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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
OF JUSTEY
REAU OF
DONALD W. LYON
SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT
P.O. BOX 1536
BILLINGS, MONTANA 59103
(406) 248-8487
JAMES E. SEYKORA
ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
DISTRICT OF MONTANA
5043 FEDERAL BUILDING
P.O. BOX 1478
(406) 657-6101
BILLINGS, MONTANA 59103
FTS: 585-6101
Feb 6 & 500 million Pan
March 13 $300 million necaragna
may 25 $800 signed for both
22 Feb days
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108 days.
90 Days
Equity and Educational Excellence Act
of 1989
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facade of his theme gutted program
before 420 million year good gov't? -
Education - / Cong name tried to but is keep totally it the change same - 3X $.
after 104 billion House version
restrictive took out alt cest watered down
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this week
Long time on record - get They greatly reduced
Core of flex, educ reform
Cong more money + watered down
Child Care
before 9 billion over 5 years
(mostly tax credits) - choice, low income
to all families
after 29 billion over 5 years.
new cate goical block programs
more burrencratic red tape
fuds special in firests mid not poor mothers 1
expands unnec - upper class entitlements.
Budget
1987x9 Bipartisan agalement - supplemental
appropriation only for Dire Emergencies
Dire Emergency Supplemental App Bill"
SCULLY
FOREIGN POLICY
In February and March of 1990, the President requested $800
million in emergency assistance for the governments of Panama and
Nicaragua. Congress did not complete action on the measure until
May 24th. At a time when the economies of these nations were run
into the ground and the treasuries bankrupted by the Sandinista
and Noriega regimes, a delay in providng U. S. assistance added
to the frustration of the new democratic governments in
implementing economic recovery programs.
What did Congress do in the meantime? They added $.6
billion to the FY 1990 deficit by adding over $1.3 billion for
unrequested domestic discretionary programs.
Were the additions dire emergencies? Let's look at a few
examples:
Byrd ? No
$185 million for an FBI building that is not
expected to be built for five years.
Neal Smith
$6 million for a wildlife park in Iowa (a
No
provision that was not in either the House- or
Senate-passed bills and was snuck in, in
Names
conference).
NOAA
Bumpers
Language requiring the expenditure of $2.3
OSHA
million for a catfish farm in Stuttgart,
(oceaus)
Arkansas. No icians there
Inouye
$750,000 to buy a ferry vessel for American
Samoa.
Bradley
$500,000 earmarked for a lead storage battery
recycling project in New Jersey.
Traxler
$1.8 million for renovating a Great Lakes
research vessel in Michigan (not in either the
House- or Senate-passed bills).
Montgomery No
$371,000 earmarked for a research office in
Starksville, Mississippi.
In March of 1989, President Bush requested supplemental funds
for such programs as Veterans' Medical Care. It took Congress
three months to complete action on the "dire emergency"
supplemental. Among the unrequested programs funded in the bill
was $75 million for a telescope in West Virginia.
3120 Janet Hall
07/11/90
13:09
001
SCULLY
Child Care
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The Administration proposed new child care legislation that would
cost about $10 billion over 5 years. The Senate-passed bill is
roughly double this amount ($18.5 billion) and the House-passed
bill is almost triple ($29 billion). .
Note: Figures are for BA/EA.
SCULLY
Excellence in Education Act. In April 1989, the President
forwarded to the Congress a seven-part legislative package of
proposals to advance education reform, to reward educational
achievement and to encourage educational choice. As that package
moved through the Senate, the President's proposals were altered
in ways that would lessen their impact. Worse, the Senate added
unrelated and costly changes to student aid programs before
completing action on the President's proposals. Now, the House
Education and Labor committee has reported a bill in which the
President's proposals, again modified in restrictive ways, are
dwarfed in number and in cost by proposals to create new
categorical programs or unnecessarily expand existing ones.
Pres. 1420m $400 m
House Bill ( Conguess) # 1.46
SCULLY
HEAL
Despite repeated attempts to reform or phase-out HHS default-plagued Health
Education Assistance Loan Guarantee Programs (HEAL), the Congress has yet to take
the suggested actions to reduce the government's future exposure to defaults arising
from this ill-designed loan scheme.
HEAL - A Cute Name Attached to a Dog of a Program
Since its inception in 1976 as a Federal loan guarantee program of last resort for
health professions students, HEAL has insured over 100,000 loans, lending out over
$1.8 billion. Structured as a Ponzi scheme, HEAL relies on default-insurance
premiums from new loans to pay off defaults associated with old loans. This
maintains the facade of a self-financing arrangement, which invites the Federal
government to continue insuring loans. Defaults from each year's loans have been
out-running premiums since early in the program's history; if HEAL were to
continue, it would go bankrupt in FY92.
Attempts to Reduce Federal Liability Rebuffed
Many of the Reagan Administration's budget requests suggested methods for
improving HEAL, including requiring risk-sharing by lending and educational
institutions. The Congress repeatedly refused to take action to avoid the now-
impending insolvency, which the Administration was forecasting even then. The
FY91 President's Budget recommended that the Government's future liability from
this fatally-flawed program be reduced through the initiation of an orderly phase-
out of HEAL. To date, the Congress has not adopted the Administration's proposal.
SCULLY
Foster Care Administrative Cost Reforms
In the FY 1987 and FY 1988 President's Budgets, the Administration proposed
appropriations language to stem the skyrocketing costs of foster care administrative
costs, pending later corrections to authorizing statute. Neither appropriation nor
authorizing corrections were made by the Congress, and as a result foster care
administrative costs continue out of hand. By FY 1991, administrative and training
costs will represent over 50 percent of foster care expenditures. Less than 50 cents of
&
every dollar spent on foster care will directly maintain a child in foster care. The
burdents
Federal Government reimburses expenditure claims of the District of Columbia of
$22,050 per child for administrative expenses, and $5,149 for maintenance payments ---
it costs over four times as much to administer the program as to maintain a child in
foster care.
For FY 1991, the Administration has again proposed appropriations language to
stem the hemorrhage pending authorization language corrections. Let us hope that
the Congress finally addresses this crisis.
2,800 % cost growth since 1980.
No ERSA
SCULLY
"DIVERTING" TAXES TO FUND RAIL PENSIONS
1932 Rooswelt reform
The rail pension program administered by the Railroad Retirement Board, is the
only private sector pension included in federal law and administered by a federal
agency. When it was verging on bankruptcy in 1983, the rail pension was allowed to
keep the federal income taxes applied to the previously tax-exempt private pension
benefits. Recognizing the unprecedented nature of allowing federal taxes to
subsidize a private sector pension, Congress "limited" the diversion to $877 million
or 5 years - whichever came first. But then, Congress extended this subsidy in 1987
and again in 1989, claiming, in what is a classic example of "blue smoke and
mirrors", that it doesn't cost the government to continue the subsidy because it's
just a payment from one fund to another. Never mind that the taxpayer's money is
being used in place of private sector pension contributions. Now the rail sector is
again seeking Congressional extension of the tax diversion to the pension fund
through October 1991.
Since 1983, the income tax subsidies diverted from the federal government to the
Railroad Retirement Board have totaled $1.2 Billion, with the proposed extension
for 1991 costing an additional $550 million.
- Pres- sent up reform to
1
Privatize unler ERISA like all
other industry; a
2
Reduce federal pension
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
ROUTE SLIP
TO Tom Scully
Take necessary action
Approval or signature
Comment
Prepare reply
Discuss with me
For your information
See remarks below
FROM Larry Matlack
DATE July 10, 1990
REMARKS
The President's FY 1990 budget and legislative
program was very slim for the Labor Department.
There were no major changes proposed in Building a
Better America except for deleting the Reagan
Administration's proposal to phase out TAA (if you
can believe that). In addition, we were successful
in beating back the egregious pension and
unemployment compensation provisions proposed in
reconciliation. Hence, we don't have a lot to
offer.
Note that the item on EEOC cites three years of
Congressional recalcitrance to make the numbers and
effect larger than they would be if only the time
on the Bush watch were cited.
The Davis-Bacon item is only recent. Last year
the Administration was on record supporting a
Stenholm proposal, but did not introduce its own
bill. The Davis-Bacon reform bill for FY 1991 was
transmitted in late April. Congress hardly has had
time to act on it (except to re-introduce reforms
of its own that would make the program worse than
it is now.)
Mary Kate Grant
Room 117
THE OFFICE THE UNITED OFFICE ONE PENERT STATES
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
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Administration
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washington
Kolstad
go Stephens
Sen Burns
U.P marrince
Barbara compbell
Start chair
Jack Galt - RNC Comm. Man
Ione Brownson- wothan
Cal Winstow - Die. Exec-Dic.
Chuck Heringer - POTUS' friend
Brad Johnson - Cong candidate
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 19, 1990
Draft six / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Allen. It's always good to see Governor Stephens; your
outstanding Senator, Conrad Burns; and of course, one of the most
solid Members of Congress, Ron Marlenee.
And the next Senator
from the state of Montana, Allen Kolstad. 111
( (First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now.
No sake cups. ) ) [[*** see cover memo for explanation]
It's great to be back in Montana, near some of the best
fishing streams and forests in the country. I remember coming to
Glacier National Park last year with my grandson, and being told
that Montana has 896 catchable fish per square mile. ( (Here's my
question: Why don't they count the uncatchable fish? I thought
there were quite a few of those.) ) But there's nothing better
for the soul than seeing the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in
the distance or a Montana sunset streaked across fading skies.
Montana is a state of big skies, and America is a country of big
dreams. But to help make those dreams come true -- for America
and Montana -- I need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S.
Senate.
2
Allen Kolstad ((and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me)) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in almost
fifty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
hard for what's right. They're fighting to preserve and protect
the longest peacetime economic expansion in history, the lowest
unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years, and the 22 million
7 / 2 yrs 4t months
jobs created in the last 8 years. Sure, I'm still concerned,
very concerned, about problems that remain -- this outrageous
deficit for example.
We Republicans have a good record, one we can stand by with
pride. It was our policy of peace through strength that helped
bring freedom to the lives of millions from Panama to Poland.
But with a Republican majority in Congress working with me, we
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could do much more to ensure that America remains economically
strong and becomes fiscally sound.
Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
the Democratic stranglehold on Congress has finally taken its
toll.
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
the Democrat's
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the
Educational Excellence Act. Our proposals would advance
education reform, reward achievement and encourage educational
choice -- yet as the bill moved through Congress, some of its
most sensible and cost-effective programs were scrapped for
tired, old, and expensive Democrat substitutes. Almost one
billion dollars worth of unnecessary, unrelated and costly
check
changes were heaped on top of our original $400 million education
this
bill -- totalling $1.4 billion dollars, more than triple our
original request. In fact, they even changed the name of the
bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. Listen, Montana's graduation rate is 87% and that's
terrific. But Allen and I want to make it even higher. Montana
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ranks third among the 28 states which administer the A.C.T. test.
You've done it by rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
That's exactly the thrust of our federal policy on education.
Choice. Accountability. Flexibility. Excellence. National
goals to challenge our students, our teachers, and our schools to
succeed.
That's the Republican agenda. Twenty-nine out of the last
35 years of Democrat control is long enough. We must have
more Republicans in Congress.\
But there's more. When we proposed new child care
legislation, based on our belief that there is nothing more
precious than America's children, we asked for $9 billion dollars
in funding, spread over five years. We proposed a bill that put
choice in the hands of all families, whether low- or middle-
income, by helping them get the kind of child care they wanted
-- at home, at church, or from a local child-care provider. The
Senate passed a child care bill at double the money -- $18
billion -- and the House outdid the Senate by tripling our
request -- to $29 billion.
In short, we started at $9 billion
and the last word from Congress was $29 billion. And if Congress
has its way, the federal government will intrude upon one more
area of your lives -- using that money to pile more red tape on
child-care providers -- including friends and neighbors.
Democrats believe government knows better than parents.
I
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know what that tells me, it tells me we must have more
Republicans in Congress.\\
And just this year, in February and March, I requested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua to help these fledgling
democracies rebuild their shattered economies. I challenged the
Congress to act in 30 days. One hundred eight days later, the
30
Congress acted. (But who am I to complain? It's been 20 years
over
20
Damus
since Congress produced a balanced budget.)
(1969)
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Here's what caused the delay: some so-called "dire
emergency" additions to the bill by Congress -- almost three-
and-a-half billion dollars' more in spending than I requested.
Everyone on Capitol Hill knew how important this bill was, and
for 108 days, Congress decided to hold it hostage. For 108 days,
Congress calculated how much spending they could pile on top of
our emergency request. For 108 days, inaction by the Congress
jeopardized not only the economic recovery of these two
critically strategic nations -- it jeopardized the hard-won
freedom of the brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's &
more than a difference between parties. That's a diagrace. We
must have more Republicans in Congress. III
Republicans like what works. We think that finding a cure
to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we know
work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
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EITHER: $231.4 billion, including The funding for
the SXL Garlant
OR: $ 168.8 billion, excluding 6 trefrending for the 5th bulont.
Americans are fed up. Year after year after year,
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they hear about budget wrangling in Washington. They hear about
the President trying to hold the line on spending, and the
Congress spending money it doesn't have. Enough is enough. We
must end this "deficits don't matter" mentality. I do not want
to preside over these God-awful deficits that are saddling these
young people here with billions in debt.
168. overs $160
The deficit is estimated to be
$161 ] billion. Congress,
as the American people know so well, appropriates every single
dollar we spend. At this very moment, our White House
negotiators are trying to do something meaningful about this
deficit. And frankly, I think we are getting some good
cooperation with the leadership. we must control spending, and
reform the budget process itself. As I've said before, I'll
negotiate without preconditions. And I will. In spite of the
outcry about revenues. But there must be budget reform and true
spending control.\
Some people think there's no difference between the two
parties. I've come here to tell you there is -- and it's as big
as the Great Divide. On one side -- the Republican side -- lies
opportunity, growth, choice in child care and education, the
creativity of the marketplace, and a government that understands
it works for you -- not the other way around. On the other side
-- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, the party of red
tape and bureaucracy, still pushing for higher and higher
spending. The choice is up to America.
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Right here in Montana you know there's a better way of doing
things -- a Republican way. I remember the last time I was in
this state. It was for Montana's hundredth birthday, when Allen
was the Chairman of the Centennial Commission. ((For my part, I
was attackedly
planted a tree. Now, you may know my record's not too good in
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that respect. I planted a tree in North Dakota. It gotva
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maths.
disease and died. I planted a tree in Spokane. It got
vandalized. You can see why they've asked me not to dedicate
any buildings here. But the tree I planted in Helena -- yes,
it's alive and well. There's something about Montana that's
conducive to good health.) ) Well, in that spirit, what a
great job Allen did for the Centennial Commission's Health.
First of all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money. And
second, the Centennial is expected to give thousands of dollars
back to the state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal
responsibility America needs on Capitol Hill.
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
must have budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item
veto, and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. We like
what works. And our budget process is not working.
It was one of the most famous Democrat Presidents, Franklin
Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with those
wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The Republican
Party is ready to govern. And Allen Kolstad is ready to be your
next Senator.
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The choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it
Republican.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
Lourie
chuck Heiver
the of
Cal Winslow
V.Dir.
Gopchair of MT
Bruce
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Jock Galt
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TO: Mary Kate Grant
FROM: Jaylene Hobrecht
Montana Information
Fact: 22 million jobs had been created.
The preliminary data shows that it is 91 months. Seven
years, six months up to June.
Fact: 87% graduation rate
Fact: ACT scores on a 1-35 range in Montana is 19.8%
3rd among 28 states in the Union.
North Dakota:
Dennis Newman of the Tree Program phone# (701) 224-2200
The tree was infected with the larva of the
Gypsy moth when it was planted. This spring it
did not grow because of the sever frost. He said
it is not dead yet, but it's a goner.
Spokane:
Bernie Edwards of the Parks maintenance
phone# (509) 456-4381
Was vandalized, a couple of years to get
better, but it is still alive. They have it
hidden.
Stuart Brown - Kolstad campaign
406 - 442 - 5890
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft five / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Allen. It's always good to see Governor Stephens; your
outstanding Senator, Conrad Burns; and of course, one of the most
solid Members of Congress, Ron Marlenee. And the next Senator
from the state of Montana, Allen Kolstad. III
((First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now.
No sake cups. ) [[*** see cover memo for explanation]]
It's great to be back in Montana, near some of the best
fishing streams and forests in the country. I remember coming to
Glacier National Park last year with my grandson, and being told
Stuart
that Montana has 896 catchable fish per square mile. ((Here's my
Brown
question: Why don't they count the uncatchable fish? I thought
there were quite a few of those.) )) But there's nothing better
for the soul than seeing the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in
the distance or a Montana sunset streaked across fading skies.
Montana is a state of big skies, and America is a country of big
dreams. But to help make those dreams come true -- for America
and Montana -- I need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S.
Senate. III
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Colstan bio
X
Allen Kolstad ((and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
Stuart Brown
next to me)) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
X
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
Lolstah bio
X
who has given over twenty years of public service to the péople
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
X
X
X
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in almost
X
fifty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
X
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
X
strart
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
brown
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
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through strength that helped bring freedom to the lives of
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millions from Panama to Poland. But with a Republican majority
in Congress working with me, we could do even more to ensure that
America remains economically strong and becomes fiscally sound.
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Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
the Democratic stranglehold on Congress has finally taken its
toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannosaurus Rex had been
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uncovered here in Montana, I couldn't help but think of another
6.28.90
endangered species. It was recently described as a "large, two-
legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big spending and knee-
jerking. It once roamed North America in large bands, but now it
only remains on Capitol Hill. " Scientists call it:
the Demosaurus.
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
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price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
Scully:
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the
Educational Excellence Act. Our proposals would advance
onthe
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education reform, reward achievement and encourage educational
choice -- yet as the bill moved through Congress, some of its
floor
most sensible and cost-effective programs were scrapped for
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expensive Democrat substitutes. Almost one billion dollars worth
trimmy maybe may be
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of our original $400 million education bill
totalling $1.4
billion dollars, more than triple our original request.
In fact,
they even changed the name of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
Dept of
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graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. ranking one of the best in
the nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
Margaret
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
industrialy,
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
nation
system that is already the most expensive in the world. If we
spend more student thononal other world
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outspend the rest of the world in education, why can't we
WH-OPD WH-
outperform it, too? 11
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Let's support what works in education and stop measuring
success by a program's price tag. Let's start building a better
future for Americans by getting government out of their wallets
and off of their backs. Twenty-nine out of the last 35 years of
3
Democrat control is long enough. 11 We must have more
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22 pitchie
Republicans in Congress.
But there's more. When we proposed new child care
legislation, based on our belief that there is nothing more
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precious than America's children, we asked for $9 billion dollars
in funding, spread over five years. We proposed a bill that put
choice in the hands of all families, whether low- or middle-
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income, by helping them get the kind of child care they wanted
-- at home, at church, or from a local child-care provider. The
Senate passed our bill at double the money -- $18 billion -- and
5
the House outdid the Senate by tripling our request -- to $29
billion. And if Congress has its way, the federal government
will intrude upon one more area of your lives -- using that money
Hans Kutther
for more federally-controlled day-care centers, piling more red
WH/OPP x6.563
tape on child-care providers -- including friends and neighbors
-- and worst of all, requiring states to establish day-care
"police" to enforce their day-care regulations. Democrats
believe government knows better than parents. We must have
more Republicans in Congress. 11
And just this year, in February and March, I requested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet, the
Democrat-controlled Congress did nothing to save these freedom-
loving peoples until May 25th -- over three long months later.
incy
Here's what caused the delay: some so-called "dire
emergency" additions to the bill by Congress -- almost three-
ok by
and-a-half billion dollars' worth of unrequested spending
failly
was
programs. Everyone on Capitol Hill knew how important this bill
was, and for 108 days, Congress decided to hold it hostage.
For
for PantNic
108 days, Congress calculated how much pork barrel they could
entire ,bill
3.46 was
pile on top of our emergency request. For 108 days, inaction by
the Congress threatened not only the economic recovery of these
two critically strategic nations -- it threatened the hard-won
freedom of the brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a
6
more than a difference between parties. That's a disgrace. We
must have more Republicans in Congress.
Republicans like what works. We think that finding a cure
to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we know
work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
((You've probably heard the story about the Republican and
the Democrat who come down with the flu. The Republican's first
step is to take a couple of aspirin and maybe some orange juice,
to see if it works.
The Democrat's first step? Call a Medevac helicopter and
propose socialized medicine. Do you suppose that has anything
to do with that Democrat's budget request for a helipad on the
Capitol grounds?) )
Americans are fed up. Year after year 11 after year,
they hear about budget wrangling in Washington. It's the same
story with the same ending every time: the President holding the
line on spending, and the Congress spending money it doesn't
have. We must end the "deficits don't matter" mentality. I do
not want to preside over these God-awful deficits that are
saddling these young people here with billions in debt.
It's time Congress faced up to their responsibilities. And
it's time we change the way we do business. The deficit is
estimated to be $166 billion. Congress, as the American people
ok
know so well, appropriates every single dollar we spend. We must
control spending, and reform the budget process itself. As I've
sally
7
said before, I'll negotiate without preconditions, and I will.
But there must be budget reform and true spending control.
Some people think there's no difference between the two
parties. I've come here to tell you there is -- and it's as big
as the Great Divide. On one side -- the Republican side -- lies
opportunity, growth, choice in child care and education, the
creativity of the marketplace, and a government that understands
it works for you -- not the other way around. On the other side
-- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, the party of red
tape and bureaucracy, still pushing for higher and higher
spending. The choice is up to America. 11
Right here in Montana you know there's a better way of doing
things -- a Republican way. I remember the last time I was in
this state. It was for Montana's hundredth birthday, when Allen
was the Chairman of Centennial Commission. And what a great job
he did. First of all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money.
And second, the Centennial is expected to give thousands of
dollars back to the state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal
responsibility America needs on Capitol Hill.\\
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
must have budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item
veto, and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. 11 We like
what works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans
have put the welfare of the country before partisan politics.
Now it's time for the other party to do the same.
8
It was one of the most famous Democrat Presidents, Franklin
Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with those
wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The Republican
Party is ready to govern. And Allen Kolstad is ready to be your
next Senator. 11
The choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it
Republican.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
Check where
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Koestad introducer POTUS
Mrs. Kolstad
other acknow udgements
not w/in sight of Rims
is sitting. [p.2]
p.2
EDUCATION
MT unemployment - no!
SUBSIDIES II!
call Rae Nelson
over 22 M jobs
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35 yrs.
Ed'l Exc. Act
p.4
ACT scores
subsidies-checking
35 yrs.
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Re: Hans - require states to have police"
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expect to give back thousands
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft four / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
STEPHENS INTROS KOLSTAD;
KOLSTAD INTROS POTUS
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Governor [Stan] Stephens
...
( (rest of acknowledgements) ). And of
course, there's the next Senator from the state of Montana, Allen
Kolstad. III
( (First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now.
No sake cups. \\\))
coming
It's great to be back in Montana, within sight of the Rims
of Billings, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in
the country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last
year with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896
catchable fish per square mile. ((Here's my question: Why don't
they count the uncatchable fish? I thought there were quite a
few of those. )) But there's nothing better for the soul than
seeing the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in the distance or a
Montana sunset streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state
of big skies, and America is a country of big dreams. But to
help make those dreams come true -- for America and Montana -- I
need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S. Senate. \\\
2
Allen Kolstad ( (and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me)) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
COLSTAD B/O
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
FROM STUART
BROWN
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in over
Brown
forty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
stuart Brown
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
with Furlong. -CEA
history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years
X5062
- lowest in Montana in 25 years Over 20 million jobs created.
And it was our policy of peace through strength that helped bring
freedom to the lives of millions from Panama to Poland. But with
a Republican majority in Congress working with me, we could do
even more to ensure that America becomes economically strong and
fiscally sound.
3
Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
Shishrian saylene's memo; 35
34 years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in Congress have
finally taken their toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannasaurus Rex had been
X
Nexis
uncovered here in Montana, I couldn't help but think of another
USA Today
6.28.90
endangered species. It was recently described as a "large, two-
legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big spending and knee-
jerking. It once roamed North America in large bands, but now it
only remains on Capitol Hill." Scientists call it:
the Demosaurus.
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
laterially
Educational
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the
Excellence
from
in Educat on Act. Our proposals would advance education reform,
reward achievement and encourage educational choice -- yet as the
DOC
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bill moved through Congress, its most sensible and cost-effective
programs were scrapped for expensive Democratic substitutes. One
billion dollars worth of unnecessary, unrelated and costly
changes were heaped on top of our original $400 million education
4
bill -- totalling $1.4 billion dollars, more than triple our
original request. In fact, the only thing they didn't change was
the name of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
KOLSTAD B10
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
INFO PACK
high school
J
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. scores the third best in the
nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
of Ed
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Public
Affairs:
largeret
world.
system that Rhe is already the most heavily-subsidized in the
Let's support what works in education and stop measuring
success by a program's price tag. Let's start building a better
future for Americans by getting government out of their wallets
THIRTY - FIVE
and off of their backs. Thirty-four years of Democrat control is
Ase
long enough.
We must have more Republicans in Congress.
But there's more. When we proposed new child care
legislation, based on our belief that there is nothing more
precious than America's children, we asked for $9 billion dollars
from
in funding, spread over five years. We proposed a bill that put
choice in the hands of all families, whether low- or middle-
income, by helping them get the kind of child care they wanted -
- at home, at church, or from a local child-care provider. The
Senate passed our bill at double the money -- $18 billion -- and
the House outdid the Senate by tripling our request -- to $29
billion. And if Congress has its way, the federal government
Info from Hans Kuttner
5
will intrude upon one more area of your lives -- using that money
for more federally-controlled day-care centers, piling more red
tape on parents and child-care providers, and worst of all,
requare states
establishing day-care "police" to enforce their day-care
regulations. Democrats believe government knows better than
parents. We must have more Republicans in Congress.
And just this year, in February and March, I reqested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
Material
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet,
Congress did nothing to save these freedom-loving peoples until
May 25th -- over three long months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some so-called "dire
emergency" additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion
dollars' worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. Everyone on
Capitol Hill knew how important this bill was, and for 108 days,
Congress decided to hold it hostage. For 108 days, Congress
calculated how much pork barrel they could throw on top of our
emergency request. For 108 days, inaction by the Congress
threatened not only the economic recovery of these two critically
strategic nations -- it threatened the hard-won freedom of the
brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a more than a
difference between parties. That's a disgrace. We must have
more Republicans in Congress. III
6
Republicans like what works. We think that finding a cure
to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we know
work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
( (You've probably heard the story about the Republican and
the Democrat who come down with the flu. The Republican's first
step is to take a couple of aspirin and maybe some orange juice,
to see if it works.
The Democrat's first step? Call a Medevac helicopter and
propose socialized medicine. Do you suppose that has anything
to do with the Democrat's budget request for a heliopad on the
Capitol grounds?) )
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It's no coincidence that I've come here, not too far from
Blown
the Great Divide, to make a point. Voters are facing a choice
between two philosophies that are worlds apart. On one side --
the Republican side -- lies opportunity, choice, free market
solutions to big-government problems, and fiscal sanity. On the
other side -- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, offering
red tape and regulation solutions, and still fighting for higher
and higher spending. The choice is up to America.
Right here in Montana you know there's a better way of doing
things -- a Republican way. I remember the last time I was in
this state. It was for Montana's hundredth birthday, when Allen
was the Chairman of Centennial Commission. And what a great job
he did. First of all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money.
And second, the Centennial will actually give thousands of
greatest towrism year
expects to give
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dollars back to the state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal
responsibility America needs on Capitol Hill. \\
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
need budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item veto,
and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. \\ We like what
works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans have
put the welfare of the country before partisan politics. Now
it's time for the other party to do the same.
It was one of the most famous Democratic Presidents,
Franklin Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with
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interested more in government than in politics." The future is
p.488 now. The Republican Party is ready to govern. And Allen Kolstad
is ready to be your next Senator. 11
The choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it
Republican.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
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INTERNATIONAL
THESAURUS
of
QUOTATIONS
compiled by
Rhoda Thomas Tripp
PERENNIAL LIBRARY
Harper & Row, Publishers, New York
Grand Rapids, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco
London, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto
706. Popularity
488
189
709. Portent
66. The future lies with those wise politi-
TRUMAN, New York World Telegram &
remain where it is. WILLIAM HAZLITT, "On
MEAD, The New York Times, Oct. 30, 1966.
cal leaders who realize that the great public
Sun, April 12, 1958.
Taste," Sketches and Essays (1839).
6. And fear not lest Existence closing
is interested more in government than in
75. As the master politician navigates the
9. Popularity? Three-penny fame. VIC-
your / Account, and mine, should know the
politics. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, speech,
ship of state, he both creates and responds
TOR HUGO, Ruy Blas (1838), 3.5.
like no more; / The Eternal Sákí from that
Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 1940.
to public opinion. Adept at tacking with the
10. It is an unhappy lot which finds no
Bowl has poured / Millions of Bubbles like
67. Our great democracies still tend to
wind, he also succeeds, at times, in generat-
enemies. PUBLILIUS SYRUS, Moral Sayings
us, and will pour. OMAR KHAYYÁM, Ru-
think that a stupid man is more likely to be
ing breezes of his own. STEWART L. UDALL,
B.C.), 499, tr. Darius Lyman.
báiyát (11th-12th c.), tr. Edward FitzGerald,
honest than a clever man, and our politi-
The Quiet Crisis (1963), 11.
11. Popularity is a crime from the mo-
4th ed., 46.
cians take advantage of this prejudice by
76. Politics is the art of preventing peo-
ment it is sought; it is only a virtue where
7. We have been God-like in our planned
pretending to be even more stupid than na-
ple from taking part in affairs which prop-
men have it whether they will or no. SIR
breeding of our domesticated plants and
ture made them. BERTRAND RUSSELL, New
erly concern them. PAUL VALÉRY, Tel quel
GEORGE SAVILE, Moral Thoughts and Re-
animals, but we have been rabbit-like in
(1943).
flections (1750).
Hopes for a Changing World (1951).
our unplanned breeding of ourselves. AR-
68. Experience suggests that the first rule
77. Prosperity is necessarily the first
12. The more one pleases everybody, the
NOLD TOYNBEE, National Observer, June
theme of a political campaign. WOODROW
less one pleases profoundly. STENDHAL,
of politics is never to say never. The ingeni-
10, 1963.
ous human capacity for maneuver and com-
WILSON, address, Sept. 4, 1912.
Miscellaneous Fragments," On Love
8. It is obvious that the best qualities in
1522).
promise may make acceptable tomorrow
man must atrophy in a standing-room-only
what seems outrageous or impossible today.
13. The most popular persons in society
environment. STEWART L. UDALL, The
POOR
are those who take the world as it is, find
WILLIAM V. SHANNON, "Vietnam: Ameri-
Quiet Crisis (1963), 13.
See 712. Poverty
the least fault, and have [ride] no hobbies.
ca's Dreyfus Case," The New York Times,
HARLES DUDLEY WARNER, "Fifth Study,"
March 3, 1968.
Backlog Studies (1873).
69. The politician who once had to learn
708. PORNOGRAPHY
to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fas-
706. POPULARITY
cinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or
See also 49. Approval; 472. Ingratiation
1. The value difference between porno-
707. POPULATION
otherwise strike the fancy of the electorate.
graphic playing cards when you're a kid,
1. He that has many friends, has no
See also 82. Birth Control;
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, "The Revolu-
and pornographic playing cards when
friends. AESOP, "The Hare with Many
205. Crowds; 796. Reproduction
tionist's Handbook," Man and Superman
you're older. It's that when you're a kid you
Friends," Fables (6th c. B.C.?), tr. Joseph
use cards as a substitute for a real experi-
(1903). 70. He knows nothing and he thinks he
Jacobs.
All that tread / The globe are but a
ence, and when you're older you use real
knows everything. That points clearly to a
2. The man with a host of friends who
handful to the tribes / That slumber in its
experience as a substitute for the fantasy.
slaps on the back everybody he meets is re-
bosom. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT,
political career. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW,
EDWARD ALBEE, Zoo Story (1958).
Major Barbara (1905), 3.
garded as the friend of nobody. ARISTOTLE,
Thanatopsis" (1811).
2. A taste for dirty stories may be said to
Nicomachean Ethics (4th c. B.C.), 9.10, tr.
Over-population is a phenomenon con-
71. Why is it that when political ammu-
be inherent in the human animal. GEORGE
nition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery
J. A. K. Thomson.
nected with the survival of the unfit, and it
MOORE, Confessions of a Young Man
of abuse is always wheeled into action?
3. Woe unto you, when all men shall
mechanism which has created condi-
(1888), 9.
ADLAI STEVENSON, speech, New York City,
speak well of you! Bible, Luke 6:26.
hons favourable to the survival of the unfit
3. Nine-tenths of the appeal of pornogra-
4. When a man is familiar with many
and the elimination of the fit. william
phy is due to the indecent feelings concern-
Sept. 22, 1952.
people he must expect many disagreeable
BALPH INGE, "The Dilemma of Civilisa-
72. The brain of our species is, as we
ing sex which moralists inculcate in the
familiarities. JAMES BOSWELL, London Jour-
tion. Outspoken Essays: Second Series
know, made up largely of potassium, phos-
young; the other tenth is physiological, and
nal, Feb. 17, 1763.
1922).
phorus, propaganda and politics with the re-
will occur in one way or another whatever
sult that how not to understand what should
5. What most people in our culture mean
Creation destroys as it goes, throws
the state of the law may be. BERTRAND RUS-
down one tree for the rise of another. But
be clearer is becoming easier and easier for
by being lovable is essentially a mixture be-
SELL, "The Taboo on Sex Knowledge," Mar-
all of us. JAMES THURBER, "The New
tween being popular and having sex appeal.
ideal mankind would abolish death, multi-
riage and Morals (1929).
Vocabularianism," Lanterns and Lances
ERICH FROMM, The Art of Loving (1956), 1.
plv itself million upon million, rear up city
6. There must be something good in a
city, save every parasite alive, until
(1961).
thing that pleases so many; even if it cannot
the accumulation of mere existence is swol-
73. Unless we insist that politics is imagi-
709. PORTENT
be explained, it is certainly enjoyed. BALTA-
to a horror. D. H. LAWRENCE, St. Mawr
nation and mind, we will learn that imagi-
See also 304. Evidence; 749. Prudence
SAR GRACIÁN, The Art of Worldly Wisdom
19251.
nation and mind are politics, and of a kind
we will not like. LIONEL TRILLING, "The
(1647), 270, tr. Joseph Jacobs.
If people waited to know one another
1. One swallow does not make a summer;
7. A dish around which I see too many
before they married, the world wouldn't be
Function of the Little Magazine," The Lib-
neither does one fine day. ARISTOTLE,
people doesn't tempt me. JULIEN GREEN,
grossly over-populated as it is now.
eral Imagination (1950).
Nicomachean Ethics (4th c. B.C.), 1.7, tr.
74. A politician is a man who under-
Journal (1938).
SOMERSET MAUGHAM, Mrs. Dot (1912),
J. A. K. Thomson.
stands government, and it takes a politician
8. What is popular is not necessarily vul-
2. Every cloud engenders not a storm.
gar; and that which we try to rescue from
Instead of needing lots of children, we
to run a government. A statesman is a politi-
SHAKESPEARE, 3 Henry VI (1590-91),
cian who's been dead 10 or 15 years. HARRY
fatal obscurity had in general much better
high-quality children. MARGARET
5.3.13.
TO: Mary Kate Grant
Carolyn Cawley
FROM: Jaylene Hobrecht
Unemployment Rate In Montana
Annual Average:
1989-
5.9% (not the lowest in twenty years)
1979- 5.1%
Monthly Average:
April 1990- 5.5%
May 1990-
5.6%
April 1979- 5.4%
Monthly is usually lower because of the different seasons.
Information was given to me by the Governors Office. Kathy
Shanckle, deals with the employment rates.
Phone #: (406) 444-2430
JUL 17 '90 10:11 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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KOLSTAD
U.S. SENATE
FAX TRANSMITTAL SHEET
TO:
CArolyn CAWley
FROM:
Stuart Brown
DATE:
7/17
TIME:
15 AM.
RECEIVER TELECOPIER:
TRANSMITTER TELECOPIER:
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Kolstad was the first
Republicon to " serve Liberty County
in an 40 years
NOTES ON KOLSTAD FOR US SENATE FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
EVENT:
Kolstad for US Senate Fundrasing Breakfast
Sheraton Ballroom -- Billings, Montana
July 20, 1990
POTUS to speak at approximately 8:05 a.m.
Approximately 500 attendeess ((check this! ))
CONTACTS: Leo Ellingson -- Campaign Manager -- 406-442-5890
Jacque Irby -- MT GOP -- 406-442-6469
Cal Winslow -- MT BOP -- 406-259-2652
The Candidate:
Allen C. Kolstad currently serves as the Lieutenant Governor of
Montana.
--A farmer -- former owner of the Chester Implement Co,
a John Deere dealership; former president of the Kolstad
Grain Co.
Served on the Board of the MT Chamber of Commerce.
Served as president of the MT Water Development
Association.
Elected to State House of Representatives in 1968. First
Republican to serve Liberty County in over 40 years.
Served three terms until elected to State Senate in 1975.
State Senate: served in a number of leadership positions;
chaired the Legislative Council and the Interim
Legislative Committee on Problems in Agriculture.
resigned in 1988 to assume the position as Lt. Governor.
Chair of hugely successful Montana Centennial in 1989;
visited every county in the state helping with their
projects. POTUS was in Montana last September for
the Centennial Celebration.
Family, Church, and Community
Life long resident of Montana -- a 5 generation family
Believes in strong family values -- married to Iva for
39 years - four kids and 9 grandkids.
Very active in St. Olaf Lutheran Church near their home.
Has served as president of the congregation.
Longtime member of the Elks, Eagles, and the Algeria
Shrine.
JUL 06 '90 16:35 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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KOLSTAD
U.S. SENATE
FAX TRANSMITTAL SHEET
TO:
JAylene Hobrack /CArolyn CAwley/MAry KAte Grant
FROM:
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DATE:
7/6
TIME:
4:45 pm.
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Information for speech by President Bush
July 20,1990 in Billings, MT.
JUL 06 '90 16:35 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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KOLSTAD
P.O. Box 5864
U.S. SENATE
1084 Helena Avenue, Helena, MT 59604
(406) 442-5890
LT. GOVERNOR
Allen C. Kolstad
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
OPERATIONS
CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRMAN
FINANCE CHAIRMAN
CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR
William B. Ellis
TREASURER
COORDINATOR
Louise Rankin Galt
Jim Mockler
Leo D. Ellingson
"Big" Ed Smith
Jeanne Amsberry
Jean E. Casey
TENTATIVE LIST FOR HEAD TABLE
Lt. Governor Allen Kolstad
Mrs. Iva Kolstad (wife)
Governor Stan Stephens (will introduce President)
Senator Conrad Burns
Congressman Marlenee
Ione Brownson (National Committeewoman)
Jack Galt (State Senator and National Committeeman)
Louise Galt (wife of Jack, Co-chairman of Kolstad Campaign)?
"Big" Ed Smith (Co-chairman of Kolstad Campaign)
Barbara Campbell (State Chairman Montana Republican Party)
Chuck Herringer (State Chairman Bush Campaign)
Leo Ellingson (Former Executive Director Montana Centennial,
Bill Ellis
Campaign Director - Kolstad for U.S. Senate)
Honovary Chair of Kohlstad for Senate, GOP big deal
PREVIOUS BUSH VISITS
As Vice-President, Bush visited Billings in May of 1988. He also
visited Rocky Mountain College in Billings in October of 1988 where
he was greeted by Crow Indians in full tribal dress.
As President, Bush visited Helena, Montana in September of 1989 for
the Centennial celebration. He planted a tree and spoke to about
30,000 people gathered at the state capitol.
POTENTIAL ISSUE TOPICS FOR BUSH
Education
In 1989, Montana ranked 3rd in the nation in ACT scores.
In 1989 Montana's graduation rate was just over 87%. As I
understand it, President Bush has set a nationwide goal of a 90%
graduation rate by the year 2000.
Paid for by KOLSTAD for U.S. Senate Committee
Jeanne Amsberry. Treasurer.
JUL 06 '90 16:36 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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Positive mention could be made regarding attempts to improve
education further through:
Annual reports - to allow communities to see how they stand
relative to others in the state.
Alternative certification programs.
Local control of education - more flexibility through
control of federal block grants.
Parental choice.
Drugs/Education
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.).
Kolstad has been involved both personally and on behalf of
the Stephens Administration by attending numerous D.A.R.E.
ceremonies/graduations.
D.A.R.E. has 19 projects around the state (Sioux and
Blackfeet Indians have programs).
D.A.R.E. officers teach classes, conduct programs - all
officers are from the law enforcement community (sheriffs,
police).
Listed below are several issues on which Bush and Kolstad agree
(and on which Senator Baucus disagrees or waffles).
POTUS
need
The need for Balanced Budget Amendment.
my
The line-item veto for the President.
or
long
Capital gains tax cut.
Sex
Strategic Defense Initiative.
for
just
Unfortunately, all the information is not available yet. The Lt.
Governor wants me to wait for several individuals to return from
extended July 4th vacations so they can submit input on the
in
following topics:
Agriculture - This is a particularly sensitive subject as
Kolstad's views are at odds with those of the Bush
Administration and Sec. Yeutter in several areas. We need
to find some positive areas of agreement to emphasize.
oil and gas.
Mining.
JUL 06 '90 16:36 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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o Wilderness Issue.
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Taxes - Kolstad remains opposed to new taxes and made
several statements in support of Bush's no new tax pledge
in the primary. We have also requested information and
ideas for local humor from Senator Burns' office. All
information should be available no later than Wednesday,
July 11, 1990.
JUL 06 '90 16:37 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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LIBUTENANT GOVERNOR ALLEN KOLSTAD
Allen Kolstad was born December 24, 1931 at Chester, Montana. His
family represents five generations of Montanans involved in
agriculture and agri-business in the north central part of the
state.
(IVA, his wife, Also fifth generation)
He was educated at schools in the Chester area and attended
Concordia College in Moorehead, Minnesota.
He and his wife, Iva, began farming property in Liberty and Toole
Counties in 1952. They still call this farm "home," and operate
it with their son, Chris, and his family.
In addition to farming, Kolstad is the former owner of the Chester
Implement Company, a John Deere dealership, and former president
of the Kolstad Grain Company. He has been a director with the
Montana Chamber of Commerce, was president of the Montana Water
Development Association, and served the Ford Administration as a
member of the District Export Council for Western States.
rancher
The Chester farmer and businessman began his 19 year career as a
state legislator in 1968 when he was elected to the Montana House
of Representatives. He was the first Republican to represent his
district in 48 years. Kolstad served in the Montana House until
1975 when he was elected to the state senate. As a senator, he
served in a number of leadership positions, chaired the Montana
Legislative Council, and the Interim Legislative Committee on
JUL 06 '90 16:37 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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Problems in Agriculture. He resigned in 1988 to assume the
Lieutenant Governor position in the Stephens Administration.
Kolstad and his wife, Iva, have four children. They include Cedric
of Nashville, Tennessee, Chris of Ledger, Cheryl Gagnon of Hong
Kong and Corrine Neill of Scottsdale, Arizona. They also have
9
grandchildren; Tara, Krystal, Allen Henry, Amanda, Cary, Brittney
and Alexandra. (2 more)
JUL 06 '90 16:37 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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MONTANA ECONOMY
The Montana economy continues to move in the right direction.
-Montana's employment rate is the highest in 25 years.
-Almost 12,000 new, private sector jobs were created in
Montana during 1989. That growth continues with over
six thousand more jobs available for Montanans this
Spring than at this same time last year.
-The job growth areas are varied:
*Montana's construction industry added 1200 new
jobs between March and April of this year.
*The special trades are up 400 over last year.
*Metal mining employment is up;
manufacturing employment has increased;
*The number of jobs in the Service Industry
continues to rise, led by Lodging and Health Care.
-Building activity has increased dramatically in the
state.
In Montana's rural communities building permits have
increased 115% during the first four months of this year
compared with last. The value of the construction has
jumped 72% to $22.9 million worth of activity.
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JUL 06 '90 16 38 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
community which supplied the fP.8st
Republican Montana U.S. Senator in forty years in 1989
when Conrad Burns was elected.
-Allen Kolstad is a member of the first Republican State
C.E.O. Team in twenty years when he was elected along
with Governor Stan Stephens in 1989.
-Governor Stan Stephens serves as one Bush's appointments
on the Advisory Commission for Intergovernmental
Relations. He was appointed as one of four U.S. Governors
on that Advisory Council in June 1990. He replaces John
Sununu, Bush's Chief of Staff.
-Billings is the site of the latest film version of the
Battle of the Little Big Horn. "Son of the Morning Star"
is a two-part ABC miniseries on Custer and his Indian
counterparts, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. The
miniseries will air sometime in the Winter 1991.
-Billings is also the site of the original version of
that battle 114 years ago.
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JUL 06 '90 16:38 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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In the urban areas, the number of building permits
are up between 10% and 60%.
-A recent report from the U.S. Commerce Department showed
personal income in Montana rose over 7% last year. That
puts us above the average for the Rocky Mountain States
and near the top in the country.
-Tourism continues to be a strong growth area in the
Montana economy. 1989 was a record year with out-of-
state visitors spending $658 million in Montana. 1990 is
looking even better.
JUL 10 '90 14:55 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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Additional Information for Bush Speech in Billings
o HEAD TABLE-Replace Leo Ellingson with Bill Ellis, Honorary
Chairman of Kolstad for U.S. Senate, lifetime loyal
Republican who has been a key player in the party for
years.
AGRICULTURE
o Montana's largest industry
o It makes sense to have a lifetime farmer/rancher like
Kolstad represent Montana
o Agriculture and agribusiness is vital to all aspects of
the Montana economy not just the rural farming and
ranching areas.
o Sympathetic mention should be made of farmers and ranchers
who are in the midst of a drought-namely the southeastern
and northeastern counties of the state. As I understand
it, the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service (ASCS) is providing vital assistance.
O Mention could be made of the Uruguay Round of GATT talks
and the Administration's committment to promote free trade
and open new markets for farmers-emphasizing that if other
countries, particularly the EEC, continue to subsidize
that the U.S. government will remain the compassionatae
partner to American farmers through vehicles like the
Export Enhancement Program (EEP).
WILDERNESS ISSUE
O The issue of how to designate millions of acres of forests
has been unresolved for more than a decade - this is
especially important in western Montana among the timber
and mining industries. Recreation has also been restricted
because this issue has not been resolved.
o Emphasis should be made that we need new leadership to
resolve this issue-we can strike a balance between the
environment and natural resources, and the economy.
o Senator Burns has introduced a bill that Kolstad
has generally endorsed. I assume that the
Administration does not take a position until the
Congressional delegation makes a proposal. The point is
that Kolstad and Burns could provide the leadership to
resolve the issue.
JUL 10 '90 14:55 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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MONTANA CENTENNIAL
o Kolstad served as Chairman of the Montana State Centennial
Commission. The Montana Centennial was unique in that not
dollar of taxpayer money was spent. In fact when the books
closed on the Centennial it is a virtual certainty that
thousands of dollars will be given to the state treasury.
This proves that Kolstad cares about the taxpayers.
0 The success of the Centennial was a boon for the tourism.
1989 was Montana's best tourism year ever-nearly $700
million.
0 As mentioned earlier Bush participated in the Centennial.
LOCAL REFERENCES/HUMOR
o Bush could refer to the "rims" or cliffs, rock formations-
standing in the shadow of the rims in Billings
O The article from Insight magazine refers to an episode
that has been blown unbelievably out of proportion. It
has even been taken seriously by some. The Democrats have
tried to use this story in a number of ways to ridicule
and discredit Kolstad. If the President made a joke about
this we believe that beyond being entertaining -reports of
the President's joking reference to it would prove how
absurd it is that people take this seriously and make an
issue out of it.
JUL 10 '90 14:56 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
NATION
GOP Senatorial Aspirants
Locking Horns in Montana
SUMMARY: The rece for the GOP
senatorial nomination in Montana
pits millionaire businessman
Bruco Vorheuer against Lt. Gov.
Allen Moisted. Vorkauor become
an official resident only 2 year
ago, but he can spend almost any
amount no waites to win. Kolstan
Is suffering from the perception
that he Is the national party's
"chosen" one: Montanans don't
like condidates chosen for them.
ast summer during 2 barbecue at a
ranch outside Helena, a visiting
Impanese businessman with jet lag
drifted off to sleep moments before Mon-
tana's lieutenant governor, Allen Kolstad
got up to speak. in a move that touched off
a staten kic hiror, Koistad picked up a sake
cup used to toast & Japanese trade delega-
tion and tossed it a the snoring business-
man as other members of the Montana
delegation looked on in disbelief
COGONE
If was not the THAT time that the Repub-
Kolstad (left), with close ties to the state's GOP establishment, chats with backers.
lican. 4 cattle rancher and farmer from
northern Montana. had ignited a contro-
But with less chan R week remaining
E. Farrell and businessman John Dome-
versy in this vast but sparacly populated
before the primary, Kolstad is facing a
nech. trailed behind. with 11 percent and
state. Last year, be defended Gov Stan
tougher-than-expected challenge from mil-
4 percent respectively. (In the Democratic
Stephens's proposal to lease a luxury car.
lionaire scientist and businessman Bruce
primary. Baucus faces opposition from two
telling reporters that "we didn't run for this
Vorhauer, a 47-year-old political neophyte
lesser-known cendidates who do not pose
job to be & couple of poor-veris." 11 remark
who has the looks, the money and the
much of a threat.)
that his critics said insulted the state's poor.
high-tech message. With his slogan
As in most statewide races in Montana,
None of this would matter had not na-
"America can't compete in a high-tech
the Republican candidates have spent much
tional Republican strategists tapped Kol-
world with a low-tech senator" Vorhauer
of their time fighting over who is the true
stad to from against the state's senior senator,
11 wooing voters with promises of using his
Montanan. In a state deeply suspicious of
Democrat Max Baucus. Touring polls they
entrepreneurial skills to turn economically
outsiders, candidates for political office are
say show a Baucus ripe for defeat, national
depressed towns into advanced manufac-
accustomed to painting their opponents as
Republican strategists and President Bush
turing centers.
carpethaggers out of souch with the voters.
swept uside any semblance of impartiality
The primary also gives voters 4 clear
even If they have lived in Montana for
before the June $ primary and embarked on
choice on abortion. Kolstad. it deeply con-
years.
it highly visible campaign ID recruit Kolstad
servative Republican with strong des to the
The practice often works. In 1978, Bau-
for the fall race.
state's old-guard Republican establish-
cus won his Senate seat after supporters
At stake in that race. as with a handful
ment, opposes abortion and has called for
distributed pictures of him on 3 bucking
of other contests. in Rhode Island, Illinois,
outlawing it with a' constitutional amend-
bronco and his opponent. Republican
Michigan, Nebraska and lowa, is the long-
ment. Vorhauer, who made his fortune by
Larry Williams. in New York wearing love
shot Republican attempt to wrest control of
inventing the contraceptive sponge. not
beads. Williams. a native Montanan, had
the Senate. Buoyed by the surprise defeat
only supports a woman's right TO choose
left the State for several years to pursue an
of John Melcher in 1988. which made Con-
but tells voters bis invention has prevented
invostment career. Four years later. Wil-
rud Bums Mentana's first Republican sen-
SU million 10 60 million unwanted pregnan-
hams lost again to Sen. John Melcher, who
ator since 1964, the GOP's national strat-
cies.
had depicted him as a pupper of the Na-
egists have defended their courtship of
A recent poll in the Great Fulls Tribune
nonal Conservative Political Action Com-
Kolsted A 22-year veteran of the Legisla-
showed Kolstad leading Vorhsuer 23 per-
mittee The committee had pumped hun-
ture who headed the state's highly visible
cent to 17 percent among voters who skid
dreds of thousands of dollars into the state
Centennial Commission last year, Koistad
they planned to vole Republican. However.
10 air commercials anacking Melcher
was the only Republican with high name
49 percent of prospective Republican vor-
The counterartack from Melcher con-
recognition willing to consider a bid
ers said they had not made up their minds,
sisted of commercials that featured two
against Beuchs.
Two other candidates. Male Sen. William
talking cows complaining about how he
INSIGHT JUNF 11. 1990
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 12, 1990
Draft one
A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Governor [Stan] Stephens
((rest of acknowledgements) ) And of
course, the next Senator from the state of Montana, Allen
Kolstad. III
First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. After
that incident with the Japanese businessmen, the Secret Service
was concerned. But the coast is clear now. No sake cups. 11
with
It's great to be back in Montana, looking out over the rims
of Billings, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in
the country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last
year with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896
catchable fish per square mile. ((Here's my question: Why don't
they count the uncatchable fish? I thought there were quite a
seemg
few of those. )) There's nothing better for the soul than the
snow capped
or a montana
grandeur of mountains in the distance and the expanse of sunsets
streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state of big skies,
But to make hose
and America is a country of big dreams. To pursue those dreams,
I need people like Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S.
Senate.
dreoms come true for America
and mmta,
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Allen Kolstad ((and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me)) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Called
home.
Kolstads have settled in Montana Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first, Republican to serve Liberty County in over
M 461958
and aem Kolstod
forty years. Then, he and Governor Stephens stunned the
a
Democrats by giving them their first loss in the Governor's race
in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did in the last
Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the opposition
another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the United
States Senate, and we need him there now.
Because with more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans we can build a, better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step
the-tax and upend liberals, the big-government bureaucrats, and
the red-tape radicals every step of the way. What's got our
opponents quaking in their boots is that this fall, they're up
against the Republican record. The longest peacetime economic
expansion in history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation
in 16 years -- lowest in Montana in 25 years. Over 21 million
jobs created. And it was our policy of peace through strength
helped bring
that brought freedom to the lives of millions from Poland to
Panama. But with a Republican- controlled Congress working with
majority in
me, we could do even more to ensure that America becomes
economically strong and fiscally sound.
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contrac
Instead, with the Democrats now in charge of Congress, we're
facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with spending
skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown aside for
pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over our
children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
34 years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in Congress have
finally taken their toll.
Demosanns
Let me give you a few examples. In April of 1989, our
Administration sent to Congress the Excellence in Education Act.
Our proposals would advance education reform, reward achievement
and encourage choice yet as the bill moved through Congress,
SPOR its most sensible and cost programs effective were crossed scrapped out, torn for up expersive and thrown
Demarat subshtutes
out the window. One billion dollars worth of unnecessary,
unrelated and costly changes were heaped on top of our original
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$400 million education bill more than triple our request. In
fact, the only thing they didn't change was the name of the bill.
supported said to vnnee D's
I know Allen Kolstad wouldn to have done that NB our bill.
He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's graduation rate
high atats
near 90% and keep its A.C.T. scores the third highest bust in the
nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
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system that is already the most heavily-subsidized in the world. 111's
And when we proposed new child care legislation, the
to
we
Administration asked for $9 million dollars in funding, spread
because we believe
more children,
seef up
diff
self
substance
licensing ground
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over five years. The Senate passed our bill at double the money
-- $18 million -- and the House outdid the Senate by tripling our
request -- to $29 million. A.V.
la title
It's like what the noted philosopher, Barney Fife said
7
about the speed limits in Mayberry:\\ "If you give them 30,
they'll take 35. If you give them 40, they 11 take 45." My,
how right Barney was. 1 But in this case, we gave them 9 and they
took 29.\\
And just this year, in February, I reqested $800 million in
funds for
to
dire emergency immediate assistance for the governments of Panama
and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies stood on the brink of
economic disaster, their treasuries bankrupted by the Sandinista
and Noriega regimes. And yet Congress did nothing to save these
freedom-loving peoples until May 24th -- three months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some "dire emergency"
additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion dollars'
worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. or how about
M new unnecessory spending
"urgent" funding for a five million dollar National Oceanic and
# 0
Atmospheric Administration catfish farm in Stuttgart, Arkansas.
((I suppose they're still waiting for the ocean to come to
Sep
Eastern Arkansas. But when it does, they'll be ready.) ) For the
sake of these and dozens more projects like them, economic
recovery and marketplace freedom were kept from the brave people
of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a disgrace to American
taxpayers, and it's a disgrace to the brave soldiers who fought
for freedom and paid with their lives.
too tough
When you get sick, the first thing you
don't do is call a medevac helicapter
you take medicine you know will we work,
a little at a time, know see it how you doing,
and before you you re used
the Dems on Capitol Hill
have justinstalled a heliopad for their
medivac )/
Centennial is example of oop way
of doing things.
5
?
It just doesn't make sense. You hear alot of mumbo-jumbo
these days about the fisc
Every parent here has known the agony of a sick child. And
when your kid gets the flu, you don't force him to swallow whole
bottlesful of pills and medicines while calling for a Medevac
helicopter. You try something you know will work -- aspirin,
maybe, or a little stomach medicine -- then send him to bed, and
monitor him to see if he's better. Soon enough, he's back on his
feet -- cured.
Well, that analogy is true of legislation. Republicans like
what works, and we like to monitor programs to see if they're
making things better. We think that finding a cure to the budget
deficit means appropriately funding those programs that we know
work -- not throwing whole billions of at hard untested earned ideas tox dollars with no trach
record or built-in accountability to check on them later.
It's no coincidence that I've come here, not too far from
the Great Divide, to make a point. Voters are facing a choice as
immense as the Great Divide between two philosophies that are
one
worlds apart. On our side -- the Republican side -- lies
opportunity, empowerment, choice, free market solutions to big-
government problems, and fiscal sanity. On the other side -- the
more
and
far side -- lies the Democratic Party, with higher spending, red
regulation/ tape and
america.
bureaucracies, and fiscal lunacy. The choice is up to you.
Gutwal
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most rational Americans
well
toy
would, too: we need budget process reforms, saner entitlement and
mandatory programs, discretionary spending cuts, and most of all,
Da anced west ment.
6
the line-item veto. 11 We like what works. And our budget
process is not working. Republicans have put the welfare of the
country before partisan politics. Now it's time for the other
party to do the same. 11
It was one of the most famous Democratic Presidents,
Franklin Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with
those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The future is
now, and the Republican Party is ready to govern. 11
And Allen Kolstad is ready to be your next Senator. The
choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it Republican.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
As I said, it's great to be back in Montana again. I remember
the last time I was in this state was for its hundredth birthday,
when Allen was the Chairman of Centennial Commission. There were
two amazing things about the job he did: first, not one penny of
taxpayer money was used. And second, the Centennial will
actually give thousands of dollars back to the state Treasury.
7
That's the kind of fiscal responsibility America needs on Capitol
Hill.
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft two / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Stuart
Brown
Governor [Stan] Stephens
( (rest of acknowledgements) ) And of
course, there's the next Senator from the state of Montana, Allen
Kolstad. III
First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now. No
sake cups. 11
It's great to be back in Montana, within sight of the Rims
of Billings, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in
the country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last
year with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896
catchable fish per square mile. ( (Here's my question: Why don't
they count the uncatchable fish? I thought there were quite a
few of those. )) There's nothing better for the soul than seeing
the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in the distance or a
Montana sunset streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state
of big skies, and America is a country of big dreams. But to
help make those dreams come true -- for America and Montana -- I
need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S. Senate.
2
Allen Kolstad ((and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to mé) ) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in over
forty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years
-- lowest in Montana in 25 years. Over 21 million jobs created.
And it was our policy of peace through strength that helped bring
freedom to the lives of millions from Poland to Panama. But with
a Republican majority in Congress working with me, we could do
even more to ensure that America becomes economically strong and
fiscally sound.
3
Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
34 years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in Congress have
finally taken their toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannasaurus Rex had been
uncovered here in Montana, I thought of a recent magazine piece.
It. was about a large, two-legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big
spending and knee-jerking. It once roamed North America in large
bands, but now it only remains on Capitol Hill. Scientists
call it: the Demosaurus.
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the Excellence
in Education Act. Our proposals would advance education reform,
reward achievement and encourage choice -- yet as the bill moved
through Congress, its most sensible and cost-effective programs
were scrapped for expensive Democratic substitutes. One billion
dollars worth of unnecessary, unrelated and costly changes were
heaped on top of our original $400 million education bill --
totalling $1.4 billion dollars, more than triple our original
4
request. In fact, the only thing they didn't change was the name
of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. scores the third best in the
nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
system that is already the most heavily-subsidized in the
world.
And when we proposed new child care legislation, based on
our belief that there is nothing more precious than America's
children, we asked for $9 billion dollars in funding, spread over
five years. We proposed a bill that put choice in the hands of
all families, whether low- or middle-income, by allowing them to
afford the kind of day care they wanted -- at home, at church, or
from a local day-care provider. The Senate passed our bill at
double the money -- $18 billion -- and the House outdid the
Senate by tripling our request -- to $29 billion. And if
Congress has its way, that money will go toward constructing more
federal day-care centers, piling more red tape on parents, and
worst of all, licensing grandmothers.
And just this year, on February [date], I reqested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
5
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet
Congress did nothing to save these freedom-loving peoples until
May 24th -- three months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some "dire emergency"
additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion dollars'
worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. Everyone on Capitol
Hill knew how important this bill was, and for [90 days],
Congress decided to hold it hostage. For [90 days], Congress
calculated how much pork barrel they could throw on top of this
emergency request. For [90 days], Congress turned down the call
to statesmanship, keeping economic recovery and marketplace
freedom from the brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a
disgrace to American taxpayers. 11
Republicans like what works, and we like to monitor programs
to see if they're making things better. We think that finding a
cure to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we
know work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
It's like when you get sick -- the first thing you don't do
is call a Medevac helicopter. You take medicine you know will
work, a little at a time, and before you know it -- you're cured.
( I heard a rumor the other day, though, that they've just
installed a heliopad on Capitol Hill for their Medevac. \\))
It's no coincidence that I've come here, not too far from
the Great Divide, to make a point. Voters are facing a choice
between two philosophies that are worlds apart. On one side --
a
the Republican side -- lies opportunity, choice, free market
solutions to big-government problems, and fiscal sanity. On the
other side -- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, with
more red tape and regulation and higher spending. The choice is
up to you.
Let me show you the Republican way of doing things, right
here in Montana. I remember the last time I was in this state
was for its hundredth birthday, when Allen was the Chairman of
Centennial Commission. And what a great job he did. First of
all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money. And second, the
Centennial will actually give thousands of dollars back to the
state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal responsibility America
needs on Capitol Hill.
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
need budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item veto,
and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. We like what
works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans have
put the welfare of the country before partisan politics. Now
it's time for the other party to do the same. 11
It was one of the most famous Democratic Presidents,
Franklin Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with
those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The future is
now, and the Republican Party is ready to govern.
And Allen Kolstad is ready to be your next Senator. The
choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it Republican.
7
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft two / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Governor [Stan] Stephens
( (rest of acknowledgements) ) And of
course, there's the next Senator from the state of Montana, Allen
Kolstad. III
First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now. No
sake cups. 11
It's great to be back in Montana, within sight of the Rims
of Billings, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in
the country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last
year with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896
catchable fish per square mile. ((Here's my question: Why don't
they count the uncatchable fish? I thought there were quite a
few of those. )) There's nothing better for the soul than seeing
the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in the distance or a
Montana sunset streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state
of big skies, and America is a country of big dreams. But to
help make those dreams come true -- for America and Montana -- I
need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S. Senate.
2
Allen Kolstad ( (and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me) ) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in over
forty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years
-- lowest in Montana in 25 years. Over 21 million jobs created.
And it was our policy of peace through strength that helped bring
freedom to the lives of millions from Poland to Panama. But with
a Republican majority in Congress working with me, we could do
even more to ensure that America becomes economically strong and
fiscally sound.\\
3
Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
34 years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in Congress have
finally taken their toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannasaurus Rex had been
uncovered here in Montana, I thought of a recent magazine piece.
It was about a large, two-legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big
spending and knee-jerking. It once roamed North America in large
bands, but now it only remains on Capitol Hill. Scientists
call it: the Demosaurus.
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the Excellence
in Education Act. Our proposals would advance education reform,
reward achievement and encourage choice -- yet as the bill moved
through Congress, its most sensible and cost-effective programs
were scrapped for expensive Democratic substitutes. One billion
dollars worth of unnecessary, unrelated and costly changes were
heaped on top of our original $400 million education bill --
totalling $1.4 billion dollars, more than triple our original
4
request. In fact, the only thing they didn't change was the name
of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. scores the third best in the
nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
system that is already the most heavily-subsidized in the
world.
And when we proposed new child care legislation, based on
our belief that there is nothing more precious than America's
children, we asked for $9 billion dollars in funding, spread over
five years. We proposed a bill that put choice in the hands of
all families, whether low- or middle-income, by allowing them to
afford the kind of day care they wanted -- at home, at church, or
from a local day-care provider. The Senate passed our bill at
double the money -- $18 billion -- and the House outdid the
Senate by tripling our request -- to $29 billion. And if
Congress has its way, that money will go toward constructing more
federal day-care centers, piling more red tape on parents, and
worst of all, licensing grandmothers.
And just this year, on February [date], I reqested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
5
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet
Congress did nothing to save these freedom-loving peoples until
May 24th -- three months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some "dire emergency"
additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion dollars'
worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. Everyone on Capitol
Hill knew how important this bill was, and for [90 days],
Congress decided to hold it hostage. For [90 days], Congress
calculated how much pork barrel they could throw on top of this
emergency request. For [90 days], Congress turned down the call
to statesmanship, keeping economic recovery and marketplace
freedom from the brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a
disgrace to American taxpayers.\
Republicans like what works, and we like to monitor programs
to see if they're making things better. We think that finding a
cure to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we
know work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
It's like when you get sick -- the first thing you don't do
is call a Medevac helicopter. You take medicine you know will
work, a little at a time, and before you know it -- you're cured.
((I heard a rumor the other day, though, that they've just
installed a heliopad on Capitol Hill for their Medevac. \\))
It's no coincidence that I've come here, not too far from
the Great Divide, to make a point. Voters are facing a choice
between two philosophies that are worlds apart. On one side --
6
the Republican side -- lies opportunity, choice, free market
solutions to big-government problems, and fiscal sanity. On the
other side -- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, with
more red tape and regulation and higher spending. The choice is
up to you.
Let me show you the Republican way of doing things, right
here in Montana. I remember the last time I was in this state
was for its hundredth birthday, when Allen was the Chairman of
Centennial Commission. And what a great job he did. First of
all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money. And second, the
Centennial will actually give thousands of dollars back to the
state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal responsibility America
needs on Capitol Hill.
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
need budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item veto,
and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. We like what
works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans have
put the welfare of the country before partisan politics. Now
it's time for the other party to do the same. \\
It was one of the most famous Democratic Presidents,
Franklin Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with
those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The future is
now, and the Republican Party is ready to govern.
And Allen Kolstad is ready to be your next Senator. The
choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it Republican.
7
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft three / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Governor [Stan] Stephens
( (rest of acknowledgements)). And of
course, there's the next Senator from the state of Montana, Allen
Kolstad. III
First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now. No
sake cups. 11
It's great to be back in Montana, within sight of the Rims
of Billings, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in
the country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last
year with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896
catchable fish per square mile. ( (Here's my question: Why don't
they count the uncatchable fish? I thought there were quite a
few of those.)) But there's nothing better for the soul than
seeing the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in the distance or a
Montana sunset streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state
of big skies, and America is a country of big dreams. But to
help make those dreams come true -- for America and Montana -- I
need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S. Senate. \\\
2
Allen Kolstad ((and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me)) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in over
forty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years
-- lowest in Montana in 25 years. Over 21 million jobs created.
And it was our policy of peace through strength that helped bring
freedom to the lives of millions from Panama to Poland. But with
a Republican majority in Congress working with me, we could do
even more to ensure that America becomes economically strong and
fiscally sound.\\
3
Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
34 years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in Congress have
finally taken their toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannasaurus Rex had been
uncovered here in Montana, I thought of a recent magazine piece.
It was about a large, two-legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big
spending and knee-jerking. It once roamed North America in large
bands, but now it only remains on Capitol Hill.
Scientists
call it: the Demosaurus.\
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the Excellence
in Education Act. Our proposals would advance education reform,
reward achievement and encourage educational choice -- yet as the
bill moved through Congress, its most sensible and cost-effective
programs were scrapped for expensive Democratic substitutes. One
billion dollars worth of unnecessary, unrelated and costly
changes were heaped on top of our original $400 million education
bill -- totalling $1.4 billion dollars, more than triple our
4
original request. In fact, the only thing they didn't change was
the name of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. scores the third best in the
nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
system that is already the most heavily-subsidized in the
world.
Let's support what works in education and stop measuring
success by a program's price tag. Let's start building a better
future for Americans by getting government out of their wallets
and off of their backs. Thirty-four years is long enough to
wait, and now time is up. We must have more Republicans in
Congress. 11
But there more. When we proposed new child care
legislation, based on our belief that there is nothing more
precious than America's children, we asked for $9 billion dollars
in funding, spread over five years. We proposed a bill that put
choice in the hands of all families, whether low- or middle-
income, by helping them get the kind of child care they wanted -
- at home, at church, or from a local child-care provider. The
Senate passed our bill at double the money -- $18 billion -- and
the House outdid the Senate by tripling our request -- to $29
billion. And if Congress has its way, the federal government
5
will intrude upon one more area of your lives -- using that money
for more federally-controlled day-care centers, piling more red
tape on parents, and worst of all, establishing day-care police
to enforce their day-care regulations. We must have more
Republicans in Congress.
And just this year, in February and March, I reqested $800
MATERIAL
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
FROM SCULLY
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet,
Congress did nothing to save these freedom-loving peoples until
May 25th -- over three long months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some so-called "dire
emergency" additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion
dollars' worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. Everyone on
Capitol Hill knew how important this bill was, and for 108 days,
Congress decided to hold it hostage. For 108 days, Congress
calculated how much pork barrel they could throw on top of our
emergency request. For 108 days, inaction by the Congress
threatened not only the economic recovery of these two critically
strategic nations. It threatened the hard-won freedom of the
brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a more than a
difference between parties. That's a disgrace. We must have
more Republicans in Congress. III
Republicans like what works. We think that finding a cure
to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we know
6
work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
( (You've probably heard the story about the Republican and
the Democrat who come down with the flu. The Republican's first
step is to take a couple of aspirin and maybe some orange juice,
to see if it works.
The Democrat's first step? Call a Medevac helicopter adn
consider socialized medicine. Do you suppose that has
anything to do with the Democrat's budget request for a heliopad
on the Capitol grounds?) )
It's no coincidence that I've come here, not too far from
the Great Divide, to make a point. Voters are facing a choice
between two philosophies that are worlds apart. On one side --
the Republican side -- lies opportunity, choice, free market
solutions to big-government problems, and fiscal sanity. On the
other side -- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, offering
red tape and regulation solutions, and still fighting for higher
and higher spending. The choice is up to America.
Right here in Montana you know there's a better way of doing
things -- a Republican way. I remember the last time I was in
this state. It was for Montana's hundredth birthday, when Allen
was the Chairman of Centennial Commission. And what a great job
he did. First of all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money.
And second, the Centennial will actually give thousands of
dollars back to the state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal
responsibility America needs on Capitol Hill.
7
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
need budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item veto,
and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. 11 We like what
works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans have
put the welfare of the country before partisan politics. Now
it's time for the other party to do the same. 11
It was one of the most famous Democratic Presidents,
Franklin Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with
those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The future is
now. The Republican Party is ready to govern. And Allen Kolstad
is ready to be your next Senator. 11
The choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it
Republican.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft two
A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Governor [Stan] Stephens
...
( (rest of acknowledgements) ) And of
course, there's the next Senator from the state of Montana, Allen
Kolstad. III
First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today.
The Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now.\\
No sake cups. 11
It's great to be back in Montana, within sight of the Rims
of Billings, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in
the country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last
year with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896
catchable fish per square mile. ((Here's my question: Why don't
they count the uncatchable fish? I thought there were quite a
few of those. )) There's nothing better for the soul than seeing
the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in the distance or a
Montana sunset streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state
of big skies, and America is a country of big dreams. But to
help make those dreams come true -- for America and Montana -- I
need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S. Senate.
2
Allen Kolstad ( (and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me) ) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in over
forty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years
-- lowest in Montana in 25 years. Over 21 million jobs created.
And it was our policy of peace through strength that helped bring
freedom to the lives of millions from Poland to Panama. But with
a Republican majority in Congress working with me, we could do
even more to ensure that America becomes economically strong and
fiscally sound.)
3
Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
34 years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in Congress have
finally taken their toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that they belong with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannasaurus Rex had been
uncovered here in Montana, I thought of a magazine piece I read
recently. It was about a large, two-legged dinosaur, prone to
spasms of big spending and knee-jerking. It once roamed North
America in large bands, but now it only remains on Capitol Hill.
Scientists call it: the Demosaurus.
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the Excellence
in Education Act. Our proposals would advance education reform,
reward achievement and encourage choice -- yet as the bill moved
through Congress, its most sensible and cost-effective programs
were scrapped for expensive Democratic substitutes. One billion
dollars worth of unnecessary, unrelated and costly changes were
heaped on top of our original $400 million education bill --
totalling $1.4 billion dollars, more than triple our original
4
than triple our original request. In fact, the only thing they
didn't change was the name of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. scores the third best in the
nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
system that is already the most heavily-subsidized in the
world.
And when we proposed new child care legislation, based on
our belief that there is nothing more precious than America's
children, we asked for $9 billion dollars in funding, spread over
five years. We proposed a bill that put choice in the hands of
all families, whether low- or middle-income, by allowing them to
afford the kind of day care they wanted -- at home, at church, or
from a local day-care provider. The Senate passed our bill at
double the money -- $18 billion -- and the House outdid the
Senate by tripling our request -- to $29 billion. And if
Congress has its way, that money will go toward constructing more
federal day-care centers, piling more red tape on parents, and
worst of all, licensing grandmothers.
And just this year, in February, I reqested $800 million in
dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the governments
of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies stood on
the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries bankrupted by
5
the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet Congress did nothing
to save these freedom-loving peoples until May 24th -- three
months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some "dire emergency"
additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion dollars'
worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. Everyone on Capitol
Hill knew how important this bill was, and for [90 days],
Congress decided to hold it hostage. For [90 days], Congress
calculated how much pork barrel they could heap on top of this
emergency request. For [90 days], Congress turned down the
chance to be statesman, keeping economic recovery and marketplace
freedom from the brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a
disgrace to American taxpayers.
Republicans like what works, and we like to monitor programs
to see if they're making things better. We think that finding a
cure to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we
know work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
It's like when you get sick -- the first thing you don't do
is call a Medevac helicopter. You take medicine you know will
work, a little at a time, and before you know it -- you're cured.
((I heard a rumor the other day, though, that they've just
installed a heliopad on Capitol Hill for their Medevac. ))
It's no coincidence that I've come here, not too far from
the Great Divide, to make a point. Voters are facing a choice
between two philosophies that are worlds apart. On one side --
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the Republican side -- lies opportunity, choice, free market
solutions to big-government problems, and fiscal sanity. On the
other side -- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, with
more red tape and regulation and higher spending. The choice
is
up to you.
Let me show you the Republican way of doing things, right
here in Montana. I remember the last time I was in this state
was for its hundredth birthday, when Allen was the Chairman of
Centennial Commission. First of all, he didn't use one penny of
taxpayer money. And second, the Centennial will actually give
thousands of dollars back to the state Treasury. That's the kind
of fiscal responsibility America needs on Capitol Hill.
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
need budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item veto,
and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. We like what
works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans have
put the welfare of the country before partisan politics. Now
it's time for the other party to do the same. \\
It was one of the most famous Democratic Presidents,
Franklin Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with
those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics."
The future is
now, and the Republican Party is ready to govern.
And Allen Kolstad is ready to be your next Senator. The
choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it Republican.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
Administration of George Bush, 1989 / Apr. 5
We value your cooperation, especially at a
White House, to honor a teacher who epito-
time when we are exerting great efforts in
mizes excellence in education.
order to achieve both economic reform and
What goes on in the schools is important
growth. Our cooperation in various eco-
to me, and I like to get out of the office and
nomic fields is essential for achieving our
talk with the kids whenever the chance
goal of improving our economic perform-
presents itself. Last week I was over here in
ances and enhancing productivity.
James Madison High in Vienna, Virginia,
In our discussions yesterday, Mr. Presi-
and had lunch in the cafeteria there. I
dent, as in our previous meetings in Wash-
found the students interested and well-in-
ington, Cairo, and elsewhere, I have sensed
formed, the teachers engaged and energet-
the depth of your sentiments towards the
ic, but the pizza-[laughter]. Enough said.
friendship that binds our two countries. We
But to the business at hand. The 1989
in Egypt share those feelings. We are both
National Teacher of the Year has made the
nations that attach a great value to friend-
journey to Washington from Bethel High
ship and loyalty to our friends. Together,
School in Hampton, Virginia, many times
we have an opportunity to make the Middle
before to give her social studies students a
East a much safer and more stable place, to
firsthand look at how government really
the benefit of all its people and that of the
works. But in a more important respect, the
entire world.
journey for this year's winner, Mary Bicou-
Let me, Mr. President, extend my invita-
varis, began almost 30 years ago and 5,000
tion to you and to Mrs. Bush to visit Egypt
miles away. Mary, or Mrs. Bic, as her stu-
when you find it convenient and at a suita-
dents call her-and I will; too-was born in
ble time for you, Mr. President and Mrs.
Greece, came to the United States as a col-
Bush. We share with you a great vision of
lege student, and then chose to stay. Ms.
the future for a better and safer world
Bic was inspiring good citizenship in her
which is within our grasp. We count -on
students before she herself was an Ameri-
your partnership and on your leadership to
can citizen. And her secret is using the real
sail together to that bright destination.
world as her classroom: getting her students
In conclusion, permit me to ask you,
ladies and gentlemen, to raise in tribute to
involved in programs like the model U.N.
President and Mrs. Bush, who are leading
and in political campaigns and bringing
this great nation in a new era of hope and
people involved in politics in to speak to
her students.
dynamism, in tribute to all friends present
here, and in tribute to each American on
And so, now I'd like to ask Barbara to
this land, and in tribute for the good friend-
bring Mrs. Bic up here and present this
ship between the United States of America
award. Congratulations.
and Egypt.
[At this point, Mrs. Bicouvaris was present-
ed with a crystal apple.]
Note: President Bush spoke at 9:35 p.m. in
the State Dining Room at the White House.
And now let me just take this opportuni-
In his toast, he referred to President Mubar-
ty, with so many distinguished educators,
ak's wife, Suzanne.
and Governors, Members of Congress
present, to lay out a plan for what we on
the Federal level can do to improve our
nation's schools.
Six years ago this month, this report that
Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony
all of us remember, "A Nation At Risk," was
for the National Teacher of the Year
first published, and America awakened to
Award
the crying need for fundamental change in
April 5, 1989
our educational system. We're at a point
today where there's an emerging consensus
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, Gover-
on education reform and an energy of pur-
nor, distinguished Members of the Con-
pose to take up the challenge. The stakes
gress. Well, it is my pleasure to welcome so
could hardly be higher. Today's first graders
many distinguished guests here to the
will be high school graduates in the year
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2000, a generation on the threshold of a
tive to encourage other schools to follow
new century. And so, we ask ourselves what
their lead.
can we do today to build accountability into
Second, merit awards for our top teach-
our education system to make sure we don't
ers-I'm asking Congress to fund a Presi-
pass the problem kid who need extra help
dent's Award for Excellence in Education,
up through the system, out of the schools
to recognize first-rate teachers in every
and then into the society without the skills
State and reward them for a job well done.
that they need? What can we do to make
Third, science scholarships for our best
sure our children stay in school, graduate,
high school seniors-these awards will go to
and get that diploma instead of dropping
570 of the best young scientific minds, at
out and falling into a cycle of chronic job-
least one from every congressional district
lessness?
across the country. National science scholars
I had lunch yesterday with Secretary [of
will receive up to $10,000 a year for 4
Education] Cavazos and talked about some
years, to be used at the schools of their
of the problems in the severely disadvan-
choice.
taged areas and some on reservations and
others where the dropout rates are simply
Encouraging excellence means more than
intolerable. What can we do to make sure
rewarding successful schools and teachers
America has the additional 400,000 scien-
and students: It means introducing into our
tists and-the National Science Foundation
educational system elements of flexibility,
say that we're going to need by the year
choice, and competition that will help pro-
2000? What can we do to guarantee that
mote quality education. And that's the idea
graduates in the year 2000 have the skills
behind the next two initiatives: magnet
and knowledge to make this nation com-
schools and alternative certification for
petitive in the global marketplace? And all
teachers.
of these are good questions. And then
Magnet schools are an important instru-
there's the one I often hear when education
ment of choice, a means of promoting
is the issue and budget constraints becloud
healthy competition to attract students and
everything on the horizon. And the ques-
create an incentive for educational innova-
tion is: Well, what are you going to do
tion. My initiative calls for $100 million a
about it? A fair question. We're going to
year for each of the next 4 years to help
take action to make excellence in education
with magnet school start-up or the expan-
not just a rallying cry but a classroom reali-
sion costs.
ty. And we can start by rewarding what
Alternative certification is a way to
works. We can help those most in need. We
expand the pool of talented teachers and
can promote choice and flexibility for par-
administrators. Not all people who can
ents and school administrators. And we can
teach are teachers by training. Whether
raise expectations and hold ourselves ac-
you're an acclaimed author like Alex Haley
countable for the results.
or John Updike, who aren't certified to
These four simple ideas-rewarding ex-
teach the literature courses in which their
cellence, helping those in need, choice and
books are read, or a businessman from
flexibility, and accountability-are at the
Odessa, Texas, anxious to go into the class-
heart of the legislation that I'm sending to
room to share what you know, our schools
the Congress today: Educational Excellence
ought to offer that opportunity. And that's
Act of 1989. And I want to take a moment
why my education package includes $25
to detail this seven-point plan.
million to fund State efforts to encourage
First, merit schools-if our aim is excel-
more flexible certification systems for teach-
lence in education, we've got to single out
ers and principals.
excellence and reward it, whether that
Above all, our children deserve a chance
means raising test scores, lowering that
to learn, especially the least advantaged
dropout rate, or making progress of another
among us. And the final two initiatives,
kind. My merit school proposal will provide
then, are aimed at securing that change for
cash awards to schools with a proven formu-
children in schools plagued by the drug
la for success and serve as a powerful incen-
problem and for college-age minority youth.
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Drug-free schools-now, this initiative in-
tight. And we wish that more funds were
volves funding urban emergency grants to
available to spend on all levels of education.
help our hardest hit school districts rid
I'm one who recognizes the Federal role
themselves of drugs. The plain fact is: Kids
and, I think, got it properly in my mind
can't succeed in the classroom if there's
that the States and local governments and
drug dealing in the corridors. Our aim must
private institutions across the country bear
be to get the drugs out, get back to basics,
the significant responsibility. But the Feder-
and let students and teachers get down to
al Government has a role. It's important
the business in an environment where
that we measure our success, though, not
learning can take place.
simply by the resources that we put into
And the last and not the least of initia-
the effort but by the kind of students that
tives is expanded Federal help to these his-
our schools turn out. For our schools, that's
torically black colleges and universities in
the only test that counts.
the form of matching grants to build the
endowments at these vital institutions, en-
I've said before that education is long-
term planning at its best. And we'll see the
dowments that are lagging far behind many
payoff from the work we do in schools
other schools. Historically black schools
have served as an avenue of opportunity for
today years from now. But there are few
millions of young men and women, and
tasks that demand more urgent attention
than the education of our kids.
they do deserve Federal help.
Each of these seven initiatives are going
Let me share a story with you, a story
to make a difference. Let me just mention
about two ways to look at the future, told
quickly three more efforts: one, Head Start
by the French. The master of a house was
program for disadvantaged preschool chil-
planning his garden and told his gardener
dren; the tax-free college savings bond pro-
to plant a certain kind of tree. And the
gram to help our low- and middle-income
gardener objected. And he explained that
families cope with the costs of sending a
the tree was slow-growing and would take
child to college; and the reauthorization of
100 years to reach its full growth. It's the
the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education
master's response that I find interesting. "In
Act.
that case," he said, "there's no time to lose.
The budget I introduced a couple of
Plant it this afternoon." [Laughter]
months ago calls for a $250 million increase
And that's why I really do believe that's
to expand Head Start so that more children
the way we ought to look at education. As
from disadvantaged backgrounds enter
the teachers here today know, the work you
school ready to learn. I'm pleased to say
do, the seeds you plant, bear fruit across a
that the House has moved very swiftly to
lifetime. And there's no time to lose in
approve the increase. The college savings
shaping the next generation and no better
bond plan that I called for over a year and
time to begin than today. And so, we're
a half ago is already on the books, and that's
taking a step forward, and I ask all of you to
a tribute to the foresight of many of the
work with me to advance excellence in
Members of Congress that are here today.
education in every possible way.
And the legislation we will soon propose for
Secretary Cavazos, why don't you, if you
voc-ed, for vocational education, will ad-
would, sir, bring Senator Kassebaum and
vance the principles of accountability and
Congressman Goodling, and our distin-
flexibility and excellence. Good work was
guished Governors up here. And Mrs. Bic, if
done in the 100th Congress. The 101st can
you'll join us, too. And we will sign this, and
build on that work and advance education
then I'll have a chance to say hello.
reform another step.
These education initiatives don't consti-
tute a cure-all, a quick fix for whatever ails
Note: The President spoke at 11:41 a.m. in
our education system. Real reform, lasting
the Rose Garden at the White House. In his
improvement, occurs one step at a time,
remarks, he referred to Governors Thomas
one student at a time.
H. Kean of New Jersey, Michael N. Castle of
And I don't have to tell you about the
Delaware, Rudy Perpich of Minnesota, and
current Federal budget situation. Money is
Gerald L. Baliles of Virginia. At the close
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of his remarks, the President signed the
ing parental choice, providing greater flexi-
message transmitting his legislative propos-
bility to local school districts in the imple-
al to the Congress.
mentation of bilingual education programs,
enhancing parental involvement in pro-
W
grams for disadvantaged children, and stim-
S
ulating education innovation and reform.
a
Message to the Congress Transmitting
the Educational Excellence Act of 1989
My proposals have distinct differences from
current law, but complement in numerous
April 5, 1989
ways the important work of the 100th Con-
gress in pursuing educational excellence.
n
To the Congress of the United States:
The Educational Excellence Act of 1989
di
I am pleased to transmit today for your
immediate consideration and enactment the
includes seven specific legislative initiatives
aimed at fulfilling these important princi-
a
"Educational Excellence Act of 1989," a bill
to provide incentives to attain a better-edu-
ples:
cated America. I believe that greater educa-
(1) The Presidential Merit Schools pro-
tional achievement promotes sustained eco-
gram would reward public and private ele-
nomic growth, enhances the Nation's com-
mentary and secondary schools that have
petitive position in world markets, increases
made substantial progress in raising stu-
productivity, and leads to higher incomes
dents' educational achievement, creating a
for everyone. The Nation must invest in its
safe and drug-free school environment, and
young people, giving them the knowledge,
reducing the dropout rate. This program
skills, and values to live productive lives.
would provide a powerful incentive for all
The "Educational Excellence Act of 1989"
schools to improve their educational per-
would move us toward this goal.
formance.
The initiatives included in this bill
(2) A new Magnet Schools of Excellence
embody four principles central to my Ad-
program would support the establishment,
ministration's policies on education and es-
expansion, or enhancement of magnet
sential for further education reform. These
schools, without regard to the presence of
principles are:
desegregation plans in applicant districts.
1) Recognition of excellence. Excellence
Magnet schools have been highly successful
and achievement in education should be
at increasing parental choice and improving
recognized and rewarded.
educational quality.
2) Addressing need. Federal dollars
(3) The Alternative Certification of
should be targeted to help those most in
Teachers and Principals program would
need.
assist States interested in broadening the
3) Flexibility and choice. Greater flexibil-
pool of talent from which to recruit teach-
ity and choice in education-both for par-
ers and principals. Funds would assist States
ents in selecting schools for their children
to develop and implement, or expand and
and local school systems' choice of teachers
improve, flexible certification systems, so
and principals-are essential.
that talented professionals who have dem-
4) Accountability. I support educational
onstrated their subject area competence or
accountability, and toward this end, I am
leadership qualities in fields outside educa-
committed to measuring and rewarding
tion might be drawn into education.
progress toward quality education.
(4) President's Awards for Excellence in
This legislation builds on the accomplish-
Education would be given to teachers in
ments of the last Congress, which enacted
every State who meet the highest standards
into law the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T.
of excellence. Each award would be for
Stafford Elementary and Secondary School
$5,000.
Improvement Amendments of 1988. That
(5) Drug-Free Schools Urban Emergency
law took significant steps toward improving
Grants would provide special assistance to
elementary and secondary education by im-
urban school districts that are dispropor-
proving program accountability, reauthoriz-
tionately affected by drug trafficking and
ing the magnet school program and expand-
abuse. These funds would be used for a
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Apr. 5 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
and students will serve as an incentive for
Federal criteria. These criteria would
consortia of SI
all schools, teachers, and students to im-
focus on schools' progress in improving
directly to th
prove their performance.
students' educational performance, cre-
petitive grant
2. Addressing Need. This administration
ating or maintaining a safe and drug-
selected for fi
believes that Federal dollars should assist
free environment, reducing the drop-
quality of th
those most in need.
out rate, and other State-determined
likelihood of i
3. Flexibility and Choice. Greater flexibil-
factors. States could also give special
tion, and the
ity and choice in education, both parental
consideration to schools enrolling sub-
ening the ed
choice in selecting schools for their children
stantial numbers or proportions of chil-
district or dist
and local school systems' choice of teachers
dren from low-income families.
The Departm
and principals, are important to providing
A school selected as a Presidential
plications tha
the means and incentives for achieving edu-
Merit School would use its award for
of education
cational excellence.
any purpose that furthers its education-
dren to ben
4. Accountability. The administration
al program, including development or
programs and
supports objective measurement and
implementation of special educational
expand, or
reward of progress toward quality educa-
programs, purchase of computers and
which enhand
tion.
other materials and equipment, and
tional offering
The Educational Excellence Act includes
bonus payments to teachers and ad-
No magnet S0
seven legislative initiatives aimed at fulfill-
ministrators. Private schools would be
under the pi
ing these important principles. Highlights of
prohibited from using Presidential
years or if th
the individual initiatives follow.
Merit Schools funds to provide reli-
segregation 0
PRESIDENTIAL MERIT SCHOOLS
gious instruction or for other sectarian
desegregation
purposes.
Program
The bill would also prohibit the reduc-
ALTERNATIVE CE
The Presidential Merit Schools pro-
tion of other Federal, State, or local
ERS AND PRINCIPA
gram would provide cash awards to
support to a school because of its re-
Program
public and private elementary and sec-
ceipt of a Presidential Merit Schools
The bill wou
ondary schools that have made substan-
award.
States interes
tial progress in raising student educa-
tional achievement, creating a safe and
MAGNET SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE
of talent fron
drug-free school environment, and re-
and principal
Program
such activitie:
ducing the dropout rate. This program
would provide a powerful incentive for
Currently, the Department of Educa
velopment, a
all schools to improve the educational
tion makes Magnet Schools Assistance
would provid
achievement of their students.
grants to school systems undergoing
develop, exp
court-ordered or voluntary desegrega-
certification S
Funding
tion. Because of the success of magnet
into educatic
The legislation would authorize $250
schools in increasing parental choice
with demonst
million for fiscal year 1990, increasing
and improving educational quality, the
tence or leade
to $500 million by 1993. These funds
bill would create a Magnet Schools of
would be allocated by formula to the
Excellence program to support the es-
Funding
States, with State allocations based on
tablishment, expansion, or enhance-
The legislatic
school-aged population and State
ment of magnet schools, without
million for fi
shares of funding under the Chapter 1
regard to the presence of desegrega-
one-time gra
Basic Grants program.
tion plans.
would apply
The amount of each merit award
they need or
Funding
would depend on State-established cri-
tional to thei
teria, including criteria related to the
The bill would authorize $100 million
whichever is
size of the school and the composition
for Magnet Schools of Excellence for
be reallocate
of the student body.
fiscal year 1990 and each of the 3 suc-
strated need.
ceeding fiscal years.
Implementation
Implementation
Presidential Merit Schools would be se-
Implementation
Grants could
lected by the State, assisted by a spe-
Local educational agencies (LEAs), in-
opment, imp
cial State review panel, using State and
termediate educational agencies, or
evaluation of
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Administration of George Bush, 1989 / Apr. 5
comprehensive range of services appropri-
a critical factor in a country's potential
ate to the needs of individual communities.
for economic growth and prosperity.
(6) A National Science Scholars program
Many of our young people are per-
would provide scholarships to high school
forming well below their capacity and
seniors who have excelled in the sciences
below the levels of young people in
and mathematics. These scholarships, of up
other countries in such important sub-
to $10,000 a year, would recognize recipi-
jects as science and math.
ents' academic achievement and encourage
Outstanding achievement by schools,
them to continue their education in science,
teachers, and principals too often goes
mathematics, and engineering. The Presi-
unrecognized and unrewarded.
dent would select recipients after consider-
Achieving excellence in education re-
ing recommendations made by Senators
quires high expectations, low dropout
and Members of the House of Representa-
rates, and safe and drug-free schools.
tives.
Parents lack adequate choice in the
(7) I am proposing to provide additional
education of their children.
endowment matching grants for Historical-
Schools often find that it is difficult to
ly Black Colleges and Universities, institu-
hire capable teachers and administra-
tions that occupy a unique position and
tors, even though many people possess
have a major responsibility in the structure
outstanding subject matter knowledge
of American higher education.
and management skills.
I urge the Congress to take prompt and
Projections of the future indicate an
favorable action on this legislation. Taken
increasing shortage of people with ad-
together, these seven initiatives, for which I
vanced training in science and mathe-
have proposed adding $422.6 million in the
matics.
1990 budget, would help us advance toward
Our country's historically black col-
the goal of a better-educated Nation.
leges and universities struggle to main-
In addition to these initiatives, I have
tain their commitment to educational
proposed a budget amendment for $13 mil-
excellence.
lion in new funds for experiments and data
The Educational Excellence Act would au-
collection in support of education reform. I
thorize several initiatives designed to ad-
am also asking the Congress to fund fully
dress these problems.
the authorization in the Stewart McKinney
This legislation builds on the accomplish-
Homeless Assistance Act. This includes $2.5
ments of the last Congress, which enacted
million to fund for the first time the Exem-
into law the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T.
plary Grants program and $2.7 million in
Stafford Elementary and Secondary School
additional funding for literacy programs for
homeless adults.
Improvement Amendments of 1988. That
law took significant steps toward improving
George Bush
elementary and secondary education by im-
The White House,
proving program accountability, reauthoriz-
April 5, 1989.
ing the magnet school program, and ex-
panding parental choice, providing greater
flexibility to local school districts in the im-
plementation of bilingual education pro-
grams, enhancing parental involvement in
White House Fact Sheet on the
programs for disadvantaged children, and
Educational Excellence Act of 1989
stimulating education innovation and
April 5, 1989
reform. The President's initiative proposes
new efforts, but complements in numerous
The President outlined today a program
ways the important work of the 100th Con-
for fostering excellence in education. The
gress in pursuing educational excellence.
need for reform is evident:
This legislation is based on four basic
America is in an increasingly competi-
principles. These are:
tive world, where investment in
1. Recognition of Excellence. Recognizing
people, in human capital, is becoming
and rewarding our best schools, teachers,
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title III of
NATIONAL SCIENCE SCHOLARS
bill would amend the Drug-Free
1965 wou
Schools and Communities Act of 1986
Program
grants.
to authorize a program of Urban
The National Science Scholars program
Emergency Grants.
would encourage achievement in the
sciences by providing scholarships to
Funding
Message to th
graduating high school students who
The bill would authorize $25 million
the Annual R
have excelled in the sciences and
for each of the fiscal years 1990-1993
Activities in S
mathematics and engineering. The
for Urban Emergency Grants.
April 5, 1989
scholarships would recognize the aca-
Implementation
demic achievement of these students
To the Congress
and would encourage them to continue
This amendment would authorize a
In accordance
their education in these academic areas
small number of special, competitive
Relations Auth
at the postsecondary level.
grants to urban districts that have the
1979 (Public L
most severe drug problems so that
Funding
ting the annual
these districts can develop and imple-
tivities in scien
The bill would authorize $5 million for
ment comprehensive approaches to
Fiscal Year 198
fiscal year 1990. The amount author-
solving those problems.
I firmly beli
ized would increase in increments of
vances of the 2
$5 million per year to a total authoriza-
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND
research and
tion of $20 million for fiscal year 1993.
UNIVERSITIES
formed in lab
These funding levels would ensure that
the scholars would be supported
Program
today. Innovat
Historically Black Colleges and Univer-
sources and pe
throughout their undergraduate study
sities (HBCU's) play a vital role in the
vate, to scient
and that a new group of 570 scholars
vances are esse
would be selected each year.
American system of higher education.
Our future well
In the past, these institutions offered
Implementation
many Black Americans their only op-
ent upon the cc
National Science Scholars would re-
portunity for a higher education.
ogy from basi
goods and servi
ceive up to $10,000 a year for each
Today HBCU's enrich the range of
year of undergraduate education.
educational choice. These institutions
Over the pas
Each State would nominate between 4
enroll approximately 220,000 students.
linkage of our
and 10 students per congressional dis-
Many HBCU's are financially weaker
terprise to our
than comparable institutions. This bill
ness-has becor
trict to receive scholarships. The Presi-
dent would select a total of 570 schol-
would strengthen HBCU's by provid-
United States. E
ars, after considering the recommenda-
ing additional support for endowment
have challenge
tions of an advisory board (30 scholar-
matching grants. Endowment building
to an open, unii
ships) and the recommendations of
is an especially effective way to create
ing that such
financial strength and long-term finan-
R&D results to
Senators and Members of the House of
cialization and
Representatives (540 scholarships). The
cial security for HBCU's.
scholars would be nominated in ac-
States. I, and P
cordance with specific academic
Funding
believe that the
achievement criteria that would be de-
The bill would provide additional au-
our global comp
veloped by the Secretary in consulta-
thorizations of $10 million for fiscal
by internationa
tion with a panel of experts in the sci-
year 1990, $20 million for both fiscal
and developme
ences, mathematics, and engineering.
year 1991 and fiscal year 1992, and
procity, and CC
$10 million for fiscal year 1993.
actively promot
DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS URBAN EMERGENCY
lateral fora and
GRANTS
Implementation
partners and a
Federal funds would be available to
tries.
Program
match private sector contributions to
For example,
Prevention and education programs
the school's endowment fund. Income
FY 1988 was W.
are frequently inadequate in urban
from the endowment fund could be
ment for key th
areas with the most severe drug prob-
used to improve academic programs as
Executive Orde
lems. More concentrated and compre-
well as administrative management.
1987, on "Facili
hensive approaches are required. The
All HBCU's currently eligible under
486
Administration of George Bush, 1989 / Apr. 5
consortia of such agencies would apply
tive certification of teachers and prin-
directly to the Department for com-
cipals, as well as training and recruit-
petitive grants. Applications would be
ment activities.
selected for funding on the basis of the
States would be required to consult
quality of the proposed project, the
with teachers, principals, parents, and
likelihood of its successful implementa-
others in developing their applications.
tion, and the likelihood of its strength-
Subgrants to school districts, intermedi-
ening the educational program of the
ate educational agencies, colleges and
district or districts.
universities, and consortia of these
The Department would encourage ap-
agencies would be authorized.
plications that recognize the potential
of educationally disadvantaged chil-
dren to benefit from magnet school
PRESIDENT'S AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN
programs and applications to establish,
EDUCATION
expand, or enhance magnet schools
Program
which enhance the diversity of educa-
tional offerings to students.
The success of American education de-
No magnet school could be supported
pends heavily on the Nation's teachers.
under the program for more than 2
Because teachers who meet the highest
years or if the award would result in
standards of excellence deserve public
segregation or impede the process of
recognition, respect, and appropriate
desegregation.
financial rewards, our bill includes au-
thorization for a new program of Presi-
ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION OF TEACH-
dential awards for excellent public and
ERS AND PRINCIPALS
private school teachers. The amount of
each Presidential award would be
Program
$5,000. Teachers receiving awards
The bill would provide assistance to
would be permitted to use their
States interested in expanding the pool
awards for any purpose.
of talent from which to draw teachers
and principals. Funds would support
Funding
such activities as training, program de-
The bill would authorize $7.6 million
velopment, and evaluation. The bill
for each of the fiscal years 1990
would provide incentives for States to
through 1993. Funds would be allocat-
develop, expand, or improve flexible
ed to the States on the basis of the
certification systems designed to draw
number of full-time equivalent public
into education talented professionals
school teachers in each State.
with demonstrated subject-area compe-
Implementation
tence or leadership qualities.
In each State, winners of Presidential
Funding
awards would be selected by a state-
The legislation would authorize $25
wide panel, selected by the Governor,
million for fiscal year 1990 only, for
from nominations made by local educa-
one-time grants to the States. States
tional agencies, public and private
would apply for the amount of funds
schools, parents, teachers, teacher asso-
they need or an amount that is propor-
ciations, associations of parents and
tional to their school-aged population,
teachers, private businesses, business
whichever is less; excess funds would
groups, and student groups. In making
be reallocated on the basis of demon-
selections, the panel would use selec-
strated need.
tion criteria developed by the State,
subject to approval by the Secretary.
Implementation
Each State would be permitted to use
Grants could support the design, devel-
up to 5 percent of its allocation for
opment, implementation, testing, and
administrative expenses, including the
evaluation of strategies for the alterna-
cost of convening the statewide panel.
485
Administration of George Bush, 1989 / Apr. 5
title III of the Higher Education Act of
Technology." At the Ministerial Meeting of
1965 would be eligible to apply for
the Organization for Economic Cooperation
grants.
and Development (OECD) in Paris in' May
1988, the ministers endorsed a new frame-
work of common principles for internation-
Message to the Congress Transmitting
al S&T cooperation, originally introduced
the Annual Report on International
by the President's Science Adviser, Dr: Wil-
liam R. Graham. The framework endorses
Activities in Science and Technology
adequate investment and excellence in
April 5, 1989
basic sciences; reciprocity and balanced
access as a solid foundation for science and
To the Congress of the United States:
technology cooperation; improved universal
In accordance with Title V of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
protection of intellectual property rights
(IPR); and effective protection of sensitive
1979 (Public Law 95-426), I am transmit-
knowledge. I am convinced that the new
ting the annual report on international ac-
OECD framework establishes a firm,
tivities in science and technology (S&T) for
future-oriented foundation for sustainable
Fiscal Year 1988.
I firmly beliève that the economic ad-
cooperation in science and technology.
vances of the 21st century are rooted in the
On the bilateral front, under the guid-
research and development (R&D) per-
ance of the Economic Policy Council, the
formed in laboratories around the world
Administration developed a coordinated
today. Innovation and dedication of re-
policy to reshape our S&T relationship with
sources and people, both public and pri-
Japan based on the principles of shared re-
vate, to scientific and technological ad-
sponsibilities, equitable contributions, ade-
vances are essential to economic progress.
quate protection and fair disposition of in-
Our future well-being as a nation is depend-
tellectual property rights, acknowledged se-
ent upon the continuous transfer of technol-
curity obligations, and comparable access to
ogy from basic science into commercial
government-sponsored and -supported
goods and services.
R&D facilities and programs. The culmina-
Over the past 5 years, this concept-the
tion of this effort came in Toronto in June
linkage of our science and technology en-
1988, when President Reagan and Prime
terprise to our future global competitive-
Minister Takeshita signed the new umbrella
ness-has become a dominant theme in the
S&T Agreement. We view this as a model
United States. Because of this linkage, some
agreement and now are incorporating its
have challenged our historical subscription
principles into all our science and technolo-
to an open, unimpeded R&D system, claim-
gy bilateral agreements.
ing that such a system transfers valuable
Maintenance of our global competitive-
R&D results to other countries for commer-
ness requires adequate and effective protec-
cialization and eventual sale in the United
tion and equitable allocation of intellectual
States. I, and President Reagan before me,
property rights. The commercial develop-
believe that the United States benefits, and
ment of a new technology requires large
our global competitive position is improved,
investments of time, money, and talent.
by international cooperation in research
Continued investments in research and de-
and development based on balance, reci-
velopment require the ability to derive eco-
procity, and comparable access. We have
nomic benefits from the new technology.
actively promoted this policy through multi-
Therefore, in FY 1988, we initiated numer-
lateral fora and bilaterally with our trading
ous bilateral and multilateral dialogues on
partners and advanced developing coun-
the benefits accruing to all partners from
tries.
effective protection and equitable disposi-
For example, a major accomplishment of
tion of IPR.
FY 1988 was winning multilateral endorse-
With the view that balanced and recipro-
ment for key themes of President Reagan's
cal cooperation in S&T benefits the United
Executive Order No. 12591 of April 10,
States and the world at large, at the De-
1987, on "Facilitating Access to Science and
cember 1987 Washington Summit, Presi-
487
TO: Mary Kate Grant
FROM: Jaylene Hobrecht
FOR: Contact for the information on the Democratic majority
rule.
Capitol Hill: 224-3121
House Historian: 225-5421
Senate Historian: 224-6900
The congress gained majority rule in 1955 at the 83rd
congressional party. It has been 35 years on the House side. On
the Senate side, it had been 35 years until 1980. They regained
it back in 1987.
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KOLSTAD
U.S. SENATE
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FROM:
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DATE:
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the in with Montana. There
are several major dinosaur finds
in Montann - Recently a Rex
was found
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Summer 1990
The
Republican Magazine
EMOSAUR
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Demosaurus Nationalus:
(Dem's sô:¹ es Nash'e nal'es) n.
A large, omnivorous biped,
given to spasms of big spend-
ing and knee-jerking. Clings to
extinct ideas. Once roamed
North America in large bands;
now endangered. Favorite re-
maining habitat: U.S. Congress.
The party shift among the young generation
To dodge these popular forces, Democrats
will reverberate for decades. People tend to stay
must use other means to keep their dominance in
with the party they picked when they were
the House Robert Beckel, a top Democraticstrate-
young. During the 1930s, Franklin Roosevelt
gist who served 38 Walter Mondale's campaign
drew millions of young voters to the Demo-
manager, admits: "These guys are sitting in the
cratic Party. Nearly 60 years later, those who
House of Representatives and the Senate be-
cast their first vote during the New Deal era
cause they've got good media people and
remain the Democratic Party's most loyal sup-
because they' ve gerry maridered districts. I mean
porters. Likewise, most of today's young voters
if you actually wrotesthose districts the right
will take their Republican partisanship into the
way, there would not be the kind of margin the
21st century,
Democrats have in the House, all things being
The forces are in motion toward a new era in
equal"
American politics. The GOP has won four of the
in 1988, many seats stayed Democratic be-
past five presidential elections, outpolling the
cause ymandering and incumbency advan-
Democrats by a total of 49 million votes, in all,
tages deterred opponents from running. But
41 states, with a total of 429 electoral votes, have
among contested districts, Democrats eked out
gone Republican at least four out of the past five
only 51 percent of the total popular vote.
presidential elections. Only Minnesota and the
in the Senate, even though the GOP lost seats
District of Columbia, with a total of 13 electoral
1986 and 1988, recent elections actually dis-
votes, have shown similar loyalty to the
play a promising trend. To see why, remember
Democrats.
that while House members represent districts of
Demosaurs on Capitol Hill must also feel the
equal population, senators represent states rang-
political ground shaking. According to Jerrold
Ing from a few hundred thousand to 30 million.
Schneider, a political scientist sympathetic to
In Senate elections, overall vote totals may not be
the Democrats: "Democratic party identifica-
reflected in seat totals. In 1986, for instance,
tion and turnout rates may erode to a point
Republicans won big in Pennsylvania and New
[where] there is a sudden seat loss sufficient to
York, while Democrats squeaked by in the Dako-
give the Republicans control of the House - the
3Added together, the four GOP candidates re-
proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back/
celved a large majority of the total votes cast, but
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PARTY
WHOSE
TIME Is PAST
"The Republican Party enjoyed virtual parity
Demosaurs into the abyes they have dug for
in 1989 with the Democrats in the loyalty of
themselves.
Americans for the first time since just after
World War II ended." - The New York Times
Republican rise, Democrat decline
The danger for the Democrats - and the op-
portunity for the Republicans ---- is even greater
ational Democratic leaders must have
N
than it seems at first glance. The Democrats not
been shaken as they read that line on
only have lost ground in overall party identifica-
the morning of January 21, 1990. The
tion, but they are threatened by the proliferation
hulking 19-point lead in voters' party
of another young Republicans. The
identification they had held in 1980 had shrunk to
GOP has opened a big lead among voters under
a statistically insignificant 2 percent.
age 30. In 1980, according to New York Times/
The 1990s could shatter Democratic domi-
CBS News surveys, 18- to 29-year-olds preferred
nance in Congress as liberal misguidance at the
the Democratic Party over the GOP by a margin
top further thins the party's base. For more than
of 54 percent to 33 percent - a 21-point Demo-
10 years, Demosaur leaders have been promising
cratic advantage. But by 1989, the Republican
to evolve, yet they remain mired in some prime-
Party claimed 51 percent of under-30 voters,
val past.
while only 40 percent favored the Democrats -
Throughout the 1980s, devices such as gerry-
an 11-point Republican advantage.
mandering - the skewing of district lines -
While many factors may account for this shift
helped the Democrats clutch their power long
one explanation stands out: The Democratic presi-g
after they had lost their people. During the next
dent younger voters most clearly remember is
few years, they will cling desperately to that
Jimmy Carter. For them, Carter's disastrous ad-
power, while Republican activists redouble their
ministration symbolizes the Democratic Party,
efforts to take it away. The elections of 1990 and
while the successes of presidents Reagan and
1992 may be the GOP's best shots at pushing the
Bush represent the Republican Party.
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USA TODAY
June 28, 1990, Thursday, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 8A
LENGTH: 645 words
HEADLINE: Tyrannosaurus rex a find of a lifetime
BYLINE: Kathleen Bohland
DATELINE: HELL CREEK, Mont.
BODY:
This rugged land where dinosaurs roamed is a fossil hunter's heaven,
and Kathy Wankel can explain why.
In 1988, out looking for fossils, she spotted a bone that turned out to be
part of the first tyrannosaurus rex arm ever found. Now, a crew is digging up
the site of the world's largest and most complete ''T-Rex''' skeleton.
Wankel, who lives on a nearby ranch, says she had ''a good feeling' when she
and husband Arnold dug up the bones of the arm. ''I really hoped it was a T-Rex;
it must have been like a premonition, kind of strange.
For Jack Horner of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Mont. , it was a
paleontologist's dream. Wankel had wrapped the bones in a sweatshirt and towel,
placed them in meat boxes and brought them to the museum.
''I never thought in my lifetime I would see a T-Rex in the ground, says
Horner, who is leading the crew this week.
They plan to transport the T-Rex on flatbed trucks early next week back to
the museum in Bozeman. The T-Rex, which had teeth like steak knives, always has
been popular; it was the largest meat-eating animal to walk the earth. But
fossil finds are rare. Only seven have been located - all in Montana, South
Dakota, Wyoming and Alberta, Canada.
This one was 38 to 40 feet long, and lived 65 million years ago. It had 60
teeth, many six to eight inches long. Its skull measured about five feet across.
Since it doesn't have the bony plates above the eyes and nose that males had,
"My guess, it was a mom, a girl, an older lady,' Horner says.
Last September, he dispatched a crew of Montana State University students,
museum workers and volunteers to the place it was found. At the desolate site on
the plains, they worked until snow stopped them.
Early this month, he and about 15 others set up a new camp at the site.
They've found the entire T-Rex except for its other arm, toe bones, ribs and the
end of the tail.
It's hard work. They began with jackhammers, drilling through 12 feet of dirt
and rock. They had to push boulders away to clear the site.
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Now they're in the painstaking phase. They sit in a circle around the T- Rex
from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., chopping away at the sandstone with small picks,
searching the soil by hand for bone pieces or fragments.
They are preparing to move chunks of the fossil for the drive to the
museum, where the public will be able to watch them reassemble the T-Rex over
the next two years. Horner hopes to cast the huge dinosaur in bronze.
Bea Taylor, 52, spends hours stooped over the tail, brushing on a solution
that hardens and preserves the fossil after exposure. Her background is
economics, but she says her personality fits this job.
''I'm a very meticulous person, very tidy,'' she says.
Bob Harmon, 38, covers bone in plaster to protect it for the truck ride.
Harmon, who has been an oil field roughneck and a carpenter, literally stumbled
into paleontology a few years ago in Cut Bank, Mont.
' ' I never really thought about it until I stubbed my toe on a bone,' he says.
The team's after-hours life is limited - a few beers and a game of horseshoes
outside the campers and tents. But they'll take it. The big plus, says Harmon:
' 'No telephones.'
TEXT OF GRAPHIC
Saving a dinosaur
Here's how paleontologists will remove a 40-foot tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
and send it to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Mont.
Raising rex
1. Exposed bones treated with hardener
2. Skeleton excavated; surfaces covered with burlap, plaster of paris
3. Will be cut into four sections for transport
4. Will be moved to Museum of Rockies on flatbed truck
5. Museum will remove rock from skeleton (2-3 year process)
Sources: Dr. Mary Dawson, curator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
Pittsburgh; Raymond Rye, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.;
Museum of the Rockies, USA TODAY research by Ed Finlay
GRAPHIC: b/w, Elys McLean-Ibrahim, USA TODAY, Sources: Dr. Mary Dawson,
curator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh; Raymond Rye, National
Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.; Museum of the Rockies, USA TODAY
research by Ed Findlay (Map, Montana, Drawing, Dinosaur) ; PHOTO; b/w, Bert
Lindler, USA TODAY (Archeology, Dig site in Montana) ; PHOTO; b/w (Jack Horner)
CUTLINE: AT THE DIG: Paleontology crew members dig up the most complete skeleton
ever found of a tyrannosaurus. CUTLINE: HORNER: Crew leader from Museum of the
Rockies.
TYPE: Statesline
SUBJECT: ANIMAL; DEATH; SCIENCE
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90-07-09 DOUG GHI'IBLE
DOUG GAMBLE
424 . 36th Place
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
July 10/90
(213) 546-6409
TO: STEPHANIE LAUDNER
2 pages
ALLEN KOLSTAD FUNDRAISER - MONTANA (Mary Kate Grant)
1 USUALLY LIKE TO QUOTE YOGI BERRA, BUT SINCE MONTANA INCLUDES PART OF
YELLOWSTONE PARK, SOMEONE SUGGESTED YOGI BEAR MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
! THINK IT WAS YOGI BEAR WHO ONCE SAID "NEVER ARGUE WITH A CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRMAN
NAMED BIG ED SMITH."
1 HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR KOLSTAD. WE BOTH KNOW
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE NUMBER TWO.
SOMEONE MENTIONED TO ME THAT WHEN THE LEADING HOTEL IN HELENA, MONTANA WAS BUILT,
ITS CONSTRUCTION WAS PARTIALLY FINANCED BY GOLD FOUND IN DIGGING THE FOUNDATION.
(True) I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD OVERLOOK ANY POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE DEFICIT,
so I'VE ORDERED THAT DIGGING BEGIN IMMEDIATELY IN THE BASEMENT OF THE TREASURY
BUILDING IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON CAN SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE LIKE THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN.
YOU HAVE TO CHECK YOUR BACK FOR ARROWS.
MORE
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DOUG GAMBLE
TO: STEPHANIE LAUDNER - MONTANA (CONT'D)
MONTANA IS A STATE OF BIG SKIES, AND AMERICA IS A XII COUNTRY OF BIG DREAMS.
ak
TO PURSUE THOSE DREAMS, 1 NEED PEOPLE LIKE ALLEN KOLSTAD WORKING WITH ME
IN THE U.S. SENATE.
I KNOW THE WILDERNESS IS AN ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN. IT SHOULD BE -- SOME
OF THE DEMOCRATS' POLICIES HAVE BEEN IN THE WILDERNESS FOR YEARS.
YOU DON'T NEED TO LIVE IN A MINING STATE LIKE MONTANA TO KNOW THAT THE MORE
REPUBLICANS WE HAVE IN THE U.S. SENATE, THE LESS THE OTHER PARTY CAN GIVE
AMERICANS THE SHAFT.
MONTANA -- ISSUES BRIEFING
TAXES
Republican Gov. Stan Stephens' property tax relief plan was considered by the
state House and Senate as part of a special legislative session during June
and July 1989. The bill, passed by the Legislature in July 1989, will reduce
property tax rates to 9 percent (Stephens had hoped to reduce the rate to 4
percent). Stephens had hoped to balance taxes by reducing property tax rates
and instituting a small sales tax (Montana currently has no such tax).
The last GOP governor, Tim Babcock, lost his re-election bid in 1972 after
proposing a state sales tax. Democrats in the state hope to regain the
governorship battling Stephens on the same issue, despite the fact that he is
trying to salvage the state's battered economy.
The state Legislature is not in session in 1990.
I think GB went camping
in the GT'S -
ENVIRONMENT
might be good for
personalizing the
On June 12, 1989 President Bush unveiled a comprehensive clean air plan
speech.
during a visit to the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. The proposal
will have a direct impact on Montana's economy. The reductions involving
sulfur dioxide emissions and flexibility in coal switching would boost the
state's low-sulphur coal industry.
On April 4, 1990 the U.S. Senate passed the first revision of the 1970 Clean
Air Act in 13 years. The bill is the result of a hard-fought compromise
worked out between Senate leaders and the Bush administration. For the
Montana economy the Senate legislation has been a divisive issue. Mining of
low-sulfur coal in the state will increase due to provisions in the bill
allowing utility industries an alternative to the expensive technologies
required to burn high-sulfur coal.
WILDERNESS BILL
campaign mentioned this as a project Kolstad is involved in.
They should send info today.
GOP Sen. Conrad Burns and Democratic Sen. Max Baucus are working together to
draft a new wilderness bill that will desigate nearly 1 million acres of new
"non-controversial wilderness" areas, and will release 3 million acres of
"uncontested" forest from wilderness consideration. Release of this forest
area will help the state's resource-starved timber industry. A bill will
likely be proposed by Sen. Burns in March 1990.
ABORTION
Montana has been targeted as a likely battleground between pro-choice and
pro-life factions since the Webster decision. GOP sources report that
Democratic lawmakers in the state have the most to lose in upcoming races,
where many face pro-life constituencies.
A parental consent bill failed to pass the July 1989 special legislative
session.
09-Apr-1990 Mon 15:39
MONTANA -- 1988-89 CAMPAIGN SUMMARY
1988 ELECTION RESULTS
PRESIDENTIAL: Bush (R)
52.1%
190,412
Dukakis (D)
46.2%
168,956
Reagan won 58% in 1980 and 61% in 1984.
U.S. SENATE:
Conrad Burns (R)
51.9%
189,445
John Melcher (D)
48.1%
175,809
U.S. HOUSE: There was no change in party representation in the U.S. House
delegation.
1 Republican
1 Democrat
STATE LEGISLATURE: Republicans gained two seats in the state Senate and lost
three seats in the state House.
State House: 48 Republicans 52 Democrats
State Senate: 27 Republicans 23 Democrats
All state House seats and one-half of the state Senate seats are up for
re-election in 1990.
U.S. SENATE
In 1988, Republican Yellowstone County Commissioner and former agriculture
radio show host Conrad Burns defeated Montana's Democratic senior Sen.
John Melcher, 52%-48%.
1988 STATEWIDE RACES
The following offices were up for election in 1988:
-- Governor: Republican former state Sen. Stan Stephens was elected to a
first term, defeating former Democratic Gov. Thomas Judge, 53%-47%.
-- Lieutenant Governor: In Montana, the governor and lieutenant governor
run on the same ticket. GOP rancher Allen Kolstad was elected to a
first term, defeating Democratic County Commissioner Barbara Skelton.
-- Secretary of State: Democratic former state Rep. Mike Cooney won
election to a first term in 1988, defeating Republican state Sen. Pete
Story by a 52%-48% vote margin.
-- Attorney General: GOP attorney Mark Racicot won election to a first
term in 1988, defeating Democrat Mike McGrath by a 52%-48% vote margin.
STATE PARTY UPDATE
o
Goals for the state GOP in 1990 include:
-- defeat Democratic Sen. Max Baucus,
-- maintain control of the state Senate, and,
-- regain control of the state House.
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In December 1989, former state GOP executive director Terry Merica filed suit
against the state party, contending he was wrongly dismissed. Merica
complains that he was fired because he questioned the legality of
fund-raising arangements between the Senatorial Committee and the state GOP.
The state party has denied the charges as "a disgruntled employee who's
looking for a pot of gold." (The Washington Post, 12/17/89)
The state GOP continues to have financial difficulties.
Governor Stephens:
RNC Political Division that Stephens has had a difficult year and will
probably not be able to provide much fund-raising assistance in 1990. State
Democrats, stunned by the first loss of the governorship since 1968, are now
better organized and taking an aggressive approach in fund-raising efforts.
STATE PARTY FINANCES
The Montana GOP has had fundraising problems in trying to reach the 1990
state party budget of $125,000. The RNC's 1989 contribution to the state GOP
was $5,000. The party can accept non-corporate money, but it appears it will
be unable to provide much assistance in legislative races.
MAJOR SPEAKERS ACTIVITY
o
Since September 1989, the following GOP surrogates have visited Montana:
-- President Bush: Helena. Statehood Centennial (9/18/89).
-- Jeanie Austin: Missoula. Fund-raiser (9/12/89).
-- William Reilly: Helena and Butte. State GOP fund-raising event
(3/18-19/90).
REPUBLICAN STATE PARTY OFFICIALS
STATE CHAIRMAN
Barbara Campbell
NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
Jack E. Galt
NATIONAL COMMITTEEWOMAN
Ione Bronson
BUSH-QUAYLE CAMPAIGN
CHAIRMAN
Chuck Heringer
ELECTED OFFICIALS
GOVERNOR
Stan Stephens (R) - elected in 1988.
U.S. SENATORS
Conrad Burns (R) - elected in 1988.
Max Baucus (D) - re-elected in 1984.
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MONTANA -- 1990 CAMPAIGN SUMMARY
The filing deadline for the June 5, 1990 primary is March 22, 1990.
1990 SENATORIAL ELECTION
In 1984, Democratic Sen. Max Baucus (1989 ratings: ADA-80; ACU-19 was
re-elected to a second term with 57% of the vote, defeating former GOP
state Rep. Chuck Cozzens (41%) and Libertarian Neil Halprin (2%). Baucus
will seek a third term in 1990.
Republicans:
Announced GOP candidates include:
Lt. Gov. Allen Kolstad,
-- Inventor Bruce Vorhauer,
-- Senate Majority Whip Bill Farrell, and,
-- Businessman John Domenech.
During the summer of 1989 Attorney General Marc Racicot, U.S. Rep. Ron
Marlenee and Auditor Andrea Bennett declined to run against Baucus.
All GOP four candidates are campaigning on Montana's depressed economy,
and criticize Baucus for not attracting more jobs to the state. Kolstad
is the best known of the candidates, he is pro-life and is campaigning to
diversify the Montana economy away from mining, agriculture and timber.
Kolstad was recruited by President Bush, Vice President Dan Quayle, former
President Ronald Reagan and Senate Minority leader Bob Dole in an effort
to find a top-flight candidate to beat Baucus.
The race has been targeted by the Republican National Committee (RNC)
according to RNC Co-Chairman Jeanie Austin. (The Great Falls Tribune,
9/12/89) Austin said "[the RNC is] hoping to duplicate last year's upset
of incumbent Democrat Sen. John Melcher."
Roll Call (2/19/90) calls this race "leans Democratic." The Cook
Political Report (3/20/90) rates this "likely Democratic."
KEY 1990 CONGRESSIONAL RACE
2nd C.D. - Eastern Montana
U.S. Rep. Ron Marlenee (R) announced his re-election bid in August after
declining to challenge U.S. Sen. Max Baucus. Both Marlenee's and
Williams' districts will be collapsed and the state will become an
"at-large" district after the 1990 Census.
Former judge Don Burris (D) has announced his candidacy for the 2nd C.D.,
and former Democratic state Sen. Don Foster is considering challenging
Marlenee.
The Cook Political Report (3/20/90) rates this race "solid Republican."
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1991 REDISTRICTING
According to the Census Bureau, Montana is likely to lose one house seat in
1991. The current projection for the 1990 Census is that Montana will be
12,000 people short of the requirement for a second congressional seat,
creating a single at-large district.
The Districting and Apportionment Commission is responsible for drawing
Congressional and Legislative districts. The commission consists of five
members, one each appointed by the majority and minority leaders in each
house. The four members then select a fifth, who is the chair. If, as in
the past two redistricting Commissions, a chairman cannot be chosen, the
state Supreme Court will make the decision. Reportedly, GOP state Chief
Justice Gene Turnage will appoint the fifth member. None of the five may be
public officials and there is no gubernatorial veto power over the plans.
o In 1984, Democratic Sen. Max Baucus (1988 ratings: ADA-80; ACU-8) was
re-elected to a second term with 57% of the vote, defeating former Republican
state Rep. Chuck Cozzens (41%) and Lib. Neil Halprin (2%).
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MK - This is our
candidate!
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NATION
GOP Senatorial Aspirants
Locking Horns in Montana
SUMMARY: The race for the GOP
senatorial nomination in Montana
pits millionaire businessman
Bruce Vorhauer against Lt. Gov.
Allen Kolstad. Vorhauer became
an official resident only a year
ago, but he can spend almost any
amount he wants to win. Kolstad
is suffering from the perception
that he is the national party's
"chosen" one: Montanans don't
like candidates chosen for them.
L
ast summer during a barbecue at a
ranch outside Helena, a visiting
Japanese businessman with jet lag
drifted off to sleep moments before Mon-
tana's licutenant governor. Allen Kolstad.
got up to speak. In a move that touched off
a statewide furor, Kolstad picked up a sake
cup used w loast a Japanese trade delega-
tion and tossed it at the snoring business-
man as other members of the Montana
EUGENE FISCHER FOR
delegation looked on in disbelief.
It was not the first time that the Repub-
Kolstad (left), with close ties to the state's GOP establishment, chats with backers.
lican. a cattle rancher and farmer from
northern Montana, had ignited a contro-
But with less than I week remaining
versy in this vast but sparsely populated
E. Farrell and businessman John Dome-
before the primary, Kolstad is facing a
state. Last year. he defended Gov. Stan
nech. trailed behind, with 11 percent and
tougher-than-expected challenge from mil-
Stephens's proposal to lease a luxury car,
4 percent respectively. (In the Democratic
lionaire scientist and businessman Bruce
telling reporters that "we didn't nin for this
primary. Baucus faces opposition from two
Vorhauer, a 17-year-old political neophyte
job to be a couple of poor-verts." a remark
lesser-known candidates who do not pose
who has the looks. the money and the
much of a threat.)
that his critics said insulted the state's poor.
high-tech message. With his slogan -
None of this would matter had not na-
As in most statewide races in Montana.
tional Republican strategists tapped Kol-
"America can't compete in a high-tech
the Republican candidates have spent much
world with a low-tech senator" - Vorhauer
stad to run against the state's senior senator,
of their time fighting over who is the true
is wooing voters with promises of using his
Democrat Max Baucus. Touting polls they
Montanan. In a state deeply suspicious of
say show a Baucus ripe for defeat. national
entrepreneurial skills to turn economically
outsiders, candidates for political office are
depressed towns into advanced manufac-
Republican strategists and President Bush
accustomed to painting their opponents as
turing centers.
swept aside any semblance of impartiality
carpethaggers out of touch with the voters.
The primary also gives voters a clear
before the June 5 primary and embarked on
even if they have lived in Montana for
a highly visible campaign to recruit Kolstad
choice on abortion. Kolstad. a deeply con-
years.
for the fall race.
servative Republican with strong ties to the
The practice often works. In 1978. Bau-
state's old-guard Republican establish-
At stake in that race. as with a handful
cus won his Senate seat after supporters
ment. opposes abortion and has called for
of other contests, in Rhode Island. Illinois,
distributed pictures of him on a bucking
outlawing it with a constitutional amend-
Michigan. Nebraska and lowa. is the long.
bronco and his opponent. Republican
shot Republican attempt to wrest control of
ment. Vorhauer. who made his fortune by
Larry Williams, in New York wearing love
the Senate. Buoyed by the surprise defeat
inventing the contraceptive sponge, not
beads. Williams. a native Montanan, had
of John Melcher in 1988, which made Con-
only supports a woman's right to choose
left the state for several years to pursue an
rad Burns Montana's first Republican sen-
but tells voters his invention has prevented
investment career. Four years later. Wil-
ator since 1964, the GOP's national strat-
50 million to 60 million unwanted pregnan-
liams lost again to Sen. John Melcher, who
cies.
egists have defended their courtship of
had depicted him as a puppet of the Na-
A recent poll in the Great Falls Tribune
Kolstad. A 22-year veteran of the Legisla-
tional Conservative Political Action Com-
ture who headed the state's highly visible
showed Kolstad leading Vorhauer 23 per-
minec. The committee had pumped hun-
Centennial Commission last year. Kolstad
cent to 17 percent among voters who said
dreds of thousands of dollars into the state
they planned to vote Republican. However,
was the only Republican with high name
to air commercials attacking Melcher.
49 percent of prospective Republican vot-
recognition willing to consider a bid
The counterattack from Melcher con-
against Baucus.
ers said they had not made up their minds.
sisted of commercials that featured two
Two other candidates, state Sen. William
talking cows complaining about how he
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GOP sen. Burns
is from Billings.
(Kolstad They Breakfast
Site)
FYI
VORHAUER U.S. SENATE
had been hounded by greenhorns from out
sniffing around body's family tree."
Inventor Vorhauer is being labeled a
of state.
he tells voters. "I cast my lot gladly. I'm
carpetbagger: incumbent Baucus
In this year's Republican primary race,
like the pioneers: I came here by choice."
(below) tends closely to local issues.
the carpetbagging label is being applied
If Vorhauer is being tagged as a carpet-
vigorously to Vorhauer by his GOP chal-
bagger. Kolstad may suffer from criticism
lengers. A native Virginian, Vorhauer built
that he was handpicked by the national
a spacious log home on an island in Salmon
Republican Party. Says Thomas Payne. a
Lake in 1983 but chose not to become an
retired University of Montana political sci-
official resident until last November. when
ence professor: "Montanans resent interfer-
be registered to vote. Since 1979. when he
ence from outsiders. People here want a
arrived in the state. he has divided his time
level playing field. They don't like it when
between California, Montana and No-
a candidate is perceived as someone else's
braska. Vorhauer further alienated some
choice."
Republicans when he acknowledged con-
tributing $500 to Baucus's 1984 campaign.
Supporters of Koistad fear a Vorhauer
N
matter who wins the Republican
nomination. Baucus can expect
victory would virtually hand the election to
the same treatment from the na-
Baucus, who is experienced and adept at
tional Republican organization that Mel-
exploiting the carpetbagging issue. In fact.
cher received in 1988. when he was de-
the Baucus camp is already trying out that
feated by Burns. a tobacco-chewing former
The "carpet bag issue
message. John Margolis, a Washington-
radio announcer and auctioneer from Bill-
is a big one people
based political consultant working for
ings. With financial assistance from the
from MT don't like
Baucus. 5333, "You look at Bruce Vorhauer
national GOP. Burns flooded the state with
and the last thing that leaps to your mind is
advertising attacking Melcher as "il liberal
outsiders in their
Montanan. He lives in a multimillion-dol-
who is soft on drugs. soft on defense and
politics . Candidates
lar house on an island and hc just arrived
very high on social programs."
in the state
His biggest advantage is
With its inexpensive television advertis-
try to paint opponents
that he doesn't have a record and he has a
ing rates. Montana is an ideal state for a
kn of money."
candidate with little voter identification and
as being "carpetbagges"
Vorhauer has met the critics head-on.
strong financial backing. By swamping the
lashing out at them for ignoring his contri-
airwaves. candidates can turn themselves
and not really
butions to the state economy. Among his
into household names within a matter of
investments, Vorhauer is founder and direc-
days. "If you could ever add up every Re-
"of Montana".
for of Basic Bio Systems Inc. a California
publican nickel that was spent on Conrad
company with research labs in Missoula
Burns, from beginning to end, no matter
that develops cosmetics. skin care and drug
what the organization. it would add up to
Stress Kolsteds long
products.
$600,000 to $700,000." says Tony Payton.
family ties to state;
"We're not going to get the job done, or
a GOP consultant who worked on Bums's
get the jobs for Montana that we need. by
campaign in 1988.
homestead, etc (seemo)
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"We ship our calves out of state, we ship our logs
out of state, we ship our wheat out of state. and
now we ship our children out of state."
In the absence of a single defining na-
that seven of his nine children have left the
helped save rural air service to eastem
tional issue. Republicans are expected to
state to seek jobs. Though Montana is rich
Montana by threatening to filibuster Trans-
blame the state's floundering economy on
in natural resources. many of the meat-
portation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner's
Baucus. That means linking him to envi-
packing plants. slaughterhouses and lum-
nomination if Bush followed through with
conmentalists and the continuing contro-
ber mills have closed. "We have been re-
plans to end federal subsidies to air travel
versy over the fate of 6 million acres of
duced to shipping everything out of state."
in the sparsely populated part of the state.
federally designated wilderness in the state,
says Berberet. "We ship our calves out of
"The specific concrete actions I've
an issue that cuts across party affiliations
state, we ship our logs out of state, we ship
taken saved hundreds. close to thousands
and affects the daily lives of thousands of
our wheat out of state, and now we ship our
of jobs." Baucus says. The senator scoffs
Montanans.
children out of state."
at critics who say he is vulnerable on the
Baucus has introduced legislation that
wilderness legislation. "The vast majority
would release 3.2 million acres of the road-
0 defend himself, Baucus must es-
of Montanans is more interested in other
less land for use in logging, mining and
T
cape blame for the economy while
issues - mortgage payments. hospital
other "multipurposes." But timber industry
proving to voters that he has helped
bills. insurance bills- and less concerned
workers say it is not enough and have ac-
create jobs. So far, he has done just that.
about wilderness." As for Republican sug-
cused Baucus of siding with environmen-
Wading through crowds at the Miles City
gestions that he is vulnerable in 1990,
talists in attempting to lock up too much
Bucking Horse sale parade earlier in May.
Baucus retorts: "I am stronger now than
land as wilderness. "The wilderness issue
he rattled off accomplishments that come
I've ever been in public office and stronger
is going to cost him a lot of Democratic
from being chairman of three Senate sub-
than any other statewide candidate."
votes in a region of the state where he can't
committees. As chairman of the Finance
But if Baucus is confident of his stand-
afford to lose them," says Montana State
Subcommittee on International Trade.
ing with voters. that confidence has yet to
University political scientist Jerry Calvert.
Baucus pressured the Japanese into open-
rub off on all of his supporters back home.
The heat generated by the land-use
ing their markets to American beef. "Today.
Diane Sands, a Baucus campaign volunteer
debate can be felt in towns such as Town-
for every steer sold in Montana. $56 of the
and spokesman for the Montana chapter of
send. which sits astride the Helena Na-
sale is attributable to sales to Japan." said
the National Abortion Rights Action
tional Fores) between the Elkhom and Big
Baucus. "That's an additional $44 million
League, told the senator during a recent
Belt mountains in the western part of the
state.
Signs hanging from modest clapboard
houses remind vote-secking politicians
about the lifeblood of the town. Stenciled
in bold yellow letters on the back of rough-
hewn wood planks. the signs proclaim:
"Timber dollars support this family."
The people of Townsend. like others
throughout the mountainous western half
of the state. blame politicians in Washing-
ton and increasingly powerful environmen-
tal lobbies for a struggling timber industry.
Two years ago, many of the city's residents
expressed their rage by voting against Mel-
cher for sponsoring a 1.4 million-acre wil-
derness bill. later velood by President Rea-
gan. Now they are gunning for Baucus.
"When things aren't good with the
economy and people are out of work. that
hurts the incumbent: people are ready to
say, 'It's time for a change." says Jack
mett
Mahon, the manager of RY Timber Inc.'s
Montanans blame environmentalists and federal officials for timber industry was.
lumber mill. which employs 72 workers in
Townsend.
for the Montana economy." As chairman of
meeting in Washington that she found a lot
The state's economic was. however.
the Environment and Public Works Sub-
of disgruntled voters during her door-to-
extend far beyond the timber industry. Fac-
committee on Environmental Protection.
door canvassing. As with most Montana
ing an oil industry battered since the early
he helped write the Clean Air Act, which
politics this election year. the voters were
RAGAN INSIGHT
1980s and a drought that severely hurt
he estimates will create 1,500 jobs for
grousing about the wilderness bill.
farmers, many young people have fled.
Montana's low-sulfur coal industry over the
"Environmentalists are mad because the
Montana, which has lost thousands of its
next 10 years.
bill doesn't go far enough. and the timber
residents since the mid-1980s, could wave
Unlike Melcher, who spent too much
industry is mad because they think il goes
good-bye to one of its two House seats
time defending ousted Philippines Presi-
too far," says Sands. "He's gotten himself
during reapportionment.
dent Ferdinand Marcos (Burns tagged Mel-
in a position where he's been kicked on
Bill Berberet. a retired rancher living in
cher "the senator from Manila"), the sen-
both ends, and that isn't very smart."
Toston, tells al familiar tale when he says
ator has tended closely to local issues. He
- Mark Lawrence Ragan in Montana
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DRAFT
Lieutenant Governor Allen Kolstad, age 58, of
Chester, Montana garnered 43% of the vote in a close
race in the Republican primary on June 5th. Kolstad is
now a clear underdog) against two term Senator Max
Tr.
Baucus. In the latest poll matched against Kolstad
76
Baucus received less than 50% of the vote while Kolstad
Kolstal
received over 25%. This is about where Conrad Burns
was at this stage in his upset victory over Senator
Melcher. About 25% of the vote is undecided.
Kolstad, a Luthern with four children, has been
married to Iva for 39 years. As a fifth generation
farmer and small businessman, Kolstad's reputation is
as a conservative who favors economic development and a
strong defense. He has over 20 years of public
service, including being in Montana's House from
1969-75 and its Senate from 1975-1988. Kolstad and
Governor Stan Stephens were elected in 1988 ending 20
years of Democratic control.
Montana's languishing economy is based upon grain
farming, ranching, mining, logging and tourism.
Unemployment is about 10% but this figure is
misleadingly low since many Montanans leave to find
work elsewhere.
Kolstad's campaign against Baucus will focus on
changing to a true Montanan in touch with the people
back home. Kolstad will emphasize economic advancements
for Montanans in contrast to Baucus' reputation as
the darling of liberal environmentalists back East.
Baucus is vulnerable for being long on talk and short
on concrete results for Montana after 12 years.
Kolstad could win with strong personal support
from you will and massive help from the Republican Party.
Baucus has over two million dollars in his campaign
chest while Kolstad has less than one million.
Moreover, Baucus is well-staffed. He is constantly in
the media, especially on TV. Kolstad is off to a slow
start and he needs more experienced campaign staff.
-mid-course correction
- beef up staff
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BIOGRAPHY
LT. GOVERNOR ALLEN KOLSTAD
Allen Kolstad was born December 24, 1931 at Chester,
Montana. His family represents five generations of Montanans
involved in agriculture and agri-business in the north central part
of the state.
He was educated at schools in the Chester area and attended
Concordia College in Moorehead, Minnesota.
He and his wife, Iva, began farming property in Liberty and
Toole Counties in 1952. They still call this farm "home," and
operate it with their son, Chris, and his family.
In addition to farming, Kolstad is the former owner of the
Chester Implement Company, a John Deere dealership, and former
president of the Kolstad Grain Company. He has been a director with
the Montana Chamber of Commerce, was president of the Montana Water
Development Association, and served the Ford Administration as a'
member of the District Export Council for Western States.
The Chester farmer and businessman began his 19 year career
as a state legislator in 1968 when he was elected to the Montana
House of Representatives. He was the first Republican to represent
his district in 48 years. Kolstad served in the Montana House until
1975 when he was elected to the state senate. As a senator, he
served in a number of leadership positions, chaired the Montana
Legislative Council, and the Interim Legislative Committee on
Problems in Agriculture. He resigned in 1988 to assume the
Lieutenant Governor position in the Stephens Administration.
Kolstad and his wife, Iva, have four children. They include
Cedric of Nashville, Tennessee, Chris of Ledger, Cheryl Gagnon of
Hong Kong and Corrine Neill of Scottsdale, Arizona. They also have
Alexandra. 7 grandchildren: Krystal, Allen Henry, Amanda, Cary, Brittney and
Five Generations of Kolstads in Montana
The family is originally from Norway. Kolstad's grandfather
Chris settled a homestead around Chester, Montana. In that
tradition, Kolstad's father, himself, and his son and now
might be
grandson have all homesteaded in the state.
a good
((I'll try to find out the year of the original
illustration
homesteader.) )
of how well
he Knows
A Funny Story
the state
While campaigning for Lt. Governor, Kolstad went to an Indian
Reservation on Halloween night, where the Indians were doing
tribal dances with drums and the whole nine yards. The deal was
that you had to join the dances or pay five bucks.
Kolstad didn't know a thing about Indian dances, but he
gamely danced anyway, learning the beat and everything.
Later on that night, they went to a masquerade ball where
a guest dressed like Miss Piggy asked him to dance. While
dancing, Kolstad discovered that it was a man dressed as this pig
but had no idea who it was.
The next morning, he worked at a Sons of Norway breakfast,
and while dishing up traditional Norwegian fare he saw people
from the masquerade ball the night before. He said loudly to a
friend a few feet away: "Who was that pig I was dancing with
last night??!!??"
Needless to say, some older women overheard the comment and
thought he was denigrating his female dance partner! Kolstad was
convinced that he'd just lost votes on that move and the story is
now a big family joke.
He never did find out who the man dressed as Miss Piggy
really was.
TAXES
1. When we the people of the United States decided to band
together to form a more perfect union-I'll bet nobody figured the
dues would be so high.
2. One of the biggest problems in teaching English to foreign
visitors is convincing them "damn" and "taxes" are two separate
words.
3. Never have so many people lived so well so far behind.
4. When the new tax laws were passed, my brother, an accountant,
attended a seminar to become familiar with the changes. After the
meeting had been in progress for a while, one man had a question.
"I'm sorry," he began, "but I'm thoroughly confused. " "Good,"
answered the speaker. "That means you've been paying attention."
5. I wrote a nice letter to the IRS. Four months later I
received a reply: "Your compliment is being processed."
6. Income Tax is Uncle Sam's version of Wheel of Fortune- and we
but the vowels I.O.U.
7. I think we're too hard on the IRS> Without income tax, how
else could we get rid of our leftover 1988 dollars?
8. A Dutchman was explaining the red, white and blue Netherlands
flag to an American. "Our flag is symbolic of our taxes, " he
said. "We get red when we talk about them, white when we get our
tax bills, and blue after we pay. " The American nodded. "I know
what you mean. It's the same in the U.S.A., only we see stars,
too.
POLITICS
1. New executive slogan: "If you haven't developed ulcers, you're
not carrying your share of the load.
2. A lot of politicians make the mistake of forgetting that
they've been appointed, instead of anointed.
3. When the first-grader asked his mother why Daddy brought home a
briefcase full of papers every night, the mother replied, "Daddy
had so much work to do that he can't finish it all at the office.
That's why he has to work at night. " "Well," said the child, "why
don't they put him in a slower group?"
4. Old politicians never die; they just harangue in there.
5. Politician to politician: "Caught you on 'Meet the Press. 1
"Great Footwork!"
6. I wish Congress would get back to normal. This kinder and
gentler stuff is getting brutal.
7. I don't worry about politicians who are accused of mis-
conduct- I worry about those that haven't been caught.
8. A lot more people would be interested in politics if the
Electoral College had a football team.
9. What this country really needs is more people giving up
politics- but still staying in office.
10. It isn't easy being a public figure these days. One week
you're on the cover of Time and the next week you're doing it.
11. Politics is producing some wild conversations, like; "I work
for the government." "Honestly?" "That's my business."
MISC
1. The diner was furious when his steak arrived too rare.
"Waiter, " he barked, "didn't you hear me say' well done?" "I
can't thank you enough sir, replied the waiter. I hardly ever get
a compliment."
2. My father is an avid fan of a nearby universities football
team. During a recent season his team got off to a poor start,
and almost every Saturday afternoon dad sat ranting at the TV
screen. One day, after loud shouts of disgust, silence fell.
Puzzled, my mother went into the living room to find him quietly
watching a World War II movie. "I just switched over to
something I knew we would win!" dad explained.
3. New executive slogan; "If you haven't developed ulcers you
are not carrying your share of the load. "
4. Words of wisdom; "If first you don't succeed, become a
consultant."
5. When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am
old, I admire kind people.
6. A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more
than once.-Frank A. Clark.
7. Announcing bad news; If good things come in small packages
I have a very large package to present to you today.
8. It is the year 2210, and the planets have long been
colonized. Interplanetary flight is as everyday as
transcontinental flight, and on one of these interplanetary
liners a Martian colonist strikes up a conversation with the
passenger next to him. "Where are you from?" he asks. "Earth,"
is the reply. "Oh, really? By any chance do you know ?"
9. Our local supermarket had just been equipped with a "talking"
cash register. I listened, amused, as a mechanical voice
announced each item and its price when the clerk passed it over
the scanner. After every thing had been checked through, the
relentless machine told me the total and after I paid, the change
due. The cashier, who had not yet spoken, got my change and
closed the drawer of the finally silent cash register. Looking at
me, she said smugly, "I still get to say thank you. "
10. A chinese emperor ordered one of his servants to find him a
hundred year old egg. Returning empty handed, the servant
explained no hundred year old egg's master but I can get you one
fifty year old egg. No thanks the emperor replied, you know I
hate instant food.
11. After a big meal; "After such a big meal, I hope you still
have some room for food for thought"
COLLEGE:
1. There's one kid who isn't starting college next month. Last
spring he asked his parents to give him the money it would cost
to send him. They did, and he retired on it.
2. My son complained constantly about the food at his college.
In spite of this, I showed up one night to have dinner with him.
We had no sooner reached the cafeteria entrance than he said,
"They don't have anything good. Let's leave."
"How do you know the meal is going to be bad if you haven't even
seen the food?" I protested.
"When there are more than six knives in the peanut butter, " he
replied, "you know dinner is going to be lousy."
3. Just as I finished my final lecture in social science at
Michigan State University, a freshman rushed up. "Oh, professor,
I wanted you to know that I learned so much in your course!" she
exclaimed. Pleased, I was framing a suitable reply when she
continued, "Why, just last Saturday night what you taught me
helped me to win a game of Trivial Pursuit!"
4. Harvard Magazine reports there's a joke that's been going
around Stanford University:
Q: How can you tell if a Harvard student has been using your
computer?
A: The display screen is covered with correction fluid.
5. The temperature at Central Michigan University's December
commencement is 1985 was well below freezing. With the wind
whipping across the parking lot, everyone was scurrying to get
inside. As I squeezed through the auditorium doors, I heard a
proud parent exclaim, "Janet always did say it would be a cold
day in hell when she graduated!"
6. When William Howard Taft was teaching in the Yale Law
School, he was annoyed one day because the students began to
fidget and whisper before his lecture ended. "Just a minute,
gentlemen," he said, "I have still a few more pearls to cast."
7. The cost of college keeps rising. That's what they really
mean by higher education.
CHILDREN
1.
Kids are so practical these days. I told my kid the story of
Humpty-Dumpty. He wanted to know if Humpty's family hit the Acme
Wall Company with a multi-million dollar personal injury suit.
2. This will go down in history as the era when kids stopped
bringing an apple to the teacher and started bringing something
she can really use - a box of Excedrin.
3. After working laboriously over his homework, the little boy
turned to his father. "Dad," he said wearily, "what's the use of
this education stuff?" "Why son," said his father, "There's
nothing like it! A good education enables you to worry about
conditions everywhere in the world."
EDUCATION
1. We spend all that money on education, yet we still have math
illiteracy? It just doesn't add up.
2. My kid doesn't want to back to school- He wants to stay home
and fax in his assignments.
3. Upset when only three of his students listed all of the 50
Both
states correctly on a quiz, the teacher told his class, "When I
was in school we could name every one of them off the top of our
have
heads." "Yeah," cracked a student, "but there were only thirteen
Grand- then. "
children,
4. In September, millions of happy, shinning faces look toward
school- They are known as parents.
5. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
MISC CONT
12. Goodtimes badtimes time passes no matter what grade you give
it.
13. My kids are excited that Nelson Mandela is going on a six
week tour. They think he is opening for Madonna.
14. I'm proud to say that I'm a humble person.
15. I thank my lucky stars that I'm not superstitious.
16. By the way, I looked up the word, "deja vu" in the
dictionary. It said "Didn't you look up the word before?"
17. Words of Wisdom: It isn't over till it's over- and then it's
too late.
18. I went to a hit movie this weekend. The line was so long by
the time I got into the theatre, they were showing the sequel.
19. You always have to be careful of little old ladies after a
speech because they don't fid around. One time I finished a
rather long talk and this sweet thing came up to me. put a gloved
hand on mine and said, "Mr. Orben, has anyone ever told you
you're a fascinating speacker?" I said, "No, No one ever has."
She said, "Then whatever gave you the idea?"