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THE WHITE HOUSE
For
WASHINGTON
Folder
July 27, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
CW
FROM:
MARK DAVIS MD
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE
LUNCHEON DROP-BY
On Monday, July 30, at approximately 12:30 p.m., you will
address over 300-325 attendees at a luncheon given by the
National Republican Senatorial Committee. The luncheon will be
held at the Capital Hilton, and Senator Don Nickles will be
introducing you. Your remarks will be five minutes in length, and
will be on cards.
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC2
July 27, 1990
Draft: Six
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
12:15 p.m., MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
Thank you. (Senator Nickles, another avid golfer. Don,
I've got to admit, the only way I could beat you to the green is
if we race the carts to the flag.))
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.) )
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can catch a glimmer
of greatness; you can almost hear the echo of contending voices,
the voices of Calhoun, Webster and Clay.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, our Constitution amended to abolish slavery
and women given the right to vote. But the Senate has no more
serious or far-reaching duty than its Constitutional
responsibility to confirm a new justice to sit on the United
States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of exceptional achievement, not by the narrow standards
of a litmus test, or a partisan or special interest. It is time
to act -- not for the good of a party -- but for the good of
America.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences do
count.
As Congress takes action on these issues critical to the
future of the United States, the American people will see the
stark difference between the Republican approach of growth and
opportunity, and the Democrat's approach of bigger government and
more spending. And I believe the American people will choose the
Republican path -- by electing more Republicans to the Senate --
by restoring Bob Dole to his rightful place as the Majority
Leader of the United States Senate. III
Our outstanding candidates are certainly doing everything
they can to win back the Senate, or to position us within
striking range for '92. But we could achieve very little without
your commitment and support. And that's why I had to come by
today, to thank you for all you are doing -- not just for the
Republican Party -- but for the future of America.
3
Let me also say how appropriate it is for the NRSC
headquarters to be named after Ronald Reagan. After all, I
vividly remember the difference having a Republican Senate made
to his Administration. A Republican Senate can make this same
difference for our party, our Administration and our country over
the next two years. Only six seats stand between a Republican
majority and more years of Democrat control. We must have more
Republicans to build a better America.
Finally, let me say that as we near this crucial November
election, we are reminded again -- not as Republicans, but as
Americans -- of how much our remarkable 200-year-old experiment
in democracy means to the world.
America has always been a nation of world leadership, strong
and willing to help. And we've already seen the difference
America is helping to make in what I call the magnificent
Revolution of '89 -- a struggle to build new democracies that
continues to this very day.
Let me share a story -- about an American visitor on a
recent trip to the troubled land of Romania --- who asked the
people she met what was most important to them now, what they
needed most. And listen to one surprising answer: In a country
where the streets are dark at night and the homes lack heat, one
Romanian woman pulled from her purse a worn copy of an American
magazine -- a three-year-old issue, with a special bicentennial
copy of the United States Constitution. And she said, "What we
need now is more of these."
4
That is what our political activity is really about; you are
doing more than just supporting one party or one cause. You are
citizens leaders, fulfilling the Constitution, realizing the
potential of one word: democracy.
Once again, I thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
#
#
#
161916
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
07/28/90
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
LUNCHEON DROP-BY
(07/27 draft six)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
CARNEY
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
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
1990 JUL 27 PM 7: 11 I
July 27, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON CW
FROM:
MARK DAVIS MD
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE
LUNCHEON DROP-BY
On Monday, July 30, at approximately 12:30 p.m., you will
address over 300-325 attendees at a luncheon given by the
National Republican Senatorial Committee. The luncheon will be
held at the Capital Hilton, and Senator Don Nickles will be
introducing you. Your remarks will be five minutes in length, and
will be on cards.
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC2
July 27, 1990
Draft: Six
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
12:15 p.m., MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
Thank you. ((Senator Nickles, another avid golfer. Don,
I've got to admit, the only way I could beat you to the green is
if we race the carts to the flag.) )
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.) )
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate.' And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can catch a glimmer
of greatness; you can almost hear the echo of contending voices,
the voices of Calhoun, Webster and Clay.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, our Constitution amended to abolish slavery
and women given the right to vote. But the Senate has no more
serious or far-reaching duty than its Constitutional
responsibility to confirm a new justice to sit on the United
States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of exceptional achievement, not by the narrow standards
of a litmus test, or a partisan or special interest. It is time
to act -- not for the good of a party -- but for the good of
America.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences do
count.
As Congress takes action on these issues critical to the
future of the United States, the American people will see the
stark difference between the Republican approach of growth and
opportunity, and the Democrat's approach of bigger government and
more spending. And I believe the American people will choose the
Republican path -- by electing more Republicans to the Senate --
by restoring Bob Dole to his rightful place as the Majority
Leader of the United States Senate.
Our outstanding candidates are certainly doing everything
they can to win back the Senate, or to position us within
striking range for '92. But we could achieve very little without
your commitment and support. And that's why I had to come by
today, to thank you for all you are doing -- not just for the
Republican Party -- but for the future of America.
3
Let me also say how appropriate it is for the NRSC
headquarters to be named after Ronald Reagan. After all, I
vividly remember the difference having a Republican Senate made
to his Administration. A Republican Senate can make this same
difference for our party, our Administration and our country over
the next two years. Only six seats stand between a Republican
majority and more years of Democrat control. We must have more
Republicans to build a better America.
Finally, let me say that as we near this crucial November
election, we are reminded again -- not as Republicans, but as
Americans -- of how much our remarkable 200-year-old experiment
in democracy means to the world.
America has always been a nation of world leadership, strong
and willing to help. And we've already seen the difference
America is helping to make in what I call the magnificent
Revolution of '89 -- a struggle to build new democracies that
continues to this very day.
Let me share a story -- about an American visitor on a
recent trip to the troubled land of Romania -- who asked the
people she met what was most important to them now, what they
needed most. And listen to one surprising answer: In a country
where the streets are dark at night and the homes lack heat, one
Romanian woman pulled from her purse a worn copy of an American
magazine -- a three-year-old issue, with a special bicentennial
copy of the United States Constitution. And she said, "What we
need now is more of these. II
4
That is what our political activity is really about; you are
doing more than just supporting one party or one cause. You are
citizens leaders, fulfilling the Constitution, realizing the
potential of one word: democracy.
Once again, I thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
90 JUL 27 A3: 05
July 27, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: National Republican Sen.
Committee
We have reviewed the remarks and have noted our comments
on page one and three of the attached draft. The opening joke
is a bit awkward. We suggest, "Don, I've got to admit, the
only way I could reach the green before you is if we race the
carts to the flagstick."
The phrase, "you can almost catch a glimmer of what the
Senate once was" in the fourth paragraph of the first page,
could be interpreted as derogatory. We recommend ending that
sentence after the word "Clay".
If you have any questions or we can help in any other way,
please let me know.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Document No. 161916
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
07/26/90
1:00 p.m. Friday 07/27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SEN. COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
(07/27 Draft Five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
CARNEY
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC
July 27, 1990
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
1930 JUL 20 PH 5.
((Noon)), MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) )
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.)
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
To OUTBID
among themselves. III
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate. III
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country.
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
Document No. 161916
07/26/90
1:00 p.m. Friday 07/27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SEN. COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
(07/27 Draft Five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
a
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
>
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
CARNEY
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
NC
AP
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC
July 27, 1990
PM
50r/aft: Five
1930
JUL
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
26
((Noon)), MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
PH
5.
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) )
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.) )
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves.
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate. III
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country.
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
NRSC
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
90 JUL 27 A2: 57 Date:
7/27 245
TO:
Chriss Winston
FROM:
JAMES P. PINKERTON
Deputy Assistant to the President
for Policy Planning
Sorry I'm so late with
these comments, but I have 2
that I think the IMPORTANT
1) In the top of pg. 2, we
talk about Judge Souter. In view
of the sessitivity here, I'm not
sue I'S do this to a patison
2) group. In the third. 10-12st graf on pg. 3
have the President virtually announing
you for re-election
Document No. 161916
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
07/26/90
1:00 p.m. Friday 07/27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SEN. COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
(07/27 Draft Five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
P
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
У
CICCONI
1
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
i
FITZWATER
\
CARNEY
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE: Soe comments
Et : 20 2 7nr 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
STATE BUDGET UNITED will OFFICE THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
0
NOTICE:
Enclosed are comments from staff members of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Such comments do not necessarily
represent the official position of the Director of OMB or of the
Office of Management and Budget. If you wish to have the
Director's personal comments, please let me know -- and contact
me if you have any questions.
James C. Murr
Associate Director for
Legislative Reference
and Administration
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC
July 27, 1990
PM
50r/aft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
1930 JUL 26 PH 5.
((Noon)), MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) )
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come. ))
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
Scully
and
X5178
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers and builds a huge day-care bureaucracy
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
Note: SAP on H.R.3 on March 28th says:
Scully
"Estimated cost is $29 B, almost half
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of which is not offset by measures
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something like
"almost half of which
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid paid
for,
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
thus adding
to the feder
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the deficit"
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
(g Barban
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves. III
x
6150)
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate. III
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country.
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
Dave Carney
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC
Comments
July 27, 1990
Draft: Five
Page 3
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
((Noon)), MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. (Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts. ))
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.) )
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves.
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate.
OUR OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country.
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
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ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
CARNEY
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
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Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
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7/27/90
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Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
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1930
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26
((Noon)), MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
P//
5.
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts. ))
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.))
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
its constitutional
aspensibility to
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2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of (achfevement, excystional not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
their individual circumstances.
for what is best for, them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
Lend comments)
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90 JUL 26 PII: 12
07/26/90
1:00 p.m. Friday 07/27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SEN. COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
(07/27 Draft Five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
CARNEY
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
Chriss / mark-
Please All nggestion on p.l.
Thanks,
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&s.
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC
1990 JUL 26 PM 5: 20
July 27, 1990
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
((Noon)), MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) )
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come. )
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform pm Constitution
amended to abolid slavery and give women the right to Note.
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
[ Weren't we on the other ride of new Deal? Both these amendments
were GOP initiaties.]
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves. III
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate. III
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country. 11
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
Document No. 161916
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
00 JUL 26 Pll : 12
07/26/90
1:00 p.m. Friday 07/27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SEN. COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
(07/27 Draft Five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
>
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
I
ROGERS
DEMAREST
V
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
\
CARNEY
R
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
OK- minor word choice
recommendation on p.2.
chase
27 lvl 90
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
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Title: NRSC
July 27, 1990
PH
50r/aft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
1930 JUL 26 PH 5.
((Noon)), MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. (Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) )
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.) )
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
wraps
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves.
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate. III
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country.
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
Document No. 161946
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 JUL 27 A1: 40
07/26/90
1:00 p.m. Friday 07/27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SEN. COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
(07/27 Draft Five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
CARNEY
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
See comments. Thanks.
Holeywilliamon
7-77-90
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC
July 27, 1990
Draft: Five
1930
JUL
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
20
( (Noon) MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
PH:
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) )
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come. ")
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves. III
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate.
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the least 0
(OCA)
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
doen
t
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
doesnsthing
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
(OCA)
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country. 11
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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speech for 1 pm, Friday 7/27 A.M. P.M.
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Title: NRSC
July 27, 1990
Draft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
((Noon)) MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) )
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come. ))
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a. local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves.
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate. III
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country. 11
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
Document No. 161916
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
07/26/90
1:00 p.m. Friday 07/27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SEN. COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
(07/27 Draft Five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
CARNEY
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
ok
S.R.
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC
July 27, 1990
Soraft: Five
1930
JUL
26
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
((Noon)), MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
PH
5.
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) )
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.) )
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves. III
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate.
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country.
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
EVENT:
Staff Photo with NRSC Roundtable Participants
Drop By NRSC Luncheon
DRESS:
Men
- Business Suit
Women
- Day Dress
CONTACT:
Office of Presidential Advance
John G. Keller, Jr.
- 202/456-7565
Trip Coordinator
Lucy Muckerman
- 202/456-7565
ADVANCE:
Gordon James
- LEAD
Steven Ross
- PRESS
John Enright
- USSS
David Bonwit
- MIL. AIDE
David Pistilli
- WHCA
WEATHER:
Sunny, Mid 80's
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
11:55 am
THE PRESIDENT boards Motorcade and departs White
House en route Capital Hilton Hotel.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Lead
Spare
B. Caughman
Doctor
LIMO
THE PRESIDENT
Follow Up
Control
A. Card
Mil. Aide
Support
M. Fitzwater
J. Parmer
Official Photographer
Medic
Staff I
D. Carney
Press Van I
J. Allison
Press Van II
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
12:00 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Capital Hilton Hotel and
proceeds to Federal Room.
Met by:
The Honorable Don Nickles
U.S. Senator and
Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee
Mr. Kevin Deverich
General Manager, Capital Hilton Hotel
EVENT:
STAFF PHOTO WITH NRSC ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS
OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER ONLY
12:05 pm
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Sen. Nickles,
arrives Federal Room and begins participation in
Staff Photo.
12:15 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes participation in Staff
Photo and, accompanied by Sen. Nickles, departs
Federal Room and proceeds to Presidential
Ballroom.
EVENT:
DROP BY NRSC LUNCHEON
CLOSED PRESS
BRIEF REMARKS
12:17 pm
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Sen. Nickles,
arrives Presidential Ballroom, proceeds to
Toast Lectern and remains standing.
12:18 pm
THE PRESIDENT is introduced for Brief Remarks by
Sen. Nickles.
12:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT gives Brief Remarks.
12:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes Brief Remarks, departs
Presidential Ballroom and proceeds to Motorcade.
Page Two
12:30 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Motorcade and departs Capital
Hilton Hotel en route White House.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Same as on Arrival.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
12:35 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives White House.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING P8:1 MEMORANDUM
90 JUL 26
07/26/90
1:00 p.m. Friday 07/27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SEN. COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
(07/27 Draft Five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
NK
CARD
N/C
UNTERMEYER
S
CICCONI
>
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
X
CARNEY
R
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC
July 27, 1990
Fill
Draft: Five
1930
JUL
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
20
(Noon) MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
PH
5.
12:15pm
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
to
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) )
to theflag.
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.)
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
?
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
our Constitution amended to abolish slavery and give women
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified, reform
the nget to
vote
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
to the
its constitutional duty responsibility
New
to
Beginning
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
exceptional
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents. But we also
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
their individual circumstances.
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
and
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy
at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
more
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit. over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves.
III
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate.
Our outstanding candidates
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
?
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
well, it could can make a difference
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country.
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.
NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE / CAPITOL HILTON
MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990 / 12:15 P.M.
THANK YOU, SENATOR NICKLES.
(WE KNOW DON NICKLES AS AN OUTSTANDING LEADER,
SOMEONE WHOSE HARD WORK AND ACHIEVEMENT IN THE UNITED
STATES SENATE SUGGESTS MANY YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT TO
COME.))
- 2 -
((OF COURSE, I WAS JUST TELLING DON THAT ALL OF OUR
SENATORS ARE so MUCH BETTER KNOWN NOW THAT THEY
TELEVISE THE PROCEEDINGS OF THAT BODY. 11 AND DON SHOT
BACK: "YEAH, I JUST HOPE NOBODY CONFUSES US WITH
AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS. "))\\
KIDDING ASIDE, I HAVE A WARM PLACE IN MY HEART FOR
THE SENATE. You MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM THE SON OF A
SENATOR.
- 3 -
WHEN I SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT, I WAS ALSO THE "101st
MEMBER OF THE SENATE." AND NO ONE CAN SERVE IN THAT
POST WITHOUT HAVING A SPECIAL REVERENCE AND AFFECTION
FOR THAT INSTITUTION: IT TRULY IS THE WORLD'S GREATEST
DELIBERATIVE BODY.
Go TO THE OLD SENATE IN THE CAPITOL, LOOK AT THE
EXQUISITE MAHOGANY DESKS LINED WITH INK-WELLS, AND YOU
CAN CATCH A GLIMMER OF GREATNESS; YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR
THE ECHO OF CONTENDING VOICES, THE VOICES OF CALHOUN,
WEBSTER AND CLAY.
- 4 -
IT IS IN THE SENATE THAT so MUCH OF OUR HISTORY HAS
BEEN MADE: WARS DECLARED, OUR CONSTITUTION AMENDED TO
ABOLISH SLAVERY AND WOMEN GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. BUT
THE SENATE HAS NO MORE SERIOUS OR FAR-REACHING DUTY
THAN ITS CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO CONFIRM A NEW
JUSTICE TO SIT ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
I CERTAINLY EXPECT THAT THE SENATE MAJORITY WILL
RECOGNIZE IN OUR NOMINEE, DAVID SOUTER, A JURIST
POSSESSING UNCOMMON ABILITY, A FIRST-RATE LEGAL MIND,
THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT JUSTICE.
- 5 -
I ONLY ASK THAT THE SENATE CONFIRM THIS MAN ON THE
BASIS OF A LIFETIME OF EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, NOT BY
THE NARROW STANDARDS OF A LITMUS TEST, OR A PARTISAN OR
SPECIAL INTEREST. IT IS TIME TO ACT -- NOT FOR THE
GOOD OF A PARTY -- BUT FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA.
BUT IN THE COMING MONTHS, THE SENATE WILL HAVE TO
MAKE OTHER FAR-REACHING DECISIONS ON CRIME, EDUCATION,
CLEAN AIR AND THE BUDGET. AND IT IS ON THESE MATTERS
THAT PARTY DIFFERENCES DO COUNT.
- 6 -
As CONGRESS TAKES ACTION ON THESE ISSUES CRITICAL
TO THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WILL SEE THE STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN
APPROACH OF GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY, AND THE DEMOCRAT'S
APPROACH OF BIGGER GOVERNMENT AND MORE SPENDING. AND I
BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE THE REPUBLICAN
PATH -- BY ELECTING MORE REPUBLICANS TO THE SENATE --
BY RESTORING BoB DOLE TO HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE AS THE
MAJORITY LEADER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. III
- 7 -
OUR OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES ARE CERTAINLY DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO WIN BACK THE SENATE, OR To
POSITION US WITHIN STRIKING RANGE FOR '92. BUT WE
COULD ACHIEVE VERY LITTLE WITHOUT YOUR COMMITMENT AND
SUPPORT. AND THAT'S WHY I HAD To COME BY TODAY, To
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING -- NOT JUST FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY -- BUT FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
LET ME ALSO SAY HOW APPROPRIATE IT IS FOR THE NRSC
HEADQUARTERS TO BE NAMED AFTER RONALD REAGAN.
- 8 -
AFTER ALL, I VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE HAVING A
REPUBLICAN SENATE MADE TO HIS ADMINISTRATION. A
REPUBLICAN SENATE CAN MAKE THIS SAME DIFFERENCE FOR OUR
PARTY, OUR ADMINISTRATION AND OUR COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT
TWO YEARS. 11 ONLY SIX SEATS STAND BETWEEN A REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY AND MORE YEARS OF DEMOCRAT CONTROL. WE MUST
HAVE MORE REPUBLICANS TO BUILD A BETTER AMERICA.
- 9 -
FINALLY, LET ME SAY THAT AS WE NEAR THIS CRUCIAL
NOVEMBER ELECTION, WE ARE REMINDED AGAIN -- NOT AS
REPUBLICANS, BUT AS AMERICANS -- OF HOW MUCH OUR
REMARKABLE 200-YEAR-OLD EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY MEANS
TO THE WORLD.
- 10 -
AMERICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A NATION OF WORLD
LEADERSHIP, STRONG AND WILLING To HELP. AND WE'VE
ALREADY SEEN THE DIFFERENCE AMERICA IS HELPING TO MAKE
IN WHAT I CALL THE MAGNIFICENT REVOLUTION OF '89 -- A
STRUGGLE TO BUILD NEW DEMOCRACIES THAT CONTINUES To
THIS VERY DAY.
- 11 -
LET ME SHARE A STORY -- ABOUT AN AMERICAN VISITOR
ON A RECENT TRIP To THE TROUBLED LAND OF ROMANIA -- WHO
ASKED THE PEOPLE SHE MET WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO
THEM NOW, WHAT THEY NEEDED MOST.
- 12 -
AND LISTEN TO ONE SURPRISING ANSWER: IN A COUNTRY WHERE
THE STREETS ARE DARK AT NIGHT AND THE HOMES LACK HEAT,
ONE ROMANIAN WOMAN PULLED FROM HER PURSE A WORN COPY OF
AN AMERICAN MAGAZINE -- A THREE-YEAR-OLD ISSUE, WITH A
SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL COPY OF THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION. AND SHE SAID, "WHAT WE NEED NOW IS MORE
OF THESE."
- 13 -
THAT IS WHAT OUR POLITICAL ACTIVITY IS REALLY
ABOUT; YOU ARE DOING MORE THAN JUST SUPPORTING ONE
PARTY OR ONE CAUSE. You ARE CITIZENS LEADERS,
FULFILLING THE CONSTITUTION, REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF
ONE WORD: DEMOCRACY.
ONCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL, AND THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
#
#
#
Document No. 161916
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 JUL 27 A1:57 A I : 57
07/26/90
1:00 p.m. Friday 07/27
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SEN. COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
(07/27 Draft Five)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
>
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
>
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
У
CICCONI
ROGERS
DEMAREST
PINKERTON
FITZWATER
\
CARNEY
R
GRAY
WINSTON
HAGIN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments/recommendations directly to Chriss
Winston by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, 07/27, with a copy to my office.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
The Oko lady of this is very week
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Davis/Blymire
Title: NRSC
July 27, 1990
PM
50r/aft: Five
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATL. REP. SEN. COMMITTEE, CAPITOL HILTON
1930 JUL 26 PH 5.
((Noon)), MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990
((Acknowledgements.)) Thank you. ((Senator Nickles,
another avid golfer. Don, I've got to admit, the only way I
could beat you on the green is if we race the carts.) ))
( (We also know Don Nickles as an outstanding leader, someone
whose hard work and achievement in the United States Senate
suggests many years of accomplishment to come.) )
As for myself, you might know that I am the son of a
Senator. When I served as Vice President, I was also the "101st
member of the Senate." And no one can serve in that post without
having a special reverence and affection for that institution: It
truly is the world's greatest deliberative body.
Go to the Old Senate in the Capitol, look at the exquisite
mahogany desks lined with ink-wells, and you can almost hear the
echo of contending voices, the voices of Calhoun, Webster and
Clay; you can almost catch a glimmer of what the Senate once was.
It is in the Senate that so much of our history has been
made: wars declared, and peace treaties ratified; reform
legislation, from the Square Deal to the New Deal debated and
passed into law. But the Senate has no more serious or far-
reaching duty than the confirmation of a new justice to sit on
the United States Supreme Court.
2
I certainly expect that the Senate majority will recognize
in our nominee, David Souter, a jurist possessing uncommon
ability, a first-rate legal mind, the makings of a great justice.
I only ask that the Senate confirm this man on the basis of a
lifetime of achievement, not by the narrow standards of a litmus
test, or a partisan or special interest.
But in the coming months, the Senate will have to make other
far-reaching decisions on crime, education, clean air and the
budget. And it is on these matters that party differences count.
Nowhere will these differences be more apparent than in our
us
approach to family issues. As you know, there are many new
this
Rus
stop
pressures on the American family -- especially young families.
Republicans believe in leave for new parents, But
we
also
by
believe that companies and employees should be free to bargain
for what is best for them. That is why I vetoed the Parental
Leave Bill -- and last week the House sustained that veto --
against this new form of mandated benefits.
Republicans also put forward a child-care bill to let
families choose the kind of care that is best for them and their
children -- whether at home, at a church or a synagogue, or from
a local child-care provider.
Well, the Senate majority passed a child-care bill that
takes choice out of the hands of parents, dumps more red tape and
costs on child-care providers, and builds a huge day-care
bureaucracy -- at double the cost of our bill -- from nine
billion dollars to eighteen billion dollars.
my
Rou
does
work
bitt
this
3
Then the House, deciding spending equals compassion, outdid
the Senate by tripling our request -- to 29 billion dollars --
adding another 20 billion dollars to the federal deficit over the
next five years. So the Democrats are no longer satisfied to
just outbid a Republican Administration. Now they are competing
among themselves.
Well, we can solve half of this problem this November, by
electing more Republicans to the Senate, by restoring Bob Dole to
his rightful place as the Majority Leader of the United States
Senate. 111
Don Nickles and his crackerjack staff are certainly doing
everything they can to win the Senate back, or at the very least
to position us within striking range for '92. But we could
achieve very little without your commitment and support. And
that's why I had to come by today, to thank you for all you are
doing -- not just for the Republican Party -- but for the future
of America.
In closing, let me say something about the NRSC
headquarters, named -- appropriately -- after Ronald Reagan.
After all, I vividly remember the difference having a Republican
Senate made to his Administration. Ronald Reagan's first six
years were all the better for having a Republican Senate -- just
like the next six years could be for us, for our Administration,
and our country.
When I consider the commitment and dedication you have
already shown, I am confident that the future will be a
Republican future.
Once again, thank you for all that you've done. May God
bless you all, and the United States of America.