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September 24, 1990 Pand
A:MARTIN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LYNN MARTIN FOR SENATE RALLY
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weis
ROBEMONT NORISON ARENA
(LT.GOV.) BOB KUSTRA
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
TIMS?
ALSO
George (see & State) Ryan,
Jim (AG Ryan, Greg Baise, Sue SUTTER
" Acknowledgements
(TReasurer) (comptroller)
your friend,
" WALTER DUDYCZ (DOO-DITCH) MANNY HOFFMAN
((We had a great trip out here, on the new Air Force one.
CONG.
It's hard to describe how big the plane is but let me put it this
CAND's
the Next Govern of ILL., fim EDGAR
way: Wa're holding this event in here because the basketball
arena on Air Force One is having its floors
AREA
It's great to be. here today, back in the city of chicago
and it's a particular joy to speak on behalf of a close friend of
mine -- five-term Congresswoman and the next Senator from
Illinois, Lynn Martin.
It's appropriate that we're here, at the home of the great
De Paul Blue Demons. 111 Because come November, Lynn Martin is
going to give the opposition one devil of a surprise. 11
That's because Lynn is someone people believe in. She began
as a working mother, former school teacher, and state senator,
then became a nationally prominent member of United States
Congress and the first freshman ever to serve on the prestigious
Budget Committee. Lynn won the respect of her colleagues by
outsmarting her opponents, speaking out against injustice and
unfairness, and always standing up for the people of this great
state. 11
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 24, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON W
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT mkg
SUBJECT:
LYNN MARTIN FOR SENATE RALLY
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are draft remarks for a Lynn Martin
for Senate rally in the Rosemont Horizon basketball arena in
Chicago. The event will be held on Wednesday, September 26 at
7:50 p.m. You will introduced to a crowd of about 3000 by Lynn
Martin.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (12 minutes/teleprompter) discuss the
ramifications of a mandated sequester and the principles involved
in the Iraq situation, then finish up with a get-out-the-vote
message. The theme of the event is "Victory on the Horizon."
While this event is a fundraiser, the format is a rally.
The Gatlin brothers will perform after your speech.
Grant/Simon
September 24, 1990
Draft five
A:MARTIN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LYNN MARTIN FOR SENATE RALLY
ROSEMONT HORIZON ARENA
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
7:50 P.M.
((Thank you, Lynn, for that great introduction, and thank
all of you for making me feel so at home. After all, it's like
01' Blue Eyes says -- the other one, not me -- "Chicago is My
Kind of Town.") )
It's great to be here today, back in the city of Chicago,
and it's a particular joy to speak on behalf of a close friend of
mine -- five-term Congresswoman and the next Senator from
Illinois, Lynn Martin.
It's appropriate that we're here, at the home of the great
De Paul Blue Demons. 111 Because come November, Lynn Martin is
going to give the opposition one devil of a surprise. 11
That's because Lynn is someone people believe in. She began
as a working mother, school teacher, and state senator, then
became a nationally prominent member of United States Congress
and the first freshman ever to serve on the prestigious Budget
Committee. Lynn won the respect of her colleagues by outsmarting
her opponents, speaking out against injustice and unfairness, and
always standing up for the people of this great state. 11
Lynn believes, as we all do, that power should be in the
hands of people, not government. Empowerment is at the heart of
Lynn's campaign -- and it is a cornerstone of our
2
Administration's domestic policy. Together, we stand for
opportunity and empowerment for all Americans.
Democrats believe that every time a new problem arises in
America, it's time to create a new bureaucracy. Republicans
don't. We prefer not to expand the budget of the bureacracy, but
-- like this sign behind me says, "Victory on the Horizon" -- we
seek to expand the horizons of Illinoisans young and old -- from
offering more options to parents seeking child care, to giving
students and parents more choice in education; from allowing
tenant management for residents of public housing, to creating
free-market answers to environmental problems, to taking back our
streets from drug dealers and murderers. In short, we're working
to build a better America, and that's why I need Lynn Martin in
the Senate.
Lynn will help us accomplish these goals by helping us first
keep the economy moving forward. Over the last 8 years, we've
seen the longest peacetime economic expansion in history -- 22
million jobs have been created. But to build the best America we
can, we've got to get our fiscal house in order. We must bring
down this overwhelming federal budget deficit. And we must do it
now. 11
But that means we must first have a budget agreement -- one
that maintains our economic strength, bolsters our international
competitiveness, and spurs continued job growth. The reason we
don't have an agreement is simple: Congress hasn't acted on our
proposals. Let me give you a little history. On June 26, with
3
the budget summit going nowhere, I was asked to make a sacrifice
-- to allow the other side to put taxes on the table. Not my
first choice. Not my second. But to get Congress to act, it was
a choice that had to be made. A month later, our Administration
completed a comprehensive budget plan. Sixty-four days after
that, Congress has still failed to offer serious spending cuts
and they have failed to offer serious budget reform. I've
proposed a 5-year, $500 billion deficit reduction package -- and
still, no serious action by the Congress. Well, they may not be
serious, but the American people are.
You've seen the headlines about these negotiations, and the
arguments over which party is "on the side of the working
people. I'm talking about the capital gains tax cut -- because
I want to continue growth and avoid a recession. A majority of
the both houses of Congress voted in favor of it last year --
because both Republicans and Democrats understood that cutting
the capital gains tax means creating more American jobs and
promoting economic growth. Yet the Democrat leadership
prevented it from becoming law. Let others create class warfare,
we want to keep creating jobs -- for all the American people.
Because of Congressional foot-dragging, the nation is now
four days away from mandated sequestration -- multi-billion
dollar across-the-board budget cuts that will have a damaging
effect on Americans -- young and old, rural and urban. Let me
give you a few examples of what life will be like when that
sequester hits. Approximately a million children would not be
4
vaccinated for polio, measles, and rubella. Pell grants for over
a million college students would be eliminated outright. Here at
O'Hare Airport, flights will be cancelled -- in fact, each day,
up to 58 arrivals and departures would be cancelled per hour --
because there wouldn't be enough air traffic controllers to
ensure safe operations.
Virtually every segment of American society would be
seriously affected by the sequester -- except one. That's right,
Enforcement
one special group has voted itself exempt from the toughest rules
of sequester: the United States Congress.
It's time we sent a message to Congress: No more government
by continuing resolution. Time has run out. Congress must act
because America deserves better. 11
At no time in post-war history has a strong and economically
healthy America been more important. And we all know who is
helping keep America strong half-way around the world: those
brave soldiers who left their spouses and children to serve on
the front lines in the Persian Gulf. 11 They are some of
America's finest men and women. And we're proud of all of
them.
I've said it before: our soldiers are proving that America could
not be the land of the free if it were not the home of the
brave.
Each one of our soldiers in the Gulf is a story of America
at its best. For example, last week I read in the Chicago
Tribune about Lorain Kuryla [Kuh-RILL-a], that 63 year-old
5
grandmother from nearby Hillside, who volunteered for active duty
with the Air Force Reserve Unit out of O'Hare. Her kids call her
"Grambo."
After hearing about her tenacity, her courage and her
toughness, all I can say is, "Move over, Mike Ditka." 11
Master Sergeant Kuryla and other reservists alongside her
are standing up to aggression and preserving the sovereignty of
nations. But our G.I.'s are in good company. Not only do we
have twenty-two nations, including most Arab states and the
Soviet Union, on our side. We have freedom and justice on our
side. Our goals have been endorsed by the U.N. Security Council
seven times. For, as I told the Joint Session of Congress two
weeks ago:
America and the world must defend our common vital
interests. 11 America and the world must support the rule of
law. 11 America and the world must stand up to aggression. 11
And we will not be intimidated. 11
Recent events prove that there is no substitute for American
leadership in the shaping of a new partnership of nations. Lynn
Martin has known that from Day One. Unlike others, she has
consistently voted for a strong defense. She knows you can't
stand up to tyranny and despotism while wrecklessly slashing
military levels. Her opponent called for bombing Iraqi
pipelines, on one hand, and on the other hand, cutting defense
spending by 50 percent. 11 Sounds like that guy's really got his
hands full.\
6
And he'll have his hands full on election day, too, trying
to justify his big-government, ultra-liberal philosophy to the
common-sense voters of Illinois. Lynn says "Illinois deserves
better." And I think we all agree.
People know Lynn Martin stands for a strong America,
economically and militarily. That's why we need Lynn Martin in
the United States Senate.
So many in this room have done so much for Lynn's campaign,
and I thank you for it. But our most important task lies ahead.
On election day our G.I.'s -- in the searing heat of the desert
dunes and the hot glare of the Persian Gulf -- will send in their
absentee ballots. We owe it to those brave men and women --
laying their lives on the line for peace and stability in the
world -- to exercise the precious right to vote.
I'm grateful for such a great rally, and for all the work
you've done for for Lynn Martin the next Republican Senator
from this great state. Because Illinois really does deserve the
best. 11
Thank you. God bless our great nation and each one of you.
###
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LYNN MARTIN FOR SENATE RALLY
ROSEMONT HORIZON ARENA
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
TIME?
Lynn Martin
(( Acknowledgements
))
( (We had a great trip out here, on the new Air Force One.
It's hard to describe how big the plane is but let me put it this
way: We're holding this event in here because the basketball
arena on Air Force One is having its floors redone. \\))
It's great to be here today, back in the city of Chicago,
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Biography
and it's a particular joy to speak on behalf of a close friend of
yearbook
mine -- five-term Congresswoman and the next Senator from
1989
Illinois, Lynn Martin. 11
It's appropriate that we're here, at the home of the great
Cathy
Laydon
De Paul Blue Demons. III Because come November, Lynn Martin is
708-518-
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going to give the opposition one devil of a surprise. 11
That's because Lynn is someone people believe in. She began
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as a working mother, former school teacher, and state senator,
Yearbook
then became a nationally prominent member of United States
1989
Congress and the first freshman ever to serve on the prestigious
Budget Committee. Lynn won the respect of her colleagues by
outsmarting her opponents, speaking out against injustice and
unfairness, and always standing up for the people of this great
state. 11
2
Lynn believes, as we all do, that power should be in the
hands of people, not government. Empowerment is at the heart of
Lynn's campaign --- and it is the cornerstone of our
Administration's domestic policy. Together, we stand for
opportunity and empowerment for all Americans.
Democrats believe that every time a new problem arises in
America, it's time to create a new bureaucracy. Republicans
don't. We prefer not to expand the budget of the bureacracy, but
Kathry
1708-518-
-- like this sign behind me says, "Victory on the Horizon" -- we
seek to expand the horizons of Illinoisans young and old -- from
offering more options to parents seeking child care, to giving
students and parents more choice in education; from allowing
tenant management for residents of public housing, to creating
free-market answers to environmental problems. In short, we're
working to build a better America, and that's why I need Lynn
Martin in the Senate. 11
Lynn will help us accomplish these goals by helping us first
non-farm keep the economy moving forward. Over the last 8 years, we've
payroll
emp.
seen the longest peacetime economic expansion in history -- 22
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million jobs created. But to build the best America we can,
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we've got to get our fiscal house in order. We must rid our
children and our children's children of the overwhelming federal
budget deficit. And we must do it now.
But that means we must first have a budget agreement -- one
that maintains our economic strength, our competitiveness, and
our job growth. The reason we don't have an agreement is simple:
3
Because Congress hasn't acted on our proposals. Let me give you
June
a little history. On July 26, our Administration developed a
with the budget summit going nowhere,
comprehensive budget plan. Right off the bat I was asked to make
a sacrifice -- to allow the other side to put taxes on the table.
Not my first choice. Not my second. But to get Congress to act,
(92)
it was a choice that had to be made. Almost 100 days later,
Congress has yet to offer a comprehensive plan in return. They
have failed to offer serious spending cuts. They have failed to
On July 26, 60 days
offer serious budgt reform. I've proposed a 5-year, $500 billion
deficit reduction package -- and still, no serious action by the
Congress. Well, nobody's laughing anymore.
Now, they're packing their bags -- to head out of Washington
for the campaign season. You've seen the headlines about these
negotiations, and the arguments over which party is "on the side
of the working people.' I'm talking about the capital gains tax
CQ 11-18-89
p. 3141 cut. A majority of the both houses of Congress voted in favor of
CQ 9-30-89 2592
it last year -- because both Republicans and Democrats understood
P.
that cutting the capital gains tax means creating more American
jobs and promoting economic growth. Yet the Democrat leadership
prevented it from becoming law. Let the other side create class
warfare, we want to keep creating jobs -- for all the American
people.
Because of Congressional foot-dragging, the nation is now
Sept.
27-30
four days away from mandated sequestration -- across-the-board
budget cuts that will have a damaging effect on Americans --
young and old, rural and urban. Let me give you a few examples
4
of what life will be like when that sequester hits.
OMB
Approximately a million children would not be vaccinated for
Mid Session
review polio, measles, and rubella. Pell grants for over a million
college students would be outright eliminated. Here at O'Hare
DOT
Airport, an average of 60. arrivals and departures during an hour would
58
its
busiest
press
release
be cancelled, because there wouldn't be enough air traffic
see
file
controllers to ensure safe operations.
Virtually every segment of American society would be
seriously affected by the sequester -- except one. That's right,
one special group has voted itself exempt from the toughest rules
of sequester: the United States Congress.
It's time we sent a message to those campaigning
Congressmen: No more government by continuing resolution. Time
has run out. Congress must act because America deserves better.
As I said, empowerment is the key to building a better
America at home -- and, in turn, the foundation for us to better
face our challenges abroad. At no time in post-war history has a
strong America been more important. And we all know who is
keeping America strong half-way around the world: those brave
soldiers who left their spouses and children to serve on the
front lines in the Persian Gulf. They are some of America's
finest men and women. And we're proud of all of them.
I've said it before: our soldiers are proving that America could
not be the land of the free if it were not the home of the
brave. 11
5
Each one of our soldiers in the Gulf is a story of America
at its best. For example, last week I read in the Chicago
chriago
Tribune
Tribune about Lorain Kuryla [Kuh-RILL-a], that 63 year-old
grandmother from nearby Hillside, who volunteered for active duty
9-14-90
with the Air Force Reserve Unit out of O'Hare. Her kids call her
"Grambo.
"
clearman
After hearing about her tenacity, her courage and her
Capt,R
toughness, all I can say is, "Move over, Mike Ditka.' 11
312-6822
Master Sergeant Kuryla and other reservists alongside her
are standing up to aggression and preserving the sovereignty of
nations. But our G.I.'s are in good company. Not only do we
have we have twenty-two nations, including most Arab states and
the Soviet Union, on our side. We have freedom and justice on
our side. Our goals have been endorsed by the U.N. Security
Council seven times. For, as I told the Joint Session of
Congress two weeks ago:
America and the world must defend our common vital
9-11-90
interests. 11 America and the world must support the rule of
law. 11 America and the world must stand up to aggression. 11
And we will not be intimidated. 11
Recent events have proven that there is no substitute for
American leadership in the shaping of a new partnership of
nations. Lynn Martin has known that from Day One. Unlike
others, she has consistently voted for a strong defense. She
knows you can't stand up to tyranny and despotism while
wrecklessly slashing military levels. Her opponent called for
6
bombing Iraqi pipelines, on one hand, and on the other hand,
8-8-15-90 Chicago
cutting defense spending by 50 percent. 11 Sounds like that
guy's really got his hands full. 11
And he'll have his hands full on election day, too, trying
to justify his big-government, ultra-liberal philosophy to the
common-sense voters of Illinois. Lynn says "Illinois deserves
better. " And I think we all agree.
People know Lynn Martin stands for a strong America,
economically and militarily. That's why we need Lynn Martin in
the United States Senate. 11
So many in this room have done so much for Lynn's campaign,
and I thank you for it. But our most important task lies ahead.
On election day our G.I.'s -- in the searing heat of the desert
dunes and the hot glare of the Persian Gulf -- will send in their
absentee ballots. Surely those of us left behind can walk down
the street to our local polls. We owe it to those brave men and
women -- laying their lives on the line for peace and stability
in the world.
I'm grateful for such a great rally, and for all the work
you've done for for Lynn Martin --the next Republican Senator
from this great state. Because Illinois really does deserve the
best. 11
Thank you. God bless our great nation and each one of you.
# # #
Grant/Simon
September 24, 1990
Draft four
A:MARTIN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LYNN MARTIN FOR SENATE RALLY
ROSEMONT HORIZON ARENA
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
TIME? 7:50 pm
11 Acknowledgements ))
( (We had a great trip out here, on the new Air Force One.
It's hard to describe how big the plane is but let me put it this
way: We're holding this event in here because the basketball
arena on Air Force One is having its floors redone. \\))
It's great to be here today, back in the city of Chicago,
and it's a particular joy to speak on behalf of a close friend of
mine -- five-term Congresswoman and the next Senator from
Illinois, Lynn Martin. \\
It's appropriate that we're here, at the home of the great
De Paul Blue Demons. III Because come November, Lynn Martin is
going to give the opposition one devil of a surprise. 11
That's because Lynn is someone people believe in. She began
as a working mother, former school teacher, and state senator,
then became a nationally prominent member of United States
Congress and the first freshman ever to serve on the prestigious
Budget Committee. Lynn won the respect of her colleagues by
outsmarting her opponents, speaking out against injustice and
unfairness, and always standing up for the people of this great
state. \\
2
Lynn believes, as we all do, that power should be in the
hands of people, not government. Empowerment is at the heart of
Lynn's campaign -- and it is the cornerstone of our
Administration's domestic policy. Together, we stand for
opportunity, empowerment and choice in the hands of parents and
students. And we want our streets and schools to be safe from
crime and drugs, our environment clean and healthy for our
children.
Democrats believe that every time a new problem arises in
America, it's time to create a new bureaucracy. Republicans
don't. We prefer not to expand the budget of the bureacracy, but
-- like this sign behind me says, "Victory on the Horizon" -- we
seek to expand the horizons of Illinoisans young and old -- from
offering more options to parents seeking child care, to giving
students and parents educational choices; from allowing tenant
management for residents of public housing, to creating free-
market answers to environmental problems. In short, we're
working to build a better America, and that's why I need Lynn
Martin in the Senate.
Lynn will help us accomplish these goals by helping us first
keep the economy moving forward. Over the last 8 years, we've
seen the longest peacetime economic expansion in history -- 22
million jobs created. But to build the best America we can,
we've got to get our fiscal house in order. We must rid our
children and our children's children of the overwhelming federal
budget deficit. And we must do it now. 11
3
But that means we must first have a budget agreement -- one
that maintains our economic strength, our competitiveness, and
our job growth. The reason we don't have an agreement is simple:
Because Congress hasn't acted on our proposals. Let me give you
a little history. On July 26, our Administration developed a
comprehensive budget plan. Right off the bat I was asked to make
a sacrifice -- to allow the other side to put taxes on the table.
Not my first choice. Not my second. But it is a choice I had to
make to get Congress to act. To my dismay, almost 100 days have
passed and Congress has yet to offer a comprehensive plan in
return. I've asked for a vote on the Administration's 5-year,
$500 billion deficit reduction package time and time again -- and
still, no action by the Congress.
Instead, they're packing their bags -- to head out of
Washington for the campaign season. You've seen the headlines
about these negotiations, and the arguments over which party is
"on the side of the working people." I'm talking about the
capital gains tax cut. A majority of the both houses of Congress
voted in favor of it last year -- because they understood that
cutting the capital gains tax means saving American jobs and
promoting economic growth. Yet the leadership prevented it from
becoming law. Let the other side create class warfare, we'll
keep creating jobs -- for all the American people.\
Because of Congressional foot-dragging, the nation is now
four days away from sequestration -- across-the-board budget
cuts. Let me give you a few examples of what life will be like
01
Kuryla [Kuh-RILL-a], that 63 year-old grandmother from nearby
Hillside, who volunteered for active duty with the Air Force
Reserve Unit out of O'Hare. Her kids call her "Grambo."
After hearing about her tenacity, her courage and her
toughness, all I can say is, "Move over, Mike Ditka." 11
Master Sergeant Kuryla and other reservists alongside her
are standing up to aggression and preserving the sovereignty of
nations. But our G.I.'s are in good company. Not only do we
have_we-have twenty-two nations, including most Arab states and
the Soviet Union, on our side. We have freedom and justice on
our side. Our goals have been endorsed by the U.N. Security
Council seven times. For, as I told the Joint Session of
Congress two weeks ago:
9/11/90
America and the world must defend our common vital
interests. America and the world must support the rule of
law. America and the world must stand up to aggression.
And we will not be intimidated.
Recent events have proven that there is no substitute for
American leadership in the shaping of a new partnership of
nations. Lynn Martin has known that from Day One. Unlike
others, she has consistently voted for a strong defense. She
knows you can't stand up to tyranny and despotism while
wrecklessly slashing military levels. Her opponent called for
bombing Iraqi pipelines, on one hand, and on the other hand,
cutting defense spending by 50 percent. \\ Sounds like that
guy's really got his hands full.
TRIBUNE 8/15/90
Martin rips Simon's 'macho' stance on Iraq
By Thomas Hardy
he's talked about decimating those
bers at aggressors and at the same
"He's talking, on the one hand,
Political writer
forces by half," Martin said.
time slash military levels to less
of cutting defense spending on
Republican challenger Lynn Mar-
Simon last year advocated a
than when Jimmy Carter was presi-
things like Star Wars and the pro-
tin on Tuesday ridiculed her Dem-
$100 billion cut in defense spend-
dent."
tection of Eastern Europe against a
ocratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Paul
ing, or about a third of the defense
In a telephone interview later,
Soviet invasion, and at the same
Simon, as "an election-year macho
budget, in order to put the money
Martin said the pipeline air strike
time calling for a prudent way to
man" for his sabes-rattling over the
to use in reducing the federal defi-
recommended by Simon "is some-
help prevent a bully like Hussein
Middle East crisis in light of his
cit and for social programs.
thing not even suggested by the ad-
from invading a weaker nation,"
previous calls for cutting the na-
Last week, after suggesting an air
ministration or bawks. Suddenly
Golin said.
tional defense budget.
strike against Iraq's pipelines,
he's become an election-year
Simon's call for bombing the
The Rockford-area
Simon told reporters in Washing-
macho man.
The reality and
Iraqi pipelines was done "as a way
congresswoman chided Simon for
ton that defense spending should
his rhetoric are incongruent.
of doing something with no loss to
advocating the bombing of Iraqi oil
be reduced by 50 percent over five
"Following Simon's lead, we'd
human lives while cutting off the
economic lifeline," she said.
pipelines and supporting President
years.
wind up with a smaller army than
Bush's decision to send U.S. forces
"You simply cannot have it both
[Saddam] Hussein," she asserted.
Martin "needs to get her story
into Saudi Arabia to protect
straight as to what she wants to
ways," Martin said following a
A spokeswoman for Simon, Ellen
against an invasion by Iraq's Sad-
accuse [Simon] of being," Golin
downtown fundraiser featuring
Golin, denied the first-term incum-
dam Hussein.
said. "He's either too liberal or,
Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady,
bent's stance on defense spending
now, he's posturing as a hawk.
"He can't talk about bombing
which raised $45,000 for her cam-
is at odds with his tough talk on
Essentially, there's no conflict
and sending in armed forces when
paign. "You cannot rattle the sa-
Iraq.
here."
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Chicago nTimes
ST Aug 9, 1990
CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Sudden mobilization reduces
chance of huge defense cuts
By Basil Talbott
this country at all."
mits reductions.
By afternoon, Simon was more
While Aspin was trying to hold
Washington Bureau Chicago Sun-Times
skeptical. "That's clearly what we
the middle ground, Dole and
WASHINGTON-The Persian
ought to be doing. but I don't
Hyde were pressing for greater
Gulf crisis has dimmed prospects
think we are going to achieve 50
military expenditures in view of
for deep defense cuts on the scale
percent," he said in a telephone
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
advocated by Sen. Paul Simon (D-
interview from St. Louis. He said
"This will give people who want
III.).
25 percent was more. likely.
to disarm America second
Iraq's menace and President
"What needs to be done is re-
thoughts about what they are try-
Bush's response prompted Capitol
emphasize the need for a smaller.
ing to do," said Walt Riker, Dole's
Hill Republicans to heat the drum
more mobile force that can re-
press spokesman.
for defense, establishment Demo-
spond to situations anywhere in
"The rush to establish a peace
crats to defend middle-ground
the world," Simon said.
dividend will be slowed down con-
cuts and those who have been
During the day, Republicans-
siderably," Hyde said. "The losson
hoping for a large peace dividend
including Senate Minority Leader
to be drawn is that the Soviet
to lower their sights.
Robert J. Dole (Kan.) and Rep.
Union isn't the only area of criti-
Simon. who supports the presi-
Henry J. Hyde (III.) held press
cal interest. It's very difficult to
dent's actions in the Persian Gulf.
conferences to underscore the val-
protect our interests in far-flung
maintained that a huge cut still
ue of military might.
parts of the world."
was justified but conceded that it
Also, Rep. Les Aspin (D-Wis.),
Among other likely impacts on
had become less politically realis-
chairman of the Armed Services
the fiscal 1991 budget. being nego-
tic.
Committee, defended the House's
tiated by the White House and
At breakfast with reporters. Si-
decision on defense cuts.
Capitol Hill leaders, is the idea of
mon asserted that cutbacks were
For 1991, Bush proposed $306.9
a gasoline tax to help raise deficit-
in order "because the bulk of what
billion, the House authorized $283
reducing revenue.
we are spending is not for the
billion and the Senate voted $289
Some Republicans and Demo-
kind of troops and the kind of
billion. The two chambers are di.
crats say the high oil prices
action we are using in the Middle
vided on several issues, including
spurred by the crisis reduces the
East.
We're still preparing for
the B-2 bomber, which the Senate
prospects of a higher gasoline tax.
a Soviet invasion."
favors and the House rejected.
"The gasoline tax was never
Singling out nuclear warheads
Aspin spokeswoman Lynn
likely," Simon said. "In rural
and the "star wars" program. Si-
Reddy said Bush's response was
areas, a gas tax is very unpopt-
mon said: "Over a five-year peri-
the sort of military action that
lar." Higher gasoline prices also
od. we can cut back 50 percent
had been accounted for in a re-
would contribute to inflation, re-
without impairing the security of
vised military strategy that per-
sulting in a higher deficit. he said.
Kris Gardwing
Grant/Simon
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LYNN MARTIN FOR SENATE RALLY
ROSEMONT HORIZON ARENA
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
TIME?
7:50 p.m.
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(( Acknowledgements ))
( (We had a great trip out here, on the new Air Force One.
It's hard to describe how big the plane is but let me put it this
way: We're holding this event in here because the basketball
arena on Air Force One is having its floors redone. \\))
It's great to be here today, back in the city of Chicago,
and it's a particular joy to speak on behalf of a close friend of
mine -- five-term Congresswoman and the next Senator from
Illinois, Lynn Martin.
It's appropriate that we're here, at the home of the great
De Paul Blue Demons. III Because come November, Lynn Martin is
going to give the opposition one devil of a surprise. 11
That's because Lynn is someone people believe in. She began
as a working mother, former school teacher, and state senator,
then became a nationally prominent member of United States
Congress and the first freshman ever to serve on the prestigious
Budget Committee. Lynn won the respect of her colleagues by
outsmarting her opponents, speaking out against injustice and
unfairness, and always standing up for the people of this great
state. \\
2
Lynn knows that the cornerstone of our Administration's
domestic policy is empowerment -- putting power in the hands of
the people, not the government. Democrats believe that every
time a new problem arises in America, it's time to create a new
bureaucracy. Republicans don't. We prefer not to expand the
budget of the bureacracy, but -- like this sign behind me says,
"Victory on the Horizon" -- we seek to expand the horizons of
Illinoisans young and old -- from putting choice in the hands of
parents seeking child care, to giving students and parents
educational choices; from allowing tenant management for
residents of public housing, to creating free-market answers to
environmental problems. In short, we're working to build a
better America, and that's why I need Lynn Martin in the
Senate.
Lynn will help us accomplish these goals by helping us keep
the economy moving forward. Over the last 8 years, we've seen
the longest peacetime economic expansion in history -- 22 million
jobs created. But to build the best America we can, we've got to
get our fiscal house in order. We must rid our children and our
children's children of the overwhelming federal budget deficit.
And we will.
Lynn is known as an expert on the budget. She agrees with
me that the key to solving our deficit problem is fiscal
restraint and economic growth. \\ We simply must stop spending
money we don't have.
3
You've seen the headlines about the budget summit, and the
arguments over which party is "on the side of the working
people." Let the other side create class warfare, we'll keep
creating jobs -- for all the American people.
Speaking of class warfare, today the Congress is debating
pack 7766 Howard
the Civil Rights Act of 1990. Let me tell you why I will veto
unless it's changed,
it.
We all agree, sadly, that bigotry and hate still exist in
America. And we've all worked terribly hard toward systematic
change to give every American the opportunity to excell. No one
wants a law whose unintended consequences are quotas -- because
they violate the most basic principles of our civil rights
tradition, and the most basic principles of democracy. This bill
takes America backward -- not forward -- in the struggle for
civil rights -- and that's why I'll veto any quota bill the
Democrats send me.
As I said, empowerment is the key to building a better
America at home -- and, in turn, the foundation for us to better
face our challenges abroad. At no time in post-war history has a
strong America been more important. And we all know who is
keeping America strong half-way around the world: those brave
soldiers who left their spouses and children to serve on the
front lines in the desert heat. They are some of the finest
men and women of the United States of America. And we're all
proud of them.\
Notice I didn't say "young men and women." That's because
last week I read in the Chicago Tribune about Lorain Kuryla [Kuh-
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act. Defenseing shelings voted against it
sening
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education
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LYNN MARTIN FOR SENATE RALLY
ROSEMONT HORIZON ARENA
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
TIME?
(( Acknowledgements ))
( (We had a great trip out here, on the new Air Force One.
It's hard to describe how big the plane is and how many features
it has, so let me put it this way: We're holding this event at
the Rosemont Horizon because the basketball arena on Air Force
One is having is floors redone. \\))
It's great to be here today, back in the city of Chicago,
and it's a particular joy to speak on behalf of a close friend of
mine -- four-term Congresswoman and the next Senator from
Illinois, Lynn Martin.
It's appropriate that we're here, at the home of the great
De Paul Blue Demons. 111 Because come November, Lynn Martin is
going to give the opposition one devil of a surprise. \\
That's because Lynn is someone people believe in. She began
as a working mother, former school teacher, and state senator,
then became a nationally prominent member of United States
Congress and first freshman ever on the Budget Committee. Lynn
won the respect of her colleagues by outsmarting her opponents,
speaking out against injustice and unfairness, and always
standing up for the people of this great state.
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The Associated Press.
HEADLINE: Observers Say Martin Has Clout, Though Few Laws Carry Her Name
DATE: August 4, 1990
BYLINE: By ED WHITE, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
KEYWORD: IL--Lawmaker Martin
BODY:
Ronald Reagan is gone from the White House, but when Rep. Lynn Martin is
asked about getting bills into law during her 10-year career, she refers to the
40th president.
"He used to have a thing on his desk that said, 'If you don't care who gets
the credit you can get a lot done.' ... That's a good concept," Martin says.
The Republican nominee for Senate acknowledges there are few laws that
carry her name. But it would be a mistake to gauge success by that barometer,
she says.
As a member of the minority party in the House, Martin says some of her best
legislative work has been behind the scenes, especially on committees that have
clout on Capitol Hill but get little notice back home.
"Many Democrats see her as a bit acerbic," says Norman Ornstein, a
congressional scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think
tank. "She is clearly more conservative and a bit more partisan than many
others, but she's a player.
"Effectiveness in the legislative process just can't easily be measured
quantitatively," he adds.
Martin sits on the Rules Committee, a powerful panel that sets the rules for
bills that hit the House floor, the types of amendments, for example, that can
strengthen legislation, dilute it or even kill it.
Last year, she helped shape a bipartisan pay-and-ethics package, a political
hot potato that raised House salaries and banned the acceptance of speaking fees
starting in 1991.
"The fact is, it's a Democratic majority," says Martin. "So that means you
have to be much more concerned with getting whatever you want done in the
process. I think people would suggest I'm pretty good at that."
If Ornstein sees little value in judging a House member by the number of
bills that become law - "legislative equivalents of batting averages" - at least
the bills provide a glimpse of Martin's agenda during the 1980s.
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Fifty-five Air Force reservists from the 928th Tactical Airlift
Group, Chicago, Illinois, returned home early Saturday morning
following 31 days of duty in the Middle East.
The reservists had volunteered to serve, without waiting for an
official call-up. The reservists, flying C-130H Hercules cargo
planes transported cargo and personnel throughout the Persian
Gulf.
Among the reservists were:
Lt. Col. James P. Hanny of Lake Geneva, WI. Colonel Hanny is
the commander of the 64th Tactical Airlift Squadron and a captain
for American Airlines, He 15 married and has three daughters.
Capt. John Phillips of Schaumburg, IL. Captain Phillips is
an aircraft commander with the 64th TAS and also flies for
American Airlines. He is married and has # caughter.
MSgt. Charles Boyer of Rolling Meadows, IL. Sergeant Boyer
15 a controller with the 928th Consolidated Aircreft Maintenance
Squadron. He is also a civil service public affairs specialist
with the 928th TAG. He is married and is a grandfather.
MSgt. Bruce Krizmanic of Aurora, IL. Sergeant Krizmanic is =
loadmaster with the 64th TAS, and # sales representative with
Seigle Lumber Company, He has two children.
Others include Amm. Thomas Stratton, SSgt. Thomas Koenig,
SSgt. Roger Thorn, SSgt. Jan Felcan, TSgt. Bill Baker, 1Lt Kenney
Petray, Maj. Bill Bereza and 1Lt Nathaniel Werner.
Seventy-one reservists volunteers departed O'Hare on Sept.
12, 1990, in support of Operation Desert Shield. Among those
were MSgt. Lorain Kuryla, mother of three and grandmother of
five; SSgt. Julie Jones; and Maj- Tom Schmidt.
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VI. POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF $100 BILLION SEQUESTER
If the Budget Summit negotiations do not produce a satisfactory deficit reduction program, a
large sequester will ensue. With that possibility in view, this section discusses the sequester calculations
and the potential effects of a 1991 sequester of $100 billion.
For purposes of determining the sequester amount, it seems reasonable to assume the continuation
of the food stamp program, and a return to normal operating levels for the Census Bureau. Spending
from the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), however, including administrative expenses and interest
payments to the Federal Financing Bank, is excluded from the baseline totals at this point-in part
because current law limits total RTC spending and in part because many believe that RTC expenditures
should be excluded from G-R-H sequester calculations. Under these assumptions, the adjusted baseline
deficit would be $168.8 billion in 1991, $104.8 billion above the $64 billion deficit target required by
the G-R-H law. Thus if no additional policy actions were taken to reduce this adjusted baseline deficit
before the initial sequester report is issued on August 25th, the President must issue an order to
withhold roughly $100 billion effective October 1st. If no policy actions were taken before the final
sequester report is issued on October 15th, a sequester of roughly $100 billion would be required. (If
RTC were authorized to spend more, and if such expenditures were included in the sequester calculation,
the likely sequester would exceed $150 billion.)
Sequestration Calculations
Reductions associated with a $100 billion sequester would be determined using the following
steps, as shown in Table 11.
Table 11. MID-SESSION REVIEW:
SEQUESTRATION CALCULATIONS FOR 1991
(Outlays in billions of dollars)
Outlays
Required deficit reduction (assumed as of July 15, 1990).
100.0
Defense (military personnel sequestered): 1
Total required reductions
50.0
Estimated outlays associated with across-the-board
sequesterable budgetary resources
198.8
Uniform reduction percentage
25.1%
Nondefense:
Total required reductions
50.0
Estimated savings from automatic spending
0.1
Estimated savings from special rules
1.8
Amount remaining to be obtained from uniform percent-
age reductions of budgetary resources
48.1
Estimated outlays associated with across-the-board
sequesterable budgetary resources 2
125.3
Uniform reduction percentage
38.4%
MEMORANDUM
Defense (military personnel exempt): 1
Total required reductions
50.0
Estimated outlays associated with across-the-board
sequesterable budgetary resources
121.1
Uniform reduction percentage
41.3%
1 Function 050, excluding FEMA programs.
2 Includes $5.7 billion in estimated 1992 outlays for CCC.
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First, one-half of the required deficit reduction, $50 billion, would be assigned to defense programs
(budget accounts in the national defense function, 050, excluding the Federal Emergency Management
Agency) and the other half to nondefense programs.
Second, savings from eliminating automatic spending increases in three specific programs (the
National Wool Act, the special milk program, and vocational rehabilitation) would be applied to the
required reduction in outlays for nondefense programs. Savings from eliminating these adjustments
would be $58 million.
Third, the amount of outlay savings to be obtained by applying four special rules would be
calculated. These special rules are for guaranteed student loans, foster care and adoption assistance,
medicare and certain other health programs. The estimated savings from these special rules, $1.8
billion for 1991, would be applied toward the required spending reductions in nondefense programs.
The reductions in defense programs and remaining reductions in nondefense programs would be
taken on a uniform percentage basis, computed separately for each category. Under the adjusted
baseline estimates, the uniform percentage reductions would be 38.4 percent for nondefense programs.
For defense programs, the uniform percentage reduction would be 25.1 percent if military personnel
accounts were sequestered and 41.3 percent if these accounts were exempted by the President from
sequestration.
In the event that a sequester is required, not all programs will be subject to reductions. For
defense and nondefense programs combined, about 67 percent of total outlays are associated with
budgetary resources exempt from sequestration. The burden of sequester falls on programs that
comprise the remaining 33 percent of budget outlays. Of these outlays, defense programs account for
47 percent, special rule nondefense programs for 25 percent, and other nondefense programs account
for 28 percent.
Programmatic Impact of a $100 Billion Sequester
In addition to the sequester effects described for individual programs that follow, most, if not all,
Federal agencies would be forced to reduce staff costs through reductions-in-force, furloughs, and
hiring freezes.
Reductions-in-force are required to be implemented in an orderly way, generally using the criteria,
within Federal job classifications, of abolishing positions, thereby terminating the employment of the
most junior and non-veteran employees first. Severe reductions-in-force (of the size necessary under
this sequester) also can affect senior employees whose jobs are abolished. These employees may then
"bump" more junior employees in other job classifications for which the senior employee is qualified.
Furloughs involve telling employees not to come to work for a certain length of time and then
not paying them for that time period (e.g., involuntary leave without pay). By law, military personnel
cannot be furloughed.
Hiring freezes result in the random loss of employees and frequently the loss of the most critical
_specialties and the creation of imbalances within an organization.
Legal requirements, the regulations of the Office of Personnel Management, and labor-management
agreements must be followed in administering both reductions-in-force and furloughs. In order to
yield any savings, the reduction-in-force process should begin at the time of the initial sequester
report on August 25th or not later than the issuance of the final sequester report on October 15th.
Termination expenses (payments for unused annual leave, return of retirement contributions, unem-
ployment compensation payments, etc.) offset the savings made possible by discontinuing employment.
Separating a person at the beginning of the year on average saves only $11,500 or 35-40 percent of
compensation and benefits during the first year after a reduction-in-force. In subsequent years, the
former employees' full compensation and benefits would normally be saved. On this basis, the separation
of 100,000 employees through a reduction-in-force would save only $1.1 billion in 1991. Many thousands
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of dependents, businesses, and creditors who depend upon the income and purchasing power of Federal
employees would be hurt by these actions.
Agencies also would reduce travel, training, printing, contractual services, and supply and equip-
ment purchases. Those employees who remained would be hampered in their efforts to enforce the
law, carry out agency missions mandated by law, and supply previous levels of services not only
because of the reduced number of personnel, but also because of organizational disruptions created
by adverse personnel actions and by the lack of non-personnel resources.
While the description of the effect of the sequester by program that follows is extensive, it is not
comprehensive and is intended for illustrative purposes only.
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
A sequester applies to CCC cash deficiency payments and commodity loan programs by crop year.
Based on projected 1991 crop year cash deficiency payments of $7.1 billion, a sequester would require
a reduction of $2.7 billion in deficiency payment outlays in fiscal years 1991 and 1992. The value of
1991 crop loans estimated in fiscal years 1991 and 1992 is $6.0 billion. Checks written during harvest
time to farmers who place crops under loan would be reduced by about $2.3 billion in 1991 and 1992.
Reductions in CCC outlays, net of loan repayments would be $3.9 billion during fiscal years 1991 and
1992.
To illustrate the wide-spread impact of a sequester, note that approximately 300,000 commodity
loans and 9,000,000 deficiency payments are currently issued through the CCC. For 1989 crop
programs, the following number of farms received cash deficiency payments for crops:
Cotton
100,000
Feed grains
1,100,000
Wheat
435,000
Rice
18,500
In addition, an estimated 175,000 dairy producers would face large assessments on their milk
marketings (the assessment of 10.4 cents per hundredweight of milk markets would reduce cash
receipts of dairy farmers by approximately $150 million), and 40,000 peanut farms and 424,000 tobacco
farms would be affected through loan proceeds reductions.
The average deficiency payment for the 1989 feed grain crop was $4,363, and the average for all
commodity loans was $13,771. A sequester would reduce the average deficiency payment by $1,658
and the average commodity loan by $5,233.
Conservation
The 1985 Food Security Act (FSA) established the Conservation Reserve Program. People who
agree to retire highly erodible land for 10 years receive an annual rental payment and financial
assistance in establishing a permanent cover on the land. Under a sequester, annual rental payments
due under the nearly 334,000 conservation reserve program contracts with farmers could not be paid
in full.
The FSA also established several new conservation initiatives that require Soil Conservation
Service (SCS) technical assistance. Under the law, SCS is responsible for defining highly erodible
lands (HEL) and wetlands and for helping farmers develop and install conservation plans that
producers will need if they are to continue receiving program benefits from the Department of
Agriculture. While conservation planning and HEL determinations have been completed, only about
30 percent of the measures have been installed. The law requires that producers install the approved
conservation systems by December 31, 1994. The "swampbuster" provisions of the FSA require that
SCS also conduct wetland determinations and inventories to help farmers recognize wetlands and
prevent unintentional conversions. The target date for completing the wetland determinations is
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December 31, 1991 with wetland inventories being scheduled for completion by the end of 1992. In
addition to these efforts, SCS must provide technical assistance for the conservation reserve program,
for any necessary revisions to FSA plans, and for compliance reviews to ensure that conservation
plans are properly installed.
A sequester would require that SCS emphasize meeting the provisions and deadlines mandated
by FSA at the expense of other conservation operations such as the water quality initiative, soil
mapping, and plant center renovation, which are authorized but not subject to statutory deadlines.
Even with best efforts to meet the highest priority needs, it is unlikely that many of the FSA
conservation targets could be met. Continued assistance to the nearly 3,000 conservation districts
would be jeopardized and service would be reduced at most SCS field offices. Watershed planning
and construction would be delayed or terminated for many projects that address high priority national
problem areas such as local flood control, emergency assistance, land treatment, and water quality.
Cost sharing projects would be stopped or slowed down.
Cooperative State Research and Extension
Under a sequester (that must be applied uniformly), higher priority projects could not be preserved
by applying larger reductions to (or canceling) lower priority projects. Across-the-board cuts would
reduce USDA's National Research Initiative (designed to use competitive research grants to enhance
production efficiency, food safety, and environmental quality). One important component of this ini-
tiative is an effort to map the genomes of plants to permit scientists to explore more fully the genetics
of plants. Other research that would be cut could contribute to the design of more economical production
practices and to dealing with pests and disease in ways that protect the environment. A large number
of special interest research grants and construction projects would also be affected.
Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)
A sequester would impair efforts to service FmHA's portfolio of almost $59 billion in outstanding
debt. This would reduce borrowers' chances of success in meeting their loan obligations and increase
losses to the Government. In particular, efforts to restructure about $5 billion in delinquent farm
loans. loans would be delayed, causing borrowers undue hardship and reducing the recovery value of these
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
A sequester would reduce the funds available for commission payments on insurance policy sales
made by private insurers, causing a suspension in sales when funds run out. The reduction in the
amount of insurance sold would also reduce the premiums paid to the Government.
Federal Research (Including Buildings and Facilities)
Under a sequester (that must be applied uniformly), higher priority projects could not be preserved
by applying larger reductions to (or canceling) lower priority projects. Such reductions would reduce
USDA's Food Safety Initiative and the collection of food safety information. This information is
expressly intended for further use in setting Federal food safety policies and regulations. Other
research, such as water quality research projects included in the Water Quality Initiative and federally
sponsored human nutrition studies, also would be constrained.
The layoff of Federal scientists and technicians would impede the delivery of new technologies
to improve agricultural competitiveness and address environmental issues. Reductions in research
programs at 59 agricultural experiment stations, as well as at other colleges and universities, would
impair the ability of States to continue a full range of research to address local and regional concerns.
Most adversely affected would be the historically black 1890 colleges and Tuskegee University that
receive nearly 100 percent of their research funding from the Federal Government.
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Foreign Agricultural Service
A sequester would compromise the execution of trade policy responsibilities, including those
related to the Uruguay round during the most crucial stage of this multilateral trade negotiation.
Reductions in our overseas presence, including attaches and counselors, would impair the collection
and reporting of agricultural intelligence and the administration of export and market development
programs. Some overseas cooperator offices would have to be closed and some smaller cooperator
organizations would have to end participation in the program. Since agriculture is the one major
"positive" in U.S. trade, these reductions would have a detrimental effect on the balance of trade.
Forest Service
A sequester would severely affect the ability of the Forest Service to maintain projected targets
for recreation, wildlife and fish habitat management, and timber sales. Timber sales could decline to
below eight million board feet. Timber preparation work would be greatly reduced, reducing 1991 and
out year sales. Receipts to the Treasury and to States and counties would decline significantly.
Economic effects, particularly in the West, would be substantial.
Certain campgrounds and other recreational facilities would be closed. Services at remaining
sites would be significantly curtailed. Efforts to protect and improve habitat to achieve recovery goals
for endangered and threatened species would be substantially reduced.
No seasonal hiring would occur, further inhibiting quick response to fire fighting emergencies
and significantly curtailing services (e.g., garbage pickup and rest room cleaning) at the recreational
facilities that remain open. Road maintenance and most other field work would all but cease, resulting
in the deterioration of roads and facilities and ultimately road closures for safety concerns.
Meat and Poultry Inspection
The Federal Meat Inspection Act (P.L. 90-201) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (P.L.
90-449) require carcass-by-carcass inspection by Federal inspectors in establishments slaughtering
food animals. All plants engaged in further processing of meat and poultry must also be inspected by
Federal inspectors. Since meat packing plants cannot operate without these Federal inspectors, the
meat and poultry slaughter and processing industry would be forced to limit or curtail production by
the same extent that inspectors are not available. The meat and poultry industry is one of the largest
in the country. It employs over 400,000 people at 7,800 meat and poultry plants and has an annual
retail value of more than $100 billion. Many thousands more people are employed in the breeding,
raising, transportation, storage, and distribution of food animals. The economic loss from any shut
down due to a sequester would result in the loss of billions of dollars to the American economy. In
addition to the economic disruption, the limited inspection coverage would erode the high level of
safety of the nation's meat and poultry products.
A sequester would result in the absence of inspection services (and the shutting down of meat
and poultry slaughter and processing plants) for about 140 days.
Quarantine and Inspection Activities
A sequester would defeat recent progress by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to
eliminate pseudorabies, brucellosis, and the Russian wheat aphid. Emergency eradication of the
Mediterranean fruit fly and grasshopper would be defeated. All 39 quarantine and inspection activities
would be reduced. This would result in serious delays in import shipments of plants and animals as
well as baggage inspection for international travel. Extensive delays or disruption of service could
cause significant losses of plants and animals in quarantine or awaiting inspection. It would also
drastically reduce the number of inspections and thus increase the risk of introducing serious animal
and plant diseases and pests into the United States. Implementation of the pending regulations on
animal welfare might not be possible.
The Federal Grain Inspection Service would totally eliminate contractual research including
aflatoxin research outlined in the Administration's farm bill proposal. The Agricultural Cooperative
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Service would not be able to conduct research studies in support of farmer cooperatives and the Office
of Transportation would not be able to assist in solving transportation problems related to agriculture.
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
A sequester would severely impair several high priority research programs, in particular, NOAA's
contribution to the interagency U.S. Global Change Research program and the Coastal Ocean Science
program. Several major system procurement actions supporting the modernization of the Weather
Service would be canceled or deferred including such safety programs as the NEXRAD doppler radars
(that detect severe weather patterns) and the next generation of geostationary weather satellites.
It would severely reduce fisheries stock assessments and research, thereby requiring an extremely
conservative fisheries management regime including closure of certain grounds to commercial fishing.
Operations of the NOAA research fleet and air wing would be reduced to the minimum required to
support hurricane reconnaissance responsibilities. These actions would be required to ensure that
forecasts. NOAA would be able to provide weather warnings and, on a less frequent basis than normal, weather
Department of Defense-Military
Military personnel exempted.-The President can exempt up to 100 percent of the military personnel
accounts from sequester. If he chose to do this, force readiness would be severely degraded. Because
a sizeable portion of operation and maintenance expenses are relatively fixed in the short term (e.g.,
hospitals and other required medical costs and bases that cannot be closed according to the G-R-H
law), readiness related activities (training, flying, steaming, and maintenance) could be cut by more
than 50 percent. Substantial cuts in operating rates would result. For example, the flying time for
Air Force pilots would be reduced to less than 10 hours per month (compared to the current 19.5
hours per month that is considered the minimum necessary for adequate readiness). Navy steaming
time for the deployed fleets could be reduced to less than 25 days per quarter from the normal rate
of over 50 days per quarter and many ships would rarely leave their home ports. The operating rate
reductions would require substantial adjustments in naval deployments and operations, reducing the
President's flexibility to deploy forces where needed, including drug interdiction missions. It would
also require reductions-in-force (RIFs) or furloughs of up to 80 percent of the requested level of 1.1
million civilian employees. Contractor personnel also would be reduced significantly. Roughly $8 billion
of equipment maintenance and $3 billion of real property maintenance would have to be deferred.
Modernization programs would be delayed and quantities planned for purchase would be cut.
For example, about 115 fighter aircraft could be cut from the 276 requested, six major combatant
ships could be cut from the 15 requested, and about 250 Army fighting vehicles could be cut from the
600 requested. Similar cuts would be made in all other procurement programs. Unit production costs
would increase. Research and development programs would be disrupted, resulting in delays in new
weapon programs, including high priority strategic systems.
Military personnel not exempted.-Not exempting military personnel could result in a reduction
of up to 1.0 million military, about one-half of the force. A sudden force cut of this magnitude would
severely weaken our ability to react to any major crisis:-Morale and force readiness would be severely
degraded. Force structure cuts would include up to eight Army divisions (16 requested in 1991 versus
18 in 1990), the equivalent of one Marine Corps division and air wing (3 divisions and wings requested),
requested). twelve Air Force tactical air wings (24 requested), and seven aircraft carrier battle groups (14
Force readiness would be severely degraded. Because a sizeable portion of operation and main-
tenance expenses are relatively fixed in the short term (e.g., hospitals and other required medical
costs and bases that cannot be closed according to the G-R-H law), readiness related activities (training,
flying, steaming, and maintenance) could be cut by over 30 percent. Substantial cuts in operating
rates would result. For example, the flying time for Air Force pilots would be reduced to less than
14 hours per month (compared to the current 19.5 hours per month that is considered the minimum
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necessary for adequate readiness). Navy steaming time for the deployed fleets could be reduced to
less than 35 days per quarter from the normal rate of over 50 days per quarter and many ships would
rarely leave their home ports. The force reductions in conjunction with the operating rate reductions
would require substantial adjustments in naval deployments and operations, reducing the President's
flexibility to deploy forces where needed, including drug interdiction missions. It would also require
RIFs and furloughs of up to one-half of civilian employees (requested level is 1.1 million). Contractor
personnel also would be reduced significantly. Roughly $6 billion of equipment maintenance and $3
billion of real property maintenance would have to be deferred.
Modernization programs would be delayed and quantities planned for purchase would be cut.
For example, about 70 fighter aircraft could be cut from the 276 requested, four major combatant
ships could be cut from the 15 requested, and about 150 Army fighting vehicles could be cut from the
600 requested. Similar cuts would be made in all other procurement programs. Unit production costs
would increase. Research and development programs would be disrupted, resulting in delays in new
weapon programs, including high priority strategic systems.
Department of Defense-Civil
Army Corps of Engineers
The effect of a sequester on the civil works program would be twofold: substantial reductions in
personnel in labor-intensive activities, and contract delays and cutbacks in the construction and
operation and maintenance of water resources development projects.
A sequester would require reductions-in-force (RIF) affecting some 3,300 positions. A RIF of some
980 work-years is likely for the Regulatory program and General expenses accounts. Such cuts would
require delays in some, if not all, non-cost-shared preconstruction engineering and design studies;
and handicap new partnership arrangements with non-Federal cost-sharing project sponsors.
A RIF of 450 staff years would be required in the Corps labor intensive Regulatory program
under which the Corps administers Section 404 permits for dredge-and-fill activities in wetlands and
other waters, and for section 10 permits construction and other activities in navigable waterways.
These RIF's would adversely affect support for the environmental initiative to improve permit en-
forcement and compliance.
Construction contracts on non-cost-shared projects, including seven Inland Waterways lock and
dam projects, would be delayed and in some cases terminated. Work would be postponed for previously
funded, cost-shared new starts for which a local cooperative agreement had not been executed. Some
continuing contracts for cost-shared construction projects would be terminated.
The Operation and maintenance program would experience reductions in service delivery and
increased backlogs. Specifically, the use of seasonal labor would be minimized, the recreation season
shortened, recreational and other dredging deferred, and the number of shifts employed for the
operation of the locks on the Inland Waterways System constrained. Moreover, there would be
insufficient funds available to retain the number of employees needed to safeguard public safety and
health and to assure the integrity of project operations and work placement. Recreational facilities
would be closed and maintenance for flood control and navigation projects would be cut. Revetment
(repair of embankments) of the navigation channels of the Mississippi River and its tributaries would
be reduced by over 60 percent. Reductions would be imposed on the supervision and inspection of
work placement and the engineering and design of follow-on construction contracts. Additionally, new
programmed maintenance would be deferred, including channel and harbor dredging, lock and dam
repairs, and hydropower maintenance.
Department of Education
Pell Grants
In the major discretionary student aid program, Pell grants, the 1991 request would provide an
average award of $1,443 to 3.4 million students. Under the Pell law, the reduction in the appropriation
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is translated into award reductions in accord with a specified "linear reduction" schedule that protects
awards to the poorest students. However, a sequester above 24 percent would reach the awards to
the poorest Pell grant recipients (those with expected family contributions of $200 or less).
If these students are not protected, then a sequester would eliminate grants to 1.2 million students,
at an average grant of $1,000, and reduce all remaining grants (2.2 million recipients) by $320 each,
or 22 percent of the average grant under the 1991 request.
Department of Energy (DOE)
Atomic Energy Defense Activities
A sequester would require a delay in cleanup activities, deferral of operational safety improvements,
a decimation of the ability of DOE to support future nuclear weapons production, and a serious
detriment to our nuclear deterrent. As an illustration only, the cut would require:
A 12-month delay in cleanup activities at contaminated sites.
DOE would not be able to meet the terms of agreements with States for obtaining compliance
with environmental requirements.
Deferring the operating safety and environmental measures that are now being instituted for
assured safe operation of the tritium production reactors.
Deferring work on safety improvements at weapons production facilities and suspending pro-
duction of new nuclear weapons.
Placing all plutonium processing facilities on standby at the very time we are returning weapons
to be reprocessed due to successful START negotiations.
Deferring indefinitely all design and construction activities for new facilities, which include
improvements for environment, safety, and health deficiencies found by the DOE Tiger Teams.
Substantially reducing nuclear weapons testing, and cutting research and development by about
25 percent, which will severely imperil initiatives to enhance nuclear weapons safety.
To effect the savings, contractor employees at the shut-down and deferred facilities would have
to be laid off. Significant numbers of personnel would have to remain, however, to ensure safety and
security of facilities. The maintenance of facilities in safe and secure conditions (even with no production)
could be somewhat compromised. Rehiring of employees after such a major disruption would take
years.
This would, in essence, force the Defense Weapons complex to proceed expeditiously to shut down
all operations, and place them in as safe a standby position as possible.
Energy Conservation Grants
A sequester would reduce the number of low-income homes weatherized through the Weatherization
Assistance program from approximately 125,000 to approximately 85,000 homes. This decrease would
place increased burdens on State and local governments in the colder winter months and would create
a hardship for many poorer American families. The number of grants to schools and hospitals for
weatherization activities would be reduced by 250. Grants to States for energy conservation planning
and extension activities would also be reduced. Because a sequester must be applied uniformly, higher
priority research and development projects could not be preserved by applying larger reductions to
(or canceling) lower priority projects.
General Science Program
A sequester would force the cancellation or delay of facility upgrades at several sites by at least
a year. Start up of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility in Virginia as well as construction
of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory would also be
delayed. Operating levels of high energy facilities (Fermilab, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and
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of highly skilled staff would take years to reverse.
the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility) would be reduced by 50 percent or more. The impact of layoffs
Brookhaven, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory) and at one or more of the smaller
It would severely reduce research productivity at all the major national laboratories (e.g., Fermilab,
funding. accelerator and research facilities. University research programs would experience large cuts in
Superconducting Super Collider (SSC)
A sequester would severely affect the basic ongoing research programs as well as the construction
of the Superconducting Super Collider.
Virtually all site work, research and development on detector designs, and purchase of capital
from 1990, causing personnel layoffs.
equipment for detector systems would cease. Design activities would have to be scaled back significantly
Implementation of the magnet industrialization plan would be impossible. The magnet contract
award would be delayed at least one year. This action would increase the total cost of the magnets
and significantly delay the project.
Cuts of this size would send a strong negative signal to potential international collaborators about
the commitment of the United States to the project and would jeopardize their participation. The
sequester would almost certainly result in no foreign contributions to SSC construction. In this event,
the United States would have to assume the full costs after the Texas contribution.
Department of Health and Human Services
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA) Drug Abuse Programs
Activities that address the demand side of the war on drugs-research, prevention, and treat-
ment-would be reduced by over one-third. All new research, including medications development,
would be eliminated. Prevention programs for high risk youth and pregnant women would be unable
percent. to support new grants, and the number of continuing grants could be reduced by approximately 20
The Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Block Grant would fall sharply, reducing the number
of treatment slots far below Administration goals.
Centers for Disease Control
A sequester would cut the Preventive Health Care block grant, grants for sexually transmitted
disease clinics, childhood immunization grants, research on occupational safety and health, health
statistics, and HIV/AIDS grants.
A sequester would sharply reduce service to the public, including approximately 1,000,000 children
who would not be vaccinated for polio, measles, mumps, rubella, haemophilus influenza b, diphtheria,
tetanus, and pertussis. Other effects include: (1) decreased support for block grants could eliminate
over 50 percent of States' prevention programs in tuberculosis, smoking, nutrition, and chronic diseases;
(2) efforts to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases would be hampered: 300,000 fewer
persons would be examined for syphilis, 2,500,000 fewer persons would be tested for gonorrhea, and
1,000,000 fewer persons would be tested for chlamydia; (3) the number of births monitored for changes
in the incidence of birth defects would decrease by 60,000; and (4) approximately 200 disease outbreaks
would not be investigated.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A sequester could (1) lengthen the drug review process, (2) suspend efforts to make experimental
therapies available to patients with no therapeutic alternatives, and (3) reduce inspections of foods,
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drugs, devices, and imports. The expedited review proposed for AIDS drugs would be slowed and field
inspections and product-related research would be reduced. The number of new orphan drug grants
awarded, laboratory equipment, and automobiles necessary for field inspections would be substantially
reduced. A sequester also would eliminate proposed enhancements for seafood and generic drug
inspections.
HIV/AIDS
A sequester would seriously cripple the Public Health Service's (PHS) efforts to prevent HIV
transmission and conduct research into therapies and vaccines, reducing funding below 1989. Fewer
promising therapies could be tested, fewer education and prevention programs could be supported,
and fewer research initiatives to develop cures and therapies could be pursued. Specifically, about
400 fewer AIDS research grants could be supported, and instead of hiring the 300 additional PHS
staff requested in 1991 for fighting AIDS, staff levels probably would be reduced.
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant-Health Resources and Services Administration
A sequester would reduce these block grants $114 million below the 1986 level, and could require
the States to reduce sharply perinatal health services for pregnant women and their infants. Perinatal
services provided by the States and the ability of States to carry out new requirements contained in
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 would be severely limited. Cutbacks in perinatal
health care will have a direct effect on infant mortality and low birth weight, and will severely hamper
State efforts to establish case-management and community-based services that are accessible to the
most needy. The number of Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS) could
be cut by a minimum of 150 (from 445). SPRANS grants focus on improved services to high risk
groups, promotion of early and continuous prenatal care, reduction in neonatal mortality, and reduced
behavioral risk activities in pregnant women.
Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental
Health Administration (ADAMHA)
A sequester would threaten the Federal Government's substantial commitment to pursuing new
scientific opportunities and searching for new cures and therapies and seriously curtail efforts to
invest in the nation's future health. A sequester could reduce by over 9,000 the number of Public
Health Service-supported research grants (from a total of 28,000) and cut by over 4,200 the number
of scientists receiving Federal research training assistance.
Social Security Administration (SSA)
A sequester in SSA's Limitation on Administration Expense account would force SSA to postpone
new hiring and training, defer most work not directly related to paying and processing benefits (such
as issuance of Personal Earnings and Benefit Statements to young workers and reconciling discrepant
wage records of young workers), slow down contract payments and other deferable payments, and
postpone nearly all automation system upgrades. All of these steps would affect service over time,
but not immediately.
After taking these initial cost savings steps, SSA would be forced to slow down or divert staff
resources from non-payment related services. For instance, SSA might be forced to focus resources
on taking initial applications for social security benefits and to close portions of the 800 number
telephone service for a period during the year. SSA would also cut back significantly on monitoring
of the benefit rolls (such as evaluations of continuing disability and eligibility for Supplemental
Security Income-SSI) which would increase overpayment of benefits that may be difficult to collect.
Even with these cost savings steps, SSA would be forced to develop priorities for claims related
work, perhaps trying to get benefits first to those most in need (SSI applicants) while deferring or
slowing down claims by persons with other means (high income retirement applications).
Timely payment of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits to some new
applicants could be threatened. SSA would likely be able to continue to pay benefits to currently
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entitled persons, although any post-entitlement changes, such as new addresses, would probably be
monthly checks.
deferred or significantly slowed. New applicants, however, might have to wait longer to get their first
In addition to reducing Federal staffing available to process work, a sequester of this size would
force a significant reduction in the administrative budget available for State agencies determining
disabilities for SSA. These agencies, which are budgeted to receive $800 million in 1991, make all
initial decisions. disability determinations. A reduction in their resources could slow their processing of disability
Social Services
A sequester would result in: (1) a reduction of $715 million from the budget for Head Start (this
would fund the enrollment of 208,400 fewer poor four-year-old children from the planned 548,400);
(2) a reduction of $163 million from the budget in grants to support meals for the elderly (this would
fund 106 million fewer meals from the planned 258,740,000); and (3) a reduction of $1,065 million
from the budget for the Social Services block grant that would require States to decide whether to
make across-the-board cuts, redistribute reductions among all service areas, or eliminate certain
service categories and maintain others at current funding.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
A sequester would:
Reduce funds available for the extension of expiring housing contracts to a level that might
cause some low-income families to lose their housing assistance and possibly become homeless.
Cut the number of new subsidized households assisted from 82,000 in the budget to 45,000
after the sequester.
Force some public housing agencies (PHA's). to discontinue their efforts to eliminate drugs in
public housing, defer regular maintenance on the housing stock, increase future modernization
costs, and possibly threaten the health and safety of residents.
Delay and hamper efforts to help end homelessness. Funding would be below 1990 and far
below the levels authorized in the McKinney Act. Long term solutions to aid the homeless
would be prevented.
Delay efforts to assist tenants adversely affected by prepayment of HUD subsidized mortgages.
Eliminate proposed improvements in the oversight and monitoring of HUD funds and jeopardize
recent improvements. These improvements are aimed at reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in
multi-billion dollar HUD programs.
Impair management of HUD's programs because of a lack of staff-instead of focusing on
improvements in monitoring and internal control systems, HUD officials would need to manage
staff furloughs to stay within constrained funding. Such furloughs would increase further the
risk of waste, fraud and abuse in these multi-billion dollar programs.
Delay the approval of housing construction projects due to insufficient staff.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
A sequester would reduce funds from the 1991 request for BIA elementary and secondary school
operations by $2,200 per Indian student. At least half (about 80) of BIA's schools would close and the
school year would have to be shortened for the remaining schools.
One of BIA's two post-secondary schools would close entirely. The remaining school would have
to operate with a shortened school year. All capital expenditures on facilities improvements would be
deferred. Aid for post-secondary education would be unavailable for 6,100 Indian students (a 44
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Indian students.
percent reduction from the 1991 request). Vocational education training would be denied to 1,300
Funding for the BIA general assistance (welfare) program would be reduced by $20 million below
the request. This would prevent the BIA from making assistance payments for almost five months
during the year to an estimated 50,000 needy individual Indians.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
A sequester would curtail on-the-ground management of public lands, including inspection and
enforcement of mining and mineral leasing operations, grazing, timber, recreation, wilderness, and
wildlife programs. Reduced inspection of mineral leases would result in reduced revenues from Indian
and Federal leases. A major automation initiative, the Automated Land and Mineral Records System
(ALMRS) that is part of BLM's integrated Modernization effort, would be postponed, and hazardous
materials management inventory and cleanup efforts would be drastically reduced on 270 million
acres of public land managed by BLM in 28 States. Also, discretionary fire fighting pre-suppression
operations. activities would be cut back, possibly increasing the ultimate cost of emergency fire suppression
The America the Beautiful initiatives for BLM, including Recreation 2000 and Wildlife 2000,
would effectively be shut down. BLM's increased drug eradication and interdiction program could not
be supported. Land acquisition, maintenance and construction projects would be cut in half. The
ability to offer allowable cut timber volumes in western Oregon would be greatly reduced, thereby
significantly reducing receipts and payments to Oregon and California counties.
Bureau of Reclamation
A sequester would result in no new contract awards to continue work on water projects currently
under construction and no major rehabilitation or improvement work at existing projects. Further
adjustments would be required, including the termination of contingent construction contracts (with
payment of penalties) for existing projects. This would lead to delays in the completion of projects,
the realization of project benefits, and, in some cases, the initiation of project repayment.
Routine preventive maintenance efforts at dams, pumping plants, canals, and other project
features would be curtailed, as necessary, in order to continue the operation of project facilities. This
might result in higher project maintenance and repair costs in future years. Operations at some
existing projects might be curtailed due to a lack of funds for repairs or required maintenance to
ensure safe operation of project facilities.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
A sequester would not permit nine new National Wildlife Refuges to open in 1991 as planned,
100 refuges would be placed in caretaker status, law enforcement activities associated with drug
control on FWS lands would be severely curtailed, funding for FWS America the Beautiful land
acquisition and resource protection initiatives would be drastically reduced, and the North American
Waterfowl Management Plan (that provides the focal point for the restoration of North American
waterfowl populations) would not be implemented.
Other examples would be: (1) planned acquisition of water rights to help restore the important
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada would not be implemented; (2) FWS would not meet
its planned target of restoring some 13,000 acres of high priority wetlands; (3) at least 15 national
fish hatcheries would have reduced operations and curtailed production, and several hatcheries would
be closed; (4) the environmental contaminants program would be adversely affected, resulting in
reduced contaminant clean-up on FWS lands; and (5) substantial funding to States would be delayed
for one year for the Wallop-Breaux and Pittman-Robertson fish and wildlife programs.
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Geological Survey
A sequester would adversely affect operation of the Global Climate Change Research program;
the National Water Quality Assessment program, designed to determine the status and trends of the
Nation's ground and surface waters, and which would not become operational in 1991 as planned;
and the Advanced Cartographic System (ACS), an effort to develop and implement a new, state-of-the-art
cartographic data collection, analysis, and presentation system.
Ongoing programs adversely affected would be geologic and mineral resources investigations,
including important studies in earthquake and volcano hazards and energy resources assessments.
The collection and analysis of water resources data would be lessened, possibly resulting in voids in
various databases or delays in research dependent on such information.
Operation of approximately 675 water quality streamflow stations would be discontinued in the
Federal Data Collection and Analysis program. Approximately 3,000 water quality streamflow gauges
and as many as 180 cooperative investigations would have to be discontinued in the Federal-State
Cooperative Data Collection and Analysis program. The grant to each of the 54 State Water Resources
Research Institutes would be significantly reduced.
Historic Preservation fund
A sequester would translate into smaller grants to State historic preservation offices and to the
National Trust for Historic Preservation. Some grants might be eliminated. Fewer properties would
be nominated to and placed on the National Register of Historic Preservation; efforts to ensure that
State and local development planning and permitting recognize historic values would be reduced; and
public visitation to National Trust properties might be curtailed. Efforts that now help to ensure that
local planning and permitting recognize historic values would be eliminated.
Minerals Management Service
A sequester would cause major reductions to the auditing staff and reduce the accuracy of revenue
collections of royalties from minerals production on Federal lands. Revenues would be reduced due
to an inability to audit royalty collections effectively. In addition, there would be a reduction in
inspection staff and helicopter support needed to enforce safe and environmentally sound operations
of outer continental shelf oil and gas operations. Revenues would be reduced due to the cancellation
of new off-shore oil and gas leasing. Environmental studies and lease preparation activities would be
curtailed, leading to further delays in off-shore leasing.
National Park Service (NPS)
A sequester would severely and adversely affect NPS's ability to keep parks safe and open to the
visiting public. Park operating funds would be reduced to levels available in the mid-1970's. There
has been significant expansion of the park system since that time. Many of these newer and smaller
units would be closed to permit the "Crown Jewels" (e.g., Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand
Canyon) to remain open to the public. Funding for regional repair and rehabilitation programs would
be cut to focus only on emergencies. Resource protection efforts would be continued at a suitable level
in some areas, while other areas would be essentially closed until greater resources became available.
Seasonal hiring would be eliminated and hundreds of park rangers and maintenance staff would
be furloughed. All back country areas would be closed to hikers and campers because there would be
no one to patrol the areas. Park Police efforts in urban parks, including drug law enforcement, would
be substantially curtailed. Discretionary ecological research projects, such as the effects of acid rain
and aircraft noise studies, would be suspended.
The America the Beautiful initiative for NPS covering land acquisition, resource protection, and
recreation enhancement would be severely curtailed.
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)
A sequester would lead to reduced inspections for surface mine land reclamation activities and
oversight of State inspection activities. Reductions in State regulatory grants would endanger the
primacy of State oversight programs. OSM's ability to respond to emergency reclamation needs through
its emergency reclamation program would be limited. This could lead to increased risks to the health
and safety of miners and communities experiencing emergency reclamation requirements.
Payments to States by the Minerals Management Service
A sequester would delay a portion of the payments due to 27 States (primarily in the West) until
1992 and disrupt planned activities. States might not have adequate funding for schools, roads, and
emergencies.
The impact on the six largest payments would be:
(In millions of dollars)
1991
Post
Budget
Reduction
Sequester
Wyoming
$202
-$77
$125
New Mexico
101
-38
63
Utah
61
-23
38
Colorado
37
-14
23
California
28
-11
17
Montana
23
-9
14
21 Other States
31
-12
19
Total
483
-184
299
Department of Justice
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
A sequester would eliminate 1991 program enhancements, thereby crippling this element of the
President's drug strategy. Across-the-board reductions to domestic marijuana eradication programs,
State and local task forces, foreign cooperative investigations, domestic enforcement programs, and
intelligence activities would also be required. Training for State and local police officers and imple-
mentation of the Chemical Control and Trafficking Act would also be curtailed. Further, planned
purchases of investigative and automated data processing equipment and some major computer
contracts would be canceled.
In some cities and rural areas, DEA would simply have no presence. Foreign support would be
spread so thin that cooperative efforts with foreign governments would be hindered and the security
of our agents would be at great risk. All State and local programs such as task forces, training, and
laboratory support would be eliminated. The result might be increased drug trafficking because drug
dealers are quick to notice the level of effort expended by the Federal Government on law enforcement.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
A sequester would leave all 1991 program enhancements unfunded. Funding for the President's
Financial Fraud and Crime Initiative packages implemented in 1990 would be reduced. Prosecution
of those who have perpetrated savings and loan institutions fraud would be slowed. New investigative
programs such as white collar crime investigations aimed at procurement fraud, and investigations
of Asian organized crime would be severely impaired. The foreign counterintelligence and drug
programs would be diminished substantially. Specifically, the anticipated completion of white collar
crime investigations would likely drop by 25 percent (1,000-plus fewer convictions) from planned 1991
levels. The FBI's efforts directed at Asian groups would not advance in 1991 while current investigative
efforts would be cut in half. Investigations into La Cosa Nostra and other major organized crime
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groups would be cut by 20 percent from planned 1991 levels. Major equipment purchases affecting
for State and local officers would also be curtailed.
the fingerprint automation and field office management system programs would be canceled. Training
Priority investigative programs and those in which the FBI has sole law enforcement jurisdiction
would be affected. As all equipment purchases would be foregone, agents would be inadequately
equipped to use the sophisticated investigative techniques required for complex cases. Continued use
of obsolete protective equipment would expose agents to possibly dangerous situations. The FBI would
be unable to provide adequate support for automated data processing and telecommunications oper-
ations integral to information collection and analysis in support of investigative operations. All State
and local programs, such as the Uniform Crime Report publications, laboratory analysis of evidence,
and fingerprint identification work, would be halted. It is also likely that crime and foreign intelligence
activities would increase during this period as the deterrence factor decreases.
Federal Prison System (FPS)
A sequester would prevent newly constructed prisons with 3,315 beds from becoming operational,
and force FPS to move 6,595 prisoners out of non-Federal contract facilities and into its already
overcrowded facilities, increasing overcrowding to well over 89 percent from the current level of about
70 percent. It would eliminate the staff increases (2,000 work years) necessary to address inadequate
staff levels, and require furloughing 5,600 employees. This would eliminate staff training, greatly
reduce FPS's administrative efforts, and reduce the quality and amount of food and medical services,
inmate security, and inmate supervision.
Virtually every program available to inmates within the prisons (e.g., rehabilitative and educa-
tional) would be eliminated, thereby causing FPS to "lock down" all institutions and inviting inmate
idleness, violence, and court intervention.
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
A sequester would prevent INS from hiring 200. new-Border-Patrol staff and building new traffic
checkpoints to intercept drug and alien smugglers that are important elements of the President's
drug strategy. Such a funding level would hamper INS's border enforcement activities, processing of
travelers across our land borders, and efforts to deter illegal immigration through detention of aliens
and enforcement of employer sanctions. Such massive cutbacks would be likely to lead to major
influxes of illegal aliens that were common prior to the enactment of the Immigration Reform and
Control Act in 1986.
Even basic operations would be seriously impacted. Reductions in enforcement activities would
immobilize operations and seriously jeopardize the ability of the INS to stem the flow of illegal aliens
and the ever-increasing flow of illegal drugs. The ability of INS to detain and process criminal aliens
apprehended by the Border Patrol would be constrained because of a lack of detention officers and
funding to operate detention facilities. Investigations of major alien smuggling operations would be
seriously reduced. Major backups would be experienced at ports-of-entry. Backlogs in processing of
refugee and asylum applications as well as adjudication requests would be inevitable.
U.S. Attorneys' Office
Reduced staff resulting from a sequester would prevent litigation of any cases that would have
been litigated as a result of increased resources provided for the crime and financial institution fraud
initiatives in 1990. Specific areas that would be affected are prosecutions of narcotics cases, bankruptcy
and procurement fraud cases, and other criminal fraud prosecutions.
U.S. Attorneys would be forced to abandon almost 25 percent of all ongoing litigation designed
to obtain criminal convictions against violators of substance abuse, immigration and civil rights laws,
organized criminal groups, and tax evaders. Attorneys would slow down efforts to recover monies
from failed institutions resulting from saving and loan and bank fraud violations. All ongoing activities
for collecting monies owed to the Government would be limited. Litigation designed to defend the
Government from substantial monetary losses as a result of other types of fraud would be reduced.
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Department of Labor
A sequester would have the following effects on Department of Labor (DOL) programs, compared
with the 1991 request:
Some 8,000 work years would be lost across all DOL agencies, requiring reductions-in-force in
all enforcement programs. Among other effects, some 29,100 fewer work places would be
inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 27,400 fewer mine inspections
would be initiated, increases for improving pension oversight as well as some base funding
would be eliminated, and DOL's ability to maintain its core national labor force statistical series
would be in jeopardy.
In the DOL State grant programs area, States would close 250 or more of the 1,900 local offices
that process walk-in unemployment insurance claims and provide employment services. Staff
at remaining offices and operating hours would be reduced. Claims delays would be univer-
sal-taking up to five days in some areas; States would divert any remaining resources from
program integrity efforts and devote them to processing claims. The quality control program
would be abandoned.
For the Job Corps, the sequester would mean reducing the program by up to 15,600 slots. This
could require closing about 39 of the existing 107 Job Corps centers, reducing the number of
centers to 68. Work on acquiring and operating the six new centers mandated by Congress
would have to cease if current centers have to be closed. As a result, no funds would be available
to operate the two new centers scheduled to open in 1991, while plans to open two new centers
in 1992 and 1993 would be postponed or curtailed. The Job Corps anti-drug initiative would
be canceled.
Some 141,000 fewer participants would be served in the President's Job Training Partnership
Act (JTPA) training program for severely disadvantaged adults and 260,000 fewer low-income
young adults would be enrolled in the new initiatives targeted on this at-risk group. Participation
in each program would drop by about 38 percent. Implementation of the President's new JTPA
initiative would be curtailed. About 91,000 fewer displaced workers would receive readjustment
assistance in JTPA's dislocated worker program.
Approximately 21,500 fewer subsidized job slots for low income persons age 55 and older would
be financed in the Older Americans Employment program, representing a 38 percent cut in
program participation.
Department of State
Under a sequester in operations accounts, large infrastructure related projects, such as construction
of the new Foreign Service training facility would stop, and procurement and maintenance would be
eliminated. Maintenance at over 2,200 Government-owned and long-term leased properties overseas
would fall below minimum levels, and the Department would be forced to defer the foreign affairs
community's high priority telecommunications enhancement (DOSTN) as well as important consular,
procurement, accounting and finance computer upgrades. In addition, nine embassy construction
projects at high threat posts planned to begin in 1991 would be put on hold because of a lack of
construction security funds, and plans for new construction projects would be eliminated. Major
rehabilitations of four high priority posts would also be deferred.
The Department of State would be required to either close, or significantly reduce staffing in,
the majority of its over 240 overseas missions. Except in a few critical instances, most diplomatic
reporting and representational activities would stop. Public oriented activities such as consular and
visa services and trade promotion programs would either cease or be limited to only emergency
situations. Services to the public from Washington and other domestic offices in areas such as passport
issuances, munitions licensing, Freedom of Information requests, and export promotion would either
cease or be reduced to unacceptable levels.
The security of the Department's personnel, property, and classified information would be threat-
ened by reductions in physical and technical security programs. The multi-billion dollar inventory in
overseas properties, anti-terrorism equipment, and information management systems would be left
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vulnerable to both technical and security failures because of the lack of funds for required maintenance
and repair. Overseas inspections, including those of the newly-established Office of Security Oversight,
would be eliminated.
The State Department would be unable to meet U.S. treaty obligations for our assessed share of
the budgets of international organizations, thereby increasing total U.S. arrearages to over $1 billion.
This would likely result in the loss of our vote in some of the UN-affiliated and other international
organizations. In addition, U.S. effectiveness would be hurt in shaping the agendas of multilateral
organizations that manage programs such as nuclear energy safety, AIDS research, and the peaceful
resolution of armed conflicts in important regions of the world such as Central America and Middle
East. It would also reduce the U.S. ability to participate in the critical Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), "Open Skies", and other conferences that are aimed at influencing
the fundamental changes occurring in East-West relations.
Anti-narcotics efforts associated with the National Drug Control Policy in the Andean nations of
South America, overseas humanitarian assistance, and funded refugee admissions into the United
States, particularly from the Soviet Union, would be reduced. Efforts to improve anti-terrorism
programs designed to prevent the reoccurrence of disasters like that of Pan Am 103 would be hindered.
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Under a sequester, the hours of operation at virtually all airport control towers and, therefore,
the number of flights between cities, would be reduced. The air traffic control system would turn into
chaos. Reductions of this magnitude would unquestionably require the airlines to cancel numerous
scheduled flights with negative financial consequences for the airline industry. Major cutbacks in the
air traffic controller work force would produce service interruptions far more extensive than those
experienced after the 1981 strike. Delays to air travelers would increase by 400-600 percent. Even
worse, a major FAA cutback and disruption in 1991 would affect air travelers for at least three years
due to recovery problems.
There would be extensive closure of facilities, including all contract towers. Over 100 control
towers would have to be taken out of service or the hours of operation drastically reduced. Imple-
mentation activity and training for modernization of the airspace system would be curtailed. Training
and hiring for the future air traffic control computer system would fall three years behind schedule.
Delays in repairing navigational aids would cause time-consuming rerouting of aircraft and
intermittent closure of some airports. Reductions in safety inspector and security staff, including
Federal air marshals, would result in fewer scheduled inspections of aircraft and airports.
Many major computer and radar contracts that are approaching the peak year of their delivery
schedules would be canceled or renegotiated. This would add several years to the schedule for
modernization the air traffic control system. Contract penalties due to stop-restart requirements of
the sequester would exceed $500 million. Critical technical skills would be lost for several years.
FAA also would have to postpone: (1) the replacement of various facilities, such as airport control
towers planned for San Diego, Chicago Midway, Kansas City, and Los Angeles and stall construction
already underway at Chicago O'Hare, St. Louis, and Newark; (2) upgrading computer software and
hardware used by controllers to separate aircraft, which could exacerbate the problem at some facilities
of information disappearing from controller radar screens; (3) joint development of long range radar
replacements used to ensure safe operation and separation of aircraft; (4) establishment of a voice
communications system required for the sector suite system; and (5) maintenance of many FAA
buildings and facilities, which would delay FAA work to strengthen buildings in earthquake risk areas
and to extend the service life of buildings built in the 1940's that house electronic systems. Cuts of
this size would also postpone installation of equipment needed at the new Denver airport and continued
expansion at Dallas/Fort Worth.
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Installation of approximately 400 items of national airspace system equipment procured in prior
years would be delayed. This would jeopardize the safety of the air transportation system and result
in further delaying modernization of the system. Such delays would include the upgrade of radar,
communications, weather information, automated data processing, and tower and en route center
equipment.
Critically needed airport improvement and capacity enhancement programs related to providing
new capabilities directly aimed at reducing congestion in the national air system would be deferred.
This would include a slowdown in the interim plan to support the airspace system until modernization
is completed.
The FAA would be unable to follow-through with current efforts to expand its overseas security
presence and full implementation of the recommendations of the President's Commission on Aviation
Security and Terrorism would be slowed. Also, FAA would delay implementation of anti-drug activities
required by the Drug Control Act of 1988.
Select research and development contracts would be canceled or delayed. Progress on numerous
FAA research and development programs that are directly tied to safety and capacity improvements
for air traffic control computers would be delayed by more than a year. Progress on new explosive
detection technology research would continue but at a much slower rate. The President's Commission
on Airline Security and Terrorism recently urged acceleration of this research.
Federal Railroad Administration
A sequester would result in a 40 percent reduction in scheduled safety inspections of railroad
track, bridges, equipment, and operations. In addition, DOT's automated track inspection vehicle
would have to reduce planned operations from a planned 28,500 miles to 20,500 miles on passenger,
hazardous materials, and other priority routes. Federal oversight of the railroad industry's actions
to eliminate drug and alcohol usage among railroad workers would be interrupted.
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
A sequester would primarily affect revenue-generating enforcement activities with an estimated
revenue loss of $8.5 billion. The indirect effects on voluntary compliance produced by the perception
of a faltering IRS enforcement presence would be even greater. Taxpayer service would fall precipitously
and taxpayers would find it more difficult to complete their returns; 15 million fewer taxpayers would
receive assistance and busy signals for those seeking assistance by telephone would increase expo-
nentially.
All computer investments, including the critical Tax System Modernization project, would be
deferred, increasing the chance of a returns processing breakdown in the future. Returns processing
work would demand top resource priority but there would be delays in refund checks. If it takes IRS
longer than 45 days to process a refund, interest must be paid to the taxpayer. The impact of the
sequester would greatly increase these interest payments. Tax processing errors would increase as
fewer employees, struggling to meet workload, would not be able to exercise proper care and attention
to their work.
The projected loss of 9,000 workers in returns processing would prevent a closure of filing season
work (e.g., returns processing for one year would not be completed before returns for the next year
arrived). Inventories of unprocessed returns would grow into subsequent years. There would be no
IRS participation in the war on drugs in order to preserve a focus on essential criminal tax fraud
issues.
United States Customs Service
A sequester would eliminate all 1991 initiatives, including staffing for the southwest border,
canine enforcement teams, money laundering investigations, and financial integrity. Additionally,
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staffing cuts of roughly 50 percent would be required, with commensurate declines in enforcement
and commercial program effectiveness.
In practical terms, a sequester would mean fewer cargo container inspections (36 percent less
than 1990), a 120 percent increase in delays in releasing cargo, lost tariff revenues, and fewer drug
seizures. The protection afforded domestic industry by Customs enforcement efforts would erode.
Investments in the labor saving Automated Commercial Systems (ACS) program would be postponed.
Longer passenger processing delays would occur at border crossings and airports. Many of the smaller
ports along the northern border and other locations could be closed or face curtailed service hours.
An estimated $1 billion in revenue would be lost due to lack of adequate processing controls.
Contraband entries would expand and the war against drug imports would be severely hampered.
Department of Veterans Affairs
A sequester, compared with the 1991 request, would:
Require significant reductions in purchases of medical and other supplies and equipment,
prevent the opening of new facilities, cancel 1991 initiatives (e.g., increases for drug abuse
treatment, quality assurance, physician and nurses pay), reduce medical care staff years by
15,600 or eight percent, and reduce the number of incidents of care (e.g., hospital stays and
outpatient visits) provided to veterans by 2.0 million;
Reduce operating staff associated with the Veterans Benefits Administration, the National
Cemetery System, and administrative activities, forgo scheduled computer upgrades and ac-
quisitions, and delay interments in many of the smaller national cemeteries. Staff reductions
in regional offices would be inevitable and would reduce the timeliness and quality of benefits
claims processing and the servicing of delinquent guaranteed loans below 1990 levels;
Reduce bed levels (by 350) and clinical services in all proposed construction and renovation
projects (medical centers, regional offices, and cemeteries). Project redesigns caused by reductions
in the size and scope of these projects would delay planning and construction by at least a year
and nine months and hamper the provision of quality health care to eligible veterans; and
Disproportionately reduce the contributory Montgomery bill program (because over half of the
educational programs for disabled veterans' dependents and vocational rehabilitation are ex-
empt) affecting annual benefit payments ranging from $1,300 to $2,200 to nearly 125,000
veterans and service persons.
Other Agencies
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
A sequester would have a devastating impact on enforcement actions, especially in light of the
recent trading abuses in the Chicago futures markets. This would permit only 79 enforcement actions
to be completed compared to 124 in 1989, a reduction of 64 percent. Market surveillance would be
reduced by 25 percent at a time when additional surveillance is needed to protect hedging and pricing
functions of these markets. There could be increased commodities fraud as no new enforcement actions
would be undertaken. The result would be a less competitive market environment with less protection
for market participants. For example, family farmers who forward price their products with county
grain elevators would be exposed to greater market risks. CFTC's overall program output would be
reduced by one-half, reversing actions to increase and strengthen CFTC's regulatory capacity.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The major impacts of a sequester would be:
Severe reductions in State environmental programs, which typically receive half their funding
from EPA grants;
Cancellation of EPA's wetlands initiatives;
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A decreased level of corrective actions undertaken at operating hazardous waste facilities at a
time when EPA will be responsible for an expanded universe of regulated facilities and hazardous
substances;
Delays in the development of regulations and inability to meet court-ordered deadlines for
various regulations;
Reduced information made available to the public because of reductions in automated data
processing funding;
Severe limitations on EPA's ability to implement the new Clean Air Act amendments. EPA
probably could not meet the first year deadlines in the Clean Air Act amendments and technical
and financial assistance to States to implement the amendments would be severely restricted;
Halting all new Superfund cleanups, undermining the public's confidence in Federal clean-up
efforts; and the Government's leverage to make the polluters pay. Decreased enforcement and
fewer cleanups funded by responsible parties, and more fund-financed cleanups. Lower cost
recoveries would prevent the fund from being replenished;
Severe slippage in numerous Clean Water Act requirements, including monitoring of water
quality, issuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, and
development of water quality criteria;
Serious delays in the cleanups of specific bodies such as the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay,
and the 17 estuaries in the national estuary program;
Reduction of 50 percent in air pollution enforcement activities such as stationary source in-
spections, notices of violation, administrative orders, and civil and criminal litigation; and
Curtailed analysis of Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reports, delay availability of the TRI data
base to the public, reduce resources available for data quality assurance, and eliminate en-
forcement actions against non-reporters.
Judicial Branch
A sequester would have the following effects:
30 percent of Federal defenders' cases and 100 percent of panel attorney cases would be dismissed
for failure to provide counsel, or counsel would be appointed without compensation;
3 percent of the estimated payments committed to pay panel attorneys for prior year case
assignments could not be paid;
Inmates filing new death penalty habeas corpus petitions would not have their cases reviewed
by a Federal court, or counsel would have to be appointed without compensation;
Funds would not be available for fees of jurors for civil trials, denying the public their right to
a civil jury trial;
Funds would not be available for fees of jurors for approximately two months of the year for
criminal trials;
The community supervision programs of the probation system would suffer the burden of
personnel shortages; 52 percent of the offenders in these programs would not have their
supervision enforced;
Testing and treatment of 19 percent of drug offenders would be terminated; and
Expansion of home detention (electronic monitoring) of offenders could not be accomplished
resulting in increased jail costs.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
A sequester would cause a major restructuring of all NASA activities. The Space Station would
be canceled (with a termination liability of about $600 million). In space science, technology and
aeronautics, the Moon/Mars Initiative and Mission to Planet Earth would be deferred and two to
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three major science projects under development would have to be canceled (e.g., Comet Rendezvous/As-
teroid Flyby, Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility). In addition, reductions would have to be made
in the operations support for spacecraft (e.g., Magellan mission to Venus). With the exception of critical
safety-related items, all facility construction and renovation would be stopped.
The 10 planned Shuttle flights during 1991 would be postponed or canceled. The eleven missions
planned for 1992 would also have to be postponed or canceled, effectively suspending Shuttle operations
until 1993. (Recovery from this suspension would entail a re-hiring and recertification of the contractor
work force.) The purchase of critical spare parts, the development of the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor,
and the procurement of expendable launch vehicles would be terminated. All planned safety improve-
ments to the Shuttle would be deferred. Additional terminations or postponements would include all
shuttle engine ground testing, all orbiter modifications, all planned Shuttle equipment upgrades, and
all procurement of upper stage rockets and payload operations. Engineering laboratories and on-line
Shuttle facilities would be placed on a "caretaker" status.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
A sequester would terminate support to roughly 28,000 individuals, including senior investigators,
graduate and undergraduate students, pre-college teachers, and high school students. In addition, it
would defer or terminate all new initiatives and many existing programs, including Science and
Technology Centers, Engineering Research Centers, precollege education programs, graduate fellow-
ships, and global change research. It would shut down the U.S. Antarctic program for 1991 operations
and defer or terminate any remaining activities in the economic competitiveness and human resources
areas.
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
A sequester of OPM's civilian retirement obligation limitation would: (1) increase existing backlogs
in death claims, refunds, and initial annuity payout processing (currently, the initial annuity payment
can take as long as six to nine months and lump-sum refunds about 3 months to process) and would
likely extend by three to six months the processing of initial annuity and lump-sum payments; (2)
stall design and development of the automated Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) project
that is meant to automate FERS retirement processing and definitely push into 1992 or beyond the
major start-up activities for the FERS automated record keeping system. This would result in the
continuing build-up of paper records for the FERS system similar to what exists for the Civil Service
Retirement activities. System.; and (3) force cutbacks in essential processing staff training and quality assurance
OPM would eliminate all 1991 initiatives including funding for the Public Policy Scholarship,
training for front-line workers, and the Commission on the Public Service. The Presidential Manage-
ment Intern Program would not be permitted to double in size as was authorized by Executive Order.
It would eliminate OPM's ability to implement pay reform, would cut current staffing levels, and
require the consolidation of area offices and the deferral of the acquisition of new computer equipment.
The backlog of National Agency Checks and Investigations would increase by about 32,000 cases as
OPM would not be able to provide timely investigations for agencies.
OPM would lose oversight and evaluation capacity and staffing research and development.
OPM's retirement and insurance functions would probably not possess the level of resources for
account maintenance activities, to carry out its fiduciary responsibilities, or to provide a minimally
acceptable level of services to its beneficiaries.
Civilian retirement claims processing reductions would put in jeopardy the timely payment of
monthly annuities to 2.2 million Federal civilian retirees. The typical annuitant receives a monthly
annuity of approximately $1,450 ($17,400 per annum) and may have no other source of retirement
income. Delays in the payment of annuities could prevent annuitants from being able to finance their
basic necessities.
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Retirement and insurance processing times for interim payments, annuity cases, death cases and
refund claims would double and triple. Workload balances for annuity, death, refund and deposit
claims, annuity roll maintenance, and health benefits disputed claims would increase three- to ten-fold.
Congress and senior citizen advocates would strongly object to delayed processing of monthly
annuity checks. The lengthy delay in processing initial annuity payments would directly conflict with
an Administration goal and a President's Commission on Management Initiatives commitment to
expedite new retiree initial annuity payments.
Reductions in the Government Payments for Annuitants would prevent payment of the
Government's share of health premiums. A cut in enrollee payments might occur.
Front-line training initiatives would be eliminated. The time needed to fill agency job requests
would double or triple, and the Presidential Management Intern Program and other entry-level
programs designed to bring new talent into the Federal Government would be eliminated.
The time needed to process special rate requests would more than double and compliance activity
and work on classification standards would be cut by half. This would result in less qualified staff
Government-wide, thus severely degrading the quality of products and services.
OPM could not pay the Federal Employee Health Benefit carriers the Government share of
employee health insurance premiums. The result would be a cut in enrollee benefits. Reductions in
the Government Payment for Annuitants would result in the Government being negligent in meeting
its statutorily required payment on behalf of annuitants.
Railroad Retirement Board
A sequester would reduce railroad retirement supplemental annuities by $34 million. Supplemental
annuities are paid to roughly 200,000 rail retirees who have 25 or more years of railroad service.
Railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefits would be reduced by $40 million from the
estimated $105 million. The reduction would affect the welfare of 60,000 railroad workers dependent
on unemployment and sickness benefits.
Small Business Administration
A sequester would force as many as 40 field offices to close. Small Business Assistance and
Advocacy programs, including programs for the promotion of minorities, women and international
trade assistance, would be sharply curtailed. Lending and surety bond program levels would be
reduced by more than $2.1 billion.
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SENATE*WATCH
*8 ILLINOIS: MARTIN BLASTS SIMON SUPPORT OF BUSH EGYPT POLICY
"In a twist of their usual positions, Rep. Lynn Martin [R]
attacked Sen. Paul Simon [D] ... for supporting President George
Bush, specifically for Simon's support of a plan to forgive $7.5
billion in loans to Egypt" (Patrick Gauen, ST. LOUIS POST-
DISPATCH). Martin: "When do you stop? Do you forgive the loans
of every nation that's involved in the Mideast? Do you forgive
the loans of every other nation going through difficult times?
Egypt has been a strong friend and ally,- but one of the reasons
they're strong as an ally is that it's in their interests."
Martin repeated criticisms that Simon is inconsistent on military
issues: "I think it's quite clear we could not mount and
maintain the Gulf operation if we had done what Sen. Simon wanted
us to do in the 80's." Simon spokesperson Ellen Golin: "Paul
Simon served in the military. He knows that waste in the name of
defense makes us weaker, not stronger" (9/6). More from Martin:
"Paul continues to want it all ways on defense. He wants to bomb
Iraq, forgive Egypt's military debt and prohibit the closing of
U.S. military bases -- while at the same time cutting our defense
spending in half. He just doesn't get it. Where I come from,
that kind of math doesn't add up" (Martin release, 9/4). Also
see TV Monitor for last night's CBS stuff (#24).
*9 KENTUCKY: THE POST-DEBATE CHATTER
"In the wake of their first televised debate," Sen. Mitch
McConnell (R) "claimed victory and took the offensive, while
challenger Harvey Sloane [D] focused on building support among
his fellow Democrats -- many of whom wished he had done better in
the
debate ... several leading Democrats, who didn't want to be
quoted for fear of seeming disloyal, said they were disappointed
in Sloane's performance" (Al Cross, Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL).
Sloane, however, "continued to say that he had accomplished his
goal of showing that McConnell had voted repeatedly 'on the wrong
side' -- that of 'rich special interests -- instead of hard
working families." McConnell media man Roger Ailes: "I expected
our guy to win, but I didn't expect it to be a blowout. I felt a
little bit sorry for Sloane by the end. He wasn't even forming
sentences." State Rep. Mike Ward (D) rose to Sloane's defense,
replying to Ailes that his candidate was "the same old Harvey
Sloane, the good fellow who has been in it for the right reasons
...
who is not the world's best orator and who isn't running as
the world's best orator." Notes Cross, "McConnell tried to
cripple the 'working people' theme by pointing out Sloane's
inherited wealth and Eastern upbringing, but some Democrats said
that would backfire" (9/7). A COURIER-JOURNAL editorial states,
"we were bitterly disappointed" that Sloane didn't "articulate a
vision for American government that's similar to ours." The
editors say McConnell's "petty taunting of Dr. Sloane over his
inherited wealth won't have much impact with voters." They go on
to offer Sloane some pointers: "What was missing from Dr.
Sloane's performance in the debate was a clear alternative to the
uneven defense and foreign politices of the last decade, and to a
News:
U.S. Department of
Transportation
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
Washington, D.C. 20590
FOR RELEASE WEDNESDAY
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September 19, 1990
Contact: Fred Farrar
Tel.: (202) 267-8521
AIR TRAFFIC WILL BE REDUCED
IF BUDGET CUTS TAKE EFFECT
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today warned the aviation community
and the public to be prepared for budgetary cutbacks that will reduce services starting
Oct. 1, including restrictions on air traffic and a decrease in security and maintenance
Inspections.
In briefings for industry and union officials, the FAA unveiled an air traffic
contingency plan designed for use if the agency is forced to implement budget
reductions, including furloughs for employees, that would be mandated by the Gramm-
Rudman-Hollings act.
The planned air traffic restrictions would affect 40 key airports that collectively
handle in excess of 40,000 aircraft operations a day. Airlines and other users of those
airports would have to reduce their flight operations to a level that working air traffic
controllers could safely handle on a given day. It is anticipated that the reductions
could total 6,000 operations a day. Airports other than the 40 key airports also are
likely to be affected by the cuts when flights to or from the smaller airports and the
key airports are cancelled.
The details of the plan were outlined now to give airlines and other airspace users
time to plan for the reductions.
"The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings reductions would cut deeply into the muscle of the
Federal Aviation Administration, as well as other government agencies," said FAA
Administrator James B. Busey.
"In developing this plan, however, our major concern was to assure the public that
traffic would be handled safely with the least possible disruption to air travel. We also
have tried to make the restrictions as equitable as possible, with particular concern for
fairness to the airlines and the traveling public," Busey said.
Similar cutbacks would have to be made in other services the FAA provides to the
aviation industry and the flying public, including such functions as certification of new
aircraft, airline operations and maintenance inspections, security inspections,
certification of new navigation aids, landing aids, and air traffic control facilities, and
the processing of airport aid grants.
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The cutbacks could impact these programs by about 25 percent - the amount of
time that each FAA employee would be furloughed every two weeks beginning Oct. 1 if
the budget cuts go into effect. Actual cutbacks will depend on congressional action
between now and Oct. 1.
Also included in the contingency plan would be a freeze on the hiring of 300 new
aviation safety inspectors.
Under the plan, the FAA air traffic control facilities at each of the 40 airports
have calculated the maximum amount of traffic controllers can safely handle with the
number of people they will have available for work. Any traffic beyond that limit
would have to be cancelled.
For example, Busey said at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, the nation's
busiest, the maximum number of landings that could be safely handled In any hour would
be 70. This means that during the busiest hour, when 98 landings are scheduled, 28
would have to be cancelled - a reduction of 29 percent.
The number of takeoffs at O'Hare that controllers could handle in an hour would
be 60, with 90 scheduled for the busiest hour. This means that 30 would have to be
cancelled, a reduction of 33 percent.
At Los Angeles International Airport, the maximum number of landings that would
be permitted would be 47. Thus, during the busiest hour when 82 landings are
scheduled, 35 would have to be cancelled. This is a reduction of 43 percent.
The same figures apply to takeoffs at Los Angeles during the buslest hour.
The numbers are all calculated on the assumption that good weather conditions
will prevail. When the weather is not good, the number of delays and cancellations will
rise sharply.
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HEADLINE: Martin criticizes Simon for his 'saber-rattling' stance on Iraq
BYLINE: By Thomas Hardy, Political writer
BODY:
Republican challenger Lynn Martin on Tuesday ridiculed her Democratic
opponent, U.S. Sen. Paul Simon, as "an election-year macho man" for his
saber-rattling over the Middle East crisis in light of his previous calls for
cutting the national defense budget.
The Rockford-area congresswoman chided Simon for advocating the bombing of
Iraqi oil pipelines and supporting President Bush's decision to send U.S. forces
into Saudi Arabia to protect against an invasion by Iraq's Saddam Hussein.
"He can't talk about bombing and sending in armed forces when he's talked
about decimating those forces by half," Martin said.
Simon last year advocated a $100 billion cut in defense spending, or about a
third of the defense budget, in order to put the money to use in reducing the
federal deficit and for social programs.
Last week, after suggesting an air strike against Iraq's pipelines, Simon
told reporters in Washington that defense spending should be reduced by 50
percent over five years.
"You simply cannot have it both ways," Martin said following a downtown
fundraiser featuring Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, which raised $45,000 for
her campaign. "You cannot rattle the sabers at aggressors and at the same time
slash military levels to less than when Jimmy Carter was president."
In a telephone interview later, Martin said the pipeline air strike
recommended by Simon "is something not even suggested by the administration or
hawks. Suddenly he's become an election-year macho man
The reality and
his rhetoric are incongruent.
À former member of the House Armed Services Committee, Martin said that panel
has recommended an 8 percent spending cut and is Finding it difficult to
accomplish.
"Following Simon's lead, we'd wind up with a smaller army than (Saddam)
Hussein," she asserted.
À spokeswoman for Simon, Ellen Golin, denied the first-term incumbent's
stance on defense spending is at odds with his tough talk on Iraq.
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"He's talking, on the one hand, of cutting defense spending on things like
Star Wars and the protection of Eastern Europe against a Soviet invasion, and at
the same time calling for a prudent way to help prevent a bully like Hussein
from invading a weaker nation," Golin said.
Simon's call for bombing the Iraqi pipelines was done "as a way of doing
something with no loss to human lives while cutting off the economic lifeline,"
she said.
Martin "needs to get her story straight as to what she wants to accuse
(Simon) of being," Golin said. "He's either too liberal or, now, ne's posturing
as a hawk.
Essentially, there's no conflict here."
GRAPHIC: PHOTO: Republican challenger Lynn Martin (right) attacks her
opponent, Sen. Paul Simon, over his stance on the Iraq situation. (Published on
Page 1, Du Page section, Du Page Sports Final edition.)
CONGRESS; OFFICIAL; ILLINOIS; CANDIDATE; CAMPAIGN; ISSUE; QUOTE; BUDGET;
DEFENSE; COST; MILITARY; MIDEAST; SAUDI ARABIA; IRAQ
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'Grambo'-the Mideast sequel
63-year-old grandmother volunteers for active duty
By Susan Kuczka CT 9-14-90
East when they learned she had
Sylvester Stallone would be
volunteered for a 31-day stint with
proud. "Grambo" is on her way
the 928th Tactical Airlift Group.
to the Middle East.
"I was really kind of in shock,"
Lorain Kuryla, a 63-year-old
said Jody Bierzychudek, 32, an
grandmother from west suburban
Army reservist who would leave
Hillside, was nicknamed Grambo
three children behind if she is
by her grandchildren when she was
called into service. "I thought
deployed to the Middle East this
there's no way she's going because
week with the Air Force Reserve
she plans to retire in July.
unit based at O'Hare International
"I guess I hate to see her leave,
Airport.
but I'm real proud of her. She's
"She's still good old Mom to
always been real patriotic and she
me, but she's Grambo to the
wanted to do it. Now I just pray
kids," said Kuryla's daughter,
for her safety."
Diane Schnurstein, 35. "She gets a
"I thought there was no way she
kick out of it."
was going because she's a 63-year-
Kuryla, who has been in the Air
old woman," Schnurstein said, "I
Who needs Sylvester
Force Reserves for 19 years after
was very upset at first when she
being in the WAVE Reserves dur-
told me she was going, but when I
ing World War II, was among the
saw Mom's reaction she was just
Stallone when
got GRAMBO!
first to sign up for Middle East
aglow. This was something she
duty when the call went out for
lived for."
volunteers last month. She'll be
Kuryla's son, Michael III, said
handling personnel records when
his mother was nicknamed Gram-
she gets there.
bo by her five grandchildren at a
"She's very strong, very deter-
family dinner party on Sunday.
mined and very patriotic," Mi-
AP Laserphoto
chael Kuryla Jr. said of his 5-foot-
Lorain Kuryla, of Hillside,
She had received her marching
orders three days earlier.
3, 150-pound wife, whom he said
gives grandaughter Ashley a
"It turned out to be a going-
Rosement Horizon
actually prefers films about ro-
big hug before leaving.
away party, and the kids started
mance over blood-and-guts movies
spect her decision. She's gung-ho,
calling her Grambo and it just
like "Rambo."
stuck,' said the 37-year-old father
and now she wears combat boots.
"Some of our friends say she's
of two who, like his father, served
The Kuryla daughters weren't so
nuts, but I'll say, 'Well, that's
in the Navy.
gung-ho about the idea of their
Lorain,' he said. "We have to re-
"I was surprised when she said
Victory on the Horizon"
mother traveling to the Middle
See "Grambo," pg. 6
De Pauro Blue Demons
e
'Grambo'
Kuryla to the Middle East, accord-
O'Hare probably would have been
be the oldest among them, but not
ing to Capt. Belinda Clearman,
impossible anyway.
the only female. Julie Jones, 29, a
chief of public relations for the
"When the call when out for
staff sergeant from Des Plaines,
Continued from page 1
928th Tactical Airlift Group.
volunteers, she was the first one to
also was sent to the area, Clear-
n
n
she had orders to go because I
"She's trained, she knows her
jump," Clearman said. "She's a
man said.
thought if anyone would go, it
job, and that was the main crite-
super-patriot, and I think everyone
Kuryla's husband, who also is
would be my younger sister," he
ria," Clearman said. "She knows
was excited about her going."
63, said he wouldn't be surprised
e
if the "senior" reservists turn out
said.
e
what she's doing, and she's good
About 140 Air Force reservists
to be among the best.
Age, however, was not a factor
at it."
from Illinois have been sent to the
"If they'd take me, I'd go," he
in deciding whether to send
Keeping Kuryla behind a desk at
Middle East. Kuryla is believed to
said.
Grove in nio form find
Before leaving
for a training mis-
sion Maj. Marian
Sides was visit-
ed by her daugh-
ter Brenda Wolfe
and granddaugh-
ter Jennifer
Mulder at Chica-
go's Hare Air
Force Reserve fa-
cility. "I'm glad
you'r going to
protect the coun-
try, Grandma,"
Jennifer said, "but
I don't want you
to get hurt."
Though the Ma-
day care center,
rines depend on
I've dreamed of
Melanie Hoskins
becoming an ele-
to watch over
mentary school
complex weap-
teacher," she
ons systems on
says.
planes like the
A-6E Intruder (left),
she agonizes over
the possibility of
leaving son Kyle,
4. "Ever since I
volunteered to
help out at his
A grandmother prepares for the worst
about joining the reserves. "I'm a patriot-I was born on Memo-
When Marian Sides decided she wanted to join the Air Force Re-
rial Day-and I love a challenge," she says. "I'm ready to go."
serve, she knew she could never make such a move without the ap-
proval of her four children. So in 1978 she called them together
A marine waits-and frets about her son
-Brenda. Jeff, David and Kimberly, then ages 10 to 16-and
The waiting is beginning to get to Melanie Hoskins. Last month her
asked their permission. Sides, a divorced single mother, explained
commanding officer at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station in
that as a nurse on a medical air crew, she would be working in a
North Carolina gave her squadron the news: Get ready to ship out.
sort of "hospital in the sky." She warned that she would be called
For Hoskins, 28, a Marine corporal, the threat of war in the Middle
away from the family's Chicago home several times a month for
East could not have come at a worse time. A couple of weeks earlier
training exercises. The kids greeted the proposal enthusiastically.
she and her husband, Scott, 28, an analyst for a defense company,
They gave little thought to the possibility of war or even envi-
had separated after eight years of marriage. Now, with a long and
sioned that, 12 years later, their mother might end up in the mid-
unexpected trip in her future, Hoskins frets about leaving her 4-
dle of one, assigned to transport the wounded.
year-old son, Kyle, and finds time weighing heavier by the day. "I
Last month, however, the Air Force asked Maj. Marian Sides,
just want to go and get it over with," she says glumly.
now a 50-year-old grandmother, to put her personal affairs in or-
A native of Farmerville, La., Hoskins graduated from high
der and get ready for active duty. When Sides telephoned her son
school, then sensed herself drifting. "After two years as a cashier
David to deliver the news, he was moved to tears. "When we
at a grocery store, the military started sounding real good," she
talked about re-evaluating the will, I was really shaken," says Da-
says. "I felt I was just piddling around, getting nowhere." But
vid, 25. "I knew it was a reality." Sides's daughter Brenda, 28, was
when she signed up, her father, a pipefitter, was bewildered. "He
equally distraught: "I said to her, 'Mother, why do you have to go?
saw the Marines as a real macho thing," she says. "He thought,
But then I realized that this is what she's been looking forward
'Why in the world would my daughter want to do that?' Mostly,
S
to." Brenda's 7-year-old daughter, Jennifer, drew a picture of
his daughter says now, for the sense of accomplishment and pur-
Grandma standing near a huge military plane in which the win-
pose, which she found at a Marine avionics school in Millington,
dows were covered with curtains so that "the bad people couldn't
Tenn. There she met Scott, another student; they married in 1982.
look in." She scrawled I LOVE YOU GRANDMA across the top.
"The one thing I worried about was that we would be sent to dif-
Earlier this summer, Sides, a Ph.D. who teaches nursing at the
ferent bases," she recalls. "I hadn't even thought about going off
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, spent two weeks in mili-
to war or being separated from a child- or even having a child."
tary training exercises in the 110-degree heat of the California
As a weapons systems technician. Hoskins has to make sure
desert. Though she may soon be risking her life in an even more
that highly sophisticated aircraft armaments are working proper-
inhospitable environment, she has not had a moment's regret
ly. The assignment can be dangerous and is unusual for a woman.
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npaigned as a man who knows how
[ with Democrats, a leader who would to
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S, Madigan might have been elected
atives among them-were frustrated
Speaker Jim Wright, they felt that
Election Results
1988 general
Edward R. Madigan (R)
140,171
(72%)
($374,760)
P elections for the House as they had If
Thomas J. (Tom) Curl (D)
55,260
(28%)
($37,785)
adigan's references to working with
1988 primary
Edward R. Madigan (R), unopposed
1986 general
Edward R. Madigan (R)
115,284
(100%)
($209,409)
vill be Republican Leader some day,
rk on legislation in the 1990s. He is
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT
'op. 1980: 518,995, up 8.4% 1970-80.
ed couples; 31.6% housing units rented;
The 16th Congressional District of Illinois is one of the heartlands of the Republican Party. It
ng age pop. (1980): 370,509; 5% Black,
was here in Freeport that Abraham Lincoln forced Stephen Douglas into the most damaging
admission of their 1858 debates, and this was one part of Illinois that was overwhelmingly for
Lincoln then and when he ran for President. During the 1930s, when most of America voted for
124,915
(62%)
Franklin Roosevelt, the 16th District voted for Hoover and Landon and was one of less than 100
74,312
(37%)
congressional districts that always elected Republican congressmen. It did vote against Barry
Goldwater in 1964, but only by the narrowest of margins. It was the home of one two-term
Republican President, Ulysses S. Grant, who made a poor living in the old Mississippi River
town of Galena, and the birthplace of another, Ronald Reagan. Yet-a nice ironic twist-
936, Lincoln; home, Lincoln; Lincoln
Reagan was raised a Democrat in rented apartments in Tampico and Dixon; he has none of the
tholic; married (Evelyn).
smugness and suspicion that outsiders have of the Yankee small-town bank president who was
coln Taxi Co., 1955-73; IL House of
the archetypical Republican here, but rather the expansiveness and inclusionary impulse of the
President he continues to admire greatly though his home area never voted for him, Franklin
Roosevelt. The ancestral Republican from the 16th District in the 1980 race-another nice
5, 202-225-2371. Also 2401 E. Wash-
twist-was John Anderson, who ran as a liberal Republican and then as a third-party candidate
309-662-9371; 70 Meadowview Ctr.,
against Reagan and Jimmy Carter.
0875; and 219 S. Kickapoo, Lincoln
Despite the Democratic trend in Downstate Illinois, the 16th District has remained Republi-
can. High unemployment in and around Rockford, its largest city, hurt Republicans here in the
Ranking Member of 17 R). Energy
1980s, and so did the woes of workers who used to make agricultural implements across the line
R). Subcommittee: Health and the
in Rock Island and Moline. But the ancestral allegiance remained strong in small towns and
mber); Telecommunications and Fi-
farmlands, and the district went 63% for Ronald Reagan in 1984 and 57% for George Bush in
1988.
Lynn Martin, congresswoman from the 16th since Anderson retired in 1980, is one of the
national leaders of her party. In the 1960s, she was a wife and teacher; in the 1970s, she was
elected to the county board and to the Illinois House and Senate from Rockford; in the 1980s she
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sense of humor. She is a moderate on cultural issues (she supported the Equal Rights
Amendment, for example, and sometimes on foreign policy, and solidly conservative and
market-oriented on economics). Martin is also a sharp and aggressive partisan, always ready to
point out weaknesses in the Democrats' arguments and always ready to raise a standard to which
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all Republicans can repair. She was sharp enough, in several senses of the word, to be George
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77%
Bush's sparring partner for his 1984 debate with Geraldine Ferraro. She combined her partisan
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and reformist impulses in her crusade in the 100th Congress to protect congressional employees
from discrimination and poor working conditions, and to twit the Democrats for not subjecting
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themselves to the same laws they write for others. She had at least minor success in 1988 when
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the House established a committee to rule on discrimination against its employees.
Martin's strengths have not always translated into popularity with her fellow Republicans
Economic
After the 1986, election she tried for a seat on Appropriations and, despite the support of
Social
Republican Leader Robert Michel, lost it due to the opposition of Trent Lott and the small state
Foreign
coalition that dominated the Republican Committee on Committees. After the 1988 election.
Key Votes
Martin ran for chairman of the Republican Conference, and was defeated by three votes by
Jerry Lewis of California. As a kind of consolation prize she was given a seat on Rules and, as one
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of three new Republicans in four seats, has some chance to change how that committee operates;
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a contrast with Delbert Latta, whom she replaced during illness on Budget and now replaces on
Rules-and so may have more impact on House proceedings than Republicans are used to.
Election Resul
Martin has a tough decision to make in 1989: whether to take on the risks of running against
1988 general
Senator Paul Simon in 1990. To do so, she would have to give up 10 years of seniority and an
important place-though not as important as she wanted-in the House. She would have to give
1988 primary
up as well a safe seat in the House; although Democrat Skip Schwerdtfeger held her under 60%
1986 general
in 1982 and 1984, she seems well established now. An Illinois Senate race is always iffy. Yet if
she won-and that seems by no means impossible-she would put her party significantly closer
to a Senate majority and make herself a visible and important national figure.
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The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 512,300, n.1.3% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 519,035, up 2.8% 1970-80.
Households (1980): 76% family, 42% with children, 65% married couples; 29.8% housing units rented;
Where the
median monthly rent: $175; median house value: $42,300. Voting age pop. (1980): 364,824; 4% Black,
farmlands 0
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1988 Presidential Vote:
Bush (R)
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(57%)
center, arou
Dukakis (D)
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This is an a
Rep. Lynn M. Martin (R)
economy of
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industrial c
IL, B.A. 1960; Roman Catholic; married (Harry Leinenweber).
main busin
Career: High sch. teacher, 1960-69; Winnebago Cnty. Bd.,
of agricult
1972-76; IL House of Reps., 1977-79; IL Senate, 1979-81.
This lan
Offices: 1214 LHOB 20515, 202-225-5676. Also 308 W. State
Upstate N
St., Ste. 175, Rockford 61101, 815-987-4326; and 420 Ave. A,
opportunit
Sterling 61081, 815-626-1616.
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Apr. 25 / Administration of George Bush, 1990
Letter to the Speaker of the House and
Finally, we need to correct the budget
the President of the Senate on Federal
procedure known as rescission. Present law
spend
Budget Reform
allows for cancellation of an appropriation
stantiv
April 25, 1990
only through the rescission process, in
tions I
which the Congress can reject a Presiden-
Am
Dear Mr. Speaker: [Dear Mr. President:]
tial proposal for rescission simply by inac-
found
Today I am proposing to the Congress a
tion. That is precisely what happened to the
of the
budget reform package. In order to help
vast majority of rescission proposals submit-
posin
restore fiscal integrity, we need a balanced
ted by three Presidents since the present
er, is
budget amendment to the Constitution, a
law was enacted in 1974.
the (
line-item veto constitutional amendment,
Thus, I urge passage of The Legislative
line-i
and enhanced rescission authority for the
Line-Item Veto Act of 1989 (H.R. 3271 and
a cer
President. These tools-together with politi-
H.R. 3583, companion bills to S. 1553) [(S.
the (
cal courage and discipline-are vital to solv-
1553)], which would provide enhanced re-
Fede
ing the problem of budget deficits.
scission authority to the President. I com-
more
The most fundamental change needed in
mend, in particular, Representatives Tom
to op
the Federal budget process is a constitution-
Tauke, Larry Craig, Lynn Martin, and Bob
ages
al amendment to require a balanced
McEwen for their leadership in introducing
spen
budget. A balanced budget amendment is
this important legislation. [I commend, in
one
both necessary and appropriate to protect
particular, Senators Dole, Domenici, Arm-
issue
the interests of a group of citizens not now
strong, Humphrey, McCain, and Coats for
of F
able to represent themselves: the citizens of
their work in drawing together this impor-
to sa
future generations. More than 30 State leg-
tant legislation]. This legislation will provide
Th
islatures have already called for a constitu-
the President with strong and effective au-
craft
tional convention for this purpose.
thority to rescind appropriations that are
char
A balanced budget amendment must also
wasteful or unnecessary.
bill,
include safeguards against a resort to higher
I am prepared to work with the Congress
thos
taxes as a means of complying with the con-
stitutional mandate. Senate Joint Resolution
to enact meaningful, credible, and effective
pose
12, a balanced budget amendment intro-
budget reforms. Getting our fiscal house in
Con
order is crucial to our Nation's long-term
we
duced by Senator Thurmond, includes such
a safeguard and has my full support. There
economic health and prosperity.
out
is, however, one change I would make in
Sincerely,
abus
S.J. Res. 12: the mandate for a balanced
nev
George Bush
I
budget should be effective beginning with
fiscal year 1993. The current Gramm-
this
Note: Letters were sent to Thomas S. Foley,
Rudman-Hollings law requires elimination
ena
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
of the deficit by that time, and the balanced
and
and Dan Quayle, President of the Senate.
budget amendment will help ensure that
eve
The material appearing in brackets was
the Federal budget stays in balance thereaf-
contained in the letter sent to the President
ter.
of the Senate.
Second, as President, I repeat the call of
The
many of my predecessors for the line-item
Ap
veto. The President needs the power to
remove individual and unnecessary expend-
itures that have been made a part of major
Message to the Congress Transmitting a
appropriations bills without sacrificing
Joint Resolution Proposing a Line-Item
Pr
entire legislative enactments. This power
Veto Constitutional Amendment
Vi
would give the President the same tool that
April 25, 1990
43 Governors have-the line-item veto.
A₁
With that power, we can put the national
To the Congress of the United States:
By
interest above the special interests. There-
I forward to you today a Joint Resolution
of
fore, I am submitting to the Congress today
proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
a proposed amendment to the Constitution
tion of the United States to authorize the
A
granting such authority.
President to disapprove or reduce items of
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Martin turns the heat up
on Simon on S&L issue
(Hi)
By Mitchell ocin DIVE
and Thomas Hardy
Campaign
Republican challenger Lynn Mar-
tin sought to stoke the volatile
savings and loan issue against Dem
ocratic U.S. Sen. Paul Simon on
Wednesday, and the incumbent's
Insurance Corporation documents
aides branded the disclosures about
that contend Simon made "five or
Smon's role in an S&L matter as
SIX calls instead of the one he has
dirty campaign tricks.
acknowledged, to the firm's presi-
At a Washington news conference,
dent. Simon's press secretary, David
Martin said she was seeking copies
Carle, said the two played phone
of regulatory agency memos con-
tag, leaving and returning messages,
cerning Simon's intervention on be
and only spoke once or twice.
half of a campaign contributor in-
Martin called on Simon: to return
volved in a savings and loan dispute.
the campaign contributions from
The Rockford congresswoman said
Ballis as well as other funds that Bal
she would forward the documents to
lis raised for the Simon campaign
the Senate ethics committee, which
She asked Simon to further sclarify
she has already asked to review
the number of calls he made and to
Simon's actions and would make
whom to say whether he called fed-
them public. at
eral or state regulators, and to dis
Simon has acknowledged calling a
close the details of the settlement be
California savings and loan president
tween Ballis and the savings and
on behalf of contributor Stephen
loan:
Ballis, who had defaulted on a real
Simon declined to comment ex
estate development loan from a
cept through Carle and his campaign
failed Chicago savings and loan that
manager, Anne Roosevelt, who con-
was Cacquired by the California firm
tended that Martin campaign media
as part of a federal takeover. Simon
consultant Roger Ailes finger
said he acted in July on behalf of a
prints" were on the story.
constituent" in an effort to bring
Ailes, Roosevelt said, "is slinging
opposing parties together.
mud and hoping to obtain new
Martin last week began running
headlines to use in 30-second ads.
television ads that target the national
He is well known for his use of dirty
$500 billion savings and loan crisis
tricks and distortion." Martin's cam-
and accuse Simon of putting the
paign had no knowledge of the
"fix" in on behalf of Ballis.
memos until news stories were pub-
A Chicago Sun-Times report on
lished, according to her press secre-
Wednesday cited Federal Deposit
tary, Kathy Lydon.
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THE WASHI
Bush Promises Veto of Crime Bill
Measure Defended by Judiciary Democrats Who Call Threat 'Politics'
By Michael Isikoff
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saying that the American people
"really are fed up" with violent
crime, President Bush yesterday
vowed to veto a House Judiciary
Committee-passed crime bill that
he charged is "tougher on law en-
forcement than it is on criminals."
"I simply will not accept anything
that rolls back the clock on Amer-
ica's ability to fight crime and pun-
ish wrongdoers," Bush said in a
Rose Garden talk to a group of a
district attorneys and state attor-
neys general. "The bottom line is
really this: I will not sign a crime
bill that handcuffs the police."
House Democrats quickly crit-
icized Bush's comments as another
attempt to play politics with the
volatile crime issue. They said the
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bill, which is scheduled to be taken
up by the House this week, tough-
ens federal anti-crime laws in many
respects, adds to the list of federal
crimes that warrant the death pen-
alty and contains a number of mea-
sures designed to streamline the
handling of death penalty cases at
the state level.
But the House measure also in-
cludes provisions aimed at protect-
ing the rights of defendants, includ-
ing one that would provide "com-
petent counsel" to death row in-
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
mates and a controversial "racial
Bush and Attorney General Dick Thornburgh address state attorneys general
justice" amendment that would
and prosecutors opposed to measure backed by the House Judiciary Committee.
block executions if it can be statis-
tically shown they are having a dis-
Rep. William J. Hughes (D-N.J.),
centerpiece of his 1988 campaign,
proportionate effect on minorities
chairman of the Judiciary crime
played off those concerns yester-
in any state.
subcommittee, also called Bush's
day. "For the past two weeks,
Another provision would reverse
veto threat "political posturing" but
America has been gripped by chill-
1989 Supreme Court decision,
said he plans to introduce amend-
ing headlines that tell of kids going
Teague v. Lane, that sharply re-
ments that would address some of
back to school in bulletproof coats
stricted the ability of state prison-
Bush's key complaints on the death
and a visiting Utah man
killed
ers to challenge their sentences in
penalty issue. One amendment,
while defending his mother from a
federal courts. The measure also
which Hughes said he expects will
New York subway gang
he
omits an amendment requested by
pass, would add the death penalty
said. "The American people really
Bush in his own anti-crime package
for mail bombings. Another would
reduce the number of "aggravating
are fed up."
that would broaden the ability of
factors" that are needed for the
To reinforce the point, Bush in-
prosecutors to use evidence that
courts to impose a death sentence.
vited a group of district attorneys
was illegally seized by police acting
The debate over the crime bill
and state attorneys general op-
in good faith.
occurs at the end of a summer in
posed to the bill. One of them, Rich-
"They just want more executions,
which murder rates have soared to
ard leyoub, the Lake Charles, La.,
and due process be damned," Rep.
record levels and some particularly
district attorney and president of
Don Edwards (D-Calif.), chairman
gruesome crimes have received
the National District Attorneys As-
of the Judiciary civil and constitu-
prominent attention and raised new
sociation, said the House bill "looks
tional rights subcommittee, said of
fears that the nation is in the midst
like it was drafted by the 'Death
the veto threat. "This is mostly pol-
of a new wave of violent crime.
Row PAC' at Leavenworth or At-
itics."
Bush, who made fighting crime a
tica."
City/State: Rosemont, IL
Event: Upm Martin for us suate
Date: Aug. 31, 31,1990
OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL ADVANCE
CONTACT SHEET
Name
Office
Phone Number
Presidential Advance Office
202/456-7565
Presidential Advance Fax Number
202/456-2820
Juad Swift
WH Advance
202/456-7565
Spencer Geissinger
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(Press)
"
Barby Jone
n
"
Chris Bowman
Leyan Martin Campaign
708-518-0900
BAT Hurly
312/715-0734
RICHARD ROEDER
RONSLEY (DELORATOR)
312-649-0777
Keith Covelle
Lyno Martin Campaign
312-705-0734
LT: JOSEPH PETERSON
ROSEMONT POLICE
708-823-1134
CT. Jim TURCO
ROSEMONT POLICE
708-297-3556
CAPT. MEL RAMONES
ROSEMONT POLICE
708-297-3556
Edward H. Becker
ARH Services
708 635.0066
MichAEL W. Hulchy OPERATION DiRECTOR 708-692-7166
WILLIAM H. TaBBE it SECRAT See 312-353-5431
LARRY W. SPERC
USSS - PPD
202-395-4112
Stacey Del Lhoss
WH Intergovernmental affairs 202-456-6597
BOB RISNEY
WH Comm AGENCY
202 395-4040
Fred An derson
Marine One Advance
(703) 640 - 2364
WAYNE JUSTICE
WNITE HOUSE MILITAN OFFICE AiDE
202315-1747
PAUL-DRIGGS.
Bridgenoter Sound
708 596 0309
Lin KENNELLY
WH Staff
708/469-1853
Bob Athey
WH ADUANCE LEAD
708/382-0555
DOUG ADAIR
WH CABINET AFFAIRS
202/456-2800
Bob Simon
WH Speechwriting
202 456 - 775a
ANDY FOSTER
WH POLITICAL AFFAIRS
202 456 6510
N
Section 101 - 476 seats
Section 115 - 200 seats
Section 114 - 200 seats
Section 112 - 476 seats
Main Floor - 400 seats
TOTAL
1752 seats
so so' unchdrop
202
102
STAGE
111
211
THEATRE STYLE SEATING
(400 PERSONS)
201
101
112
212
PRESS PI ATFORM
BAND
CHOIR
115
114
216
213
215
214
ROSEMONT HORIZON -
LYNNE MARTIN CONTACTS
Fran McNaught - AA 225-5676
Mark Schroeder - campaign Mgr. - (708)518-0900
Cathy Lydon - - Press Sec'y - (708)518-0900
*
Dinner $ Reception - sept. 16
Rosemont Horizon (Sports Arena)
3600-4000 attendees
Performers $ celebrities
- played Ferraro in practice debates
- only election she ever Lost was for 8th grade
Pres. Lost to her sweetheart, Paul - only
(uote - she voted for him.
SPEECH INFORMATION SHEET
EVENT: Lynne Martin for senate Fundraising Dinner
NUMBER OF ATTENDEES: 3600-4000
TYPE OF EVENT: Reception & Dinner
LENGTH OF SPEECH:
PROMPTER: yes
WHERE IS THE EVENT: Rosemont Horizon (sparts arena)
INTRODUCING POTUS:
CONTACTS: Fran McNaught (AA) 225-5676
Mark Schroeder (Campaign Mgr.) (708)518-0900
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ILLINOIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD
HEADQUARTERS 126TH AIR REFUELING WING
POST OFFICE BOX 66486
HARE AIR RESERVE FORCES FACILITY. ILLINOIS 60566-0486
126TH AIR REFUELING WING
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
CC
17 September 1990
SUBJECT:
Desert Shield Participants
TO:
Mr. Bob Simon
1. Per our phone conversation today, the following names are provided for your use:
CAPTAIN EDWARD J. STECKI - Capt. Stecki was born 13 January 1960 in Chicago,
Illinois. He attended high school in the local area. After graduating from Parks College in
Cahokia, Illinois, he joined the United States Air Force in 1981. Capt. Stecki returned to the
Chicago area in 1988 and joined the 126th Air Refueling Wing as a KC-135 pilot in 1989.
He is a Boeing 727 pilot for Delta Air Lines. Capt. Stecki resides in Crystal Lake, Illinois
and his family live in Des plaines. He and his wife Barbara, have one 11-year old child,
Lana. Capt. Stecki volunteered for to participate in Operation Desert Shield. He flew many
long flights from Spain in the KC-135 providing aerial refueling for Air Force, Navy, and
Marine aviation forces deploying for Desert Shield.
MASTER SERGEANT VINCENT MUZZALUPO MSgt. Muzzalupo was born in
Chicago, Illinois in 1947 and graduated from St. George High School in 1966. He enlisted
in the United States Air Force in 1968 and served in Vietnam as an Aircraft Radar Specialist
on fighter aircraft. After Vietnam, MSgt. Muzzalupo returned to the Chicago area and at-
tended Lake County College. He joined the 126th Air Refueling Wing in 1975 and has
served in various capacities in this unit since then. MSgt. Muzzalupo is a Nuclear Physicist
in the State of Illinois' Department of Nuclear Safety. In August, when Operation Desert
Shield began, MSgt. Muzzalupo's wife and her son were visiting family in Italy while MSgt.
Muzzalupo remained in the United States. When the opportunity for MSgt. Muzzalupo to
deploy with the 126th Air Refueling Wing for Operation Desert Shield became apparent, he
volunteered immediately. A brief phone call to his wife in Italy was made and when she
returned, he was deployed with the Wing. MSgt. Muzzalupo, the First Sergeant for the 126th
Resource Management Squadron, lives with his family in Algonquin, Illinois, a suburb of
Chicago.
TECHNICAL SERGEANT MARCY L. PATTERSON - TSgt. Patterson, an administra-
tive specialist in the 126th Air Refueling Wing, moved to the Chicago area from Central
Illinois 18 months ago. She is an administrative specialist in the 126th Air Refueling Wing.
The need for her expertise in processing classified materiel, dealing with details of aircraft
dispatching, and aircraft flight preparation as well as preparation of command correspond-
ence caused her to immediately volunteer for Deployment with the 126th Air Refueling
Wing for Operation Desert Shield. TSgt. Patterson, 24, left two small children, 5 years and 1
1/2 years old, with her husband, John, who is also a member of the Illinois Air National
Guard. Although, TSgt. Patterson has only been in the Air Guard for 6 years, she feels that
she has both an opportunity and an obligation to serve her country.
2. If I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to call me.
Harold E Keister
HAROLD E. KEISTLER, Colonel, IL ANG
Commander
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TMENT OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
NAVY OFFICE OF INFORMATION. MIDWEST
TEL: 606-0380
55 E. MONROE STREET, SUITE 1536
CHICAGO. ILLINOIS 60603-5705
/
6
AMERICA
21 September 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. BOB SIMON, WHITE HOUSE SPEECH OFFICE
Subj: CHICAGO AREA NAVY PERSONNEL PRESENTLY SERVING IN
SUPPORT OF OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
Encl: (1) Chicagoland personnel listing
(2) "Chicago Tribune" news article
1. Enclosure (1) is submitted in response to your request to
identify Naval personnel (active or reserve) from the Chicagoland
Shield. area who are on active duty in support of Operation Desert
2. Enclosure (2) is a recent news story that appeared in the
"Chicago Tribune" that discussed the NTC Great Lakes Family
Services Center.
3. If you have any questions or need additional information,
please do not hesitate to call me at (312) 606-0360.
Very Respectfully,
Samuel Jalema
SAMUEL FALCONA
Director
Commander, U.S. Navy
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CHICAGOLAND AREA NAVAL PERSONNEL SUPPORTING DESERT SHIELD
1.
Chief Hospital Corpsman Donald William Janke
a.
Enlisted Male Reservist
b. Age: 44
C. Unit:
Naval Reserve
National Disaster Medical System
Naval Reserve Readiness Center
Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois
a.
Civilian Occupation: Police Officer
e.
Total Service Time (Active and/or Reserve) : 22 Yrs.
2.
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Naomi (NMN) Grayer
a.
Female Reserve Officer
b. Age: 45
C. Unit:
Naval Reserve Medical Unit
Naval Reserve Readiness Center
Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois
d.
Civilian Occupation:
Nurse Supervisor
e.
Total Service Time (Active and/or Reserve) : 14 Months
3.
Fire Controlman Third Class John Peter Teschke IV
a. Enlisted Male Reservist
b. Age: 26
C. Unit:
Weapons Station Yorktown
Naval Reserve Center
Forest Park, Illinois
d.
Civilian Occupation: Part-time Construction Worker.
Also attending night school (DePaul University) working
on Masters Degree in Business.
e.
Total Service Time (Active and/or Reserve) : 4 Yrs.
4.
Weapons Technician Second Class Timothy Kevin Kelley
a. Enlisted Male Reservist
b. Age: 24
C. Unit:
Weapons Station Yorktown
Naval Reserve Center
Forest Park, Illinois
d.
Civilian Occupation:
Automobile Mechanic
e.
Total Service Time (Active and/or Reserve) : 6 Yrs.
ENCLOSURE (1)
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CHICAGO, IL
NEWS CLIPS
Soldiers' families come
together to cope
Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, September 19, 1990
By Jessica Seigel
Though national sentiment
Though not accustomed to emo-
strongly favoring the deployment
tional outbursts, Lisa Bolinger
has been a vague comfort, spouses
began weeping uncontrollably when
and parents of those deployed in
a driver backed into her car in the
the conflict say they feel alone with
bank parking lot this week.
their fears, scattered in communi-
The fender-bender symbolized a
ties where life for others still goes
lot more than just an accident. It
on as before, but not for them.
was a painful reminder to the 25-
"It's like I'm in one world and
year-old mother of the burdens she
everybody else is in another," said
feels since her husband, a Navy
Sheri Turco, 47, a Northlake
corpsman, was sent to the Persian
woman whose son, Michael, 23, is
Gulf on the USS Guam.
a Marine. "I just felt 'Oh, my
"Everything's on my shoulders
God,' let me find another mother
now," said Bolinger, who lives on
like me."
the Great Lakes naval base near
At the support group's first
North Chicago. "There are times I
meeting, she said she felt better just
just break down."
sitting in the room with the others.
To help people like her, the
"I could see it on their faces and
naval base has formed a support
know they feel just like I do," she
group for the families of military
said.
personnel sent to the Mideast in
Joking about an old navy expres-
Operation Desert Shield.
sion helped the 15 to 20 women.
"We're all in the same boat be-
cial, family and bureaucratic as-
cause our husbands are on the
pects of the deployment, said Lt.
same ships," said Jan Pandzik, the
Cmdr. Mary Kallas, head of the
group's volunteer organizer.
naval base's Family Service Center,
Though she lives a two-hour
which organized the group. The
drive from the Lake County naval
center's phone number is 708-688-
base, Kimberly Johnson, 22, joined
3605.
the group because she has been so
In the first meeting, military offi-
distraught since her husband, a
cials, American Red Cross person-
navy electrician, was deployed on
ncl and six chaplains helped outline
the USS Nassau. Married two
the basics: Wiring overseas in
years, she is eight months' preg-
emergencies, completing necessary
nant with their first child.
paperwork by wire, splitting the
"I need help. I'm really stressed
paycheck between soldiers and
out and upset with so much on my
their families at home, and perhaps
mind," said Johnson, who left Vir-
most importantly, seeking comfort.
ginia to be with her family in Hyde
At their second meeting Wednes-
Park after her husband was de-
day night, experienced military
ployed.
spouses like Pandzik, whose hus-
Typically young, newly married
band has been deployed four times,
and with small children, many of
will give tips on how to communi-
the spouses of military personnel
cate by letter, the only real tie
have no idea how to handle finan-
overseas.
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LYNN MARTIN
FOR U.S. SENATE
FAX TRANSMISSION
TO: Bab Simon
PHONE: 202-456-6218
FROM: CHRIS ALLEN/ KATHE LYDON
DATE:
9/24
PAGES TO FOLLOW:
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ch-farmation for Bush Visit to Chicago
on September 26, 1990
:
Lynn Martin for Senate
9575 W. Higgins Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
708-518-0900
Paid for and authorized by Lynn Martin for Senate: Patrick Daly, Chairman.
Contributions to Lynn Martin for Senate are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal Income
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SENATOR PAUL SIMON
312-452-7626
smith
VIRGINIA
Mr. Alan Ross
3240 Commercial Ave
Northbrook, IL 60062
Dear Mr. Ross,
In the Fall of 1988, George Bush -- in the midst of a hard-fought
election campaign -- promised America that, if elected, he would be
the "Education President. "
Never mind, Mr. Bush told us, that the Reagan-Bush Administration
had spent the last eight years slashing funds for education.
differently. According to his television ads, President Bush intended to do things
Two years later, we are still waiting for the substance from the
"Education President.'
Today, Lynn Martin, my opponent in the 1990 Illinois Senate
education. campaign has run slick television ads trumpeting her commitment to
Never mind that Martin has not enacted a single piece of
education legislation in her ten years in Congress.
Never mind that she has opposed funding for literacy programs,
Head Start, school lunches and early childhood education.
The implication of her television ads is that Lynn Martin has
changed.
they've done than by what they say.
I have always believed that you measure a person more by what
And I'm proud of my lifelong commitment to improving education in
which have made our schools better places to learn.
America. I'm proud to have been the chief author of five major. laws
of Illinois that I care about the future of our children. And I
I hope I don't need slick 30-second TV ads to convince the people
civil rights -- they will re-elect me this November.
of accomplishment -- on education, health care, the environment,
absolutely convinced that if the people of Illinois know of my record am
(over, please)
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08:45
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003
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or approaches, do my opponent is showing an increasing willingness to say
But it is a sad fact of this campaign that, as Election Day
whatever it takes to win.
Never mind if she can't or won't keep her promises.
Never mind if she has to distort my record.
to be sacrificed in the process.
For Lynn Martin, winning is everything -- even if the truth has
I help. will You've stood with me in a long and tough campaign. For that,
In the face of this assault, I am turning to you once again for
again? always be grateful. Can I count on you to stand with me once
I hope so.
message across -- and win.
$100 or more. With you by my side, I'm confident we will get our
I hope you will send a check to my campaign today for $35, $50,
Thanks for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Senator
Paul Simon
P.S. By the time you receive this letter, there will be less
than 60 days until the voters of Illinois go to the polls
escalated. and it is likely that the Martin media onslaught will have
Rug
time. Thanks again.
Please do all you can to help me fight back at this critical
Paid for by Simon for Senate, Inc.
TRIBUNE
9/23/90
004
In Simon camp, it's time
to circle wagons, pray
U.
S. Sen. Paul Simon has a
problem and be knows it.
Not only is the public be-
Thomas Hardy
ginning to sit up and take notice of
the Democrat's challenge from Re-
publican U.S. Rep. Lynn Martin, he
al, big government-favoring Demo-
cratic throwback to the era when he
is beginning to look like just an or-
dinary pol.
entered politics some 40 years ago.
Neither development is good for
Nothing wrong with that; it takes
the candidate for re-election who has
all kinds. But there just aren't many
but one way be can go between now
of those kind of voters anymore in
Martin ror Sen.
and Nov. 6-down. The election is
pragmatic, moderate-to-conservative
his to lose.
Illinois. So, in a statewide election,
Polls consistently show Simon
Simon either wins by a few percent-
Tribune photo by Nancy Stone
holding at a little more than 50 per-
age points, or loses by a few.
Lynn Martin cuts in on Paul Simon during a news conference in
cent of the vote, with a seemingly
A major reason Simon has had
downtown Chicago to try to get him to agree to debate terms.
comfortable 2-1 margin over his
more success than failure in the last
lesser-known opponent.
four decades is that voters find his
avoided more than a pair of face-to-
his 1988 client, President George
No other candidate is in as good a
homey character likable, and they
face forums with his opponent, sent
Bush, are quite effective and he's re-
shape, SO one might ask what's the
figure, thanks to his carefully nur-
his aides out to answer questions
spected for them as much as his
problem? It is that as much as Paul
tured image, that he is uniquely
raised by the disclosures of his un-
deft blade work. And, Simon's
Simon is a substantive public figure,
above the fray.
characteristic clout-wielding in what
media consultants, David Doak and
his credibility is balanced on a self-
Which brings us to Simon's cur-
so far is just a handful of incidents.
Bob Shrum, have aired some vi-
styled image as much as anyone else
rent predicament, one he finally
They claimed Simon was too
cious negative spots for three losing
in politics.
tried to address on Friday after
busy with Senate affairs to appear
clients, including two running
Paul Simon has about all the sup-
weeks of seeming to hide behind the
himself and tried to dismiss the dis-
against women, in Democratic pn-
port he is going to get. His task in
skirts of his spokeswomen.
concerting news as the work of Re-
maries this year.)
the next six weeks is to hold on to
After an adult lifetime in the
publican media guru Roger Ailes.
Martin was always handy with a
it.
racket, Paul Simon can be as
The Simon camp's relentless,
response, of course, while Simon
He won in 1984 with a fraction
manipulative and politically bottom
yearlong effort to make Ailes, who
left his talking to campaign manag-
more than 50 percent in defeating
line-oriented as anyone else in poli-
has a reputation as a master of the
er Anne Roosevelt and press secre-
troubled three-term Republican
tics, according to those who know
negative, or "comparative," TV ad,
taries Ellen Golin and David Carle.
Charles Percy. To Simon's credit, it
him. It just hasn't been obvious, or
the major issue against Martin went
was in a landslide re-election year
overdone.
Once the obligatory "Ailes finger-
so far as to accuse him of produc-
prints" accusation was completed,
for President Ronald Reagan. Never-
But running-and financing-
ing a phony government document
they had neither the answers nor
theless, no poll has ever shown him
three major campaigns in six years
or illicitly acquiring a real one
the panache of Simon in person.
up more than a few ticks over that
may have forced Simon to do some
through administration connections
So, finally, Simon showed up
margin, and he is not going to be
things that have caused the media
The charge was made to look ridic-
himself Friday for a momful of re-
any 65 percent winner like Demo-
and voters to do a doubletake. In
ulous when the Capitol Hill source
porters in Chicago's Executive
cratic U.S. Sen. Alan Dixon four
the last several weeks, Simon-
of the documents stepped forward,
House.
as
years ago.
rather, Simon's staff-has been on
and it wasn't Ailes.
"This news conference is intended
The bow-tie guy from Makarida is
the defensive after reports that he
(Simon accuses Martin of trivi-
just too liberal to match those kinds
takes campaign money and wields
to get out a message: Let's start
alizing the campaign, but this red
of results, and he knows it. As Mar-
clout much like run-of-the-mill poli-
paying attention to the real issues,"
herring about media consultants is
tin's ads say, Paul Simon's philoso-
ticians.
he declared. He might not believe
trivial, indeed. The truth be told,
phy and voting record reflect a liber-
it, but that is just what Lynn Mar-
Simon, who has assiduously
Ailes' positive ads, for Martin and
tin has been hoping for.
CHICAGOSON TIMES 9/14/90
09/24/90
08:46
By aiding donor, Simon indulged in practice he criticizes 2706
M
oney talks.
Simon appears to have been less than
accepting payoffs. "Most of these are re-
tributors get for their money. "If Jane
In somber
truthful about the number of phone calls be
corded as legal fees, public-relations ser-
Green calls, and she has made a thousand 51
tones, Sen.
made in behalf of developer Stephen Ballis,
vices or 'campaign contributions,' though a
dollar campaign contribution, I usually
Paul Simon (D-111.)
a Simon fund-raiser and contributor. He
campaign may be months away. If ques-
make myself available. 1 hardly suggest tha
has often lamented
has admitted making just one call.
tioned, the recipient simply denies that the
this is right; but it is the reality of the
that too many politi-
Until his intervention in the S&L case
payment had anything to do with legislative
situation.
cians were deaf to
was disclosed by Susan Chandler of the
activity. This makes it technically legal,"
"Il means that people who have money
anyone but the high-
Chicago Sun-Times, Simon had been pos-
Simon wrote.
have greater ability to influence a House 01
est bidder. But, as it
turing about S&L fraud, which he called
A few years ago, Simon wrote The Glass
Senate member than those without money
furned out, Sen.
"the greatest financial theft in our history."
House, a book about political morality in
I listen to donors," Simon added in his 1981
Truthful was also for
Simon even wrote a newsletter about
which he complained that "There are far too
book.
"
All politicians admire and
hire.
Steve
"catching the crooks in the pinstriped
many candidates shaping their views to
respect the good judgment of those whe
Internal federal
suits."
Neal
meet the financial needs of a campaign
contribute to their campaigns! One of the
documents show that
Sen. Truthful has made a career out of
rather than the actual needs of the coun-
nation's largest contributors has said that
Simon made "five or
questioning the virtue of others. As a state
1ry."
dialogue with politicians is a fine thing, but
six" phone calls on be-
senator, he alleged that he was serving with
But Simon readily admitted that his
with a little money they hear you better." in
If of a Lincoln Park developer and Simon
a bunch of crooks. Headlined "The Illinois
contributors get priority over ordinary con-
Sen. Truthful's preoccupation with mon-T)
ntributor who defaulted on a $5 million
Legislature: A Study in Corruption," Si-
stituents. "Certainly 1 cannot be expected
ey clouded his judgment when Ballis asked-
in from Я Chicago savings and Joan.
mon's article was published in the Septem-
to take every phone call that comes into my
for help.
non has been accused by an FDIC offi-
ber, 1964, issue of Harper's.
office myself," Simon wrote. "There are
I of intervening with the S&L, which was
Sen
The bow-tied reformer then claimed that
practical limits on my time."
Steve Neal is the Chicago Sun-Times
ited out with taxpayer dollars.
a third of his legislative colleagues were
Sen. Truthful then explained what con-
political editor.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Sunday WASHINGTON
Nov. 4
1984 Reagan +
Bush in Housen
rode on fire truch
1. defense
2. the cut spending
3. education, not more$
teacher
4. Simon voted against Clean air