTHING BUT THEIR
CONTEMPT.
BUT ON THE ISSUE OF AID, WE HAVE BECOME A PRISONER OF OUR PAST.
TODAY WE ARE CONSIDERING A TRANSFUSION OF ANEMIC BLOOD INTO A
DYING PATIENT. AND SOME MEMBERS OF THIS BODY SEEM EXPECT
APPLAUSE FOR THEIR MEDICAL MASTERY. BUT THEY'VE FORGOTTEN THE
FACT THAT IT WAS THEY WHO CRIPPLED THE PATIENT IN THE FIRST
PLACE- WILLFULLY, DELIBERATELY, CYNICALLY. THEY CUT THE VICTIMS
THROAT AND NOW EXPECT THIS MASKING TAPE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE. BUT
THIS AID COMES IN A TRIVIAL SUM, TRIVIALIZED FURTHER BY
OPPRESSIVE RESTRICTIONS. IT RISKS SOMETHING WORSE THAN DOING
NOTHING AT ALL-- THE DERISIVE LAUGHTER OF THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM
OUR FAILURE.
I REMEMBER STANDING ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUST LAST YEAR AND WARNING MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES THAT THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN POLICY VACILLATION WAS NOW
THEIR'S ALONE. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CUT OFF AID AT A TIME WHEN
THE CONTRAS STILL HAD A FIGHTING CHANCE. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT
HELD HIGH HOPES OF WINNING SANDINISTA GOOD WILL THROUGH
PREEMPTIVE CONCESSIONS. I PRAYED THEIR APPROACH WOULD WORK. BUT
THE DECISION WAS MADE AND COULD NOT BE UNDONE. THE CONTRAS WERE
DESTROYED AS A FIGHTING FORCE AND AS A FACTOR IN SANDINISTA
CALCULATIONS.
NOW WE ARE ASKED TO REVISIT THIS ISSUE, AS THOUGH FOREIGN POLICY
GOOD JUDGEMENT COULD BE MADE RETROACTIVE BY A MAJORITY VOTE. WE
ARE ASKED TO APPLY SALVE TO THOSE FRAGILE CONSCIENCES BOTHERED IN
THE NIGHT BY DECISIVE AND UTTERLY MISTAKEN ACTIONS THEY TOOK OVER
A YEAR AGO.
BUT THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT JUST TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. IT IS BAD
POLICY, BUNGLED PROCESS, AND BANKRUPT POLITICS.
IT IS BAD POLICY BECAUSE IT DOES NOTHING TO CORRECT A DOWNWARD
SPIRAL OF DISASTROUS MISJUDGEMENT THAT HAS DOOMED AMERICAN POLICY
TOWARD BOTH NICARAGUA AND THE REST OF THE REGION. FOR YEARS NOW
WE HAVE BEEN FEEDING THE CONTRAS INTO A MEATGRINDER, GIVING THEM
JUST ENOUGH AID TO KEEP THEM DYING IN THE JUNGLE, BUT NOT ENOUGH
TO ACHIEVE THEIR FREEDOM. FINALLY, WE ABANDONED THEM ALTOGETHER,
MESMERIZED BY THE TRANSPARENT PROMISES OF A COMMUNIST DICTATOR.
THIS PACKAGE IS NOT A RECOGNITION OF THAT FAILURE. IT IS A
CAMOUFLAGE FOR OUR CYNICISM, OR OUR ASTOUNDING CREDULITY. THIS IS
NOT FOREIGN POLICY, IT IS POLITICAL MANEUVERING- AIMED AT
DIFFUSING THE CRITICISM WE DESERVE.
IT IS BUNGLED PROCESS BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO YIELD TO CONGRESS
POWERS THAT APPROPRIATELY RESIDE IN THE PRESIDENT. THIS
LEGISLATION IS HAUNTED BY THE GHOST OF THE WAR POWERS ACT, GIVING
CONGRESS A VETO OVER FOREIGN POLICY THAT VIOLATES THE SEPARATION
OF THE POWERS. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS CONGRESS HAS WRESTED
CONTROL OF CENTRAL AMERICAN POLICY FROM THE EXECUTIVE AND GROSSLY
MISMANAGED IT. I DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT POWER GRAB IN THE
PAST. AND I WILL NOT START TODAY.
IT IS BANKRUPT POLITICS BECAUSE IT COVERS A TRAIL OF
RESPONSIBILITY THAT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED, NOT DISGUISED. I CAN
ALREADY HEAR THE AUTOPEN MACHINES ALL OVER CAPITOL HILL WARMING
UP TO SIGN LETTERS HIGHLIGHTING CONCERN FOR THE CONTRAS. WE ARE
SENDING THEM BANDAIDS AND BUFFERIN, CHEESE WHIZ AND VOLLEYBALLS.
BUT THOSE LETTERS WILL NOT MENTION THAT WE DESTROYED THE CONTRAS
LONG AGO. AND NOTHING WE DO NOW WILL REPAIR THAT DAMAGE. IT'S
ABOUT TIME TO TAKE THE HEAT FOR FAILURE.
JOHN KENNEDY WROTE, "THE GREAT REVOLUTION IN THE HISTORY OF MAN,
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, IS THE REVOLUTION OF THOSE DETERMINED
TO BE FREE. IN NICARAGUA WE HAVE PLACED OURSELVES SQUARELY ON
THE WRONG SIDE OF THAT REVOLUTION. WE HAVE BETRAYED THOSE WILLING
TO SACRIFICE FOR THEIR FREEDOM AND OUR SECURITY. THE DEED IS
DONE. NOW IS THE TIME FOR RECKONING.
WE HAVE FAILED. BUT WE HAVE NOT FAILED THROUGH THE LIMITS OF OUR
POWER. WE HAVE FAILED THROUGH THE LIMITS OF OUR OWN WILL. THAT
CANNOT BE EXCUSED. AND THIS BILL CANNOT CORRECT IT. LAST YEAR IT
MIGHT HAVE MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. TODAY IT IS THE DISHONEST
EPITAPH OF A FAILED PROGRAM OF CONGRESSIONAL MEDDLING. IT IS THE
WHIMPER THAT ENDS A SORRY EXPERIMENT IN MICROMANAGMENT. AND I
CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO SUPPORT IT.