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BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON \ NEW YORK, NEW YORK
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1991 \ 1:00 P.M.
THANK YOU, Lou [GERSTNER, RJR NABISCO], FOR THOSE 10:20
KIND WORDS. To PARAPHRASE JOHN F. KENNEDY, I'M TOUCHED
AT THIS WARM RECEPTION -- BUT NOT HALF AS TOUCHED AS
ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN. // RABBI MILTON BALKANY, WHO
OFFERED TODAY'S INSPIRING INVOCATION AS WELL AS THE
HARLEM Boys CHOIR; SENATOR AL D'AMATO; BoBBy HOLT --
BoB AND GEORGETTE MOSBACHER; BUSH-QUAYLE VETERANS JOY
SILVERMAN AND MAX FISHER; BILL POWERS -- DRIVING FORCE
BEHIND THE NEW NEW YORK GOP:
Bush
Yehoshua
- 2 -
MY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR STRONG SUPPORT. //
LET ME CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU WHO MADE NOVEMBER 5TH
SUCH A GREAT DAY FOR THE NEW YORK GOP -- AND ACROSS THE
RIVER, THE JERSEY GOP's CLEAN SWEEP. You KNOW, JIM
FLORIO SAID THIS NEW JERSEY ELECTION WAS A REFERENDUM
ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. FOR ONCE, JIM FLORIO WAS
RIGHT. ///
FINALLY, LET ME THANK ONE KEY PLAYER WHO'S BACK IN
WASHINGTON TODAY: VICE PRESIDENT DAN QUAYLE. //
- 3 -
FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS NOW, HE'S SERVED THIS NATION
WELL -- AS AN ADVOCATE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOUND
POLICY AT HOME, AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR AMERICAN INTERESTS
ABROAD. HE'S EVEN SQUARED OFF WITH THE ABA -- QUAYLE
21, LAWYERS 0. / HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. //
[[JUST BEFORE I CAME ON STAGE, BILL POWERS WAS
PRESSING ME -- AS PEOPLE OFTEN DO AT THIS KIND OF EVENT
-- TO MAKE THIS THE DAY I MAKE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
- 4 -
WELL, TODAY, I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE: //
BILL -- YOUR CAR IS DOUBLE PARKED. ]]
I FEEL BLESSED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE
THIS COUNTRY AT SUCH AN EXCITING MOMENT IN HISTORY -- A
MOMENT WHEN AMERICA AND THE IDEALS WE STAND FOR HAVE
CELEBRATED A STRING OF SUCCESSES AROUND THE WORLD. //
IN THE WORLD BEYOND OUR SHORES, WE'VE GROWN
ACCUSTOMED TO THE DIZZYING PACE OF CHANGE.
- 5 -
YET HERE AT HOME, WE'VE GOT A CONGRESS THAT'S OUT OF
STEP WITH THE TIMES -- OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. A CONGRESS THAT'S PUSHING THE SAME TIRED OLD
LIBERAL AGENDA TO A NATION HUNGRY FOR CHANGE. //
THIS FALL, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SEEN CONGRESS
UP CLOSE. THEY'VE SEEN CONGRESS' INABILITY TO ACT,
WHEN AMERICANS DEMAND ACTION. THEY'VE SEEN ITS ENDLESS
APPETITE FOR SIDE-SHOWS AND SLEAZE -- ITS ADDICTION TO
PERKS AND PRIVILEGES.
- 6 -
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SEEN "THEIR TAX DOLLARS AT
WORK" -- AND I'VE GOT THE FEELING THAT, WHEN IT COMES
To CONGRESS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AREN'T FEELING VERY
KIND AND GENTLE. //
IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE ANYONE THAT THE LIBERALS THAT
CONTROL THE CONGRESS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY. THEY
CLAIM THEY CAN'T ACT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA.
You DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA, FOR
GOOD REASON.
- 7 -
THE AGENDA OF THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP IS SIMPLY THIS:
TAKE WHATEVER LEGISLATION WE SEND UP -- AND KNOCK IT
DOWN. BURY IT DEEP IN SOME OBSCURE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND
SWEAR THEY NEVER SAW IT.
I KNOW IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET. I'VE TRIED TO WORK
WITH CONGRESS -- REACH OUT, DEAL IN GOOD FAITH. YES,
THE POLITICAL SEASON IS ON, AND THE RHETORIC IS HEATING
UP.
- 8 -
BUT I'LL KEEP TRYING To WORK WITH CONGRESS -- PUT THE
POLITICS ASIDE WHENEVER POSSIBLE -- BECAUSE THE
COUNTRY'S BUSINESS MUST COME FIRST. //
WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESSES -- TIMES WHEN ENOUGH
ENLIGHTENED MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION WORKED WITH US TO
PASS SOUND LEGISLATION. WE CAN BE PROUD OF THE CLEAN
AIR AMENDMENTS, WHICH FOR THE FIRST TIME ENLIST MARKET
MECHANISMS IN SERVICE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. WE SHOULD
CHAMPION OUR CHILD CARE BILL.
- 9 -
THE DEMOCRATS WANTED TO WAREHOUSE OUR KIDS IN A BRAVE
NEW CHILD CARE BUREAUCRACY, BUT WE PUT CHOICE IN THE
HANDS OF PARENTS. AND YES, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE
LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION LIKE THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES Act -- A COVENANT To BRING THIS
COUNTRY'S 43 MILLION DISABLED CITIZENS INTO THE
AMERICAN MAINSTREAM. // AND NOW -- HAVING DRAWN THE
LINE AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS' QUOTAS APPROACH -- I WILL
SOON SIGN A CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WORTHY OF THE NAME:
ET
- 10 -
A BILL THAT PASSED BOTH HOUSES WITH OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT. THIS BILL IS A VICTORY FOR EVERYONE WHO
STANDS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND STANDS AGAINST QUOTAS. //
BUT THESE SUCCESSES CAN'T OBSCURE THE FACT THAT THE
REST OF OUR AGENDA'S STILL STUCK IN THE MAZE -- MUGGED
BY A PARTY LEADERSHIP LOCKED INTO THE TIRED OLD LIBERAL
MINDSET. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TRANSPORTATION BILL -- A
JOB-INTENSIVE BILL THAT PUTS AMERICANS To WORK
IMPROVING OUR ROADS.
- 11 -
I CHALLENGED CONGRESS TO PASS THAT BILL ALONG WITH OUR
COMPREHENSIVE CRIME PACKAGE IN 100 DAYS LAST MARCH.
THE HUNDRED DAYS CAME AND WENT BACK IN JUNE. Now IT
LOOKS LIKE WE WON'T SEE EITHER ONE UNTIL JANUARY. //
THESE DAYS, THE DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED CONGRESS
DOESN'T WANT TO ACT UNLESS IT'S To EXPAND THE POWERS OF
GOVERNMENT, so THAT SOME SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN -- WORSE
YET, SOME YOUNG CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER -- LAYS DOWN
ANOTHER MANDATE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
- 12 -
MEANWHILE, CAPITOL HILL LIVES IN A LOOPHOLE OF ITS
OWN MAKING: TIME AFTER TIME CONGRESS EXEMPTS ITSELF
FROM LAWS ALL OTHER AMERICANS MUST LIVE BY. // WITH
ALL THE RIGHTEOUS STATEMENTS BY THE SENATORS BEATING UP
ON CLARENCE THOMAS -- YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT CONGRESS
HAD EXEMPTED ITSELF FROM THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT STATUTES
THAT GOVERN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND PRIVATE EMPLOYERS.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF MORE THAN A DOZEN LAWS THAT
CONGRESS DOESN'T APPLY TO ITSELF. //
- 13 -
THE TIME HAS COME FOR THOSE WHO MAKE THE LAWS TO LIVE
BY THE LAWS. //
AND IF THE DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL THE CONGRESS DON'T
HEED THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE -- PEOPLE MAY JUST DO A
LITTLE LEGISLATING OF THEIR OWN: SET TERM LIMITS TO
CURB CAREER CONGRESSMEN. //
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF DOUBLE-STANDARDS
AND DOUBLE-TALK. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT ACTION:
ACTION TO GET THIS ECONOMY GROWING AGAIN. //
- 14 -
RIGHT NOW, SIGNALS ARE MIXED. WE'VE SEEN STEADY IF
SLOW 3RD QUARTER GROWTH. INFLATION NUMBERS ARE GOOD
-- THANKFULLY, BECAUSE HIGH INFLATION IS A "STEALTH
TAX" THAT HITS EVERY AMERICAN RIGHT IN THE POCKETBOOK.
INTEREST RATES ARE AT A HISTORIC LOW -- AND I'M
CONVINCED WE'LL SOON SEE THESE LOW RATES KICK IN AND
BOOST CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.
BUT PEOPLE ARE HURTING -- HURTING HERE IN NEW YORK
AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY:
- 15 -
FAMILIES TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, PROUD AMERICANS
TRYING TO KEEP THEIR DIGNITY WHEN THEY'VE LOST THEIR
JOBS. I DON'T KNOW ANY AMERICAN WHO SEES THIS
HAPPENING WHO DOESN'T FEEL A TUG -- WHO DOESN'T WANT TO
REACH OUT AND HELP.
THE LIBERALS SEE THIS AS A QUESTION OF LOST JOBS.
THEIR "SOLUTION" COMES IN THE FORM OF A GOVERNMENT
CHECK.
- 16 -
WE SEE IT ANOTHER WAY: AS A MATTER OF LOST OPPORTUNITY
-- AS A CHANCE TO RECAPTURE DIGNITY IN THE FORM OF A
PAYCHECK. // IN SHORT, WE SEE THE ANSWER TO
UNEMPLOYMENT AS ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THREE TIMES IN THREE YEARS I'VE CALLED ON CONGRESS
TO ENACT STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH INITIATIVES. THREE
TIMES IN THREE YEARS THE LEADERSHIP ON THE HILL SENT
THOSE INITIATIVES INTO LIBERAL LIMBO. //
- 17 -
NEW INITIATIVES TO INCREASE SAVING AND INVESTMENT;
INCREASE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR R&D; ENTERPRISE ZONES TO
SPAWN A NEW GENERATION OF URBAN ENTREPRENEURS IN OUR
INNER CITIES -- A CAPITAL GAINS TAX CUT, TO UNLEASH
INVESTMENT AND GET OUR ECONOMY BOOMING AGAIN.
//
Two YEARS AGO, IN NOVEMBER 1989, WE CAME CLOSE ON
CAPITAL GAINS. A MAJORITY IN BOTH THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE PASSED A PACKAGE CONTAINING A CAPITAL GAINS TAX
CUT.
- 18 -
IT TOOK A LAST MINUTE PARLIAMENTARY MANEUVER BY SENATOR
MITCHELL TO BLOCK PASSAGE. / WELL, SENATOR MITCHELL
GOT HIS POLITICAL VICTORY -- AND 18 MONTHS LATER
AMERICA GOT A RECESSION. //
I'LL MAKE A DEAL WITH THE DEMOCRATS: GIVE ME A CUT
IN CAP GAINS -- I'LL TAKE THE POLITICAL HEAT.
- 19 -
IN SHORT ORDER, WE'LL ALL SEE THAT CUTTING CAPITAL
GAINS WOULD HELP PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK, STIMULATE
GROWTH, GENERATE MORE JOBS -- AND ULTIMATELY BRING IN
MORE TAX REVENUE THAN IT COSTS. ///
THE TIRED OLD LIBERAL LEADERSHIP HASN'T NOTICED
THAT THE WORLD HAS PASSED THEM BY. Look AT THE WAY THE
LIBERALS TALK ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY. // SINCE I TOOK
THE OATH OF OFFICE, THIS NATION HAS BEEN CALLED ON TO
MEET ONE CHALLENGE AFTER ANOTHER:
- 20 -
FROM EASTERN EUROPE TO PANAMA TO THE PERSIAN GULF.
EACH TIME, AMERICA ANSWERED THE CALL. EACH TIME,
AMERICA ADVANCED THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. BECAUSE WE DID,
AMERICA STANDS TODAY AS THE WORLD'S PREEMINENT POWER
-- ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL, MILITARY AND MORAL.
AND STILL WE HEAR DEMOCRATS ASKING: WHY DOES THE
PRESIDENT SPEND so MUCH TIME ON FOREIGN POLICY? //
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE SECOND-GUESSERS ON CAPITOL
HILL HAVE TO SAY:
- 21 -
I WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR A SINGLE MINUTE I DEVOTE TO
ADVANCING AMERICA'S INTERESTS ABROAD. //
WHEN YOU HEAR SOME OF THE CARPING UP ON CAPITOL
HILL, YOU'D THINK WE WERE BACK IN THE 19TH CENTURY --
ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD BY TWO OCEANS.
TODAY, THE NEAT LITTLE BOXES WE LABEL "FOREIGN" AND
"DOMESTIC" ARE OUTDATED -- RELICS FROM AN EARLIER ERA
THAT DON'T DESCRIBE THE NEW WORLD AROUND US. //
- 22 -
THINK ABOUT THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF WAR AND PEACE.
IF WE SUCCEED IN MAKING THIS A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD FOR
YOUR GRANDKIDS AND MINE -- IS THAT FOREIGN POLICY OR
DOMESTIC? //
LOOK AT THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. LAST MONTH
IN MADRID, WE ASKED ANCIENT ENEMIES TO SIT DOWN AT THE
SAME TABLE -- TO PUT ASIDE GENERATIONS OF HATRED FOR
THE SAKE OF PEACE.
- 23 -
AND YET SOME SHORT-SIGHTED CRITICS SLAMMED ME FOR
SPENDING 36 HOURS IN MADRID IN PURSUIT OF MIDDLE EAST
PEACE. //
THINK ABOUT A PROBLEM PLAGUING THIS AND MANY OTHER
e,
CITIES -- ILLEGAL DRUGS. WHEN I CONVENE A DRUG SUMMIT
IN CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA TO STOP THE TIDAL WAVE OF CRACK
BEFORE IT HITS THE STREETS OF NEW YORK -- IS THAT
FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC?
THINK ABOUT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. LIBERALS ACT AS IF
THE "GLOBAL MARKETPLACE" IS OFF IN ASIA OR EUROPE, WHEN
IT'S REALLY ALL AROUND US.
- 24 -
CONSIDER THIS: EVERY ADDITIONAL BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW
TRADE IN MANUFACTURED GOODS, FOR EXAMPLE, MEANS 20,000
NEW AMERICAN JOBS. So WHEN I GO To THE HAGUE AS I DID
LAST WEEK TO MAKE OUR CASE WITH THE EC, TO OPEN THE
EUROPEAN MARKET TO AMERICAN GOODS -- IS THAT FOREIGN
POLICY OR DOMESTIC? //
As YOU KNOW, I'VE POSTPONED THE TRIP I'D PLANNED TO
EAST ASIA.
- 25 -
As IMPORTANT AS IT IS TO PUSH FOR FREER TRADE AND OPEN
MARKETS IN JAPAN, KOREA AND AUSTRALIA -- WHEN I LEARNED
CONGRESS MIGHT STAY IN SESSION PAST THE THANKSGIVING
RECESS, I THOUGHT I'D BETTER CHANGE MY PLANS. I OWE IT
TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER TO MAKE SURE CONGRESS NEVER
STAYS "HOME ALONE."
LET ME FOCUS FOR A MOMENT ON ONE REASON WHY -- AN
ESPECIALLY URGENT PIECE OF LEGISLATION: EXTENDING
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
/
- 26 -
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS KNOW I'VE BEEN READY SINCE AUGUST TO
SIGN AN EXTENSION -- ONE THAT LIVES WITHIN THE BUDGET
AGREEMENT AND DOESN'T ADD TO THIS STAGGERING DEFICIT.
BoB DOLE HAD A BILL -- ONE THAT GETS THE CHECKS MOVING
BUT DOESN'T BUST THE BUDGET -- BUT THE DEMOCRATS CHOSE
TO PLAY POLITICS. AND BECAUSE THEY DID, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
ARE WAITING WEEKS AND MONTHS FOR THE BENEFITS THEY NEED
RIGHT NOW. ///
- 27 -
I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE READY TO MOVE IN
A NEW DIRECTION. EVERYONE KNOWS WE'VE GOT REAL
PROBLEMS. BUT THEY'RE TIRED OF HEARING THE OLD LIBERAL
LITANY -- TIRED OF POLITICIANS WHO NEVER WEARY OF
SAYING WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA. SOMETIMES I GET THIS
SINKING FEELING THAT THE DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT THEY
CAN WIN ONLY IF TIMES ARE BAD -- THAT THE DEMOCRATS
HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN AMERICA'S FAILURE. WHAT A
TAWDRY, NEGATIVE WAY TO VIEW OUR COUNTRY. //
- 28 -
THAT'S NOT OUR AMERICA. THAT'S NOT THE AMERICA
THAT'S ENVIED THE WORLD OVER -- THE AMERICA WE KNOW IS
RIGHT AND DECENT AND GOOD. AMERICANS WANT LEADERSHIP:
THEY WANT SOMEONE WHO SHARES THEIR FAITH, SOMEONE WHO
WILL SUMMON UP THE BEST IN THE AMERICAN SPIRIT TO SHAPE
A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY -- A NEW AMERICAN DESTINY. //
THAT'S OUR VISION -- OUR MISSION IN THE YEARS
AHEAD.
- 29 -
IT STARTS RIGHT HERE, WITH ALL OF YOU -- AND WITH YOUR
SUPPORT WE WILL SUCCEED. // THANK YOU -- AND MAY GOD
BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
#
# #
BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON \ NEW YORK, NEW YORK
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1991 \ 1:00 P.M.
10:20
THANK YOU, Lou [GERSTNER, RJR NABISCO], FOR THOSE
KIND WORDS. To PARAPHRASE JOHN F. KENNEDY, I'M TOUCHED
AT THIS WARM RECEPTION -- BUT NOT HALF AS TOUCHED AS
ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN. // RABBI MILTON BALKANY, WHO
OFFERED TODAY'S INSPIRING INVOCATION AS WELL AS THE
HARLEM Boys CHOIR; SENATOR AL D'AMATO; BoBBy HOLT --
BoB AND GEORGETTE MOSBACHER; BUSH-QUAYLE VETERANS JOY
SILVERMAN AND MAX FISHER; BILL POWERS -- DRIVING FORCE
BEHIND THE NEW NEW YORK GOP:
- 2 -
Mr THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR STRONG SUPPORT. 11
LET ME CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU WHO MADE NOVEMBER 5TH
SUCH A GREAT DAY FOR THE NEW YORK GOP -- AND ACROSS THE
RIVER, THE JERSEY GOP's CLEAN SWEEP. You KNOW, JIM
FLORIO SAID THIS NEW JERSEY ELECTION WAS A REFERENDUM
ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. FOR ONCE, JIM FLORIO WAS
RIGHT. ///
FINALLY, LET ME THANK ONE KEY PLAYER WHO'S BACK IN
WASHINGTON TODAY: VICE PRESIDENT DAN QUAYLE. //
- 3 -
FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS NOW, HE'S SERVED THIS NATION
WELL -- AS AN ADVOCATE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOUND
POLICY AT HOME, AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR AMERICAN INTERESTS
ABROAD. HE'S EVEN SQUARED OFF WITH THE ABA -- QUAYLE
21, LAWYERS 0. / HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. //
[[JUST BEFORE I CAME ON STAGE, BILL POWERS WAS
PRESSING ME -- AS PEOPLE OFTEN DO AT THIS KIND OF EVENT
-- TO MAKE THIS THE DAY I MAKE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
- 4 -
WELL, TODAY, I DO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE: //
BILL -- YOUR CAR IS DOUBLE PARKED. ]]
I FEEL BLESSED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE
THIS COUNTRY AT SUCH AN EXCITING MOMENT IN HISTORY -- A
MOMENT WHEN AMERICA AND THE IDEALS WE STAND FOR HAVE
CELEBRATED A STRING OF SUCCESSES AROUND THE WORLD. //
IN THE WORLD BEYOND OUR SHORES, WE'VE GROWN
ACCUSTOMED TO THE DIZZYING PACE OF CHANGE.
- 5 -
YET HERE AT HOME, WE'VE GOT A CONGRESS THAT'S OUT OF
STEP WITH THE TIMES -- OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. A CONGRESS THAT'S PUSHING THE SAME TIRED OLD
LIBERAL AGENDA TO A NATION HUNGRY FOR CHANGE. //
THIS FALL, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SEEN CONGRESS
UP CLOSE. THEY'VE SEEN CONGRESS' INABILITY TO ACT,
WHEN AMERICANS DEMAND ACTION. THEY'VE SEEN ITS ENDLESS
APPETITE FOR SIDE-SHOWS AND SLEAZE -- ITS ADDICTION TO
PERKS AND PRIVILEGES.
- 6 -
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SEEN "THEIR TAX DOLLARS AT
WORK" -- AND I'VE GOT THE FEELING THAT, WHEN IT COMES
TO CONGRESS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AREN'T FEELING VERY
KIND AND GENTLE. //
IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE ANYONE THAT THE LIBERALS THAT
CONTROL THE CONGRESS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY. THEY
CLAIM THEY CAN'T ACT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA.
You DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA, FOR
GOOD REASON.
- 7 -
THE AGENDA OF THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP IS SIMPLY THIS:
TAKE WHATEVER LEGISLATION WE SEND UP -- AND KNOCK IT
DOWN. BURY IT DEEP IN SOME OBSCURE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND
SWEAR THEY NEVER SAW IT.
I KNOW IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET. I'VE TRIED TO WORK
WITH CONGRESS -- REACH OUT, DEAL IN GOOD FAITH. YES,
THE POLITICAL SEASON IS ON, AND THE RHETORIC IS HEATING
UP.
- 8 -
BUT I'LL KEEP TRYING TO WORK WITH CONGRESS -- PUT THE
POLITICS ASIDE WHENEVER POSSIBLE -- BECAUSE THE
COUNTRY'S BUSINESS MUST COME FIRST. //
WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESSES -- TIMES WHEN ENOUGH
ENLIGHTENED MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION WORKED WITH US TO
PASS SOUND LEGISLATION. WE CAN BE PROUD OF THE CLEAN
AIR AMENDMENTS, WHICH FOR THE FIRST TIME ENLIST MARKET
MECHANISMS IN SERVICE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. WE SHOULD
CHAMPION OUR CHILD CARE BILL.
- 9 -
THE DEMOCRATS WANTED TO WAREHOUSE OUR KIDS IN A BRAVE
NEW CHILD CARE BUREAUCRACY, BUT WE PUT CHOICE IN THE
HANDS OF PARENTS. AND YES, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE
LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION LIKE THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT -- A COVENANT TO BRING THIS
COUNTRY'S 43 MILLION DISABLED CITIZENS INTO THE
AMERICAN MAINSTREAM. // AND NOW -- HAVING DRAWN THE
LINE AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS' QUOTAS APPROACH -- I WILL
SOON SIGN A CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WORTHY OF THE NAME:
"IT
- 10 -
A BILL THAT PASSED BOTH HOUSES WITH OVERWHELMING
SUPPORT. THIS BILL IS A VICTORY FOR EVERYONE WHO
STANDS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND STANDS AGAINST QUOTAS. //
BUT THESE SUCCESSES CAN'T OBSCURE THE FACT THAT THE
REST OF OUR AGENDA'S STILL STUCK IN THE MAZE -- MUGGED
BY A PARTY LEADERSHIP LOCKED INTO THE TIRED OLD LIBERAL
MINDSET. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TRANSPORTATION BILL -- A
JOB-INTENSIVE BILL THAT PUTS AMERICANS TO WORK
IMPROVING OUR ROADS.
- 11 -
I CHALLENGED CONGRESS TO PASS THAT BILL ALONG WITH OUR
COMPREHENSIVE CRIME PACKAGE IN 100 DAYS LAST MARCH.
THE HUNDRED DAYS CAME AND WENT BACK IN JUNE. Now IT
LOOKS LIKE WE WON'T SEE EITHER ONE UNTIL JANUARY. //
THESE DAYS, THE DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED CONGRESS
DOESN'T WANT TO ACT UNLESS IT'S TO EXPAND THE POWERS OF
GOVERNMENT, SO THAT SOME SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN -- WORSE
YET, SOME YOUNG CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER -- LAYS DOWN
ANOTHER MANDATE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
- 12 -
MEANWHILE, CAPITOL HILL LIVES IN A LOOPHOLE OF ITS
OWN MAKING: TIME AFTER TIME CONGRESS EXEMPTS ITSELF
FROM LAWS ALL OTHER AMERICANS MUST LIVE BY. // WITH
ALL THE RIGHTEOUS STATEMENTS BY THE SENATORS BEATING UP
ON CLARENCE THOMAS -- YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT CONGRESS
HAD EXEMPTED ITSELF FROM THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT STATUTES
THAT GOVERN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND PRIVATE EMPLOYERS.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF MORE THAN A DOZEN LAWS THAT
CONGRESS DOESN'T APPLY TO ITSELF. //
- 13 -
THE TIME HAS COME FOR THOSE WHO MAKE THE LAWS TO LIVE
BY THE LAWS. //
AND IF THE DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL THE CONGRESS DON'T
HEED THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE -- PEOPLE MAY JUST DO A
LITTLE LEGISLATING OF THEIR OWN: SET TERM LIMITS TO
CURB CAREER CONGRESSMEN. //
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF DOUBLE-STANDARDS
AND DOUBLE-TALK. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT ACTION:
ACTION To GET THIS ECONOMY GROWING AGAIN. //
- 14 -
RIGHT NOW, SIGNALS ARE MIXED. WE'VE SEEN STEADY IF
SLOW 3RD QUARTER GROWTH. INFLATION NUMBERS ARE GOOD
-- THANKFULLY, BECAUSE HIGH INFLATION IS A "STEALTH
TAX" THAT HITS EVERY AMERICAN RIGHT IN THE POCKETBOOK.
INTEREST RATES ARE AT A HISTORIC LOW -- AND I'M
CONVINCED WE'LL SOON SEE THESE LOW RATES KICK IN AND
BOOST CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.
BUT PEOPLE ARE HURTING -- HURTING HERE IN NEW YORK
AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY:
- 15 -
FAMILIES TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, PROUD AMERICANS
TRYING TO KEEP THEIR DIGNITY WHEN THEY'VE LOST THEIR
JOBS. I DON'T KNOW ANY AMERICAN WHO SEES THIS
HAPPENING WHO DOESN'T FEEL A TUG -- WHO DOESN'T WANT TO
REACH OUT AND HELP.
THE LIBERALS SEE THIS AS A QUESTION OF LOST JOBS.
THEIR "SOLUTION" COMES IN THE FORM OF A GOVERNMENT
CHECK.
- 16 -
WE SEE IT ANOTHER WAY: AS A MATTER OF LOST OPPORTUNITY
-- AS A CHANCE TO RECAPTURE DIGNITY IN THE FORM OF A
PAYCHECK. // IN SHORT, WE SEE THE ANSWER TO
UNEMPLOYMENT AS ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THREE TIMES IN THREE YEARS I'VE CALLED ON CONGRESS
TO ENACT STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH INITIATIVES. THREE
TIMES IN THREE YEARS THE LEADERSHIP ON THE HILL SENT
THOSE INITIATIVES INTO LIBERAL LIMBO. //
- 17 -
NEW INITIATIVES TO INCREASE SAVING AND INVESTMENT;
INCREASE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR R&D; ENTERPRISE ZONES TO
SPAWN A NEW GENERATION OF URBAN ENTREPRENEURS IN OUR
INNER CITIES -- A CAPITAL GAINS TAX CUT, TO UNLEASH
INVESTMENT AND GET OUR ECONOMY BOOMING AGAIN.
//
Two YEARS AGO, IN NOVEMBER 1989, WE CAME CLOSE ON
CAPITAL GAINS. A MAJORITY IN BOTH THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE PASSED A PACKAGE CONTAINING A CAPITAL GAINS TAX
CUT.
- 18 -
IT TOOK A LAST MINUTE PARLIAMENTARY MANEUVER BY SENATOR
MITCHELL TO BLOCK PASSAGE. / WELL, SENATOR MITCHELL
GOT HIS POLITICAL VICTORY -- AND 18 MONTHS LATER
AMERICA GOT A RECESSION. //
I'LL MAKE A DEAL WITH THE DEMOCRATS: GIVE ME A CUT
IN CAP GAINS -- I'LL TAKE THE POLITICAL HEAT.
- 19 -
IN SHORT ORDER, WE'LL ALL SEE THAT CUTTING CAPITAL
GAINS WOULD HELP PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK, STIMULATE
GROWTH, GENERATE MORE JOBS -- AND ULTIMATELY BRING IN
MORE TAX REVENUE THAN IT COSTS. ///
THE TIRED OLD LIBERAL LEADERSHIP HASN'T NOTICED
THAT THE WORLD HAS PASSED THEM BY. LOOK AT THE WAY THE
LIBERALS TALK ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY. // SINCE I TOOK
THE OATH OF OFFICE, THIS NATION HAS BEEN CALLED ON TO
MEET ONE CHALLENGE AFTER ANOTHER:
- 20 -
FROM EASTERN EUROPE TO PANAMA TO THE PERSIAN GULF.
EACH TIME, AMERICA ANSWERED THE CALL. EACH TIME,
AMERICA ADVANCED THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM. BECAUSE WE DID,
AMERICA STANDS TODAY AS THE WORLD'S PREEMINENT POWER
-- ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL, MILITARY AND MORAL.
AND STILL WE HEAR DEMOCRATS ASKING: WHY DOES THE
PRESIDENT SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON FOREIGN POLICY? //
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE SECOND-GUESSERS ON CAPITOL
HILL HAVE TO SAY:
- 21 -
I WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR A SINGLE MINUTE I DEVOTE TO
ADVANCING AMERICA'S INTERESTS ABROAD. //
WHEN YOU HEAR SOME OF THE CARPING UP ON CAPITOL
HILL, YOU'D THINK WE WERE BACK IN THE 19TH CENTURY --
ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD BY TWO OCEANS.
TODAY, THE NEAT LITTLE BOXES WE LABEL "FOREIGN" AND
"DOMESTIC" ARE OUTDATED -- RELICS FROM AN EARLIER ERA
THAT DON'T DESCRIBE THE NEW WORLD AROUND US. //
- 22 -
THINK ABOUT THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF WAR AND PEACE.
IF WE SUCCEED IN MAKING THIS A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD FOR
YOUR GRANDKIDS AND MINE -- IS THAT FOREIGN POLICY OR
DOMESTIC? //
LOOK AT THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. LAST MONTH
IN MADRID, WE ASKED ANCIENT ENEMIES TO SIT DOWN AT THE
SAME TABLE -- TO PUT ASIDE GENERATIONS OF HATRED FOR
THE SAKE OF PEACE.
- 23 -
AND YET SOME SHORT-SIGHTED CRITICS SLAMMED ME FOR
SPENDING 36 HOURS IN MADRID IN PURSUIT OF MIDDLE EAST
PEACE. //
THINK ABOUT A PROBLEM PLAGUING THIS AND MANY OTHER
e,
CITIES -- ILLEGAL DRUGS. WHEN I CONVENE A DRUG SUMMIT
IN CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA TO STOP THE TIDAL WAVE OF CRACK
BEFORE IT HITS THE STREETS OF NEW YORK -- IS THAT
FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC?
THINK ABOUT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. LIBERALS ACT AS IF
THE "GLOBAL MARKETPLACE" IS OFF IN ASIA OR EUROPE, WHEN
IT'S REALLY ALL AROUND US.
- 24 -
CONSIDER THIS: EVERY ADDITIONAL BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW
TRADE IN MANUFACTURED GOODS, FOR EXAMPLE, MEANS 20,000
NEW AMERICAN JOBS. So WHEN I GO TO THE HAGUE AS I DID
LAST WEEK TO MAKE OUR CASE WITH THE EC, TO OPEN THE
EUROPEAN MARKET TO AMERICAN GOODS -- IS THAT FOREIGN
POLICY OR DOMESTIC? //
As YOU KNOW, I'VE POSTPONED THE TRIP I'D PLANNED TO
EAST ASIA.
- 25 -
As IMPORTANT AS IT IS TO PUSH FOR FREER TRADE AND OPEN
MARKETS IN JAPAN, KOREA AND AUSTRALIA -- WHEN I LEARNED
CONGRESS MIGHT STAY IN SESSION PAST THE THANKSGIVING
RECESS, I THOUGHT I'D BETTER CHANGE MY PLANS. I OWE IT
TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER TO MAKE SURE CONGRESS NEVER
STAYS "HOME ALONE."
LET ME FOCUS FOR A MOMENT ON ONE REASON WHY -- AN
ESPECIALLY URGENT PIECE OF LEGISLATION: EXTENDING
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. /
- 26 -
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS KNOW I'VE BEEN READY SINCE AUGUST TO
SIGN AN EXTENSION -- ONE THAT LIVES WITHIN THE BUDGET
AGREEMENT AND DOESN'T ADD TO THIS STAGGERING DEFICIT.
BoB DOLE HAD A BILL -- ONE THAT GETS THE CHECKS MOVING
BUT DOESN'T BUST THE BUDGET -- BUT THE DEMOCRATS CHOSE
TO PLAY POLITICS. AND BECAUSE THEY DID, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS AND THEIR FAMILIES
ARE WAITING WEEKS AND MONTHS FOR THE BENEFITS THEY NEED
RIGHT NOW. ///
- 27 -
I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE READY TO MOVE IN
A NEW DIRECTION. EVERYONE KNOWS WE'VE GOT REAL
PROBLEMS. BUT THEY'RE TIRED OF HEARING THE OLD LIBERAL
LITANY -- TIRED OF POLITICIANS WHO NEVER WEARY OF
SAYING WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA. SOMETIMES I GET THIS
SINKING FEELING THAT THE DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT THEY
CAN WIN ONLY IF TIMES ARE BAD -- THAT THE DEMOCRATS
HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN AMERICA'S FAILURE. WHAT A
TAWDRY, NEGATIVE WAY TO VIEW OUR COUNTRY. //
- 28 -
THAT'S NOT OUR AMERICA. THAT'S NOT THE AMERICA
THAT'S ENVIED THE WORLD OVER -- THE AMERICA WE KNOW IS
RIGHT AND DECENT AND GOOD. AMERICANS WANT LEADERSHIP:
THEY WANT SOMEONE WHO SHARES THEIR FAITH, SOMEONE WHO
WILL SUMMON UP THE BEST IN THE AMERICAN SPIRIT TO SHAPE
A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY -- A NEW AMERICAN DESTINY. //
THAT'S OUR VISION -- OUR MISSION IN THE YEARS
AHEAD.
- 29 -
IT STARTS RIGHT HERE, WITH ALL OF YOU -- AND WITH YOUR
SUPPORT WE WILL SUCCEED. // THANK YOU -- AND MAY GOD
BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # #
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Republican challenge: the battle against the old-thinking
liberal leadership on Capitol Hill. Your remarks also question
old assumptions underlying the foreign policy-domestic policy
debate, arguing that defending America's interests abroad has a
direct impact on American interests at home.
Please note: This draft includes a call for Congress to
stay in session to pass a growth package (see bracketted
sentences, page 7). Director Darman, Roger Porter and Fred
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Lou [Gerstner, CEO, RJR Nabisco], for those kind
words. 11 To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, I'm touched at this
warm reception -- but not half as touched as all of you have
been. 11
My thanks to all of you for your strong support.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me congratulate all of you
who made November 5th such a great day for the New York GOP --
and across the river, the Jersey GOP's clean sweep. You know,
Jim Florio said this N.T. election was a referendum on the Bush
Administration. For once, Jim Florio was right. 111
Finally, let me thank one key player who's back in
Washington today: Vice President Dan Quayle. // For nearly
three years now, he's served this nation well -- as an advocate
for economic growth and sound policy at home, as an ambassador
for American interests abroad. He's even squared off with the
6 Quayle 21 - Lawyers O). He's doing a great job.
ABA. X I'm pleased and privileged to have Him by my side. //
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I feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve this country
at such an exciting moment in history -- a moment when America
and the ideals we stand for have celebrated a string of successes
around the world. 11
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demand action. They've seen its endless appetite for side-shows
and sleaze -- its addiction to perks and privileges. The
stay owan
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and pell
after poll tells us, when it comes to Congress, the American
people aren't feeling very kind and gentle. 11
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the Congress tell a different story. They claim they can't act
because we don't have an agenda. You don't hear much about the
Democratic agenda, for good reason. The agenda of the liberal
leadership is simply this: take whatever legislation we send up
36
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-- and knock it down. Bury it deep in some obscure subcommittee,
and swear they never saw it.
Yes, we've had some successes -- times when enough
enlightened members of the opposition worked with us to pass
sound legislation. We can be proud of the Clean Air amendments,
which for the first time enlist market mechanisms in service to
the environment. We should champion our child care bill. The
Democrats wanted to warehouse our kids in a brave new child care
bureaucracy, but we put choice in the hands of parents. And yes,
we should celebrate landmark civil rights legislation like the
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to curb career Congressmen. 11
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puts the interests of the American people first and foremost.
Put Republicans in charge -- for a change. 11
The American people are tired of double-standards and
double-talk. The American people want action: action to get
this economy growing again. 11 People are hurting -- hurting
here in New York and all across the country: Families trying to
make ends meet, proud Americans trying to keep their dignity when.
they've lost their job. I don't know any American who sees this
happening who doesn't feel a tug -- who doesn't want to reach out
and help.
The liberals see this as a question of lost jobs. Their
"solution" comes in the form of a government check. We see it
another way: as a matter of lost opportunity -- as a chance to
recapture dignity in the form of a paycheck. 11 In short, we
see the answer to unemployment as economic growth.
Three times in three years I've called on Congress to enact
strong economic growth initiatives. Three times in three years
the leadership on the Hill sent those initiatives into liberal
limbo. 11 New initiatives to increase saving and investment;
increase federal funds for R&D; enterprise zones to spawn a new
generation of urban entrepreneurs in our inner cities -- a
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capital gains tax unleash investment and get our economy
booming again. bill
Two years ago, in November 1989, we came close on capital
gains. A majority in both the Senate and the House passed a
package containing a capital gains tax cut. It took a last
minute parliamentary maneuver by Senator Mitchell to block
passage. / Well, Senator Mitchell got his political victory --
and America got a recession. 11
I'll make a deal with the Democrats: give me a cut in cap
gains -- let the liberals call it a tax cut for the rich. I'll
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take the political heat. // In short order, we'd all see that
cutting capital gains would help put America back to work,
cafagin
stimulate growth, generate more jobs -- and ultimately bring in
more tax revenue than it costs. 11
You know, I've argued over and over that a capital gains cut
will help the economy -- but it's all fallen on deaf ears. I've
talked about how it would create growth and opportunity and jobs.
Maybe I can put it in language the liberals will understand: a
cut in capital gains will generate more taxpayers. 11
The tired old liberal leadership hasn't noticed that the
world has passed them by. / Look at the way the liberals talk
about foreign policy. // Since I took the oath of office, this
Nation has been called on to meet one challenge after another:
from Eastern Europe to Panama to the Persian Gulf. Each time,
America answered the call. Each time, America advanced the cause
of freedom. And because we did, America stands today as the
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moral. 11
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this
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drug summit in Cartagena, Colombia to stop the tidal wave of
crack before it hits the streets of New York -- is that foreign
or domestic?
Think about the global economy. Liberals act as if the
"global marketplace" is off in Asia or Europe, when it's really
all around us. Consider this: Every additional billion dollars
in manufactured goods, for & ample
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business. Don t keep the American people waiting: take a stand
with law-abiding Americans, with the victims of violent crime.
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pork, and pass a responsible transportation bill that puts
Americans to work improving our roads. {{Send me a solid
economic growth package -- keep the lights burning late if you
have to -- but don't leave town until you do the job. 1111
Let me focus for a moment on one especially urgent piece of
cauldhare
legislation: extending unemployment benefits. / We had a deal
that would have been supported
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leadership, except George Mitchell. He had a choice: pass a
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veto, just to score a few more political points. Democratic
leaders know I've been ready since August to sign an extension.
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But Senator Mitchell chose to play politics -- and because he
did, unemployed Americans are waiting weeks and months for the
benefits they need right now. Hundreds of thousands of
unemployed Americans and their families: held hostage by one
Senator. That's obscene -- and it must
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dated practice when one Senator puts a "hold" on a nominee.
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one Senator to put a "hold" on helping people who are hurting.
I believe the American people are ready to move in a new
direction. Everyone knows we've got real problems. But they're
tired of hearing the old liberal litany -- tired of secialied polits
clam
leaders who never weary of saying what's wrong with America. 11
That's not our America. That's not the America that's envied the
world over -- the America we know is right and decent and good.
Americans want leadership: they want someone who shares their
faith, someone who will summon up the best in the American spirit
to shape a new American century -- a new American destiny. 11
That's our vision -- our mission in the year ahead. It
starts right here, with all of you -- and with your support we
will succeed. 11 Thank you -- and may God bless the United
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 8, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVE DEMAREST
TONY SNOW
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER,
NEW YORK
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, November 12 at 1 p.m. you will deliver remarks
to an audience of over 1,500 at a Bush-Quayle Fundraiser at the
New York Hilton.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 15 minutes/ cards) outline the
Republican challenge: the battle against the old-thinking
liberal leadership on Capitol Hill. Your remarks also question
old assumptions underlying the foreign policy-domestic policy
debate, arguing that defending America's interests abroad has a
direct impact on American interests at home.
Please note: This draft includes a call for Congress to
stay in session to pass a growth package (see bracketted
sentences, page 7). Director Darman, Roger P orter and Fred
McClure vehemently oppose this approach.
# # #
McGroarty/Bunton
November 6, 1991
6:30 pm
[NYBQ]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Lou [Gerstner, CEO, RJR Nabisco], for those kind
words. // To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, I'm touched at this
warm reception --- but not half as touched as all of you have
been. //
It's a special treat to be here at Rockefeller Center. You
never know who you'll bump into in the hallways. I've got to be
careful -- don't want anyone from Saturday Night Live catching me
doing my Dana Carvey impression. //
My thanks to all of you for your strong support.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me congratulate all of you
who made November 5th such a great day for the New York GOP --
and across the river, the Jersey GOP's clean sweep. //
Finally, let me thank one key player who's back in
Washington today: Vice President Dan Quayle. // For nearly
three years now, he's served this nation well -- as an advocate
for economic growth and sound policy at home, as an ambassador
for American interests abroad. He's even squared off with the
ABA. I'm pleased and privileged to have him by my side. 11
Just before I came on stage, [GOP leader] was pressing me -
- as people often do at this kind of event -- to make this the
day I make a special announcement. / Well, today, I do have an
2
announcement to make: // [NY GOP leader], you're double parked.
//
I also have a special announcement from the Governor of New
York. You'll recall he said he'd be making a big decision before
Thanksgiving. Well, he has made that decision -- and I quote:
The crushed cranberries are better than the jellied sauce. ///
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve this country
at such an exciting moment in history -- a moment when America
and the ideals we stand for have celebrated a string of successes
around the world. //
In the world beyond our shores, we've grown accustomed to
the dizzying pace of change. Yet here at home, we're stumbling
along, stuck with a Congress that's out of step with the times -
- out of touch with the American people. A Congress that's
pushing the same tired old liberal agenda to a nation hungry for
change. //
This fall, the American people have seen Congress in living
color. They've seen Congress' inability to act, when Americans
demand action. They've seen its endless appetite for side-shows
and sleaze -- its addiction to perks and privileges. The
American people have seen "their tax dollars at work" -- and poll
after poll tells us, when it comes to Congress, the American
people aren't feeling very kind and gentle. 11
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the liberals that control
the Congress tell a different story. They claim they can't act
because we don't have an agenda. You don't hear much about the
2
3
Democratic agenda, for good reason. The agenda of the liberal
leadership is simply this: take whatever legislation we send up
-- and knock it down. Bury it deep in some obscure subcommittee,
and swear they never saw it.
Yes, we've had some successes -- times when enough
enlightened members of the opposition worked with us to pass
sound legislation. We can be proud of the Clean Air amendments,
which for the first time enlist market mechanisms in service to
the environment. We should champion our child care bill: when
the Democrats wanted to warehouse our kids in a brave new child
care bureaucracy, we put choice in the hands of parents. And
yes, we should celebrate landmark civil rights legislation like
the American With Disabilities Act -- a covenant to bring this
country's 43 million disabled citizens into the American
mainstream. //
But these successes can't obscure the fact that the rest of
our agenda's still stuck in the maze -- mugged by a party
leadership locked into the tired old liberal mindset.
These days, Congress doesn't want to act unless it's to
expand the powers of government, so that some subcommittee
chairman -- some Congressional staffer fresh out of law school -
- lays down another mandate on the American people.
Meanwhile, Capitol Hill lives in a loophole of its own
making: time after time Congress exempts itself from laws all
other Americans must live by. 11 The time has come for those
who make the laws to live by the laws.
//
3
4
And if Congress doesn't heed the will of the people, people
may just do a little legislating of their own: set term limits
to curb career Congressmen. //
The American people are tired of double-standards and
double-talk. The American people want action: action to get
this economy growing again. // People are hurting -- hurting
here in New York and all across the country: Families trying to
make ends meet, proud Americans trying to keep their dignity when
they've lost their job. I don't know any American who sees this
happening who doesn't feel a tug -- who doesn't want to reach out
and help.
The liberals see this as a question of lost jobs, compassion
in the form of a government check. We see it another way: as a
matter of lost opportunity -- as a chance to recapture dignity in
the form of a paycheck. // In short, we see the answer to
unemployment as economic growth.
Three times in three years I've called on Congress to enact
strong economic growth initiatives. Three times in three years
the leadership on the Hill sent those initiatives into liberal
limbo. // New initiatives to increase savings and investment;
increased federal funds for R&D; enterprise zones to spawn a new
generation of urban entrepreneurs in our inner cities -- a
capital gains tax cut, to unleash investment and get out economy
booming again. 11
Two years ago, in November 1989, we came close on capital
gains. A majority in both the Senate and the House passed a
4
5
package containing a capital gains tax cut. It took a last
minute parliamentary maneuver by Senator Mitchell to prevent
passage. / Well, Senator Mitchell got his political victory --
and America got a recession. //
I'll make a deal with the Democracts: give me a cut in cap
gains -- go ahead and call it a tax cut for the rich. I'll take
the political heat. // In short order, we'd all see that
cutting capital gains would help put America back to work,
stimulate growth, generate more jobs -- and ultimately bring in
more tax revenue than it costs. //
You know, I've argued over and over that a capital gains cut
will help the economy -- but it's all fallen on deaf ears. I've
talked about how it would create growth and opportunity and jobs.
Maybe I can put it in language the liberals will understand: a
cut in capital gains will generate more taxpayers. 11
The tired old liberal leadership hasn't noticed that the
world has passed them by. / Look at the way the liberals talk
about foreign policy. // Since I took the oath of office, this
Nation has been called on to meet one challenge after another:
from Eastern Europe to Panama to the Persian Gulf. Each time,
America answered the call. Each time, America advanced the cause
of freedom. And because we did, America stands today as the
world's preeminent power -- economic and political, military and
moral. 11
And still we hear Secretary of State Ted Kennedy -- asking:
why does the President spend so much time on foreign policy? //
5
6
I don't care what the second-guessers on Capitol Hill have
to say: I will never apologize for a single minute I devote to
promoting defending and America's advancing
interests abroad. 11
Listen to the liberals, and you'd think we were back in the
19th Century -- cut off from the rest of the world by two oceans.
While the liberals live in the last century -- we've got to
prepare for the next. In our world -- the real world -- those
tired old labels of "foreign" and "domestic" are outdated, behind
the times.
and
very
would otherscountry, the
Think about a problem plaguing this city When I convene a
drug summit in Cartagena, Colombia to stop the tidal wave of
crack before it hits the streets of New York -- is that foreign
or domestic?
Think about the global economy. Liberals act as if the
"global marketplace" is off in Asia or Europe, when it's really
all around us. Consider this: Every additional billion dollars
in new trade means 20,000 new American jobs. So when I fight for
free and fair trade in Latin America or the Far East or to the
European Community --- is that foreign policy or domestic? 11
As you know, I've postponed the trip I'd planned to the Far
East. As important as it is to push for freer trade and open
markets in Japan, Korea and Australia -- when I learned Congress
might stay in session past the Thanksgiving recess, I thought I'd
better change my plans. I owe it to the American taxpayer to
make sure Congress never stays home alone.
6
WHITE HOUSE COMMCEN
THU 07 NOV 91 00:06
PG.01
7
I challenge Congress to stay in session [[until 11.
Democrats control both houses. It's time to get down to
business. Don't keep the American people waiting: take a stand
with law-abiding Americans, with the victims of violent crime.
Send me a tough crime bill I can sign. // Quit piling on the
pork, and pass a responsible transportation bill that puts
Americans to work improving our roads. // Send me a solid
one I can sign'
economic growth package -- keep the lights burning late if you
have to but don't leave town until you do the job. 11
Let me focus for a moment on one especially urgent piece of
legislation: extending unemployment benefits. / We had a deal
-- a deal signed and sealed by every member of the Democratic
leadership, except George Mitchell. He had a choice: pass a
bill, and get an unemployment extension to the people who need it
now -- or stretch things out, send up another version he knows
I'll veto, just to score a few more political points. Senator
Mitchell chose to play politics -- and because he did, unemployed
Americans have waited an extra eight weeks and counting for
benefits they need right now. Two-and-a-half million unemployed
Americans: held hostage by one Senator. That's just obscene --
you remember I prodded Congress
about an outdated practice where one Denator could cut a hold
and it must stop. "on a nomination. well it's then more then
out dated just plain wrong or once senator to put a "hold
I believe the American people are ready to move in a new on helping
direction. Everyone knows we've got real problems. But they're me
people that
tired of hearing the old liberal litany -- tired of so-called
hunting
leaders who never weary of saying what's wrong with America. //
That's not our America. That's not the America that's envied the
1
WHITE HOUSE COMMCEN
THU 07 NOV 91 00:06
PG. 02
8
world over. That's not the America we know is right and decent
and good. / Americans want leadership: they want someone who
shares their faith, someone who will summon up the best in the
American spirit to shape a new American century -- a new American
destiny. //
That's our vision -- our mission in the year ahead. It
starts right here, with all of you -- and with your support we
will succeed. // Thank you -- and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 8, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVE DEMAREST
TONY SNOW
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY my
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER,
NEW YORK
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, November 12 at: 1 p.m. you will deliver remarks
to an audience of over 1,500 at a Bush-Quayle Fundraiser at the
New York Hilton.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 15 minutes/ cards) outline the
Republican challenge: the battle against the old-thinking
liberal leadership on Capitol Hill. Your remarks also question
old assumptions underlying the foreign policy-domestic policy
debate, arguing that defending America's interests abroad has a
direct impact on American interests at home.
Please note: This draft includes a call for Congress to
stay in session to pass a growth package (see bracketted
sentences, page 7). Director Darman, Roger Porter and Fred
McClure vehemently oppose this approach.
# # #
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McGroarty/Bunton
November 8, 1991
5:00 pm
[[NYBQ]]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Lou [Gerstner, CEO, RJR Nabisco], for those kind
words. 11 To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, I'm touched at this
warm reception -- but not half as touched as all of you have
been. 11
My thanks to all of you for your strong support.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me congratulate all of you
who made November 5th such a great day for the New York GOP --
and across the river, the Jersey GOP's clean sweep. You know,
Jim Florio said this election was a referendum on the Bush
Administration. For once, Jim Florio was right. ///
Finally, let me thank one key player who's back in
Washington today: Vice President Dan Quayle. 11 For nearly
three years now, he's served this nation well -- as an advocate
for economic growth and sound policy at home, as an ambassador
for, American interests abroad. He's even squared off with the
ABA. I'm pleased and privileged to have him by my side. //
Just before I came on stage, Guy Molinari was pressing me -
ck
- as people often do at this kind of event -- to make this the
no
prompte
day I make a special announcement. / Well, today, I do have an
announcement to make: 11 Guy -- your car is double parked. //
2
I also have a special announcement from the Governor of New
York. You'll recall he said he'd be making a big decision before
Thanksgiving. Well, he has made that decision -- and I quote:
The crushed cranberries are better than the jellied sauce. ///
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve this country
at such an exciting moment in history -- a moment when America
and the ideals we stand for have celebrated a string of successes
around the world. 11
In the world beyond our shores, we've grown accustomed to
the dizzying pace of change. Yet here at home, we're stumbling
we've got
along, stuck with a Congress that's out of step with the times -
- out of touch with the American people. A Congress that's
pushing the same tired old liberal agenda to a nation hungry for
change. 11
This fall, the American people have seen Congress in living
color. They've seen Congress' inability to act, when Americans
demand action. They've seen its endless appetite for side-shows
and sleaze -- its addiction to perks and privileges. The
American people have seen "their tax dollars at work". -- and poll
I 'M got the feelingthat
after poll tells us, when it comes to Congress, the American
people aren't feeling very kind and gentle. 11
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the liberals that control
the Congress tell a different story. They claim they can't act
because we don't have an agenda. You don't hear much about the
Democratic agenda, for good reason. The agenda of the liberal
in
leadership is simply this: take whatever legislation we send up
toic
wf
I've Look, tired wfter Thank to work And the sand New must
3
-- and knock it down. Bury it deep in some obscure subcommittee,
and swear they never saw it.
Yes, we've had some successes -- times when enough
enlightened members of the opposition worked with us to pass
sound legislation. We can be proud of the Clean Air amendments,
which for the first time enlist market mechanisms in service to
the environment. We should champion our child care bill. The
Democrats wanted to warehouse our kids in a brave new child care
bureaucracy, but we put choice in the hands of parents. And yes,
we should celebrate landmark civil rights legislation like the
American with Disabilities Act -- a covenant to bring this
country's 43 million disabled citizens into the American
mainstream [Civil Rights Bill?]] 11
insent
But these successes can't obscure the fact that the rest of
our agenda's still stuck in the maze -- mugged by a party
leadership locked into the tired old liberal mindset.
These days, the Democrat-controlled Congress doesn't want to
act unless it's to expand the powers of government, so that some
subcommittee chairman -- worse yet, some young Congressional
staffer -- lays down another mandate on the American people.
Meanwhile, Capitol Hill lives in a loophole of its own
making: time after time Congress exempts itself from laws all
other Americans must live by. 11 The time has come for those
who make the laws to live by the laws. 11
specifics
5
capital gains tax cut, to unleash investment and get our economy
booming again. 11
lupuly Pintensingo DOT bill
Two years ago, in November 1989, we came close on capital
gains. A majority in both the Senate and the House passed a
package containing a capital gains tax cut. It took a last
minute parliamentary maneuver by Senator Mitchell to block
passage. / Well, Senator Mitchell got his political victory --
make are mblique
and America got a recession. 11
I'll make a deal with the Democrats: give me a cut in cap
gains -- let the liberals call it a tax cut for the rich. I'll
take the political heat. 11 In short order, we'd all see that
cutting capital gains would help put America back to work,
they
stimulate growth, generate more jobs -- and ultimately bring in
more tax revenue than it costs, //
You know, I've argued over and over that a capital gains cut
will help the economy -- but it's all fallen on deaf ears. I've
talked about how it would create growth and opportunity and jobs.
Maybe I can put it in language the liberals will understand: a
cut in capital gains will generate more taxpayers. 11
The tired old liberal leadership hasn't noticed that the
world has passed them by. / Look at the way the liberals talk
about foreign policy. 11 Since I took the oath of office, this
Nation has been called on to meet one challenge after another:
from Eastern Europe to Panama to the Persian Gulf. Each time,
America answered the call. Each time, America advanced the cause
of freedom. And because we did, America stands today as the
6
world's preeminent power -- economic and political, military and
moral. 11
Democrats
And still we hear Secretary of State Ted Kennedy -- asking:
why does the President spend so much time on foreign policy? 11
I don't care what the second-guessers on Capitol Hill have
advance
to say: I will never apologize for a single minute I devote to
defending America's interests abroad. 11
befine
Listen to the liberals, and you'd think we were back in the
19th Century isolated from the rest of the world by two
oceans. while the liberals live in the last century -- we've got
peace
to prepare for the next. In our world -- the real world -- those
tired old labels of "foreign" and "domestic" are outdated, behind
the times.
Think about a problem plaguing this city. When I convene a
drug summit in Cartagena, Colombia to stop the tidal wave of
crack before it hits the streets of New York -- is that foreign
or domestic?
Think about the global economy. Liberals act as if the
"global marketplace" is off in Asia or Europe, when it's really
all around nanufactured us
Consider this: Every additional billion dollars
in new trade means 20,000 new American jobs. So when I fight for
free and fair trade in Latin America or East Asia or to the
or go to the EC mtg
European Community -- is that foreign policy or domestic? 11
As you know, I've postponed the trip I'd planned to East
Asia. As important as it is to push for freer trade and open
markets in Japan, Korea and Australia -- when I learned Congress
7
might stay in session past the Thanksgiving recess, I thought I'd
better change my plans. I owe it to the American taxpayer to
make sure Congress never stays home alone.
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}}
Democrats control both houses. It's time to get down to
business. Don't keep the American people waiting; take a stand
with law-abiding Americans, with the victims of violent crime.
Send me a tough crime bill I can sign. 11 Quit piling on the
pork, and pass a responsible transportation bill that puts
Americans to work improving our roads. Send me a solid
economic growth package -- keep the lights burning late if you
have to -- but don't leave town until you do the job. //}}
Let me focus for a moment on one especially urgent piece of
legislation: extending unemployment benefits. / We had a deal
- at deal signed and sealed by every member of the Democratic
leadership, except George Mitchell. He had a choice: pass a
bill and get benefits into the hands of people who need them now
-- OF stretch things out, send up another version he knows I'll
veto, just to score a few more political points Democratic
leaders know I've been ready since August to sign an extension --
art one that lives writin the budget agreement - down add to this staggeng.
But Senator the sens Mitchell chose to play politics -- and because they the deficit
did, unemployed Americans are waiting weeks and months for the
benefits they need right now. Hundreds of thousands of
unemployed Americans and their families: held hostage by one
Senator. That's obscene and it must stop 11 Bob Doh had
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You might remember when I prodded Congress about an out-
dated practice when one Senator puts a "hold" on a nominee.
well, it's more than out-dated: its just plain outrageous for
one Senator to put a "hold" on helping people who are hurting.
I believe the American people are ready to move in a new
direction. Everyone knows we've got real problems. But they're
tired of hearing the old liberal litany -- tired of so-called
leaders who never weary of saying what's wrong with America. 11
That's not our America. That's not the America that's envied the
world over -- the America we know is right and decent and good.
/ Americans want leadership: they want someone who shares their
faith, someone who will summon up the best in the American spirit
to shape a new American century -- a new American destiny. 11
That's our vision -- our mission in the year ahead. It
starts right here, with all of you - and with your support we
will succeed. 11 Thank you -- and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # #
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
91 NOV 8 A9:59 A9:
November 8, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR ROBERT A. SNOW
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS AND DIRECTOR OF SPEECHWRITING
FROM:
GREGORY S. WALDEN GOWLYOR
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Bush-Quayle Fundraiser
Luncheon/New York; Tuesday, November 12
The Counsel's Office has no legal objections or comments to the
above-subject.
Attachment
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Tony/Dan- nice speech. just a couple
of comments on 5+6.
Thankn Jo.
McGroarty/Bunton
91 OCT 7 A10: 47 91 NOV 6 P6: 50
November 6, 1991
6:30 pm
[NYBQ]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Lou [Gerstner, CEO, RJR Nabisco], for those kind
words. // To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, I'm touched at this
warm reception -- but not half as touched as all of you have
been. //
It's a special treat to be here at Rockefeller Center. You
never know who you'll bump into in the hallways. I've got to be
careful --- don't want anyone from Saturday Night Live catching me
doing my Dana Carvey impression. //
My thanks to all of you for your strong support.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me congratulate all of you
who made November 5th such a great day for the New York GOP --
and across the river, the Jersey GOP's clean sweep. //
Finally, let me thank one key player who's back in
Washington today: Vice President Dan Quayle. // For nearly
three years now, he's served this nation well -- as an advocate
for economic growth and sound policy at home, as an ambassador
for American interests abroad. He's even squared off with the
ABA. I'm pleased and privileged to have him by my side. //
Just before I came on stage, [GOP leader] was pressing me -
- as people often do at this kind of event -- to make this the
day I make a special announcement. / Well, today, I do have an
2
announcement to make: // [NY GOP leader], you're double parked.
//
I also have a special announcement from the Governor of New
York. You'll recall he said he'd be making a big decision before
Thanksgiving. Well, he has made that decision -- and I quote:
The crushed cranberries are better than the jellied sauce. ///
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve this country
at such an exciting moment in history -- a moment when America
and the ideals we stand for have celebrated a string of successes
around the world. //
In the world beyond our shores, we've grown accustomed to
the dizzying pace of change. Yet here at home, we're stumbling
along, stuck with a Congress that's out of step with the times -
- out of touch with the American people. A Congress that's
pushing the same tired old liberal agenda to a nation hungry for
change. //
This fall, the American people have seen Congress in living
color. They've seen Congress' inability to act, when Americans
demand action. They've seen its endless appetite for side-shows
and sleaze -- its addiction to perks and privileges. The
American people have seen "their tax dollars at work" -- and poll
after poll tells us, when it comes to Congress, the American
people aren't feeling very kind and gentle. //
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the liberals that control
the Congress tell a different story. They claim they can't act
because we don't have an agenda. You don't hear much about the
3
Democratic agenda, for good reason. The agenda of the liberal
leadership is simply this: take whatever legislation we send up
-- and knock it down. Bury it deep in some obscure subcommittee,
and swear they never saw it.
Yes, we've had some successes -- times when enough
enlightened members of the opposition worked with us to pass
sound legislation. We can be proud of the Clean Air amendments,
which for the first time enlist market mechanisms in service to
the environment. We should champion our child care bill: when
the Democrats wanted to warehouse our kids in a brave new child
care bureaucracy, we put choice in the hands of parents. And
yes, we should celebrate landmark civil rights legislation like
the American With Disabilities Act -- a covenant to bring this
country's 43 million disabled citizens into the American
mainstream. //
But these successes can't obscure the fact that the rest of
our agenda's still stuck in the maze -- mugged by a party
leadership locked into the tired old liberal mindset.
These days, Congress doesn't want to act unless it's to
expand the powers of government, so that some subcommittee
chairman -- some Congressional staffer fresh out of law school -
- lays down another mandate on the American people.
Meanwhile, Capitol Hill lives in a loophole of its own
making: time after time Congress exempts itself from laws all
other Americans must live by. // The time has come for those
who make the laws to live by the laws.
//
4
And if Congress doesn't heed the will of the people, people
may just do a little legislating of their own: set term limits
to curb career Congressmen. //
The American people are tired of double-standards and
double-talk. The American people want action: action to get
this economy growing again. // People are hurting -- hurting
here in New York and all across the country: Families trying to
make ends meet, proud Americans trying to keep their dignity when
they've lost their job. I don't know any American who sees this
happening who doesn't feel a tug -- who doesn't want to reach out
and help.
The liberals see this as a question of lost jobs, compassion
in the form of a government check. We see it another way: as a
matter of lost opportunity -- as a chance to recapture dignity in
the form of a paycheck. // In short, we see the answer to
unemployment as economic growth.
Three times in three years I've called on Congress to enact
strong economic growth initiatives. Three times in three years
the leadership on the Hill sent those initiatives into liberal
limbo. // New initiatives to increase savings and investment;
increased federal funds for R&D; enterprise zones to spawn a new
generation of urban entrepreneurs in our inner cities -- a
capital gains tax cut, to unleash investment and get out economy
booming again. //
Two years ago, in November 1989, we came close on capital
gains. A majority in both the Senate and the House passed a
5
package containing a capital gains tax cut. It took a last
minute parliamentary maneuver by Senator Mitchell to prevent
passage. / Well, Senator Mitchell got his political victory --
and America got a recession. //
I'll make a deal with the Democracts: give me a cut in cap
gains -- go ahead and call it a tax cut for the rich. I'll take
the political heat. // In short order, we'd all see that
cutting capital gains would help put America back to work,
stimulate growth, generate more jobs -- and ultimately bring in
more tax revenue than it costs. //
You know, I've argued over and over that a capital gains cut
will help the economy -- but it's all fallen on deaf ears. I've
talked about how it would create growth and opportunity and jobs.
Maybe I can put it in language the liberals will understand: a
cut in capital gains will generate more taxpayers. //
The tired old liberal leadership hasn't noticed that the
world has passed them by. / Look at the way the liberals talk
about foreign policy. // Since I took the oath of office, this
Nation has been called on to meet one challenge after another:
from Eastern Europe to Panama to the Persian Gulf. Each time,
America answered the call. Each time, America advanced the cause
of freedom. And because we did, America stands today as the
world's preeminent power -- economic and political, military and
moral. / /
And still we hear Secretary of State Ted Kennedy -- asking:
why does the President spend so much time on foreign policy? //
Wouldn't someone like mitchell,
bil Kennish the thi?
Ron Brown, on Bomin be litte? what specifically
6
I don't care what the second-guessers on Capitol Hill have
to say: I will never apologize for a single minute I devote to
defending America's interests abroad. //
Listen to the liberals, and you'd think we were back in the
19th Century -- cut off from the rest of the world by two oceans.
While the liberals live in the last century -- we've got to
prepare for the next. In our world -- the real world -- those
tired old labels of "foreign" and "domestic" are outdated, behind
the times.
Think about a problem plaguing this city. When I convene a
drug summit in Cartagena, Colombia to stop the tidal wave of
crack before it hits the streets of New York -- is that foreign
or domestic?
Think about the global economy. Liberals act as if the
"global marketplace" is off in Asia or Europe, when it's really
all around us. Consider this: Every additional billion dollars
in new trade means 20,000 new American jobs. So when I fight for
free and fair trade in Latin America or the-Far East aoia or to the
A
European Community -- is that foreign policy or domestic? //
As you know, I've postponed the trip I'd planned to
asia
East As important as it is to push for freer trade and open
doutheast ana,
markets in Japan, Korea a and Australia -- when I learned Congress
might stay in session past the Thanksgiving recess, I thought I'd
better change my plans. I owe it to the American taxpayer to
make sure Congress never stays home alone.
7
I challenge Congress to stay in session [[until...]].
Democrats control both houses. It's time to get down to
business. Don't keep the American people waiting: take a stand
with law-abiding Americans, with the victims of violent crime.
Send me a tough crime bill I can sign. // Quit piling on the
pork, and pass a responsible transportation bill that puts
Americans to work improving our roads. // Send me a solid
economic growth package -- keep the lights burning late if you
have to -- but don't leave town until you do the job. //
Let me focus for a moment on one especially urgent piece of
legislation: extending unemployment benefits. / We had a deal
-- a deal signed and sealed by every member of the Democratic
leadership, except George Mitchell. He had a choice: pass a
bill, and get an unemployment extension to the people who need it
now -- or stretch things out, send up another version he knows
I'll veto, just to score a few more political points. Senator
Mitchell chose to play politics -- and because he did, unemployed
Americans have waited an extra eight weeks and counting for
benefits they need right now. Two-and-a-half million unemployed
Americans: held hostage by one Senator. That's just obscene --
and it must stop. //
I believe the American people are ready to move in a new
direction. Everyone knows we've got real problems. But they're
tired of hearing the old liberal litany -- tired of so-called
leaders who never weary of saying what's wrong with America. //
That's not our America. That's not the America that's envied the
8
world over. That's not the America we know is right and decent
and good. / Americans want leadership: they want someone who
shares their faith, someone who will summon up the best in the
American spirit to shape a new American century -- a new American
destiny. //
That's our vision -- our mission in the year ahead. It
starts right here, with all of you -- and with your support we
will succeed. // Thank you -- and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # #
Document No. 284701
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/06/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10:00 a.m. Friday 11/08
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-OUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON/NEW YORK/
TUES. NOV. 12th
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
McBRIDE
CARD
DEMAREST
SNOW
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
GRAY
BOSKIN
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
10:00 a.m. on Friday, 11/08, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
November 6, 1991
6:30 pm
01 NOV 6 P6: 50
[NYBQ]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Lou [Gerstner, CEO, RJR Nabisco], for those kind
words. // To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, I'm touched at this
warm reception -- but not half as touched as all of you have
been. //
It's a special treat to be here at Rockefeller Center. You
never know who you'll bump into in the hallways. I've got to be
careful -- don't want anyone from Saturday Night Live catching me
doing my Dana Carvey impression. //
My thanks to all of you for your strong support.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me congratulate all of you
who made November 5th such a great day for the New York GOP --
and across the river, the Jersey GOP's clean sweep. //
Finally, let me thank one key player who's back in
Washington today: Vice President Dan Quayle. // For nearly
three years now, he's served this nation well -- as an advocate
for economic growth and sound policy at home, as an ambassador
for American interests abroad. He's even squared off with the
ABA. I'm pleased and privileged to have him by my side. //
Just before I came on stage, [GOP leader] was pressing me -
- as people often do at this kind of event -- to make this the
day I make a special announcement. / Well, today, I do have an
2
announcement to make: // [NY GOP leader], you're double parked.
//
I also have a special announcement from the Governor of New
York. You'll recall he said he'd be making a big decision before
Thanksgiving. Well, he has made that decision -- and I quote:
The crushed cranberries are better than the jellied sauce. ///
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve this country
at such an exciting moment in history -- a moment when America
and the ideals we stand for have celebrated a string of successes
around the world. //
In the world beyond our shores, we've grown accustomed to
the dizzying pace of change. Yet here at home, we're stumbling
along, stuck with a Congress that's out of step with the times -
- out of touch with the American people. A Congress that's
pushing the same tired old liberal agenda to a nation hungry for
change. //
This fall, the American people have seen Congress in living
color. They've seen Congress' inability to act, when Americans
demand action. They've seen its endless appetite for side-shows
and sleaze -- its addiction to perks and privileges. The
American people have seen "their tax dollars at work" -- and poll
after poll tells us, when it comes to Congress, the American
people aren't feeling very kind and gentle. //
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the liberals that control
the Congress tell a different story. They claim they can't act
because we don't have an agenda. You don't hear much about the
3
Democratic agenda, for good reason. The agenda of the liberal
leadership is simply this: take whatever legislation we send up
-- and knock it down. Bury it deep in some obscure subcommittee,
and swear they never saw it.
Yes, we've had some successes -- times when enough
enlightened members of the opposition worked with us to pass
sound legislation. We can be proud of the Clean Air amendments,
which for the first time enlist market mechanisms in service to
the environment. We should champion our child care bill: when
the Democrats wanted to warehouse our kids in a brave new child
care bureaucracy, we put choice in the hands of parents. And
yes, we should celebrate landmark civil rights legislation like
the American With Disabilities Act -- a covenant to bring this
country's 43 million disabled citizens into the American
mainstream. //
But these successes can't obscure the fact that the rest of
our agenda's still stuck in the maze -- mugged by a party
leadership locked into the tired old liberal mindset.
These days, Congress doesn't want to act unless it's to
expand the powers of government, so that some subcommittee
chairman -- some Congressional staffer fresh out of law school -
- lays down another mandate on the American people.
Meanwhile, Capitol Hill lives in a loophole of its own
making: time after time Congress exempts itself from laws all
other Americans must live by. // The time has come for those
who make the laws to live by the laws. 11
4
And if Congress doesn't heed the will of the people, people
may just do a little legislating of their own: set term limits
to curb career Congressmen. //
The American people are tired of double-standards and
double-talk. The American people want action: action to get
this economy growing again. // People are hurting -- hurting
here in New York and all across the country: Families trying to
make ends meet, proud Americans trying to keep their dignity when
they've lost their job. I don't know any American who sees this
happening who doesn't feel a tug -- who doesn't want to reach out
and help.
The liberals see this as a question of lost jobs, compassion
in the form of a government check. We see it another way: as a
matter of lost opportunity -- as a chance to recapture dignity in
the form of a paycheck. // In short, we see the answer to
unemployment as economic growth.
Three times in three years I've called on Congress to enact
strong economic growth initiatives. Three times in three years
the leadership on the Hill sent those initiatives into liberal
limbo. // New initiatives to increase savings and investment;
increased federal funds for R&D; enterprise zones to spawn a new
generation of urban entrepreneurs in our inner cities -- a
capital gains tax cut, to unleash investment and get out economy
booming again. //
Two years ago, in November 1989, we came close on capital
gains. A majority in both the Senate and the House passed a
5
package containing a capital gains tax cut. It took a last
minute parliamentary maneuver by Senator Mitchell to prevent
passage. / Well, Senator Mitchell got his political victory --
and America got a recession. //
I'll make a deal with the Democracts: give me a cut in cap
gains -- go ahead and call it a tax cut for the rich. I'll take
the political heat. // In short order, we'd all see that
cutting capital gains would help put America back to work,
stimulate growth, generate more jobs -- and ultimately bring in
more tax revenue than it costs. //
You know, I've argued over and over that a capital gains cut
will help the economy -- but it's all fallen on deaf ears. I've
talked about how it would create growth and opportunity and jobs.
Maybe I can put it in language the liberals will understand: a
cut in capital gains will generate more taxpayers. //
The tired old liberal leadership hasn't noticed that the
world has passed them by. / Look at the way the liberals talk
about foreign policy. // Since I took the oath of office, this
Nation has been called on to meet one challenge after another:
from Eastern Europe to Panama to the Persian Gulf. Each time,
America answered the call. Each time, America advanced the cause
of freedom. And because we did, America stands today as the
world's preeminent power -- economic and political, military and
moral. ///
And still we hear Secretary of State Ted Kennedy -- asking:
why does the President spend so much time on foreign policy? //
6
I don't care what the second-guessers on Capitol Hill have
to say: I will never apologize for a single minute I devote to
defending America's interests abroad. //
Listen to the liberals, and you'd think we were back in the
19th Century -- cut off from the rest of the world by two oceans.
While the liberals live in the last century -- we've got to
prepare for the next. In our world -- the real world -- those
tired old labels of "foreign" and "domestic" are outdated, behind
the times.
Think about a problem plaguing this city. When I convene a
drug summit in Cartagena, Colombia to stop the tidal wave of
crack before it hits the streets of New York -- is that foreign
or domestic?
Think about the global economy. Liberals act as if the
"global marketplace" is off in Asia or Europe, when it's really
all around us. Consider this: Every additional billion dollars
in new trade means 20,000 new American jobs. So when I fight for
free and fair trade in Latin America or the Far East or to the
European Community -- is that foreign policy or domestic? //
As you know, I've postponed the trip I'd planned to the Far
East. As important as it is to push for freer trade and open
markets in Japan, Korea and Australia -- when I learned Congress
might stay in session past the Thanksgiving recess, I thought I'd
better change my plans. I owe it to the American taxpayer to
make sure Congress never stays home alone.
7
[I I challenge Congress to stay in session [[until 11.
Democrats control both houses. It's time to get down to
business
Don't keep the American people waiting: take a stand
with law-abiding Americans, with the victims of violent crime.
Send me a tough crime bill I can sign. // Quit piling on the
pork, and pass a responsible transportation bill that puts
Americans to work improving our roads. // Send me a solid
economic growth package -- keep the lights burning late if you
have to -- but don leave town until you do the job. //
Let me focus for a moment on one especially urgent piece of
legislation: extending unemployment benefits. / We had a deal
-- a deal signed and sealed by every member of the Democratic
leadership, except George Mitchell. He had a choice: pass a
bill, and get an unemployment extension to the people who need it
now -- or stretch things out, send up another version he knows
I'll veto, just to score a few more political points. Senator
Mitchell chose to play politics -- and because he did, unemployed
Americans have waited an extra eight weeks and counting for
benefits they need right now. Two-and-a-half million unemployed
Americans: held hostage by one Senator. That's just obscene --
and it must stop. //
I believe the American people are ready to move in a new
direction. Everyone knows we've got real problems. But they're
tired of hearing the old liberal litany -- tired of so-called
leaders who never weary of saying what's wrong with America. //
That's not our America. That's not the America that's envied the
8
world over. That's not the America we know is right and decent
and good. / Americans want leadership: they want someone who
shares their faith, someone who will summon up the best in the
American spirit to shape a new American century -- a new American
destiny. //
That's our vision -- our mission in the year ahead. It
starts right here, with all of you -- and with your support we
will succeed. // Thank you -- and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # #
Document
No. 284701 8184
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 11/06/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10:00 a.m. Friday 11/08
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-OUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON/NEW YORK/
TUES. NOV. 12th
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
9
McBRIDE
CARD
s
DEMAREST
SNOW
<
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
P
BOSKIN
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
\
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
10:00 a.m. on Friday, 11/08, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
November 8, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
The NSC staff concurs with the draft presidential remarks.
Brent Rates fold Scowcroft
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
November 6, 1991
6:30 pm
31 NOV 6 P6: 50
[NYBQ]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Lou [Gerstner, CEO, RJR Nabisco], for those kind
words. // To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, I'm touched at this
warm reception -- but not half as touched as all of you have
been. //
It's a special treat to be here at Rockefeller Center. You
never know who you'll bump into in the hallways. I've got to be
careful -- don't want anyone from Saturday Night Live catching me
doing my Dana Carvey impression. //
My thanks to all of you for your strong support.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me congratulate all of you
who made November 5th such a great day for the New York GOP --
and across the river, the Jersey GOP's clean sweep. //
Finally, let me thank one key player who's back in
Washington today: Vice President Dan Quayle. // For nearly
three years now, he's served this nation well -- as an advocate
for economic growth and sound policy at home, as an ambassador
for American interests abroad. He's even squared off with the
ABA. I'm pleased and privileged to have him by my side. //
Just before I came on stage, [GOP leader] was pressing me -
- as people often do at this kind of event -- to make this the
day I make a special announcement. / Well, today, I do have an
2
announcement to make: // [NY GOP leader], you're double parked.
//
I also have a special announcement from the Governor of New
York. You'll recall he said he'd be making a big decision before
Thanksgiving. Well, he has made that decision -- and I quote:
The crushed cranberries are better than the jellied sauce. ///
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve this country
at such an exciting moment in history -- a moment when America
and the ideals we stand for have celebrated a string of successes
around the world. //
In the world beyond our shores, we've grown accustomed to
the dizzying pace of change. Yet here at home, we're stumbling
along, stuck with a Congress that's out of step with the times -
- out of touch with the American people. A Congress that's
pushing the same tired old liberal agenda to a nation hungry for
change. //
This fall, the American people have seen Congress in living
color. They've seen Congress' inability to act, when Americans
demand action. They've seen its endless appetite for side-shows
and sleaze -- its addiction to perks and privileges. The
American people have seen "their tax dollars at work" -- and poll
after poll tells us, when it comes to Congress, the American
people aren't feeling very kind and gentle. //
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the liberals that control
the Congress tell a different story. They claim they can't act
because we don't have an agenda. You don't hear much about the
3
Democratic agenda, for good reason. The agenda of the liberal
leadership is simply this: take whatever legislation we send up
-- and knock it down. Bury it deep in some obscure subcommittee,
and swear they never saw it.
Yes, we've had some successes -- times when enough
enlightened members of the opposition worked with us to pass
sound legislation. We can be proud of the Clean Air amendments,
which for the first time enlist market mechanisms in service to
the environment. We should champion our child care bill: when
the Democrats wanted to warehouse our kids in a brave new child
care bureaucracy, we put choice in the hands of parents. And
yes, we should celebrate landmark civil rights legislation like
the American With Disabilities Act -- a covenant to bring this
country's 43 million disabled citizens into the American
mainstream. //
But these successes can't obscure the fact that the rest of
our agenda's still stuck in the maze -- mugged by a party
leadership locked into the tired old liberal mindset.
These days, Congress doesn't want to act unless it's to
expand the powers of government, so that some subcommittee
chairman -- some Congressional staffer fresh out of law school -
- lays down another mandate on the American people.
Meanwhile, Capitol Hill lives in a loophole of its own
making: time after time Congress exempts itself from laws all
other Americans must live by. // The time has come for those
who make the laws to live by the laws. //
4
And if Congress doesn't heed the will of the people, people
may just do a little legislating of their own: set term limits
to curb career Congressmen. //
The American people are tired of double-standards and
double-talk. The American people want action: action to get
this economy growing again. // People are hurting -- hurting
here in New York and all across the country: Families trying to
make ends meet, proud Americans trying to keep their dignity when
they'v lost their job. I don't know any American who sees this
happening who doesn't feel a tug -- who doesn't want to reach out
and help.
The liberals see this as a question of lost jobs, compassion
in the form of a government check. We see it another way: as a
matter of lost opportunity -- as a chance to recapture dignity in
the form of a paycheck. // In short, we see the answer to
unemployment as economic growth.
Three times in three years I've called on Congress to enact
strong economic growth initiatives. Three times in three years
the leadership on the Hill sent those initiatives into liberal
limbo. // New initiatives to increase savings and investment;
increased federal funds for R&D; enterprise zones to spawn a new
generation of urban entrepreneurs in our inner cities -- a
capital gains tax cut, to unleash investment and get out economy
booming again. //
Two years ago, in November 1989, we came close on capital
gains. A majority in both the Senate and the House passed a
5
package containing a capital gains tax cut. It took a last
minute parliamentary maneuver by Senator Mitchell to prevent
passage. / Well, Senator Mitchell got his political victory --
and America got a recession. //
I'll make a deal with the Democracts: give me a cut in cap
gains -- go ahead and call it a tax cut for the rich. I'll take
the political heat. // In short order, we'd all see that
cutting capital gains would help put America back to work,
stimulate growth, generate more jobs -- and ultimately bring in
more tax revenue than it costs. //
You know, I've argued over and over that a capital gains cut
will help the economy -- but it's all fallen on deaf ears. I've
talked about how it would create growth and opportunity and jobs.
Maybe I can put it in language the liberals will understand: a
cut in capital gains will generate more taxpayers. //
The tired old liberal leadership hasn't noticed that the
world has passed them by. / Look at the way the liberals talk
about foreign policy. // Since I took the oath of office, this
Nation has been called on to meet one challenge after another:
from Eastern Europe to Panama to the Persian Gulf. Each time,
America answered the call. Each time, America advanced the cause
of freedom. And because we did, America stands today as the
world's preeminent power -- economic and political, military and
moral. / /
And still we hear Secretary of State Ted Kennedy -- asking:
why does the President spend so much time on foreign policy? //
6
I don't care what the second-guessers on Capitol Hill have
to say: I will never apologize for a single minute I devote to
defending America's interests abroad. //
Listen to the liberals, and you'd think we were back in the
19th Century -- cut off from the rest of the world by two oceans.
While the liberals live in the last century -- we've got to
prepare for the next. In our world -- the real world -- those
tired old labels of "foreign" and "domestic" are outdated, behind
the times.
Think about a problem plaguing this city. When I convene a
drug summit in Cartagena, Colombia to stop the tidal wave of
crack before it hits the streets of New York -- is that foreign
or domestic?
Think about the global economy. Liberals act as if the
"global marketplace" is off in Asia or Europe, when it's really
all around us. Consider this: Every additional billion dollars
in new trade means 20,000 new American jobs. So when I fight for
free and fair trade in Latin America or the Far East or to the
European Community -- is that foreign policy or domestic? //
As you know, I've postponed the trip I'd planned to the Far
East. As important as it is to push for freer trade and open
markets in Japan, Korea and Australia -- when I learned Congress
might stay in session past the Thanksgiving recess, I thought I'd
better change my plans. I owe it to the American taxpayer to
make sure Congress never stays home alone.
7
I challenge Congress to stay in session [[until ]].
Democrats control both houses. It's time to get down to
business. Don't keep the American people waiting: take a stand
with law-abiding Americans, with the victims of violent crime.
Send me a tough crime bill I can sign. // Quit piling on the
pork, and pass a responsible transportation bill that puts
Americans to work improving our roads. // Send me a solid
economic growth package -- keep the lights burning late if you
have to -- but don't leave town until you do the job. //
Let me focus for a moment on one especially urgent piece of
legislation: extending unemployment benefits. / We had a deal
-- a deal signed and sealed by every member of the Democratic
leadership, except George Mitchell. He had a choice: pass a
bill, and get an unemployment extension to the people who need it
now -- or stretch things out, send up another version he knows
I'll veto, just to score a few more political points. Senator
Mitchell chose to play politics -- and because he did, unemployed
Americans have waited an extra eight weeks and counting for
benefits they need right now. Two-and-a-half million unemployed
Americans: held hostage by one Senator. That's just obscene --
and it must stop. //
I believe the American people are ready to move in a new
direction. Everyone knows we've got real problems. But they're
tired of hearing the old liberal litany -- tired of so-called
leaders who never weary of saying what's wrong with America.
//
That's not our America. That's not the America that's envied the
8
world over. That's not the America we know is right and decent
and good. / Americans want leadership: they want someone who
shares their faith, someone who will summon up the best in the
American spirit to shape a new American century -- a new American
destiny. //
That's our vision -- our mission in the year ahead. It
starts right here, with all of you -- and with your support we
will succeed. // Thank you -- and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # #
Document No. 284701
91 NOV
WHITE PT HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
7
DATE: 11/06/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10:00 a.m. Friday 11/08
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BUSH-OUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON/NEW YORK/
TUES. NOV. 12th
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
McBRIDE
CARD
DEMAREST
SNOW
PORTER ROSE
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
10:00 a.m. on Friday, 11/08, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
you
COMMENT
P.1
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
November 6, 1991
6:30 pm
01 NOV 6 P6: 50
[NYBQ]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
BUSH-QUAYLE FUNDRAISER LUNCHEON
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 12, 1991
1:00 P.M.
Thank you, Lou [Gerstner, CEO, RJR Nabisco], for those kind
words. // To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, I'm touched at this
warm reception -- but not half as touched as all of you have
been. //
It's a special treat to be here at Rockefeller Center. You
never know who you'll bump into in the hallways. I've got to be
careful -- don't want anyone from Saturday Night Live catching me
doing my Dana Carvey impression. //
My thanks to all of you for your strong support.
[Introductory acknowledgements.] Let me congratulate all of you
R
who made November 5th such a great day for the New York GOP --
and across the river, the Jersey GOP's clean sweep. //
Finally, let me thank one key player who's back in
Washington today: Vice President Dan Quayle. 11 For nearly
three years now, he's served this nation well -- as an advocate
for economic growth and sound policy at home, as an ambassador
for American interests abroad. He's even squared off with the
ABA. I'm pleased and privileged to have him by my side. //
Just before I came on stage, [GOP leader] was pressing me -
- as people often do at this kind of event -- to make this the
day I make a special announcement. / Well, today, I do have an
fuller CHARACTURIZATION
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2
announcement to make:
// [NY GOP leader], you're double parked.
//
I also have a special announcement from the Governor of New
York. You'll recall he said he'd be making a big decision before
Thanksgiving. Well, he has made that decision -- and I quote:
The crushed cranberries are better than the jellied sauce. ///
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve this country
at such an exciting moment in history a moment when America
and the ideals we stand for have celebrated a string of successes
around the world. //
In the world beyond our shores, we've grown accustomed to
the dizzying pace of change. Yet here at home, we're stumbling
along, stuck with a Congress that's out of step with the times -
- out of touch with the American people. A Congress that's
pushing the same tired old liberal agenda to a nation hungry for
change. //
This fall, the American people have seen Congress in living
color. They've seen Congress' inability to act, when Americans
demand action. They've seen its endless appetite for side-shows
and sleaze -- its addiction to perks and privileges. The
American people have seen "their tax dollars at work" -- and poll
after poll tells us, when it comes to Congress, the American
people aren't feeling very kind and gentle. //
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the liberals that control
the Congress tell a different story. They claim they can't act
because we don't have an agenda. You don't hear much about the
3
Democratic agenda, for good reason. The agenda of the liberal
leadership is simply this: take whatever legislation we send up
-- and knock it down. Bury it deep in some obscure subcommittee,
and swear they never saw it.
Yes, we've had some successes -- times when enough
enlightened members of the opposition worked with us to pass
sound legislation. We can be proud of the Clean Air amendments,
which for the first time enlist market mechanisms in service to
the environment. We should champion our child care bill: when
the Democrats wanted to warehouse our kids in a brave new child
care bureaucracy, we put choice in the hands of parents. And
yes, we should celebrate landmark civil rights legislation like
the American With Disabilities Act -- a covenant to bring this
country's 43 million disabled citizens into the American
mainstream. //
But these successes can't obscure the fact that the rest of
our agenda's still stuck in the maze -- mugged by a party
leadership locked into the tired old liberal mindset.
These days, Congress doesn't want to act unless it's to
expand the powers of government, so that some subcommittee
chairman -- some Congressional staffer fresh out of law school -
- lays down another mandate on the American people.
Meanwhile, Capitol Hill lives in a loophole of its own
making: time after time Congress exempts itself from laws all
other Americans must live by. // The time has come for those
who make the laws to live by the laws. //
4
And if Congress doesn't heed the will of the people, people
may just do a little legislating of their own: set term limits
to curb career Congressmen. 11
The American people are tired of double-standards and
double-talk. The American people want action: action to get
this economy growing again. // People are hurting -- hurting
here in New York and all across the country: Families trying to
make ends meet, proud Americans trying to keep their dignity when
they've lost their job. I don't know any American who sees this
happening who doesn't feel a tug -- who doesn't want to reach out
and help.
The liberals see this as a question of lost jobs, compassion
in the form of a government check. We see it another way: as a
matter of lost opportunity -- as a chance to recapture dignity in
the form of a paycheck. // In short, we see the answer to
unemployment as economic growth.
Three times in three years I've called on Congress to enact
strong economic growth initiatives. Three times in three years
the leadership on the Hill sent those initiatives into liberal
limbo. // New initiatives to increase savings and investment;
increased federal funds for R&D; enterprise zones to spawn a new
generation of urban entrepreneurs in our inner cities -- a
capital gains tax cut, to unleash investment and get out economy
booming again. //
Two years ago, in November 1989, we came close on capital
gains. A majority in both the Senate and the House passed a
5
package containing a capital gains tax cut. It took a last
minute parliamentary maneuver by Senator Mitchell to prevent
passage. / Well, Senator Mitchell got his political victory --
and America got a recession. //
I'll make a deal with the Democracts: give me a cut in cap
gains -- go ahead and call it a tax cut for the rich. I'll take
the political heat. // In short order, we'd all see that
cutting capital gains would help put America back to work,
stimulate growth, generate more jobs -- and ultimately bring in
more tax revenue than it costs. //
You know, I've argued over and over that a capital gains cut
will help the economy -- but it's all fallen on deaf ears. I've.
talked about how it would create growth and opportunity and jobs.
Maybe I can put it in language the liberals will understand: a
cut in capital gains will generate more taxpayers. //
The tired old liberal leadership hasn't noticed that the
world has passed them by. / Look at the way the liberals talk
about foreign policy. // Since I took the oath of office, this
Nation has been called on to meet one challenge after another:
from Eastern Europe to Panama to the Persian Gulf. Each time,
America answered the call. Each time, America advanced the cause
of freedom. And because we did, America stands today as the
world's preeminent power -- economic and political, military and
moral. 11
And still we hear Secretary of State Ted Kennedy -- asking:
why does the President spend so much time on foreign policy? //
6
I don't care what the second-guessers on Capitol Hill have
to say: I will never apologize for a single minute I devote to
defending America's interests abroad. //
Listen to the liberals, and you'd think we were back in the
19th Century -- cut off from the rest of the world by two oceans.
While the liberals live in the last century -- we've got to
prepare for the next. In our world -- the real world -- those
tired old labels of "foreign" and "domestic" are outdated, behind
the times.
Think about a problem plaguing this city. When I convene a
drug summit in Cartagena, Colombia to stop the tidal wave of
crack before it hits the streets of New York -- is that foreign
or domestic?
Think about the global economy. Liberals act as if the
"global marketplace" is off in Asia or Europe, when it's really
all around us. Consider this: Every additional billion dollars
in new trade means 20,000 new American jobs. So when I fight for
free and fair trade in Latin America or the Far East or to the
European Community -- is that foreign policy or domestic? //
As you know, I've postponed the trip I'd planned to the Far
East. As important as it is to push for freer trade and open
markets in Japan, Korea and Australia -- when I learned Congress
might stay in session past the Thanksgiving recess, I thought I'd
better. change my plans. I owe it to the American taxpayer to
make sure Congress never stays home alone.
7
I challenge Congress to stay in session [[until 11.
Democrats control both houses. It's time to get down to
business. Don't keep the American people waiting: take a stand
with law-abiding Americans, with the victims of violent crime.
Send me a tough crime bill I can sign. // Quit piling on the
pork, and pass a responsible transportation bill that puts
Americans to work improving our roads. // Send me a solid
economic growth package -- keep the lights burning late if you
have to -- but don't leave town until you do the job. //
Let me focus for a moment on one especially urgent piece of
legislation: extending unemployment benefits. / We had a deal
-- a deal signed and sealed by every member of the Democratic
leadership, except George Mitchell. He had a choice: pass a
bill, and get an unemployment extension to the people who need it
now -- or stretch things out, send up another version he knows
I'll veto, just to score a few more political points. Senator
Mitchell chose to play politics -- and because he did, unemployed
Americans have waited an extra eight weeks and counting for
benefits they need right now. Two-and-a-half million unemployed
Americans: held hostage by one Senator. That's just obscene --
and it must stop. //
I believe the American people are ready to move in a new
direction. Everyone knows we've got real problems. But they're
tired of hearing the old liberal litany -- tired of so-called
leaders who never weary of saying what's wrong with America. //
That's not our America. That's not the America that's envied the
8
world over. That's not the America we know is right and decent
and good. / Americans want leadership: they want someone who
shares their faith, someone who will summon up the best in the
American spirit to shape a new American century -- a new American
destiny. //
That's our vision -- our mission in the year ahead. It
starts right here, with all of you -- and with your support we
will succeed. // Thank you -- and may God bless the United
States of America.
# # #