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Document No. 319589
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
04/03/92
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL RADIO ADDRESS - FRIDAY , APRIL 3
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
BOSKIN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
02 APR 2 P10 12
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, and freedom - and they were
determined to build prosperity. More than two hundred years
later, by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed
the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American
Century, we must meet five great challenges - education reform,
legal reform, health care reform, international competitiveness
and market expansion, and governmental reform.
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [Up
or Down] But unemployment is still too high. Too many Americans
are out-of-work. To get this economy rolling again, faster and
stronger, Congress should have passed our economic action plan.
But they reverted to form -- tried to raise taxes and increase
government spending. We can no longer afford this kind of
business as usual. We need to reform Congress. And, that is my
focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "we cannot discuss reform without
reference to form." In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner.
It is up to us to turn up the heat.
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal
system - if we are to reduce red tape and regulation - if we
2
are to make our country competitive, and get this horrendous
deficit down, we must reform the Congressional process itself.
It is true that one-party rule in Congress is a big part of
the problem, but the larger issue is a systemic problem -- the
284 Congressional committees and subcommittees, the almost 40
thousand legislative branch employees and staff; the $2.5 billion
of taxpayer financing, overlaid with a $117 million re-election
war chest in special-interest campaign contributions for
incumbents.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience
store. But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and
programs that have outlived their function have not outlived
their funding. We can and we must improve government's
responsiveness. What merely hampered us in the past, will
gridlock us in the future. Our ability to compete demands that
Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of actions I
have proposed, when taken together, will help make government
respond to the people. Government for the people as our founders
envisioned.
First, Congress should govern itself by the laws it imposes
on everyone else. No more special treatment. Second, Congress
should reform its operations and procedures. Third, we must make
sweeping campaign finance reforms. Fourth, we need to change how
Congress spends the people's money. Fifth, we must revise and
eliminate government regulations that impede our ability to
compete, and we must accelerate regulations that enhance our
competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages
of incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future should be a citizen
Congress - not a career Congress.
These reforms taken together can renew our faith in
government, restore the principles of our Founders, and help
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that
we've changed the world, we must make the choice to change
America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, and freedom - and they were
determined to build prosperity. More than two hundred years
later, by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed
the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American
Century, we must meet five great challenges - education reform,
legal reform, health care reform, international competitiveness
and market expansion, and governmental reform.
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [Up
or Down] But unemployment is still too high. Too many Americans
are out-of-work. To get this economy rolling again, faster and
stronger, Congress should have passed our economic action plan.
But they reverted to form -- tried to raise taxes and increase
government spending. We can no longer afford this kind of
business as usual. We need to reform Congress. And, that is my
focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "we cannot discuss reform without
reference to form.' In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner.
It is up to us to turn up the heat.
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal
system - if we are to reduce red tape and regulation - if we
2
are to make our country competitive, and get this horrendous
deficit down, we must reform the Congressional process itself.
It is true that one-party rule in Congress is a big part of
the problem, but the larger issue is a systemic problem -- the
284 Congressional committees and subcommittees, the almost 40
thousand legislative branch employees and staff; the $2.5 billion
of taxpayer financing, overlaid with a $117 million re-election
war chest in special-interest campaign contributions for
incumbents.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience
store. But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and
programs that have outlived their function have not outlived
their funding. We can and we must improve government's
responsiveness. What merely hampered us in the past, will
gridlock us in the future. Our ability to compete demands that
Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of actions I
have proposed, when taken together, will help make government
respond to the people. Government for the people as our founders
envisioned.
First, Congress should govern itself by the laws it imposes
on everyone else. No more special treatment. Second, Congress
should reform its operations and procedures. Third, we must make
sweeping campaign finance reforms. Fourth, we need to change how
Congress spends the people's money. Fifth, we must revise and
eliminate government regulations that impede our ability to
compete, and we must accelerate regulations that enhance our
competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages
of incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future should be a citizen
Congress - not a career Congress.
These reforms taken together can renew our faith in
government, restore the principles of our Founders, and help
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that
we've changed the world, we must make the choice to change
America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
# # #
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, and freedom - and they were
determined to build prosperity. More than two hundred years
later, by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed
the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American
Century, we must meet five great challenges - education reform,
legal reform, health care reform, international competitiveness
and market expansion, and governmental reform.
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. They
held steady at 7.3% But unemployment is still too high. Too
many Americans are out-of-work. To get this economy rolling
again, faster and stronger, Congress should have passed our
economic action plan. But they reverted to form -- tried to
raise taxes and increase government spending. We can no longer
afford this kind of business as usual. We need to reform
Congress. And, that is my focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "we cannot discuss reform without
reference to form." In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner.
It is up to us to turn up the heat.
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal
system - if we are to reduce red tape and regulation - if we
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 APR 3 A8: A8:24
April 2, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER DH FOR
SUBJECT:
Presidential Radio Address -- Friday, April 3
We have reviewed the attached presidential radio address
and have noted several suggested changes on the draft.
If you have any questions or we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
4/2/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
TODAY ASAP!!!
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL RADIO ADDRESS - FRIDAY, APRIL 3
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
BOSKIN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930,
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
02 APR 2 P5: 22
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, prosperity, and freedom - and they
were determined to preserve them. More than two hundred years later
by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American Century,
we must meet five great challenges - providing solid values for our
children, restoring quality to our education system, protecting our
citizens through an impartial civil justice system, and restoring
national economic competition.
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [The
THERE ARE
downturn in unemployment is good news for the nation, but these
MANY AMERICANS WITHOUT JOBSO
figures are still too high. ] [[This rise in unemployment is totally
CONGRESS REMAINS OUT OF TOUCH WITH THOSE WHO
unacceptable. Increasing numbers of Americans Vare out-of-work -
still Congress remains out of touch. 7 Congress must rise RESIST above
AND
REACHINE LONE TERM
partisanship to meet the needs of unemployed Americans. Solving
SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENEES FACINE OUR NATION; HOWEVER, REQUIRES MORE THAN WORKING TOGETHER -
problems like unemployment depend upon my last challenge
IT REQUIRES instituting governmental reform. And, that is my focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "there can be no talk of re-form,
DESPITE
without talk of form." In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner. It
is up to us to turn up the heat.
2
If we are to improve education, BURDENSOME health care, our legal system
- if we are to reduce red tape and regulation, - if we are to make
our country competitive, and get this horrendous deficit down, -
government Congress must undergo a basic, fundamental change of form.
Why? Because we've got some very tough problems ahead and
Congress has stood in the way of every solution we have proposed.
One-party rule in Congress is a big part of the problem, but the
larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress has 284 Congressional
Committees and almost 40 thousand employees and staff. They spend 2.5
billion taxpayer dollars, special-interest campaign contributions of
over $117 million, and millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience store.
But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and programs that
have outlived their function have not outlived their funding. We can
and we must improve government's performance. What merely hampered us
in the past, will paralyze us in the future. Our ability to compete
demands that Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of
actions I have proposed, when taken together, will make government
work for the people.
First, Congress must govern itself by the laws it imposes on
the public. No more special treatment. Second, Congress must reform
its operations and procedures. Third, we must make sweeping campaign
finance reform. Fourth, we need to change how Congress government spends the
people's money. Fifth, we must revise and eliminate government
regulations that impede our ability to compete, and we must
accelerate regulations that enhance our competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages of
incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future must become more of a
citizen Congress - not a career Congress. These reforms can renew
our faith in government, restore the principles of our Founders, and
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that we've
changed the world, we must make the choice to change America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE ST
MEMORANDUM
92 APR 2 P6: 39
DATE:
4/2/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
TODAY ASAP!!!
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL RADIO ADDRESS - FRIDAY, APRIL 3
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
BOSKIN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930,
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
- MASTER-
ON Assistant PHILLIP to D. the
m3B BRADY
President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
32 APR 2 P5: 22
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out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
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by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
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Congress must undergo a basic, fundamental change of form
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Congress has stood in the way of every solution we have proposed.
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larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress has 284 Congressional
Committees and almost 40 thousand employees and staff. They spend 2.5
billion taxpayer dollars, special-interest campaign contributions of
over $117 million, and millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience store.
But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and programs that
have outlived their function have not outlived their funding. We can
responsiveness (Smith) on
and we must improve government's performance. What merely hampered us
in the past, will paralyze gridlock us in the future. Our ability to compete
demands that Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of
actions I have proposed, when taken together, will help make government
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its operations and procedures. Third, we must make sweeping campaign
finance reform$ Fourth, we need to change how Congress spends the
people's money. Fifth, we must revise and eliminate government
regulations that impede our ability to compete, and we must
accelerate regulations that enhance our competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages of
incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future must
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taken together a
our faith in government, restore the principles of our Founders, and
help guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that we've
changed the world, we must make the choice to change America.
(BT) NO
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
4/2/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
TODAY ASAP!!
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL RADIO ADDRESS - FRIDAY, APRIL 3
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS N/C
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
BOSKIN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930,
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
A-Fail suggesting
PER SR
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, prosperity, and freedom - and they
were determined to preserve them. More than two hundred years later
by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American Century,
we must meet five great challenges - providing solid values for our
children, restoring quality to our education system, protecting our
citizens through an impartial civil justice system, and restoring
national economic competition.
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [The
downturn in unemployment is good news for the nation, but these
figures are still too high.] [[This rise in unemployment is totally
unacceptable. Increasing numbers of Americans are out-of-work -
still Congress remains out-of-touch.]] Congress must rise above
partisanship to meet the needs of unemployed Americans. Solving
problems like unemployment depend upon my last challenge -
instituting governmental reform. And, that is my focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "there can be no talk of re-form,
without talk of form." In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner. It
is up to us to turn up the heat.
2
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal system
— if we are to reduce red tape and regulation, - if we are to make
our country competitive, and get this horrendous deficit down, -
Congress must undergo a basic, fundamental change of form.
Why? Because we've got some very tough problems ahead and
Congress has stood in the way of every solution we have proposed.
One-party rule in Congress is a big part of the problem, but the
larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress has 284 Congressional
Committees and almost 40 thousand employees and staff. They spend 2.5
billion taxpayer dollars, special-interest campaign contributions of
over $117 million, and millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience store.
But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and programs that
have outlived their function have not outlived their funding. We can
and we must improve government's performance. What merely hampered us
in the past, will paralyze us in the future. Our ability to compete
demands that Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of
actions I have proposed, when taken together, will make government
work for the people.
First, Congress must govern itself by the laws it imposes on
the public. No more special treatment. Second, Congress must reform
its operations and procedures. Third, we must make sweeping campaign
finance reform. Fourth, we need to change how Congress spends the
people's money. Fifth, we must revise and eliminate government
regulations that impede our ability to compete, and we must
accelerate regulations that enhance our competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages of
incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future must become more of a
citizen Congress - not a career Congress. These reforms can renew
our faith in government, restore the principles of our Founders, and
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that we've
changed the world, we must make the choice to change America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
Petersmeyer
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, prosperity, e and freedom - and they
build prosperity
were determined to preserve them. More than two hundred years later
by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American Century,
we must meet five great challenges - providing solid values for our
children, restoring excellence quality to our education system, protecting our
ensuringthat every family
citizens through an impartial civil justice system, and restoring hasaccess
veness
national economic competition.
increasing
to quality
health care
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [The
downturn in unemployment is good news for the nation, but these
figures are still too high.] [[This rise in unemployment is totally
unacceptable. Increasing numbers of Americans are out-of-work -
still Congress remains out-of-touch. ]] Congress must rise above
partisanship to meet the needs of unemployed Americans. Solving
problems like unemployment depend upon my last challenge -
instituting governmental reform. And, that is my focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "there can be no talk of re-form,
without talk of form." In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner. It
is up to us to turn up the heat.
2
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal system
- if we are to reduce red tape and regulation, - if we are to make
our country competitive, and get this horrendous deficit down, -
Congress must undergo a basic, fundamental change of form.
Why? Because we've got some very tough problems ahead and
Congress has stood in the way of every solution we have proposed.
One-party rule in Congress is a big part of the problem, but the
larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress has 284 Congressional
Committees and almost 40 thousand employees and staff. They spend 2.5
billion taxpayer dollars, special-interest campaign contributions of
over $117 million, and millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience store.
But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and programs that
have outlived their function have not outlived their funding. We can
and we must improve government's performance. What merely hampered us
in the past, will paralyze us in the future. Our ability to compete
demands that Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of
actions I have proposed, when taken together, will make government
work for the people.
First, Congress must govern itself by the laws it imposes on
the public. No more special treatment. Second, Congress must reform
its operations and procedures. Third, we must make sweeping campaign
finance reform. Fourth, we need to change how Congress spends the
people's money. Fifth, we must revise and eliminate government
regulations that impede our ability to compete, and we must
accelerate regulations that enhance our competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages of
incumbency must be broken.
I I
Finally, the Congress of the future must become more of a
citizen Congress - not a career Congress. These reforms can renew
our faith in government, restore the principles of our Founders, and
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that we've
changed the world, we must make the choice to change America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######
Barrie
CROUSE
Tron
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
32 APR 2 P5: 22
profound
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, prosperity, and freedom - and they
were determined to preserve them. More than two hundred years later
by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American Century,
we must meet five great challenges - providing solid values for our
children, restoring quality to our education system, protecting our
citizens through an impartial civil justice system, and restoring
national economic competition.
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [The
downturn in unemployment is good news for the nation, but these
figures are still too high.] [[This rise in unemployment is totally
unacceptable. Increasing numbers of Americans are out-of-work -
still Congress remains out-of-touch. ]] Congress must rise above
partisanship to meet the needs of unemployed Americans. Solving
problems like unemployment depend upon my last challenge -
instituting governmental reform. And, that is my focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "there can be no talk of re-form,
without talk of form." In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner. It
is up to us to turn up the heat.
2
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal system
- if we are to reduce red tape and regulation, - if we are to make
our country competitive, and get this horrendous deficit down, -
Congress must undergo a basic, fundamental change of form.
Why? Because we've got some very tough problems ahead and
Congress has stood in the way of every solution we have proposed.
One-party rule in Congress is a big part of the problem, but the
larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress has 284 Congressional
Committees and almost 40 thousand employees and staff. They spend 2.5
billion taxpayer dollars, special-interest campaign contributions of
over $117 million, and millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience store.
But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and programs that
have outlived their function have not outlived their funding. We can
and we must improve government's performance. What merely hampered us
in the past, will paralyze us in the future. Our ability to compete
demands that Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of
actions I have proposed, when taken together, will make government
work for the people.
First, Congress must govern itself by the laws it imposes on
the public. No more special treatment. Second, Congress must reform
its operations and procedures. Third, we must make sweeping campaign
finance reform. Fourth, we need to change how Congress spends the
people's money. Fifth, we must revise and eliminate government
regulations that impede our ability to compete, and we must
accelerate regulations that enhance our competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages of
incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future must become more of a
citizen Congress - not a career Congress. These reforms can renew
our faith in government, restore the principles of our Founders, and
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that we've
changed the world, we must make the choice to change America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
APR 2 P6: 20
DATE:
4/2/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
TODAY ASAP!!!
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL RADIO ADDRESS - - FRIDAY, APRIL 3
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
BOSKIN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930,
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
see EAITS-
I THINK WE fitures Arais
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
UNEMPLOYMENT FIGNRES. By SATVRDAY
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THEY BECOME YESTERDAYS NEWS.
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
02 APR 2 P5: 22
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, prosperity, and freedom - and they
were determined to preserve them. More than two hundred years later
by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American Century,
we must meet five great challenges - providing solid values for our
children, restoring quality to our education system, protecting our
citizens through an impartial civil justice system, and restoring
national economic competition.
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [The
downturn in unemployment is good news for the nation, but these
figures are still too high ] [[This rise in unemployment is totally
unacceptable Increasing numbers of Americans are out-of/work -
still Congress remains out-of-touch.]] Congress must rise above
partisanship to meet the needs of unemployed Americans. Solving
problems like unemployment depend upon my last challenge
instituting governmental reform. And, that is my focus today
G. K. Chesterton said, "there can be no talk of re-form,
without talk of form.' In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner. It
is up to us to turn up the heat.
2
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal system
- if we are to reduce red tape and regulation, - if we are to make
our country competitive, and get this horrendous deficit down, -
Congress must undergo a basic, fundamental change of form.
Why? Because we've got some very tough problems ahead and
Congress has stood in the way of every solution we have proposed.
One-party rule in Congress is a big part of the problem, but the
larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress has 284 Congressional
Committees and almost 40 thousand employees and staff. They spend 2.5
billion taxpayer dollars, special-interest campaign contributions of
over $117 million, and millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience store.
But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and programs that
have outlived their function have not outlived their funding. We can
and we must improve government's RESPONSIVENESS. performance. What merely hampered us
in the past, will paralyze us in the future. Our ability to compete
demands that Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of
actions I have proposed, when taken together, will make government
RESPONSIVE work for the people. GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE As OUR
FRUNDERS ENVISIONED.
First, Congress must govern itself by the laws it imposes on
the public. No more special treatment. Second, Congress must reform
its operations and procedures. Third, we must make sweeping campaign
finance reform. Fourth, we need to change how Congress spends the
people's money. Fifth, we must revise and eliminate government
regulations that impede our ability to compete, and we must
accelerate regulations that enhance our competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages of
incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future must become more of a
citizen Congress - not a career Congress. These reforms can renew
our faith in government, restore the principles of our Founders, and
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that we've
changed the world, we must make the choice to change America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######
moore
CROUSE
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
92 APR 2 P6: 36
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, prosperity, and freedom - and they
were determined to preserve them. More than two hundred years later
by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
wrong
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
are to ensure that the next century is also the American Century,
must meet five great challenges - providing solid values for our
children, restoring quality to our education system, protecting our
citizens through an impartial civil justice system, and restoring
national economic
reform competition. government, legal, ed, health, competitive market expans
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [The
downturn in unemployment is good news for the nation, but these
figures are still too high.] [[This rise in unemployment is totally
unacceptable. Increasing numbers of Americans are out-of-work -
still Congress remains out-of-touch. Congress must rise above
partisanship to meet the needs of unemployed Americans. Solving
problems like unemployment depend upon my last challenge -
instituting governmental reform. And, that is my focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "there can be no talk of re-form,
without talk of form. " In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner. It
is up to us to turn up the heat.
2
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal system
- if we are to reduce red tape and regulation, - if we are to make
our country competitive, and get this horrendous deficit down, -
Congress must undergo a basic, fundamental change of form.
Why? Because we've got some very tough problems ahead and
Congress has stood in the way of every solution we have proposed.
One-party rule in Congress is a big part of the problem, but the
larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress has 284 Congressional
Committees and almost 40 thousand employees and staff. They spend 2.5
billion taxpayer dollars, special-interest campaign contributions of
over $117 million, and millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience store.
But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and programs that
have outlived their function have not outlived their funding. We can
and we must improve government's performance. What merely hampered us
in the past, will paralyze us in the future. Our ability to compete
demands that Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of
actions I have proposed, when taken together, will make government
work for the people.
First, Congress must govern itself by the laws it imposes on
the public. No more special treatment. Second, Congress must reform
its operations and procedures. Third, we must make sweeping campaign
finance reform. Fourth, we need to change how Congress spends the
people's money. Fifth, we must revise and eliminate government
regulations that impede our ability to compete, and we must
accelerate regulations that enhance our competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages of
incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future must become more of a
citizen Congress - not a career Congress. These reforms can renew
our faith in government, restore the principles of our Founders, and
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that we've
changed the world, we must make the choice to change America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, prosperity, and freedom - and they
were determined to preserve them. More than two hundred years later
by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American Century,
we must meet five great challenges - providing solid values for our
children, restoring quality to our education system, protecting our
citizens through an impartial civil justice system, and restoring
national economic competition.
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [The
downturn in unemployment is good news for the nation, but these
figures are still too high.] [[This rise in unemployment is totally
unacceptable. Increasing numbers of Americans are out-of-work -
still Congress remains out-of-touch. ]] Congress must rise above
partisanship to meet the needs of unemployed Americans. Solving
problems like unemployment depend upon my last challenge -
instituting governmental reform. And, that is my focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "there can be no talk of re-form,
without talk of form." In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner. It
is up to us to turn up the heat.
2
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal system
- if we are to reduce red tape and regulation, - if we are to make
our country competitive, and get this horrendous deficit down, -
Congress must undergo a basic, fundamental change of form.
Why? Because we've got some very tough problems ahead and
Congress has stood in the way of every solution we have proposed.
One-party rule in Congress is a big part of the problem, but the
larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress has 284 Congressional
Committees and almost 40 thousand employees and staff. They spend 2.5
billion taxpayer dollars, special-interest campaign contributions of
over $117 million, and millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience store.
But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and programs that
have outlived their function have not outlived their funding. We can
and we must improve government's performance. What merely hampered us
in the past, will paralyze us in the future. Our ability to compete
demands that Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of
actions I have proposed, when taken together, will make government
work for the people.
First, Congress must govern itself by the laws it imposes on
the public. No more special treatment. Second, Congress must reform
its operations and procedures. Third, we must make sweeping campaign
finance reform. Fourth, we need to change how Congress spends the
people's money. Fifth, we must revise and eliminate government
regulations that impede our ability to compete, and we must
accelerate regulations that enhance our competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages of
incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future must become more of a
citizen Congress - not a career Congress. These reforms can renew
our faith in government, restore the principles of our Founders, and
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that we've
changed the world, we must make the choice to change America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
taped office in Oval
you don't know
when it will be released on Sat.
office
Good Morning. I am speaking to you today from Philadelphia
where great ideas and great debate launched American Democracy.
Our Founding Fathers believed in the fundamentals - faith,
family, prosperity, and freedom - and they were determined to
preserve them. More than two hundred years later by holding
firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American
? are theya chall.
Century, we must meet five great challenges - our children, our
education system, our civil justice system, and economic
competition. The last challenge - governmental reform - is my
focus this morning.
[Emplayment]
G. K. Chesterton said, "there can be no talk of re-form,
without talk of form." Today, in the face of overwhelming
evidence that change is necessary, Congressional reform needs to
go deeper than barber shops, gymnasium privileges, parking spaces
or other perks. If we are to improve education, health care, our
legal system - if we are to reduce red tape and regulation, make
our country competitive, and get this horrendous deficit down,
Congress must undergo basic, fundamental change of form.
We've got some very tough problems ahead and Congress has
stood in the way of every solution we have proposed. We know
that Congressional members spend too much of taxpayer's money on.
pork-barrel legislation to ensure re-election and a continuation
of "business as usual." Beyond that, Congress routinely exempts
itself from the laws it imposes on the rest of the nation. The
bank and post office scandals are the result of one-party control
- one party's lack of supervision, lack of new blood, and lack
of change.
This one-party rule in Congress is a big part of the
problem, but the larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress
has 284 Congressional Committees and almost 40 thousand employees
and staff. They spend 2.5 billion taxpayer dollars, special-
interest campaign contributions of over $117 million, and
millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience
store. But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and
programs that have outlived their function have not outlived
their funding. We can and we must improve government's
performance. What merely hampered us in the past, will paralyze
us in the future. Our ability to compete demands that Congress
enact the reforms that I have proposed.
The set of actions I have proposed, when taken together,
will make government work for the people.
First, Congress must govern itself by the laws it imposes on
the public. No more special treatment.
Second, we must reform the overgrown thicket of committees
and subcommittees which now paralyze the Congress.
Third, we must make sweeping campaign finance reform - Full
disclosure of assets, liabilities, and compensation.
Fourth, we must enforce spending reforms and we must oppose
any attempt by the Congress to dismantle the only defense the
taxpayer has against Congressional overspending - the budget
caps implemented in the 1990 Budget Act.
Fifth, we must enforce regulatory reform. I have put a
ninety-day moratorium on new government regulations. We are
revising and eliminating regulations that impede our ability to
compete, and we are accelerating regulations that enhance our
competitive edge.
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages
of incumbency must be broken.
Members of the House and Senate are now tourists in their
own home states. We do not need a career Congress -- we need a
citizen Congress. To borrow a line from Howard Baker "they ought
to be living in America and visiting Washington."
Change is sweeping America, just as it is sweeping the
world. As in the first days of our new nation, we must change an
unresponsive government. The reforms I've outlined today can
renew our faith in government, restore the principles of our
Founders, and guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that
we've changed the world, we must make the choice to change
America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######
Document No. 25LS
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 APR 3 P12 : 49
DATE:
4/2/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
TODAY ASAP!!!
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL RADIO ADDRESS - FRIDAY, APRIL 3
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
BOSKIN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930,
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
April 3, 1992
Dan McGroarty:
NSC Staff concurs with the attached.
for
Brent John Scowcroft
/ also one question te could ason same
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
positive
and Staff Secretary
example
Ext. 2702
(e.g. Teamser or funding FSU)
CROUSE
RADIO ADDRESS
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1992
C2 APR 2 P5: 22
American democracy was launched from great ideas which grew
out of great debate. Our Founding Fathers believed in the
fundamentals - faith, family, prosperity, and freedom - and they
were determined to preserve them. More than two hundred years later
by holding firmly to our principles, America has changed the world.
Henry Luce called the 20th century the American Century. If
we are to ensure that the next century is also the American Century,
we must meet five great challenges - providing solid values for our
children, restoring quality to our education system, protecting our
list
citizens through an impartial civil justice system, and restoring
national economic competition.
hasfor
The latest unemployment figures were released Friday. [The
downturn in unemployment is good news for the nation, but these
figures are still too high.] [[This rise in unemployment is totally
unacceptable. Increasing numbers of Americans are out-of-work -
still Congress remains out-of-touch. ]] Congress must rise above
partisanship to meet the needs of unemployed Americans. Solving
problems like unemployment depend upon my last challenge -
instituting governmental reform. And, that is my focus today.
G. K. Chesterton said, "there can be no talk of re-form,
without talk of form.' " In the face of overwhelming evidence that
change is necessary, Congress has kept reform on the back burner. It
is up to us to turn up the heat.
2
If we are to improve education, health care, our legal system
- if we are to reduce red tape and regulation, - if we are to make
our country competitive, and get this horrendous deficit down, -
Congress must undergo a basic, fundamental change of form.
Why? Because we've got some very tough problems ahead and
Congress has stood in the way of every solution we have proposed.
One-party rule in Congress is a big part of the problem, but the
larger issue is a systemic problem. Congress has 284 Congressional
Committees and almost 40 thousand employees and staff. They spend 2.5
billion taxpayer dollars, special-interest campaign contributions of
over $117 million, and millions more in special-interest influence.
Such a system cannot promote reform and change. Instead, it
aggressively protects the status quo. I know that the federal
government cannot be run just like IBM or the local convenience store.
But, government today is a $1.5 trillion enterprise and programs that
have outlived their function have not outlived their funding. We can
and we must improve government's performance. What merely hampered us
in the past, will paralyze us in the future. Our ability to compete
demands that Congress enact the reforms I have proposed. The set of
actions I have proposed, when taken together, will make government
work for the people.
First, Congress must govern itself by the laws it imposes on
the public. No more special treatment. Second, Congress must reform
its operations and procedures. Third, we must make sweeping campaign
finance reform. Fourth, we need to change how Congress spends the
people's money. Fifth, we must revise and eliminate government
regulations that impede our ability to compete, and we must
accelerate regulations that enhance our competitive edge.
3
Sixth, we must limit Congressional terms. The cycle of
virtually guaranteed re-election through the built-in advantages of
incumbency must be broken.
Finally, the Congress of the future must become more of a
citizen Congress - not a career Congress. These reforms can renew
our faith in government, restore the principles of our Founders, and
guarantee for our children a new American century.
The choice is clear. On one side stand the defenders of the
status quo. On the other - the forces of change. Now that we've
changed the world, we must make the choice to change America.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
######