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Administration of George Bush, 1991 / Dec. 18
r the buck and
and dare to innovate, to create new means
Statement on Signing the Intermodal
eting our vast
of moving America forward.
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
hat is innova
Earlier today, out at that construction site
of 1991
nent.
not far from here, I stood there, and I
December 18, 1991
ou will, in our
thought of the incredible vigor of this
region, all fueled by transportation infra-
Today I am pleased to sign into law H.R.
incentive pro-
structure. A new kind of exploration and
2950, the "Intermodal Surface Transporta-
iving and im-
vigor assails the senses, the hustle and the
tion Efficiency Act of 1991." This law pro-
very worthy
bustle, the tornado of activity. And today I
vides a new structure for our Federal sur-
holiday season.
saw a domestic vision in sweat and toil, con-
face transportation programs-highway,
o improve our
crete and steel, not some abstract proposal
highway safety, and transit-and authorizes
n.
but a program that will produce real results
funds for those programs for the next 6
fund a variety
now.
years.
ts.
This law-and you all know this-this law
H.R. 2950 is landmark legislation. It will
which truckers
will not solve all our transportation chal-
carry the Nation into the post-Interstate era
ility insurance,
lenges. It's not going to fill every pothole,
and help provide the transportation infra-
mission oper-
build every road we require, mend every
structure for improved economic productiv-
3 for State fuel
bridge, create all the new technologies we
ity and enhanced international competitive-
it could save
want to see. Let's face it, it would take
ness. In the short term, this bill means jobs
7 this year.
billions and billions more to take care of
for working Americans. It provides more
neet their envi-
every need. But this law puts us on the
than $11 billion that can be used this fiscal
move. It commits real resources now. And
ithout stopping
year to build highway projects. During the
aw will encour-
it encourages the kind of innovation that
coming year, those funds will provide jobs
we will need in the future.
transportation
for over 600,000 Americans. The law will
high-speed rail
This law will make a huge difference for
continue to support jobs in the highway and
all of us. It will help young fathers rush
transit construction industries over the next
ot least, our law
their wives to a delivery room. It will
6 years.
jobs today and
enable buses to ferry children safely and
When we submitted to the Congress our
ow. And it will
swiftly to school. It will help just-in-time
proposal for reauthorization of Federal sur-
ting more good
manufacturers receive the parts they need
face transportation programs earlier this
when they need them. It will keep America
year, all those involved with the Nation's
ill support more
where it belongs, in the passing lane.
surface transportation system recognized
fiscal year. But
Every American understands transporta-
that it was time to redesign these programs.
projects funded
tion's importance. Just think about the way
The Interstate System-the largest public
rate even more
we talk. When we talk about progress, we
works project in history-is very near com-
as I've said all
talk about getting things moving. When we
pletion, and this law provides the final
on network will
talk about roads and rails, we call them ar-
funds to finish it. The Interstate System has
exist otherwise.
teries. Well, enough talk. Today, we act. We
fundamentally changed transportation in
efit of this new
start improving our roads and bridges and
America. It has become easier and cheaper
ets that will give
railways, our equal opportunity escorts to
to move goods, and virtually all Americans
love forward as
the future. And so when we look back years
benefit from the speed and efficiency with
from now to this landmark day for Ameri-
which they can move from place to place
rtment of Trans-
ca's transportation, we'll be able to say:
on our interstate highways. But our focus
"Mission defined. Mission accomplished."
must now shift from major highway con-
ey moving now.
e vast majority of
Thank you. And may God bless you in
struction to better maintenance, manage-
way Trust Fund.
your work, and may God bless our great
ment, and use of our existing highway and
release of $300
country, especially at this time of year.
transit facilities.
ojects. I encour-
Thank you all very, very much.
A key element of our proposal was the
making sure this
National Highway System. Ours was not a
tion swiftly, gets
Note: The President spoke at 12:15 p.m. at
call for a major new construction program,
ericans build the
the Hyatt Regency Hotel. In his remarks, he
but rather for identification of those key
merican century.
referred to A. Ray Chamberlain, president,
highways throughout the country that are
challenge you all
and Francis B. Francois, executive director
the arteries for interstate and interregional
of doing business
of AASHTO.
travel or roads that link those routes to
1861
Dec. 18 / Administration of George Bush, 1991
d
major ports, airports, and other critical
Title VII of the bill is intended to resolve
Note: H.R. 2950, approved
ast
transportation facilities. It was a call for
the current inability of the Metropolitan
was assigned Public Law No
dedication of sufficient funds to the Nation-
Washington Airports Authority to pursue its
al Highway System to ensure that projected
program of long-term improvements at Na-
traffic increases on those highways can be
tional and Dulles Airports. The Supreme
accommodated without deterioration in
Court declared a congressional oversight
Statement by Press Secret
their physical condition or ability to move
mechanism in the 1986 legislation creating
traffic. This new law establishes the Nation-
on the Resignation of Free
the Airports Authority to be a violation of
McClure as Assistant to th
al Highway System and provides the funds
the separation of powers principles of the
necessary to keep it performing efficiently.
for Legislative Affairs
Constitution. During congressional consid-
Another major element of our proposal
eration of amendments intended to cure
December 19, 1991
was to provide State and local officials un-
the defects found by the Supreme Court,
precedented flexibility. We proposed to
President Bush today
the Administration expressed the view that
give those officials the discretion to use a
the new Board of Review created by Title
regret the resignation of
major portion of their Federal surface trans-
McClure, 37, who has served
VII would violate the Appointments Clause
portation funds on the improvements that
the President for Legislativ
of the Constitution. We adhere to this view,
would best meet local needs, whether high-
the beginning of the adminis
noting that the matter will now be resolved
way projects or public transit projects. State
resigning to become a directo
in court. I strongly support the shift of these
and local officials have played an ever more
of the management comm
former Federal facilities to regional control,
Southwest Co. in Dallas, TX
important role in project monitoring as the
and my Administration stands ready to
west is a diversified invest
Federal programs have matured. The day
assist in developing legislative amendments
has clearly come for the Federal Govern-
firm. His resignation is effecti
that will not be subject to constitutional
1992.
ment to step back and let its partners play
challenge.
"Fred McClure has servec
the lead role, as this law provides.
This new law gives us the means to im-
tion and creativity," Preside
We all also recognized the need for a
prove our surface transportation system in
larger role for the private sector in helping
when accepting his resignati
the years to come, but it also promotes re- N
directed enormous victories ir.
to meet surface transportation needs. This
search into what surely will be revolution- d
forts ranging from the Ameri
legislation establishes that new private
ary changes in the next century. Intelligent
abilities Act, the Clean Air A
sector role. It is historic because of the
vehicle-highway systems, magnetically levi-
Gulf resolution, the civil right
changes it makes to encourage privatization
of our transportation infrastructure. It re-
tated high-speed ground transportation sys-
ing fast track negotiating aut
tems, and a new transit research partner-
North American free trade ag
moves a number of Federal barriers to pri-
vate sector involvement. It lifts the current
ship with State and local governments are
the recently signed highway ]
general prohibition against financing high-
given new impetus in this law. Further, this
also has been a crucial memb
law provides new tools to ensure that trans-
in ensuring that none of my 2
way improvements with a combination of
portation improvements address the Na-
been overridden when I have
Federal funds and private investment to be
tion's environmental needs. For example, it
to use this tool to ensure th
repaid with toll revenue. Federal funds will
be available to help entrepreneurs who,
provides funds for wetlands mitigation
sound legislation. I am enorm
under contract with appropriate public au-
banks and for transportation projects that
for his advice and support th
thorities, are willing to build or improve
will improve our air quality.
administration."
roads that motorists want and are willing to
Any legislation this comprehensive and
pay to use. The Act will leverage more dol-
involving this much change is sure to raise
ars into the transportation infrastructure
serious policy issues about which reasonable
and create even more jobs.
people will disagree, and this new law has
Executive Order 12784-De
The new law extends the current Federal
been no exception. I commend the major
Authority Regarding the Na
highway traffic safety program, which has
sponsors of this legislation, however, for
Petroleum and Oil Shale Re
roven to be so successful: the fatality rate
staying the course, striking compromises
n our Nation's highways was lower in 1990
among the many conflicting views over the
December 19, 1991
an in any year since records have been
shape of these new programs, and produc-
By the authority vested in
ept. In addition to extending our current
ing this much-needed bill.
dent by the Constitution and
fforts, the law establishes new incentive
George Bush
the United States of America, ir
rant programs to encourage the States to
tion 301 of title 3 and section
ght drunk driving and promote the safety
The White House,
7428 of title 10 of the United
wehicle occupants.
December 18, 1991.
and in order to meet the goals
862
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 16, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVE DEMAREST
DD
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
TRANSPORTATION BILL SIGNING
On Wednesday, December 18th at 10:30 a.m., you will deliver
remarks (approximately 9 minutes) at the signing ceremony for the
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act in Dallas, Texas. The
speech setting is an in-progress construction site for SH 360, a
construction project benefited by this legislation. An audience
of roughly 180 will attend, comprised mainly of construction
workers and transportation officials.
Your speech praises the merits of the transportation bill,
focusing on its job-generating potential. You also speak of the
bearing freer and faster transportation circulation has on
national productivity.
(Smith/Grossman)
Draft Seven
December 16, 1991
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Acting Secretary Busey. Sam Skinner -- former
Transportation Secretary and now our new Chief of Staff. Federal
Highway Administrator Tom Larson. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administrator Gen. Curry. Urban Mass Transit
Administrator Brian Clymer. Honored guests. Fellow Texans.
Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen. //
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will enable us to build and
repair roads, fix bridges, and improve mass transit -- keeping
Americans on the move and our economy on the mend. // But
really, it's summed up by three words -- jobs, jobs, jobs. //
We Americans are united by the idea that tomorrow will be
even better than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts
that idea into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act. It is short-hand for progress:
2
Progress for our infrastructure / for the economy / and I'm proud
to stand here and say this bill is progress for working Americans
all across this great country. //
This Act will pump $10 billion into the economy immediately
-- supporting more than 600,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year --
in Texas alone, more than 41,000 jobs. Many of those workers
will develop sites like these -- demonstrating the combination of
transportation planning, high technology, and teamwork America
needs to prevail in the world marketplace. 11
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. // As a
result of this bill -- on this site alone -- it means 150 jobs
and $31 million dollars in spending. / And the benefits won't
stop at this site. Not far from here, in Plano, a company called
Luminator Mark Four makes products for mass transit systems. I
understand that Luminator hopes to use funds provided by this Act
to expand its work force by 35 percent -- that would be another
150 new jobs -- jobs right here in Texas. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. //
This bill also means investment in America's economic future
-- for an efficient transportation system is necessary for an
efficient and productive economy. // Give Americans the tools to
compete and I'm confident we can out-think / out-perform / and
out-produce anybody, anywhere. //
3
Our bill gives the private sector new incentives to support
our road system. // For instance, this land has been donated by
local business. I am especially proud that Congress accepted our
proposal to help private firms build and operate new private toll
roads. 11 Private toll roads can pay their way -- creating
higher state and local revenues, better services, more
investment, and again, more jobs. //
Here's another part of the bill I like: We have set aside
150 million dollars for an incentive program to prevent drunken
driving and to improve occupant safety. Especially in the
holiday season, it just breaks my heart to see needless tragedy
on our nation's roads. // It's time we got drunk drivers off the
road once and for all. //
As much as anything, by improving our transportation system,
today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
It doesn't require genius to know that in an international
marketplace, a Nation moves no more rapidly than its
infrastructure permits. // Yet, too often, goods are held up or
workers are late to their jobs, because our surface
transportation system isn't up to the job. // I'm glad to say
this bill is going to start changing that. //
Each year, eight billion hours are wasted in traffic delays.
This Act will curb congestion through projects that link highways
like SH 360 and mass transit like the rapid-light rail system
between Dallas, Fort Worth, and DFW Airport. // We have to help
4
the employee who's stuck in traffic -- so that he or she can get
to work and help the economy. The place to start is here. The
time to begin is now. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.' "
// ((Although I'm not sure he had in mind the shape of our
Interstate system.) ) // Our Transportation Act will straighten /
smooth out / and streamline our Nation's highways. It increases
highway spending by forty-eight percent over the next six years -
- enhancing our transportation efficiency by investing in our
155,000-mile National Highway System. //
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic congestion / and
reduce delays for the trucking industry -- thus, letting them
move consumer goods more quickly and at lower cost, and reducing
our dependence on foreign oil. // The new National System will
represent only 4 percent of all public roads -- but will carry 75
percent of intercity truck traffic and 40 percent of all travel.
This system will increase access to American products and
services -- and, ultimately, prosperity. // That's good for
Dallas, good for Texas, and good for America -- and I'm proud of
a bill that makes it happen. //
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business. [[That's
almost, as much money as the total of all the gifts on my
5
grandkids' Christmas wish list this year. ]] // As world trade
grows larger -- as our planet becomes smaller -- an efficient
transportation system will become even more important than it is
today. //
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and get people back to work. //
Thank you again for being here.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 16, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVE DEMAREST DD
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
TRANSPORTATION BILL SIGNING
On Wednesday, December 18th at 10:30 a.m., you will deliver
remarks (approximately 9 minutes) at the signing ceremony for the
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act in Dallas, Texas. The
speech setting is an in-progress construction site for SH 360, a
construction project benefited by this legislation. An audience
of roughly 180 will attend, comprised mainly of construction
workers and transportation officials.
Your speech praises the merits of the transportation bill,
focusing on its job-generating potential. You also speak of the
bearing freer and faster transportation circulation has on
national productivity.
(Smith/Grossman)
Draft Seven
December 16, 1991
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Acting Secretary Busey. Sam Skinner -- former
Transportation Secretary and now our new Chief of Staff. Federal
Highway Administrator Tom Larson. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administrator Gen. Curry. Urban Mass Transit
Administrator Brian Clymer. Honored guests. Fellow Texans.
Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen. //
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will enable us to build and
repair roads, fix bridges, and improve mass transit -- keeping
Americans on the move and our economy on the mend. // But
really, it's summed up by three words -- jobs, jobs, jobs. //
We Americans are united by the idea that tomorrow will be
even better than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts
that idea into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act. It is short-hand for progress:
2
Progress for our infrastructure / for the economy / and I'm proud
to stand here and say this bill is progress for working Americans
all across this great country. //
This Act will pump $10 billion into the economy immediately
-- supporting more than 600,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year --
in Texas alone, more than 41,000 jobs. Many of those workers
will develop sites like these -- demonstrating the combination of
transportation planning, high technology, and teamwork America
needs to prevail in the world marketplace. //
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. // As a
result of this bill -- on this site alone -- it means 150 jobs
and $31 million dollars in spending. / And the benefits won't
stop at this site. Not far from here, in Plano, a company called
Luminator Mark Four makes products for mass transit systems. I
understand that Luminator hopes to use funds provided by this Act
to expand its work force by 35 percent -- that would be another
150 new jobs -- jobs right here in Texas. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. //
This bill also means investment in America's economic future
-- for an efficient transportation system is necessary for an
efficient and productive economy. // Give Americans the tools to
compete and I'm confident we can out-think / out-perform / and
out-produce anybody, anywhere. //
3
Our bill gives the private sector new incentives to support
our road system. // For instance, this land has been donated by
local business. I am especially proud that Congress accepted our
proposal to help private firms build and operate new private toll
roads. // Private toll roads can pay their way -- creating
higher state and local revenues, better services, more
investment, and again, more jobs. //
Here's another part of the bill I like: We have set aside
150 million dollars for an incentive program to prevent drunken
driving and to improve occupant safety. Especially in the
holiday season, it just breaks my heart to see needless tragedy
on our nation's roads. // It's time we got drunk drivers off the
road once and for all. //
As much as anything, by improving our transportation system,
today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
It doesn't require genius to know that in an international
marketplace, a Nation moves no more rapidly than its
infrastructure permits. // Yet, too often, goods are held up or
workers are late to their jobs, because our surface
transportation system isn't up to the job. // I'm glad to say
this bill is going to start changing that. //
Each year, eight billion hours are wasted in traffic delays.
This Act will curb congestion through projects that link highways
like SH 360 and mass transit like the rapid-light rail system
between Dallas, Fort Worth, and DFW Airport. // We have to help
4
the employee who's stuck in traffic -- so that he or she can get
to work and help the economy. The place to start is here. The
time to begin is now. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain."
// ((Although I'm not sure he had in mind the shape of our
Interstate system.) // Our Transportation Act will straighten /
smooth out / and streamline our Nation's highways. It increases
highway spending by forty-eight percent over the next six years -
- enhancing our transportation efficiency by investing in our
155,000-mile National Highway System. //
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic congestion / and
reduce delays for the trucking industry -- thus, letting them
move consumer goods more quickly and at lower cost, and reducing
our dependence on foreign oil. // The new National System will
represent only 4 percent of all public roads -- but will carry 75
percent of intercity truck traffic and 40 percent of all travel.
This system will increase access to American products and
services -- and, ultimately, prosperity. // That's good for
Dallas, good for Texas, and good for America -- and I'm proud of
a bill that makes it happen. //
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business. [[That's
almost, as much money as the total of all the gifts on my
5
grandkids' Christmas wish list this year. ]] // As world trade
grows larger -- as our planet becomes smaller -- an efficient
transportation system will become even more important than it is
today. //
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and get people back to work. //
Thank you again for being here.
#
#
#
#
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Draft Six
December 13, 1991
31 DEC 13 P4: 20
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
Actus BUES
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Shinner.
[[Other Acknowledgments)] Honored
quests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." 11
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. 11
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. 11 It will build roads, fix
bridges, improve mass transit, and create new jobs -- keeping our
traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. 11
((I'm pleased former Transportation Secretary and my new
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner is here. / Sam is from Chicago, and
while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap.) 11
This morning we are not Bears' or Cowboys' fans -- but
Americans united by the idea that tomorrow will be even better
than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts that idea
into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
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Transportation Efficiency Act.
short-hand
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progress:
Progress for our infrastructure / the economy / hope for each
American. //
an additional
This Act will pump $11 billion into the economy immediately
-- creating up to 660,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year -- in
41
Texas alone, more than ,000 jobs. 11 Many of them will develop
sites like these -- showing the kind of transportation planning,
high technology, and teamwork America needs to prevail in the
world marketplace. 11
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. 11 This
Constrution project
nearly $31 million contract will produce 150 jobs -- but it means
more than just jobs at highway construction sites. 11 Not far
Mark Transpatation
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from here, in Plano, a company called Luminator makes products
for mass transit systems. This bill lets Luminator expand its
work force by 35 percent -- that's another 150 new jobs. 11
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
we have already acted a OUT
have ordered speeded up aputting $9.7 billion extra into the
du this bill, wear accelarating another
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. 11 "n Yet
as crucial as jobs are -- this bill means more than jobs alone. 11
This bill loosens federal strings in the state highway
system -- giving state and local transportation officials more
freedom in spending federal dollars. 11 Each year, eight billion
hours are wasted in traffic delays. So this Act will also curb
congestion through projects that link highways like SH 360 and
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mass transit like the rapid-light rail system between Dallas,
Fort North, and DFW. 11
So our bill gives the private sector new incentives to
support our road system. 11 For instance, this land has been
donated by local business. And I am especially proud that
Congress accepted our proposal to private firms build and
ASSIST
operate new private toll roads in rapidly-evolving high-transit
areas. 11 Private toll roads pay their way -- creating higher
state and local revenues, better services, more investment, and
again, more jobs. 11 Finally, by improving our transportation
system, today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. 11
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.'
11 our Transportation Act Facus will Federal straighten / smooth out
(Ir
invertment
on
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ideastion)
the
modernise / and build. It increases highway spending by # 48
6
and improved
percent over the next years -- preserving the integrated
system of 155,000 miles of mainly existing roads that we call the
National Highway system. 11
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic flow / and aid the
trucking industry -- thus, producing better prices on consumer
goods. 11 The national system represents only 4 percent of all
public roads -- but carries 75 per cent of intercity truck
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traffic and 40 per cent of all travel. Improving it will
increase access to American products and services -- and,
ultimately, prosperity. 11
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business $5
writtion
worth
[[That's almost as much money as the
total of all the gifts on my grandkids' Christmas wish list this
year.] ]] 11 As world trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes
smaller -- transportation will mean even more than it does today.
11
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. 11 You knew that
transportation can help keep America "s land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. 11
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting people back to
work. 11 Thank you again for being here.
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Draft One
December 13, 1991
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY
AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
HYATT-REGENCY HOTEL
NOON DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Introductory acknowledgments)
[jokes]
I look out at all of you, people I had the good fortune to
see just a few months ago, and I recall the words of the great
sage, Lawrence Peter Serra: "It's like deja vu all over again."
Yogi always has had a way with words, but since we met in
the Rose Garden this June, a lot of things have happened. The
most important for you: a new revelution in transportation.
What we dreamed about then -- a new transportation bill --
became reality today, not far from here. I signed the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act -- a law that will bring
our transportation policy into the 21st Century and will let us
build -- literally -- a road to the future. 11
You know and I know and all America ought to know: This law
would never have seen the light of day without AASHTO. 11
neber
Although I can't thank all of you by name from this
platform, let me single out your past president, Hal Rives.
MORE
While I'm at it, I'd like to congratulate Hal on finding life
after DOT. He's decided to relax in his retirement by
General
coordinating transportation operations at the Atlanta olympic
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Games in 1996. I don't know, Hal: When most people want to
relax, they go fishing or gelfing or something. 11
I'd also like to thank Sam Skinner, who was my
Transportation Secretary throughout the negotiations on this
bill. Sam pushed and pleaded, he fought and tussled -- and when
things got tense and tough, he even reserted to using sweet
reason with our friends on Capitol Hill. As a result, our dream
-- at least the vast majority of it - became reality.
Now, Sam has to follow his own act. As you know, he became
my chief of staff on Monday, and I look forward to the same kind
(INSERT1
leadership in the White House that Sam provided at DOT. 11
Sam and I have worked from Day One to breathe fresh air into
transportation policy -- to unleash the experience, dilligance,
and vision of the American transportation industry. It really
doesn't take special genius to understand that in an
international marketplace a nation will move no more rapidly than
its infrastructure will permit. Ideas fly around the globe at
light speed - because the infrastructure makes it possible to do
50. But too often, we can't get goods to market quickly, or
parts to manufacturers, or workers to their jobs because our
overburdened surface transportation network can't handle the
traffic.
Our National Transportation Policy starts with common sense.
We know that you don't get anywhere in a traffic Jam. A worker
can't do much for the economy, the family, or the community by
sitting on a highway, listening to the radio.
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We know that a vital part, trapped on & truck, trapped in
traffic, won't do much for the factory that needs it.
We know that a loved one, rushing for an airport, can't
rejoin the family if backlogs on the expressway or the subway or
the mass transit system put everything in limbo.
Things are bad. It really came home this week when Jay Leno
did a little comedy performance at the National Press Club. I
know, the press does a good enough job with political comedy on
its own. 11
Well, he was making fun of a proposal to put microwave ovens
in cars -- that's right, microwave ovens -- so drivers can feed
themselves while they wait. The problem 1s, the proposal is
serious. so I think we'd better dedicate ourselves to a
microwave-free future for OUT highways. 11
The reason's simple: Every hour wasted on overburdened
transportation systems costs us a piece of our future. Every
wasted hour robs us of an hours' labor, and hours' time with
family and friends, an hours' chance to build a nest-egg.
Congestion caused more than 8 billion hours of delay on our
reads. That's 4 million work-years -- in one year!
To put that in perspective, Americans waste more time in
traffic delays than the workers at all our auto companies / all
our electronics companies / all textile companies / all our
lumber companies / and all our furniture manufacturers spend on
the job each year.
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The waiting drains away 150 billion dollars in interstate
commerce alone, and another 34 billion dollars in delays and fuel
costs. Heaven knows what costs the pollution imposes on us.
If people don't think that shabby infrastructure robs us of
our future, they don't know the facts. Sam and I decided early
on to keep America moving -- and to adopt your battle cry: "Let's
get there." 11
our law makes a good start. It invests in our 155,000-mile
National Highway System. These expressways comprise only four
percent of our total public road mileage, but they carry 75
percent of our intereity truck traffic and two-fifths of all our
highway travel. That's efficiency.
More important, our law encourages states to build the roads
they need, net the reads some far-away central planner thinks
they should have. The Highway System created by Dwight
Eisenhewer in 1956 revolutionized American life forever. It
spawned suburbs, cultivated more than 200 new centers of commerce
and culture - edge cities, as they're called in = new book. You
can find a half-dosen such edge cities here in the Dallas-Fort
Worth Metroplex -- places with vast amounts of office space,
shopping space and entertainment space; places that support huge
work populations by day and consumer populations by night.
Where bare fields stood 30 years ago, American enterprise
now thrives. our new transportation law let people move through
these cities and do what they want -- it will pump new life into
our newest cities.
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Those who doubt the impact that a good transportation system
makes should look at the Dallas-Forth Worth area. Roads and
rails have paved the way to progress -- to the more than 500,000
jobs this region has gained in the past decade.
This law also promises to revolutionise transportation by
letting local areas use the money for innevations, such as
privately built toll roads. Construction on such a road will
begin soon just outside of Washington, and a brand-new market for
financing privately built and operated infrastructure suddenly
has begun to appear on Wall Street, These roads actually pay for
themselves, while also returning tax money to the treasury. They
enable us to get the most bang for our buck ---- and to meet our
vast transportation needs. It's a new day -- and the bill we all
worked so hard to pass will foster brand new ways of dealing with
our transportation needs.
The
This law provides 38 billion dollars to improve our existing
national highway system. It sets aside 24 billion dollars to
fund a variety of highway and transit projects. sering localdresson prumis
The measure could trim away as much as 1 billion dollars'
-Traugh
worth of red tape for the trucking industry. INSERT #2
We have set aside 150 million dollars for an incentive
program to prevent drunken driving and DO
undably. After all, our road systems should move our people, not
lead them to their deaths.
Our law will help states meet their environmental
responsibilities without casting aside their duties for building
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these roads, and providing the means for future prosperity,
future growth and jobs.
Last, but not least, this new law will create good American
jobs today, good American jobs tomorrow, and it will build a
foundation for creating more good American jobs for years to
come. The first-year funding of this measure will support up to
660 thousand construction jobs in this fiscal year. But that's
just the start. Privately constructed projects funded with this
money will generate even more jobs.
H won't wait to get this money moving. I've instructed the
Department of Transportation to get the money moving now -- and
to make it easier than ever for states to use the money as they
need it. We will make the vast majority of state money from the
Highway Trust Fund available at the beginning of the year. And
we'll accalerate the release of 300 million dollars for mass
transit projects.
So think of this bill as a highway bill, & mass transit
bill, an environmental bill, a safety bill -- and 1 jobs bill.
It's all of those. But it's also the single most revelutionary
transportation breakthrough in American history.
Earlier today, I stood at & construction site not far from
here, and I thought of the incredible vigor of this region -- all
fueled by transportation infrastructure. A new kind of
exploration and vigor assaile anyone who comes here -- the
hustle, the bustle, the tornado of activity.
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Here in the airport complex roads and railways and airways
link, just as they de in other major cities. Here, people rush
to work, go to meet family and friends, do their work -- and live
their lives. They hurry toward the future -- just through their
ordinary activity.
This law will not solve all our transportation challenges,
but it will make a huge difference -- in every life. This law
will help young fathers rush their wives to a delivery room. It
will enable buses to ferry children safely and swiftly to school.
It will help just-in-time manufacturers receive the parts they
need, when they need them. It will help auto companies get new
care from factories to showrooms. It will keep America where it
belongs -- in the passing lane.
is Metaphor
In the movie "Field of Dreams," a mysterious voice tells
1 been
id by
Kevin Costner, "If you build 1t, they will come." Well, if we
m. Magnihan
build our roads and railways, our airlinks and our bridges. If
d others To
tack new
we repair what we have and build what we need, the whole world
hway
will come -- to watch, to enjoy, and to do business.
issuction
15
My friends, we will build it - and they will come.
A means of
leviating
Our surface transportation network has transformed America
sestion.
from a nation of relatively isolated villages and towns into a
5.1
will
thriving network of cities and states, counties and townships --
II have
all fitting together, working together, joining to shape & rich
and exciting future.
II.
Every American understands the transportation's role in this
progress. When we talk about economic renewal, we say we want to
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8
get America moving. When we talk about any kind of progress, we
talk about getting things moving. INSERT Well, the time for talk has
come to an end. Today, we start doing. 11
The roads are equal opportunity escorts to the future -- all
our futures. so let's get the job done.
Thank you. May God bless each of you and the United States
of America.
#
#
#
#
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INSERT 1 (at beginning of third paragraph, before "Sam and I")
The story behind our Transportation act is one of
accountability / of keeping our commitments to you, the people who
make our transportation systems work. For example, not long after
taking office, I asked our new Transportation Secretary -- now my
chief of staff - to develop a comprehensive national
transportation strategy. We promised to include you --- the people
who make our transportation systems work -- to help us craft that
vision. And you did.
Shortly after we unveiled our National Transportation Policy,
back in March of 1990, the Federal Highway Administration began
crafting at new surface transportation bill. You came to us with
America's transportation needs -- greater infrastructure
investment, more flexibility, and new, innovation solutions. We
not only met those needs, but told Congress that transportation
was a top domestic agenda. I remember talking to many of you in
the Rose Garden last June, hammering home the importance of this
legislation to America -- to jobs, to economic growth, and to our
competitiveness abroad.
INSERT TWO -- line 19, page five, fourth paragraph:
The measure also provides for interstate truckers to register
their vehicles, their liability insurance, their Interstate
Commerce Commission operation authority, and their mileage for
state fuel tax payments in one base state. Until now, truckers
had to do this in each of the numerous states in which they
operate. This feature alone could trim away as much as $1 billion
dollars' worth of red tape for the trucking industry a year.
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4
We promised dramatically increased spending for
infrastructure. The final bill provides $38 billion of
dedicated funding to improve the NHS.
We promised state and local officials -- those of you
here today -- that we would give you the flexibility to
address your unique transportation problems in
innovative and responsive ways. The final bill
consolidated a number of categories into a new $24
billion program to fund a variety of highway and
transit uses.
We promised to increase spending and expand
programs for highway safety. The new law sets aside
$150 million for a new incentive grant program
directed at drunk driving and improved occupant
protection.
We promised to enhance the environmental
compatibility of U.S. transportation systems. The law I
signed today contains a host of measures to help
states meet their environmental needs, including
making funds available for wetlands mitigation.
We also promised to advance the development of U.S.
transportation technology. The new law provides
increased funds to do that. A major emphasis will be
on research for intelligent vehicle and highway
systems. The bill also invests in our future in another
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way: It provides the impetus for the research and
development of high speed rail systems, including
magnetically-levitated trains.
A New Jobs Bill to Help Put America Back to Work
So our new transportation bill is a highway bill, a mass
transit bill, an environmental bill, and a safety bill all
wrapped up into one. Above all, though, it's a jobs
bill. That's why it's just the right present America
needs this Christmas season.
In fact, there are three things I would like to
underscore about the importance of our new
transportation bill. It will create jobs. It will create
jobs. It will create jobs.
Just how many jobs? When I signed the DOT
Appropriations Bill, I pointed out that we had an $11
billion shortfall between what appeared to be
available for highway projects and what the states
could actually spend. This bill corrects that shortfall
and will support up to 660,000 jobs over the fiscal
year.
But I know, as you do, that we need to get these new
funds in the pipeline just as soon as possible. I am
directing the Department of Transportation to
expedite the implementation of this new act. We will
BUDGET OFFICE UNITED THE OFFICE OF THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
OF SW
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
DEC 1 6 1991
NOTICE:
Enclosed are comments from staff members of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). Such comments do not necessarily
represent the official position of the Director of OMB or of the
Office of Management and Budget. If you wish to have the
Director's personal comments, please let me know -- and contact
me if you have any questions.
If our proposed substantive changes are not made, please let
us know before the material is prepared in final.
James C. Marr
Associate Director for
Legislative Reference
and Administration
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Document No. 29294lss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
12/13/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON, Monday, Dec. 16
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
SUBJECT:
DALLAS, TEXAS 12/18/91
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
BOSKIN
CARD
ANDERSON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments of the attached directly to
Tony Snow, RM 122 EOB, Ext. 2930 not later than NOON, MONDAY,
DECEMBER 16, 1991, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE: See comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
Draft Six
December 13, 1991
91 DEC 13 P4: 20
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Secretary Skinner. [[0ther Acknowledgments]] Honored
guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will build roads, fix
bridges, improve mass transit, and create new jobs -- keeping our
traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. //
((I'm pleased former Transportation Secretary and my new
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner is here. / Sam is from Chicago, and
while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap. )) //
This morning we are not Bears' or Cowboys' fans -- but
Americans united by the idea that tomorrow will be even better
than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts that idea
into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
2
Transportation Efficiency Act of1991. It is short-hand is progress:
Martin
x4864
Progress for our infrastructure / the economy / hope for each
American. //
10
This Act will pump $11 billion into the economy immediately
-- creating up to 660 000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year -- in
over500,000
-
Hale
Texas alone, more than 89,000 jobs. // Many of them will develop
+3120
sites like these -- showing the kind of transportation planning,
high technology, and teamwork America needs to prevail in the
world marketplace. //
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. // This
nearly $31 million contract will produce 150 jobs -- but it means
more than just jobs at highway construction sites. // Not far
from here, in Plano, a company called Luminator makes products
for mass transit systems. This bill lets Luminator expand its
work force by 35 percent -- that's another 150 new jobs. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. // Yet
as crucial as jobs are -- this bill means more than jobs alone. //
This bill loosens federal strings in the state highway
system -- giving state and local transportation officials more
freedom in spending federal dollars. // Each year, eight billion
hours are wasted in traffic delays. So this Act will also curb
Hale
congestion through projects that link highways like SH 360 and
+3120
3
mass transit like the rapid light rail system between Dallas,
Fort Worth, and DFW. //
So Our bill gives the private sector new incentives to
support our road system. // For instance, this land has been
donated by local business. And I am especially proud that
Congress accepted our proposal to let private firms build and
operate new private toll roads in rapidly-evolving high-transit
areas. // Private toll roads pay their way -- creating higher
state and local revenues, better services, more investment, and
again, more jobs. // Finally, by improving our transportation
system, today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. "
// Our Transportation Act will straighten / smooth out /
modernize / and build. It increases highway spending by 39
refers. toind
our
percent over the next five years -- preserving the integrated
proposal
Halp
system of 155,000 miles of mainly existing roads that we call the
x3120
National Highway System. //
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic flow / and aid the
trucking industry -- thus, producing better prices on consumer
goods. // The national system represents only 4 percent of all
public roads -- but carries 75 per cent of intercity truck
4
traffic and 40 per cent of all travel. Improving it will
increase access to American products and services -- and,
ultimately, prosperity. //
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business with $5
trillion worth of assets. [[That's almost as much money as the
total of all the gifts on my grandkids' Christmas wish list this
year. ]] // As world trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes
smaller -- transportation will mean even more than it does today.
//
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting people back to
work. // Thank you again for being here.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 29294lss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 DEC 13 P5: 43
DATE:
12/13/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON, Monday, Dec. 16
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
SUBJECT:
DALLAS, TEXAS 12/18/91
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
offer 2:00Pm
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH N/C
BROMLEY
SMITH
BOSKIN
CARD
ANDERSON N/V
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
SNOW
GRAY Hind 2896 N/C
Findlay/Skinner
HOLIDAY running
late 1PM
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments of the attached directly to
Tony Snow, RM 122 EOB, Ext. 2930 not later than NOON, MONDAY,
DECEMBER 16, 1991, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
Draft Six
December 13, 1991
91 DEC 13 P4: 20
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Secretary Skinner. [[Other Acknowledgments] Honored
guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will build roads, fix
bridges, improve mass transit, and create new jobs -- keeping our
traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. //
((I'm pleased former Transportation Secretary and my new
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner is here. / Sam is from Chicago, and
while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap.) ) //
This morning we are not Bears' or Cowboys' fans -- but
Americans united by the idea that tomorrow will be even better
than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts that idea
into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
2
Transportation Efficiency Act. It is short-hand is progress:
Progress for our infrastructure / the economy / hope for each
American. //
This Act will pump $11 billion into the economy immediately
-- creating up to 660,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year -- in
Texas alone, more than 89,000 , jobs. // Many of them will develop
sites like these -- showing the kind of transportation planning,
high technology, and teamwork America needs to prevail in the
world marketplace. //
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. // This
nearly $31 million contract will produce 150 jobs -- but it means
more than just jobs at highway construction sites. // Not far
from here, in Plano, a company called Luminator makes products
for mass transit systems. This bill lets Luminator expand its
work force by 35 percent -- that's another 150 new jobs. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. // Yet
as crucial as jobs are -- this bill means more than jobs alone. //
This bill loosens federal strings in the state highway
system -- giving state and local transportation officials more
freedom in spending federal dollars. // Each year, eight billion
hours are wasted in traffic delays. So this Act will also curb
congestion through projects that link highways like SH 360 and
3
mass transit like the rapid-light rail system between Dallas,
Fort Worth, and DFW. //
So our bill gives the private sector new incentives to
support our road system. // For instance, this land has been
donated by local business. And I am especially proud that
Congress accepted our proposal to let private firms build and
operate new private toll roads in rapidly-evolving high-transit
areas. // Private toll roads pay their way -- creating higher
state and local revenues, better services, more investment, and
again, more jobs. // Finally, by improving our transportation
system, today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways [I'm
,
(Boskin)
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.
// Our Transportation Act will straighten / smooth out /
modernize / and build. It increases highway spending by 39
percent over the next five years -- preserving the integrated
system of 155,000 miles of mainly existing roads that we call the
National Highway System. //
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic flow / and aid the
trucking industry -- thus, producing better prices on consumer
goods. // The national system represents only 4 percent of all
public roads -- but carries 75 per cent of intercity truck
4
traffic and 40 per cent of all travel. Improving it will
increase access to American products and services -- and,
ultimately, prosperity. / /
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business with $5
trillion worth of assets. [[That's almost as much money as the
total of all the gifts on my grandkids' Christmas wish list this
year. ]] / / As world trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes
smaller -- transportation will mean even more than it does today.
//
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting people back to
work. // Thank you again for being here.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 29294lss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
P3:48
DATE:
12/13/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON, Monday, Dec. 16
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
SUBJECT:
DALLAS, TEXAS 12/18/91
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
BOSKIN
CARD
ANDERSON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments of the attached directly to
Tony Snow, RM 122 EOB, Ext. 2930 not later than NOON, MONDAY,
DECEMBER 16, 1991, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE: Comments from Cabinet Affairs are attached. Note the
general comment from the Labor Department attached also.
Thanks,
E
Elizabeth Luttig
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
Draft Six
December 13, 1991
31 DEC 13 P4: 20
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Secretary Skinner. [[0ther Acknowledgments] Honored
guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement. //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will build roads, fix
bridges, improve mass transit, and create new jobs -- keeping our
americans (Energy)
(traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. //
((I'm pleased former Transportation Secretary and my new
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner is here. / Sam is from Chicago, and
while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap.)) //
This morning we are not Bears' or Cowboys' fans -- but
Americans united by the idea that tomorrow will be even better
Our interest in Keeping anvica moring (Enengy)
than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts that idea
into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
2
In
it means gowth
Transportation Efficiency Act. It is short-hand is progress:
Progress for our infrastructure / the economy / hope and for each
Gown
American // (Energy)
This Act will pump $11 billion into the economy immediately
over 600,000 jobs (OMB/DOT) /
-- creating up to 660, 000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year -- in
Texas alone, more than 89,000 jobs. // Many of them will develop
sites like these -- showing the kind of transportation planning,
high technology, and teamwork America needs to prevail in the
world marketplace. //
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. // This
nearly $31 million contract will produce 150 jobs -- but it means
more than just jobs at highway construction sites. // Not far
from here, in Plano, a company called Luminator makes products
for mass transit systems. This bill lets Luminator expand its
work force by 35 percent -- that's another 150 new jobs. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. // Yet
as crucial as jobs are -- this bill means more than jobs alone. //
This bill loosens federal strings in the state highway
system -- giving state and local transportation officials more
freedom in spending federal dollars. // Each year, eight billion
hours are wasted in traffic delays. So this Act will also curb
congestion 1 through projects that link highways like SH 360 and
3
mass transit like the rapid-light rail system between Dallas,
Fort Worth, and DFW. //
So our bill gives the private sector new incentives to
support our road system. // For instance, this land has been
donated by local business. And I am especially proud that
Congress accepted our proposal to let private firms build and
operate new private toll roads in rapidly-evolving high-transit
growing (Energy)
trattic (auggy)
areas. // Private toll roads (conKenngy) pay their way -- creating higher
state and local revenues, better services, more investment, and
again, more jobs. // #(Enngy) Finally, by improving our transportation
system, today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain."
// Our Transportation Act will straighten / smooth out /
Streamine (Energy)
modernize / and build. It increases highway spending by 39
percent over the next five years -- preserving the integrated
system of 155,000 miles of mainly existing roads that we call the
National Highway System. //
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
increase
will improve road conditions / ease traffic flow / and aid the energy
trucking industry -- thus, producing better prices on consumer
efficiency /
goods // The national system represents only 4 percent of all
public roads -- but carries 75 per cent of intercity truck
and reducing our dependence
on imported oil (Enengy)
4
Consibutes Not
traffic and 40 per cent of all travel. Improving it will
increase only to our transportation Objectives but our National Energy trategy (Enengy) and,
access to American products and services
to our
ultimately, prosperity. //
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business with $5
trillion worth of assets. [[That's almost as much money as the
total of all the gifts on my grandkids' Christmas wish list this
year. ]] 11 As world trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes
smaller transportation will mean even more than it does today.
Charing the MOSE Modern efficient (Grengy)
//
to Mehrcining and improving the
quality of life for every american (Gregy)
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting (Enangy) people back to
work. // Thank you again for being here.
#
#
#
#
12.
16.
91
12:01 PM
*DOL
OCIA
P O 2
U.S. Department of Labor
Assistant Secretary for
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affaire
UNITED OTLARIA of
Washington, D.C. 20210
UNITED STATES THE
December 16, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Elizabeth Luttig
FROM:
FRANCES C. McNAUGHT
SUBJECT:
city of Dallas' Urban Mass Transportation
Administration (UMTA) Grant Certification
This information is submitted due to the signing of the highway
bill expected to be conducted on Wednesday in the Dallas area.
There is no problem, but this is informational only.
The city of Dallas made an application for a grant under Section
9 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act in January 1991. This
grant request was submitted to assist the McKinney Avenue Transit
Authority (MATA) in operating a historic streetcar system in
Dallas. The McKinney Avenue grant has been approved by UMTA,
however, before the funds can be released, the Department of
Labor (DOL) must issue a certification. Under Section 13 (c), the
Urban Mass Transportation Act requires the Department of Labor
(DOL) to certify the program in the grant request that would
protect public transit workers who are adversely affected as a
result of the grant project.
On September 10, 1991, MATA submitted to DOL a Section 13 (c)
arrangement which was rejected by the Department on September 25.
According to DOL's Bureau of Labor Management Relations and
Cooperative Programs (BLMRCP), the protective agreement was
rejected because the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) still had
concerns about the agreement. On November 1, Dallas Mayor
Annette Strauss wrote the President asking for assistance in
getting DOL certification of the UMTA grant. In response to that
letter, BLMRCP has sent a reply giving the status of the
negotiations between MATA and the ATU. On December 5, DOL met
with representatives of MATA and the ATU. During this meeting,
progress was made toward reaching an arrangement which will
protect the interests of the public transit workers. The grant
certification is expected to be given soon after the talks
between the ATU and MATA have concluded.
cc: John Schall, Chief of Staff, Department of Labor
Delbert Spurlock, Deputy Secretary of Labor
Fred McClure, Assistant to the President
Document No. 292941ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 DEC 16 P | : | |
DATE:
12/13/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON, Monday, Dec. 16
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
SUBJECT:
DALLAS, TEXAS 12/18/91
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
BOSKIN
CARD
ANDERSON
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments of the attached directly to
Tony Snow, RM 122 EOB, Ext. 2930 not later than NOON, MONDAY,
DECEMBER 16, 1991, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
To
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
Take Sinner. DEC 13
out part
Draft Six
December 13, 1991
P4: 20
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
on
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Secretary Skinner. [[0ther Acknowledgments] Honored
guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement. " //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will build roads, fix
bridges, improve mass transit, and create new jobs -- keeping our
traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. //
((I'm pleased former Transportation Secretary and my new
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner is here. / Sam is from Chicago, and
while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap. )) //
This morning we are not Bears' or Cowboys' fans -- but
Americans united by the idea that tomorrow will be even better
than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts that idea
into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
2
Transportation Efficiency Act. It is short-hand is progress:
Progress for our infrastructure / the economy / hope for each
American. //
This Act will pump $11 billion into the economy immediately
-- creating up to 660,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year -- in
Texas alone, more than 89,000 jobs. // Many of them will develop
sites like these -- showing the kind of transportation planning,
high technology, and teamwork America needs to prevail in the
world marketplace. //
As a result
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. , it This this bill,
or
on this site alone
nearly $31 million contract will produce 150 jobs
but it means
mares
more than just jobs at highway construction sites. // Not far
from here, in Plano, a company called Luminator makes products
for mass transit systems. This bill lets Luminator expand its
work force by 35 percent -- that's another 150 new jobs. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. // Yet
as crucial as jobs are -- this bill means more than jobs alone. //
This bill loosens federal strings in the state highway
It also
system -- giving state and local transportation officials more
freedom in spending federal dollars.
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Each year, eight billion
investment
hours are wasted in traffic delays. So this Act will also curb
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economic futurficient
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Fort Worth, and DFW. //
So our bill gives the private sector new incentives to
support our road system. // For instance, this land has been
donated by local business. And I am especially proud that
Congress accepted our proposal to let private firms build and
operate new private toll roads in rapidly-evolving high-transit
areas. // Private toll roads pay their way -- creating higher
state and local revenues, better services, more investment, and
again, more jobs. // Finally, by improving our transportation
This
system, today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
major
a
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
point
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
deserver
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain."
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percent over the next five years -- preserving the integrated
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system of 155,000 miles of mainly existing roads that we call the
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I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic flow / and aid the
trucking industry -- thus, producing better prices on consumer
goods. // The national system represents only 4 percent of all
public roads but carries 75 per cent of intercity truck
4
traffic and 40 per cent of all travel. Improving it will
increase access to American products and services -- and,
ultimately, prosperity. //
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business with $5
trillion worth of assets. [[That's almost as much money as the
total of all the gifts on my grandkids' Christmas wish list this
year. ]] / / As world trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes
smaller -- transportation will mean even more than it does today.
//
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting people back to
work. // Thank you again for being here.
#
#
#
#
6PSP.
City
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DATE:
12/13/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON, Monday, Dec. 16
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
SUBJECT:
DALLAS, TEXAS 12/18/91
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
BOSKIN
CARD
ANDERSON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments of the attached directly to
Tony Snow, RM 122 EOB, Ext. 2930 not later than NOON, MONDAY,
DECEMBER 16, 1991, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
Draft Six
December 13, 1991
31 DEC 13 P4: 20
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Secretary Skinner. [[Other Acknowledgments]] Honored
guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. 11 It will build roads, fix
bridges, improve mass transit, and create new jobs -- keeping our
traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. //
((I'm pleased former Transportation Secretary and my new
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner is here. / Sam is from Chicago, and
while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap. )) //
This morning we are not Bears' or Cowboys' fans -- but
Americans united by the idea that tomorrow will be even better
than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts that idea
into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface.
2
Transportation Efficiency Act. It is short-hand is progress:
Progress for our infrastructure / the economy / hope for each
American. //
This Act will pump $11 billion into the economy immediately
-- creating up to 660,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year -- in
you
Texas alone more than 89,000 jobs. // Many of them will develop
sites like these -- showing the kind of transportation planning,
high technology, and teamwork America needs to prevail
in the
world marketplace. //
Subere
actif
Today's event confirms that America will prevail.
/
This
this
nearly $31 million contract will produce 150 jobs -- but it means
Desney
more than just jobs at highway construction sites. // Not far
takes
from here, in Plano, a company called Luminator makes products
plan
for mass transit systems. This bill lets Luminator expand its
work force by 35 percent -- that's another 150 new jobs. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
This
put people back to work. It is the government programs
I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
add tou
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. // Yet
as crucial as jobs are -- this bill means more than jobs alone. //
This bill loosens federal strings in the state highway
system -- giving state and local transportation officials more
freedom, in spending federal dollars. // Each year, eight billion
hours are wasted in traffic delays. So this Act will also curb
congestion through projects that link highways Tike SH 360 and
3
mass transit like the rapid-light rail system between Dallas,
Fort Worth, and DFW. 11
So our bill gives the private sector new incentives to
support our road system. // For instance, this land has been
donated by local business. And I am especially proud that
Congress accepted our proposal to let private firms build and
operate new private toll roads in rapidly-evolving high-transit
areas. // Private toll roads pay their way -- creating higher
state and local revenues, better services, more investment, and
again, more jobs. // Finally, by improving our transportation
system, today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. "
// Our Transportation Act will straighten / smooth out /
modernize / and build. It increases highway spending by
39
percent over the next five years -- preserving the integrated
required
system of 155,000 miles of mainly existing roads that we call the
National Highway System.
L
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic flow / and aid the
trucking industry -- thus, producing better prices on consumer
goods. 11 The national system represents only 4 percent of all
public roads -- but carriés 75 per cent of intercity truck
4
traffic and 40 per cent of all travel. Improving it will
increase access to American products and services -- and,
ultimately, prosperity. //
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business with $5
trillion worth of assets. [[That's almost as much money as the
total of all the gifts on my grandkids' Christmas wish list this
year. ]] // As world trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes
smaller -- transportation will mean even more than it does today.
//
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting people back to
work. // Thank you again for being here.
#
#
#
#
SENT BY:The TICKET CENTER
12-16-91 ; 11:26 ; LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS-
6218;# 2
Document No.
292941ss
ALL: 36
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
12/13/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON, Monday, Dec. 16
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
SUBJECT:
DALLAS, TEXAS 12/18/91
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
BOSKIN
CARD
ANDERSON
DEMAREST
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments of the attached directly to
Tony Snow, RM 122 EOB, Ext. 2930 not later than NOON, MONDAY,
DECEMBER 16, 1991, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Shown - Comments Artached
Arnie -
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
SENT BY:The TICKET CENTER
12-16-91 ; 11:26 ; LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS-
6218;# 3
(Smith/Grossman)
Draft Six
December 13, 1991
31 DEC 13 P4: 20
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
COS
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Secretary Skinner. [Other Acknowledgments]] Honored
guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." 11
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. 11
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. 11 It will build roads, fix
bridges, improve mass transit, and create new jobs -- keeping our
traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. 11
((I'm pleased former Transportation Secretary and my new
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner is here. / Sam is from Chicago, and
while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap.)) 11
This morning we are not Bears' or Cowboys' fans -- but
Americans united by the idea that tomorrow will be even better
than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts that idea
into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface.
SENT BY:The TICKET CENTER
12-16-91 ; 11:27 ; LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS-
6218;# 4
2
In
Transportation Efficiency Act.
short-hand
progress:
Progress for our infrastructure / the economy / hope for each
American. 11
This Act will pump $11 billion into the economy immediately
-- creating up to 660,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year -- in
Texas alone, more than 89,000 jobs. 11 Many of them will develop
sites like these -- showing the kind of transportation planning,
high technology, and teamwork America needs to prevail in the
world marketplace. 11
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. 11 This
nearly $31 million contract will produce 150 jobs -- but it means
more than just jobs at highway construction sites. 11 Not far
from here, in Plano, a company called Luminator makes products
for mass transit systems. This bill lets Luminator expand its
work force by 35 percent -- that's another 150 new jobs. 11
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. 11 Yet
as crucial as jobs are -- this bill means more than jobs alone. 11
This bill loosens federal strings in the state highway
system -- giving state and local transportation officials more
freedom in spending federal dollars. // Each year, eight billion
hours are wasted in traffic delays. So this Act will also curb
congestion through projects that link highways like SH 360 and
SENT BY:The TICKET CENTER
12-16-91 ; 11:27 ; LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS-
6218;# 5
3
mass transit like the rapid-light rail system between Dallas,
Fort Worth, and DFW. 11
so our bill gives the private sector new incentives to
support our road system. 11 For instance, this land has been
donated by local business. And I am especially proud that
Congress accepted our proposal to let private firms build and
operate new private toll roads in rapidly-evolving high-transit
areas. 11 Private toll roads pay their way -- creating higher
state and local revenues, better services, more investment, and
again, more jobs. 11 Finally, by improving our transportation
system, today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America - America moves the world. 11
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain."
11 Our Transportation Act will straighten / smooth out /
modernize / and build. It increases highway spending by 39
percent over the next five years -- preserving the integrated
system of 155,000 miles of mainly existing roads that we call the
National Highway System. 11
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic flow / and aid the
trucking industry -- thus, producing better prices on consumer
goods. 11 The national system represents only 4 percent of all
public roads -- but carries 75 per cent of intercity truck
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traffic and 40 per cent of all travel. Improving it will
increase access to American products and services -- and,
ultimately, prosperity. //
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business with $5
trillion worth of assets. [[That's almost as much money as the
total of all the gifts on my grandkids' Christmas wish list this
year. 11 11 AS world trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes
smaller -- transportation will mean even more than it does today.
11
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process - my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. 11
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. 11 You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. 11
The future of American transportation begins today. so God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting people back to
work. 11 Thank you again for being here.
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December 13, 1991
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Secretary Skinner. [[Other Acknowledgments]] Honored
guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement. " //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will build roads, fix
bridges, improve mass transit, and create new jobs -- keeping our
traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. //
((I'm pleased former Transportation Secretary and my new
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner is here. / Sam is from Chicago, and
while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap. )) //
This morning we are not Bears' or Cowboys' fans -- but
Americans united by the idea that tomorrow will be even better
than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts that idea
into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
2
Transportation Efficiency Act. It is short-hand is progress:
Progress for our infrastructure / the economy / hope for each
American. //
This Act will pump $11 billion into the economy immediately
-- creating up to 660,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year -- in
Texas alone, more than 89,000 jobs. // Many of them will develop
sites like these -- showing the kind of transportation planning,
high technology, and teamwork America needs to prevail in the
world marketplace. //
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. // This
nearly $31 million contract will produce 150 jobs -- but it means
more than just jobs at highway construction sites. // Not far
from here, in Plano, a company called Luminator makes products
for mass transit systems. This bill lets Luminator expand its
work force by 35 percent -- that's another 150 new jobs. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. // Yet
as crucial as jobs are -- this bill means more than jobs alone. / /
This bill loosens federal strings in the state highway
system -- giving state and local transportation officials more
freedom in spending federal dollars. // Each year, eight billion
hours are wasted in traffic delays. So this Act will also curb
congestion through projects that link highways like SH 360 and
3
mass transit like the rapid-light rail system between Dallas,
Fort Worth, and DFW. //
So our bill gives the private sector new incentives to
support our road system. // For instance, this land has been
donated by local business. And I am especially proud that
Congress accepted our proposal to let private firms build and
operate new private toll roads in rapidly-evolving high-transit
areas. // Private toll roads pay their way -- creating higher
state and local revenues, better services, more investment, and
again, more jobs. // Finally, by improving our transportation
system, today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain."
// Our Transportation Act will straighten / smooth out /
modernize / and build. It increases highway spending by 39
percent over the next five years -- preserving the integrated
system of 155,000 miles of mainly existing roads that we call the
National Highway System. / /
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic flow / and aid the
trucking industry -- thus, producing better prices on consumer
goods. // The national system represents only 4 percent of all
public roads -- but carries 75 per cent of intercity truck
4
traffic and 40 per cent of all travel. Improving it will
increase access to American products and services -- and,
ultimately, prosperity. / /
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business with $5
trillion worth of assets. [[That's almost as much money as the
total of all the gifts on my grandkids' Christmas wish list this
year. ]] / / As world trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes
smaller -- transportation will mean even more than it does today.
//
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting people back to
work. // Thank you again for being here.
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Draft Six
December 13, 1991
TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Secretary Skinner. [[0ther Acknowledgments]] Honored
guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement. " //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will build roads, fix
bridges, improve mass transit, and create new jobs -- keeping our
traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. //
((I'm pleased former Transportation Secretary and my new
Chief of Staff Sam Skinner is here. / Sam is from Chicago, and
while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap. )) //
This morning we are not Bears' or Cowboys' fans -- but
Americans united by the idea that tomorrow will be even better
than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts that idea
into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
2
Transportation Efficiency Act. It is short-hand is progress:
Progress for our infrastructure / the economy / hope for each
American. //
This Act will pump $11 billion into the economy immediately
-- creating up to 660,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year -- in
Texas alone, more than 89,000 jobs. // Many of them will develop
sites like these -- showing the kind of transportation planning,
high technology, and teamwork America needs to prevail in the
world marketplace. //
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. // This
nearly $31 million contract will produce 150 jobs -- but it means
more than just jobs at highway construction sites. // Not far
from here, in Plano, a company called Luminator makes products
for mass transit systems. This bill lets Luminator expand its
work force by 35 percent -- that's another 150 new jobs. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. // Yet
as crucial as jobs are -- this bill means more than jobs alone. / /
This bill loosens federal strings in the state highway
system -- giving state and local transportation officials more
freedom in spending federal dollars. // Each year, eight billion
hours are wasted in traffic delays. So this Act will also curb
congestion through projects that link highways like SH 360 and
3
mass transit like the rapid-light rail system between Dallas,
Fort Worth, and DFW. //
So our bill gives the private sector new incentives to
support our road system. // For instance, this land has been
donated by local business. And I am especially proud that
Congress accepted our proposal to let private firms build and
operate new private toll roads in rapidly-evolving high-transit
areas. // Private toll roads pay their way -- creating higher
state and local revenues, better services, more investment, and
again, more jobs. // Finally, by improving our transportation
system, today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. "
// Our Transportation Act will straighten / smooth out /
modernize / and build. It increases highway spending by 39
percent over the next five years -- preserving the integrated
system of 155,000 miles of mainly existing roads that we call the
National Highway System. //
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic flow / and aid the
trucking industry -- thus, producing better prices on consumer
goods. // The national system represents only 4 percent of all
public roads -- but carries 75 per cent of intercity truck
4
traffic and 40 per cent of all travel. Improving it will
increase access to American products and services -- and,
ultimately, prosperity. //
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business with $5
trillion worth of assets. [[That's almost as much money as the
total of all the gifts on my grandkids' Christmas wish list this
year. ]] / / As world trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes
smaller -- transportation will mean even more than it does today.
//
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting people back to
work. // Thank you again for being here.
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ROOM 450
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1991
Four days ago, I stood at a blessed shrine -- Pearl Harbor -
- and talked of a victory for all America. / I refer to World
War II -- where brave men and women gave their lives so that our
Nation might be free. //
Today, we celebrate another victory for all America. It is
a triumph which will build roads, fix bridges, and create new
jobs -- keeping our traffic on the rise and our economy on the
mend. / /
((You know, when Sam Skinner told me about this
transportation event, he said, "How would you like to have a
moving experience?" // Who says Sam won't bring humor to the
White House?) ) //
What this Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act really
brings is hope. // First, hope for our infrastructure. // It
contains a percent increase in Highway Funding -- focusing
I
federal investment in perhaps Dwight Eisenhower's greatest legacy
as President -- the 150,000 mile National Highway System. //
The bill also includes more flexibility for state and local
transportation officials on how federal dollars are spent / more
capital investment for transit / and incentives for greater use
of private funds to support our road system. // By loosening
2
federal strings in the state highway systems -- and showing the
federal, state, and community partnership at its best -- the bill
helps meet local needs, not burden local officials. //
Next, this Act brings hope to the economy. // It is part of
steps we have taken to speed up a number of government programs -
- putting $9.7 billion into the economy during the first and
second quarters of the fiscal year. //
In the process, this bill will bring hope to individuals --
creating an estimated new jobs. I don't mean make-work. I
mean real work. // Half-a-millennia ago, an inscription on one
of Columbua' caravans read, "Following the sun, we left the old
world. " // The Transportation Act will keep America on the move
-- spurring jobs from - to to - to . //
-
((Let's be honest. The state of some of our highways is
reflected in an updated version of an old song I heard the other
day. // "You take the high road, and I'll take the low road, and
I'll hit a pot-hole before you. ") ) //
Our transportation bill can help change all that. // It
will increase access to American products and services -- and in
the process, to prosperity. // It will enhance the
transportation system which is the lifeblood of America --
allowing us to compete -- and prevail -- in the marketplace of
global competition. //
Think of it. Transportation is a $800 billion a year
business with $5 trillion worth of assets. [[
]] // As world
trade grows larger -- as our planet becomes smaller --
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transportation will mean even more than it does now. This bill
will -- literally -- help pave the way for the New American
Century. //
I began by talking of Pearl Harbor. I remember how it was
during World War II. Our troops -- tanks -- supplies -- materiel
-- relied on the trains and planes and highways of America. //
They helped win the war and, thus, the peace. Our challenge now
is to help transportation make peace even better. Remember:
When we move America / America moves the world. //
To the Congressional leaders, my thanks for passing this
bill. To its co-sponsors -- and -- my appreciation. Most
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of all, to Americans who made their voices heard -- a Nation's
gratitude. You showed why DeTocqueville called America "a land
of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every
change seems an improvement. " //
God bless all of you, and this blessed land. Now, it is my
great pleasure to officially sign the Surface Transportation
Reauthorization Act.
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Draft Three
December 17, 1991
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY
AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
HYATT-REGENCY HOTEL
DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
NOON
Skinner Actin Secz Busey Pres, AASHTO: Ray Chamberlain From AASHTO presidents:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
[Introductory acknowledgments] Hal Rives + Kermit Instice.
[jokes]
AASHTO UP Wayne Muri
I look out at all of you, people I had the good fortune to
Exec Din AASHTS: Frank Francois )
see just a few months ago, and I recall the words of the great
sage, Lawrence Peter Berra: "It's like deja vu all over again."
Yogi always has had a way with words, but since we met in
the Rose Garden this June, a lot of things have happened. The
most important for you: a revolution in transportation.
What we dreamed about then -- a new transportation bill --
today became a reality, not far from here. I signed the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act -- a law that
will bring our transportation policy into the 21st Century and
will let us build -- literally -- a road to the future. 11
This bill culminates more than two years of hard work by my
administration. It also shows off two themes that define our
approach to making things happen. First, Define a mission and
accomplish it. Early on, we defined our mission -- to lay the
foundation for the most significant revolution in American
transportation history. We understood that a transportation
system provides mobility, the lifeblood of the modern economy.
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Second, don't define your missions in isolation. Know how they
will make life better for everyone We pursued our revolution
because it moved us closer to our three top domestic priorities:
jobs, jobs and jobs.
Sam Skinner did a splendid job in framing our National
Transportation Strategy, and in building its cornerstone, the law
I signed today. He did such a good job that I named him chief of
staff after John Sununu resigned.
Sam pushed and pleaded, he fought and tussled -- and when
things got tense and tough, he even resorted to using reason with
our friends on Capitol Hill. But it paid off: our dream --- at
least the vast majority of it -- became reality.
Many people contributed to our effort, and I want to thank
everyone who supported us. As you know, we sought your opinions,
and I must say, you weren't shy in offering them up. 11
But through the gruelling business of negotiation and
compromise, we never lost sight of our mission. We understood
from Day One that America can't move ahead in the international
marketplace any more rapidly than its infrastructure will permit. cany
Ideas fly around the globe at light speed -- because the
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infrastructure makes it possible to do SO. We need that kind of
competitiveness in surface transportation as well.
Our National Transportation Policy begins with a big dose of
common sense We know that you don't get anywhere in a traffic
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jam. A worker can't do much for the economy, the family, or the
community by sitting on a highway, listening to the radio.
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We know that a loved one, rushing for an airport, can't
rejoin the family if back-ups on the expressway or the subway or
the mass transit system put everything in gridlock.
And we know that Americans have become tired of waiting for
improvements. Everyone pretends to be a transportation expert,
but too often they have become experts in enduring delays.
Last week transportation expert Jay Leno did a little comedy
performance at the National Press Club. I know, the press does a
good enough job with political comedy on its own. 11
Well, he was making fun of a proposal to put microwave ovens
in cars -- that's right, microwave ovens -- so drivers can feed
themselves while they wait. It sounds crazy, but the proposal is
serious,
and
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So I think we'd better dedicate ourselves to a
microwave-free future for our highways. 11
The reason's simple: Every hour wasted on overburdened
transportation systems costs us a piece of our future. Every
wasted hour robs us of an hour's labor, and hour's time with
family and friends, an hour's chance to build a nest-egg.
Congestion caused more than 8 billion hours of delay on our
roads. That's the amount of time 4 million workers spend on the
job each year!
In other words, Americans nationwide waste more time each
year in traffic delays than workers spend on the job at all our
auto companies / all our electronics companies / all our textile
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companies / all our lumber companies / and all our furniture
manufacturers -- combined. And people wonder why AASHTO members
get so worked up about the importance of their work!
The waiting drains away 34 billion dollars in delays and
fuel costs in the nation's 39 largest metropolitan areas alone.
The point is simple: We can't afford not to invest in
transportation. No matter how much people might want to ignore
the rest of the world, we must make a choice: Take the lead, or
let others pass us by.
Sam Skinner and I prefer to lead. That's why we decided
early on to keep America moving -- and to adopt your battle cry:
"Let's get there. "
We decided that half-measures wouldn't work. We wanted a
transportation law that would address road and bridge needs
around the country; a law that would complete important mass
transit projects; and a law that would encourage innovation in
every aspect of our transportation network, from road
construction to high-tech rail systems.
Our law accomplishes that mission. It will help finish our
155,000-mile National Highway System. When completed, these
roads will comprise only four percent of our total public road
mileage, but they'll carry 75 percent of our intercity truck
traffic and 40 percent of our highway travel. That's efficiency.
Our law encourages states to build the roads they need, not
the roads some far-away central planner thinks they should have.
That's common sense.
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The Highway System created by Dwight Eisenhower in 1956
revolutionized American life forever. It spawned suburbs,
cultivated more than 200 new centers of commerce and culture --
edge cities, as they're called in a new book. Where bare fields
stood 30 years ago, American enterprise now thrives -- with
office space, shopping centers, entertainment areas; regions that
function as workplaces by day and recreational hubs by night.
Our new transportation law will pump new life into these
newest cities, and support their further evolution.
It will rejuvenate centers like the Dallas-Fort Worth area,
where reoads and rails have paved the way to more than 500,000
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new jobs in the past decade alone.
This law also will revolutionize transportation by
c
enouraging local governments to invest in innovations, such as
privately built toll roads. Construction on such a road will
begin soon just outside of Washington, and that's just a.
beginning. Wall Street has begun to develop a brand-new market
for financing privately built and operated infrastructure.
Investors know a winner when they see it.
Operators of the Dulles Toll Road predict that these roads
not only will pay for themselves since the company also will pay
also
a tax on toll receipts it will return tax money to the treasury.
Projects like this get the most bang for the buck -- and give us
a better shot at meeting our vast transportation needs. That's
innovation. And that's good government. 11
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This law provides 38 billion dollars to improve our new
national highway system.
It sets aside 24 billion dollars to fund a variety of
highway and transit projects.
It simplifies the means by which truckers register their
vehicles, liability insurance, Interstate Commerce Commission
operation authority and mileage for state fuel tax payments.
That simple act of streamlining could save trucking companies as
much as as 1 billion dollars this year.
(our law will invest 150 million dollars into an incentive
program to prevent drunken driving and to improve occupant safety
an especially timely investment this time of year.)
Our law will help states meet their environmental
responsibilities without casting aside their duties for building
these roads, and providing the means for future prosperity,
future growth -- and jobs.
Our law will encourage exploration into new transportation
technologies -- such as high-speed rail systems.
Last, but not least, our new law will create good American
jobs today, good American jobs tomorrow, and it will build a
foundation for creating more good American jobs for years to
come. The first-year funding of this measure will support up to
660 thousand jobs in this fiscal year.
But that's just the start. Privately constructed projects
funded with this money will generate even more work for Americans
-- and as I've been saying all along, these projects will give
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America the ability to move forward as never before. The biggest
bang in this law comes not from construction projects, but from
the life they will breathe into towns, counties and cities across
America.
I'm proud of our law. We defined our mission, and after
lots of thoughtful policymaking and hard work, we accomplished
that mission. Now, thousands of Americans can get back to work
I've instructed the Department of Transportation to get the
money moving now. We will make the vast majority of state money
from the Highway Trust Fund available at the beginning of the
year. And we'll accelerate the release of 300 million dollars
for mass transit projects. I encourage you to do your part in
making sure this money gets to its destination swiftly, gets used
wisely, and helps Americans build the foundations for the Next
American Century. Moreover, I'd like to challenge you to look
past the old ways of doing business and dare to innovate, to
create new means of moving American forward.
So think of this bill as a highway bill, a mass transit
bill, an environmental bill, a safety bill -- and a jobs bill.
It's all of those. But it's also the single most revolutionary
transportation breakthrough in American history.
Earlier today, I stood at a construction site not far from
here, and I thought of the incredible vigor of this region -- all
fueled by transportation infrastructure. A new kind of
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exploration and vigor assails anyone who comes here -- the
hustle, the bustle, the tornado of activity. There I saw a
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domestic vision in sweat and toil, concrete and steel: a program
that will produce real results -- now.
In this airport complex, roads and railways and airways
join, just as they do in other major cities. Here, people rush
to work, go to meet family and friends, do their work -- and live
their lives. They hurry toward the future -- just through their
ordinary activity.
This law will not solve all our transportation challenges,
but it will make a huge difference -- in every life. It will
help young fathers rush their wives to a delivery room. It will
enable buses to ferry children safely and swiftly to school. It
will help just-in-time manufacturers receive the parts they need,
when they need them. It will help auto companies get new cars
from factories to showrooms. It will keep America where it
belongs -- in the passing lane.
Every American understands the transportation's role in our
progress as a nation. When we talk about economic renewal, we
say we want to get America moving. When we talk about progress,
we talk about getting things moving. And when we talk about
roads and rails, we call them arteries. Well, the time for
talking about such essentials has come to an end. Today, we
start doing. We start improving our roads and bridges and
railways -- our equal opportunity escorts to the future. 11
Thank you. May God bless you and the United States of
America.
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DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Acting Secretary Busey. Sam Skinner -- former
Transportation Secretary and our new Chief of Staff. Federal
Highway Administrator Tom Larson. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administrator Gen. Curry. Urban Mass Transit
Administrator Brian Clymer. Honored guests. Fellow Texans.
Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen. //
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will enable us to build and
repair roads, fix bridges, and improve mass transit -- keeping
Americans on the move and our economy on the mend. // But
really, it's summed up by three words -- jobs, jobs, jobs. //
We Americans are united by the idea that tomorrow will be
even better than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts
that idea into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act. It is short-hand for progress:
2
Progress for our infrastructure / for the economy / and I'm proud
to stand here and say this bill is progress for working Americans
all across this great country. //
This Act will pump $10 billion into the economy immediately
-- supporting more that 600,000 jobs in the 1992 Fiscal Year --
in Texas alone, more than 41,000 jobs. Many of those workers
will develop sites like these -- demonstrating the combination of
transportation planning, high technology, and teamwork America
needs to prevail in the world marketplace. //
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. // As a
result of this bill -- on this site alone -- it means 150 jobs
and $31 million dollars in spending. / And the benefits won't
stop at this site. Not far from here, in Plano, a company called
Luminator Mark Four makes products for mass transit systems. I
understand that Luminator hopes to use funds provided by this Act
to expand its work force by 35 percent -- that would be another
150 new jobs -- jobs right here in Texas. //
Across America, the Transportation Act will help companies
put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
have ordered speeded up -- putting $9.7 billion extra into the
economy during the first two quarters of the fiscal year. //
This bill also means investment in America's economic future
-- for an efficient transportation system is necessary for an
efficient and productive economy. // Give Americans the tools to
compete and I'm confident we can out-think / out-perform / and
out-produce anybody, anywhere. //
3
Our bill gives the private sector new incentives to support
our road system. // For instance, this land has been donated by
local business. I am especially proud that Congress accepted our
proposal to help private firms build and operate new private toll
roads. // Private toll roads can pay their way -- creating
higher state and local revenues, better services, more
investment, and again, more jobs. //
Here's another part of the bill I like: We have set aside
150 million dollars for an incentive program to prevent drunken
driving and to improve occupant safety. Especially in the
holiday season, it just breaks my heart to see needless tragedy
on our nation's roads. // It's time we got drunk drivers off the
road once and for all. //
As much as anything, by improving our transportation system,
today's signing will help America compete in the global
marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
It doesn't require genius to know that in an international
marketplace, a Nation moves no more rapidly than its
infrastructure permits. // Yet too often goods are held up, or
workers are late to their jobs, because our surface
transportation system isn't up to the job. // I'm glad to say
this bill is going to start changing that. //
Each year, eight billion hours are wasted in traffic delays.
This Act will curb congestion through projects that link highways
like SH 360 and mass transit like the rapid-light rail system
between Dallas, Fort Worth, and DFW Airport. // We have to help
4
the employee who's stuck in traffic -- so that he or she can get
to work and help the economy. The place to start is here. The
time to begin is now. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain."
// ( (Although I'm not sure he had in mind the shape of our
Interstate system.) ) // Our Transportation Act will straighten /
smooth out / and streamline our Nation's highways. It increases
highway spending by forty-eight percent over the next six years -
- enhancing our transportation efficiency by investing in our
155,000-mile National Highway System. //
I want to salute Congress for passing our proposal to
designate this system. I am pleased that the increased funding
will improve road conditions / ease traffic congestion / and
reduce delays for the trucking industry -- thus, letting them
move consumer goods more quickly and at lower cost, and reducing
our dependence on foreign oil. // The new National System will
represent only 4 percent of all public roads -- but will carry 75
per cent of intercity truck traffic and 40 per cent of all
travel. This system will increase access to American products
and services -- and, ultimately, prosperity. // That's good for
Dallas, good for Texas, and good for America -- and I'm proud of
a bill that makes it happen. //
Transportation is an $800 billion a year business. [[That's
almost as much money as the total of all the gifts on my
5
grandkids' Christmas wish list this year. ]] // As world trade
grows larger -- as our planet becomes smaller -- an efficient
transportation system will become even more important than it is
today. //
I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and get people back to work. //
Thank you again for being here.
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TRANS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
DALLAS, TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
Acting Secretary Busey. Sam Skinner -- former
Transportation Secretary and our new Chief of Staff. Federal
Highway Administrator Tom Larson. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administrator Gen. Curry. Urban Mass Transit
Administrator Brian Clymer. Honored guests. Fellow Texans.
Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
This bill will launch the post-Interstate era of America's
surface transportation system. // It will enable us to build and
repair roads, fix bridges, improve mass transit, and create new
jobs keeping Americans on the move and our economy on the
mend. // But really, it's summed up by three words -Jobs Jobs Jobs
We Americans are united by the idea that tomorrow will be
even better than today. / Shortly, I will sign a bill that puts
that idea into action. Its full name is the Intermodal Surface
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develop sites like these -- demonstrating the combination of
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needs to prevail in the world marketplace. //
Today's event confirms that America will prevail. // As a
result of this bill -- on this site alone -- it means 150 jobs
and $31 million dollars in spending. / And the benefits won't
stop at this site. Not far from here, in Plano, a company called
Luminator Mark Four makes products for mass transit systems. I
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to expand its work force by 35 percent that would be another
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put people back to work. It is among the government programs I
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proposal to help private firms build and operate new private toll
roads. // Private toll roads can pay their way -- creating
higher state and local revenues, better services, more
investment, and again, more jobs. //
Here's another part of the bill I like: We have set aside
150 million dollars for an incentive program to prevent drunken
driving and to improve occupant safety. Especially in the
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between Dallas, Fort Worth, and DFW Airport. // We have to help
the employee who's stuck in traffic -- so that he or she can get
to work and help the economy. The place to start is here. The
time to begin is now. //
All of us know the state of some of our highways. I'm
reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
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will improve road conditions / ease traffic congestion / and
reduce delays for the trucking industry -- thus, letting them
move consumer goods more quickly and at lower cost, and reducing
our dependence on foreign oil. // The new National System will
represent only 4 percent of all public roads -- but will carry 75
per cent of intercity truck traffic and 40 per cent of all
travel. This system will increase access to American products
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I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
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invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. // You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" --- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and get people back to work. //
Thank you again for being here.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
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guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." 11
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
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surface transportation system. 11 It will build roads, fix
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while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
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again, more jobs. Finally, by improving our transportation
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marketplace. When we move America -- America moves the world. //
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reminded of them when I read in Isaiah of the admonition that
"The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain."
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I want to congratulate you, Sam, and the congressional
leaders who got the job done on this legislation. To the rest of
you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. 11
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. 11 You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. 11
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start (Do Energy) putting people back to
work. 11 Thank you again for being here.
PORTER
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 16, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
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FROM:
BETSY ANDERSON
SUBJECT:
Presidential remarks: Transportation Act
Enclosed are a few suggested comments on the draft
Transportation Act speech, which I am passing along to you
directly because Roger Porter is at a meeting on Capitol Hill.
There are a couple of statistics in the speech that I have
not seen before and therefore questioned in the margin. One is
the statement that traffic delays waste "eight billion hours"
annually. The second is the statement on page four that
"Transportation is an $800 billion a year business with $5
trillion worth of assets.' Both are fairly sweeping
statements. It is not clear whether the second statement is
referring to surface transportation only or includes the
aviation industry. It is also not clear whether the "assets"
described are only the infrastructure itself or also include
trucks, rolling stock and goods that are transported by the
industry.
I was unable to confirm these statistics with the
Department of Transportation. We would be grateful if you
could tell us the source of these statistics and what they
comprise so that if they are ever questioned, we will be able
to respond appropriately.
On page 3, please note that the Administration proposed a
"39% increase in highway spending over five years.
The Act as passed, however, increases highway spending by a
somewhat larger percentage over six years. We will need to
obtain the exact percentage from the Department of
Transportation.
If you have any questions concerning our comments or if
there is anything further we can do to help, please let me
know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Roger B. Porter
Document No. 292941ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
12/13/91
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: NOON, Mondav
Dec. 16
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TRANSPORTATION ACT
SUBJECT:
DALLAS, TEXAS 12/18/91
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
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REMARKS:
Please forward your comments of the attached directly to
Tony Snow, RM 122 EOB, Ext. 2930 not later than NOON, MONDAY,
DECEMBER 16, 1991, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
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Secretary Skinner. [[Other Acknowledgments]] Honored
guests. Fellow Texans. Fellow Americans. Ladies and gentlemen.
That great observer of democracy, Alexis DeTocqueville, once
called America "a land of wonders, in which everything is in
constant motion and every change seems an improvement." //
Today, we celebrate an improvement that can keep America in
motion: The most important transportation bill since President
Eisenhower started the Interstate system 35 years ago. //
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traffic on the move and our economy on the mend. //
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while he gives me advice, today I gave him some. / I said it
probably wasn't a good idea here for him to wear his Chicago
Bears' cap. )) //
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you here -- our many partners in this process -- my appreciation
for the tireless effort -- long hours -- and determination you
invested in the bill. //
I also want to thank the state highways and transportation
administrators -- indeed, every American. 11 You knew that
transportation can help keep America "a land of wonders" -- and
you made your voices heard. //
The future of American transportation begins today. So God
bless all of you, and America -- and let me sign this bill so we
can get some projects underway and start putting people back to
work. // Thank you again for being here.
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