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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
JULY 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
STEVEN PROVOST
SUBJECT:
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, July 30, at 10:35 a.m., you will deliver
remarks (16 minutes, on prompter) to an audience of approximately
1500 people -- employees and local Texas officials associated
with the Super Conducting Super Collider project in Waxahachie.
II. DISCUSSION
The broad-based theme of your remarks focuses on the economy
of the 21st Century. Additionally, you highlight the
contributions the Super Collider project will have toward
advances in science, education and trade.
(Provost)
Presidential Remarks
Super Collider Event
Dallas, TX
30 September 1992
10:30 a.m.
Thank you, and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
Here today are some of the finest scientific minds in the
entire world. It is an honor and a pleasure to be with you.
As much as any state, Texas is a land of old and new -- a
place where "boot" means something you wear on your feet, and
what you do to turn on your computer each morning. And so I come
here to talk to you about what we need to do, to prepare for the
economy of the 21st Century.
Listening to all the talk these days about our economy reminds
me of the freshman who walked onto the field over at SMU for his
first football practice. He told the coach: "Look -- I can throw
the ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my
punts usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at
the young man and said, "Kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said, "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to work for the other political
party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but let's not
forget a few facts. We are the world's largest economy -- and no
2
other nation sells more products outside its borders. Inflation
is the lowest in two decades
and if you want to talk to the
world's most productive workers, don't brush up on your Japanese
or your German, the "Dream Team" of workers can be found right
here -- in the USA //
The question today is not can America compete? We know we
can. The question is -- how do we stay number one, and share our
prosperity with more Americans?
Right now a debate is raging. On one side are people who
are fearful of the future. They don't trust our people. They
only trust government to hang on to what we have today.
I take a different approach. I don't fear the future. I
embrace it. I believe America can win the new economic Olympics,
if our government is wise enough to trust our people and get them
ready for the big event.
Today, our economy is growing -- but nowhere near fast
enough. We need action now, to create jobs for you and your
neighbors.
On January 29th, I put forward a specific plan to create new
jobs, using tax incentives to encourage businesses to hire new
workers and help Americans who want to buy a first home. The
simple fact is: I trust you to spend your money and get the
economy moving.
If my plan was in place, it would create almost 15,000 new
jobs a day -- over a half a million jobs since February.
3
But Congress took my plan, and sent me back a tax increase -
- an idea that put government ahead of people. So I vetoed it.
For 183 days I've waited for Congress to act again. Today I say
to the Congress, we need those half a million new jobs today.
Don't hold the American economy hostage to politics. Vote for an
economic recovery program, and put Americans to work --- now!
11
That's what we need to do today. But changes occurring in
the world's economy are fundamental -- and they demand long-term
action. As we watch the Olympics on TV this week, we marvel at
the competitive energy. (I still can't get over the guy who shot
the arrow to light the flame. How'd you like to do that with a
hundred million people watching?)
The Olympics are a metaphor for our new economy. Today,
people in Eastern Europe and China want our computers and cars,
even our colas. We can fill the need.
Just look south to Mexico, where the border has been opened
further since 1986. U.S. exports have tripled with Texas
companies are leading the way.
I'm fighting for a North American trade treaty that will
increase Mexican demand for Texas fruits, computers, and hundreds
of other products. Some people look at this new world of trade
and get scared. They talk protectionism, suggesting we should
pack our bags before the games begin. I trust American
companies, and I trust American workers. Our national symbol is
not the Ostrich, but the Eagle. Let other nations stick their
4
head in the sand. We will spread our wings and fly to good jobs
for you, and your family. / /
Our economy has changed in many ways since I staked my first
claim in Odessa four decades ago. Back then, you could get a job
because of what you could lift with your shoulders. Today a good
job depends on what you can fit inside your head.
Think about this: In 1980
a man with a college
education made an average of $11,000 more per year than a man
with a high school education. By 1990, that gap had increased to
$16,000. And the same thing happened with women.
Knowledge has become the foundation of our economy. Whether
our kids will work in the military, the marketplace or on a
mainframe computer, what they know will determine what they do
with their lives.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call
America 2000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as great as our colleges. I'm proud of our world
dominance in basketball and swimming, but don't you want our kids
to do just as well in trigonometry and biology?/ /
A hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Edison said "if you
build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your
door. " Today those world-beating mousetraps are advances in
computers, biotechnology and material sciences.
New computers mean that in an age when information is king,
we can all wear a crown. (We can even get a FAX in our car,
5
which leads to the question: who wants to get a FAX in their
car?)
Advances in biotechnology allow us to cure illnesses that
have plagued mankind for generations. Breakthroughs in material
science mean that we can build everything from airplanes to cars
in ways that will make them faster, stronger and cheaper.
America has always been the cradle of technology -- the best
in the world. In the 21st century --- we must make sure that
translates into being the best in the marketplace.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, and
to improve the National Science Foundation, and to spur the
development of biotechnology and supercomputers.
These programs are not a form of "industrial policy" -- they
provide the technological leaps that make economic leaps
possible. I put my trust in American companies and American
workers. But they need incentives to invest in their own
research, their own ideas.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- the idea of
making permanent the research and experimentation tax credit, to
cut the cost of private research by 20 percent. We should
understand -- what happens in laboratories today, shows up in
your paycheck tomorrow. //
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future -- loyal to our
6
children. And we can make the investment with no budget busting
spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money every year. So I propose we set some priorities. Cut back
on mandatory spending today
and do away with almost 250
government programs that simply don't work anymore.
( (One of my favorite singers is Randy Travis. Randy has a
song that says, "Our love would last forever." I'm not sure
Randy would say the same thing about a taxpayer-supported federal
research program on the mating habits of minks.) )
This Superconducting SuperCollider is a big part of my
investment in America's future. It is the worlds greatest
scientific project, a magnet for scientific geniuses from around
the world. Where once we reached for the moon above to explore
new frontiers of our universe, soon we will begin to tunnel below
to learn about the fundamental question of science --- how our
universe began.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the Super Collider "the scientific
equivalent of that crazy new sport -- bungee jumping." I guess
what he means is that when it come to colliding atoms, it's not
the experience itself that counts, but what you learn along the
way. //
History has shown that pushing technology to ever-higher
levels of accomplishment brings immensely practical consequences
7
here for example, a new electronics industry can be born of
the discoveries that you make.
Some in Congress disagree. While they talk a good game
about investment, they have repeatedly voted to cut the programs
I outline today. Now, they've set their sights on the Super
Collider. The House last month voted to shut down this project,
and the Senate will consider it soon. No one should be under any
illusion: savings from killing the Super Collider will not be
used to reduce the deficit. Runaway spending is prohibited by
the budget caps that I fought and won last year.
If Congress stops this project, they will direct this
investment to support organized interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander taxpaper's money today,
rather than invest in our economy tomorrow. Make no mistake,
this is a battle between the "patrons of the past, " and the
"architects of the future."
It may not be popular in all places, but I want to do what's
right for America. Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand
with our future. I will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries after that, scientists at
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
8
Today, new frontiers beckon, new discoveries await, new
progress lies before us. Our adventure is not to sail the open
ocean but rather go to the edge of the universe and see the birth
of space. Our vessel is not called the Santa Maria but the Super
Collider -- but human imagination is still our compass, and human
ingenuity and yearning for progress, our only power.
I believe you can trust the ideas I have outlined to carry
our economy to calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change
America, so that we may continue our eternal voyage to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
# # #
Document No. 341376ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
7/29/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
SUBJECT:
THURSDAY, JULY 30 - - 10:35 a.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
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
12 JUL'29 P6:20
JULY 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
STEVEN PROVOST
SUBJECT:
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, July 30, at 10:35 a.m., you will deliver
remarks (16 minutes, on prompter) to an audience of approximately
1500 people -- employees and local Texas officials associated
with the Super Conducting Super Collider project in Waxahachie.
II. DISCUSSION
The broad-based theme of your remarks focuses on the economy
of the 21st Century. Additionally, you highlight the
contributions the Super Collider project will have toward
advances in science, education and trade.
(Provost)
Presidential Remarks
Super Collider Event
Dallas, TX
30 September 1992
10:30 a.m.
Thank you, and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
Here today are some of the finest scientific minds in the
entire world. It is an honor and a pleasure to be with you.
As much as any state, Texas is a land of old and new -- a
place where "boot" means something you wear on your feet, and
what you do to turn on your computer each morning. And so I come
here to talk to you about what we need to do, to prepare for the
economy of the 21st Century.
Listening to all the talk these days about our economy reminds
me of the freshman who walked onto the field over at SMU for his
first football practice. He told the coach: "Look -- I can throw
the ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my
punts usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at
the young man and said, "Kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said, "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to work for the other political
party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but let's not
forget a few facts. We are the world's largest economy -- and no
2
other nation sells more products outside its borders. Inflation
is the lowest in two decades
and if you want to talk to the
world's most productive workers, don't brush up on your Japanese
or your German, the "Dream Team" of workers can be found right
here -- in the USA. //
The question today is not can America compete? We know we
can. The question is -- how do we stay number one, and share our
prosperity with more Americans?
Right now a debate is raging. On one side are people who
are fearful of the future. They don't trust our people. They
only trust government to hang on to what we have today.
I take a different approach. I don't fear the future. I
embrace it. I believe America can win the new economic Olympics,
if our government is wise enough to trust our people and get them
ready for the big event.
Today, our economy is growing -- but nowhere near fast
enough. We need action now, to create jobs for you and your
neighbors.
On January 29th, I put forward a specific plan to create new
jobs, using tax incentives to encourage businesses to hire new
workers and help Americans who want to buy a first home. The
simple fact is: I trust you to spend your money and get the
economy moving.
If my plan was in place, it would create almost 15,000 new
jobs a day -- over a half a million jobs since February.
3
But Congress took my plan, and sent me back a tax increase -
- an idea that put government ahead of people. So I vetoed it.
For 183 days I've waited for Congress to act again. Today I say
to the Congress, we need those half a million new jobs today.
Don't hold the American economy hostage to politics. Vote for an
economic recovery program, and put Americans to work --- now!//
That's what we need to do today. But changes occurring in
the world's economy are fundamental -- and they demand long-term
action. As we watch the Olympics on TV this week, we marvel at
the competitive energy. (I still can't get over the guy who shot
the arrow to light the flame. How'd you like to do that with a
hundred million people watching?)
The Olympics are a metaphor for our new economy. Today,
people in Eastern Europe and China want our computers and cars,
even our colas. We can fill the need.
Just look south to Mexico, where the border has been opened
further since 1986. U.S. exports have tripled with Texas
companies are leading the way.
I'm fighting for a North American trade treaty that will
increase Mexican demand for Texas fruits, computers, and hundreds
of other products. Some people look at this new world of trade
and get scared. They talk protectionism, suggesting we should
pack our bags before the games begin. I trust American
companies, and I trust American workers. Our national symbol is
not the Ostrich, but the Eagle. Let other nations stick their
4
head in the sand. We will spread our wings and fly to good jobs
for you, and your family //
Our economy has changed in many ways since I staked my first
claim in Odessa four decades ago. Back then, you could get a job
because of what you could lift with your shoulders. Today a good
job depends on what you can fit inside your head.
Think about this: In 1980
a man with a college
education made an average of $11,000 more per year than a man
with a high school education. By 1990, that gap had increased to
$16,000. And the same thing happened with women.
Knowledge has become the foundation of our economy. Whether
our kids will work in the military, the marketplace or on a
mainframe computer, what they know will determine what they do
with their lives.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call
America 2000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as great as our colleges. I'm proud of our world
dominance in basketball and swimming, but don't you want our kids
to do just as well in trigonometry and biology?/ /
A hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Edison said "if you
build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your
door. " Today those world-beating mousetraps are advances in
computers, biotechnology and material sciences.
New computers mean that in an age when information is king,
we can all wear a crown. (We can even get a FAX in our car,
5
which leads to the question: who wants to get a FAX in their
car?)
Advances in biotechnology allow us to cure illnesses that
have plagued mankind for generations. Breakthroughs in material
science mean that we can build everything from airplanes to cars
in ways that will make them faster, stronger and cheaper.
America has always been the cradle of technology -- the best
in the world. In the 21st century --- we must make sure that
translates into being the best in the marketplace.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, and
to improve the National Science Foundation, and to spur the
development of biotechnology and supercomputers.
These programs are not a form of "industrial policy" -- they
provide the technological leaps that make economic leaps
possible. I. put my trust in American companies and American
workers. But they need incentives to invest in their own
research, their own ideas.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- the idea of
making permanent the research and experimentation tax credit, to
cut the cost of private research by 20 percent. We should
understand -- what happens in laboratories today, shows up in
your paycheck tomorrow. //
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future -- loyal to our
6
children. And we can make the investment with no budget busting
spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money every year. So I propose we set some priorities. Cut back
on mandatory spending today
and do away with almost 250
government programs that simply don't work anymore.
( (One of my favorite singers is Randy Travis. Randy has a
song that says, "Our love would last forever." I'm not sure
Randy would say the same thing about a taxpayer-supported federal
research program on the mating habits of minks.) )
This Superconducting SuperCollider is a big part of my
investment in America's future. It is the worlds greatest
scientific project, a magnet for scientific geniuses from around
the world. Where once we reached for the moon above to explore
new frontiers of our universe, soon we will begin to tunnel below
to learn about the fundamental question of science --- how our
universe began.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the Super Collider "the scientific
equivalent of that crazy new sport -- bungee jumping." I guess
what he means is that when it come to colliding atoms, it's not
the experience itself that counts, but what you learn along the
way / /
History has shown that pushing technology to ever-higher
levels of accomplishment brings immensely practical consequences,
7
here for example, a new electronics industry can be born of
the discoveries that you make.
Some in Congress disagree. While they talk a good game
about investment, they have repeatedly voted to cut the programs
I outline today. Now, they've set their sights on the Super
Collider. The House last month voted to shut down this project,
and the Senate will consider it soon. No one should be under any
illusion: savings from killing the Super Collider will not be
used to reduce the deficit. Runaway spending is prohibited by
the budget caps that I fought and won last year.
If Congress stops this project, they will direct this
investment to support organized interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander taxpaper's money today,
rather than invest in our economy tomorrow. Make no mistake,
this is a battle between the "patrons of the past, " and the
"architects of the future."
It may not be popular in all places, but I want to do what's
right for America. Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand
with our future. I will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries after that, scientists at
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
8
Today, new frontiers beckon, new discoveries await, new
progress lies before us. Our adventure is not to sail the open
ocean but rather go to the edge of the universe and see the birth
of space. Our vessel is not called the Santa Maria but the Super
Collider -- but human imagination is still our compass, and human
ingenuity and yearning for progress, our only power.
I believe you can trust the ideas I have outlined to carry
our economy to calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change
America, SO that we may continue our eternal voyage to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
# # #
341376SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
7/28/92
NOON, WED., JULY 29
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SUPERCONDUCTOR SUPERCOLLIDER
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
SUBJECT:
JULY 30, 1992
9:55 AM
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
X
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
X
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
2674 2312
BOSKIN
HOLIDAY
McGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this
office NO LATER THAN NOON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
called at 11 AM
MR
called at 12 Pm MK
last call 1Pm MIC
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Provost)
02 JUL 28 P8: 50
Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
30 July 1992
Waxahachie, TX
Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
As much as any Americans, Texans know how to pick yourself
out of the dust and get back in the saddle, to ride and win
another day. So I come here this morning to talk a little bit
about America's challenges, and how we are going to meet them.
The past four years have been a rough stretch for Robert
Ludlum and others who write fiction for a living. Think about
it. With all that's been going on in the world -- is there any
room left for imagination?
Ever think the Germans would never tear down the Berlin
Wall? Guess what: they did! / / Ever think the Russians would
never choose their own leaders? Guess what: they are!// Would
you ever believe the world could pull together to say "enough" to
a Baghdad bully. Guess what: we did, and we will again if we
have to!//
The world is safer today. Our children and grandchildren
may ask us for Barbie dolls and softball bats, but freedom from
fear --- the fear of nuclear destruction is not a bad gift to
give. //
2
Now, I'm sure you all know the old story about the New
Yorker, who came to Dallas proclaiming -- "I've been born a
Yankee, lived a Yankee, and I'll die a Yankee." And a grizzled
Texan responded: "What's the matter son, lack ambition?"//
Well, for New Yorkers and Texans alike, it is time to
consider America's ambition. Our belief that now that we have
changed the world, we can change America for the better.
America is like one of those high school football teams that
play here in Waxahachie every Friday night. For years, we've
been running and passing, while almost everyone else stuck to the
ground game. Now the rest of the world is using our playbook.
The score is counted in good jobs and high wages. And the
question is: can we stay ahead?
From what you hear on TV, you might think the answer is no.
Listen to the negative side talk about our economy reminds me of
the freshman who walked onto the field at SMU for his first
football practice. He told the coach, "look -- I can throw the
ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my punts
usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at the
young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to be hired as an economist for
the other party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts. We are still the largest economy in
the world -- and no other nation sells more products outside its
3
borders. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, don't brush up on your Japanese or your German, grab a
Texas twang or a Yankee accent, because the "Dream Team" of
workers can be found right here -- in the USA. / /
Remember inflation -- the Jesse James of the middle-class?
We took that crook and locked him away in a maximum security
prison, because I don't want him touching your paycheck. / /
In almost every industry, our companies and our workers have
become more competitive. But this progress has had a price.
Global economic changes have thrown people out of work in
virtually every nation. Here at home, too many young people
can't find a job, and too many people have worked for the same
company for 20- or 30-years only to worry that the next mail run
will bring a pink slip.
How do we respond? That is the issue before America. Today
I have come here to talk a little bit about what we need to do
to put America back to work. As you know, I worked in the
oil business for many years. Trying to create jobs and meet a
payroll. I believe that America's heartbeat can be found in
places like Waxahachie, not Washington D.C. And so I stake my
claim in a simple faith, to lead a great nation, you must trust
the people you lead.
My plans for the economy reflect this philosophy. I believe
that government never created a long-term job, although
government may have kept Johnny Carson on the air for three
decades. I trust America's business leaders and workers to
4
outperform the world, if we give them the support and incentives.
In January, I put forward a comprehensive program to jump
start the American economy, using tax incentives to encourage
businesses to hire new workers, and help Americans who want to
buy a first home.
Every day this plan is in place, it would create (10,000)
correct
new jobs. That's (10,000) jobs yesterday, today and tomorrow,
/ Cabo
and every day thereafter.
Affairs
But for 180 days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has
15,000
held the economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads:
Buskin
per
"wait till after the election." Meanwhile, our economy gets
softer. Today I say to the Congress, lets trust the people to
get this economy moving again. Don't hold the American economy
hostage to partisan politics. Vote for an economic recovery
program, and put America back to work --- now! / /
That's our short-term program.
But the changes occurring in the world's economy are
fundamental -- and they demand the same action in return.
Look at the world we live in today. A world in which more
men wear Armani suits in New York than in Rome. More walkmans
play music in Caracas than in Tokyo. And while a heck of a lot
of Texans love (insert Texas product), even more are sold in (
) than over in Dallas.
If we can compete in this new economy, we can take advantage
of more opportunity than ever before. Good jobs for us and our
children.
5
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
Here in Texas, (insert local companies growth)
We're fighting for a trade treaty that will further increase
demand for these products. Some say, wait a minute, should we do
this. I ask them to remember that our national symbol is not the
Ostrich, it's the Eagle. I trust our companies, I trust our
workers, and I will match them against any competition. Let
other nations stick their head in the sand, we will spread our
wings and fly to a new level of jobs and prosperity. //
So I believe we can compete. But we have to understand,
that our economy has changed a great deal, since I staked my
first claim in Odessa four decades ago.
Today, the black gold, the "Texas tea" of our economy is
knowledge. Whether you're working in the military, the
marketplace or on a mainframe computer, in the next century, what
you know will determine what you do with your life.
Government cannot create knowledge, but, we can make sure
the soil is moist so knowledge can grow. For four years, I have
tilled the fertile soil of our schools and laboratories so that
we may sprout good jobs for our children.
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call the
America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as good as our colleges. To let you decide where your
child should go to a school
be it a public school, a private
school, or a church school.
6
I have proposed --- and I have fought for --- a national
effort, to guarantee that in just eight years our children will
once again know more about trigonometry and biology than any
other students in the world. //
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, to
improve the National Science Foundation, and hasten advancements
in everything from biotechnology to high performing computers.
Just as oil once built these parts, and steel the Midwest,
science will be the foundation of 21st century jobs all across
this great nation. //
Finally, I have proposed --- and I have fought for ---
programs to strengthen private sector research through government
partnerships and by making permanent a tax credit for private
research and exploration. Because we have to understand the
advances in our laboratories today will show up in your paychecks
tomorrow. //
Per net Affairs
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future, loyal to our
children. Let others talk about investments, we make them. And
we can do it with no new taxes, and no budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money. I believe we can make these investments, and prepare for
the 21st Century economy, without forcing you to turn out your
pockets today.
7
I propose we cut back on mandatory spending, and do away
with over 200 government programs that don't simply work anymore.
(Insert country music song) says that "time goes on forever," but
he didn't mention anything about government programs.
This Superconducting Supercollider is a big part of my
investment in America's future. Once we reached for the moon
above to explore new frontiers of our universe, next month we
will begin to tunnel below to learn how our universe was formed
in the first place.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the SuperCollider the scientific
equivalent of bungee-cord jumping, when it come to colliding
atoms, it's not the experience itself that counts, but what you
learn along the way.// But the issue at stake is far more than
the thousands of direct jobs associated with building this
project. The issue is the hundreds of thousands and potentially
millions of jobs in health care, computers and other industries
that could eventually be created from the discoveries that you
will make.
Some in Congress disagree, they have voted to shut this
project down. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year. Just to make sure your wallet is protected, I
keep a veto pen right here in my pocket.
8
If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to organized special interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander your money today, rather
than invest in our economy and our children tomorrow.
Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand with our future.
I will fight for the SuperCollider //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries later, scientists at
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today, new worlds beckon, new discoveries await, new
progress lie before us. Our horizon is not the ocean but the
underground -- our vessel not called the Santa Maria but the
Supercollider -- human imagination is still our compass, and
human ingenuity and yearning for progress our only power. I
believe you can trust these ideas to captain our economy to
calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change our nation, by
putting our faith in people, not government. Trust these ideas
to change for America, so that we may continue our eternal voyage
to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
# # #
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NOON, WED., JULY 29
DATE:
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WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
SUBJECT:
JULY 30, 1992
9:55 AM
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
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SKINNER
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MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
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PROVOST
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YEUTTER
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REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this
office NO LATER THAN NOON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
To
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Provost)
02 JUL 28 P8: 50
Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
30 July 1992
Waxahachie, TX
Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
themselves
As much as any Americans, Texans know how to pick yourself
out of the dust and get back in the saddle, to ride and win
another day. So I come here this morning to talk a little bit
about America's challenges, and how we are going to meet them.
The past four years have been a rough stretch for Robert
Ludlum and others who write fiction for a living. Think about
it. With all that's been going on in the world -- is there any
room left for imagination?
Ever think the Germans would never tear down the Berlin
Wall? Guess what: they did! / / Ever think the Russians would
never choose their own leaders? Guess what: they are! / / Would
you ever believe the world could pull together to say "enough" to
a Baghdad bully. Guess what: we did, and we will again if we
have to! / /
The world is safer today. Our children and grandchildren
may ask us for Barbie dolls and softball bats, but freedom from
fear --- the fear of nuclear destruction is not a bad gift to
give. //
2
Now, I'm sure you all know the old story about the New
Yorker, who came to Dallas proclaiming -- "I've been born a
Yankee, lived a Yankee, and I'll die a Yankee." And a grizzled
Texan responded: "What's the matter son, lack ambition?"/
Well, for New Yorkers and Texans alike, it is time to
consider America's ambition. Our belief that now that we have
changed the world, we can change America for the better.
America is like one of those high school football teams that
play here in Waxahachie every Friday night. For years, we've
been running and passing, while almost everyone else stuck to the
ground game. Now the rest of the world is using our playbook.
The score is counted in good jobs and high wages. And the
question is: can we stay ahead?
From what you hear on TV, you might think the answer is no.
ing
Listen to the negative side talk about our economy reminds me of
the freshman who walked onto the field at SMU for his first
football practice. He told the coach, "look -- I can throw the
ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my punts
usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at the
young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to be hired as an economist for
the other party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts. We are still the largest economy in
the world -- and no other nation sells more products outside its
3
borders. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, don't brush up on your Japanese or your German, grab a
Texas twang or a Yankee accent, because the "Dream Team" of
workers can be found right here -- in the USA. / /
Remember inflation -- the Jesse James of the middle-class?
We took that crook and locked him away in a maximum security
prison, because I don't want him touching your paycheck. / /
In almost every industry, our companies and our workers have
become more competitive. But this progress has had a price.
Global economic changes have thrown people out of work in
virtually every nation. Here at home, too many young people
can't find a job, and too many people have worked for the same
company for 20- or 30-years only to worry that the next mail run
will bring a pink slip.
How do we respond? That is the issue before America. Today
I have come here to talk a little bit about what we need to do
... to put America back to work. As you know, I worked in the
oil business for many years. Trying to create jobs and meet a
payroll. I believe that America's heartbeat can be found in
places like Waxahachie, not Washington D.C. And so I stake my
claim in a simple faith, to lead a great nation, you must trust
the people you lead.
in the private sector
My plans for the economy reflect this philosophy. I believe
that government never created a long-term job, although
government may have kept Johnny Carson on the air for three
decades. I trust America's business leaders and workers to
4
outperform the world, if we give them the support and incentives.
In January, I put forward a comprehensive program to jump
start the American economy, using tax incentives to encourage
businesses to hire new workers, and help Americans who want to
buy a first home.
Every day this plan is in place, it would create (10,000)
new jobs. That's (10,000) jobs yesterday, today and tomorrow,
and every day thereafter.
But for 180 days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has:
held the economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads:
"wait till after the election." Meanwhile, our economy gets
softer. Today I say to the Congress, lets trust the people to
get this economy moving again. Don't hold the American economy
hostage to partisan politics. Vote for an economic recovery
program, and put America back to work --- now! / /
That's our short-term program.
But the changes occurring in the world's economy are
fundamental -- and they demand the same action in return.
Look at the world we live in today. A world in which more
men wear Armani suits in New York than in Rome. More walkmans
play music in Caracas than in Tokyo. And while a heck of a lot
of Texans love (insert Texas product), even more are sold in (
) than over in Dallas.
If we can compete in this new economy, we can take advantage
of more opportunity than ever before. Good jobs for us and our
children.
5
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
Here in Texas, (insert local companies growth)
We're fighting for a trade treaty that will further increase
demand for these products. Some say, wait a minute, should we do
this. I ask them to remember that our national symbol is not the
Ostrich, it's the Eagle. I trust our companies, I trust our
workers, and I will match them against any competition. Let
other nations stick their head in the sand, we will spread our
wings and fly to a new level of jobs and prosperity. //
So I believe we can compete. But we have to understand,
that our economy has changed a great deal, since I staked my
first claim in Odessa four decades ago.
Today, the black gold, the "Texas tea of our economy is ] Aagh!
knowledge. Whether you're working in the military, the
Beverly
marketplace or on a mainframe computer, in the next century, what
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you know will determine what you do with your life.
in
Government cannot create knowledge, but, we can make sure
POTUS
the soil is moist so knowledge can grow. For four years, I have
speech?
tilled the fertile soil of our schools and laboratories so that
we may sprout good jobs for our children.
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call the
America 2, 000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as good as our colleges. To let you decide where your
child should go to a school ... be it a public school, a private
school, or a church school.
6
I have proposed --- and I have fought for --- a national
effort, to guarantee that in just eight years our children will
once again know more about trigonometry and biology than any
other students in the world. / /
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, to
improve the National Science Foundation, and hasten advancements
in everything from biotechnology to high performing computers.
Just as oil once built these parts, and steel the Midwest,
science will be the foundation of 21st century jobs all across
this great nation. //
Finally, I have proposed --- and I have fought for ---
programs to strengthen private sector research through government
partnerships and by making permanent a tax credit for private
research and exploration. Because we have to understand
the
advances in our laboratories today will show up in your paychecks
tomorrow. //
7
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future, loyal to our
children. Let others talk about investments, we make them. And
we can do it with no new taxes, and no budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money. I believe we can make these investments, and prepare for
the 21st Century economy, without forcing you to turn out your
pockets today.
7
I propose we cut back on mandatory spending, and do away
with over 200 government programs that don't simply work anymore.
(Insert country music song) says that "time goes on forever," but
he didn't mention anything about government programs.
This Superconducting Supercollider is a big part of my
investment in America's future. Once we reached for the moon
above to explore new frontiers of our universe, next month we
will begin to tunnel below to learn how our universe was formed
in the first place.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the SuperCollider the scientific
equivalent of bungee-cord jumping, when it come to colliding
atoms, it's not the experience itself that counts, but what you
learn along the way. / / But the issue at stake is far more than
the thousands of direct jobs associated with building this
project. The issue is the hundreds of thousands and potentially
millions of jobs in health care, computers and other industries
that could eventually be created from the discoveries that you
will make.
Some in Congress disagree, they have voted to shut this
project down. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year. Just to make sure your wallet is protected, I
keep a veto pen right here in my pocket.
8
If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to organized special interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander your money today, rather
than invest in our economy and our children tomorrow.
Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand with our future.
I will fight for the SuperCollider //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries later, scientists at
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today, new worlds beckon, new discoveries await, new
progress lie before us. Our horizon is not the ocean but the
underground -- our vessel not called the Santa Maria but the
Supercollider -- human imagination is still our compass, and
human ingenuity and yearning for progress our only power. I
believe you can trust these ideas to captain our economy to
calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change our nation, by
putting our faith in people, not government. Trust these ideas
to change for America, so that we may continue our eternal voyage
to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
# # #
341376SS
ent No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORA
DATE:
7/28/929 P4: I ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
NOON, WED., JULY 29
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SUPERCONDUCTOR-SUPERCOLLIDER
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
SUBJECT:
JULY 30, 1992
9:55 AM
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
P
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
McGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this
office NO LATER THAN NOON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
see Energy Insert attachment. A and Paul Korfonta
ipgs-
to
PK
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
07/29
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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(Provost)
02 JUL 28 P8: 50
Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
Geburgy Insert A
30 July 1992
Waxahachie, TX
Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
As much as any Americans, Texans know how to pick yourself
out of the dust and get back in the saddle, to ride and win
another day. So I come here this morning to talk a little bit
about America's challenges, and how we are going to meet them.
The past four years have been a rough stretch for Robert
Ludlum and others who write fiction for a living. Think about
it. With all that's been going on in the world -- is there any
room left for imagination?
Ever think the Germans would never tear down the Berlin
Wall? Guess what: they did!// Ever think the Russians would
never choose their own leaders? Guess what: they arel// Would
you ever believe the world could pull together to say "enough" to
a Baghdad bully. Guess what: we did. and we will again if we
have to!//
The world is safer today. Our children and grandchildren
may ask us for Barbie dolls and softball bats, but freedom from
fear --- the fear of nuclear destruction is not a bad gift to
give. 11
OPD;#10
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: 9:52 : 7-26-2 : 7020 Telecoder INES
07/29/92
11:36
OFC OF THE SOE
003
Insert Energy A
The Supercollider represents the greatest scientific project
in the world, the largest single construction project in America
and the most splendid assemblage of scientific talent in the
United States.
Just a few weeks ago, I met with 7 preeminent scientists-
among them 4 Nobel laureates-- to discuss the SSC. To a man,
they support the SSC. Some of them talked in terms of quarks and
quenches, matter and anti-matter, terms that mean more to you
than they do to me. Beyond the issues that motivate high energy
physicists, however, as important as those are, they also talked
about what this project means for our future.
They told me that without the SSC, we could not keep the
best and the brightest scientists here in the U.S. They will go
to where the action is, whether that is Japan, Germany, or
somewhere else, taking their enormous talents with them, perhaps
forever. At a time when we are struggling to educate our kids to
be the best in the world in math and science education, I, for
one, am not about to tell them that the SSC is a luxury that we
cannot afford.
But more than the future of science is at stake here. I
know that it is hard to make the connection between quarks and
jobs, but my old friend, Bob Galvin of Motorola, put it very
simply. He said it represents the future of the electronics
industry. Just as expanding knowledge of subatomic particles
what we
paved the way for the electronics industry of today and the
will
learn
be provided by the SSC represents the key to the electronics
millions of Americans that it employs, the knowledge of matter to from
industry of tomorrow, and the good jobs that we want for our
children and theirs.
building and
operating
This is why I am absolutely convinced that building the SSC
is an investment in the future we must make.
The benefits of the SSC are not all in the future, however.
Hundreds of universities and businesses all across the country
are participating in building the SSC. And these are not just
big companies. Already in this fiscal year, $114 million has
been committed to small and disadvantaged firms in some 40
states. Given the important role that small businesses play in
economic growth and job creation, the value of the SSC in
stimulating these enterprises is crucial.
2
Now, I'm sure you all know the old story about the New
Yorker, who came to Dallas proclaiming -- "I've been born a
Yankee, lived a Yankee, and I'll die a Yankee." And a grizzled
Texan responded: "What's the matter son, lack ambition?"//
Well, for New Yorkers and Texans alike, it is time to
consider America's ambition. Our belief that now that we have
changed the world, we can change America for the better.
America is like one of those high school football teams that
play here in Waxahachie every Friday night. For years, we've
been running and passing, while almost everyone else stuck to the
ground game. Now the rest of the world is using our playbook.
The score is counted in good jobs and high wages. And the
question is: can we stay ahead?
From what you hear on TV, you might think the answer is no.
Listen to the negative side talk about our economy reminds me of
the freshman who walked onto the field at SMU for his first
football practice. He told the coach, "look -- I can throw the
ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my punts
usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at the
young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little."/
I wonder if that kid grew up to be hired as an economist for
the other party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts. We are still the largest economy in
the world -- and no other nation sells more products outside its
OPD;#11
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: 89:9 : 7-29-2 : 7020 Telecoder SENT
3
borders. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, don't brush up on your Japanese or your German, grab a
Texas twang or a Yankee accent, because the "Dream Team" of
workers can be found right here -- in the USA. /
Remember inflation -- the Jesse James of the middle-class?
We took that crook and locked him away in a maximum security
prison, because I don't want him touching your paycheck. 11
In almost every industry, our companies and our workers have
become more competitive. But this progress has had a price.
Global economic changes have thrown people out of work in
virtually every nation. Here at home, too many young people
can't find a job, and too many people have worked for the same
company for 20- or 30-years only to worry that the next mail run
will bring a pink slip.
How do we respond? That is the issue before America. Today
I have come here to talk a little bit about what we need to do
to put America back to work. As you know, I worked in the
oil business for many years. Trying to create jobs and meet a
payroll. I believe that America's heartbeat can be found in
places like Waxahachie, not Washington D.C. And so I stake my
claim in a simple faith, to lead a great nation. you must trust
the people you lead.
My plans for the economy reflect this philosophy. I believe
that government never created a long-term job, although
government may have kept Johnny Carson on the air for three
decades. I trust America's business leaders and workers to
OPD:#12
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4
outperform the world, if we give them the support and incentives.
In January, I put forward a comprehensive program to jump
start the American economy, using tax incentives to encourage
businesses to hire new workers, and help Americans who want to
buy a first home.
Every day this plan is in place, it would create (10,000)
new jobs. That's (10,000) jobs yesterday, today and tomorrow,
and every day thereafter.
But for 180 days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has
held the economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads:
"wait till after the election." Meanwhile, our economy gets
softer. Today I say to the Congress, lets trust the people to
get this economy moving again. Don't hold the American economy
hostage to partisan politics. Vote for an economic recovery
program, and put America back to work --- now!/ /
That's our short-term program.
But the changes occurring in the world's economy are
fundamental -- and they demand the same action in return.
Look at the world we live in today. A world in which more
men wear Armani suits in New York than in Rome. More walkmans
play music in Caracas than in Tokyo. And while a heck of a lot
of Texans love (insert Texas product), even more are sold in (
) than over in Dallas.
If we can compete in this new economy, we can take advantage
of more opportunity than ever before. Good jobs for us and our
children.
OPD;#13
The White House-
SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 7-29-92 ; 6:54 ;
5
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
Here in Texas, (insert local companies growth)
We're fighting for a trade treaty that will further increase
demand for these products. Some say, wait a minute, should we do
this. I ask them to remember that our national symbol is not the
Ostrich, it's the Eagle. I trust our companies, I trust our
workers, and I will match them against any competition. Let
other nations stick their head in the sand, we will spread our
wings and fly to a new level of jobs and prosperity. 11
So I believe we can compete. But we have to understand,
that our economy has changed a great deal, since I staked my
first claim in Odessa four decades ago.
Today, the black gold, the "Texas tea" of our economy is
knowledge. Whether you're working in the military, the
marketplace or on a mainframe computer, in the next century, what
you know will determine what you do with your life.
Government cannot create knowledge, but, we can make sure
the soil is moist so knowledge can grow. For four years, I have
tilled the fertile soil of our schools and laboratories so that
we may sprout good jobs for our children.
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call the
America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as good as our colleges. To let you decide where your
child should go to a school
be it a public school, a private
school, or a church school.
OPD;#14
The White House+
9:54 : 7-26-2 : 7020 Telecoder BY: INES
6
I have proposed --- and I have fought for ---- a national
effort, to guarantee that in just eight years our children will
once again know more about trigonometry and biology than any
other students in the world.//
I have proposed - and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, to
improve the National Science Foundation, and hasten advancements
in everything from biotechnology to high performing computers.
Just as oil once built these parts, and steel the Midwest,
science will be the foundation of 21st century jobs all across
this great nation./
Finally, I have proposed --- and I have fought for ---
programs to strengthen private sector research through government
partnerships and by making permanent a tax credit for private
research and exploration. Because we have to understand ... the
advances in our laboratories today will show up in your paychecks
tomorrow. 11
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future, loyal to our
children. Let others talk about investments, we make them. And
we can do it with no new taxes, and no budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money. I believe we can make these investments, and prepare for
the 21st Century economy, without forcing you to turn out your
pockets today.
070:#19
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I propose we cut back on mandatory spending, and do away
with over 200 government programs that don't simply work anymore.
(Insert country music song) says that "time goes on forever," but
he didn't mention anything about government programs.
This Superconducting Supercollider is a big part of my
investment in America's future. Once we reached for the moon
above to explore new frontiers of our universe, next month we
will begin to tunnel below to learn how our universe was formed
in the first place.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the SuperCollider the scientific
equivalent of bungee-cord jumping, when it come to colliding
atoms, it's not the experience itself that counts, but what you
learn along the way.// But the issue at stake is far more than
the thousands of direct jobs associated with building this
project. The issue is the hundreds of thousands and potentially
millions of jobs in health care, computers and other industries
that could eventually be created from the discoveries that you
will make.
Some in Congress disagree, they have voted to shut this
project down. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year. Just to make sure your wallet is protected, I
keep a veto pen right here in my pocket.
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If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to organised special interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander your money today, rather
than invest in our economy and our children tomorrow.
Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand with our future.
I will fight for the SuperCollider. 11
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-andings
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries later, scientists at
Today, new worlds beckon, new discoveries await, new
the Attantic
they would
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set mail for the
stars.
progress lis before us. Our horison is not the ocean but the
underoround - our vessel not called the Santa Maria but the
supercollider -- human imagination is still our compans, and
human ingenuity and yearning for progress our only power. I
believe you can trust these ideas to captain our economy to
calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change our nation, by
putting our faith in people, not government. Trust these ideas
to change LOT America, so that we may continue our eternal voyage
to greathess.
If have turned him halfwoy across
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
Christopher Columbus had to around rely upon our Congress
United States of America.
07/29/92
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OF THERGYA
The Secretary of Energy
Washington, DC 20585
July 29, 1992
Honorable W. Henson Moore
Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Henson:
There is an important, unpublicized success story
related to the participation of small disadvantaged
businesses in the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC)
project that the President may wish to use in his
speech on Thursday at the SSC Laboratory. As you may
recall, Congress mandated a 10 percent goal for
participation of small disadvantaged businesses in the
project. Small disadvantaged businesses include both
small minority and women-owned businesses. In FY 1991,
funding for small disadvantaged businesses, including
direct contracts from the Laboratory and lower tier
subcontracts, was 132 percent of the goal set by
Congress; through the third quarter of FY 1992,
119 percent of the goal has already been achieved.
Translated into dollars, the goal for FY 1992 is
$44M, and $52M has been committed to companies in
approximately 40 states.
In addition, the numbers for funding of small
businesses as a whole, including small disadvantaged
businesses, are also impressive. The goal of $48M was
set in FY 1991 and was exceeded by 206 percent when
$99M was awarded to small businesses. Furthermore, the
goal set in FY 1992, $88M, has already been exceeded by
130 percent ($114M).
Given the important role that small businesses play in
economic growth and the creation of new jobs, I believe
this is an important story for the Administration to
emphasize.
Sincerely,
/in James D. Watkins
Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired)
P.Corforta
PG.4 -D
Cabinet Affairs
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- reference of 10 thousand
new jobs/day. TREASURY
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rest expiremtation.
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nt No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORA
7/28/92
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
NOON, WED., JULY 29
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS,
SUPERCONDUCTOR-SUPERCOLLIDER
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
SUBJECT:
JULY 30, 1992
9:55 AM
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
McGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this
office NO LATER THAN NOON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
see Energy Insert attachment. A and Paul Korfonta
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PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
07/29
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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12 JUL 28 P8: 50
Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
Geenergy Insext
30 July 1992
Waxahachie, TX
Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
As much as any Americans, Texans know how to pick yourself
out of the dust and gat back in the saddle, to ride and win
another day. So I come here this morning to talk a little bit
about America's challenges, and how we are going to meet them.
The past four years have been a rough stretch for Robert
Ludlum and others who write fiction for a living. Think about
it. With all that's been going on in the world -- is there any
room left for imagination?
Ever think the Germans would never tear down the Berlin
Wall? Guess what: they did! / / Ever think the Russians would
never choose their own leaders? Guess what: they are!// Would
you ever believe the world could pull together to say "enough" to
a Baghdad bully. Guess what: we did. and wen will again if we
have tol//
The world is safer today. Our children and grandchildren
may ask us for Barbie dolls and softball bats, but freedom from
fear --- the fear of nuclear destruction is not a bad gift to
give.//
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Now, I'm sure you all know the old story about the New
Yorker, who came to Dallas proclaiming -- "I've been born a
Yankee, lived a Yankee, and I'll die a Yankee." And a grizzled
Texan responded: "What's the matter son, lack ambition?"//
Well, for New Yorkers and Texans alike, it is time to
consider America's ambition. Our belief that now that we have
changed the world. we can change America for the better.
America is like one of those high school football teams that
play here in Waxahachie every Friday night. For years, we've
been running and passing, while almost everyone else stuck to the
ground game. Now the rest of the world is using our playbook.
The score is counted in good jobs and high wages. And the
question is: can we stay shead?
From what you hear on TV, you might think the answer is no.
Listen to the negative side talk about our economy reminds me of
the freshman who walked onto the field at SMU for his first
football practice. He told the coach, "look -- I can throw the
ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my punts
usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at the
young man and said, "kid, everybody has & weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little."
I wonder if that kid grew up to be hired as an economist for
the other party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts. We are still the largest economy in
the world -- and no other nation sells more products outside its
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borders. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, don't brush up on your Japanese or your German, grab a
Texas twang or a Yankee accent, because the "Dream Team" of
workers can be found right here -- in the USA.//
Remember inflation -- the Jesse James of the middle-class?
We took that crook and looked him away in a maximum security
prison, because I don't want him touching your paycheck. 11
In almost avery industry, our companies and our workers have
become more competitive. But this progress has had a price.
Global economic changes have thrown people out of work in
virtually every nation. Here at home, too many young people
can't find a job, and too many people have worked for the same
company for 20- or 30-years only to worry that the next mail run
will bring a pink slip.
How do we respond? That is the issue before America. Today
I have come here to talk a little bit about what we need to do
... to put America back to work. As you know, I worked in the
oil business for many years. Trying to create jobs and meet a
payroll. I believe that America's heartbeat can be found in
places like Waxahachie, not Washington D.C. And so I stake my
claim in a simple faith, to lead a great nation. you must trust
the people you lead.
My plans for the economy reflect this philosophy. I believe
that government never created a long-term job, although
government may have kept Johnny Carson on the air for three
decades. I trust America's business leaders and workers to
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outperform the world, if we give them the support and incentives.
In January, I put forward a comprehensive program to jump
start the American economy, using tax incentives to encourage
businesses to hire new workers, and help Americans who want to
buy a first home.
Every day this plan is in place, it would create (10,000)
new jobs. That's (10,000) jobs yesterday, today and tomorrow,
and every day thereafter.
But for 180 days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has
held the economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads:
"wait till after the election." Meanwhile, our economy gets
softer. Today I say to the Congress, lets trust the people to
get this economy moving again. Don't hold the American economy
hostage to partisan politics. Vote for an economic recovery
program, and put America back to work --- new!//
That's our short-term program.
But the changes occurring in the world's economy are
fundamental -- and they demand the same action in return.
Look at the world we live in today. A world in which more
men wear Armani suits in New York than in Rome. More walkmans
play music in Caracas than in Tokyo. And while a heck of a lot
of Texans love (insert Texas product), even more are sold in (
) than over in Dallas.
If we can compete in this new economy, we can take advantage
of more opportunity than ever before. Good jobs for us and our
children.
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5
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
Here in Texas, (insert local companies growth)
We're fighting for a trade treaty that will further increase
demand for these products. Some say, wait a minute, should we do
this. I ask them to remember that our national symbol is not the
Ostrich, it's the Eagle. I trust our companies, I trust our
workers, and I will match them against any competition. Let
other nations stick their head in the sand, we will spread our
wings and fly to a new level of jobs and prosperity. 11
So I believe we can compete. But we have to understand,
that our economy has changed a great deal, since I staked my
first claim in Odessa four decades ago.
Today, the black gold, the "Texas tea" of our economy is
knowledge. Whether you're working in the military, the
marketplace or on & mainframe computer, in the next century, what
you know will determine what you do with your life.
Government cannot create knowledge, but, we can make sure
the soil is moist so knowledge can grow. For four years, I have
tilled the fertile soil of our schools and laboratories so that
we may sprout good jobs for our children.
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call the
America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as good as our colleges. To let you decide where your
child should go to a school be it a public school, a private
school, or a church school.
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I have proposed --- and I have fought for - a national
effort, to guarantee that in just eight years our children will
once again know more about trigonometry and biology than any
other students in the world.//
I have proposed - and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, to
improve the National science Foundation, and hasten advancements
in averything from biotechnology to high performing computers.
Just as oil once built these parts, and steel the Midwest,
science will be the foundation of 21st century jobs all across
this great nation.//
Finally, I have proposed --- and I have fought for ---
programs to strengthen private sector research through government
partnerships and by making permanent a tax credit for private
research and exploration. Because we have to understand ... the
advances in our laboratories today will show up in your paychecks
tomorrow.//
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future, loyal to our
children. Let others talk about investments, we make them. And
we can do it with no new taxes, and no budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money. I believe we can make these investments, and prepare for
the 21st Century economy, without forcing you to turn out your
pockets today.
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7
I propose we out back on mandatory spanding, and do away
with over 200 government programs that don't simply work anymore.
(Insert country music song) says that "time goes on forever," but
he didn't mention anything about government programs.
This Superconducting Supercollider in a big part of my
investment in America's future. Once we reached for the moon
above to explore new frontiers of our universe, next month we
will begin to tunnel below to learn how our universe was formed
in the first place.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
one young scientist calls the SuperCollider the scientific
equivalent of bungee-cord jumping, when it come to colliding
atoms, it's not the experience itself that counts, but what you
learn along the way.// But the issue at stake is far more than
the thousands of direct jobs associated with building this
project. The issue is the hundreds of thousands and potentially
millions of jobs in health care, computers and other industries
that could eventually be created from the discoveries that you
will make.
Some in Congress disagree, they have voted to shut this
project down. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year. Just to make sure your wallet is protected, I
keep a vato pen right here in my pocket.
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If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to organised special interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander your money today, rather
than invest in our economy and our children tomorrow.
Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand with our future.
I will fight for the SuperCollider./
Five hundred years age this week, a man named Columbus det.
sail on a Journey that brought him to the sheres of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-andings
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries later, scientists at
the
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set mail for the
stars.
Today, new worlds becken, new discoveries await, new
progress lis before us. Our horison is not the ecean but the
underground our vessel not called the Santa Maria but the
human imagination is still our compans, and
human ingenuity and yearning for progress our only power. I
believe_you_c in trust these ideas to captain our econemy to
calmer waters Trust these ideas.to change our nation, by
sputting faith in people, not government. Trust these ideas
to 2020 3333 so that we CITY our ternel voyage
to
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
they would Attantic have turned him around halfwoy acros,
ChristopherColumbus Christopher had to rely upon our Congres
United States of America.
341376SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
7/28/92
DATE:
NOON, WED., JULY 29
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SUPERCONDUCTOR-SUPERCOLLIDER
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
SUBJECT:
JULY 30, 1992
9:55 AM
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
P
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
PROVOST
CALIO
P
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
P
FITZWATER
R
FINDLAY
P
GRAY
P
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
BOSKIN
McGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly to
Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to this
office NO LATER THAN NOON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Provost)
02 JUL 28 P8: 50
Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
30 July 1992
Waxahachie, TX
Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
As much as any Americans, Texans know how to pick yourself
out of the dust and get back in the saddle, to ride and win
another day. So I come here this morning to talk a little bit
about America's challenges, and how we are going to meet them.
The past four years have been a rough stretch for Robert
I
Ludlum and others who write fiction for a living. Think about
it. With all that's been going on in the world -- is there any
room left for imagination?
Ever think the Germans would never tear down the Berlin
Wall? Guess what: they did! / / Ever think the Russians would
never choose their own leaders? Guess what: they are! / / Would
you ever believe the world could pull together to say "enough" to
a Baghdad bully. Guess what: we did, and we will again if we
have to!//
The world is safer today. Our children and grandchildren
may ask us for Barbie dolls and softball bats, but freedom from
fear --- the fear of nuclear destruction is not a bad gift to
give. //
2
Now, I'm sure you all know the old story about the New
Yorker, who came to Dallas proclaiming -- "I've been born a
Yankee, lived a Yankee, and I'll die a Yankee." And a grizzled
Texan responded: "What's the matter son, lack ambition?"/
Well, for New Yorkers and Texans alike, it is time to
consider America's ambition. Our belief that now that we have
changed the world, we can change America for the better.
America is like one of those high school football teams that
play here in Waxahachie every Friday night. For years, we've
been running and passing, while almost everyone else stuck to the
ground game. Now the rest of the world is using our playbook.
The score is counted in good jobs and high wages. And the
question is: can we stay ahead?
From what you hear on TV, you might think the answer is no.
Listen to the negative side talk about our economy reminds me of
the freshman who walked onto the field at SMU for his first
football practice. He told the coach, "look -- I can throw the
ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my punts
usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at the
young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to be hired as an economist for
the other party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts. We are still the largest economy in
the world -- and no other nation sells more products outside its
3
borders. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, don't brush up on your Japanese or your German, grab a
Texas twang or a Yankee accent, because the "Dream Team" of
workers can be found right here -- in the USA. / /
Remember inflation -- the Jesse James of the middle-class?
We took that crook and locked him away in a maximum security
prison, because I don't want him touching your paycheck. / /
In almost every industry, our companies and our workers have
become more competitive. But this progress has had a price.
Global economic changes have thrown people out of work in
virtually every nation. Here at home, too many young people
can't find a job, and too many- people have worked for the same
company for 20- or 30-years only to worry that the next mail run
will bring a pink slip.
How do we respond? That is the issue before America. Today
I have come here to talk a little bit about what we need to do
to put America back to work. As you know, I worked in the
oil business for many years. Trying to create jobs and meet a
payroll. I believe that America's heartbeat can be found in
places like Waxahachie, not Washington D.C. And so I stake my
claim in a simple faith, to lead a great nation, you must trust
the people you lead.
My plans for the economy reflect this philosophy. I believe
that government never created a long-term job, although
government may have kept Johnny Carson on the air for three
decades. I trust America's business leaders and workers to
4
outperform the world, if we give them the support and incentives.
In January, I put forward a comprehensive program to jump
start the American economy, using tax incentives to encourage
businesses to hire new workers, and help Americans who want to
buy a first home.
Every day this plan is in place, it would create (10,000)
new jobs. That's (10,000) jobs yesterday, today and tomorrow,
and every day thereafter.
But for 180 days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has
held the economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads:
"wait till after the election." Meanwhile, our economy gets
softer. Today I say to the Congress, lets trust the people to
get this economy moving again. Don't hold the American economy
hostage to partisan politics. Vote for an economic recovery
program, and put America back to work --- now!//
That's our short-term program.
But the changes occurring in the world's economy are
fundamental -- and they demand the same action in return.
Look at the world we live in today. A world in which more
men wear Armani suits in New York than in Rome. More walkmans
play music in Caracas than in Tokyo. And while a heck of a lot
of Texans love (insert Texas product), even more are sold in (
) than over in Dallas.
If we can compete in this new economy, we can take advantage
/
of more opportunity than ever before. Good jobs for us and our
children.
5
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
Here in Texas, (insert local companies growth)
We're fighting for a trade treaty that will further increase
demand for these products. Some say, wait a minute, should we do
this. I ask them to remember that our national symbol is not the
Ostrich, it's the Eagle. I trust our companies, I trust our
workers, and I will match them against any competition. Let
other nations stick their head in the sand, we will spread our
wings and fly to a new level of jobs and prosperity. //
So I believe we can compete. But we have to understand,
that our economy has changed a great deal, since I staked my
first claim in Odessa four decades ago.
Today, the black gold, the "Texas tea" of our economy is
knowledge. Whether you're working in the military, the
marketplace or on a mainframe computer, in the next century, what
you know will determine what you do with your life.
Government cannot create knowledge, but, we can make sure
the soil is moist so knowledge can grow. For four years, I have
tilled the fertile soil of our schools and laboratories so that
we may sprout good jobs for our children.
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call the
America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as good as our colleges. To let you decide where your
child should go to a school be it a public school, a private
school, or a church school.
6
I have proposed and I have fought for a national
effort, to guarantee that in just eight years our children will
once again know more about trigonometry and biology than any
other students in the world. //
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, to
improve the National Science Foundation, and hasten advancements
in everything from biotechnology to high performing computers.
Just as oil once built these parts, and steel the Midwest,
science will be the foundation of 21st century jobs all across
this great nation. //
Finally, I have proposed --- and I have fought for ---
programs to strengthen private sector research through government
partnerships and by making permanent a tax credit for private
research and exploration. Because we have to understand
the
advances in our laboratories today will show up in your paychecks
tomorrow. //
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future, loyal to our
children. Let others talk about investments, we make them. And
we can do it with no new taxes, and no budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money. I believe we can make these investments, and prepare for
the 21st Century economy, without forcing you to turn out your
pockets today.
7
I propose we cut back on mandatory spending, and do away
with over 200 government programs that don't simply work anymore.
(Insert country music song) says that "time goes on forever," but
he didn't mention anything about government programs.
This Superconducting Supercollider is a big part of my
investment in America's future. Once we reached for the moon
above to explore new frontiers of our universe, next month we
will begin to tunnel below to learn how our universe was formed
in the first place.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the SuperCollider the scientific
equivalent of bungee-cord jumping, when it come to colliding
atoms, it's not the experience itself that counts, but what you
learn along the way. // But the issue at stake is far more than
the thousands of direct jobs associated with building this
project. The issue is the hundreds of thousands and potentially
millions of jobs in health care, computers and other industries
that could eventually be created from the discoveries that you
will make.
Some in Congress disagree, they have voted to shut this
project down. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year. Just to make sure your wallet is protected, I
keep a veto pen right here in my pocket.
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If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to organized special interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander your money today, rather
than invest in our economy and our children tomorrow.
Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand with our future.
I will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries later, scientists at
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today, new worlds beckon, new discoveries await, new
progress lie before us. Our horizon is not the ocean but the
underground -- our vessel not called the Santa Maria but the
Supercollider -- human imagination is still our compass, and
human ingenuity and yearning for progress our only power. I
believe you can trust these ideas to captain our economy to
calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change our nation, by
putting our faith in people, not government. Trust these ideas
to change for America, so that we may continue our eternal voyage
to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
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Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
Dallas, TX
30 September 1992
Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
As much as any state, Texas is a land of old and new -- a
place where "boot" means something you wear on you feet, and what
you do to get on your computer each morning. And so I come here
to talk to you about what we need to do, to prepare for the
economy of the 21st century.
Listening to all the talk these days about our economy reminds
me of the freshman who walked onto the field over at SMU for his
first football practice. He told the coach: "Look -- I can throw
the ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my
punts usually carry 75 yards into the wind." " The coach looked at
the young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to work for the other political
party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but lets not
forget a few facts. We are still the world's largest economy --
and no other nation sells more products outside its borders.
Inflation is the lowest in two decades
and if you want to
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talk to the world's most productive workers, don't brush up on
your Japanese or your German, the "Dream Team" of workers can be
found right here -- in the USA. / /
The question today is not can America compete, we know we
can. The question is -- how do we stay number one, and share our
prosperity with more Americans.
Right now a debate is raging. On one side are people who
are fearful of the future. They don't trust our people, they
only trust government to hang on to what we have today.
I take a different approach. I don't fear the future, I
embrace it. I believe America can win the new economic Olympics,
if our government is wise enough to trust our people and get them
ready for the big event.
Today, new statistics came out revealing what you already
know, our economy is growing -- but not fast enough. This summer,
our economy grew ( ) percent, compared to 2.790 in the first
quarter of this year. This isn't unusual. Even after World War
II, the first year of recoveries have been uneven, with one
quarter up, another down a little.
Like most private economists, I'm confident the economy will
continue to grow -- probably at 3 percent the rest of the year.
But we must guarantee their growth, by acting now.
On January 29th, I put forward a specific plan to create new
jobs, using tax incentives to encourage businesses to hire new
workers and help Americans who want to buy a first home. The
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simple fact is: I trust you to spend your money and get the
economy moving.
My plan is in place, it would create almost 15,000 new jobs.
15,000 jobs on January 30th! 15,000 jobs on May 30th! 15,000
jobs today!
Congress took my plan, and sent me back a tax increase -- or
idea that put government ahead of people. So I vetoed it. For
183 days I've waited for Congress to act again. Today I say to
the Congress, we need those 15,000 jobs today. Don't hold the
American economy hostage to politics. Vote for an economic
recovery program, and put Americans to work --- now!//
That's what we need to do today. But changes occurring in
the world's economy are fundamental -- and they demand long-term
action. As we watch the Olympics on TV this week, we marvel at
the competitive energy. (I still can't get over the guy who shot
the arrow to light the flame. How'd you like to do that with a
hundred million people watching?)
The Olympics are a metaphor for our new economy. Today,
people in Eastern Europe and China want our computers and cars,
even our colas. We can fill the need.
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986. U.S. exports have tripled with Texas
companies are leading the way.
I'm fighting for a North American trade treaty that will
increase Mexican demand for Texas fruits, computers, and hundreds
of other products. Some people look at this new world of trade
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and get scared. They talk protectionism, suggesting we should
pack our bags before the games begin. I trust American
companies, and I trust American workers. Our national symbol is
not the Ostrich, but the Eagle. Let other nations stick their
head in the sand, we will spread our wings and fly to jobs for
you, and your family. //
Our economy has changed in many ways since I staked my first
claim in Odessa four decades ago. Back then, you could get a job
because of what you could lift with your shoulders, today a good
job depends on what you can fit inside your head.
Think about this: In 1980
a man with a college
education made an average of $11,000 more per year than a man
with a high school education. By 1990, that gap had increased to
$16,000. And the same thing happened with women.
Knowledge has become the foundation of our economy. Whether
our kids will work in the military, the marketplace or on a
mainframe computer, what they know will determine what they do
with their lives.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call
the America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as great as our colleges. I'm proud of our world
dominance in basketball and swimming, but don't you want our kids
to do just as well in trigonometry and biology?//
A hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Edison said "if you
build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your
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door." Today those world-beating mousetraps are advances in
computers, biotechnology and material sciences.
New computers mean that in an age when information is king,
we can all wear a crown. (We can even get a FAX in our car,
which leads to the philosophical question: who wants to get a
FAX in their car?)
Advances in biotechnology allow us to cure illnesses that
have plagued mankind for generations. Breakthroughs in
material science mean that we can build everything from airplanes
to cars in ways that will make them faster, stronger and
cheaper.
America has always been the cradle of technology --- the
best in the world. In the 21st century --- we must make sure
that translates into being the best in the marketplace.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, and
improve the National Science Foundation, and to spur the
development of biotechnology and supercomputers.
These programs are not a form of "industrial policy" -- they
provide the technological leaps that make economic leaps
possible. I put my trust in American companies and American
workers. But they need incentives to invest in their own
research, their own ideas.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- the idea of
making permanent the research and experimentation tax credit, to
cut the cost of private research by 20 percent. We should
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understand -- what happens in laboratories today, shows up in
your paycheck tomorrow. //
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future -- loyal to our
children. And we can make the investment with no new taxes, no
budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money every year. So I propose we set priorities. Cut back on
mandatory spending today
and do away with almost 250
government programs that don't simply work anymore.
One of my favorite singers is Randy Travis. Randy has a
song that says, "our love would last forever." I'm not sure
Randy would say the same thing about a taxpayer supported federal
research program on the mating habits of minks.
This Superconducting SuperCollider is a big part of my
investment in America's future. It is the worlds greatest
scientific project, a magnet for scientific geniuses from around
the world. Where once we reached for the moon above to explore
new frontiers of our universe, soon we will begin to tunnel below
to learn about the fundamental question of science --- how our
universe began.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the SuperCollider "the scientific
equivalent of that crazy new sport -- bungee jumping." I guess
what he means is that when it come to colliding atoms, it's not
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the experience itself that counts, but what you learn along the
way / /
History has shown that pushing technology to ever higher
levels of accomplishment brings immensely practical consequences
--- here for example, a new electronics industry will be born of
the discoveries that you make.
Some in Congress disagree. The House last month voted to
shut to shut this project down, and the Senate may vote as soon
as today. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year.
If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to support organized interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander taxpaper's money today,
rather than invest in our economy tomorrow. Make no mistake,
this is a battle between the "patrons of the past," and the
"architects of the future."
It may not be popular in all places, but I want to do what's
right for America. Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand
with our future. I will fight for the SuperCollider. / /
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries after that, scientists at
8
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today, new frontiers beckon, new discoveries await, new
progress lies before us. Our adventure is not to sail the open
ocean but rather to go to the edge of the universe and see the
birth of space. Our vessel not called the Santa Maria but the
Supercollider -- but human imagination is still our compass, and
human ingenuity and yearning for progress our only power.
I believe you can trust the ideas I have outlined to carry
our economy to calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change
America, so that we may continue our eternal voyage to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
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Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
Themselves
As much as any Americans, Texans know how to pick yourself
out of the dust and get back in the saddle, to ride and win
another day. So I come here this morning to talk a little bit
about America's challenges, and how we are going to meet them.
The past four years have been a rough stretch for Robert
Ludlum and others who write fiction for a living. Think about
it. With all that's been going on in the world -- is there any
room left for imagination?
Ever think the Germans would never tear down the Berlin
Wall? Guess what: they did! / / Ever think the Russians would
never choose their own leaders? Guess what: they are!/ / Would
you ever believe the world could pull together to say "enough" to
a Baghdad bully. Guess what: we did, and we will again if we
have to!//
The world is safer today. Our children and grandchildren
may ask us for Barbie dolls and softball bats, but freedom from
fear --- the fear of nuclear destruction is not a bad gift to
give. //
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Now, I'm sure you all know the old story about the New
Yorker, who came to Dallas proclaiming -- "I've been born a
Yankee, lived a Yankee, and I'll die a Yankee." And a grizzled
Texan responded: "What's the matter son, lack ambition?"//
Well, for New Yorkers and Texans alike, it is time to
consider America's ambition. Our belief that now that we have
changed the world, we can change America for the better.
America is like one of those high school football teams that
play here in Waxahachie every Friday night. For years, we've
been running and passing, while almost everyone else stuck to the
ground game. Now the rest of the world is using our playbook.
The score is counted in good jobs and high wages. And the
question is: can we stay ahead?
From what you hear on TV, you might think the answer is no.
Listen to the negative side talk about our economy reminds me of
the freshman who walked onto the field at SMU for his first
football practice. He told the coach, "look -- I can throw the
ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my punts
usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at the
young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to be hired as an economist for
the other party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts. We are still the largest economy in
the world -- and no other nation sells more products outside its
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borders. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, don't brush up on your Japanese or your German, grab a
Texas twang or a Yankee accent, because the "Dream Team" of
workers can be found right here -- in the USA. / /
Remember inflation -- the Jesse James of the middle-class?
We took that crook and locked him away in a maximum security
prison, because I don't want him touching your paycheck. / /
In almost every industry, our companies and our workers have
become more competitive. But this progress has had a price.
Global economic changes have thrown people out of work in
virtually every nation. Here at home, too many young people
can't find a job, and too many people have worked for the same
company for 20- or 30-years only to worry that the next mail run
will bring a pink slip.
How do we respond? That is the issue before America. Today
I have come here to talk a little bit about what we need to do
to put America back to work. As you know, I worked in the
oil business for many years. Trying to create jobs and meet a
payroll. I believe that America's heartbeat can be found in
places like Waxahachie, not Washington D.C. And so I stake my
claim in a simple faith, to lead a great nation, you must trust
the people you lead.
My plans for the economy reflect this philosophy. I believe
that government never created a long-term job, although
government may have kept Johnny Carson on the air for three
decades. I trust America's business leaders and workers to
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outperform the world, if we give them the support and incentives.
In January, I put forward a comprehensive program to jump
start the American economy, using tax incentives to encourage
businesses to hire new workers, and help Americans who want to
buy a first home.
Every day this plan is in place, it would create (10,000)
new jobs. That's (10,000) jobs yesterday, today and tomorrow,
and every day thereafter.
But for 180 days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has
held the economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads:
"wait till after the election." Meanwhile, our economy gets
softer. Today I say to the Congress, lets trust the people to
get this economy moving again. Don't hold the American economy
hostage to partisan politics. Vote for an economic recovery
program, and put America back to work --- now!//
That's our short-term program.
But the changes occurring in the world's economy are
fundamental -- and they demand the same action in return.
Look at the world we live in today. A world in which more
men wear Armani suits in New York than in Rome. More walkmans
play music in Caracas than in Tokyo. And while a heck of a lot
of Texans love (insert Texas product), even more are sold in (
) than over in Dallas.
If we can compete in this new economy, we can take advantage
of more opportunity than ever before. Good jobs for us and our
children.
5
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
Here in Texas, (insert local companies growth)
We're fighting for a trade treaty that will further increase
demand for these products. Some say, wait a minute, should we do
this. I ask them to remember that our national symbol is not the
Ostrich, it's the Eagle. I trust our companies, I trust our
workers, and I will match them against any competition. Let
other nations stick their head in the sand, we will spread our
wings and fly to a new level of jobs and prosperity. //
So I believe we can compete. But we have to understand,
that our economy has changed a great deal, since I staked my
first claim in Odessa four decades ago.
Today, the black gold, the "Texas tea" of our economy is
knowledge. Whether you're working in the military, the
marketplace or on a mainframe computer, in the next century, what
you know will determine what you do with your life.
Government cannot create knowledge, but, we can make sure
the soil is moist so knowledge can grow. For four years, I have
tilled the fertile soil of our schools and laboratories so that
we may sprout good jobs for our children.
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call the
America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as good as our colleges. To let you decide where your
child should go to a school
be it a public school, a private
school, or a church school.
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I have proposed --- and I have fought for --- a national
effort, to guarantee that in just eight years our children will
once again know more about trigonometry and biology than any
other students in the world. 11
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, to
improve the National Science Foundation, and hasten advancements
in everything from biotechnology to high performing computers.
Just as oil once built these parts, and steel the Midwest,
science will be the foundation of 21st century jobs all across
this great nation. //
Finally, I have proposed --- and I have fought for ---
programs to strengthen private sector research through government
partnerships and by making permanent a tax credit for private
research and exploration. Because we have to understand
the
advances in our laboratories today will show up in your paychecks
tomorrow. //
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future, loyal to our
children. Let others talk about investments, we make them. And
we can do it with no new taxes, and no budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money. I believe we can make these investments, and prepare for
the 21st Century economy, without forcing you to turn out your
pockets today.
7
I propose we cut back on mandatory spending, and do away
with over 200 government programs that don't simply work anymore.
(Insert country music song) says that "time goes on forever, " but
he didn't mention anything about government programs.
This Superconducting Supercollider is a big part of my investment in America's
future. We have already reached for the moon to explore new frontiers of our solar
system, next month we will begin construction of the greatest scientific instrument ever
conceived by men to explore some of the most fundamental questions in all of science --
how did our universe begin, of what fundamental building blocks is it constructed and
what forces hold these blocks together in the rich fabric of materials from rocks through
plants to humans like ourselves.
Laymen, like me, have very real difficulties in grasping even a rough idea of
what is involved in such work but the enthusiasm of young scientist is very contagious
and even I can begin to understand that what we are dealing with here is one of the
greatest adventure to which humans have access. Pushing back the frontiers of
ignorance is an activity that truly separates us from all other species. What Dr.
Schwitters and colleagues from around the world are planning with this facility is to
pour even more energy into ever smaller volumes in the hope that heavy particles, never
before observed -- particles that may hold vital secrets about both the birth and death
of our universe and of our place in it will flash into existence for brief instants -- brief,
but still long enough for critical measurements to be made on them using the fantastic
information instrumentation that has always been one of the hallmarks of leading edge
physics. And while a triumph of the human intellect and inspiration to citizens of all
nations, work of the kind that the supercollider will make possible, pushing technology
to ever higher levels of accomplishment, has been shown -- throughout history -- to have
the most eminently practical consequences.
But the issue at stake is far more than
the thousands of direct jobs associated with building this
project. The issue is the hundreds of thousands and potentially
millions of jobs in health care, computers and other industries
that could eventually be created from the discoveries that you
will make.
Some in Congress disagree, they have voted to shut this
project down. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year. Just to make sure your wallet is protected, I
keep a veto pen right here in my pocket.
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If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to organized special interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander your money today, rather
than invest in our economy and our children tomorrow.
Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand with our future.
I will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries later, scientists at
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today, new frontiers beckon, new discoveries await, new
adventure Theoren
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progress lie before us. Our horizon is not the ocean but the
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human ingenuity and yearning for progress our only power. I
believe you can trust these ideas to captain our economy to
calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change our nation, by
putting our faith in people, not government. Trust these ideas
to change for America, so that we may continue our eternal voyage
to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
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(Provost)
Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
Dallas, TX
30 September 1992
Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
As much as any state, Texas is a land of old and new -- a
place where "boot" means something you wear on you feet, and what
you do to get on your computer each morning. And so I come here
to talk to you about what we need to do, to prepare for the
economy of the 21st century.
Listening to all the talk these days about our economy reminds
me of the freshman who walked onto the field over at SMU for his
first football practice. He told the coach: "Look -- I can throw
the ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my
punts usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at
the young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to be work for the other
polical party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts. We are still the world's largest
economy -- and no other nation sells more products outside its
borders. Inflation is the lowest it has been in two decades
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and if you want to talk to the world's most productive workers,
don't brush up on your Japanese or your German, grab a Texas
twang OF a Yankee accent, because the "Dream Team" of workers can
be found right here -- in the USA. //
The question today is not can America compete, we know we
can. The question is -- how do we stay number one, and share our
prosperity with more Americans.
Right now a debate is raging. On one side are people who
are fearful of the future. They don't trust our people, they
only trust government to hang on to what we have today.
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embrace it. I believe America can win the new economic Olympics,
if our government is wise enough to trust our people and if we
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build the new industries of the future.
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fast enough. We need to jump start our economic battery -- and
we need to attach the cables now!//
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jobs, using tax incentives to encourage businesses to hire new
workers and help Americans who want to buy a first home. The
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Our our economy has changed a great deal since I staked my first
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claim in Odessa four decades ago. Back then, you could get a
good job because of what you could lift with your shoulders,
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today a job depends on what you can fit inside your head.
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The facts tell the story In 1980
a man with a college
education made an average of $11,000 more per year than a man
with only a high school education. By 1990, that gap had
increased to $16,000. And the same thing happened with women.
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The foundation of our economy has become knowledge. Whether
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our kids will work in the military, the marketplace or on a
mainframe computer, in the next century, what they know will
determine what they do with their lives.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call
the America 2,000 program ---- to make our grade schools and high
schools as great as our colleges. I° have put forth a new GI bill
to give low income parents the support freedomito to decide where kids
should go to a school be it a public school, a private
school, or a church school.
I'm proud of our world dominance in basketball and swimming,
but don't you want them to do jsut as well in trigonometry and
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A hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Edison said that "if
you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your
door." Today those world-beating mousetraps are advances in
computers, biotechnology and material sciences.
New computers amean that in an age when information is king,
we can now all wear a crown. (We can even get a FAX in our car,
which leads to the philosophical question who wants to get a
FAX in their car?)
Advances in biotechnology allow us to cure illnesses that
have plagued mankind for generations. Breakthroughs in
material science mean that we can build everything from airplanes
to cars in ways that will make them faster, stronger and
cheaper.
America has always been the cradle of technology --- the
best in the world. In the 21st century --- we must make sure
that translates into being the best in the marketplace.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, and
improve the National Science Foundation, and to spur the
development of new technologies like biotechnology and
supercomputers.
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These programs are not any form of "industrial policy" --
they provide the technological leaps that make the economic leaps
policy. I put my trust in seed the American companies and American
possible
workers. But they our companies can use incentives to invest in their
own research, their own ideas.
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So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- the idea of
making permanent the research and experimentation tax credit, to
cut the cost of private research by 20 percent a year We should
understand -- what happens in laboratories today, shows up in
your paycheck tomorrow.
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future -- loyal to our
children. And we can make the investment with no new taxes, no
budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money every year. So I propose we set priorities. Cut back on
mandatory spending today
and do away with almost 250
government programs that don't simply work anymore.
One of my favorite singers is Randy Travis. Randy has a
song that says, "our love would last forever." I'm not sure
Randy would say the same thing about a taxpayer supported federal
research program on the mating habits of little minks.
This Superconducting SuperCollider is a big part of my
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investment in America's future, Once we reached for the moon
above to explore new frontiers of our universe, soon we will
begin to tunnel below to learn about the fundamental question of
science
---
how our universe began.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the SuperCollider "the scientific
equivalent of that crazy new sport, bungee-cord jumping." I
It is the world most greatest relatific project, a maynet
for sciatific geniuver Aam around the worth
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guess what he means is that when it come to colliding atoms, it's
not the experience itself that counts, but what you learn along
the way //
History has shown that pushing technology to ever high
levels of accomplishment brings immense practical consequences -
how for etarysle Help a new electron restrictortry willse
-- new jobs even new industries, born of the discoveries that
you will make.
Some in Congress disagree. The House last month voted to
shut to shut this project down, and the Senate may vote as soon
as today. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year.
If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to support organized special interests whose support
they need in an election year. They will squander your taxpayo's money
today, rather than invest in our economy and our children
tomorrow. Make no mistake, this is a battle between the "patrons
future
of the past, " and the "architects of the people. "
It may not be popular in all places, but I want to do what's
right for America. Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand
with our future. I will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
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Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries after that, scientists at
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today new frontiers beckon, new discoveries torail await, new
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progress lies before us. Our adventure is not the open ocean but
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rather to the edge of the universe and the birth of space mbat
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vessel not called the Santa Maria but the Supercollider -- human
imagination is still our compass, and human ingenuity and
yearning for progress our only power.
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I believe you can trust these ideas to carry our economy to
calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change America, so that we
may continue our eternal voyage to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
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