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NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION PLANNING (NCCP)
PROGRAM EVENT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1992
8:00 A.M.
THANK YOU BILL [LOWERY] FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. AND
LET ME ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE MY OTHER DIAS GUEST, DOUG
WHEELER, SEC. OF THE CALIFORNIA RESOURCES AGENCY. IT'S
GREAT TO BE BACK IN CALIFORNIA. BEFORE I BEGIN, LET ME
JUST SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN HAWAII.
REGRETTABLY, SOME LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST, AND THE
PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT A BILLION DOLLARS.
ALREADY, RELIEF EFFORTS ARE WELL UNDERWAY.
AIRCRAFT FROM THE ARMY, NAVY AND MARINES -- AS WELL AS
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS AND NAVY SHIPS -- ARE SUPPLYING
THE ISLAND WITH FOOD, WATER, GENERATORS AND TENTS.
SOME AIRCRAFT ARE BEING USED TO CARRY TOURISTS WHO WANT
TO LEAVE -- OVER TO THE ISLAND OF OAHU. (OH-WAH-HU).
WE CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNOR, TO
PROVIDE WHATEVER ASSISTANCE POSSIBLE. OUR PRAYERS AND
GOOD WISHES, ARE EXTENDED TO ALL WHO STOOD IN INIKI'S
(EE-KNEE-KEE'S) PATH.
- 2 -
WE GATHER AT AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN HISTORY. TODAY
I CAN STAND BEFORE YOU AND SAY SOMETHING NO PRESIDENT
HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO SAY BEFORE: THE COLD WAR IS OVER
-- AND FREEDOM FINISHED FIRST. //
WITH THE COLD WAR BEHIND US, THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IS
ENTERING A PERIOD OF TRANSITION -- AND I KNOW YOU ARE
FEELING THE IMPACT -- FEELING IT RIGHT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
THE QUESTION VOTERS MUST ASK IN THIS ELECTION IS
THIS: WHO HAS THE IDEAS, THE PRINCIPLES, TO ALLOW
AMERICA TO RISE TO OUR NEW CHALLENGES? TO GUARANTEE
THAT IN THE NEXT CENTURY -- AMERICA WILL REMAIN NOT
JUST A MILITARY SUPERPOWER, BUT ALSO AN EXPORT
SUPERPOWER AND AN ECONOMIC SUPERPOWER. //
- 3 -
LAST WEEK I OUTLINED MY "AGENDA FOR AMERICAN
RENEWAL" -- A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED SET OF
RESPONSES TO THE CHALLENGES FACING AMERICA TODAY. MUCH
OF THE AGENDA IS UNDERWAY, OTHER PARTS ARE BRAND NEW.
I HOPE THAT YOU, AND EVERY AMERICAN, WILL LOOK AT THE
IDEAS -- AND COMPARE THEM WITH MY OPPONENTS -- BEFORE
YOU MAKE A DECISION.
I START WITH THE BELIEF THAT FREE TRADE CAN BRING
PROSPERITY TO CALIFORNIA AND THE U.S. THAT'S WHY WE
NEGOTIATED THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT --
OR WHAT WE CALL -- NAFTA. IT WILL CREATE A $6 TRILLION
MARKET -- FROM MANITOBA TO MEXICO -- AND BRING
THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS HERE TO CALIFORNIA.
MY OPPONENT WAS ONCE IN FAVOR OF NAFTA. THEN HE
CHANGED HIS MIND. NOW HE SAYS -- AND I QUOTE -- "WHEN
I HAVE A DEFINITIVE OPINION, I'LL SAY SO." MY OPINION
MAY NOT BE POPULAR IN ALL PLACES, BUT I WILL TELL IT TO
YOU STRAIGHT. AMERICANS NEVER RETREAT -- WE WILL
ALWAYS COMPETE. AND WE WILL WIN.
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MY OPPONENT BELIEVES THAT WE NEED MORE GOVERNMENT
IN WASHINGTON -- HE PROPOSES AT LEAST $220 BILLION IN
NEW SPENDING, PLUS $150 BILLION IN NEW TAXES -- JUST TO
START.
I WANT TO GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I'VE PUT
FORTH SPECIFIC IDEAS TO CONTROL THE GROWTH OF MANDATORY
FEDERAL SPENDING -- SAVING ALMOST $300 BILLION OVER THE
NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND I WANT TO USE THE SAVINGS, TO CUT
TAXES. I BELIEVE, VERY SIMPLY, GOVERNMENT IS TOO BIG -
- AND SPENDS TOO MUCH OF YOUR MONEY. //
LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER DIFFERENCE. TODAY,
AMERICAN BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS SPEND UP TO $200
BILLION DOLLARS -- JUST ON DIRECT SERVICES TO LAWYERS.
THE JAPANESE DON'T SPEND THAT MUCH, NEITHER DO THE
GERMANS. MY OPPONENT DOESN'T THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM,
I THINK IT IS A DISGRACE. AS A NATION, WE MUST SUE
EACH OTHER LESS, AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER MORE.
- 5 -
LOOK AT EVERY ECONOMIC ISSUE WE FACE AS A NATION.
IMPROVING OUR SCHOOLS. REFORMING WELFARE. CONTROLLING
HEALTH CARE COSTS. MY OPPONENT AND I OFFER TWO VASTLY
DIFFERENT APPROACHES. HE PUTS HIS FAITH IN MORE
GOVERNMENT -- I WANT TO PUT MORE FAITH IN YOU -- THE
PEOPLE.
MY OPPONENT'S PLAN FOR AMERICA INCLUDES NEW TAXES,
PLUS STEEP DEFENSE CUTS, WAY BEYOND WHAT THE MILITARY
AND CIVILIAN EXPERTS BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE. TOGETHER,
THIS PROGRAM WILL COST AMERICA 2.6 MILLION JOBS -- WITH
A MAJOR IMPACT RIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA. MY AGENDA
DOESN'T KILL JOBS, IT PROTECTS JOBS. IT OFFERS A WAY
TO GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING -- AND CREATE IN AMERICA THE
WORLD'S FIRST TEN TRILLION ECONOMY -- BY EARLY IN THE
NEXT CENTURY. //
AS WE CREATE JOBS, WE CAN RECREATE DREAMS -- FOR so
MANY AMERICANS -- AND SO MANY CALIFORNIANS.
- 6 -
BUT AMERICANS DREAM OF MORE THAN A GOOD JOB AND
RISING INCOME, WE ALSO WANT CLEAN WATERS IN WHICH TO
SWIM, CLEAN AIR TO BREATHE -- AND PRESERVES LIKE THIS
IN WHICH TO ENJOY NATURE.
I HAVE LONG BELIEVED THAT A STRONG ECONOMY AND A
CLEAN ENVIRONMENT NOT ONLY CAN GO HAND IN HAND, THEY
MUST GO HAND IN HAND. HERE IN SAN DIEGO, YOU KNOW so
WELL. A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT CAN BE THE FOUNDATION FOR A
STRONG, DYNAMIC ECONOMY.
so I AM PROUD OF WHAT MY ADMINISTRATION HAS
ACCOMPLISHED -- PROUD OF THE MANY ENVIRONMENTAL
ACHIEVEMENTS THAT CONGRESSMAN LOWRY TALKED ABOUT.
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AND I'M ESPECIALLY
PROUD OF THE WAY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THESE
ADVANCES. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN
JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- BY REJECTING THE STALE OLD
IDEAS OF COMMAND AND CONTROL REGULATION -- AND RELYING
INSTEAD ON NEW IDEAS -- ON THE POWER OF THE
MARKETPLACE, NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS.
THAT'S WHY I'VE COME HERE TODAY.
WE'VE COME TOGETHER AT THIS HISTORIC RANCH HOUSE -
- THE SITE OF THE FIRST LAND GRANT IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA -- TO CELEBRATE A VOLUNTARY PARTNERSHIP.
FRANKLY, IT'S AN EXPERIMENT -- AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE
SPECIES AND THEIR CRITICAL HABITAT WHILE STILL ALLOWING
FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE NATURAL COMMUNITIES
CONSERVATION PLANNING PROJECT TRIES TO BRING ALL
PARTIES TOGETHER VOLUNTARILY -- BEFORE REGULATORY
APPROACHES KICK IN AND REDUCE ALL FLEXIBILITY.
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THIS WILL HELP PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES, WHILE STILL
ALLOWING FOR RATIONAL, REASONABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT VERY FEW COMMUNITIES ARE ABLE TO
PULL IT OFF. I CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT. //
PARTNERSHIP IS A PRINCIPLE WE NEED IN ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY. ANOTHER IS USING INCENTIVES -- NOT EXPENSIVE
REGULATIONS -- TO STOP POLLUTION. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE
GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
WE ALL KNOW IT CAN BE EXPENSIVE FOR SOME BUSINESSES
AND FACTORIES TO COMPLY WITH THE CLEAN AIR ACT. WE
ALSO KNOW, THAT BY FAR THE MOST POLLUTING CARS ON THE
ROAD ARE THE CLUNKERS -- LIKE THE OLD DODGE AUNT EDNA
BOUGHT IN THE 60'S, BEFORE WE HAD POLLUTION STANDARDS.
SO WE CAME UP WITH A NEW IDEA. WE LET STATES ALLOW
COMPANIES TO EARN CREDIT FOR MEETING ON CLEAN AIR ACT
STANDARDS, BY BUYING OLD CARS, TAKING THEM OFF THE
ROAD, AND PUTTING THEM IN THE SCRAP HEAP.
- 9 -
UNOCAL TRIED DOING THIS RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. OVER 8,000 OLD CARS WERE TURNED IN. THE
PROGRAM CUT POLLUTION EQUAL TO 150,000 NEW CARS, 1
MILLION GALLONS OF PAINT, HALF THE CARBON MONOXIDE FROM
REFINERIES AND POWER PLANTS IN GREATER LOS ANGELES, AND
-- GET THIS -- ALL THE BARBECUE LIGHTER FLUIDS IN THE
LA BASIN.
IT'S THE PERFECT PROGRAM. COMPANIES CAN PROTECT
JOBS, THE AIR BECOMES CLEANER -- AND AUNT EDNA -- SHE
FINALLY GETS RID OF THE OLD DODGE IN THE GARAGE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THIS PROGRAM NATIONWIDE.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE POSSIBLE CLEANER CARS
AND CLEANER FACTORIES, MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS,
AND LESS WASTEFUL INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES. TECHNOLOGY IS
NOT JUST ONE OF THE KEYS TO OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE -- BUT
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE AS WELL.
- 10 -
ONE OF THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE PAST
TWO DECADES, IS THAT COMMAND AND CONTROL REGULATION
FREEZES OLD TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE. MARKET-ORIENTED
POLICIES, AND INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE, CAN MAKE NEW
BREAKTHROUGHS POSSIBLE.
- 11 -
IN THIS ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE LAUNCHED A BROAD
PROGRAM OF INVESTMENT IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES -- TO CLEAN
THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENCY. WE
STARTED A NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE, LINKING
EXPERTS IN OUR FEDERAL LABS WITH THOSE IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR. ALREADY, ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN THE
FOCUS OF 20 OF THESE VENTURES -- WITH TWICE THAT MANY
SMALL BUSINESSES PARTICIPATING. AS PART OF OUR
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WE STARTED A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAJOR AUTO COMPANIES TO DEVELOP
CARS THAT RUN ON BATTERIES, WITH NO AIR POLLUTION.
WE'RE WORKING TOWARD LIGHTER MATERIALS, SO THAT
EVERYTHING FROM AIRPLANES TO AUTOMOBILES WILL USE LESS
ENERGY AND CREATE LESS POLLUTION. WE'VE INCREASED
INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW WAYS TO
PRODUCE AND USE CLEAN-BURNING NATURAL GAS. AND PERHAPS
MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY, BY
ENCOURAGING COMPETITION, WILL ALLOW THESE TECHNOLOGIES
THE CHANCE TO BE ADOPTED IN THE MARKETPLACE.
- 12 -
THESE PROGRAMS ALL REJECT THE OLD "COMMAND-AND-
CONTROL" MENTALITY THAT DROVE UP COSTS, REDUCED JOBS,
AND NEVER ACHIEVED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS WE
DESIRED.
I'M PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND I'LL CERTAINLY
MATCH MY ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD AGAINST MY OPPONENT.
HERE'S A FACT YOU NEED TO KNOW. UNDER GOVERNOR
CLINTON, ARKANSAS RANKS 48TH -- THAT'S 48TH -- IN
POLICIES TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT -- ACCORDING TO THE
SOUTHERN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH.
BUT IN HIS ZEAL TO CAPTURE HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION,
GOVERNOR CLINTON HAS MADE EVERY PROMISE TO EVERY
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP WHO SENT HIM A SURVEY. HE AND HIS
RUNNING MATE ARE ALLOWING A PHILOSOPHY THAT GOES BACK
TO WHERE COMMAND AND CONTROL REGULATION IS THE ONLY
SOLUTION, A PHILOSOPHY THAT COULD IMPEDE TECHNOLOGY NOT
PROMOTE IT.
- 13 -
WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENT, I BELIEVE
EXTREMISM ON EITHER SIDE IS NO VIRTUE. COOPERATION,
INNOVATION, A FAITH IN TECHNOLOGY -- THESE ARE THE
VIRTUES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PROTECT BOTH JOBS AND
NATURE.
LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MY OPPONENT'S
INCONSISTENCY, IT REFERS TO THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT I
MENTIONED EARLIER. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT, BUT I AM SENSITIVE TO CONCERNS ABOUT ITS
IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN MEXICO AND ALONG THE
BORDER NOT FAR FROM HERE.
GOVERNOR CLINTON CLAIMS HE IS CONCERNED TOO. IN
FACT, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS HE GIVES TO JUSTIFY HIS
REFUSAL TO TAKE A DEFINITE POSITION ON THE TREATY. BUT
AT THE EXACT SAME TIME HE TALKS ABOUT HIS CONCERN ABOUT
BORDER POLLUTION, HIS DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS ON CAPITOL
HILL ARE CUTTING IN HALF -- MY PROPOSED PLAN TO HELP
PROTECT OUR BORDER ENVIRONMENT.
- 14 -
WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENT, GOVERNOR CLINTON
SEEMS TO BE ON ONE SIDE ONE DAY, ANOTHER SIDE THE NEXT.
I DON'T THINK AMERICA NEEDS THAT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE STRUCK THE RIGHT BALANCE -- AND
WITH YOUR SUPPORT, I WILL FIGHT TO KEEP IT.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN TIME
MAGAZINE SELECTED ITS MAN OF THE YEAR, IT SELECTED THE
PLANET EARTH AS THE "PLANET OF THE YEAR."
JAY LENO SAID ON THE TONIGHT SHOW: "WELL, WHAT DID
YOU EXPECT? ALL THE JUDGES CAME FROM EARTH."
TIME'S COVER, AND JAY'S LENO'S JOKE, UNDERSCORE ONE
FACT: THE ENVIRONMENT IS THE CONCERN OF EVERY
CALIFORNIAN -- OF EVERY AMERICAN. AND WE CAN HAVE A
STRONG ENVIRONMENT AND A STRONG ECONOMY. INDEED, WE
MUST HAVE BOTH.
- 15 -
I BEGAN BY TALKING ABOUT THE GLOBALIZATION OF OUR
ECONOMY. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE QUESTION OF HOW
AMERICA CAN COMPETE - --IS THE DEFINING QUESTION NOT JUST
OF THIS ELECTION -- -- BUT OF AMERICA'S FUTURE.
IF WE CAN WE CAN CREATE NEW PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THIS
ONE, IF WE CAN FOCUS MORE ON PREVENTING A PROBLEM THAN
FIXING IT LATER, IF WE CAN TURN OUR TECHNOLOGICAL
PROWESS TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGE, THEN WE FACE A
COMPETITIVE EDGE THAT NO OTHER NATION CAN MATCH.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
02 SEP 12 P9: 14
September 12, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVEN PROVOST SP
FROM:
BOB GRADY ag
SUBJECT:
REMARKS IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
On Monday, September 14 at 8:05 a.m., you will address an
audience of 700 gathered at the Rancho Penasquitos, the site of
the first land grant in California. Your remarks are 100 minutes
in length and will be on teleprompter.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION
PLANNING (NCCP) PROGRAM EVENT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1992
8:00 a.m.
Thank you [Governor Pete Wilson] for that introduction.
It's great to be back in California. You know, last week
was the 142nd anniversary of California Admission Day -- when
California became a state. California has always been a leader.
From Disneyland to digital circuitry, from tourism to technology,
California has led the way for America.
Perhaps in no area is California's leadership more evident
than in working to make environmental protection and economic
growth go hand in hand.
Four years ago, I stood on a beach right here in San Diego
and said that "the goal of a clean and healthy environment is not
in conflict with the need to create jobs in a growing economy
In the long run, successful environmental protection is a
prerequisite to solid, sustainable economic growth. "
I recognized in my words then, and in my actions since, that
-- with the right policies -- these twin goals are compatible.
We can achieve balance.
In the last four years, we have acted on that recognition.
We have enacted a Clean Air Act that will not only cut acid rain,
smog, and toxic air emissions -- but that will do so at less cost
to the economy than the old command and control prescriptions of
the past.
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We have taken the world lead in phasing out CFCs and other
ozone-depleting substances by 1995 -- and taken Mcl the world lead in
developing safe substitutes for them.
We have added over a million and a half acres to our
national parks, forests, wildlife areas, and public lands --
Sep that millins at mor American can
creating new recreational opportunities for millions of Americans
-- young and old, able bodied and disabled. enjoy through the gratoutelas,
We have launched historic new programs in which industry is
voluntarily reducing its toxic emissions and installing energy-
efficient lighting -- and achieved results faster, cheaper, and
with Pewer burancout well lawyer involved.
with less litigation and regulatory haggling.
These steps have shown what is possible when we harness the
power of the marketplace in the service of the environment.
Last week, I spoke in Detroit about my Agenda for American
Renewal. My agenda applies this same creativity -- this same
respect for the power of the marketplace and the ingenuity of the
American people -- to the full range of new challenges facing our
economy.
America is in transition. No transition is easy. I know
California's economy is feeling the effects of this one. And I
know this: America's number one challenge today is to win the
global economic competition. We must turn this economic
transition into an economic opportunity. We must win the peace.
Winning that competition will require an integrated approach
to meeting the challenges ahead. We must keep expanding our
horizons -- winning new markets, \seizing new opportunities. We
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must prepare our children for the challenges of the 21st Century,
and sharpen the competitive edge of our companies, large and
small. We can promote economic security for this country while
leaving no one behind.
The integrated approach we bring to this new world must
apply to the environmental challenges we face. Respecting the
market. Developing new technology. Fostering partnerships.
These are the ideas that will make us more competitive and create
more jobs. And these are the ideas that we should apply to
environmental policy as well.
Let me give you some examples.
We've come together at this historic ranch house -- the site
of the first land grant in the state of California -- to
celebrate a voluntary partnership. Frankly, it's an experiment -
- an effort to preserve species and their critical habitat while
still allowing for economic development. The Natural Communities
Conservation Planning project tries to bring all parties together
voluntarily -- before regulatory approaches kick in and reduce
all flexibility.
We've already learned that preventing pollution at the
factory works better than cleaning it up at the smokestack or the
outfall pipe. This focus on prevention rather than cleaning up
afterwards can help us protect ecological systems as well --
without massive disruptions of the economy.
Here's another example -- a market-based idea -- that's
operating right here in southern California. The dirtiest cars
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states) buy old for
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on the road are the oldest ones -- those clunkers that date back
to the days before we had today's tough pollution control
standards.
Our Administration has enabled states to meet the tough
standards of the Clean Air Act through plans that pay money to
take those dirty old clunkers off the road. The result is less
disruption of the economy, more car sales, and cleaner air.
who
Unocal tried it right here in southern California. The
result: over 8,000 cars were turned in. They emitted 99 times
more hydrocarbons than new cars. The program cut pollution equal
to 150,000 new cars, 1 million gallons of paint, half the carbon
monoxide from refineries and power plants in greater Los Angeles,
and all the barbecue lighter fluids in the LA Basin.
This scrappage program worked -- and now we're going to
apply it nationwide.
Let me give a third example. Right now, because of
inadequate sewage treatment, San Diego's water is being fouled --
and it could face the threat of limits on new sewer hookups. That
would limit economic development. It hurts public health. It
hurts recreation. It hurts California's tourism economy.
I have asked Congress for special grants kick start the
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progress toward secondary treatment in those coastal cities that
don't now have it. That includes San Diego, Los Angeles,
Seattle, New York, Baltimore, and yes, the infamous Boston
Harbor. Bill Lowery and John Seymour helped get those funds
through the appropriations committees last year -- and Congress
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should approve the money so we can keep making progress again
this year.
A fourth example: new technology. Technology has made
possible cleaner cars and cleaner factories, more energy
efficient buildings, and less wasteful industrial practices.
Technology is one of the keys to our environmental -- and our
economic -- future.
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One of the thinds we have learned over the past two decades
is that command and control regulation freezes old technology in
place. Market-oriented policies, and investment in the future,
can make new breakthroughs possible.
In this Administration, we have launched a broad program of
investment in new technologies to clean the environment and
promote energy efficiency. We started a National Technology
Initiative, linking experts in our Federal labs with those in the
private sector to jointly develop new technologies. Already,
environmental technology has been the focus of 20 of these
ventures -- with twice that many small businesses participating.
New technology, investment in civilian R&D, is a key part of
my Agenda. As part of that broad R&D program, we started a
partnership with the major auto companies to develop cars that
can run on batteries, with zero air pollution. We're working
toward lighter materials, so that everything from airplanes to
automobiles will use less energy and create less pollution.
We've increased investment in research and development for new
ways to produce and use clean-burning natural gas. And perhaps
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most importantly, our national energy strategy, by encouraging
competition, will allow these technologies the chance to be
adopted in the marketplace.
My opponent has begun to talk about these things, and I'm
glad he agrees. But he should recognize one fact: the pro-
regulatory policies that he is advancing -- and which his running
mate has supported in the U.S. Senate -- will impede technology,
not promote it. You can't have it both ways.
Finally, let me talk about an example that brings it all
together. Trade. We have worked in this Administration for a
more open world trading system -- for trade agreements that are
good foreign policy, good economic policy, and good environmental
policy.
The best example for California is NAFTA -- the North
American Free Trade Agreement. It will bring jobs right here to
California -- because for every billion dollars worth of exports,
we generate 20,000 new jobs. NAFTA will allow us to expand our
exports to Mexico, our fastest growing export market. Since
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1986, we've almost tripled exports to Mexico -- and they now
support over 600,000 American jobs.
In support of NAFTA, we have developed an environmental
action plan, to ensure sound environmental protection on both
sides of the border. We've included funding for the Tijuana
sewage plant; for stepped up enforcement; for a cooperative
approach with the Mexican government, which has been working to
improve its own environmental laws.
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My opponent continues to waffle and waiver on NAFTA. He
cites the environment.
Now here is the irony. At the exact moment Governor Clinton
is using this as an excuse, his Democratic allies in Congress are
cutting in half my proposed funding for my U.S. -Mexican border
environmental plan.
Let's smoke out their excuses. If the other side really
cares so much about the border environment, why don't they at
least fund our plan?
If they really care so much about jobs, why don't they quit
waffling on NAFTA?
It's time for straight talk, not double talk. Congress
should fund my environmental border plan. And Mr. Clinton should
take a stand on NAFTA.
These examples -- partnership, market forces, investment in
the future, technology, and trade -- point the way toward a
future in which both the environment and the economy can
flourish. But we must remember this. This future isn't
guaranteed. It requires the right choices, the right policies,
and the right priorities.
When policies undermine the potential for partnership, or
our laws are written in ways that discourage innovation, we get a
different result: Confrontation. Litigation. Stagnation.
Later today, I will travel to the forests of the Pacific
Northwest, to the woods of Oregon and Washington. Here, it must
be said, the system has not worked. Interest groups have
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litigated endlessly. The courts have frozen almost all
harvesting activity on Federal lands. And families and
communities are suffering. The debacle surrounding the spotted
owl is a lesson that there must be a better way.
We must care for each other more, and sue each other less.
I have come here today to highlight one possible model for
that better way. What you are demonstrating here is a truth as
old as America: that by working together, we can accomplish much
more than we can by moving apart.
You know, I remember a few years ago, when Time magazine
selected its man of the year, it selected the planet Earth as the
"Planet of the Year. "
Jay Leno said on the Tonight show: "Well, what did you
expect? All the judges came from Earth."
Time's cover, and Jay's joke, underscore one fact: the
environment, like the economy, is the concern of every
Californian -- of every American.
If we can create the unity of purpose, and apply the
creativity of thought, to our new challenges that America has
used to hurdle every other challenge that has stood in its path -
- there is no telling what America can accomplish.
We can ensure that the 21st century is yet another American
century.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of
America.
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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
9/12/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION PLANNING
SUBJECT:
PROGRAM EVENT -- SAN DIEGO, CA - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
DELAND
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
HORNER
GROOMES
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
( (Grady))
9/12/92
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION
PLANNING (NCCP) PROGRAM EVENT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA P8.52
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1992
8:00 a.m.
Thank you [Governor Pete Wilson] for that introduction.
It's great to be back in California. You know, last week
was the 142nd anniversary of California Admission Day -- when
California became a state. California has always been a leader.
From Disneyland to digital circuitry, from tourism to technology,
California has led the way for America.
Perhaps in no area is California's leadership more evident
than in working to make environmental protection and economic
growth go hand in hand.
Four years ago, I stood on a beach right here in San Diego
and said that "the goal of a clean and healthy environment is not
in conflict with the need to create jobs in a growing economy
In the long run, successful environmental protection is a
prerequisite to solid, sustainable economic growth." "
I recognized in my words then, and in my actions since, that
-- with the right policies -- these twin goals are compatible.
We can achieve balance.
In the last four years, we have acted on that recognition.
We have enacted a Clean Air Act that will not only cut acid rain,
smog, and toxic air emissions -- but that will do so at less cost
to the economy than the old command and control prescriptions of
the past.
2
We have taken the world lead in phasing out CFCs and other
ozone-depleting substances by 1995 -- and taken the world lead in
developing safe substitutes for them.
We have added over a million and a half acres to our
national parks, forests, wildlife areas, and public lands --
creating new recreational opportunities for millions of Americans
-- young and old, able-bodied and disabled.
We have launched historic new programs in which industry is
voluntarily reducing its toxic emissions and installing energy-
efficient lighting -- and achieved results faster, cheaper, and
with less litigation and regulatory haggling.
These steps have shown what is possible when we harness the
power of the marketplace in the service of the environment.
Last week, I spoke in Detroit about my Agenda for American
Renewal. My agenda applies this same creativity -- this same
respect for the power of the marketplace and the ingenuity of the
American people -- to the full range of new challenges facing our
economy.
America is in transition. No transition is easy. I know
California's economy is feeling the effects of this one. And I
know this: America's number one challenge today is to win the
global economic competition. We must turn this economic
transition into an economic opportunity. We must win the peace.
Winning that competition will require an integrated approach
to meeting the challenges ahead. We must keep expanding our
horizons winning new markets, seizing new opportunities. We
7
3
must prepare our children for the challenges of the 21st Century,
and sharpen the competitive edge of our companies, large and
small. We can promote economic security for this country while
leaving no one behind.
The integrated approach we bring to this new world must
apply to the environmental challenges we face. Respecting the
market. Developing new technology. Fostering partnerships.
These are the ideas that will make us more competitive and create
more jobs. And these are the ideas that we should apply to
environmental policy as well.
Let me give you some examples.
We've come together at this historic ranch house -- the site
of the first land grant in the state of California -- to
celebrate a voluntary partnership. Frankly, it's an experiment -
- an effort to preserve species and their critical habitat while
still allowing for economic development. The Natural Communities
Conservation Planning project tries to bring all parties together
voluntarily -- before regulatory approaches kick in and reduce
all flexibility.
We've already learned that preventing pollution at the
factory works better than cleaning it up at the smokestack or the
outfall pipe. This focus on prevention rather than cleaning up
afterwards can help us protect ecological systems as well --
without massive disruptions of the economy.
Here's another example -- a market-based idea -- that's
operating right here in southern California. The dirtiest cars
2
4
on the road are the oldest ones -- those clunkers that date back
to the days before we had today's tough pollution control
standards.
Our Administration has enabled states to meet the tough
standards of the Clean Air Act through plans that pay money to
take those dirty old clunkers off the road. The result is less
disruption of the economy, more car sales, and cleaner air.
Unocal tried it right here in southern California. The
result: over 8,000 cars were turned in. They emitted 99 times
more hydrocarbons than new cars. The program cut pollution equal
to 150,000 new cars, 1 million gallons of paint, half the carbon
monoxide from refineries and power plants in greater Los Angeles,
and all the barbecue lighter fluids in the LA Basin.
This scrappage program worked -- and now we're going to
apply it nationwide.
Let me give a third example. Right now, because of
inadequate sewage treatment, San Diego's water is being fouled --
and it could face the threat of limits on new sewer hookups. That
would limit economic development. It hurts public health. It
hurts recreation. It hurts California's tourism economy.
I have asked Congress for special grants kick start the
progress toward secondary treatment in those coastal cities that
don't now have it. That includes San Diego, Los Angeles,
Seattle, New York, Baltimore, and yes, the infamous Boston
Harbor. Bill Lowery and John Seymour helped get those funds
through the appropriations committees last year -- and Congress
7
5
should approve the money so we can keep making progress again
this year.
A fourth example: new technology. Technology has made
possible cleaner cars and cleaner factories, more energy
efficient buildings, and less wasteful industrial practices.
Technology is one of the keys to our environmental -- and our
economic -- future.
One of the things we have learned over the past two decades
is that command and control regulation freezes old technology in
)
place. Market-oriented policies, and investment in the future,
can make new breakthroughs possible.
In this Administration, we have launched a broad program of
investment in new technologies to clean the environment and
promote energy efficiency. We started a National Technology
Initiative, linking experts in our Federal labs with those in the
private sector to jointly develop new technologies. Already,
environmental technology has been the focus of 20 of these
ventures -- with twice that many small businesses participating.
New technology, investment in civilian R&D, is a key part of
my Agenda. As part of that broad R&D program, we started a
partnership with the major auto companies to develop cars that
can run on batteries, with zero air pollution. We're working
toward lighter materials, so that everything from airplanes to
automobiles will use less energy and create less pollution.
We've increased investment in research and development for new
ways to produce and use clean-burning natural gas. And perhaps
6
most importantly, our national energy strategy, by encouraging
competition, will allow these technologies the chance to be
adopted in the marketplace.
My opponent has begun to talk about these things, and I'm
glad he agrees. But he should recognize one fact: the pro-
regulatory policies that he is advancing -- and which his running
mate has supported in the U.S. Senate -- will impede technology,
not promote it. You can't have it both ways.
Finally, let me talk about an example that brings it all
together. Trade. We have worked in this Administration for a
more open world trading system -- for trade agreements that are
good foreign policy, good economic policy, and good environmental
policy.
The best example for California is NAFTA -- the North
American Free Trade Agreement. It will bring jobs right here to
California -- because for every billion dollars worth of exports,
we generate 20,000 new jobs. NAFTA will allow us to expand our
exports to Mexico, our fastest growing export market. Since
1986, we've almost tripled exports to Mexico -- and they now
support over 600,000 American jobs.
In support of NAFTA, we have developed an environmental
action plan, to ensure sound environmental protection on both
sides of the border. We've included funding for the Tijuana
sewage plant; for stepped up enforcement; for a cooperative
approach with the Mexican government, which has been working to
improve its own environmental laws.
7
My opponent continues to waffle and waiver on NAFTA. He
cites the environment.
Now here is the irony. At the exact moment Governor Clinton
is using this as an excuse, his Democratic allies in Congress are
cutting in half my proposed funding for my U.S. -Mexican border
environmental plan.
Let's smoke out their excuses. If the other side really
cares so much about the border environment, why don't they at
least fund our plan?
If they really care so much about jobs, why don't they quit
waffling on NAFTA?
It's time for straight talk, not double talk. Congress
should fund my environmental border plan. And Mr. Clinton should
take a stand on NAFTA.
These examples -- partnership, market forces, investment in
the future, technology, and trade -- point the way toward a
future in which both the environment and the economy can
flourish. But we must remember this. This future isn't
guaranteed. It requires the right choices, the right policies,
and the right priorities.
When policies undermine the potential for partnership, or
our laws are written in ways that discourage innovation, we get a
different result: Confrontation. Litigation. Stagnation.
Later today, I will travel to the forests of the Pacific
Northwest, to the woods of Oregon and Washington. Here, it must
be said, the system has not worked. Interest groups have
8
litigated endlessly. The courts have frozen almost all
harvesting activity on Federal lands. And families and
communities are suffering. The debacle surrounding the spotted
owl is a lesson that there must be a better way.
We must care for each other more, and sue each other less.
I have come here today to highlight one possible model for
that better way. What you are demonstrating here is a truth as
old as America: that by working together, we can accomplish much
more than we can by moving apart.
You know, I remember a few years ago, when Time magazine
selected its man of the year, it selected the planet Earth as the
"Planet of the Year."
Jay Leno said on the Tonight show: "Well, what did you
expect? All the judges came from Earth."
Time's cover, and Jay's joke, underscore one fact: the
environment, like the economy, is the concern of every
Californian -- of every American.
If we can create the unity of purpose, and apply the
creativity of thought, to our new challenges that America has
used to hurdle every other challenge that has stood in its path -
- there is no telling what America can accomplish.
We can ensure that the 21st century is yet another American
century.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of
America.
####
Document No. 349773
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
09/11/92
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: ASAP!!!!!!
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION PLANNING
PROGRAM EVENT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
MCGROARTY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
>
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
See comment
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
OSE rec'd 9/14
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
@8:30AM
9/11/92
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION
PLANNING (NCCP) PROGRAM EVENT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1992
10:00 a.m.
Thank you, Governor Pete Wilson, for that introduction.
Congressman Lowery. Our next U.S. Senators, John Seymour and
Bruce Herschenson.
It's great to be back in California. You know, this week is
the 142nd anniversary of California Admission Day -- when
California became a state. For that entire century and a half,
California has been a leader -- from the Gold Rush of that era to
the technology explosion of today. From Disneyland to digital
circuitry, from tourism to technology, California has led the way
for America.
Perhaps in no area is California's leadership more evident
than in working to make environmental protection and economic
growth go hand in hand.
Four years ago, I stood on a beach right here in San Diego
and said that "the goal of a clean and healthy environment is not
in conflict with the need to create jobs in a growing economy
In the long run, successful environmental protection is a
prerequisite to solid, sustainable economic growth."
I recognized in my words then, and in my actions since, that
-- with the right policies -- these twin goals are compatible.
In the last four years, we have acted on that recognition.
We have enacted a Clean Air Act that will not only cut acid rain,
smog, and toxic air emissions -- but that will do so at less cost
2
to the economy than the old command and control prescriptions of
the past.
We have taken the world lead in phasing out CFCs and other
ozone-depleting substances by 1995 -- and taken the world lead in
developing safe substitutes for them.
We have added over a million and a half acres to our parks,
forests, wildlife areas, and public lands -- and placed a special
emphasis on improving campsites and trails, increasing boating
and fishing access, and creating new recreational opportunities
for millions of Americans -- young and old, able bodied and
disabled.
We have launched historic new programs in which industry is
voluntarily reducing its toxic emissions and installing energy-
efficient lighting -- and achieved results faster, cheaper, and
with less litigation and regulatory haggling.
These steps have shown what is possible when we harness the
power of the marketplace in the service of the environment.
This week, I spoke in Detroit about my Agenda for American
Renewal. My agenda applies this same creativity -- this same
respect for the power of the marketplace and the ingenuity of the
American people -- to the full range of new challenges facing our
economy.
America is in transition. We have succeeded in conquering
the challenges of the Cold War. New technologies are allowing
people to be their best -- decentralizing decisions and putting
power in the hands of people. Companies are paying down debt,
3
and becoming more competitive. We are expanding markets for
American products overseas.
is
No transition easy -- and California's economy is feeling
Radriguez
45873
the effects of this one. So I know this. America's number one
challenge today is to win the global economic competition.
We
must turn this economic transition into an economic opportunity.
We must win the peace.
Winning that competition will require an integrated approach
to meeting the challenges ahead. We must keep expanding our
horizons -- winning new markets, seizing new opportuníties. We
must prepare our children for the challenges of the 21st century,
and sharpen the competitive edge of our companies, large and
small. We can promote economic security for this country while
leaving no one behind. But we can only do these things if we are
willing to change. To innovate. If we are willing to embrace
what works -- and reject what doesn't.
Machiavelli once said that "One change leaves the way open
for the introduction of others." " The historic changes of the
last few years have created a more competitive America in a
freer, more open world. It would not be Machiavellian to suggest
that we seize this moment: that we make the changes we must to
grab the opportunities we can.
The integrated approach we bring to this new world -- this
search for innovation -- must apply to the environmental
challenges we face. Respecting the market. Fostering new
technology. Fostering partnerships. These are the ideas that
4
will make us more competitive and create jobs. And these are the
ideas that we should apply to environmental policy as well.
Let me give you some examples.
We've come together before this historic ranch house -- the
site of the first land grant in the state of California -- to
celebrate a voluntary partnership. Frankly, it's an experiment -
- an effort to preserve species and their critical habitat while
still allowing for economic development. The Natural Communities
Conservation Planning project tries to bring all parties
together, in a proactive and voluntary manner, before regulatory
approaches kick in and reduce all flexibility.
We've already learned that preventing pollution at the
factory works better than cleaning it up at the smokestack or the
outfall pipe. This focus on prevention rather than remedial
management can help us protect ecological systems as well --
without massive disruptions of the economy.
Here's another example that's operating right here in
southern California. There is no question that for some
factories and businesses it will be very expensive to meet the
requirements of the Clean Air Act. There is also no question
that the dirtiest cars on the road are the oldest ones -- those
clunkers that first appeared before we had today's tough
pollution control standards.
Our Administration has issued guidance that would let states
reduce air pollution in the most cost-effective way by
establishing trading between stationary sources like factories
5
and mobile sources like cars. Under this plan, some companies
could help achieve air quality standards by paying cash to take
those dirty old clunkers off the roads. The result of using this
market based idea is less disruption of the economy, more car
sales, and cleaner air.
Unocal tried it right here in southern California. The
result: over 8,000 cars were turned in. They emitted 99 times
more hydrocarbons than new cars. By taking them off the road,
the scrappage program eliminated emissions equal to the
combination of 150,000 new cars, 1 million gallons of paint, half
the carbon monoxide emissions from every refinery and power plant
in greater Los Angeles, and all of the hydrocarbon emissions from
barbecue lighter fluids in the LA Basin.
This scrappage program worked -- and now we're going to
apply it nationwide.
A third example of how investing in the environment can help
the economy. Right now, San Diego could face the threat of
limits on new sewer hookups because of inadequate sewage
treatment. That would limit economic development. At the same
time, the lack of secondary treatment is fouling the water. That
hurts public health. It hurts recreation. It hurts California's
tourism economy.
I have proposed in each of my last two budgets line-item
grants to kick start the progress toward secondary treatment in
those coastal cities that don't now have it. That includes San
Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Baltimore, and yes, the
6
infamous Boston Harbor. Bill Lowery and John Seymour have helped
get those funds through the appropriations committees.
By cleaning our water, we can clean up the environment,
encourage development, and promote tourism. So I call on
Congress to support this initiative again this year.
A fourth example. One of the key ingredients that has
allowed America to make progress already in reducing lead
emissions, reducing carbon monoxide and ozone, in cleaning up our
air and water, is technology.
Technology has made possible cleaner cars and cleaner
factories, more energy efficient buildings, and less wasteful
industrial practices. Technology is one of the keys to our
environmental -- and our economic -- future.
One of the things we have learned over the past two decades
is that command and control regulation freezes old technology in
place. Market oriented policies, and investment in the future,
can make new breakthroughs possible.
In this Administration, we have launched a broad program of
investment in new technologies to clean the environment and
promote energy efficiency. We started a partnership with the
major auto companies to develop cars that can run on batteries,
with zero air pollution. We're working toward lighter materials,
so that everything from airplanes to automobiles will use less
energy and create less pollution. We've increased investment in
research and development for new ways to produce and use clean-
burning natural gas. And perhaps most importantly, our national
7
energy strategy, by encouraging competition, will allow these
technologies the chance to be adopted in the marketplace.
My opponent has begun to talk about these things, and I'm
glad he agrees. But he should recognize one fact: the pro-
regulatory policies that he is advancing -- and which his running
mate has supported in the U.S. Senate -- will impede technology,
not promote it. You can't have it both ways.
Finally, let me talk about an example that brings it all
together. Trade. We have worked in this Administration for a
more open world trading system -- for trade agreements that are
good foreign policy, good economic policy, and good environmental
policy.
The best example is NAFTA -- the North American Free Trade
Agreement. It will bring jobs right here to California. It will
allow us to expand our already growing exports to Mexico.
In support of NAFTA, we have developed an environmental
action plan, to ensure sound environmental protection on both
sides of the border. We've included funding for the Tijuana
sewage plant. For stepped up enforcement. For a cooperative
approach with the Mexican government, which has been working to
improve its own environmental laws.
My opponent continues to waffle and waiver on NAFTA. This
week, he claimed that one reason for his reservation was that
there was very little in the agreement for the environment.
Now here is an irony. At the exact moment Governor Clinton
is using this as an excuse, his Democratic allies in Congress are
8
cutting in half my proposed funding for the border environmental
plan. Let me put it very simply. Congress should restore the
funding. And Governor Clinton should take a stand.
These examples -- partnership, market forces, investment in
the future, technology, and trade -- point the way toward a
future in which both the environment and the economy can
flourish. But we must remember this. This future isn't
guaranteed. It requires the right choices, the right policies,
and the right priorities.
Too often, when policies undermine the potential for
partnership, or our laws are written in ways that discourage
innovation, we get a different result: Confrontation.
Litigation. Stagnation.
Later today, I will travel to the forests of the Pacific
Northwest, to the woods of Oregon and Washington. Here, it must
be said, the system has not worked. Interest groups have
litigated endlessly. The courts have frozen almost all
harvesting activity on Federal lands. And families and
communities are suffering. The debacle surrounding the spotted
owl is a lesson that there must be a better way.
I have come here today to highlight one possible model for
that better way. What you are demonstrating here is a truth as
old as America: that by working together, we can accomplish much
more than we can by moving apart.
9
You know, I remember a few years ago, when Time magazine
selected its man of the year, it selected the planet Earth as the
"Planet of the Year."
Jay Leno said the next night on the Tonight show: "Well,
that's no fair. After all, all the judges were from Earth. "
Time's cover, and Jay's joke, underscore one fact: the
environment, like the economy, is the concern of every
Californian -- of every American.
If we can create the unity of purpose, and apply the
creativity of thought, that America has used to hurdle every
other challenge that has stood in its path, there is no telling
what America can accomplish.
We can leave cleaner air and water for our children -- and
win the economic competition at the same time. We can win the
peace. We can ensure that the 21st century is yet another
American century.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of
America.
#
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#
#
Document No. 349773
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
09/11/92
ASAP!!!!!!
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION PLANNING
PROGRAM EVENT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
N/C
MCGROARTY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE: TO:
DAN MCGROARTY
September 12, 1992
The NSC staff concurs with the draft
PHILLIP D. BRADY
presidential remarks as amended.
Assistant to the President
CC: Phillip D. Brady
for
Brent J Scowcroft
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
9/11/92
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION
PLANNING (NCCP) PROGRAM EVENT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1992
10:00 a.m.
Thank you, Governor Pete Wilson, for that introduction.
Congressman Lowery. Our next U.S. Senators, John Seymour and
Bruce Herschenson.
It's great to be back in California. You know, this week is
the 142nd anniversary of California Admission Day -- when
California became a state. For that entire century and a half,
California has been a leader -- from the Gold Rush of that era to
the technology explosion of today. From Disneyland to digital
circuitry, from tourism to technology, California has led the way
for America.
Perhaps in no area is California's leadership more evident
than in working to make environmental protection and economic
growth go hand in hand.
Four years ago, I stood on a beach right here in San Diego
and said that "the goal of a clean and healthy environment is not
in conflict with the need to create jobs in a growing economy
In the long run, successful environmental protection is a
prerequisite to solid, sustainable economic growth."
I recognized in my words then, and in my actions since, that
-- with the right policies -- these twin goals are compatible.
In the last four years, we have acted on that recognition.
We have enacted a Clean Air Act that will not only cut acid rain,
smog, and toxic air emissions -- but that will do so at less cost
2
to the economy than the old command and control prescriptions of
the past.
We have taken the world lead in phasing out CFCs and other
ozone-depleting substances by 1995 -- and taken the world lead in
developing safe substitutes for them.
We have added over a million and a half acres to our parks,
forests, wildlife areas, and public lands -- and placed a special
emphasis on improving campsites and trails, increasing boating
and fishing access, and creating new recreational opportunities
for millions of Americans -- young and old, able bodied and
disabled.
We have launched historic new programs in which industry is
voluntarily reducing its toxic emissions and installing energy-
efficient lighting -- and achieved results faster, cheaper, and
with less litigation and regulatory haggling.
These steps have shown what is possible when we harness the
power of the marketplace in the service of the environment.
This week, I spoke in Detroit about my Agenda for American
Renewal. My agenda applies this same creativity -- this same
respect for the power of the marketplace and the ingenuity of the
American people -- to the full range of new challenges facing our
economy.
America is in transition. We have succeeded in conquering
the challenges of the Cold War. New technologies are allowing
people to be their best -- decentralizing decisions and putting
power in the hands of people. Companies are paying down debt,
3
and becoming more competitive. We are expanding markets for
American products overseas.
No transition is easy -- and California's economy is feeling
the effects of this one. So I know this.
America's number one
challenge today is to win the global economic competition.
We
must turn this economic transition into an economic opportunity.
We must win the peace.
Winning that competition will require an integrated approach
to meeting the challenges ahead. We must keep expanding our
horizons -- winning new markets, seizing new opportunities. We
must prepare our children for the challenges of the 21st century,
and sharpen the competitive edge of our companies, large and
small. We can promote economic security for this country while
leaving no one behind. But we can only do these things if we are
willing to change. To innovate. If we are willing to embrace
what works -- and reject what doesn't.
Machiavelli once said that "One change leaves the way open
for the introduction of others." The historic changes of the
last few years have created a more competitive America in a
freer, more open world. It would not be Machiavellian to suggest
and
that we seize this moment that we make the changes we must to
grab the opportunities we can.
The integrated approach we bring to this new world -- this
search for innovation -- must apply to the environmental
challenges we face. Respecting the market. Fostering new
technology. Fostering partnerships. These are the ideas that
4
move
will make us more competitive and create jobs. And these are the
ideas that we should apply to environmental policy as well.
Let me give you some examples.
We've come together before this historic ranch house -- the
site of the first land grant in the state of California -- to
celebrate a voluntary partnership. Frankly, it's an experiment -
- an effort to preserve species and their critical habitat while
still allowing for economic development. The Natural Communities
Conservation Planning project tries to bring all parties
together, in a proactive and voluntary manner, before regulatory
approaches kick in and reduce all flexibility.
We've already learned that preventing pollution at the
factory works better than cleaning it up at the smokestack or the
outfall pipe. This focus on prevention rather than remedial
management can help us protect ecological systems as well --
without massive disruptions of the economy.
Here's another example that's operating right here in
southern California. There is no question that for some
factories and businesses it will be very expensive to meet the
requirements of the Clean Air Act. There is also no question
that the dirtiest cars on the road are the oldest ones -- those
clunkers that first appeared before we had today's tough
pollution control standards.
Our Administration has issued guidance that would let states
reduce air pollution in the most cost-effective way by
allowing
establishing trading between stationary sources like factories
5
and mobile sources like cars. Under this plan, some companies
could help achieve air quality standards by paying cash to take
those dirty old clunkers off the roads. The result of using this
undeproduces
market based idea is less disruption of the economy, more car
sales, and cleaner air.
Unocal tried it right here in southern California. The
result: over 8,000 cars were turned in. They emitted 99 times
more hydrocarbons than new cars. By taking them off the road,
the scrappage program eliminated emissions equal to the
combination of 150,000 new cars, 1 million gallons of paint, half
the carbon monoxide emissions from every refinery and power plant
in greater Los Angeles, and all of the hydrocarbon emissions from
barbecue lighter fluids in the LA Basin.
This scrappage program worked -- and now we're going to
apply it nationwide.
Let me give
nA third example of how investing in the environment can help
the economy. Right now, San Diego could face the threat of
limits on new sewer hookups because of inadequate sewage
facilities
treatment That would limit economic development. At the same
time, the lack of secondary treatment is fouling the water. That
hurts public health. It hurts recreation. It hurts California's
tourism economy.
I have proposed in each of my last two budgets line-item
grants to kick start the progress toward secondary treatment in
those coastal cities that don't now have it. That includes San
Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Baltimore, and yes, the
7
6
infamous Boston Harbor. Bill Lowery and John Seymour have helped
get those funds through the appropriations committees.
By cleaning our water, we can clean up the environment,
encourage development, and promote tourism. So I call on
Congress to support this initiative again this year.
A fourth example. One of the key ingredients that has
allowed America to make progress already in reducing lead
and in
emissions, reducing carbon monoxide and ozone in cleaning up our
air and water, is technology.
Technology has made possible cleaner cars and cleaner
factories, more energy efficient buildings, and less wasteful
industrial practices. Technology is one of the keys to our
environmental -- and our economic -- future.
One of the things we have learned over the past two decades
is that command and control regulation freezes old technology in
place. Market oriented policies, and investment in the future,
can make new breakthroughs possible.
In this Administration, we have launched a broad program of
investment in new technologies to clean the environment and
promote energy efficiency. We started a partnership with the
major auto companies to develop cars that can run on batteries,
with zero air pollution. We're working toward lighter materials,
so that everything from airplanes to automobiles will use less
energy and create less pollution. We've increased investment in
research and development for new ways to produce and use clean-
burning natural gas. And perhaps most importantly, our national
7
7
energy strategy, by encouraging competition, will allow these
technologies the chance to be adopted in the marketplace.
My opponent has begun to talk about these things, and I'm
glad he agrees. But he should recognize one fact: the pro-
regulatory policies that he is advancing -- and which his running
mate has supported in the U.S. Senate -- will impede technology,
not promote it. You can't have it both ways.
Finally, let me talk about an example that brings it all
together. Trade. We have worked in this Administration for a
more open world trading system -- for trade agreements that are
good foreign policy, good economic policy, and good environmental
policy.
The best example is NAFTA -- the North American Free Trade
Agreement. It will bring jobs right here to California. It will
allow us to expand our already growing exports to Mexico.
In support of NAFTA, we have developed an environmental
action plan, to ensure sound environmental protection on both
sides of the border. We've included funding for the Tijuana
sewage plant. For stepped up enforcement. For a cooperative
approach with the Mexican government, which has been working to
improve its own environmental laws.
My opponent continues to waffle and waiver on NAFTA. This
week, he claimed that one reason for his reservation was that
there was very little in the agreement for the environment.
Now here is an irony. At the exact moment Governor Clinton
is using this as an excuse, his Democratic allies in Congress are
8
cutting in half my proposed funding for the border environmental
plan. Let me put it very simply. Congress should restore the
funding. And Governor Clinton should take a stand.
These examples -- partnership, market forces, investment in
the future, technology, and trade -- point the way toward a
future in which both the environment and the economy can
flourish. But we must remember this. This future isn't
guaranteed. It requires the right choices, the right policies,
and the right priorities.
Too often, when policies undermine the potential for
partnership, or our laws are written in ways that discourage
innovation, we get a different result: Confrontation.
Litigation. Stagnation.
Later today, I will travel to the forests of the Pacific
Northwest, to the woods of Oregon and Washington. Here, it must
be said, the system has not worked. Interest groups have
litigated endlessly. The courts have frozen almost all
harvesting activity on Federal lands. And families and
communities are suffering. The debacle surrounding the spotted
owl is a lesson that there must be a better way.
I have come here today to highlight one possible model for
that better way. What you are demonstrating here is a truth as
old as America: that by working together, we can accomplish much
more than we can by moving apart.
9
You know, I remember a few years ago, when Time magazine
selected its man of the year, it selected the planet Earth as the
"Planet of the Year."
Jay Leno said the next night on the Tonight show: "Well,
that's no t fair. After all, all the judges were from Earth."
Time's cover, and Jay's joke, underscore one fact: the
environment, like the economy, is the concern of every
Californian -- of every American.
If we can create the unity of purpose, and apply the
creativity of thought, that America has used to hurdle every
limitto To
other challenge that has stood in its path, there is no telling
what America can accomplish.
We can leave cleaner air and water for our children -- and
win the economic competition at the same time. We can win the
peace. We can ensure that the 21st century is yet another
American century.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of
America.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September SEP 12, 91934
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Natural Communities
Conservation Planning
We have reviewed the attached presidential remarks and
have noted a few suggested changes on the draft.
If you have any questions or we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Document No. 349773
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
09/11/92
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: ASAP!!!!!!
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION PLANNING
PROGRAM EVENT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
I
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
MCGROARTY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
GROOMES
HORNER
BOSKIN
>
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
9/11/92
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION
PLANNING (NCCP) PROGRAM EVENT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1992
10:00 a.m.
Thank you, Governor Pete Wilson, for that introduction.
Congressman Lowery. Our next U.S. Senators, John Seymour and
Bruce Herschenson.
It's great to be back in California. You know, this week is
the 142nd anniversary of California Admission Day -- when
California became a state. For that entire century and a half,
California has been a leader -- from the Gold Rush of that era to
the technology explosion of today. From Disneyland to digital
circuitry, from tourism to technology, California has led the way
for America.
Perhaps in no area is California's leadership more evident
than in working to make environmental protection and economic
growth go hand in hand.
Four years ago, I stood on a beach right here in San Diego
and said that "the goal of a clean and healthy environment is not
in conflict with the need to create jobs in a growing economy
In the long run, successful environmental protection is a
prerequisite to solid, sustainable economic growth.'
I recognized in my words then, and in my actions since, that
-- with the right policies -- these twin goals are compatible.
In the last four years, we have acted on that recognition.
We have enacted a Clean Air Act that will not only cut acid rain,
smog, and toxic air emissions -- but that will do so at less cost
By TAKING ADVANTAGE OF2THE POWER of MARKETS, RATHER
to the economy/than the command and control prescriptions of
the past.
INEFFICIENT
We have taken the world lead in phasing out CFCs and other
ozone-depleting substances by 1995 -- and taken the world lead in
developing safe substitutes for them.
We have added over a million and a half acres to our parks,
forests, wildlife areas, and public lands -- and placed a special
emphasis on improving campsites and trails, increasing boating
and fishing access, and creating new recreational opportunities
for millions of Americans -- young and old, able bodied and
disabled.
We have launched historic new programs in which industry is
voluntarily reducing its toxic emissions and installing energy-
efficient lighting -- and achieved results faster, cheaper, and
with less litigation and regulatory haggling.
These steps have shown what is possible when we harness the
power of the marketplace in the service of the environment.
This week, I spoke in Detroit about my Agenda for American
Renewal. My agenda applies this same creativity -- this same
respect for the power of the marketplace and the ingenuity of the
American people -- to the full range of new challenges facing our
economy.
America is in transition. We have succeeded in conquering
the challenges of the Cold War. New technologies are allowing
people to be their best -- decentralizing decisions and putting
power in the hands of people. Companies are paying down debt,
3
and becoming more competitive. We are expanding markets for
American products overseas.
15
No transition Yeasy -- and California's economy is feeling
the effects of this one. I know this. America's number one
challenge today is to win the global economic competition.
We
will
must turn this economic transition into an economic opportunity.
We must win the peace.
Winning that competition will require an integrated approach
to meeting the challenges ahead. We must keep expanding our
horizons -- winning new markets, seizing new opportunities. We
must prepare our children for the challenges of the 21st century,
and sharpen the competitive edge of our companies, large and
small. We can promote economic security for this country while
leaving no one behind. But we can only do these things if we are
willing to change. To innovate. If we are willing to embrace
what works -- and reject what doesn't.
Machiavelli once said that "One change leaves the way open
for the introduction of others." The historic changes of the
last few years have created a more competitive America in a
freer, more open world. It would not be Machiavellian to suggest
that we seize this moment: that we make the changes we must to
grab the opportunities we can.
The integrated approach we bring to this new world -- this
search for innovation -- must apply to the environmental
challenges we face. Respecting the market. Fostering new
technology. Fostering partnerships. These are the ideas that
4
will make us more competitive and create jobs. And these are the
ideas that we should apply to environmental policy as well.
Let me give you some examples.
We've come together before this historic ranch house -- the
site of the first land grant in the state of California -- to
celebrate a voluntary partnership. Frankly, it's an experiment -
- an effort to preserve species and their critical habitat while
still allowing for economic development. The Natural Communities
Conservation Planning project tries to bring all parties
together, in a proactive and voluntary manner, before regulatory
approaches kick in and reduce all flexibility.
We've already learned that preventing pollution at the
factory works better than cleaning it up at the smokestack or the
outfall pipe. This focus on prevention rather than remedial
management can help us protect ecological systems as well --
without massive disruptions of the economy.
Here's another example that's operating right here in
southern California. There is no question that for some
factories and businesses it will be very expensive to meet the
requirements of the Clean Air Act. There is also no question
that the dirtiest cars on the road are the oldest ones -- those
clunkers that first appeared before we had today's tough
pollution control standards.
Our Administration has issued guidance that would let states
reduce air pollution in the most cost-effective way by
establishing trading between stationary sources like factories
7
5
and mobile sources like cars. Under this plan, some companies
could help achieve air quality standards by paying cash to take
those dirty old clunkers off the roads. The result of using this
market based idea is less disruption of the economy, more car
sales, and cleaner air.
Unocal tried it right here in southern California. The
result: over 8,000 cars were turned in. They emitted 99 times
more hydrocarbons than new cars. By taking them off the road,
the scrappage program eliminated emissions equal to the
combination of 150,000 new cars, 1 million gallons of paint, half
the carbon monoxide emissions from every refinery and power plant
in greater Los Angeles, and all of the hydrocarbon emissions from
barbecue lighter fluids in the LA Basin.
This scrappage program worked -- and now we're going to
apply it nationwide.
A third example of how investing in the environment can help
the economy. Right now, San Diego could face the threat of
limits on new sewer hookups because of inadequate sewage
treatment. That would limit economic development. At the same
time, the lack of secondary treatment is fouling the water. That
hurts public health. It hurts recreation. It hurts California's
tourism economy.
I have proposed in each of my last two budgets line-item
grants to kick start the progress toward secondary treatment in
those coastal cities that don't now have it. That includes San
Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Baltimore, and yes, the
7
6
infamous Boston Harbor. Bill Lowery and John Seymour have helped
get those funds through the appropriations committees.
By cleaning our water, we can clean up the environment,
encourage development, and promote tourism. So I call on
Congress to support this initiative again this year.
A fourth example. One of the key ingredients that has
allowed America to make progress already in reducing lead
emissions, reducing carbon monoxide and ozone, in cleaning up our
air and water, is technology.
Technology has made possible cleaner cars and cleaner
factories, more energy efficient buildings, and less wasteful
industrial practices. Technology is one of the keys to our
environmental -- and our economic -- future.
One of the things we have learned over the past two decades
is that command and control regulation freezes old technology in
place. Market oriented policies, and investment in the future,
can make new breakthroughs possible.
In this Administration, we have launched a broad program of
investment in new technologies to clean the environment and
promote energy efficiency. We started a partnership with the
major auto companies to develop cars that can run on batteries,
with zero air pollution. We're working toward lighter materials,
so that everything from airplanes to automobiles will use less
energy and create less pollution. We've increased investment in
research and development for new ways to produce and use clean-
burning natural gas. And perhaps most importantly, our national
7
energy strategy, by encouraging competition, will allow these
technologies the chance to be adopted in the marketplace.
My opponent has begun to talk about these things, and I'm
glad he agrees. But he should recognize one fact: the pro-
regulatory policies that he is advancing -- and which his running
mate has supported in the U.S. Senate -- will impede technology,
not promote it. You can't have it both ways.
Finally, let me talk about an example that brings it all
together. Trade. We have worked in this Administration for a
more open world trading system -- for trade agreements that are
good foreign policy, good economic policy, and good environmental
policy.
The best example is NAFTA -- the North American Free Trade
Agreement. It will bring jobs right here to California. It will
allow us to expand our already growing exports to Mexico.
In support of NAFTA, we have developed an environmental
action plan, to ensure sound environmental protection on both
sides of the border. We've included funding for the Tijuana
sewage plant. For stepped up enforcement. For a cooperative
approach with the Mexican government, which has been working to
improve its own environmental laws.
My opponent continues to waffle and waiver on NAFTA. This
week, he claimed that one reason for his reservation was that
there was very little in the agreement for the environment.
Now here is an irony. At the exact moment Governor Clinton
is using this as an excuse, his Democratic allies in Congress are
8
cutting in half my proposed funding for the border environmental
plan. Let me put it very simply. Congress should restore the
funding. And Governor Clinton should take a stand.
These examples -- partnership, market forces, investment in
the future, technology, and trade -- point the way toward a
future in which both the environment and the economy can
flourish. But we must remember this. This future isn't
guaranteed. It requires the right choices, the right policies,
and the right priorities.
Too often, when policies undermine the potential for
partnership, or our laws are written in ways that discourage
innovation, we get a different result: Confrontation.
Litigation. Stagnation.
Later today, I will travel to the forests of the Pacific
Northwest, to the woods of Oregon and Washington. Here, it must
be said, the system has not worked. Interest groups have
litigated endlessly. The courts have frozen almost all
harvesting activity on Federal lands. And families and
communities are suffering. The debacle surrounding the spotted
owl is a lesson that there must be a better way.
I have come here today to highlight one possible model for
that better way. What you are demonstrating here is a truth as
old as America: that by working together, we can accomplish much
more than we can by moving apart.
9
You know, I remember a few years ago, when Time magazine
selected its man of the year, it selected the planet Earth as the
"Planet of the Year. "
Jay Leno said the next night on the Tonight show: "Well,
that's no fair. After all, all the judges were from Earth."
Time's cover, and Jay's joke, underscore one fact: the
environment, like the economy, is the concern of every
Californian -- of every American.
If we can create the unity of purpose, and apply the
creativity of thought, that America has used to hurdle every
other challenge that has stood in its path, there is no telling
what America can accomplish.
We can leave cleaner air and water for our children -- and
win the economic competition at the same time. We can win the
peace. We can ensure that the 21st century is yet another
American century.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of
America.
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Document No. 349773
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
09/11/92
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: ASAP!!!!!!
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION PLANNING
PROGRAM EVENT, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BATES
PORTER
BRADY
PROVOST
BROMLEY
ROSS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
TUTWILER
FITZWATER
ZOELLICK
GRAY
MCGROARTY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
HORNER
GROOMES
BOSKIN
DELAND
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Dan McGroarty AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
92 SEP 12 P3 39
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION
PLANNING (NCCP) PROGRAM EVENT
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1992
10:00 a.m.
Thank you, Governor Pete Wilson, for that introduction.
Congressman Lowery. our next U.S. Senators, John Seymour and
Bruce Herschenson.
It's great to be back in California. You know, this week is
the 142nd anniversary of California Admission Day -- when
California became a state. For that entire century and a half,
California has been a leader -- from the Gold Rush of that era to
the technology explosion of today. From Disneyland to digital
circuitry, from tourism to technology, California has led the way
for America.
Perhaps in no area is California's leadership more evident
than in working to make environmental protection and economic
growth go hand in hand.
Four years ago, I stood on a beach right here in San Diego
and said that "the goal of a clean and healthy environment is not
in conflict with the need to create jobs in a growing economy
In the long run, successful environmental protection is a
prerequisite to solid, sustainable economic growth."
I recognized in my words then, and in my actions since, that
-- with the right policies -- these twin goals are compatible.
In the last four years, we have acted on that recognition.
We have enacted a Clean Air Act that will not only cut acid rain,
smog, and toxic air emissions -- but that will do so at less cost
SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9-12-92 ; 13:39 ;
The White House-
2024566218:# 3
By TAKING ADVANTAGE OF2THE POWER OF MARKETS, RATHER
to the economy? than the command and control prescriptions of
the past.
INEFFICIENT
We have taken the world lead in phasing out CFCs and other
ozone-depleting substances by 1995 -- and taken the world lead in
developing safe substitutes for them.
We have added over a million and a half acres to our parks,
forests, wildlife areas, and public lands -- and placed a special
emphasis on improving campsites and trails, increasing boating
and fishing access, and creating new recreational opportunities
for millions of Americans -- young and old, able bodied and
disabled.
We have launched historic new programs in which industry is
voluntarily reducing its toxic emissions and installing energy-
efficient lighting -- and achieved results faster, cheaper, and
with less litigation and regulatory haggling.
These steps have shown what is possible when we harness the
power of the marketplace in the service of the environment.
This week, I spoke in Detroit about my Agenda for American
Renewal. My agenda applies this same creativity -- this same
respect for the power of the marketplace and the ingenuity of the
American people -- to the full range of new challenges facing our
economy.
America is in transition. We have succeeded in conquering
the challenges of the Cold War. New technologies are allowing
people to be their best --- decentralizing decisions and putting
power in the hands of people. Companies are paying down debt,
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3
and becoming more competitive. We are expanding markets for
American products overseas.
is
No transition Yeasy -- and California's economy is feeling
the effects of this one. I know this. America's number one
challenge today is to win the global economic competition.
We
WILL
turn this economic transition into an economic opportunity.
We must win the peace.
Winning that competition will require an integrated approach
to meeting the challenges ahead. We must keep expanding our
horizons -- winning new markets, seizing new opportunities. We
must prepare our children for the challenges of the 21st century,
and sharpen the competitive edge of our companies, large and
small. We can promote economic security for this country while
leaving no one behind. But we can only do these things if we are
willing to change. To innovate. If we are willing to embrace
what works -- and reject what doesn't.
Machiavelli once said that "One change leaves the way open
for the introduction of others." The historic changes of the
last few years have created a more competitive America in a
freer, more open world. It would not be Machiavellian to suggest
that we seize this moment: that we make the changes we must to
grab the opportunities we can.
The integrated approach we bring to this new world -- this
search for innovation -- must apply to the environmental
challenges we face. Respecting the market. Fostering new
technology. Fostering partnerships. These are the ideas that
SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9-12-92 ; 13:40 ;
The White House->
2024566218;# 5
4
will make us more competitive and create jobs. And these are the
ideas that we should apply to environmental policy as well.
Let me give you some examples.
We've come together before this historic ranch house -- the
site of the first land grant in the state of California -- to
celebrate a voluntary partnership. Frankly, it's an experiment -
- an effort to preserve species and their critical habitat while
still allowing for economic development. The Natural Communities
Conservation Planning project tries to bring all parties
together, in a proactive and voluntary manner, before regulatory
approaches kick in and reduce all flexibility.
We've already learned that preventing pollution at the
factory works better than cleaning it up at the smokestack or the
outfall pipe. This focus on prevention rather than remedial
management can help us protect ecological systems as well --
without massive disruptions of the economy.
Here's another example that's operating right here in
southern California. There is no question that for some
factories and businesses it will be very expensive to meet the
requirements of the Clean Air Act. There is also no question
that the dirtiest cars on the road are the oldest ones - those
clunkers that first appeared before we had today's tough
pollution control standards.
our Administration has issued guidance that would let states
reduce air pollution in the most cost-effective way by
establishing trading between stationary sources like factories
SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9-12-92 ; 13:41
;
The White House->
2024566218:# 6
5
and mobile sources like cars. Under this plan, some companies
could help achieve air quality standards by paying cash to take
those dirty old clunkers off the roads. The result of using this
market based idea is less disruption of the economy, more car
sales, and cleaner air.
Unocal tried it right here in southern California. The
result: over 8,000 cars were turned in. They emitted 99 times
more hydrocarbons than new cars. By taking them off the road,
the scrappage program eliminated emissions equal to the
combination of 150,000 new cars, 1 million gallons of paint, half
the carbon monoxide emissions from every refinery and power plant
in greater Los Angeles, and all of the hydrocarbon emissions from
barbecue lighter fluids in the LA Basin.
This scrappage program worked -- and now we're going to
apply it nationwide.
A third example of how investing in the environment can help
the economy. Right now, San Diego could face the threat of
limits on new sewer hookups because of inadequate sewage
treatment. That would limit economic development. At the same
time, the lack of secondary treatment is fouling the water. That
hurts public health. It hurts recreation. It hurts California's
tourism economy.
I have proposed in each of my last two budgets line-item
grants to kick start the progress toward secondary treatment in
those coastal cities that don't now have it. That includes San
Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Baltimore, and yes, the
SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 9-12-92 ; 13:41
;
The White House->
2024566218;# 'I
6
infamous Boston Harbor. Bill Lowery and John Seymour have helped
get those funds through the appropriations committees.
BY cleaning our water, we can clean up the environment,
encourage development, and promote tourism. so I call on
Congress to support this initiative again this year.
A fourth example. One of the key ingredients that has
allowed America to make progress already in reducing lead
emissions, reducing carbon monoxide and ozone, in cleaning up our
air and water, is technology.
Technology has made possible cleaner cars and cleaner
factories, more energy efficient buildings, and less wasteful
industrial practices. Technology is one of the keys to our
environmental -- and our economic -- future.
One of the things we have learned over the past two decades
is that command and control regulation freezes old technology in
place. Market oriented policies, and investment in the future,
can make new breakthroughs possible.
In this Administration, we have launched at broad program of
investment in new technologies to clean the environment and
promote energy efficiency. We started a partnership with the
major auto companies to develop cars that can run on batteries,
with zero air pollution. We're working toward lighter materials,
so that everything from airplanes to automobiles will use less
energy and create less pollution. We've increased investment in
research and development for new ways to produce and use clean-
burning natural gas. And perhaps most importantly, our national
SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 9-12-92 ; 13:42
;
The White House-
2024566218:# 8
7
energy strategy, by encouraging competition, will allow these
technologies the chance to be adopted in the marketplace.
My opponent has begun to talk about these things, and I'm
glad he agrees. But he should recognize one fact: the pro-
regulatory policies that he is advancing -- and which his running
mate has supported in the U.S. Senate -- will impede technology,
not promote it. You can't have it both ways.
Finally, let me talk about an example that brings it all
together. Trade. We have worked in this Administration for a
more open world trading system -- for trade agreements that are
good foreign policy, good economic policy, and good environmental
policy.
The best example is NAFTA -- the North American Free Trade
Agreement. It will bring jobs right here to California. It will
allow us to expand our already growing exports to Mexico.
In support of NAFTA, we have developed an environmental
action plan, to ensure sound environmental protection on both
sides of the border. We've included funding for the Tijuana
sewage plant. For stepped up enforcement. For a cooperative
approach with the Mexican government, which has been working to
improve its own environmental laws.
My opponent continues to waffle and waiver on NAFTA. This
week, he claimed that one reason for his reservation was that
there was very little in the agreement for the environment.
Now here is an irony. At the exact moment Governor Clinton
is using this as an excuse, his Democratic allies in Congress are
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cutting in half my proposed funding for the border environmental
plan. Let me put it very simply. Congress should restore the
funding. And Governor Clinton should take a stand.
These examples -- partnership, market forces, investment in
the future, technology, and trade -- point the way toward a
future in which both the environment and the economy can
flourish. But we must remember this. This future isn't
guaranteed. It requires the right choices, the right policies,
and the right priorities.
Too often, when policies undermine the potential for
partnership, or our laws are written in ways that discourage
innovation, we get a different result: Confrontation.
Litigation. Stagnation.
Later today, I will travel to the forests of the Pacific
Northwest, to the woods of Oregon and Washington. Here, it must
be said, the system has not worked. Interest groups have
litigated endlessly. The courts have frozen almost all
harvesting activity on Federal lands. And families and
communities are suffering. The debacle surrounding the spotted
owl is a lesson that there must be a better way.
I have come here today to highlight one possible model for
that better way. What you are demonstrating here is a truth as
old as America: that by working together, we can accomplish much
more than we can by moving apart.
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You know, I remember a few years ago, when Time magazine
selected its man of the year, it selected the planet Earth as the
"Planet of the Year."
Jay Leno said the next night on the Tonight show: "Well,
that's no fair. After all, all the judges were from Earth."
Time's cover, and Jay's joke, underscore one fact: the
environment, like the economy, is the concern of every
Californian - of every American.
If we can create the unity of purpose, and apply the
creativity of thought, that America has used to hurdle every
other challenge that has stood in its path, there is no telling
what America can accomplish.
We can leave cleaner air and water for our children -- and
win the economic competition at the same time. We can win the
peace. We can ensure that the 21st century is yet another
American century.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of
America.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
office of the Press Secretary
(Colville, Washington)
For Immediate Release
September 14, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION PLANNING COMMUNITY
Rancho Penasquitos
San Diego, California
8:20 A.M. PDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Bill. Please
be seated, and thank you for that warm welcome at this early
hour. And I'm delighted to be here. And let me just thank Bill
Lowery for the introduction. He's been a joy to work with in the
United States Congress. He always keeps in mind his
constituents, the people that sent him there. But he always has
also had a broad national perspective. And I've trusted him and
I've worked with him, and I'm going to sorely miss him inasmuch
as he's determined not to stand again for election. But he's a
good man and you've been very, very well served. (Applause.)
Let me also acknowledge and thank Doug Wheeler here,
the Secretary of California Resources Agency. It's great to be
back in California. It's great to be here with him who
understands the need to find the balance the right way.
And before I begin, though, let me talk about
another situation -- the one out in Hawaii. Regrettably, some
lives have been lost. The property damage is estimated at $1
billion, and already relief efforts are well underway. Military
aircraft and ships are supplying the island with food and water
and generators, tents. And some aircraft are being used to carry
tourists who want to leave over to the island of Oahu. And we
continue to work closely with the Governor to provide whatever
assistance possible. And our prayers and good wishes are
extended to all who stood in Iniki's path.
And I just wanted to say that because it is, coming
-- following on with Florida and Louisiana, it has been a strange
two months, or month or so for these natural disasters. And a lot
of people have been hurt. And I'm proud that the federal
government has responded, working closely with the three states
involved.
You know, we gather at a very important moment in
history. And today I can stand before you and say something that
no president has ever been able to say before -- the Cold War is
over and freedom finished first. (Applause.) And with the cold
War behind us, the global economy is entering a period of
transition. And I know that you, particularly in California, but
I know our whole country and I know you all are feeling the
impact -- feeling it right here in this wonderfully productive
part of California.
And the question that voters must ask in this
election is this: Who had the ideas, the principles, to allow
America to rise to our new challenges; to guarantee that in the
next century America will remain not just a military superpower,
but also an export superpower and an economic superpower.
And last week I outlined my Agenda for American
Renewal -- a comprehensive, integrated set of responses to the
challenges that are facing America today. And much of the agenda
is underway. Other parts are brand new. And I hope that you and
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every American will take a look at the ideas and then compare
them with my opponents before you make a decision.
I start with the belief that free trade can bring
prosperity to California and to the United States. And that's
why I negotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement, or what
we call NAFTA. It will create a $6-trillion market from Manitoba
to Mexico, and bring thousands of new jobs here to California.
And I want to go further. I want to see a strategic
network of trade agreements unique to America and the countries
of Eastern Europe; then also in the Pacific Rim. And my opponent
was once in favor of free trade and NAFTA and then he changed his
mind. And now he says -- and here's the quote -- "When I have a
definitive opinion I'll say so." (Laughter.)
Listen, my opinion may not be popular in all places,
but I will tell it to you straight -- Americans will never
retreat and we will always compete, and we will win. (Applause.)
My opponent really believes we need more government
in Washington, and he proposes at least $200 billion in new
spending, plus $150 billion in new taxes -- just to start. Well,
I want to go in the opposite direction. And I've put forward
specific ideas to control the growth of mandatory federal
spending -- that's two-thirds of the budget that heretofore has
been uncontrolled -- saving over $300 billion over the next five
years.
And I want to use the savings to cut the tax rates.
And I believe very simply that government is too big and we spend
too much of your money. And we've got to turn that around.
(Applause.)
Let me give you another difference. Today American
businesses and consumers spend up to $200 billion just on direct
services to lawyers. And the Japanese don't spend that much;
neither do the Germans. And my opponent doesn't think this is a
problem. And I really believe it's a disgrace. As a nation we
must sue each other less and care for each other more.
(Applause.)
So look at every economic issue we face -- improving
our schools, reforming welfare, controlling health costs -- and
my opponent and I offer two vastly different approaches. And he
puts his faith, if you'll analyze his program, in more
government. And I want to put more faith in you, the American
people. (Applause.)
so my opponent's plan includes new taxes, plus steep
defense cuts way beyond what the military and civilian experts
believe is responsible. And together this program will cost
America 2.6 million jobs, with a major impact, obviously, right
here in California, right here in San Diego.
And my agenda doesn't kill jobs, it protects jobs.
It guarantees the national security of this country. And it
offers a way to get this economy moving and create in America the
world's first $10 trillion economy by early in the next century.
(Applause.)
Now, as we create jobs we can recreate dreams for so
many Americans and so many Californians. But Americans dream of
more than a good job and rising income. As Bill pointed out, we
also want clean waters in which to swim, clean air to breathe,
and preserves like this in which to enjoy nature. And I have
long believed that a strong economy and a clean environment not
only can ago hand in hand, but they must go hand in hand.
And here in San Diego, you know so well, a clean environment can
be the foundation for a dynamic economy. And so I am proud of
what my administration has accomplished, proud of the many
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environmental achievements that Congressman Lowery very, very
generously talked about.
And I'm especially proud by the way we've been able
to make these advances. We've been able to strike a balance
between jobs and the environment by rejecting the stale, old
ideas of command-and-control regulation, and relying instead on
new ideas and the power of the marketplace, new technology, new
kinds of partnerships.
And that's why I really came up here today. We've
come together at this historic ranch house, the site of the first
land grant in the state of California, to celebrate a voluntary
partnership. And, frankly, it's an experiment, an effort to
preserve species in their critical habitat while still allowing
for economic development.
The Natural Communities Conservation Planning
Project tries to bring all parties together voluntarily before
regulatory approaches kick in and reduce all flexibility. This
will help protect endangered species, while still allowing for
rational and reasonable economic development. (Applause.) It
sounds simple. But very few communities are able to pull it off.
I congratulate all of you who are involved in this effort. And I
hope other communities across this country will take a look at
what you are trying to do here.
Partnership is a principle that can work in
environmental policy. And another is in using incentives -- not
expensive regulations -- to stop pollution at its source.
Let me just give you one example of what I am
talking about: We all know that it can stop money for some
businesses and factories to comply with the Clean Air Act. And
we also know that by far the most polluting cars on the road are
these clunkers, like the old Dodge Aunt Edna bought in the early
'60s before we had real pollution standards.
so we came up with a new idea. We let states allow
companies to earn credit for meeting the Clean Air Act standards
by buying old cars, taking them off the road and putting them in
the scrap heap. UNOCAL tried doing this right here in southern
California. Over 8,000 old cars were turned in. The program cut
pollution -- now, listen to this -- just that, that program cut
pollution equal to 150,000 new cars; one million gallons of
paint; half the CO -- half the carbon monoxide from refineries
and power plants in greater Los Angeles; and get this, all the
barbecue lighter fluids in the LA basin. (Laughter.) It had
that kind of effect.
And its the perfect program. Companies can protect
jobs, the air becomes cleaner, and old Aunt Edna finally gets rid
of the old Dodge in the garage. And now we're going to apply
this program nationwide.
And we're also trying to encourage the development
of technology. Technology has made possible cleaner cars and
cleaner factories, more energy-efficient buildings, less wasteful
factories. Technology is not just key to our economic future but
to our environmental future as well.
One of the lessons that we've learned over the past
two decades is that command-and-control regulation freezes this,
locks this old technology in place. And you need incentives, you
need investment to make new breakthroughs possible.
In this administration, we've launched a broad
program of investment in new technologies. They clean the
environment. They promote energy-efficiency and, in the process,
can create an entire new industry to employ you and your
children.
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We started a national technology initiative, linking
experts in our federal labs, where all that great research has
been going on, with those in the private sector. And already
environmental technology has been the focus of 20 of these
ventures with twice that many small businesses participating.
As part of our R&D program, we started a partnership
with the major auto companies to develop cars that run on
batteries, with no air pollution. And we're working toward
lighter materials so that everything from airplanes to
automobiles will use less energy and create less pollution. And
we've increased investment in research and development for new
ways to produce and use clean-burning natural gas. And perhaps
most important, our National Energy strategy gets rid of the road
blocks that will allow these technologies to be adopted in the
marketplace.
These programs all reject the old command-and-
control mentality that drove up the costs and reduced jobs and
never achieved the environmental progress that we desired. And I
am very proud of what we've done. And I'll certainly match my
environmental record against my opponent
Under Governor Clinton, Arkansas ranks 50th, worst
in the country, for utility of state environmental initiatives,
according to an independent analysis by the Institute for
Southern studies. But in his zeal to capture his party's
nomination, Governor Clinton has made every promise to every
environmental group who sent him a survey.
And he and his running mate are advancing a
philosophy that goes back to where command-and-control regulation
is the only solution -- a philosophy that will not only cuts jobs
but could impede technology, environmental progress, not promote
it. And when it comes to the environment, I believe extremism on
either side is no virtue (Applause Cooperation, innovation,
a faith in technology these are the virtues that will allow us
to protect both jobs and nature.
And let me give you another example of my opponent's
inconsistency. It refers to the free trade agreement that I
mentioned earlier. I strongly support the free trade agreement.
But I am sensitive to concerns about its impact on the
environment in Mexico and along the border not far from here that
goes all the way across Arizona and down into Texas.
And Governor Clinton claims he's concerned, too. In
fact, it's one of the reasons he gives to justify his refusal to
take a definite position on the treaty. But at the exact same
time he talks about his concern about border pollution, his
Democratic friends on Capitol Hill are cutting in half my
proposed plan to help protect our border environment.
And when it comes to environment, Governor Clinton
seems to be on one side on one day, and on another side the next.
And I don't -- I honestly do not believe that America needs that
equivocation. I believe we've struck the right balance. And
with you support, I will fight to keep the right balance.
(Applause.)
You remember a few years ago when Time Magazine
selected its Man of the Year? It selected Planet Earth as the
Planet of the Year. And Jay Leno said, "well, what do you
expect? All the judges came from Earth. (Laughter.) Well,
Time's cover and Jay Leno' joke underscores one fact: The
environment is the concern of every Californian, of every
American. And we can have a strong environment and a strong
economy. Indeed, the way I look at it is we must have both.
And I began by talking about the globalization of
our economy. And I really believe that the question of how
America can compete is the defining question not just of this
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election, but of our future. And I am very optimistic about our
future. If we can create new partnerships like this one, and if
we can focus more on preventing a problem than fixing it later,
and if we can turn our technological prowess to our environmental
advantage, then we face a competitive edge that no other nation
can match.
But the key is achieving a reasonable balance. And
if we do it, we can help. We can renew America. We can make our
nation stronger, safer and more secure. I am absolutely
confident that with your support and with these hundred and some
new members of Congress coming in, that we can get the job done.
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless- the
United states of America. (Applause.) Thank you all very much.
(Applause.)
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