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(Grossman)
January 6, 1992
Draft One
ADA
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993
Thank you Gordon (Mansfield) for that introduction. Talk
about a sea of friendly faces: Evan Kemp. Justin Dart. Sandy
Parrino. Pat Wright. Dick Thornburg. Senator Dole. Tony
Coello. Boyden Gray. Welcome all to the White House.
I heard a little rumor about an award that was going to be
presented today -- and I want to tell you how proud and honored I
feel. An award named after me, presented to me...I won't get
into the existential implications. But I will say, from the
bottom of my heart, thank you.
On the eve of my departure from this great office, it is
only right that I meet again with those who shared in one of its
finest moments. The proposal, passage, and signing of the most
comprehensive civil rights bill in the history of this country -
- indeed the history of the world -- the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
ADA's spirit runs deep in the vein of American tradition: a
belief in equal opportunity, a devotion to individual rights, and
an ethic of inclusion. Resisting the extremes of either
negligence or patronization, this act reflects a conservative way
of helping people -- one that helps others help themselves.
At the beginning of this century, one African-American
bishop described his aspiration for civil rights, saying: " we
ask not that others bear our burden, but do not obstruct our
2
pathway, and we will throw them off as we run. " Today, the 43
million Americans with disabilities have asked, not that their
country do for them, but only that they be allowed to do for
themselves, and thereby, their country.
I believe that the economic challenges of the next century
cannot be met without the energy, intelligence, and industry of
every citizen. ADA broadens our economic mainstream so that all
Americans can share in the responsibilities and rewards of hard
work worth doing.
A few critics have complained about the cost of ADA, as if
some people's rights were just too expensive. But when you add
together federal, state, local and private funds, it costs almost
$200 billion annually to support our disabled in artificial
isolation. This legislation takes an economic inefficiency, and
reinvents it as enterprise and opportunity.
Indeed, I believe that the cost of forgotten citizens is
greater than any that could be factored in to some government
budget. When we neglect the rights of some, we degrade the
rights of all. The quest for civil rights is not some zero sum
game -- as if there were only so many rights to go around. Our
founders thought of rights -- not as privileges granted by man,
but as self evident truths ordained by God.
But just as our Constitution pledges equality under the law,
so our conscience demands legal equality -- one that broadens
opportunity, increases access, and gives each citizen a fair shot
3
at the American dream. This legislation does just that -- not by
setting up new institutions, but by tearing down old walls.
You see, I believe that in the end, it will take more than
better regulations and bigger bureaucracies to make this a land
of opportunity for all. Government can make good laws, but it
can't make men good. It can ban unfair acts, but it can't banish
unkind thoughts. It's up to us to reach out to those Americans
disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them
a better way. Each American shares a responsibility for a
kinder, gentler America; to follow the example so many of you
have led with your lives. Thank you so much for coming, for this
honor. And may God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
(Grossman)
January 6, 1992
Draft One
ADA
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993
Thank you Gordon (Mansfield) for that introduction. Talk
about a sea of friendly faces: Evan Kemp. Justin Dart. Sandy
Parrino. Pat Wright. Dick Thornburg. Senator Dole. Tony
Coello. Boyden Gray. Welcome all to the White House.
I heard a little rumor about an award that was going to be
presented today -- and I want to tell you how proud and honored I
feel. An award named after me, presented to me I won't get
into the existential implications. But I will say, from the
bottom of my heart, thank you.
On the eve of my departure from this great office, it is
only right that I meet again with those who shared in one of its
finest moments. The proposal, passage, and signing of the most
comprehensive civil rights bill in the history of this country -
- indeed the history of the world -- the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
ADA's spirit runs deep in the vein of American tradition: a
belief in equal opportunity, a devotion to individual rights, and
an ethic of inclusion. Resisting the extremes of either
negligence or patronization, this act reflects a conservative way
of helping people -- one that helps others help themselves.
At the beginning of this century, one African-American
bishop described his aspiration for civil rights, saying: "..we
ask not that others bear our burden, but do not obstruct our
2
pathway, and we will throw them off as we run." Today, the 43
million Americans with disabilities have asked, not that their
country do for them, but only that they be allowed to do for
themselves, and thereby, their country.
I believe that the economic challenges of the next century
cannot be met without the energy, intelligence, and industry of
every citizen. ADA broadens our economic mainstream so that all
Americans can share in the responsibilities and rewards of hard
work worth doing.
A few critics have complained about the cost of ADA, as if
some people's rights were just too expensive. But when you add
together federal, state, local and private funds, it costs almost
$200 billion annually to support our disabled in artificial
isolation. This legislation takes an economic inefficiency, and
reinvents it as enterprise and opportunity.
Indeed, I believe that the cost of forgotten citizens is
greater than any that could be factored in to some government
budget. When we neglect the rights of some, we degrade the
rights of all. The quest for civil rights is not some zero sum
game -- as if there were only so many rights to go around. Our
founders thought of rights -- not as privileges granted by man,
but as self evident truths ordained by God.
But just as our Constitution pledges equality under the law,
so our conscience demands legal equality -- one that broadens
opportunity, increases access, and gives each citizen a fair shot
3
at the American dream. This legislation does just that -- not by
setting up new institutions, but by tearing down old walls.
You see, I believe that in the end, it will take more than
better regulations and bigger bureaucracies to make this a land
of opportunity for all. Government can make good laws, but it
can't make men good. It can ban unfair acts, but it can't banish
unkind thoughts. It's up to us to reach out to those Americans
disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them
a better way. Each American shares a responsibility for a
kinder, gentler America; to follow the example so many of you
have led with your lives. Thank you so much for coming, for this
honor. And may God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES \ 1:55 P.M.
CAPITOL HILTON \ TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
THANK YOU GORDON (MANSFIELD) FOR THAT
INTRODUCTION. TALK ABOUT A SEA OF FRIENDLY
FACES: EVAN KEMP. JUSTIN DART. DICK
THORNBURG. PAT WRIGHT. JUDI CHAMBERLAIN.
THOMAS MCKEITHAN. DOROTHY BUSH KocH.
DR. I. KING. SENATOR DOLE. REP. STENY
HOYER. TONY COELHO. BOYDEN GRAY.
- 2 -
I HEARD A LITTLE RUMOR ABOUT AN AWARD
THAT WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TODAY -- AND I
WANT TO TELL YOU HOW PROUD AND HONORED I
FEEL. AND TO SAY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART, THANK YOU.
THE IRONY IS so MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY,
BECAUSE OF THEIR DEDICATION AND YES THEIR
HARD WORK THAT LED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE
AMERICAN'S WITH DISABILITIES AcT DESERVE To
RECEIVE THE HONOR YOU'VE BESTOWED ON ME.
- 4 -
ON THE EVE OF MY DEPARTURE FROM THIS GREAT
OFFICE, IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT I MEET AGAIN
WITH THOSE WHO SHARED IN ONE OF ITS FINEST
MOMENTS: THE PROPOSAL, PASSAGE, AND SIGNING
OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY
-- INDEED
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD -- THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES AcT.
ADA's SPIRIT RUNS DEEP IN THE VEIN OF
AMERICAN TRADITION: A BELIEF IN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY, A DEVOTION To INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS,
AND AN ETHIC OF INCLUSION. RESISTING THE
EXTREMES OF EITHER NEGLIGENCE OR
PATRONIZATION, THIS ACT REFLECTS
A CONSERVATIVE WAY OF HELPING PEOPLE -- ONE
THAT HELPS OTHERS HELP THEMSELVES.
- 6 -
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CENTURY, ONE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN BISHOP DESCRIBED HIS
ASPIRATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, SAYING: " WE
ASK NOT THAT OTHERS BEAR OUR BURDEN, BUT DO
NOT OBSTRUCT OUR PATHWAY, AND WE WILL THROW
THEM OFF AS WE RUN."
- I -
IN THE SAME SPIRIT, THE 43 MILLION AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES HAVE ASKED, TO PARAPHRASE
PRESIDENT KENNEDY, NOT THAT THEIR COUNTRY DO
FOR THEM, BUT ONLY THAT THEY BE ALLOWED To DO
FOR THEMSELVES, AND THEREBY, THEIR COUNTRY.
- 8 -
I BELIEVE THAT THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES OF
THE NEXT CENTURY CANNOT BE MET WITHOUT THE
ENERGY, INTELLIGENCE, AND INDUSTRY OF EVERY
CITIZEN. ADA BROADENS OUR ECONOMIC
MAINSTREAM SO THAT ALL AMERICANS CAN SHARE IN
THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND REWARDS OF HARD WORK
WORTH DOING.
A FEW CRITICS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE COST
OF ADA, AS IF SOME PEOPLE'S RIGHTS WERE JUST
TOO EXPENSIVE. BUT WHEN YOU ADD TOGETHER
FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND PRIVATE FUNDS, IT'S
BEEN COSTING ALMOST $200 BILLION ANNUALLY To
SUPPORT OUR DISABLED IN ARTIFICIAL ISOLATION.
- 10 -
THIS LEGISLATION TAKES AN ECONOMIC
INEFFICIENCY, AND REINVENTS IT AS ENTERPRISE
AND OPPORTUNITY.
INDEED, I BELIEVE THAT THE COST OF
FORGOTTEN CITIZENS IS GREATER THAN ANY THAT
COULD BE FACTORED IN TO SOME GOVERNMENT
BUDGET. WHEN WE NEGLECT THE RIGHTS OF SOME,
WE DEGRADE THE RIGHTS OF ALL.
--
THE QUEST FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IS NOT SOME ZERO
SUM GAME -- AS IF THERE WERE ONLY so MANY
RIGHTS TO GO AROUND. OUR FOUNDERS THOUGHT OF
RIGHTS NOT AS PRIVILEGES GRANTED BY MAN, BUT
AS SELF EVIDENT TRUTHS ORDAINED BY GOD.
- 12 -
BUT JUST AS OUR CONSTITUTION PLEDGES
EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW, so WE MUST STRIVE FOR
LEGAL EQUALITY -- ONE THAT BROADENS
OPPORTUNITY, INCREASES ACCESS, AND GIVES EACH
CITIZEN A FAIR SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM.
THIS LEGISLATION DOES JUST THAT -- NOT BY
SETTING UP NEW INSTITUTIONS, BUT BY TEARING
DOWN OLD WALLS.
You SEE, I BELIEVE THAT IN THE END, IT WILL
TAKE MORE THAN BETTER REGULATIONS AND BIGGER
BUREAUCRACIES TO MAKE THIS A LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE
GOOD LAWS, BUT IT CAN'T MAKE MEN GOOD. IT
CAN BAN UNFAIR ACTS, BUT IT CAN'T BANISH
UNKIND THOUGHTS.
- 14 -
IT'S UP TO US TO REACH OUT TO THOSE AMERICANS
DISABLED BY IGNORANCE OR HANDICAPPED BY
PREJUDICE AND TEACH THEM A BETTER WAY. EACH
AMERICAN SHARES A RESPONSIBILITY FOR A
KINDER, GENTLER AMERICA; TO FOLLOW THE
EXAMPLE SO MANY OF YOU HAVE LED WITH YOUR
LIVES.
- 15 -
THANK YOU so MUCH FOR COMING, FOR THIS HONOR.
AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
# # #
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES \ 1:55 P.M.
CAPITOL HILTON \ TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
THANK YOU GORDON (MANSFIELD) FOR THAT
INTRODUCTION. TALK ABOUT A SEA OF FRIENDLY
FACES: EVAN KEMP. JUSTIN DART. DICK
THORNBURG. PAT WRIGHT. JUDI CHAMBERLAIN.
THOMAS MCKEITHAN. DOROTHY BUSH KocH.
DR. I. KING. SENATOR DOLE. REP. STENY
HOYER. TONY COELHO. BOYDEN GRAY.
- 2 -
I HEARD A LITTLE RUMOR ABOUT AN AWARD
THAT WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TODAY -- AND I
WANT TO TELL YOU HOW PROUD AND HONORED I
FEEL. AND TO SAY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
HEART, THANK YOU.
THE IRONY IS so MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY,
BECAUSE OF THEIR DEDICATION AND YES THEIR
HARD WORK THAT LED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE
AMERICAN'S WITH DISABILITIES AcT DESERVE To
RECEIVE THE HONOR YOU'VE BESTOWED ON ME.
- 4 -
ON THE EVE OF MY DEPARTURE FROM THIS GREAT
OFFICE, IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT I MEET AGAIN
WITH THOSE WHO SHARED IN ONE OF ITS FINEST
MOMENTS: THE PROPOSAL, PASSAGE, AND SIGNING
OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY
-- INDEED
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD -- THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES AcT.
ADA's SPIRIT RUNS DEEP IN THE VEIN OF
AMERICAN TRADITION: A BELIEF IN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY, A DEVOTION TO INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS,
AND AN ETHIC OF INCLUSION. RESISTING THE
EXTREMES OF EITHER NEGLIGENCE OR
PATRONIZATION, THIS ACT REFLECTS
A CONSERVATIVE WAY OF HELPING PEOPLE -- ONE
THAT HELPS OTHERS HELP THEMSELVES.
- 6 -
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CENTURY, ONE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN BISHOP DESCRIBED HIS
ASPIRATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, SAYING: " WE
ASK NOT THAT OTHERS BEAR OUR BURDEN, BUT DO
NOT OBSTRUCT OUR PATHWAY, AND WE WILL THROW
THEM OFF AS WE RUN."
- I -
IN THE SAME SPIRIT, THE 43 MILLION AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES HAVE ASKED, TO PARAPHRASE
PRESIDENT KENNEDY, NOT THAT THEIR COUNTRY DO
FOR THEM, BUT ONLY THAT THEY BE ALLOWED To DO
FOR THEMSELVES, AND THEREBY, THEIR COUNTRY.
- 8 -
I BELIEVE THAT THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES OF
THE NEXT CENTURY CANNOT BE MET WITHOUT THE
ENERGY, INTELLIGENCE, AND INDUSTRY OF EVERY
CITIZEN. ADA BROADENS OUR ECONOMIC
MAINSTREAM so THAT ALL AMERICANS CAN SHARE IN
THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND REWARDS OF HARD WORK
WORTH DOING.
A FEW CRITICS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE COST
OF ADA, AS IF SOME PEOPLE'S RIGHTS WERE JUST
TOO EXPENSIVE. BUT WHEN YOU ADD TOGETHER
FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND PRIVATE FUNDS, IT'S
BEEN COSTING ALMOST $200 BILLION ANNUALLY To
SUPPORT OUR DISABLED IN ARTIFICIAL ISOLATION.
- 10 -
THIS LEGISLATION TAKES AN ECONOMIC
INEFFICIENCY, AND REINVENTS IT AS ENTERPRISE
AND OPPORTUNITY.
INDEED, I BELIEVE THAT THE COST OF
FORGOTTEN CITIZENS IS GREATER THAN ANY THAT
COULD BE FACTORED IN TO SOME GOVERNMENT
BUDGET. WHEN WE NEGLECT THE RIGHTS OF SOME,
WE DEGRADE THE RIGHTS OF ALL.
:
THE QUEST FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IS NOT SOME ZERO
SUM GAME -- AS IF THERE WERE ONLY so MANY
RIGHTS TO GO AROUND. OUR FOUNDERS THOUGHT OF
RIGHTS NOT AS PRIVILEGES GRANTED BY MAN, BUT
AS SELF EVIDENT TRUTHS ORDAINED BY GOD.
- 12 -
BUT JUST AS OUR CONSTITUTION PLEDGES
EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW, so WE MUST STRIVE FOR
LEGAL EQUALITY -- ONE THAT BROADENS
OPPORTUNITY, INCREASES ACCESS, AND GIVES EACH
CITIZEN A FAIR SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM.
THIS LEGISLATION DOES JUST THAT -- NOT BY
SETTING UP NEW INSTITUTIONS, BUT BY TEARING
DOWN OLD WALLS.
You SEE, I BELIEVE THAT IN THE END, IT WILL
TAKE MORE THAN BETTER REGULATIONS AND BIGGER
BUREAUCRACIES TO MAKE THIS A LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE
GOOD LAWS, BUT IT CAN'T MAKE MEN GOOD. IT
CAN BAN UNFAIR ACTS, BUT IT CAN'T BANISH
UNKIND THOUGHTS.
- 14 -
IT'S UP TO US TO REACH OUT TO THOSE AMERICANS
DISABLED BY IGNORANCE OR HANDICAPPED BY
PREJUDICE AND TEACH THEM A BETTER WAY. EACH
AMERICAN SHARES A RESPONSIBILITY FOR A
KINDER, GENTLER AMERICA; TO FOLLOW THE
EXAMPLE so MANY OF YOU HAVE LED WITH YOUR
LIVES.
- 15 -
THANK YOU so MUCH FOR COMING, FOR THIS HONOR.
AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
# # #
OA With Chages.
THE
(Grossman)
Jánuary 6, 1992
1/11/93
Draft One
ADA
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993
1:55 P.M.
CAPITOL HILTON
Thank you Gordon (Mansfield) for that introduction. Talk
about a sea of friendly faces: Evan Kemp. Justin Dart. Sandy
Parrino. Pat Wright. Dick Thornburg. Senator Dole. Tony
Coello. Boyden Gray.
[I I heard a little rumor about an award that was going to be
presented today -- and I want to tell you how proud and honored I
feel. An award named after mc, presented to me...I won't get
into the existential implications But I will say, from the
bottom of my heart, thank you. The inony is so many people here
today, became a thin dedication and yes thin hand worth then
On the eve of my departure from this great office, it is led to
only right that I meet again with those who shared in one of its to pas
finest moments: the proposal, passage, and signing of the most
of the
ADA,
comprehensive civil rights bill in the history of this country - deser
- indeed the history of the world -- the Americans with
to recen
Disabilities Act.
the honor
you've besta
ADA's spirit runs deep in the vein of American tradition: a on m
belief in equal opportunity, a devotion to individual rights, and
an ethic of inclusion. Resisting the extremes of either
negligence or patronization, thissact reflects a conservative way
of helping people -- one that helps others help themselves.
At the beginning of this century, one African-American
bishop described his aspiration for civil rights, saying: we
2
ask not that others bear our burden, but do not obstruct our
pathway, and we will throw them off as we run." In the same
spirit, the 43 million Americans with disabilities have asked,
to paraphesise Pres. Kenneda
not that their country do for them, but only that they be allowed
to do for themselves, and thereby, their country.
I believe that the economic challenges of the next century
cannot be met without the energy, intelligence, and industry of
every citizen. ADA broadens our economic mainstream so that all
Americans can share in the responsibilities and rewards of hard
work worth doing.
A few critics have complained about the cost of ADA, as if
some people's rights were just too expensive. But when you add
together federal, state, local and private funds, it's been
costing almost $200 billion annually to support our disabled in
artificial isolation. This legislation takes an economic
inefficiency, and reinvents it as enterprise and opportunity.
Indeed, I believe that the cost of forgotten citizens is
greater than any that could be factored in to some government
budget. When we neglect the rights of some, we degrade the
rights of all. The quest for civil rights is not some zero sum
game -- as if there were only so many rights to go around. Our
founders thought of rights not as privileges granted by man, but
as self evident truths ordained by God.
But just as our Constitution pledges equality under the law,
so we must strive for legal equality -- one that broadens
opportunity, increases access, and gives each citizen a fair shot
3
at the American dream. This legislation does just that -- not by
setting up new institutions, but by tearing down old walls.
You see, I believe that in the end, it will take more than
better regulations and bigger bureaucracies to make this a land
of opportunity for all. Government can make good laws, but it
can't make men good. It can ban unfair acts, but it can't banish
unkind thoughts. It's up to us to reach out to those Americans
disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them
a better way. Each American shares a responsibility for a
kinder, gentler America; to follow the example so many of you
have led with your lives. Thank you so much for coming, for this
honor. And may God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
3 JAN 8 P12: 57
January 8, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAN MCGROARTY Mur
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN SAV
SUBJECT:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES SPEECH
On Tuesday, January 12th, at approximately 2:00 p.m., you
will deliver brief remarks (5 mins./cards) at the Capital Hilton
to approximately 150 members and guests of the President's
Committee on Employment for People with Disabilities.
Your remarks reflect the inspiration behind ADA -- a vision
of civil rights and equal opportunity that informs American
democracy.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 8, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAN MCGROARTY Mur
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN SAV
SUBJECT:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES SPEECH
On Tuesday, January 12th, at approximately 2:00 p.m., you
will deliver brief remarks (5 mins./cards) at the Capital Hilton
to approximately 150 members and guests of the President's
Committee on Employment for People with Disabilities.
Your remarks reflect the inspiration behind ADA -- a vision
of civil rights and equal opportunity that informs American
democracy.
(Grossman)
January 6, 1992
Draft One
ADA
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993
1:55 P.M.
CAPITOL HILTON
Thank you Gordon (Mansfield) for that introduction. Talk
about a sea of friendly faces: Evan Kemp. Justin Dart. Sandy
Parrino. Pat Wright. Dick Thornburg. Senator Dole. Tony
Coello. Boyden Gray.
I heard a little rumor about an award that was going to be
presented today -- and I want to tell you how proud and honored I
feel. An award named after me, presented to me I won't get
into the existential implications. But I will say, from the
bottom of my heart, thank you.
On the eve of my departure from this great office, it is
only right that I meet again with those who shared in one of its
finest moments: the proposal, passage, and signing of the most
comprehensive civil rights bill in the history of this country -
- indeed the history of the world -- the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
ADA's spirit runs deep in the vein of American tradition: a
belief in equal opportunity, a devotion to individual rights, and
an ethic of inclusion. Resisting the extremes of either
negligence or patronization, this act reflects a conservative way
of helping people -- one-that-helps others help themselves.
At the beginning of this century, one African-American
bishop described his aspiration for civil rights, saying: II we
2
ask not that others bear our burden, but do not obstruct our
pathway, and we will throw them off as we run." In the same
spirit, the 43 million Americans with disabilities have asked,
not that their country do for them, but only that they be allowed
to do for themselves, and thereby, their country.
I believe that the economic challenges of the next century
cannot be met without the energy, intelligence, and industry of
every citizen. ADA broadens our economic mainstream so that all
Americans can share in the responsibilities and rewards of hard
work worth doing.
A few critics have complained about the cost of ADA, as if
some people's rights were just too expensive. But when you add
together federal, state, local and private funds, it's been
costing almost $200 billion annually to support our disabled in
artificial isolation. This legislation takes an economic
inefficiency, and reinvents it as enterprise and opportunity.
Indeed, I believe that the cost of forgotten citizens is
greater than any that could be factored in to some government
budget. When we neglect the rights of some, we degrade the
rights of all. The quest for civil rights is not some zero sum
game -- as if there were only so many rights to go around. Our
founders thought of rights not as privileges granted by man, but
as self evident truths ordained by God.
But just as our Constitution pledges equality under the law,
so we must strive for legal equality -- one that broadens
opportunity, increases access, and gives each citizen a fair shot
3
at the American dream. This legislation does just that -- not by
setting up new institutions, but by tearing down old walls.
You see, I believe that in the end, it will take more than
better regulations and bigger bureaucracies to make this a land
of opportunity for all. Government can make good laws, but it
can't make men good. It can ban unfair acts, but it can't banish
unkind thoughts. It's up to us to reach out to those Americans
disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them
a better way. Each American shares a responsibility for a
kinder, gentler America; to follow the example so many of you
have led with your lives. Thank you so much for coming, for this
honor. And may God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
Document No. 370283ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
1/9/93
---
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITES ACT EVENT
SUBJECT:
TUESDAY, 1/12 -- 2:00 pm -- CAPITOL HILTON
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
PORTER
BRADY
SMITH
BROMLEY
TUTWILER
CALIO
ZOELLICK
DEMAREST
MCGROARTY
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
HORNER
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 8, 1992
CHAN 8 P12:57
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAN MCGROARTY Mur
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN SAV
SUBJECT:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES SPEECH
On Tuesday, January 12th, at approximately 2:00 p.m., you
will deliver brief remarks (5 mins. /cards) at the Capital Hilton
to approximately 150 members and guests of the President's
Committee on Employment for People with Disabilities.
Your remarks reflect the inspiration behind ADA -- a vision
of civil rights and equal opportunity that informs American
democracy.
(Grossman)
January 6, 1992
Draft One
ADA
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993
1:55 P.M.
CAPITOL HILTON
Thank you Gordon (Mansfield) for that introduction. Talk
about a sea of friendly faces: Evan Kemp. Justin Dart. Sandy
Parrino. Pat Wright. Dick Thornburg. Senator Dole. Tony
Coello. Boyden Gray.
I heard a little rumor about an award that was going to be
presented today -- and I want to tell you how proud and honored I
feel. An award named after me, presented to me...I won't get
into the existential implications. But I will say, from the
bottom of my heart, thank you.
On the eve of my departure from this great office, it is
only right that I meet again with those who shared in one of its
finest moments: the proposal, passage, and signing of the most
comprehensive civil rights bill in the history of this country -
- indeed the history of the world -- the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
ADA's spirit runs deep in the vein of American tradition: a
belief in equal opportunity, a devotion to individual rights, and
an ethic of inclusion. Resisting the extremes of either
negligence or patronization, this act reflects a conservative way
of helping people -- one that helps others help themselves.
At the beginning of this century, one African-American
bishop described his aspiration for civil rights, saying: " we
2
ask not that others bear our burden, but do not obstruct our
pathway, and we will throw them off as we run." In the same
spirit, the 43 million Americans with disabilities have asked,
not that their country do for them, but only that they be allowed
to do for themselves, and thereby, their country.
I believe that the economic challenges of the next century
cannot be met without the energy, intelligence, and industry of
every citizen. ADA broadens our economic mainstream so that all
Americans can share in the responsibilities and rewards of hard
work worth doing.
A few critics have complained about the cost of ADA, as if
some people's rights were just too expensive. But when you add
together federal, state, local and private funds, it's been
costing almost $200 billion annually to support our disabled in
artificial isolation. This legislation takes an economic
inefficiency, and reinvents it as enterprise and opportunity.
Indeed, I believe that the cost of forgotten citizens is
greater than any that could be factored in to some government
budget. When we neglect the rights of some, we degrade the
rights of all. The quest for civil rights is not some zero sum
game -- as if there were only so many rights to go around. Our
founders thought of rights not as privileges granted by man, but
as self evident truths ordained by God.
But just as our Constitution pledges equality under the law,
so we must strive for legal equality -- one that broadens
opportunity, increases access, and gives each citizen a fair shot
3
at the American dream. This legislation does just that -- not by
setting up new institutions, but by tearing down old walls.
You see, I believe that in the end, it will take more than
better regulations and bigger bureaucracies to make this a land
of opportunity for all. Government can make good laws, but it
can't make men good. It can ban unfair acts, but it can't banish
unkind thoughts. It's up to us to reach out to those Americans
disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them
a better way. Each American shares a responsibility for a
kinder, gentler America; to follow the example so many of you
have led with your lives. Thank you so much for coming, for this
honor. And may God bless the United States of America.
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(Grossman)
January 6, 1992
Draft One
ADA
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993
Capitol Hilton
Thank you Gordon (Mansfield) for that introduction. Talk
about a sea of friendly faces: Evan Kemp. Justin Dart. Sandy
Parrino. Pat Wright. Dick Thornburg. Senator Dole. Tony
Coello. Boyden Gray. Welcome all to the White House.
OMB
I heard a little rumor about an award that was going to be
presented today -- and I want to tell you how proud and honored I
feel. An award named after me, presented to me...I won't get
into the existential implications. But I will say, from the
bottom of my heart, thank you.
On the eve of my departure from this great office, it is
only right that I meet again with those who shared in one of its
+
OMB
finest moments: The proposal, passage, and signing of the most
comprehensive civil rights bill in the history of this country -
- indeed the history of the world -- the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
ADA's spirit runs deep in the vein of American tradition: a
belief in equal opportunity, a devotion to individual rights, and
an ethic of inclusion. Resisting the extremes of either
negligence or patronization, this act reflects a conservative way
of helping people -- one that helps others help themselves.
At the beginning of this century, one African-American
bishop described his aspiration for civil rights, saying: "..we
ask not that others bear our burden, but do not obstruct our
Note: Could be read as implying they were asking
for a handout before today.
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2
Similarly,
pathway, and we will throw them off as we run. Today, the 43
million Americans with disabilities have asked, not that their
country do for them, but only that they be allowed to do for
themselves, and thereby, their country.
I believe that the economic challenges of the next century
cannot be met without the energy, intelligence, and industry of
every citizen. ADA broadens our economic mainstream so that all
Americans can share in the responsibilities and rewards of hard
work worth doing.
A few critics have complained about the cost of ADA, as if
some people's rights were just too expensive. But when you add
has been costing
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together federal, state, local and private funds, it costs almost
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$200 billion annually to support our disabled in artificial
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isolation. This legislation takes an economic inefficiency, and
speech
reinvents it as enterprise and opportunity.
Indeed, I believe that the cost of forgotten citizens is
greater than any that could be factored in to some government
budget. When we neglect the rights of some, we degrade the
rights of all. The quest for civil rights is not some zero sum
game -- as if there were only so many rights to go around. Our
OMB
founders thought of rights not as privileges granted by man,
but as self evident truths ordained by God.
But just as our Constitution pledges equality under the law,
we must strive for
so our conscience demands legal equality -- one that broadens
opportunity, increases access, and gives each citizen a fair shot
note Could be read as support for conforming damages
provisions of all civil rights laws to title VII, which
the Admistration have upposed.
OMB
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at the American dream. This legislation does just that -- not by
setting up new institutions, but by tearing down old walls.
You see, I believe that in the end, it will take more than
better regulations and bigger bureaucracies to make this a land
of opportunity for all. Government can make good laws, but it
can't make men good. It can ban unfair acts, but it can't banish
unkind thoughts. It's up to us to reach out to those Americans
disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them
a better way. Each American shares a responsibility for a
kinder, gentler America; to follow the example so many of you
have led with your lives. Thank you so much for coming, for this
honor. And may God bless the United States of America.
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DAIS: (seated at tables)
Gordon Mansfield, Assistant Secretary, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
9/15/41
155-30-6476
Justin Dart, Chairman, President's Committee on
Employment of People With
Disabilities
8/29/30
461-78-0665
Evan Kemp, Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
5/5/37
302-32-2942
1. King Jordan, President, Gallaudet University
6/16/43
191-34-3474
Judi Chamberlin, Coordinating Committee Member,
National Association of
Psychiatric Survivors
10/30/44
101-36-2072
Thomas 10/13/75 McKeithan, II, student at Banneker High School, Washington, D.C.
577-94-4839
Patrisha Wright, Government Affairs Director, DREDF-The Disability Rights
Education and Defense Fund, Inc.
2/1/49
046-42-6205
Dorothy 2/18/59 Bush Koch, Director of Special Events, National Rehabilitation Hospital
451-88-4928
SPEAKING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM PRIOR TO PRESIDENT'S ARRIVAL:
(will speak from table top podium on dais table)
Hon. Dick Thornburgh, United Nations Deputy-Secretary General for Administration- -
and Management
Senator Robert Dole
Congressman Steny Hoyer
Former Congressman Tony Coelho
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DELEGATION OF DISABILITY COMMUNITY TO MAKE PRESENTATION:
Nancy Bloch, Executive Director, National Association of the Deaf
1/24/54
262-15-7238
Robert Demichelis, II
3/25/56
333-52-0426
James Gashel, Director, Government Affairs, National Federation of the Blind
9/23/46
485-64-7311
Paul Hearne, President, The Dole Foundation
11/27/49
134-42-5278
Roland Johnson, Vice Chairman, Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
9/14/45
172-44-4007
Richard Johnson, President, Paralyzed Veterans of America
8/15/46
571-64-5151
Paul Marchand
11/6/42
038-26-7445
Oral Miller, Executive Director, American Council of the Blind
4/7/33
403-44-8198
Sandra Parrino, Chairperson, National Council on Disability
6/22/34
043-28-4767
Fred R. Patterson, Director, Corporate Relations, Johnson & Johnson
7/4/35
491-38-7928
Ronald Thompson, Washington Representative, National Association of Psychiatric
Survivors
10/14/42
001-332-9289
Dr. Sylvia Walker, Director, Center for Disability and Socipeconomic Policy
Studies, Howard University
7/18/37
127-28-3543
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Michael Winter,
Executive Director, Berkeley Center
for Independent Living
9/7/51
321-46-1600
James Adams, President and CEO, Southwestern Bell Telephone
6/19/39
450-60-6507
Richard Womack,
Director, Civil Rights, AFL-CIO
11/18/39
211-30-8936
EVENT COORDINATOR AND ASSISTANT:
Natalie P. Shear. President, Natalie P. Shear Associates, Inc.
10/18/40
092-32-5978
Lisa Schreibersdorf
11/30/69
143-48-4600
SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS:
Earl Elkins
8/4/48
410-80-1685
Jan Nishimura
5/10/52
353-46-1011
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370283SS
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
1/7/93
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10:00AM, FRI. , JAN 8
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993
SUBJECT:
12:45 lunch
CAPITOL HILTON 1:55
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
PORTER
BRADY
SMITH
>
BROMLEY
TUTWILER
CALIO N/C
ZOELLICK N/C
DEMAREST N/C
MCGROARTY
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HOLIDAY N/C
HORNER
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly
to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to
this office, NO LATER THAN 10:00AM, FRIDAY,
JANUARY 8. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Called 9:10
PHILLIP D. BRADY
10:10
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Grossman)
January 6, 1992
Draft One
3 JAN 7 A 22
ADA
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993
Capital Helton
Thank you Gordon (Mansfield) for that introduction. Talk
about a sea of friendly faces: Evan Kemp. Justin Dart. Sandy
Parrino. Pat Wright. Dick Thornburg. Senator Dole. Tony
Coello. Boyden Gray. Welcome all to the White House.
I heard a little rumor about an award that was going to be
presented today -- and I want to tell you how proud and honored I
feel. An award named after me, presented to me...I won't get
into the existential implications. But I will say, from the
bottom of my heart, thank you.
On the eve of my departure from this great office, it is
only right that I meet again with those who shared in one of its
finest moments. The proposal, passage, and signing of the most
comprehensive civil rights bill in the history of this country -
- indeed the history of the world -- the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
ADA's spirit runs deep in the vein of American tradition: a
belief in equal opportunity, a devotion to individual rights, and
an ethic of inclusion. Resisting the extremes of either
negligence or patronization, this act reflects a conservative way
of helping people -- one that helps others help themselves.
At the beginning of this century, one African-American
bishop described his aspiration for civil rights, saying: "..we
ask not that others bear our burden, but do not obstruct our
2
pathway, and we will throw them off as we run." Today, the 43
million Americans with disabilities have asked, not that their
country do for them, but only that they be allowed to do for
themselves, and thereby, their country.
I believe that the economic challenges of the next century
cannot be met without the energy, intelligence, and industry of
every citizen. ADA broadens our economic mainstream so that all
Americans can share in the responsibilities and rewards of hard
work worth doing.
A few critics have complained about the cost of ADA, as if
some people's rights were just too expensive. But when you add
together federal, state, local and private funds, it costs almost
$200 billion annually to support our disabled in artificial
isolation. This legislation takes an economic inefficiency, and
reinvents it as enterprise and opportunity.
Indeed, I believe that the cost of forgotten citizens is
greater than any that could be factored in to some government
budget. When we neglect the rights of some, we degrade the
rights of all. The quest for civil rights is not some zero sum
game -- as if there were only so many rights to go around. Our
founders thought of rights --- not as privileges granted by man,
but as self evident truths ordained by God.
But just as our Constitution pledges equality under the law,
so our conscience demands legal equality -- one that broadens
opportunity, increases access, and gives each citizen a fair shot
3
at the American dream. This legislation does just that -- not by
setting up new institutions, but by tearing down old walls.
You see, I believe that in the end, it will take more than
better regulations and bigger bureaucracies to make this a land
of opportunity for all. Government can make good laws, but it
can't make men good. It can ban unfair acts, but it can't banish
unkind thoughts. It's up to us to reach out to those Americans
disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them
a better way. Each American shares a responsibility for a
kinder, gentler America; to follow the example so many of you
have led with your lives. Thank you so much for coming, for this
honor. And may God bless the United States of America.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
1-8-93
NOTICE:
Enclosed are comments from staff members of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Such comments do not necessarily
represent the official position of the Director of OMB or of the
Office of Management and Budget. If you wish to have the
Director's personal comments, please let me know -- and contact
me if you have any questions.
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370283SS
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DATE:
1/7/93
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 10:00AM, FRI. , JAN 8
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993
SUBJECT:
CAPITOL HILTON
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCBRIDE
BAKER
MOORE
SCOWCROFT
MULLINS
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
PORTER
BRADY
SMITH
1
BROMLEY
TUTWILER
CALIO
ZOELLICK
DEMAREST
MCGROARTY
FITZWATER
BOSKIN
GRAY
HOLIDAY
HORNER
REMARKS:
Please provide comments on the attached directly
to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, with a copy to
this office, NO LATER THAN 10:00AM, FRIDAY,
JANUARY 8. Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Grossman)
January 6, 1992
Draft One
3 JAN 7 A 22
ADA
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
JANUARY 12, 1993 Capital Helton
Thank you Gordon (Mansfield) for that introduction. Talk
about a sea of friendly faces: Evan Kemp. Justin Dart. Sandy
Parrino. Pat Wright. Dick Thornburg. Senator Dole. Tony
Coello. Boyden Gray. Welcome all to the White House.
I heard a little rumor about an award that was going to be
presented today -- and I want to tell you how proud and honored I
feel. An award named after me, presented to me...I won't get
into the existential implications. But I will say, from the
bottom of my heart, thank you.
On the eve of my departure from this great office, it is
only right that I meet again with those who shared in one of its
finest moments. The proposal, passage, and signing of the most
comprehensive civil rights bill in the history of this country -
- indeed the history of the world -- the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
ADA's spirit runs deep in the vein of American tradition: a
belief in equal opportunity, a devotion to individual rights, and
an ethic of inclusion. Resisting the extremes of either
negligence or patronization, this act reflects a conservative way
of helping people -- one that helps others help themselves.
At the beginning of this century, one African-American
bishop described his aspiration for civil rights, saying: " we
ask not that others bear our burden, but do not obstruct our
2
*Similarly,
pathway, and we will throw them off as we run." Today, the 43
million Americans with disabilities have asked, not that their
country do for them, but only that they be allowed to do for
themselves, and thereby, their country.
I believe that the economic challenges of the next century
Could be read as imply ing they were asking
cannot be met without the energy, intelligence, and industry of
every citizen. ADA broadens our economic mainstream so that all
Americans can share in the responsibilities and rewards of hard
work worth doing.
A few critics have complained about the cost of ADA, as if
for a handont before today-
some people's rights were just too expensive. But when you add
has been costing
[
together federal, state, local and private funds, it [coste] almost
(can't chick)
$200 billion annually to support our disabled in artificial
isolation. This legislation takes an economic inefficiency, and
reinvents it as enterprise and opportunity.
Indeed, I believe that the cost of forgotten citizens is
greater than any that could be factored in to some government
budget. When we neglect the rights of some, we degrade the
rights of all. The quest for civil rights is not some zero sum
Note:
game as if there were only so many rights to go around. Our
founders thought of rights not as privileges granted by man,
but as self evident truths ordained by God.
But just as our Constitution pledges equality under the law,
so our conscience demands legal equality -- one that broadens
opportunity, increases access, and gives each citizen a fair shot
ENote: Could be read as support for conforming damages
provisions of all civil rights laws to title VII, which the
administrator have opposed.
3
at the American dream. This legislation does just that -- not by
setting up new institutions, but by tearing down old walls.
You see, I believe that in the end, it will take more than
better regulations and bigger bureaucracies to make this a land
of opportunity for all. Government can make good laws, but it
can't make men good. It can ban unfair acts, but it can't banish
unkind thoughts. It's up to us to reach out to those Americans
disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them
a better way. Each American shares a responsibility for a
kinder, gentler America; to follow the example so many of you
have led with your lives. Thank you so much for coming, for this
honor. And may God bless the United States of America.
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Osborne Day and Evan Kemp want President to say at end: "I'm not
saying goodbye now, because all of us here will be working
together in the future to ensure the implementation of ADA. "