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OHIO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION \ COLUMBUS, OHIO
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1992 \ 3:15 PM
THANK YOU, FRED [CUSIMANO]. AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO
THE OTHER DIAS GUESTS: GENE D'ANGELO, DALE BRING, AND
THOMAS STEWART. LET ME BEGIN WITH A FEW WORDS ABOUT
THE GREAT MAN WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO THIS CITY.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DARED TO EXPLORE FAR BEYOND THE
HORIZONS OF HIS CONTINENT -- AND HE DISCOVERED A NEW
WORLD. NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR
HIS VISION.
- 2 -
IN THE SAME MANNER, WE WOULDN'T BE ATTENDING A
BROADCASTERS CONVENTION HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE DARING
OF SCIENTIFIC PRODIGIES LIKE DEFOREST AND MARCONI,
PIONEER NEWSCASTERS LIKE MURROW, AND BUSINESS GENIUSES
LIKE SARNOFF AND PALEY.
WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND JUST HOW NEW THIS THING
CALLED BROADCASTING IS. THE SAME YEAR MY FATHER WAS
BORN HERE IN COLUMBUS, JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY ON EAST
BROAD STREET, MARCONI INVENTED RADIO.
OHIO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION 1 COLUMBUS, OHIO
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1992 \ 3:15 PM
THANK YOU, FRED [CUSIMANO]. LET ME BEGIN WITH A
FEW WORDS ABOUT THE GREAT MAN WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO THIS
CITY. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DARED TO EXPLORE FAR BEYOND
THE HORIZONS OF HIS CONTINENT -- AND HE DISCOVERED A
NEW WORLD. NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE HAD IT NOT BEEN
FOR HIS VISION.
And good afternoon
Gene D'Angelo
to the other
Dale V. Bring -Exec VP
deas guests:
Thomas stewart
- 2 -
IN THE SAME MANNER, WE WOULDN'T BE ATTENDING A
BROADCASTERS CONVENTION HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE DARING
OF SCIENTIFIC PRODIGIES LIKE DEFOREST AND MARCONI,
PIONEER NEWSMEN casters LIKE MURROW, AND BUSINESS GENIUSES LIKE
SARNOFF AND PALEY.
WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND JUST HOW NEW THIS THING
CALLED BROADCASTING IS. THE SAME YEAR MY FATHER WAS
BORN HERE IN COLUMBUS, JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY ON EAST
BROAD STREET, MARCONI INVENTED RADIO.
- 3 -
AND I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY HERE WHO CAN REMEMBER WHEN
THE FIRST TV BROADCASTS WENT ON THE AIR.
YES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY.
AND IT IS TAKING ITS FIRST BABY STEPS HAND IN HAND WITH
ANOTHER THING THAT'S BRIGHT AND NEW IN HUMAN HISTORY:
THE WORLDWIDE SPREAD OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. AROUND
THE GLOBE, NATIONS ARE JOINING A MOVEMENT IN WHICH THE
UNITED STATES IS THE GREAT PIONEER AND THE UNSURPASSED
LEADER.
- 4 -
PROTECTING OUR FREEDOMS -- TRUSTING PEOPLE WITH
THEIR FREEDOMS -- THESE FORM THE CORE OF OUR CRUSADE TO
MAKE THIS COUNTRY STRONGER. A FREE ECONOMY WILL BE A
STRONG ECONOMY, CREATING MORE GOOD JOBS. WE'LL KEEP
OUR SOCIETY HEALTHY BY PUTTING THE FAMILY FIRST. AND
BY KEEPING OUR DEFENSES STRONG, WE'LL KEEP THE PEACE.
I'M WORKING TO OPEN WORLD MARKETS. OPEN TRADE WILL
CREATE MORE AND BETTER JOBS FOR AMERICANS. IT OFFERS
OUR CONSUMERS LOWER PRICES AND MORE CHOICES.
- 5 -
EXPANDING TRADE IS ONE OF FIVE PROGRAMS FOR THIS
COUNTRY'S FUTURE THAT I VIEW AS TOP PRIORITIES.
WE'RE WORKING AS WELL TO REVOLUTIONIZE -- LITERALLY
RE-INVENT -- OUR SCHOOLS. PARENTS ARE LEADING THE WAY.
IN COMMUNITY AFTER COMMUNITY, THEY ARE STANDING UP TO
THE BUREAUCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT -- ASSERTING THEIR
RIGHTS IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. 11 WE'RE
WORKING FOR FUNDAMENTAL REFORM OF GOVERNMENT --
INCLUDING A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT AND TERM LIMITS
TO MAKE CONGRESS MORE ACCOUNTABLE.
11
* SAME LAWS AS WE
- 6 -
WE'RE WORKING TO HELP THE INNOVATIONS AND EFFICIENCIES
OF FREE MARKETS MAKE QUALITY HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE TO
ALL. 11 AND WE'RE FIGHTING THE EXPLOSION OF NUISANCE
LAWSUITS. 11 LET'S SPEND MORE TIME HELPING ONE ANOTHER
AND LESS TIME SUING EACH OTHER.
11
WE'RE FIGHTING HARD TO GET THE BURDENS OF
UNREASONABLE GOVERNMENT REGULATION OFF THE BACKS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. REGULATION IMPOSES A HIDDEN TAX ON
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY.
- 7 -
IN MY STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, I LIT A FIRE
UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS FOR FUNDAMENTAL
REFORM OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION. THIS WEEK WE
COMPLETED THE 90-DAY MORATORIUM I ORDERED ON NEW
REGULATIONS. IN JUST THOSE 90 DAYS, WE HAVE COMPLETED
OR SET IN MOTION REFORMS THAT WILL SAVE AMERICANS 15 TO
20 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. YESTERDAY, I ORDERED A 120
DAY EXTENSION OF THE MORATORIUM -- AND I AM EXPECTING
MANY MORE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR FREEDOM AND COMMON SENSE.
- 8 -
FUNDAMENTAL REFORM OF REGULATION CAN'T BE ACHIEVED
OVERNIGHT. It's GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TOUGH,
IMAGINATIVE, PATIENT EFFORT. BUT I AM TOTALLY
COMMITTED TO REFORMING REGULATION, BECAUSE THE COST OF
INACTION WOULD BE MORE THAN WE COULD BEAR. THINK OF
SOME OF THE BURDENS AND CONTRADICTIONS WE ALREADY FACE:
HERE IN COLUMBUS, THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS PROJECTED
THAT OVER THE NEXT DECADE, ITS COST OF COMPLIANCE WITH
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ALONE WILL BE $1.6
BILLION. THAT'S $856 PER HOUSEHOLD PER YEAR.
- 9 -
Now, THIS IS FOR A COMMUNITY WHOSE ENTIRE CITY BUDGET
LAST YEAR WAS $591 MILLION. THE SHARE OF THE CITY'S
BUDGET TO MEET THESE REGULATIONS STANDS TO INCREASE
FROM 10 PERCENT TO 23 PERCENT. RIGHT NOW, COLUMBUS IS
ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY FOR
PEOPLE TO WORK AND TO LIVE. BUT I CAN'T SAY THINGS
WILL STAY THAT WAY IF THE COST OF MEETING GOVERNMENT
MANDATES KEEPS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.
- 10 -
IN JUNEAU, ALASKA, A LOCAL CHARITY, THE ST. VINCENT
DE PAUL SOCIETY, WANTED TO BUILD AN ADDITION TO ITS
SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS, ALSO REQUIRING MORE PARKING
SPACES. UNFORTUNATELY THE BUILDING PROJECT WAS DELAYED
FOR A WHOLE YEAR BECAUSE BUREAUCRATS DECLARED THE SITE
A "WETLAND." Now GET THIS: THE SHELTER IS IN THE
MIDDLE OF TOWN, SURROUNDED BY CONCRETE -- DRY CONCRETE,
I PRESUME -- ON A CITY BLOCK THAT INCLUDES TWO CAR
DEALERSHIPS, A PLUMBING STORE AND A STORAGE BUSINESS.
- 11 -
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. OBVIOUSLY
SOMEBODY IN THIS EPISODE WAS ALL WET -- BUT IT WASN'T
THE REAL ESTATE FOR THE HOMELESS SHELTER.
AND BACK HERE IN OHTo, AN UNREASONABLE FEDERAL
REGULATION ALMOST FORCED THE CLOSING OF THE DAYTON AREA
HEALTH PLAN -- AN INNOVATIVE MANAGED CARE PROGRAM
DESIGNED TO OFFER HIGH QUALITY CARE TO SOME 43,000
MEDICAID RECIPIENTS IN DAYTON.
- 12 -
GOVERNOR VOINOVICH LED THE EFFORT TO CHANGE THIS
INEQUITY -- AND JUST THIS WEEK, I SIGNED LEGISLATION
GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FOR THIS OHIO REFORM INITIATIVE.
I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE NEW IDEAS OHIOANS ARE
DEVELOPING ON THEIR OWN -- WITHOUT MANDATES FROM KNOW-
IT-ALLS IN THE WASHINGTON BUREAUCRACY. WE DON'T DO
MUCH FOR AMERICANS' HEALTH WHEN WE PUT HMOs LIKE THE
ONE IN DAYTON ON THE CRITICAL LIST. 11
- 13 -
IT'S STORIES LIKE THESE THAT REMIND US WHAT A
VISIONARY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE WAS. A CENTURY AND A
HALF AGO, HE WARNED THAT IF AMERICANS WERE NOT CAREFUL,
GOVERNMENT WOULD "COVER THE SURFACE OF SOCIETY WITH A
NETWORK OF SMALL, COMPLICATED RULES, MINUTE AND
UNIFORM, THROUGH WHICH THE MOST ORIGINAL MINDS AND THE
MOST ENERGETIC CHARACTERS CANNOT PENETRATE."
- 14 -
WELL, WE'VE HEARD THE WARNING. WE'RE FIGHTING
BACK. OUR REFORM EFFORTS ARE BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO
AMERICA'S ABILITY TO COMPETE, TO INNOVATE, TO CREATE
JOBS. EVERY FEDERAL AGENCY I ASKED HAS RESPONDED WITH
ACTION TO EASE THE BURDEN OF UNNECESSARY REGULATION.
FROM BIOTECHNOLOGY TO ENERGY TO BANKING -- AND, YES, TO
BROADCASTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- WE ARE TAKING
THE SHACKLES OFF OF AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.
- 15 -
LET ME TAKE THIS OCCASION TO SALUTE THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR ITS ACTION TO RELAX
NEEDLESS RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP OF RADIO STATIONS.
THE FCC ALSO HAS TAKEN ACTION TO ALLOW COMPETITION
AMONG INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMPANIES. THIS WILL
HELP REDUCE PRICES AMERICANS NOW PAY ON MORE THAN A
BILLION TELEPHONE CALLS EVERY YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
THESE ARE VERY WELCOME REFORMS.
- 16 -
AL SIKES, THE FCC CHAIRMAN, BELIEVES IN FREE MARKETS
AND INNOVATION -- AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT IS THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
LOOKING FORWARD, ONE CAN'T HELP BUT SEE THAT NEW
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES WILL REVOLUTIONIZE
SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS.
THEY'LL BE AN IMPORTANT BOON TO FAMILIES:
- 17 -
THE DAY IS COMING WHEN MOTHERS AND FATHERS WILL BE ABLE
TO SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN EVEN AS
THEY MAKE EVER MORE PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
ECONOMY.
IN THE SAME SPIRIT AS REGULATORY REFORM IS
PRIVATIZATION -- FACILITIES NOW RUN BY GOVERNMENT TO BE
OWNED AND OPERATED BY COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISES AND THUS
SERVE THE PUBLIC FAR MORE FAIRLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
- 18 -
TODAY, BEFORE I CAME HERE TO COLUMBUS, I SIGNED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WILL GIVE STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS MORE FREEDOM TO SELL OR LEASE THEIR
INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR IF THEY CHOOSE TO
DO so. WE HEAR COMPLAINTS THAT AMERICA'S
INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING, AND THAT STATES AREN'T
PUTTING ENOUGH MONEY INTO EXPANDING OR REPAIRING IT.
AT THE SAME TIME, MANY PRIVATE COMPANIES WANT TO INVEST
IN THESE PROJECTS.
- 19 -
Mr EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL REMOVE IMPEDIMENTS TO
COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISES BUYING INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
-- INCLUDING BRIDGES, ROADS, HOUSING AND SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANTS. THIS INITIATIVE COULD GENERATE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW INVESTMENT AND MILLIONS OF
NEW JOBS. AMERICAN BUSINESS HAS THE FUNDS TO INVEST IN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPAND IT.
- 20 -
THROUGH TODAY'S ACTION, WE WILL HELP MORE PEOPLE
ENJOY CHEAPER AND BETTER WASTE-WATER TREATMENT SERVICE
BY LETTING BUSINESSES WITH REAL MARKET INCENTIVES DO
THE JOB. WE'LL HELP LOW-INCOME TENANTS BUY THEIR OWN
HOUSING. WE'RE PROMOTING COMPETITION THAT COULD
DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE COSTS OF URBAN MASS TRANSIT.
AND THE MONEY THAT STATES WILL RECEIVE FOR SELLING
THESE FACILITIES WILL BE USED TO BUILD EVEN MORE NEW
NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE, OR TO LOWER THE STATES' DEBTS
-- OR TO CUT YOUR TAXES.
- 21 -
PRIVATIZING STATE ENTERPRISES IS ONE OF THE GREAT
HOPES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REBIRTH FROM MEXICO CITY
TO Moscow. AND THIS GREAT IDEA PRESENTS MANY CHANCES
FOR POSITIVE CHANGE RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY --
OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN'T AFFORD TO OVERLOOK.
OF ONE THING, HOWEVER, I AM CERTAIN: THE STATUS
QUO WILL NOT YIELD WITHOUT A FIGHT. THE SPECIAL-
INTEREST CROWD WON'T LIKE OUR AGENDA. THEY THINK
GOVERNMENT SHOULD OWN MORE, NOT LESS.
- 22 -
WASHINGTON IS SWARMING WITH NOISY LOBBYISTS FOR THE OLD
INTERESTS OF KNOW-IT-ALL GOVERNMENT -- PEOPLE WHO'VE
NEVER MET A REGULATION THEY DIDN'T LIKE.
THIS IS SPRINGTIME, AND A YOUNG MAN'S THOUGHTS TURN
-- AND HIS RADIO DIAL TURNS -- TO BASEBALL. So I'D
LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH A FAVORITE STORY ABOUT THE
LEGENDARY Yogi BERRA. IN YOGI'S HOMETOWN OF ST. LOUIS,
THE LOCAL PEOPLE ORGANIZED A CELEBRATION IN HIS HONOR
AT THE OLD SPORTSMAN'S PARK.
- 23 -
YoGI QUAVERED WITH EMOTION AS HE STEPPED UP TO SPEAK.
"FIRST," HE SAID, "FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, LET ME
THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS DAY NECESSARY."
THE POINT OF THE STORY IS THIS: THE FREEDOM-LOVING
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY -- PEOPLE OF INGENUITY AND
ENTERPRISE, PEOPLE IN LEADING-EDGE INDUSTRIES LIKE YOUR
OWN -- ARE NOT MERELY MAKING RENEWAL OF LIMITED
GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE. 11 THEY'RE MAKING IT NECESSARY.
- 24 -
THEY'RE MAKING IT INEVITABLE.
11
TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCE IS ACCELERATING so RAPIDLY THAT THE OLD GUARD
CAN ONLY HOPE IN VAIN TO KEEP UP. WE'LL MAKE INTRUSIVE
AND GLUTTONOUS GOVERNMENT A THING OF THE PAST.
WE'VE REACHED A TURNING POINT. 11 WE'RE ON THE
VERGE OF WATERSHED REFORMS TO MAKE GOVERNMENT STOP
STIFLING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE THEIR FREEDOMS TO
CREATE, TO PRODUCE, TO SERVE.
11
- 25 -
THE DAY IS COMING WHEN ENTERPRISERS AND INNOVATORS LIKE
YOURSELVES WILL LEAD US TO NEW HORIZONS. THE DAY IS
COMING WHEN DREAMS NOT YET IMAGINED WILL COME TRUE.
I AM CONFIDENT ABOUT THE YEARS AHEAD: WE WILL KEEP
THIS NATION A CHAMPION OF IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITY AND
JUSTICE. WE CAN REFORM OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COURTS AND
OUR HEALTH SYSTEM -- OUR VERY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. WE
CAN ASSURE THAT WHEN WE REACH THE NEW CENTURY, AMERICA
WILL STILL BE THE STRONGEST, THE BRAVEST, AND THE
FREEST NATION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
- 26 -
THANK YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
# # #
OHIO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION \ COLUMBUS, OHIO
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1992 1 3:15 PM
THANK YOU, FRED [CUSIMANO]. LET ME BEGIN WITH A
FEW WORDS ABOUT THE GREAT MAN WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO THIS
CITY. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DARED TO EXPLORE FAR BEYOND
THE HORIZONS OF HIS CONTINENT -- AND HE DISCOVERED A
NEW WORLD. NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE HAD IT NOT BEEN
FOR HIS VISION.
- 2 -
IN THE SAME MANNER, WE WOULDN'T BE ATTENDING A
BROADCASTERS CONVENTION HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE DARING
OF SCIENTIFIC PRODIGIES LIKE DEFOREST AND MARCONI,
PIONEER NEWSMEN LIKE MURROW, AND BUSINESS GENIUSES LIKE
SARNOFF AND PALEY.
WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND JUST HOW NEW THIS THING
CALLED BROADCASTING IS. THE SAME YEAR MY FATHER WAS
BORN HERE IN COLUMBUS, JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY ON EAST
BROAD STREET, MARCONI INVENTED RADIO.
- 3 -
AND I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY HERE WHO CAN REMEMBER WHEN
THE FIRST TV BROADCASTS WENT ON THE AIR.
YES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY.
AND IT IS TAKING ITS FIRST BABY STEPS HAND IN HAND WITH
ANOTHER THING THAT'S BRIGHT AND NEW IN HUMAN HISTORY:
THE WORLDWIDE SPREAD OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. AROUND
THE GLOBE, NATIONS ARE JOINING A MOVEMENT IN WHICH THE
UNITED STATES IS THE GREAT PIONEER AND THE UNSURPASSED
LEADER.
- 4 -
PROTECTING OUR FREEDOMS -- TRUSTING PEOPLE WITH
THEIR FREEDOMS -- THESE FORM THE CORE OF OUR CRUSADE TO
MAKE THIS COUNTRY STRONGER. A FREE ECONOMY WILL BE A
STRONG ECONOMY, CREATING MORE GOOD JOBS. WE'LL KEEP
OUR SOCIETY HEALTHY BY PUTTING THE FAMILY FIRST. AND
BY KEEPING OUR DEFENSES STRONG, WE'LL KEEP THE PEACE.
I'M WORKING TO OPEN WORLD MARKETS. OPEN TRADE WILL
CREATE MORE AND BETTER JOBS FOR AMERICANS. IT OFFERS
OUR CONSUMERS LOWER PRICES AND MORE CHOICES.
- 5 -
EXPANDING TRADE IS ONE OF FIVE PROGRAMS FOR THIS
COUNTRY'S FUTURE THAT I VIEW AS TOP PRIORITIES.
WE'RE WORKING AS WELL TO REVOLUTIONIZE -- LITERALLY
RE-INVENT -- OUR SCHOOLS. PARENTS ARE LEADING THE WAY.
IN COMMUNITY AFTER COMMUNITY, THEY ARE STANDING UP TO
THE BUREAUCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT -- ASSERTING THEIR
RIGHTS IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. 11
WE'RE
WORKING FOR FUNDAMENTAL REFORM OF GOVERNMENT --
INCLUDING A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT AND TERM LIMITS
TO MAKE CONGRESS MORE ACCOUNTABLE.
11
- 6 -
WE'RE WORKING TO HELP THE INNOVATIONS AND EFFICIENCIES
OF FREE MARKETS MAKE QUALITY HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE TO
ALL. 11 AND WE'RE FIGHTING THE EXPLOSION OF NUISANCE
LAWSUITS. 11 LET'S SPEND MORE TIME HELPING ONE ANOTHER
AND LESS TIME SUING EACH OTHER.
11
WE'RE FIGHTING HARD TO GET THE BURDENS OF
UNREASONABLE GOVERNMENT REGULATION OFF THE BACKS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. REGULATION IMPOSES A HIDDEN TAX ON
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY.
- 7 -
IN MY STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, I LIT A FIRE
UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS FOR FUNDAMENTAL
REFORM OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION. THIS WEEK WE
COMPLETED THE 90-DAY MORATORIUM I ORDERED ON NEW
REGULATIONS. IN JUST THOSE 90 DAYS, WE HAVE COMPLETED
OR SET IN MOTION REFORMS THAT WILL SAVE AMERICANS 15 TO
20 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. YESTERDAY, I ORDERED A 120
DAY EXTENSION OF THE MORATORIUM -- AND I AM EXPECTING
MANY MORE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR FREEDOM AND COMMON SENSE.
- 8 -
FUNDAMENTAL REFORM OF REGULATION CAN'T BE ACHIEVED
OVERNIGHT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TOUGH,
IMAGINATIVE, PATIENT EFFORT. BUT I AM TOTALLY
COMMITTED TO REFORMING REGULATION, BECAUSE THE COST OF
INACTION WOULD BE MORE THAN WE COULD BEAR. THINK OF
SOME OF THE BURDENS AND CONTRADICTIONS WE ALREADY FACE:
HERE IN COLUMBUS, THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS PROJECTED
THAT OVER THE NEXT DECADE, ITS COST OF COMPLIANCE WITH
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ALONE WILL BE $1.6
BILLION. THAT'S $856 PER HOUSEHOLD PER YEAR.
- 9 -
Now, THIS IS FOR A COMMUNITY WHOSE ENTIRE CITY BUDGET
LAST YEAR WAS $591 MILLION. THE SHARE OF THE CITY'S
BUDGET TO MEET THESE REGULATIONS STANDS TO INCREASE
FROM 10 PERCENT TO 23 PERCENT. RIGHT NOW, COLUMBUS IS
ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY FOR
PEOPLE TO WORK AND TO LIVE. BUT I CAN'T SAY THINGS
WILL STAY THAT WAY IF THE COST OF MEETING GOVERNMENT
MANDATES KEEPS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.
- 10 -
IN JUNEAU, ALASKA, A LOCAL CHARITY, THE ST. VINCENT
DE PAUL SOCIETY, WANTED TO BUILD AN ADDITION TO ITS
SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS, ALSO REQUIRING MORE PARKING
SPACES. UNFORTUNATELY THE BUILDING PROJECT WAS DELAYED
FOR A WHOLE YEAR BECAUSE BUREAUCRATS DECLARED THE SITE
A "WETLAND." Now GET THIS: THE SHELTER IS IN THE
MIDDLE OF TOWN, SURROUNDED BY CONCRETE -- DRY CONCRETE,
I PRESUME -- ON A CITY BLOCK THAT INCLUDES TWO CAR
DEALERSHIPS, A PLUMBING STORE AND A STORAGE BUSINESS.
- 11 -
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. OBVIOUSLY
SOMEBODY IN THIS EPISODE WAS ALL WET -- BUT IT WASN'T
THE REAL ESTATE FOR THE HOMELESS SHELTER.
AND BACK HERE IN OHTo, AN UNREASONABLE FEDERAL
REGULATION ALMOST FORCED THE CLOSING OF THE DAYTON AREA
HEALTH PLAN -- AN INNOVATIVE MANAGED CARE PROGRAM
DESIGNED TO OFFER HIGH QUALITY CARE TO SOME 43,000
MEDICAID RECIPIENTS IN DAYTON.
- 12 -
GOVERNOR VOINOVICH LED THE EFFORT TO CHANGE THIS
INEQUITY -- AND JUST THIS WEEK, I SIGNED LEGISLATION
GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FOR THIS OHTo REFORM INITIATIVE.
I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE NEW IDEAS OHIOANS ARE
DEVELOPING ON THEIR OWN -- WITHOUT MANDATES FROM KNOW-
IT-ALLS IN THE WASHINGTON BUREAUCRACY. WE DON'T DO
MUCH FOR AMERICANS' HEALTH WHEN WE PUT HMOs LIKE THE
ONE IN DAYTON ON THE CRITICAL LIST. 11
- 13 -
IT'S STORIES LIKE THESE THAT REMIND US WHAT A
VISIONARY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE WAS. A CENTURY AND A
HALF AGO, HE WARNED THAT IF AMERICANS WERE NOT CAREFUL,
GOVERNMENT WOULD "COVER THE SURFACE OF SOCIETY WITH A
NETWORK OF SMALL, COMPLICATED RULES, MINUTE AND
UNIFORM, THROUGH WHICH THE MOST ORIGINAL MINDS AND THE
MOST ENERGETIC CHARACTERS CANNOT PENETRATE."
- 14 -
WELL, WE'VE HEARD THE WARNING. WE'RE FIGHTING
BACK. OUR REFORM EFFORTS ARE BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO
AMERICA'S ABILITY TO COMPETE, TO INNOVATE, TO CREATE
JOBS. EVERY FEDERAL AGENCY I ASKED HAS RESPONDED WITH
ACTION TO EASE THE BURDEN OF UNNECESSARY REGULATION.
FROM BIOTECHNOLOGY TO ENERGY TO BANKING -- AND, YES, TO
BROADCASTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- WE ARE TAKING
THE SHACKLES OFF OF AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.
- 15 -
LET ME TAKE THIS OCCASION TO SALUTE THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR ITS ACTION TO RELAX
NEEDLESS RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP OF RADIO STATIONS.
THE FCC ALSO HAS TAKEN ACTION TO ALLOW COMPETITION
AMONG INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMPANIES. THIS WILL
HELP REDUCE PRICES AMERICANS NOW PAY ON MORE THAN A
BILLION TELEPHONE CALLS EVERY YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
THESE ARE VERY WELCOME REFORMS.
- 16 -
AL SIKES, THE FCC CHAIRMAN, BELIEVES IN FREE MARKETS
AND INNOVATION -- AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT IS THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
LOOKING FORWARD, ONE CAN'T HELP BUT SEE THAT NEW
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES WILL REVOLUTIONIZE
SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS.
THEY'LL BE AN IMPORTANT BOON TO FAMILIES:
- 17 -
THE DAY IS COMING WHEN MOTHERS AND FATHERS WILL BE ABLE
TO SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN EVEN AS
THEY MAKE EVER MORE PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
ECONOMY.
IN THE SAME SPIRIT AS REGULATORY REFORM IS
PRIVATIZATION -- FACILITIES NOW RUN BY GOVERNMENT TO BE
OWNED AND OPERATED BY COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISES AND THUS
SERVE THE PUBLIC FAR MORE FAIRLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
- 18 -
TODAY, BEFORE I CAME HERE TO COLUMBUS, I SIGNED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WILL GIVE STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS MORE FREEDOM TO SELL OR LEASE THEIR
INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR IF THEY CHOOSE TO
DO so. WE HEAR COMPLAINTS THAT AMERICA'S
INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING, AND THAT STATES AREN'T
PUTTING ENOUGH MONEY INTO EXPANDING OR REPAIRING IT.
AT THE SAME TIME, MANY PRIVATE COMPANIES WANT TO INVEST
IN THESE PROJECTS.
- 19 -
MY EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL REMOVE IMPEDIMENTS TO
COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISES BUYING INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
-- INCLUDING BRIDGES, ROADS, HOUSING AND SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANTS. THIS INITIATIVE COULD GENERATE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW INVESTMENT AND MILLIONS OF
NEW JOBS. AMERICAN BUSINESS HAS THE FUNDS TO INVEST IN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPAND IT.
- 20 -
THROUGH TODAY'S ACTION, WE WILL HELP MORE PEOPLE
ENJOY CHEAPER AND BETTER WASTE-WATER TREATMENT SERVICE
BY LETTING BUSINESSES WITH REAL MARKET INCENTIVES DO
THE JOB. WE'LL HELP LOW-INCOME TENANTS BUY THEIR OWN
HOUSING. WE'RE PROMOTING COMPETITION THAT COULD
DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE COSTS OF URBAN MASS TRANSIT.
AND THE MONEY THAT STATES WILL RECEIVE FOR SELLING
THESE FACILITIES WILL BE USED TO BUILD EVEN MORE NEW
NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE, OR TO LOWER THE STATES' DEBTS
-- OR TO CUT YOUR TAXES.
- 21 -
PRIVATIZING STATE ENTERPRISES IS ONE OF THE GREAT
HOPES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REBIRTH FROM MEXICO CITY
TO Moscow. AND THIS GREAT IDEA PRESENTS MANY CHANCES
FOR POSITIVE CHANGE RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY --
OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN'T AFFORD TO OVERLOOK.
OF ONE THING, HOWEVER, I AM CERTAIN: THE STATUS
QUO WILL NOT YIELD WITHOUT A FIGHT. THE SPECIAL-
INTEREST CROWD WON'T LIKE OUR AGENDA. THEY THINK
GOVERNMENT SHOULD OWN MORE, NOT LESS.
- 22 -
WASHINGTON IS SWARMING WITH NOISY LOBBYISTS FOR THE OLD
INTERESTS OF KNOW-IT-ALL GOVERNMENT -- PEOPLE WHO'VE
NEVER MET A REGULATION THEY DIDN'T LIKE.
THIS IS SPRINGTIME, AND A YOUNG MAN'S THOUGHTS TURN
-- AND HIS RADIO DIAL TURNS -- TO BASEBALL. So I'D
LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH A FAVORITE STORY ABOUT THE
LEGENDARY Yogi BERRA. IN YOGI'S HOMETOWN OF ST. LOUIS,
THE LOCAL PEOPLE ORGANIZED A CELEBRATION IN HIS HONOR
AT THE OLD SPORTSMAN'S PARK.
- 23 -
Yogi QUAVERED WITH EMOTION AS HE STEPPED UP TO SPEAK.
"FIRST," HE SAID, "FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, LET ME
THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS DAY NECESSARY."
THE POINT OF THE STORY IS THIS: THE FREEDOM-LOVING
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY -- PEOPLE OF INGENUITY AND
ENTERPRISE, PEOPLE IN LEADING-EDGE INDUSTRIES LIKE YOUR
OWN -- ARE NOT MERELY MAKING RENEWAL OF LIMITED
GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE. 11 THEY'RE MAKING IT NECESSARY.
- 24 -
THEY'RE MAKING IT INEVITABLE.
11
TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCE IS ACCELERATING so RAPIDLY THAT THE OLD GUARD
CAN ONLY HOPE IN VAIN TO KEEP UP. WE'LL MAKE INTRUSIVE
AND GLUTTONOUS GOVERNMENT A THING OF THE PAST.
WE'VE REACHED A TURNING POINT. 11 WE'RE ON THE
VERGE OF WATERSHED REFORMS TO MAKE GOVERNMENT STOP
STIFLING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE THEIR FREEDOMS TO
CREATE, TO PRODUCE, TO SERVE.
11
- 25 -
THE DAY IS COMING WHEN ENTERPRISERS AND INNOVATORS LIKE
YOURSELVES WILL LEAD US TO NEW HORIZONS. THE DAY IS
COMING WHEN DREAMS NOT YET IMAGINED WILL COME TRUE.
I AM CONFIDENT ABOUT THE YEARS AHEAD: WE WILL KEEP
THIS NATION A CHAMPION OF IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITY AND
JUSTICE. WE CAN REFORM OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COURTS AND
OUR HEALTH SYSTEM -- OUR VERY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. WE
CAN ASSURE THAT WHEN WE REACH THE NEW CENTURY, AMERICA
WILL STILL BE THE STRONGEST, THE BRAVEST, AND THE
FREEST NATION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
- 26 -
THANK YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
# # #
OHIO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION \ COLUMBUS, OHIO
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1992 \ 3:15 PM
THANK YOU, FRED [CUSIMANO]. LET ME BEGIN WITH A
FEW WORDS ABOUT THE GREAT MAN WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO THIS
CITY. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DARED TO EXPLORE FAR BEYOND
THE HORIZONS OF HIS CONTINENT -- AND HE DISCOVERED A
NEW WORLD. NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE HAD IT NOT BEEN
FOR HIS VISION.
- 2 -
IN THE SAME MANNER, WE WOULDN'T BE ATTENDING A
BROADCASTERS CONVENTION HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE DARING
OF SCIENTIFIC PRODIGIES LIKE DEFOREST AND MARCONI,
PIONEER NEWSMEN LIKE MURROW, AND BUSINESS GENIUSES LIKE
SARNOFF AND PALEY.
WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND JUST HOW NEW THIS THING
CALLED BROADCASTING IS. THE SAME YEAR MY FATHER WAS
BORN HERE IN COLUMBUS, JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY ON EAST
BROAD STREET, MARCONI INVENTED RADIO.
- 3 -
AND I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY HERE WHO CAN REMEMBER WHEN
THE FIRST TV BROADCASTS WENT ON THE AIR.
YES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY.
AND IT IS TAKING ITS FIRST BABY STEPS HAND IN HAND WITH
ANOTHER THING THAT'S BRIGHT AND NEW IN HUMAN HISTORY:
THE WORLDWIDE SPREAD OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. AROUND
THE GLOBE, NATIONS ARE JOINING A MOVEMENT IN WHICH THE
UNITED STATES IS THE GREAT PIONEER AND THE UNSURPASSED
LEADER.
- 4 -
PROTECTING OUR FREEDOMS -- TRUSTING PEOPLE WITH
THEIR FREEDOMS -- THESE FORM THE CORE OF OUR CRUSADE TO
MAKE THIS COUNTRY STRONGER. A FREE ECONOMY WILL BE A
STRONG ECONOMY, CREATING MORE GOOD JOBS. WE'LL KEEP
OUR SOCIETY HEALTHY BY PUTTING THE FAMILY FIRST. AND
BY KEEPING OUR DEFENSES STRONG, WE'LL KEEP THE PEACE.
I'M WORKING TO OPEN WORLD MARKETS. OPEN TRADE WILL
CREATE MORE AND BETTER JOBS FOR AMERICANS. IT OFFERS
OUR CONSUMERS LOWER PRICES AND MORE CHOICES.
- 5 -
EXPANDING TRADE IS ONE OF FIVE PROGRAMS FOR THIS
COUNTRY'S FUTURE THAT I VIEW AS TOP PRIORITIES.
WE'RE WORKING AS WELL TO REVOLUTIONIZE -- LITERALLY
RE-INVENT -- OUR SCHOOLS. PARENTS ARE LEADING THE WAY.
IN COMMUNITY AFTER COMMUNITY, THEY ARE STANDING UP TO
THE BUREAUCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT -- ASSERTING THEIR
RIGHTS IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. 11
WE'RE
WORKING FOR FUNDAMENTAL REFORM OF GOVERNMENT --
INCLUDING A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT AND TERM LIMITS
TO MAKE CONGRESS MORE ACCOUNTABLE.
11
- 6 -
WE'RE WORKING TO HELP THE INNOVATIONS AND EFFICIENCIES
OF FREE MARKETS MAKE QUALITY HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE TO
ALL. 11 AND WE'RE FIGHTING THE EXPLOSION OF NUISANCE
LAWSUITS. 11 LET'S SPEND MORE TIME HELPING ONE ANOTHER
AND LESS TIME SUING EACH OTHER. 11
WE'RE FIGHTING HARD TO GET THE BURDENS OF
UNREASONABLE GOVERNMENT REGULATION OFF THE BACKS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. REGULATION IMPOSES A HIDDEN TAX ON
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY.
- 7 -
IN MY STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, I LIT A FIRE
UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS FOR FUNDAMENTAL
REFORM OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION. THIS WEEK WE
COMPLETED THE 90-DAY MORATORIUM I ORDERED ON NEW
REGULATIONS. IN JUST THOSE 90 DAYS, WE HAVE COMPLETED
OR SET IN MOTION REFORMS THAT WILL SAVE AMERICANS 15 TO
20 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. YESTERDAY, I ORDERED A 120
DAY EXTENSION OF THE MORATORIUM -- AND I AM EXPECTING
MANY MORE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR FREEDOM AND COMMON SENSE.
- 8 -
FUNDAMENTAL REFORM OF REGULATION CAN'T BE ACHIEVED
OVERNIGHT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TOUGH,
IMAGINATIVE, PATIENT EFFORT. BUT I AM TOTALLY
COMMITTED TO REFORMING REGULATION, BECAUSE THE COST OF
INACTION WOULD BE MORE THAN WE COULD BEAR. THINK OF
SOME OF THE BURDENS AND CONTRADICTIONS WE ALREADY FACE:
HERE IN COLUMBUS, THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS PROJECTED
THAT OVER THE NEXT DECADE, ITS COST OF COMPLIANCE WITH
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ALONE WILL BE $1.6
BILLION. THAT'S $856 PER HOUSEHOLD PER YEAR.
- 9 -
Now, THIS IS FOR A COMMUNITY WHOSE ENTIRE CITY BUDGET
LAST YEAR WAS $591 MILLION. THE SHARE OF THE CITY'S
BUDGET TO MEET THESE REGULATIONS STANDS TO INCREASE
FROM 10 PERCENT TO 23 PERCENT. RIGHT NOW, COLUMBUS IS
ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY FOR
PEOPLE TO WORK AND TO LIVE. BUT I CAN'T SAY THINGS
WILL STAY THAT WAY IF THE COST OF MEETING GOVERNMENT
MANDATES KEEPS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.
- 10 -
IN JUNEAU, ALASKA, A LOCAL CHARITY, THE ST. VINCENT
DE PAUL SOCIETY, WANTED TO BUILD AN ADDITION TO ITS
SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS, ALSO REQUIRING MORE PARKING
SPACES. UNFORTUNATELY THE BUILDING PROJECT WAS DELAYED
FOR A WHOLE YEAR BECAUSE BUREAUCRATS DECLARED THE SITE
A "WETLAND." Now GET THIS: THE SHELTER IS IN THE
MIDDLE OF TOWN, SURROUNDED BY CONCRETE -- DRY CONCRETE,
I PRESUME -- ON A CITY BLOCK THAT INCLUDES TWO CAR
DEALERSHIPS, A PLUMBING STORE AND A STORAGE BUSINESS.
- 11 -
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. OBVIOUSLY
SOMEBODY IN THIS EPISODE WAS ALL WET -- BUT IT WASN'T
THE REAL ESTATE FOR THE HOMELESS SHELTER.
AND BACK HERE IN OHTo, AN UNREASONABLE FEDERAL
REGULATION ALMOST FORCED THE CLOSING OF THE DAYTON AREA
HEALTH PLAN -- AN INNOVATIVE MANAGED CARE PROGRAM
DESIGNED TO OFFER HIGH QUALITY CARE TO SOME 43,000
MEDICAID RECIPIENTS IN DAYTON.
- 12 -
GOVERNOR VOINOVICH LED THE EFFORT TO CHANGE THIS
INEQUITY -- AND JUST THIS WEEK, I SIGNED LEGISLATION
GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FOR THIS OHIO REFORM INITIATIVE.
I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE NEW IDEAS OHIOANS ARE
DEVELOPING ON THEIR OWN -- WITHOUT MANDATES FROM KNOW-
IT-ALLS IN THE WASHINGTON BUREAUCRACY. WE DON'T DO
MUCH FOR AMERICANS' HEALTH WHEN WE PUT HMOs LIKE THE
ONE IN DAYTON ON THE CRITICAL LIST.
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- 13 -
It's STORIES LIKE THESE THAT REMIND US WHAT A
VISIONARY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE WAS. A CENTURY AND A
HALF AGO, HE WARNED THAT IF AMERICANS WERE NOT CAREFUL,
GOVERNMENT WOULD "COVER THE SURFACE OF SOCIETY WITH A
NETWORK OF SMALL, COMPLICATED RULES, MINUTE AND
UNIFORM, THROUGH WHICH THE MOST ORIGINAL MINDS AND THE
MOST ENERGETIC CHARACTERS CANNOT PENETRATE."
- 14 -
WELL, WE'VE HEARD THE WARNING. WE'RE FIGHTING
BACK. OUR REFORM EFFORTS ARE BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO
AMERICA'S ABILITY TO COMPETE, TO INNOVATE, TO CREATE
JOBS. EVERY FEDERAL AGENCY I ASKED HAS RESPONDED WITH
ACTION TO EASE THE BURDEN OF UNNECESSARY REGULATION.
FROM BIOTECHNOLOGY TO ENERGY TO BANKING -- AND, YES, TO
BROADCASTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- WE ARE TAKING
THE SHACKLES OFF OF AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.
- 15 -
LET ME TAKE THIS OCCASION TO SALUTE THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR ITS ACTION TO RELAX
NEEDLESS RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP OF RADIO STATIONS.
THE FCC ALSO HAS TAKEN ACTION TO ALLOW COMPETITION
AMONG INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMPANIES. THIS WILL
HELP REDUCE PRICES AMERICANS NOW PAY ON MORE THAN A
BILLION TELEPHONE CALLS EVERY YEAR TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
THESE ARE VERY WELCOME REFORMS.
- 16 -
AL SIKES, THE FCC CHAIRMAN, BELIEVES IN FREE MARKETS
AND INNOVATION -- AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT IS THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
LOOKING FORWARD, ONE CAN'T HELP BUT SEE THAT NEW
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES WILL REVOLUTIONIZE
SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS.
THEY'LL BE AN IMPORTANT BOON TO FAMILIES:
- 17 -
THE DAY IS COMING WHEN MOTHERS AND FATHERS WILL BE ABLE
TO SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN EVEN AS
THEY MAKE EVER MORE PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
ECONOMY.
IN THE SAME SPIRIT AS REGULATORY REFORM IS
PRIVATIZATION -- FACILITIES NOW RUN BY GOVERNMENT TO BE
OWNED AND OPERATED BY COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISES AND THUS
SERVE THE PUBLIC FAR MORE FAIRLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
- 18 -
TODAY, BEFORE I CAME HERE TO COLUMBUS, I SIGNED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WILL GIVE STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS MORE FREEDOM TO SELL OR LEASE THEIR
INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR IF THEY CHOOSE TO
DO so. WE HEAR COMPLAINTS THAT AMERICA'S
INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING, AND THAT STATES AREN'T
PUTTING ENOUGH MONEY INTO EXPANDING OR REPAIRING IT.
AT THE SAME TIME, MANY PRIVATE COMPANIES WANT TO INVEST
IN THESE PROJECTS.
- 19 -
MY EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL REMOVE IMPEDIMENTS TO
COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISES BUYING INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS
-- INCLUDING BRIDGES, ROADS, HOUSING AND SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANTS. THIS INITIATIVE COULD GENERATE
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW INVESTMENT AND MILLIONS OF
NEW JOBS. AMERICAN BUSINESS HAS THE FUNDS TO INVEST IN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPAND IT.
- 20 -
THROUGH TODAY'S ACTION, WE WILL HELP MORE PEOPLE
ENJOY CHEAPER AND BETTER WASTE-WATER TREATMENT SERVICE
BY LETTING BUSINESSES WITH REAL MARKET INCENTIVES DO
THE JOB. WE'LL HELP LOW-INCOME TENANTS BUY THEIR OWN
HOUSING. WE'RE PROMOTING COMPETITION THAT COULD
DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE COSTS OF URBAN MASS TRANSIT.
AND THE MONEY THAT STATES WILL RECEIVE FOR SELLING
THESE FACILITIES WILL BE USED TO BUILD EVEN MORE NEW
NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE, OR TO LOWER THE STATES' DEBTS
-- OR TO CUT YOUR TAXES.
- 21 -
PRIVATIZING STATE ENTERPRISES IS ONE OF THE GREAT
HOPES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REBIRTH FROM MEXICO CITY
TO Moscow. AND THIS GREAT IDEA PRESENTS MANY CHANCES
FOR POSITIVE CHANGE RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY --
OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN'T AFFORD TO OVERLOOK.
OF ONE THING, HOWEVER, I AM CERTAIN: THE STATUS
QUO WILL NOT YIELD WITHOUT A FIGHT. THE SPECIAL-
INTEREST CROWD WON'T LIKE OUR AGENDA. THEY THINK
GOVERNMENT SHOULD OWN MORE, NOT LESS.
- 22 -
WASHINGTON IS SWARMING WITH NOISY LOBBYISTS FOR THE OLD
INTERESTS OF KNOW-IT-ALL GOVERNMENT -- PEOPLE WHO'VE
NEVER MET A REGULATION THEY DIDN'T LIKE.
THIS IS SPRINGTIME, AND A YOUNG MAN'S THOUGHTS TURN
-- AND HIS RADIO DIAL TURNS -- TO BASEBALL. So I'D
LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH A FAVORITE STORY ABOUT THE
LEGENDARY Yogi BERRA. IN YOGI'S HOMETOWN OF ST. LOUIS,
THE LOCAL PEOPLE ORGANIZED A CELEBRATION IN HIS HONOR
AT THE OLD SPORTSMAN'S PARK.
- 23 -
YOGI QUAVERED WITH EMOTION AS HE STEPPED UP TO SPEAK.
"FIRST," HE SAID, "FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, LET ME
THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THIS DAY NECESSARY."
THE POINT OF THE STORY IS THIS: THE FREEDOM-LOVING
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY -- PEOPLE OF INGENUITY AND
ENTERPRISE, PEOPLE IN LEADING-EDGE INDUSTRIES LIKE YOUR
OWN -- ARE NOT MERELY MAKING RENEWAL OF LIMITED
GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE. 11 THEY'RE MAKING IT NECESSARY.
- 24 -
THEY'RE MAKING IT INEVITABLE.
11
TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCE IS ACCELERATING so RAPIDLY THAT THE OLD GUARD
CAN ONLY HOPE IN VAIN TO KEEP UP. WE'LL MAKE INTRUSIVE
AND GLUTTONOUS GOVERNMENT A THING OF THE PAST.
WE'VE REACHED A TURNING POINT. 11 WE'RE ON THE
VERGE OF WATERSHED REFORMS TO MAKE GOVERNMENT STOP
STIFLING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE THEIR FREEDOMS TO
CREATE, TO PRODUCE, TO SERVE.
11
- 25 -
THE DAY IS COMING WHEN ENTERPRISERS AND INNOVATORS LIKE
YOURSELVES WILL LEAD US TO NEW HORIZONS. THE DAY IS
COMING WHEN DREAMS NOT YET IMAGINED WILL COME TRUE.
I AM CONFIDENT ABOUT THE YEARS AHEAD: WE WILL KEEP
THIS NATION A CHAMPION OF IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITY AND
JUSTICE. WE CAN REFORM OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COURTS AND
OUR HEALTH SYSTEM -- OUR VERY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. WE
CAN ASSURE THAT WHEN WE REACH THE NEW CENTURY, AMERICA
WILL STILL BE THE STRONGEST, THE BRAVEST, AND THE
FREEST NATION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
- 26 -
THANK YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
# # #
Document No. 324679
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
04/29/92
----
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: OHIO ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, 04/30
SUBJECT:
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
DELAND
McGROARTY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
2 APR 29 P7: 40
April 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
JOSEPH P. DUGGAN
SUBJECT:
OHIO ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, April 30, at 3:15 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio,
you will speak to about 200 members of the Ohio Association
of Broadcasters. This group, which you addressed twice as
Vice President, is composed of radio and TV station owners
and managers.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (15 minutes, on cards) state your
philosophy of what type of government regulation is
appropriate, describe the successes of the moratorium, and
lay out how the Administration will regulate in the future.
You also discuss the new executive order allowing local
governments to privatize their infrastructure.
(Duggan/Simon)
April 29, 1992
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: OHIO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBUS, OHIO
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1992
3:15 PM
Thank you, Fred [Cusimano]. Let me begin with a few words
about the great man who gave his name to this city. Christopher
Columbus dared to explore far beyond the horizons of his
continent -- and he discovered a new world. None of us would be
here had it not been for his vision.
In the same manner, we wouldn't be attending a broadcasters
convention had it not been for the daring of scientific prodigies
like DeForest and Marconi, pioneer newsmen like Murrow, and
business geniuses like Sarnoff and Paley.
We should keep in mind just how new this thing called
broadcasting is. The same year my father was born here in
Columbus, just a few blocks away on East Broad Street, Marconi
invented radio. And I am sure there are many here who can
remember when the first TV broadcasts went on the air.
Yes, telecommunications is still in its infancy. And it is
taking its first baby steps hand in hand with another thing
that's bright and new in human history: the worldwide spread of
freedom and democracy. They are joining a movement in which the
United States is the great pioneer and the unsurpassed leader.
Protecting our freedoms -- trusting people with their
freedoms these form the core of our crusade to make this
country stronger. A free economy will be a strong economy,
creating more good jobs. We'll keep our society healthy by
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putting the family first. And by keeping our defenses strong,
we'll keep the peace.
I'm working to open world markets. Open trade will create
more and better jobs for Americans. It offers our consumers
lower prices and more choices. Expanding trade is one of five
programs for this country's future that I view as top priorities.
We're working as well to revolutionize -- literally re-
invent -- our schools. Parents are leading the way. In
community after community, they are standing up to the
bureaucratic establishment -- asserting their rights in their
children's education. 11 We're working for fundamental reform
of government -- including a balanced budget amendment and term
limits to make Congress more accountable. 11 We're working to
help the innovations and efficiencies of free markets make
quality health care available to all. 11 And we're fighting the
explosion of nuisance lawsuits. Let's spend more time helping
one another and less time suing each other. 11
We're fighting hard to get the burdens of unreasonable
government regulation off the backs of the American people.
Regulation imposes a hidden tax on every man, woman and child in
this country.
In my State of the Union Address, I lit a fire under my
administration's efforts for fundamental reform of government
regulation. This week we completed the 90-day moratorium I
ordered on new regulations. In just those 90 days, we. have
completed or set in motion reforms that will save Americans 15 to
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20 billion dollars a year. Yesterday, I ordered a 120 day
extension of the moratorium -- and I am expecting many more
achievements for freedom and common sense.
Fundamental reform of regulation can't be achieved
overnight. It's going to take a lot of tough, imaginative,
patient effort. But I am totally committed to reforming
regulation, because the cost of inaction would be more than we
could bear. Think of some of the burdens and contradictions we
already face:
Here in Columbus, the city government has projected that
over the next decade, its cost of compliance with federal
environmental regulations alone will be $1.6 billion. That's
$856 per household per year. Now, this is for a community whose
entire city budget last year was $591 million. The share of the
city's budget to meet these regulations stands to increase from
10 percent to 23 percent. Right now, Columbus is one of the most
attractive places in the country for people to work and to live.
But I can't say things will stay that way if the cost of meeting
government mandates keeps going through the roof.
In Juneau, Alaska, a local charity, the St. Vincent de Paul
Society, wanted to build an addition to its shelter for the
homeless, also requiring more parking spaces. Unfortunately the
building project was delayed for a whole year because bureaucrats
declared the site a "wetland." Now get this: The shelter is in
the middle of town, surrounded by concrete -- dry concrete, I
presume -- on a city block that includes two car dealerships, a
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plumbing store and a storage business. There's something wrong
with this picture. Obviously somebody in this episode was all
wet -- but it wasn't the real estate for the homeless shelter.
And back here in Ohio, an unreasonable federal regulation
almost forced the closing of the Dayton Area Health Plan -- an
innovative managed care program designed to offer high quality
care to some 43,000 Medicaid recipients in Dayton. Governor
Voinovich led the effort to change this inequity -- and just this
week, I signed legislation granting an exemption for this Ohio
reform initiative. I have confidence in the new ideas Ohioans
are developing on their own -- without mandates from know-it-
alls in the Washington bureaucracy. We don't do much for
Americans' health when we put HMOs like the one in. Dayton on the
critical list.
It's stories like these that remind us what a visionary
Alexis de Tocqueville was. A century and a half ago, he warned
that if Americans were not careful, government would "cover the
surface of society with a network of small, complicated rules,
minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the
most energetic characters cannot penetrate."
Well, we've heard the warning. We're fighting back. Our
reform efforts are breathing new life into America's ability to
compete, to innovate, to create jobs. Every federal agency I
asked has responded with action to ease the burden of unnecessary
regulation. From biotechnology to energy to banking -- and, yes,
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to broadcasting and telecommunications -- we are taking the
shackles off of American enterprise.
Let me take this occasion to salute the Federal
Communications Commission for its action to relax needless
restrictions on ownership of radio stations. The FCC also has
taken action to allow competition among international satellite
companies. This will help reduce prices Americans now pay on
more than a billion telephone calls every year to other
countries. These are very welcome reforms. Al Sikes, the FCC
chairman, believes in free markets and innovation -- and it's
clear to me that is the right direction.
Looking forward, one can't help but see that new
telecommunications technologies will revolutionize. science,
education, and the way we do business. They'll be an important
boon to families: The day is coming when mothers and fathers
will be able to spend more time at home with their children even
as they make ever more productive contributions to our economy.
In the same spirit as regulatory reform is privatization --
selling off government-run facilities that would serve the
public far more fairly and efficiently if operated by competitive
enterprises. Today, before I came here to Columbus, I signed an
Executive Order that will give states more freedom to sell their
infrastructure to the private sector if they choose to do SO. We
hear complaints that America's infrastructure is crumbling, and
that states aren't putting enough money into expanding or
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repairing it. At the same time, private companies are chomping
at the bit to invest in these projects.
My Executive Order will enable competitive enterprises to
buy infrastructure assets including airports, rail facilities,
bridges and roads, housing and hospitals. This initiative could
generate billions of dollars in new investment and millions of
new jobs. American business has the funds to invest in
infrastructure and expand it. Through today's action, we will
help more people enjoy cheaper and better waste-water treatment
service by letting businesses with real market incentives do the
job. We will help air travelers get the bigger and better
airport facilities we'll need for the 21st century.
And the
money that states will receive for selling these facilities will
be used to build even more new needed infrastructure, or to lower
the states' debts -- or to cut your taxes.
Privatizing state enterprises is one of the great hopes for
economic growth and rebirth from Mexico City to Moscow. And this
great idea presents many chances for positive change right here
in our own country -- opportunities we can't afford to overlook.
Of one thing, however, I am certain: The status quo will
not yield without a fight. The special-interest crowd won't like
our agenda. They think government should own more, not less.
Washington is swarming with noisy lobbyists for the old interests
of know-it-all government -- people who've never met a regulation
they didn't like.
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This is springtime, and a young man's thoughts turn -- and
his radio dial turns -- to baseball. So I'd like to leave you
with a favorite story about the legendary Yogi Berra. In Yogi's
hometown of St. Louis, the local people organized a celebration
in his honor at the old Sportsman's Park. Yogi quavered with
emotion as he stepped up to speak. "First," he said, "from the
bottom of my heart, let me thank all the people who have made
this day necessary." III
The point of the story is this: The freedom-loving people
in this country -- people of ingenuity and enterprise, people in
leading-edge industries like your own -- are not merely making
renewal of limited government possible. They're making it
necessary. They're making it inevitable. 11 Technological
advance is accelerating so rapidly that the old guard can only
hope in vain to keep up. We'll make intrusive and gluttonous
government a thing of the past.
We've reached a turning point. We're on the verge of
watershed reforms to make government stop stifling people who
want to use their freedoms to create, to produce, to serve. 11
The day is coming when enterprisers and innovators like
yourselves will lead us to new horizons. The day is coming when
dreams not yet imagined will come true.
I am confident about the years ahead: We will keep this
nation a champion of ideas and opportunity and justice. We can
reform our schools and our courts and our health system -- our
very system of government. We can assure that when we reach the
8
new century, America will still be the strongest, the bravest,
and the freest nation on the face of the Earth.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
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Document No. 324679
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
04/29/92
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: OHIO ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, 04/30
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
DELAND
McGROARTY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
2 APR 29 P7: 40
April 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
JOSEPH P. DUGGAN
SUBJECT:
OHIO ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, April 30, at 3:15 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio,
you will speak to about 200 members of the Ohio Association
of Broadcasters. This group, which you addressed twice as
Vice President, is composed of radio and TV station owners
and managers.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (15 minutes, on cards) state your
philosophy of what type of government regulation is
appropriate, describe the successes of the moratorium, and
lay out how the Administration will regulate in the future.
You also discuss the new executive order allowing local
governments to privatize their infrastructure.
(Duggan/Simon)
April 29, 1992
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: OHIO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBUS, OHIO
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1992
3:15 PM
Thank you, Fred [Cusimano]. Let me begin with a few words
about the great man who gave his name to this city. Christopher
Columbus dared to explore far beyond the horizons of his
continent -- and he discovered a new world. None of us would be
here had it not been for his vision.
In the same manner, we wouldn't be attending a broadcasters
convention had it not been for the daring of scientific prodigies
like DeForest and Marconi, pioneer newsmen like Murrow, and
business geniuses like Sarnoff and Paley.
We should keep in mind just how new this thing called
broadcasting is. The same year my father was born here in
Columbus, just a few blocks away on East Broad Street, Marconi
invented radio. And I am sure there are many here who can
remember when the first TV broadcasts went on the air.
Yes, telecommunications is still in its infancy. And it is
taking its first baby steps hand in hand with another thing
that's bright and new in human history: the worldwide spread of
freedom and democracy. They are joining a movement in which the
United States is the great pioneer and the unsurpassed leader.
Protecting our freedoms -- trusting people with their
freedoms these form the core of our crusade to make this
country stronger. A free economy will be a strong economy,
creating more good jobs. We'll keep our society healthy by
2
putting the family first. And by keeping our defenses strong,
we'll keep the peace.
I'm working to open world markets. Open trade will create
more and better jobs for Americans. It offers our consumers
lower prices and more choices. Expanding trade is one of five
programs for this country's future that I view as top priorities.
We're working as well to revolutionize -- literally re-
invent -- our schools. Parents are leading the way. In
community after community, they are standing up to the
bureaucratic establishment -- asserting their rights in their
children's education. -11 We're working for fundamental reform
of government -- including a balanced budget amendment and term
limits to make Congress more accountable. 11 We're. working to
help the innovations and efficiencies of free markets make
quality health care available to all. 11 And we're fighting the
explosion of nuisance lawsuits. Let's spend more time helping
one another and less time suing each other. 11
We're fighting hard to get the burdens of unreasonable
government regulation off the backs of the American people.
Regulation imposes a hidden tax on every man, woman and child in
this country.
In my State of the Union Address, I lit a fire under my
administration's efforts for fundamental reform of government
regulation. This week we completed the 90-day moratorium I
ordered on new regulations. In just those 90 days, we have
completed or set in motion reforms that will save Americans 15 to
3
20 billion dollars a year. Yesterday, I ordered a 120 day
extension of the moratorium -- and I am expecting many more
achievements for freedom and common sense.
Fundamental reform of regulation can't be achieved
overnight. It's going to take a lot of tough, imaginative,
patient effort. But I am totally committed to reforming
regulation, because the cost of inaction would be more than we
could bear. Think of some of the burdens and contradictions we
already face:
Here in Columbus, the city government has projected that
over the next decade, its cost of compliance with federal
environmental regulations alone will be $1.6 billion. That's
$856 per household per year. Now, this is for a community whose
entire city budget last year was $591 million. The share of the
city's budget to meet these regulations stands to increase from
10 percent to 23 percent. Right now, Columbus is one of the most
attractive places in the country for people to work and to live.
But I can't say things will stay that way if the cost of meeting
government mandates keeps going through the roof.
In Juneau, Alaska, a local charity, the St. Vincent de Paul
Society, wanted to build an addition to its shelter for the
homeless, also requiring more parking spaces. Unfortunately the
building project was delayed for a whole year because bureaucrats
declared the site a "wetland." Now get this: The shelter is in
the middle of town, surrounded by concrete -- dry concrete, I
presume -- on a city block that includes two car dealerships, a
4
plumbing store and a storage business. There's something wrong
with this picture. Obviously somebody in this episode was all
wet -- but it wasn't the real estate for the homeless shelter.
And back here in Ohio, an unreasonable federal regulation
almost forced the closing of the Dayton Area Health Plan -- an
innovative managed care program designed to offer high quality
care to some 43,000 Medicaid recipients in Dayton. Governor
Voinovich led the effort to change this inequity -- and just this
week, I signed legislation granting an exemption for this Ohio
reform initiative. I have confidence in the new ideas Ohioans
are developing on their own -- without mandates from know-it-
alls in the Washington bureaucracy. We don't do much for
Americans' health when we put HMOs like the one in Dayton on the
critical list.
It's stories like these that remind us what a visionary
Alexis de Tocqueville was. A century and a half ago, he warned
that if Americans were not careful, government would "cover the
surface of society with a network of small, complicated rules,
minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the
most energetic characters cannot penetrate."
Well, we've heard the warning. We're fighting back. Our
reform efforts are breathing new life into America's ability to
compete, to innovate, to create jobs. Every federal agency I
asked has responded with action to ease the burden of unnecessary
regulation. From biotechnology to energy to banking -- and, yes,
5
to broadcasting and telecommunications -- we are taking the
shackles off of American enterprise.
Let me take this occasion to salute the Federal
Communications Commission for its action to relax needless
restrictions on ownership of radio stations. The FCC also has
taken action to allow competition among international satellite
companies. This will help reduce prices Americans now pay on
more than a billion telephone calls every year to other
countries. These are very welcome reforms. Al Sikes, the FCC
chairman, believes in free markets and innovation -- and it's
clear to me that is the right direction.
Looking forward, one can't help but see that new
telecommunications technologies will revolutionize science,
education, and the way we do business. They'll be an important
boon to families: The day is coming when mothers and fathers
will be able to spend more time at home with their children even
as they make ever more productive contributions to our economy.
In the same spirit as regulatory reform is privatization --
selling off government-run facilities that would serve the
public far more fairly and efficiently if operated by competitive
enterprises. Today, before I came here to Columbus, I signed an
Executive Order that will give states more freedom to sell their
infrastructure to the private sector if they choose to do SO. We
hear complaints that America's infrastructure is crumbling, and
that states aren't putting enough money into expanding or
6
repairing it. At the same time, private companies are chomping
at the bit to invest in these projects.
My Executive Order will enable competitive enterprises to
buy infrastructure assets -- including airports, rail facilities,
bridges and roads, housing and hospitals. This initiative could
generate billions of dollars in new investment and millions of
new jobs. American business has the funds to invest in
infrastructure and expand it. Through today's action, we will
help more people enjoy cheaper and better waste-water treatment
service by letting businesses with real market incentives do the
job. We will help air travelers get the bigger and better
airport facilities we'll need for the 21st century. And the
money that states will receive for selling these facilities will
be used to build even more new needed infrastructure, or to lower
the states' debts -- or to cut your taxes.
Privatizing state enterprises is one of the great hopes for
economic growth and rebirth from Mexico City to Moscow. And this
great idea presents many chances for positive change right here
in our own country -- opportunities we can't afford to overlook.
Of one thing, however, I am certain: The status quo will
not yield without a fight. The special-interest crowd won't like
our agenda. They think government should own more, not less.
Washington is swarming with noisy lobbyists for the old interests
of know-it-all government -- people who've never met a regulation
they didn't like.
7
This is springtime, and a young man's thoughts turn -- and
his radio dial turns -- to baseball. So I'd like to leave you
with a favorite story about the legendary Yogi Berra. In Yogi's
hometown of St. Louis, the local people organized a celebration
in his honor at the old Sportsman's Park. Yogi quavered with
emotion as he stepped up to speak. "First," he said, "from the
bottom of my heart, let me thank all the people who have made
this day necessary. "
The point of the story is this: The freedom-loving people
in this country -- people of ingenuity and enterprise, people in
leading-edge industries like your own -- are not merely making
renewal of limited government possible. 11 They're making it
necessary. They're making it inevitable. Technological
advance is accelerating so rapidly that the old guard can only
hope in vain to keep up. We'll make intrusive and gluttonous
government a thing of the past.
We've reached a turning point. We're on the verge of
watershed reforms to make government stop stifling people who
want to use their freedoms to create, to produce, to serve. 11
The day is coming when enterprisers and innovators like
yourselves will lead us to new horizons. The day is coming when
dreams not yet imagined will come true.
I am confident about the years ahead: We will keep this
nation a champion of ideas and opportunity and justice. We can
reform our schools and our courts and our health system -- our
very system of government. We can assure that when we reach the
8
new century, America will still be the strongest, the bravest,
and the freest nation on the face of the Earth.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
#
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(Duggan/Simon)
Draft Eight
Broadcast
April 30, 1992
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: OHIO BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION
COLUMBUS, OHIO
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1992
3:15 PM
Thank you, Fred [Cusimano]. Let me begin with a few words
about the great man who gave his name to this city. Christopher
Columbus dared to explore far beyond the horizons of his
continent -- and he discovered a new world. None of us would be
here had it not been for his vision.
In the same manner, we wouldn't be attending a broadcasters
convention had it not been for the daring of scientific prodigies
like DeForest and Marconi, pioneer newsmen like Murrow, and
business geniuses like Sarnoff and Paley.
We should keep in mind just how new this thing called
broadcasting is. The same year my father was born here in
Columbus, just a few blocks away on East Broad Street, Marconi
invented radio. And I am sure there are many here who can
remember when the first TV broadcasts went on the air.
Yes, telecommunications is still in its infancy. And it is
taking its first baby steps hand in hand with another thing
that's bright and new in human history: the worldwide spread of
freedom and democracy. Around the globe, nations are joining a
movement in which the United States is the great pioneer and the
? or
anterede
unsurpassed leader.
Protecting our freedoms -- trusting people with their
freedoms -- these form the core of our crusade to make this
2
country stronger. A free economy will be a strong economy,
creating more good jobs. We'll keep our society healthy by
putting the family first. And by keeping our defenses strong,
we'll keep the peace.
I'm working to open world markets. Open trade will create
more and better jobs for Americans. It offers our consumers
lower prices and more choices. Expanding trade is one of five
programs for this country's future that I view as top priorities.
We're working as well to revolutionize -- literally re-
invent -- our schools. Parents are leading the way. In
community after community, they are standing up to the
bureaucratic establishment -- asserting their rights in their
children's education. 11 We're working for fundamental reform
of government -- including a balanced budget amendment and term
limits to make Congress more accountable. 11 We're working to
help the innovations and efficiencies of free markets make
quality health care available to all. 11 And we're fighting the
explosion of nuisance lawsuits. 11 Let's spend more time helping
one another and less time suing each other. 11
We're fighting hard to get the burdens of unreasonable
government regulation off the backs of the American people.
Regulation imposes a hidden tax on every man, woman and child in
this country.
In my State of the Union Address, I lit a fire under my
administration's efforts for fundamental reform of government
regulation. This week we completed the 90-day moratorium I
3
ordered on new regulations. In just those 90 days, we have
completed or set in motion reforms that will save Americans 15 to
20 billion dollars a year. Yesterday, I ordered a 120 day
extension of the moratorium -- and I am expecting many more
achievements for freedom and common sense.
Fundamental reform of regulation can't be achieved
overnight. It's going to take a lot of tough, imaginative,
patient effort. But I am totally committed to reforming
regulation, because the cost of inaction would be more than we
could bear. Think of some of the burdens and contradictions we
already face:
Here in Columbus, the city government has projected that
over the next decade, its cost of compliance with federal
environmental regulations alone will be $1.6 billion. That's
$856 per household per year. Now, this is for a community whose
entire city budget last year was $591 million. The share of the
city's budget to meet these regulations stands to increase from
10 percent to 23 percent. Right now, Columbus is one of the most
attractive places in the country for people to work and to live.
But I can't say things will stay that way if the cost of meeting
government mandates keeps going through the roof.
In Juneau, Alaska, a local charity, the St. Vincent de Paul
Society, wanted to build an addition to its shelter for the
homeless, also requiring more parking spaces. Unfortunately the
building project was delayed for a whole year because bureaucrats
declared the site a "wetland." Now get this: The shelter is in
4
the middle of town, surrounded by concrete -- dry concrete, I
presume -- on a city block that includes two car dealerships, a
plumbing store and a storage business. There's something wrong
with this picture. Obviously somebody in this episode was all
wet -- but it wasn't the real estate for the homeless shelter.
And back here in Ohio, an unreasonable federal regulation
almost forced the closing of the Dayton Area Health Plan -- an
innovative managed care program designed to offer high quality
care to some 43,000 Medicaid recipients in Dayton. Governor
Voinovich led the effort to change this inequity -- and just this
week, I signed legislation granting an exemption for this Ohio
reform initiative. I have confidence in the new ideas Ohioans
are developing on their own -- without mandates from know-it-
alls in the Washington bureaucracy. We don't do much for
Americans' health when we put HMOs like the one in Dayton on the
critical list. 11
It's stories like these that remind us what a visionary
Alexis de Tocqueville was. A century and a half ago, he warned
that if Americans were not careful, government would "cover the
surface of society with a network of small, complicated rules,
minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the
most energetic characters cannot penetrate."
Well, we've heard the warning. We're fighting back. Our
reform efforts are breathing new life into America's ability to
compete, to innovate, to create jobs. Every federal agency I
asked has responded with action to ease the burden of unnecessary
5
regulation. From biotechnology to energy to banking -- and, yes,
to broadcasting and telecommunications -- we are taking the
shackles off of American enterprise.
Let me take this occasion to salute the Federal
Communications Commission for its action to relax needless
restrictions on ownership of radio stations. The FCC also has
taken action to allow competition among international satellite
companies. This will help reduce prices Americans now pay on
more than a billion telephone calls every year to other
countries. These are very welcome reforms. Al Sikes, the FCC
chairman, believes in free markets and innovation -- and it's
clear to me that is the right direction.
Looking forward, one can't help but see that new
telecommunications technologies will revolutionize science,
education, and the way we do business. They'll be an important
boon to families: The day is coming when mothers and fathers
will be able to spend more time at home with their children even
as they make ever more productive contributions to our economy.
In the same spirit as regulatory reform is privatization --
facilities now run by government to be owned and operated by
competitive enterprises and thus serve the public far more fairly
and efficiently. Today, before I came here to Columbus, I signed
an Executive Order that will give state and local governments
more freedom to sell or lease their infrastructure to the private
sector if they choose to do so. We hear complaints that
America's infrastructure is crumbling, and that states aren't
6
putting enough money into expanding or repairing it. At the same
time, many private companies want to invest in these projects.
My Executive Order will remove impediments to competitive
enterprises buying infrastructure assets -- including bridges,
roads, housing and sewage treatment plants. This initiative
could generate billions of dollars in new investment and millions
of new jobs. American business has the funds to invest in
infrastructure and expand it.
Through today's action, we will help more people enjoy
cheaper and better waste-water treatment service by letting
businesses with real market incentives do the job. We'll help
low-income tenants buy their own housing. We're promoting
competition that could dramatically reduce the costs of urban
mass transit. And the money that states will receive for selling
these facilities will be used to build even more new needed
infrastructure, or to lower the states' debts -- or to cut your
taxes.
Privatizing state enterprises is one of the great hopes for
economic growth and rebirth from Mexico City to Moscow. And this
great idea presents many chances for positive change right here
in our own country -- opportunities we can't afford to overlook.
of one thing, however, I am certain: The status quo will
not yield without a fight. The special-interest crowd won't like
our agenda. They think government should own more, not less.
Washington is swarming with noisy lobbyists for the old interests
7
of know-it-all government -- people who've never met a regulation
they didn't like.
This is springtime, and a young man's thoughts turn -- and
his radio dial turns -- to baseball. So I'd like to leave you
with a favorite story about the legendary Yogi Berra. In Yogi's
hometown of St. Louis, the local people organized a celebration
in his honor at the old Sportsman's Park. Yogi quavered with
emotion as he stepped up to speak. "First," he said, "from the
bottom of my heart, let me thank all the people who have made
this day necessary." III
The point of the story is this: The freedom-loving people
in this country -- people of ingenuity and enterprise, people in
leading-edge industries like your own -- are not merely making
renewal of limited government possible. 11 They're making it
necessary. 11 They're making it inevitable. 11 Technological
advance is accelerating so rapidly that the old guard can only
hope in vain to keep up. We'll make intrusive and gluttonous
government a thing of the past.
We've reached a turning point. 11 We're on the verge of
watershed reforms to make government stop stifling people who
want to use their freedoms to create, to produce, to serve.
The day is coming when enterprisers and innovators like
yourselves will lead us to new horizons. The day is coming when
dreams not yet imagined will come true.
I am confident about the years ahead: We will keep this
nation a champion of ideas and opportunity and justice. We can
8
reform our schools and our courts and our health system -- our
very system of government. We can assure that when we reach the
new century, America will still be the strongest, the bravest,
and the freest nation on the face of the Earth.
Thank you, and may God bless the United States of America.
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