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JUN 17 '92 13:46 INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE 714 4769240
P.1/1
Post-It™ brand fax transmittal memo 7671
# of pages
I
Co. To Gary Gershowitz
From Beverly McClure
White House
Co. ILOC
Dept.
Phone # 714/476-2242
Fax # 202/456-6218
Fax #
714/476-9240
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
DATE:
June 17, 1992
TO:
Gary Gershowitz
FROM:
Beverly R. McClure
RE:
Elected Officials
Per our phone conversation, President Bush will be introduced by Reed
L. Royalty, Chairman of the Board, Industrial League of Orange County.
Also to be acknowledged are:
Todd Nicholson, President, Industrial League of Orange County
Senator John Seymour
Congressman Christopher Cox
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
need L.notalty
We will introduce the local elected officials. Act Tocal chanber of
OFFICIA
Mike Hagan- Vice chairman
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Jamboree Center,
14 2 Park Peo Plaza, Suite Elected 1250, Irvine, OFF. California iN 92714 orange (714)478-2242 CO. (Leg FAX(7/14) supvisor RoardMeM)
JUN 12 '92 13:09 INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE 714 4769240
P.1/2
FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Approx.
1050
Jamboree Center, 2 Park Plaza, Suile 1250, Irvine. California 92714 (714) 476-2242
FAX PHONE NUMBER: 714/476-9240
TO: Gary Gershowitz
FROM: Todd Nicholson
COMPANY:
FAX PHONE NUMBER:
(202) 456-6218
DATE AND TIME SENT:
12:55 pmPDT
NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING COVER PAGE:
2
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
This is a preliminary list of elected officials who are
confirmed for attendance on 6/19. In addition to the
elected also in attendance will be:
Don Bren, Chairman, The Irvine Company
Jack Flanigan, state Chairman, Bush/Quate '92
Tom Fuentes, Orange County Republican Party chairman
Plus, a significant number of other elected officials yet to
be confirmed We will keep you posted.
SENator JOHN Seymor willattend,
Confirmed by JeNNiFer 714-634-2331
JUN 12 '92 13:09 INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE 714 4769240
P.2/2
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
ELECTED OFFICIALS
vice Mayor
Barry Hammond, Mayor Pro-Tem, City of Irvine
Roger Sally R. Anne Stanton, Sheridan, Chairman, Mayor, Orange City of County Irvine Board 31 DiFF- of Supervisors cities iN INVINE Cal
Supervisor Thomas F. Riley -5th District
Supervisor Harriett Wieder
5 Districts iN Orange COUNTY
JUN-12-1992 14:14 FROM COMMERCE-EDA HQ
TO
84566218 P.01
-
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
STATES of AMERICA
Weshington, D.C. 20230
TELEFAX TRANSMISSION
Date 6/12/92
For
Jeff Hockberg
Location White House Office of Speech Writing
Telephone No (202) 456-7750
Telefax No (202) 456-6218
From Steve Brennen
Location US DoC / EDA Office of Program Operations
Telephone No (202) 377-3081
Telefax No (202) 377-0995
Additional Message
Number of pages attached 4
EDA 3417M
2/89
JUN-12-1992 14:15 FROM COMMERCE-EDA HQ
TO
84566218 P.02
DEFENSE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
STATUS SUMMARY
as of May 22, 1992
BACKGROUND: In February of 1992, the Department of Defense (DoD) transferred $50
million to the Economic Development Administration (EDA), to remain available until
expended, for defense adjustment projects under EDA's Title IX Economic Adjustment -
Sudden and Severe Economic Dislocation (SSED) Grant Program. Prior to that date, EDA
had funded several defense adjustment grants using its own FY 1991 and FY 1992
appropriated Title IX funds.
The special transferred funds may be used for base reuse or community adjustment projects
in the event of an announced base closing or a defense contract reduction or cancellation.
All defense adjustment proposals are reviewed by the DoD - Office of Economic Adjustment
(OEA) which must concur in the use of the special transferred funds.
PROGRESS TO DATE: EDA announced the availability of the special defense adjustment
funds in the March 10, 1992 Federal Register. EDA has since invited formal applications
for 13 defense adjustment proposals for a total of $14,946,000. Seven applications have
been received by the regional offices and are in various stages of project processing and two
grants for a total of $178,000 have been awarded.
In addition, EDA is considering a number of new proposals which, if invited, could increase
EDA's defense adjustment pipeline to a total of approximately $30 million in the next ninety
days. Most of the projects will complete processing in the customary three to five month
timeframe for Title IX projects of varying complexity. EDA expects to invite sufficient
additional defense adjustment applications by the end of first quarter FY 1993 that will
exhaust the entire $50 million with approved grants by the end of FY 1993.
Many of the early requests for assistance are in response to the dislocation impacts resulting
from announced defense weapons systems procurement cutbacks. Such announcements cause
an immediate impact on the affected communities and warrant timely response to mitigate, to
the extent possible, the negative economic effects. Significant impacts are being felt by New
England area submarine contractors as well as the aerospace industry in southern California
and St. Louis, Missouri.
Several of the current proposals are in response to announced base closings where the
affected community has made good progress in developing its local base reuse plan. Most of
the military base communities, however, are still in the process of working out their reuse
plans with assistance from the DoD OEA, and many of the bases will not actually see a
reduction of military or defense civilian employees for several years.
JUN-12-1992 14:16 FROM COMMERCE-EDA HQ
TO
84566218
P.03
2
EDA'S DEFENSE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS
In the case of base closures, a base reuse plan or strategy must be locally developed as the
first step in the defense adjustment assistance process. The DoD OEA is the lead agency for
the development and funding of such plans. EDA, for its part, will follow on the DoD
sponsored base reuse plan in considering applications for funding selected implementation
steps of the plan. All EDA defense adjustment assistance utilizing the $50 million will be
coordinated closely with the DoD OEA, which retains authority to concur with each project
before EDA makes the award. Otherwise, the standard rules and procedures contained in the
Agency's annual Federal Register notice on the Availability of Funds are applicable.
EDA can also assist communities facing economic adjustment problems resulting from
defense procurement contract reductions. Under the Title IX SSED Grant Program, virtually
all of EDA's tools may be packaged into a single grant, if appropriate, including components
for planning/strategy (not duplicating DoD), technical assistance, construction/public works,
revolving loan fund assistance, and training (not duplicating Department of Labor or
Education programs).
For fiscal year 1992, $11,500,000 is available under EDA's own annual appropriations for
the SSED assistance program to respond to all types of cconomic dislocation events,
including defense adjustment events. In addition, the above described $50 million from DoD
is available under EDA's Title IX program specifically for defense related adjustment
projects.
THE PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE
(DEFENSE ADJUSTMENT)
The Secretary of Commerce is a member of the President's Economic Adjustment Committee
(EAC) and the Secretary's designee is the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic
Development. Within the Department of Commerce, EDA is the primary agency responding
to defense adjustment impacts on communities. The FY 1991 Defense Authorization Act
and Executive Order 12788 establish that the chairmanship of the EAC rotate annually
between the DoD, the Department of Labor (DOL) and Commerce. Previously, the
Secretary of Defense had been the permanent chair. DoD's OEA provides staff support for
the EAC and is drafting a letter from Secretary Cheney to the Secretaries of Commerce and
Labor proposing that, pursuant to the law and executive order, the Secretary of Commerce
will chair the EAC beginning in FY 1993 and DOL will have the chair in FY 1994. The
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel) is the permanent Vice-
Chair of the EAC.
JUN-12-1992 14:16 FROM COMMERCE-EDA HQ
TO
84566218
P.04
3
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND ON EDA's $50 MILLION
Historically, the Department of Commerce and EDA (along with DoD and OMB) has
recommended against supplemental defense adjustment funding to address base closings and
defense contract reductions, because:
(1)
EDA could already respond to such events under its own authority and direct
appropriations,
(2)
The purpose of the defense cuts was to achieve overall budgetary savings which
would be diminished by such supplemental appropriations,
(3)
The Congress' proposal to appropriate funds to the DoD to be spent by a domestic
agency appeared to violate a critical understanding of the budget pact that increased
domestic spending must be compensated by equivalent domestic cuts.
(4)
Defense contractors represented only one area of American business/industry facing
hardship, yet were unfairly being singled out for Federal assistance.
Nevertheless, the (DoD) Authorization Act for FY 1991 included a provision authorizing
$200 million for defense adjustment assistance of which $150 million was earmarked for
DOL and $50 million was to be administered by EDA under Title IX of the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended. However, the companion DoD
Appropriation Act for FY 1991 contained language appropriating the $200 million only to
DoD and did not otherwise provide for its transfer to DOL or DOC. DoD, after several
months of inaction with the funds, announced at a May 15, 1991 hearing before the House
Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Investigations that it had decided to transfer
the funds to DOL and DOC.
The transfer of funds from DoD to Labor was initiated prior to the end of fiscal year 1991
using the Economy Act as the basis for transfer. Commerce explored and rejected using the
Economy Act as a basis for transfer of the $50 million because the conditions for transfer
under the Economy Act could not meet the programmatic expectations of DoD/EDA. The
lack of clear transfer authority of the two FY 1991 DoD Acts was addressed by special
language included in the FY 1992 DoD Appropriation Act which granted specific authority
for the transfer of the $50 million from DoD to Commerce/EDA and further provided that
funds so transferred would become no-year funds. Previously, the funds availability had
expired on September 30, 1993.
On January 27, 1992, EDA and DoD executed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
concerning the transfer and use of the $50 million. The funds were transferred to EDA the
following week.
JUN-12-1992 14:17 FROM COMMERCE-EDA HQ
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84566218 P.05
4
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEFENSE ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM
The DOL is the only other Federal Department or Agency, other than EDA or DoD, with
any significant funding or programmatic authority to provide defense adjustment assistance.
DOL received $150 million from DoD (through the same legislation that provided EDA's
$50 million) for adjustment assistance targeted to individuals displaced by base closings and
defense contract reductions
DOL is essentially using its Job Training and Partnership Act (JTPA) programs to provide
assistance directly to displaced workers. Regular JTPA appropriated funds, apportioned to
the states, are utilized first. Only if the regular program funds are insufficient and the state
requests additional assistance to deal with defense related worker dislocations, has DOL
dipped into its special defense adjustment funds. Because JTPA is already well funded, DOL
spending of its special funds has been slow. However, unlike EDA's special defense funds,
which were converted to no-year money, the DOL money must still be obligated prior to
September 30, 1993. DOL is expected to announce some sort of demonstration program
shortly to help move its funds. The specific nature of the demonstration program is not
known.
II-82 - Department of Defense
Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence -
(Area Code 703)
cont'd
(Area Code 804)
PPBS/DMR (Ping, Pgm'g, Budgeting System/Def Mgmt Report) Division:
DOD Security Institute
Bruce Ramsey 3E791
614-3838
Defense Gen Supply Ctr Bldg 33-E Richmond VA 23297
Anthony Stampone 3E791
614-3838
Director Everett Gravelle
275-3012
Defense Research and Engineering
Production and Logistics
Director Victor H Reis 3E1014
697-5776
(Area Code 703)
Confidential Asst (Vacant) 3E1014
693-4110
Military Asst Col John P Kline USMC 3E1014
697-5776
Assistant Secretary Colin 3E808
695-6639
Sr Military Asst Capt Bob Chamberlin USN 3E808
695-7011
Plans and Resources
Special Asst David L Spoede 3E808
695-7011
Deputy Director John M Bachkosky 3E114
695-0598
Prin Dep Asst Secretary David J Berteau 3E808
695-7178
Military Asst Col Robert W Baker USAF 3E114
695-0598
Military Asst Lt Col Hank Bingham USA 3E808
695-7179
FFRDC (Federally Funded Rsrch & Devel Ctrs) Dir Lt Col Mark
Defense CALS (Computer-Aided Acquisition & Logistics Support)
Dickerson USAF 3E114
756-2096
Executive Maj Gen Russ Baldwin USA 3D833
697-0051
Resource Management Dir R V Tuohy 3D367
614-0205
Management Support Ctr Dir Richard Donnelly 1500 SKY-3
756-2208
Acquisition System Protection Ofc Chf Col David C Evans
USAF 3B1060
695-9536
DOD Tech Analysis Ofc Dir James W Whitt 317 SKY-6
756-8969
Environment
Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas E Baca 400 AND
695-7820
Prin Dep to the Dep Asst Sec Russel Milnes 400 AND
695-7820
Research and Advanced Technology
695-5036
Military Asst Lt Col Gary Thomas USA 400 AND
695-7820
Deputy Director Raymond F Siewert (Actg) 3E118
Special Asst David Platt 400 AND
695-7820
Military Asst Col James S Butt USAF 3E118
695-3042
Defense Environmental Support Ofc Dir Len Richeson 400
Special Asst Virginia Castor 3D359
614-0212
AND
695-8358
Engineering Technology Dir Donald Dix (Actg) 3D1089
697-7922
Safety & Occupational Health Pol Dir George W Siebert 400
Environment & Life Sciences Dir Joseph V Osterman 3D129
697-8714
AND
695-0110
Research & Lab Mgmt Dir Ted Berlincourt 3D375
697-3228
Outreach Div Dir C Wesley Carson 400 AND
695-8360
Defense Modeling & Simulation Ofc Dir Col Ed Fitzsimmons
Policy Div Dir Lt Col Kenneth Cornelius USAF 400 AND
3D367
695-0975
695-8355
Programs & Budget Div Dir Kevin Doxey 400 AND
695-7007
Technology Div Dir Richard Kibler 400 AND
695-8360
Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces
DOD Explosive Safety Bd Chrmn Capt David K Wallace USN
Deputy Director George R Schneiter 3E130
697-9386
856C HOF-1
325-0152
Military Asst Col J A Franco USAF 3E130
697-4931
Environmental Protection Agency Liaison Lt Col Jessie
Asst Dep Director Brig Gen Arthur E Johnson USAF 3E130
695-7417
Cabellon USA M2119 WM
(202) 260-6996
Defensive Systems Dir Bruce Pierce (Actg) 3D136
697-5385
Pest Management Bd Exec Dir Col Robert Clegern
Offensive & Space Systems Dir Eugene Sevin 3E129
697-4910
USAF FG
(301) 427-5191
Strategic Aeronautical & Theater Nuclear Systems Dir Col
Robert Dawson USAF 3E139
697-7825
Installations
Strategic Arms Control & Compliance Dir Lee P Minichiello
697-5371
3E121
695-7840
Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert A Stone 3E787
Prin Director Gerald Kauvar 3E787
697-9106
Asst Dep Asst Secretary Capt Joe Sikes USN 3E787
697-9106
Tactical Warfare Programs
Base Closure & Utilization Dir Doug Hansen 3D814
614-5356
Deputy Director Frank Kendall III 3E1044
695-9713
Engineering & Construction Dir Tom Bee 310 SKY-6
756-5643
Executive Asst Col Noris Lynn McCall USMC 3E1044
695-5747
Facility Requirements & Resources Dir Patrick J Meehan Jr
Air Warfare Dir Spiros G Pallas 3E1081
695-0525
3D768
695-7957
Conventional Arms Control & Compliance Dir Mary M Evans
Housing & Services Dir Patricia Fowler 310 SKY-6
756-5642
3B1060
693-6398
Installation Pol Dir Lewis Patterson 3C767
697-7475
Conventional Initiatives Dir Loren R Larson 3D1064
614-0190
Electronic Combat Dir Anthony Grieco 2D252
697-3619
Land Warfare Dir Andrus Viilu 3D1049
695-9284
Logistics
Deputy Assistant Secretary Diane K Morales 3E788
697-1368
Naval Warfare & Mobility Dir C Joseph Martin 3D1048
697-2205
Military Asst Col Robert Freeman USAF 3E788
697-5530
Ofc of Munitions Dir George C Kopcsak 3B1060
695-1407
Energy Policy Dir Jeffrey Jones 1D760
697-9419
International Logistics Dir (Vacant) 2B329
695-0271
Test Evaluation
Logistics Ping & Analysis Dir (Vacant) 2D261
614-4175
Deputy Director Richard R Ledesma (Actg) 3E1060
695-7171
Maintenance Policy Dir Robert T Mason 3B915
697-7980
Executive Asst Col Bernard B Ferguson USA 3E1060
695-4608
Supply Mgmt Policy Dir James H Reay 3B730
697-9238
Confidential Asst Mary G Griggs 3E1060
695-7171
Transportation Policy Dir Robert H Moore 2B278
697-6551
Budget Action Ofcr Mary J Wells 1B473
695-7175
Weapon Support Improvement Grp Dir Martin A Meth 2B322
697-0051
Foreign Comparative Test Action Ofcr Col Alan D Biskey
USA 1B473
697-0394
Production Resources
Live Fire Test Dir James O'Bryon 3D1084
697-5732
Deputy Assistant Secretary Nicholas M Torelli Jr 3E813
697-1771
Test Facilities & Resources Dir John V Bolino 3D1067
697-4819
Executive Asst Stan Dubowski (Actg) 3E813
697-1771
Weapon Systems Assessment/STEP (Spec Test & Eval Pgms)
CALS/EDI (Computer-aided Acquisition & Logistics Support/
Dir James O'Bryon (Actg) 3D1084
697-5732
Electronic Data Interchange) Dir Marianne Pietras (Actg)
2B322
697-0051
Industrial Engr'g & Quality Dir Mark Schaeffer 2A318
695-9846
Manufacturing Modernization Dir Walter Bergmann II 3B253
695-7458
Atomic Energy
Production Base Dir John B Todaro 2A318
695-9846
Assistant to the Secretary Robert B Barker 3E1074
697-5161
Program Support
Executive Asst Capt Linda K Groves USN 3E1074
697-5561
Director William J Sharkey 3D758
697-9978
Asst Staff Director, NWC (Nuclear Weapons Council) Richard
Congressional/Legislative Liaison Diane Carroll 3E791
614-4030
W Brown 3E1074
695-5486
Production & Logistics Data Ctr Dir James Miller 102 SKY-4
756-7637
Deputy Assistant to the Secretary for:
Research & Studies Robert Newhart 1B466
697-7019
Chemical Matters Billy Richardson 3E1074
695-5448
Computer Systems Support Div Dir Gary Hurd 1B466
695-9505
Military Applications John H Birely 3E1074
697-5561
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Winter 1992
Federal Yellow Book
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
11-Jun-1992 10:13am
TO:
Gary J. Gershowitz
FROM:
Elizabeth M. Hinchliffe
Office of Communications
SUBJECT: california
Hi, Gare-meister!
Okay, some more things about California speech. First - it's
supposed to go to staffing tomorrow, so we've pretty much got to
get it in shape today.
Second could you call Todd Nicolson, (714) 476-2242 as soon as
feasible (I guess noon our time -- would be 9 in California).
He's President of the Industrial League that will be sponsoring
the speech. Could you just touch base with him, and find out
answers like:
--obviously, who will be there, how many, etc.
--any good jokes possible in audience makeup? in
celebrities/politicians present? in the place where the speech
will be held? recent local events?
--he won't be dictating the subject matter of the speech,
so don't get caught up in that, but does he have any other useful
background information?
Thanks.
X7845
Also, maybe a call to Jeff Vogt would help - to see if he's the
project officer, since it's business.
How's the DOD conversion info coming?
Bus Ad- Diversified- Bus Size
COMP repain
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
10-Jun-1992 01:37PM
TO:
GARY J. GERSHOWITZ
FROM:
ELIZABETH M. HINCHLIFFE
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
SUBJECT: CALIFORNIA
HI.
SOME INFO IS FINALLY TRICKLING TOGETHER ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA
SPEECH. COULD YOU CALL DEFENSE AND ASK FOR SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
COMPANIES AND DOD CONVERSION? MAYBE CHENEY HAS ADDRESSED THIS
SUBJECT IN A SPEECH -- IT WOULD BE EXTRA-GREAT TO GET HIS REMARKS.
Do THEY HAVE EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL CONVERSIONS? THANKS.
Defense conversion
COMMISSION 202-653-0253
Saliy Hartwig
PAUl Hanley
Tim Kyger in Congressman Rohrbacher's office suggests the
following wording for accuracy:
"McDonnell Douglas' SDIO-funded Delta Clipper Program will
dramatically reduce costs. " Then resume sentence as written.
bETH --
Henson Moore called with several items he'd like to see inlcuded
in Orange Co. 1) Recommends we go back to Oak Ridge Tennessee
specch from February, and profile our National Technology
Initiative -- a conference of which was held in Pasadena CA on
May 29. 2) Also wants us to reference the R& E (research and
engineering) Tax credit which POTUS has asked Congress to extend
permanently. 3) Also ( you guessed it) wants to see 3 legacies
in there somewhere
Please begin with these changes while we wait for the rest of
staffing comments.
AURA
JUN 15 '92 9:32
FROM RESEARCH
(916)445-6075
(Trade PAGE 002
CALIFORNIA
Rep's
office)
WORLD TRADE COMMISSION
1991 CALIFORNIA TRADE HIGHLIGHTS
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION profiles California's international trade performance. Leading the United
States in exporting. California accounted for 15 percent of total 1991 U.S. exports ($421.6 billion) or one out of
every seven U.S. export dollars. In 1991, California exported over $63 billion in goods. an DD percent increase from
1990. In 1991, California ports handled two-way trade valued at nearly $175 billion.
THE EXPORT PICTURE
California exports grew quickly in the latter half of the 1980s. increasing by an average of 20 percent per year
between 1987 and 1990. Trade growth peaked in 1988 at 39 percent, followed by moderate growth in 1989, 1990
and 1991 of 12 percent, 9 percent, and 8 percent, respectively. Exports continue to boost state economic
performance, accounting for approximately 60 percent of the state's real economic growth in 1991.
CALIFORNIA EXPORTS 1987-91
(In Billions of Dollars)
80
58.4
63.1
60
53.6
47.8
40
34.3
9.2% increase
20
0
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS
Products from California. ranging from advanced technologies to the world's most desirable agricultural products.
are in high demand from buyers around the world. The state's top three product categories account for close to 60
percent of all California exports. General Machinery - including industrial and commercial machinery and
computer equipment - is the state's leading export at $14.2 billion. Electrical Equipment. consisting of
telecommunication equipment. consumer electronics, and electrical machinery. totaled $13 billion in 1991. Third-
ranked Transportation Equipment, including motor vehicles. aerospace products and railroad and boat equipment.
posted overseas sales of over $10 billion.
TOP CALIFORNIA EXPORTS 1990-91
(In Billions of Dollars)
15Γ
14.2
13.1
12.7
10
10
6.1
4.7
5
2.3
0
Mach. Electric. Trans. Food Instrum. Chem. Other
1990
1991
ANNette Davis is the contact for this iNformation
She is the Trade Rep iN GOV Wilson's office: (916)445-6075
JUN
15
92
9:33
FROM RESEARCH
PAGE. 003
EXPORT MARKETS
The Golden State's products are sold around the globe. California's top ten markets, ranging from Asian to
European countries, account for almost 70 percent of all state exports. The European Community, as a consolidated
market, consumed $15.4 billion or 24 percent of all California exports. The Asia/Pacific countries absorbed over
$28 billion or 44 percent of California goods. Japan, Canada. and Mexico represent the top three single-country
markets, importing $10.1, and $6.5, and $5.5 billion. respectively, of California merchandise. Mexico, of the top
ten markets, was the fastest growing major market for California goods in 1991, increasing purchases by 18 percent
from 1990. Other key growth markets for the state's products were Canada (12 percent), Taiwan (10 percent), and
the Netherlands (8 percent).
TOP CALIFORNIA EXPORT MARKETS 1990-91
(In Billions of Dollars)
12
10.1
10
8
6.5
6
5.5
4
3.9
3.6
3.5
3.5
2.7
2.2
2
2
0
JAPAN
CAN
MEX
KOR
GERM
UK
TAI
SING
FRAN
NETH
1990
1991
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Foreign investment in California topped $60 billion in 1989, the latest year for which figures are available,
increasing 22 percent from nearly $50 billion in 1988. Top investors included European countries, Japan, and
Canada. Total employment attributable to foreign investment was 496,400 in 1989, up 27 percent from 390,300
jobs in 1988.
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CALIFORNIA 1989
(In Billions of Dollars)
OTHER (2.3)
JAPAN (14.6)
EUROPE (28.7)
MIDDLE EAST (1.9)
LATIN AMERICA (1.8)
CANADA (8.9)
1991 PORT DATA
GENERAL STATISTICS 1991
Trade through California's Custom Districts
Gross State Product
$765.0 billion
TOTAL
$ 174.6 billion
Population
30.6 million
Port Exports
$ 73.8 billion
Civilian Labor Force
14.8 million
Port Imports
100.9 billion
Unemployment
7.5 percent
Inflation Rate
4.1 percent
THE CALIFORNIA STATE WORLD TRADE COMMISSION is the export development ann of the California state government. Since its
creation in 1983, the Commission has supported over $750 million in export sales through its export financing programs administered by the
Offices of Export Finance located in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and marketing assistance provided by the Office of Export Development
located in Leng Beach. For further program information please contact:
CALIFORNIA STATE WORLD TRADE COMMISSION
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Commerce and
1121 L Street, Suite 310
Sacramento, CA 95814
Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic
Telephone: (916) 324-5511
Fax: (916) 324-5791
Research (MISER).
JUN 15 '92 9:33 FROM RESEARCH
PAGE. 004
CALIFORNIA STATE
WORLD TRADE COMMISSION
OF
THE CHEERA STATE STATE OF OF
CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA'S EXPORT PROFILE
1991
The value of products exported from California rose 8% in 1991,
accounting for 15% of total U.S. exports of $421.9 billion.
California Total Exports for 1991:
$63.1 billion
Top California Exports (in billions)
1.
Industrial Machinery, Computer Equipment
$14.2
2.
Electronic/Electric Equipment
$13.1
3. Transportation Equipment
$10.0
4. Instruments and Related Products
$ 4.7
5. Food and Kindred Products
$ 3.7
6. Agricultural Production - Crops
$ 2.4
7. Chemicals and Allied Products
$ 2.3
8. Petroleum and Coal Products
$ 1.7
9. Fabricated Metal Products
$ 1.5
10. Scrap and Waste
$ 1.4
Top California Export Markets (in billions)
1.
Japan
$10.1
2. Canada
$ 6.5
3. Mexico
$ 5.5
4. Republic of Korea
$ 3.9
5. Federal Republic of Germany
$ 3.6
6. United Kingdom
$ 3.5
7. Taiwan
$ 3.5
8. Singapore
$ 2.7
9. France
$ 2.2
10. Netherlands
$ 2.0
Source:
U.S. Department of Commerce and
Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER).
1121 L Street, Suite 310
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 324-5511
Telex: 5106003794
Fax: (916) 324-5791
JUN 15 '92 9:34 FROM RESEARCH
PAGE. 005
CALIFORNIA STATE
WORLD TRADE COMMISSION
OF
DEPARTMENT
BURNER
THE
STATE
THE
CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA'S MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS
1987-1991
(in dollars)
JAPAN
CANADA
MEXICO
TOTAL CA
EXPORTS
1987
5,582,315,504
3,404,147,690
2,257,262,663
34,311,151,013
1988
8,344,369,711
4,000,751,709
3,241,765,445
47,789,371,151
1989
9,739,396,304
4,749,810,190
4,172,918,498
53,547,595,961
1990
10,265,892,048
5,803,217,422
4,670,517,836
58,430,444,462
1991
10,143,683,529
6,510,085,771
5,526,877,461
63,112,626,074
TOTAL
44,075,657,096
24,468,012,782
19,869,341,903
257,191,188,661
SOURCE:
U.S. Department of Commerce and
Massachusetts Institute of Social
and Economic Research (MISER).
1121 L Street, Suite 310
Sacramento, CA 93814
(916) 324-5511
Telex: 5106003794
Fax: (916) 324-5791
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 6/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 6/16 3:00pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTIRAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
SUBJECT:
IRVINE, CA - FRI. 6/19/92 - 1:00 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROLLINS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
June 15, 1992 4 p.m.
DOD Draft Two
UN15 P5: 09
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992 1 P.M.
IRVINE HYATT, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS) And I'm proud to be standing here with
three men who are solid, strong leaders not only for Orange
County, but for this country. Bob Dornan -- a real champion of
American values, who's been at my side in every election -- an
aggressive spokesman for the things we believe in. Chris Cox --
an innovative, creative Congressman who embodies the vibrant,
entrepreneurial spirit of this area -- he's pushing great new
ideas like Turbo Enterprise Zones, and is a real champion of
budget reform. And Dana Rohrbacher -- glad to see you could take
some time off from surfing -- he's deeply involved in what I want
to talk to you about today -- our nation's transition into the
post-Cold War era, and what this means to a competitive economy.
Three days ago, I sat in the Oval Office with Russia's
freely elected President, Boris Yeltsin, and we spoke of the
dreams we share for our people. It was an extraordinary moment.
Just think how in the last few years we've witnessed great gains
for democracy -- events we scarcely dreamed would take place in
our lifetimes. We're closer than ever to the people of every
nation, rejoicing as one at the new breeze of freedom which swept
the globe, scattering the last dust of grim totalitarianism.
But there are new challenges we face in the unexplored post-
Cold War terrain. There are still pioneer days ahead. You know,
at one point in the movie called "Awakenings," a fellow who's
2
been asleep for decades finally wakes up and has the whole world
in front of him. When his doctor asks him what he wants to do
that day, his face breaks into a huge grin and he shouts:
"Everything!" That's the spirit we need to call up right now --
that purely American belief in a future that knows no limits.
We're entering an entirely different economic world than the
one we grew up in -- and that unbeatable spirit is what's going
to lead us to success. William Jennings Bryan captured that bold
spirit when he said: "Destiny is not a matter of chance -- it's
a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for -- it is
a thing to be achieved.'
I've seen-how Californians are achieving your destiny.
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country,
because you're figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. This area is packed with successful examples
of the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition -- you're using systems developed for
national defense to take aim at commercial markets worldwide.
As the defense department "downsizes" in the new post-Cold
War era, you face the daunting challenge of adapting from the
military to the competitive civilian market. It'll be tough for
3
a lot of private sector companies, and their employees.
But I've seen examples of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the Cold War, the military essentially funded the
development of new manufacturing techniques. Now, led by Orange
County, companies are demonstrating astounding innovation in
turning these techniques to new uses in the civilian market.
The proof is all around us. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas is using the SDI-funded SSTO program to dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit -- this will ensure that we
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlock on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California. 11
And I just came from visiting Aura Systems. I got to see up
close how this small company is thriving: why they're hiring when
so many others are firing. It's because they're able to adapt.
They're at the cutting edge of the post-Cold War era, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. Well, because companies like
4
these in Orange County continue to develop and use technology
begun for defense, our next generation of the military will find
that the technology has continued to evolve. We need not fear
for our defense -- for our children -- for our future.
In the meantime, look how one company is successfully making
the post-Cold War transition to replace disappearing defense
contracts. Aura Systems started as a military R&D company, doing
virtually 100% DoD work. Now, they've won civilian contracts
that make up 80% of their work. They have seen the future --
they're using their military-developed technology to beat weapons
into ploughshares. For instance, their imagination has led them
to use SDI-funded work on electromagnetics to develop
vibrationless jackhammers -- and precision instruments used in
cataract surgery. And they're applying their military electro-
optics technology to improve commercial telecommunications.
These Orange County companies lead us because they're not
stuck in the old ways of thinking. They're not afraid to take
risks. Look what happens to companies who want to be the biggest
fish in the pond -- but who are afraid to be the first to dive
in. Companies willing to maneuver and adapt to changing
marketplace realities survive. Dinosaurs are fated to die. 11
Of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
new world economy of the 21st century will be a new age of Ameri-
can competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace.
And we simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete.
We have to realize the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
B
5
educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless we literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead of us. But we can more than
match it if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The
only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of
today." "
I am absolutely committed to using every resource I can to
pave our way into the future. Right now, I'll fight for measures
to add jobs -- actions like encouraging investments through the
capital gains tax cut; increasing jobs by reducing regulations;
and encouraging trade and opening markets abroad. You know
first-hand how important that is. California leads this nation
in exports -- accounting for one out of every seven 8 U.S. export
13%
dollars. Just last year -- in an 8% increase over 1990 -- this
state exported over $63 billion in goods. And, in all, your
ports handled two-way trade values at nearly $175 billion --
creating jobs up and down this golden coast.
Long-term, Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
currently show. I'm talking about whipping government spending
into control. I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
6
genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people -- 77% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "We know you're borrowing from the
future to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand
for this any more." For years now, I've called for a balanced
budget amendment because to ensure long-term economic growth we
must get federal spending under control. High deficits raise
interest rates -- high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed
future kills hope.
When I was visiting Aura Systems this morning, I was struck
by its motto: "The Link Between Problem and Solution." Well, we
all have the chance to be that link for our country. We have the
chance to guide America into the world of the new century -- a
world in which defeatism produces defeat, but where confidence
and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
#
#
#
#
#
From: Balanced Budget
constitutional President was for Congress to adopt 2 a balanced budget Radio Address,
amendment -- and in each of the three budgets I've
submitted since, I've repeated that plea.
6/5/92
Why am I so fiercely dedicated to this issue? Look at your
own family. You know what happens when you spend more than you
make. The devil's going to come, demanding his due. Well that's
what our American family faces right now. When you hear about
a deficit measured in hundreds of billions of dollars, remember
-- that's not Monopoly money. Some day that debt must be paid
with your money -- as sure as your own personal debts will have
to be paid with your money. It's unacceptable when this spending
riptide has us drowning in debt, dragging us further out to sea.
This amendment will bring us back to shore. It says the
government can't spend more than it takes in. Nothing could be
more simple. Nothing could be as tough. Nothing could work as
well.
It's past time to make this government as accountable with
your money in America's house as you must be with your money in
your house. 44 states already have some type of constitutional
balanced budget requirement. 80% of the American people want
this amendment, and the tougher scrutiny of government spending
which it will require. We're fed up. We know it's time for
partisan posturing to yield to responsibility to govern. We know
it's time to protect our children's children -- and we're
impatient to enact this solemn bond between generations.
Well, there's something you can do right now. The House
steeper, Fred
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SUBJECT:
IRVINE, CA - FRI. 6/19/92 - 1:00 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
.
ROLLINS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
June 16, 1992
TO:
DAN MCGROARTY
NSC recommends an additional paragraph be added to page 5 (see Insert #1).
from Brent Scowcroft
55 : 9d 91 NNC 26
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
CC: Phillip Brady
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
June 15, 1992
4 p.m.
DOD Draft Two
UN15 P5: 09
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992 1 P.M.
IRVINE HYATT, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS) And I'm proud to be standing here with
three men who are solid, strong leaders not only for Orange
County, but for this country. Bob Dornan -- a real champion of
American values, who's been at my side in every election -- an
aggressive spokesman for the things we believe in. Chris Cox --
an innovative, creative Congressman who embodies the vibrant,
entrepreneurial spirit of this area -- he's pushing great new
ideas like Turbo Enterprise Zones, and is a real champion of
budget reform. And Dana Rohrbacher -- glad to see you could take
some time off from surfing -- he's deeply involved in what I want
to talk to you about today -- our nation's transition into the
post-Cold War era, and what this means to a competitive economy.
Three days ago, I sat in the Oval Office with Russia's
freely elected President, Boris Yeltsin, and we spoke of the
dreams we share for our people. It was an extraordinary moment.
Just think how in the last few years we've witnessed great gains
for democracy -- events we scarcely dreamed would take place in
our lifetimes. We're closer than ever to the people of every
nation, rejoicing as one at the new breeze of freedom which swept
the globe, scattering the last dust of grim totalitarianism.
But there are new challenges we face in the unexplored post-
Cold War terrain. There are still pioneer days ahead. You know,
at one point in the movie called "Awakenings," a fellow who's
2
been asleep for decades finally wakes up and has the whole world
in front of him. When his doctor asks him what he wants to do
that day, his face breaks into a huge grin and he shouts:
"Everything!" That's the spirit we need to call up right now --
that purely American belief in a future that knows no limits.
We're entering an entirely different economic world than the
one we grew up in --- and that unbeatable spirit is what's going
to lead us to success. William Jennings Bryan captured that bold
spirit when he said: "Destiny is not a matter of chance -- it's
a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for -- it is
a thing to be achieved."
I've seen how Californians are achieving your destiny.
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country,
because you're figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. This area is packed with successful examples
of the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition -- you're using systems developed for
national defense to take aim at commercial markets worldwide.
As the defense department "downsizes" in the new post-Cold
War era, you face the daunting challenge of adapting from the
military to the competitive civilian market. It'll be tough for
3
a lot of private sector companies, and their employees.
But I've seen examples of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the Cold War, the military essentially funded the
development of new manufacturing techniques. 2 Now, led by Orange
County, companies are demonstrating astounding innovation in
turning these techniques to new uses in the civilian market.
The proof is all around us. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas is using the SDI-funded SSTO program to dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit -- this will ensure that we
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlock on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California.
And I just came from visiting Aura Systems. I got to see up
close how this small company is thriving: why they're hiring when
so many others are firing. It's because they're able to adapt.
They're at the cutting edge of the post-Cold War era, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. Well, because companies like
4
these in Orange County continue to develop and use technology
begun for defense, our next generation of the military will find
that the technology has continued to evolve. We need not fear
for our defense -- for our children -- for our future.
In the meantime, look how one company is successfully making
the post-Cold War transition to replace disappearing defense
contracts. Aura Systems started as a military R&D company, doing
virtually 100% DoD work. Now, they've won civilian contracts
that make up 80% of their work. They have seen the future --
they're using their military-developed technology to beat weapons
into ploughshares. For instance, their imagination has led them
to use SDI-funded work on electromagnetics to develop
vibrationless jackhammers -- and precision instruments used in
cataract surgery. And they're applying their military electro-
optics technology to improve commercial telecommunications.
These Orange County companies lead us because they're not
stuck in the old ways of thinking. They're not afraid to take
risks. Look what happens to companies who want to be the biggest
fish in the pond -- but who are afraid to be the first to dive
in. Companies willing to maneuver and adapt to changing
marketplace realities survive. Dinosaurs are fated to die. 11
Of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
new world economy of the 21st century will be a new age of Ameri-
can competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace.
And we simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete.
We have to realize the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
SUGGESTED ADDITION TO PRESIDENT'S
SPEECH TO INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
INSERT #1 (on page 5)
Trade with Mexico is particularly important for many
Southern California companies. I have placed a high priority on
improving market access south of the border. We are working
hard to negotiate a North American Free Trade Area with Mexico
and Canada that will lower trade barriers even further and
establish one of the biggest and richest markets in the world
with a combined 360 million consumers and $6 trillion in annual
output. The free trade area holds the potential of creating
hundreds of thousands of new jobs and strengthening our ability
to compete in other overseas markets. Clearly California's
dynamic economy is strongly, positioned to take advantage of these
new trade opportunities.
in a sentence.
NAFTA. help pushing for
we'll
5
educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless we literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead of us. But we can more than
match it if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The
only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of
today."
I am absolutely committed to using every resource I can to
pave our way into the future. Right now, I'll fight for measures
to add jobs -- actions like encouraging investments through the
capital gains tax cut; increasing jobs by reducing regulations;
and encouraging trade and opening markets abroad. You know
first-hand how important that is. California leads this nation
in exports -- accounting for one out of every seven U.S. export
dollars. Just last year -- in an 8% increase over 1990 -- this
state exported over $63 billion in goods. And, in all, your
ports handled two-way trade values at nearly $175 billion --
creating jobs up and down this golden coast.
INSERT
#
/
Long-term, Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
currently show. I'm talking about whipping government spending
into control I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
6
genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people -- 77% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "We know you're borrowing from the
future to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand
for this any more." For years now, I've called for a balanced
budget amendment because to ensure long-term economic growth we
must get federal spending under control. High deficits raise
interest rates -- high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed
future kills hope.
When I was visiting Aura Systems this morning, I was struck
by its motto: "The Link Between Problem and Solution." Well, we
all have the chance to be that link for our country. We have the
chance to guide America into the world of the new century -- a
world in which defeatism produces defeat, but where confidence
and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
#
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 16, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Industrial League of
Orange County
The draft remarks to the Industrial League of Orange
County are forceful. I have noted a few editorial suggestions
on the attached draft that I hope will be helpful.
The visit to Aura Systems has been scrapped and all
references to Aura System probably should be dropped.
In terms of the tone I have two suggestions:
1. Individuals and institutions legitimately want a
measure of security and stability while at the same time
recognizing the need for adjustment and change. Great nations
are those with a willingness to make adjustments. The speech
is heavy on the need for adjustment and change.
But, as drafted, it is a little light on security and
stability. A sentence or two, or perhaps a paragraph would be
useful to provide some additional reassurance. When we talk
about "unexplored terrain, "an entirely different economic
world," and "an R&D lab for the whole country because you're
figuring out how to shape your own identity in an evolving
economy" it can sound to the listener that all we are offering
is dynamism and change.
Phrases like "the daunting challenge of adapting" and
"It'll be tough for a lot of private sector companies" may tend
to reinforce the fears people already have. Individuals and
families want the reassurance that we have a steady hand on the
helm, that we will be there with them helping to keep our
economy the most productive in the world.
2. This is a good occasion to talk about the export
opportunities in a global economy. We are, after all, now,
once again, the world's leading exporting nation.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
gt :9d 91 Nnr 26
Beth -- Roger Porter called re Orange County, and I wanted to
pass along this general comment:
Roger thinks the speech leans a bit too much on painting a
picture of a daunting, uncertain future. There's a fine line
here -- too much change/new/different/etc. can be disconcerting
to people who would just as soon settle for a little calm and
continuity. Roger would notch back a bit on this -- also, he'd
add the word opportunity 2, 3, or 4 more times (in the trade
section for instance) to cast the future in a positive, enticing,
non-threatening light
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTIRAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
SUBJECT:
IRVINE, CA - FRI. 6/19/92 - 1:00 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROLLINS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
June 15, 1992
4 p.m.
DOD
Draft Two
? UN15 P5: 09
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992 1 P.M.
IRVINE HYATT, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS) And I'm proud to be standing here with
three men who are solid, strong leaders not only for Orange
County, but for this country. Bob Dornan -- a real a champion of
American values, who's been at my side in every election -- an
aggressive spokesman for the things we believe in. Chris Cox --
an innovative, creative Congressman who embodies the vibrant,
entrepreneurial spirit of this area -- he's pushing great new
FORCEFUL ADVOCATE FOR
ideas like Turbo Enterprise Zones, and is a real J champion of
budget reform. And Dana Rohrbacher -- glad to see you could take
some time off from surfing -- he's deeply involved in what I want
to talk to you about today -- our nation's transition into the
post-Cold War era, and what this means to a competitive economy.
Three days ago, I sat in the Oval Office with Russia's
freely elected President, Boris Yeltsin, and we spoke of the
dreams we share for our people. It was an extraordinary moment.
Just think how in the last few years we've witnessed great gains
for democracy -- events we scarcely dreamed would take place in
our lifetimes. We're closer than ever to the people of every
nation, rejoicing as one at the new breeze of freedom which swept
the globe, scattering the last dust of grim totalitarianism.
But there are new challenges we face in the unexplored I post-
Cold War terrain. There are still pioneer days ahead. You know,
at one point in the movie called "Awakenings," a fellow who's
2
been asleep for decades finally wakes up and has the whole world
in front of him. When his doctor asks him what he wants to do
that day, his face breaks into a huge grin and he shouts:
"Everything!" That's the spirit we need to call up right now --
that purely American belief in a future that knows no limits.
We're entering an entirely different economic world than the
one we grew up in -- and that unbeatable spirit is what's going
to lead us to success. William Jennings Bryan captured that bold
spirit when he said: "Destiny is not a matter of chance -- it's
a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for -- it is
a thing to be achieved."
I've seen how Californians are achieving your destiny.
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
FULL of DYNAMISM AND INNOVATION.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country, o
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ARE
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because you figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
FILLED
evolving economy. This area is packed with successful examples
of the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition -- you're using systems developed for
national defense to take aim at commercial markets worldwide.
As the defense department "downsizes" in the new post-Cold
War era, you face the daunting I challenge of adapting from the
IT IS A CHALLENGE
military to the competitive civilian market. It'll be tough for
3
SOME I AM CONFIDENT you WILL MEET.
a lot of private sector companies, and their employees. of
But I've seen examples of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the Cold War, the military essentially funded the
Fiems IN
development of new manufacturing techniques. Now, led by Orange
County, companies are demonstrating astounding innovation in
pouer by
turning these techniques to new uses in the civilian market.
The proof is all around us. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas is using the SDI-funded SSTO program to dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit -- this will ensure that we
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlock on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California. 11
And I just came from visiting Aura Systems. I got to see up
AVEAUT: IS
close how this small company is thriving: why they re hiring when
so many others are firing. It's because they re able to adapt.
NOW
They re at the cutting edge of the post-Cold War era, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. Well, because companies like
4
these in Orange County continue to develop and use technology
begun for defense, our next generation of the military will find
that the technology has continued to evolve. We need not fear
for our defense -- for our children -- for our future.
In the meantime, look how one company is successfully making
the post-Cold War transition to replace disappearing defense
contracts. Aura Systems started as a military R&D company, doing
virtually 100% DoD work. Now, they've won civilían contracts
that make up 80% of their work. They have seen the future --
AURA out. is
they're using their military-developed technology to beat weapons
into ploughshares. For instance, their imagination has led them
to use SDI-funded work on electromagnetics to develop
vibrationless jackhammers -- and precision instruments used in
cataract surgery. And they're applying their military electro-
optics technology to improve commercial telecommunications.
These Orange County companies lead us because they're not
stuck in the old ways of thinking. They're not afraid to take
risks. Look what happens to companies who want to be the biggest
fish in the pond -- but who are afraid to be the first to dive
in. Companies willing to maneuver and adapt to changing
TOO
marketplace realities survive. Dinosaurs are fated to die.
STRONG
Of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
new world economy of the 21st century will be a new age of Ameri-
can competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace.
And we simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete.
We have to realize the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
5
educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless we literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead of us. But we can more than
match it if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The
only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of
today."
I am absolutely I committed to using every resource I can to
pave our way into the future. Right now, I'll fight for measures
to add jobs -- actions like encouraging investments through the
capital gains tax cut; increasing jobs by reducing regulations;
and encouraging trade and opening markets abroad. You know
first-hand how important that is. California leads this nation
in exports -- accounting for one out of every seven U.S. export
dollars. Just last year -- in an 8% increase over 1990 -- this
state exported over $63 billion in goods. And, in all, your
ports handled two-way trade values at nearly $175 billion --
creating jobs up and down this golden coast.
Long term, 2 Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
currently show. I'm talking about whipping BRINGING government spending
UNDER
into control. I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
6
genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people -- 77% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "We know you're borrowing from the
future to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand
for this any more." For years now, I've called for a balanced
budget amendment because to ensure long-term economic growth we
must get federal spending under control. High deficits raise
interest rates -- high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed
future kills hope.
When I was visiting Aura Systems this morning, I was struck
by its motto: "The Link Between Problem and Solution." Well, we
all have the chance to be that link for our country. We have the
chance to guide America into the world of the new century -- a
world in which defeatism produces defeat, but where confidence
and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
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Document No.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 6/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 6/16 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTIRAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
SUBJECT:
IRVINE, CA - FRI. 6/19/92 - 1:00 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROLLINS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
No comments R. Grady may respond ata
later time)
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
June 15, 1992
4 p.m.
DOD Draft Two
UN15 P5: 09
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992 1 P.M.
IRVINE HYATT, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS) And I'm proud to be standing here with
three men who are solid, strong leaders not only for Orange
County, but for this country. Bob Dornan -- a real champion of
American values, who's been at my side in every election -- an
aggressive spokesman for the things we believe in. Chris Cox --
an innovative, creative Congressman who embodies the vibrant,
entrepreneurial spirit of this area -- he's pushing great new
ideas like Turbo Enterprise Zones, and is a real champion of
budget reform. And Dana Rohrbacher -- glad to see you could take
some time off from surfing -- he's deeply involved in what I want
to talk to you about today -- our nation's transition into the
post-Cold War era, and what this means to a competitive economy.
Three days ago, I sat in the Oval Office with Russia's
freely elected President, Boris Yeltsin, and we spoke of the
dreams we share for our people. It was an extraordinary moment.
Just think how in the last few years we've witnessed great gains
for democracy -- events we scarcely dreamed would take place in
our lifetimes. We're closer than ever to the people of every
nation, rejoicing as one at the new breeze of freedom which swept
the globe, scattering the last dust of grim totalitarianism.
But there are new challenges we face in the unexplored post-
Cold War terrain. There are still pioneer days ahead. You know,
at one point in the movie called "Awakenings," a fellow who's
2
been asleep for decades finally wakes up and has the whole world
in front of him. When his doctor asks him what he wants to do
that day, his face breaks into a huge grin and he shouts:
"Everything!" That's the spirit we need to call up right now --
that purely American belief in a future that knows no limits.
We're entering an entirely different economic world than the
one we grew up in -- and that unbeatable spirit is what's going
to lead us to success. William Jennings Bryan captured that bold
spirit when he said: "Destiny is not a matter of chance -- it's
a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for -- it is
a thing to be achieved."
I've seen-how Californians are achieving your destiny.
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country,
because you're figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. This area is packed with successful examples
of the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition -- you're using systems developed for
national defense to take aim at commercial markets worldwide.
As the defense department "downsizes" in the new post-Cold
War era, you face the daunting challenge of adapting from the
military to the competitive civilian market. It'll be tough for
3
a lot of private sector companies, and their employees.
But I've seen examples of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the Cold War, the military essentially funded the
development of new manufacturing techniques. Now, led by Orange
County, companies are demonstrating astounding innovation in
turning these techniques to new uses in the civilian market.
The proof is all around us. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas is using the SDI-funded SSTO program to dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit -- this will ensure that we
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlock on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California. 11
And I just came from visiting Aura Systems. I got to see up
close how this small company is thriving: why they're hiring when
so many others are firing. It's because they're able to adapt.
They're at the cutting edge of the post-Cold War era, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. Well, because companies like
4
these in Orange County continue to develop and use technology
begun for defense, our next generation of the military will find
that the technology has continued to evolve. We need not fear
for our defense -- for our children -- for our future.
In the meantime, look how one company is successfully making
the post-Cold War transition to replace disappearing defense
contracts. Aura Systems started as a military R&D company, doing
virtually 100% DoD work. Now, they've won civilian contracts
that make up 80% of their work. They have seen the future --
they're using their military-developed technology to beat weapons
into ploughshares. For instance, their imagination has led them
to use SDI-funded work on electromagnetics to develop
vibrationless jackhammers -- and precision instruments used in
cataract surgery. And they're applying their military electro-
optics technology to improve commercial telecommunications.
These Orange County companies lead us because they're not
stuck in the old ways of thinking. They're not afraid to take
risks. Look what happens to companies who want to be the biggest
fish in the pond -- but who are afraid to be the first to dive
in. Companies willing to maneuver and adapt to changing
marketplace realities survive. Dinosaurs are fated to die. 11
Of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
new world economy of the 21st century will be a new age of Ameri-
can competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace.
And we simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete.
We have to realize the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
5
educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless we literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead of us. But we can more than
match it if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The
only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of
today."
I am absolutely committed to using every resource I can to
pave our way into the future. Right now, I'll fight for measures
to add jobs -- actions like encouraging investments through the
capital gains tax cut; increasing jobs by reducing regulations;
and encouraging trade and opening markets abroad. You know
first-hand how important that is. California leads this nation
in exports -- accounting for one out of every seven U.S. export
dollars. Just last year -- in an 8% increase over 1990 --- this
state exported over $63 billion in goods. And, in all, your
ports handled two-way trade values at nearly $175 billion --
creating jobs up and down this golden coast.
Long-term, Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
currently show. I'm talking about whipping government spending
into control. I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
6
genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people -- 77% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "We know you're borrowing from the
future to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand
for this any more." For years now, I've called for a balanced
budget amendment because to ensure long-term economic growth we
must get federal spending under control. High deficits raise
interest rates -- high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed
future kills hope.
When I was visiting Aura Systems this morning, I was struck
by its motto: "The Link Between Problem and Solution." Well, we
all have the chance to be that link for our country. We have the
chance to guide America into the world of the new century -- a
world in which defeatism produces defeat, but where confidence
and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
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Document No.
333428ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 6/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 6/16 3:00pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTIRAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
SUBJECT:
IRVINE, CA - FRI. 6/19/92 - 1:00 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROLLINS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
Teeder
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
June 15, 1992
4 p.m.
DOD Draft Two
UN15 P5: 09
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992 1 P.M.
IRVINE HYATT, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS) And I'm proud to be standing here with
three men who are solid, strong leaders not only for Orange
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County, but for this country. Bob Dornan -- a real champion of
American values, who's been at my side in every election -- an
stories
aggressive spokesman for the things we believe in. Chris Cox --
an innovative, creative Congressman who embodies the vibrant,
unstable
entrepreneurial spirit of this area -- he's pushing great new
places
ideas like Turbo Enterprise Zones, and is a real champion of
relair
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budget reform. And Dana Rohrbacher -- glad to see you could take
some time off from surfing -- he's deeply involved in what I want
60 defend
to talk to you about today -- our nation's transition into the
post-Cold War era, and what this means to a competitive economy.
roleis different
Three days ago, I sat in the Oval Office with Russia's
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freely elected President, Boris Yeltsin, and we spoke of the
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dreams we share for our people. It was an extraordinary moment.
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Just think how in the last few years we've witnessed great gains
for democracy -- events we scarcely dreamed would take place in
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our lifetimes. We're closer than ever to the people of every
nation, rejoicing as one at the new breeze of freedom which swept
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the globe, scattering the last dust of grim totalitarianism.
But there are new challenges we face in the unexplored post-
art
Cold War terrain. There are still pioneer days ahead. You know,
at one point in the movie called "Awakenings," a fellow who's
2
been asleep for decades finally wakes up and has the whole world
in front of him. When his doctor asks him what he wants to do
that day, his face breaks into a huge grin and he shouts:
"Everything!" That's the spirit we need to call up right now --
that purely American belief in a future that knows no limits.
We're entering an entirely different economic world than the
one we grew up in -- and that unbeatable spirit is what's going
to lead us to success. William Jennings Bryan captured that bold
spirit when he said: "Destiny is not a matter of chance -- it's
a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for -- it is
a thing to be achieved."
I've seen how Californians are achieving your destiny.
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country,
because you're figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. This area is packed with successful examples
of the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition -- you're using systems developed for
national defense to take aim at commercial markets worldwide.
As the defense department "downsizes" in the new post-Cold
War era, you face the daunting challenge of adapting from the
military to the competitive civilian market. It'll be tough for
3
a lot of private sector companies, and their employees.
But I've seen examples of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the Cold War, the military essentially funded the
development of new manufacturing techniques. Now, led by Orange
County, companies are demonstrating astounding innovation in
turning these techniques to new uses in the civilian market.
The proof is all around us. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas is using the SDI-funded SSTO program to dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit -- this will ensure that we
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlock on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California. 11
And I just came from visiting Aura Systems. I got to see up
close how this small company is thriving: why they're hiring when
so many others are firing. It's because they're able to adapt.
They're at the cutting edge of the post-Cold War era, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. Well, because companies like
4
these in Orange County continue to develop and use technology
begun for defense, our next generation of the military will find
that the technology has continued to evolve. We need not fear
for our defense -- for our children -- for our future.
In the meantime, look how one company is successfully making
the post-Cold War transition to replace disappearing defense
contracts. Aura Systems started as a military R&D company, doing
virtually 100% DoD work. Now, they've won civilian contracts
that make up 80% of their work. They have seen the future --
they're using their military-developed technology to beat weapons
into ploughshares. For instance, their imagination has led them
to use SDI-funded work on electromagnetics to develop
vibrationless jackhammers -- and precision instruments used in
cataract surgery. And they're applying their military electro-
optics technology to improve commercial telecommunications:
These Orange County companies lead us because they're not
stuck in the old ways of thinking. They're not afraid to take
risks. Look what happens to companies who want to be the biggest
fish in the pond -- but who are afraid to be the first to dive
in. Companies willing to maneuver and adapt to changing
marketplace realities survive. Dinosaurs are fated to die. 11
of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
new world economy of the 21st century will be a new age of Ameri-
can competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace.
And we simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete.
We have to realize the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
5
educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless we literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead of us. But we can more than
match it if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The
only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of
today."
I am absolutely committed to using every resource I can to
pave our way into the future. Right now, I'll fight for measures
to add jobs -- actions like encouraging investments through the
capital gains tax cut; increasing jobs by reducing regulations;
and encouraging trade and opening markets abroad. You know
first-hand how important that is. California leads this nation
in exports -- accounting for one out of every seven U.S. export
dollars. Just last year -- in an 8% increase over 1990 -- this
state exported over $63 billion in goods. And, in all, your
ports handled two-way trade values at nearly $175 billion --
creating jobs up and down this golden coast.
Long-term, Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
currently show. I'm talking about whipping government spending
into control. I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
6
genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people -- 77% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "We know you're borrowing from the
future to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand
for this any more." For years now, I've called for a balanced
budget amendment because to ensure long-term economic growth we
must get federal spending under control. High deficits raise
interest rates -- high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed
future kills hope.
When I was visiting Aura Systems this morning, I was struck
by its motto: "The Link Between Problem and Solution." Well, we
all have the chance to be that link for our country. We have the
chance to guide America into the world of the new century -- a
world in which defeatism produces defeat, but where confidence
and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
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STATE
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Hi Dan --
Here's the latest version -- I've highlighted the info from
Chris Cox. I've incorporated just about everything Roger Porter
suggested -- and the other staffing comments I'm actually
really pleased -- I think this comes together better.
I held off on putting in the Congressmen acknowledgements
because it's now uncertain if they'll be there -- vote on Friday.
Bett
Dan-
Please see our changes
on last page
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SANCHEZ WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
6/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 6/16 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTIRAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
SUBJECT:
IRVINE, CA - FRI. 6/19/92 - 1:00 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROLLINS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
June 15, 1992
4 p.m.
DOD Draft Two
? UN15 P5: 09
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992 1 P.M.
IRVINE HYATT, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS) And I'm proud to be standing here with
three men who are solid, strong leaders not only for Orange
County, but for this country. Bob Dornan -- a real champion of
American values, who's been at my side in every election -- an
aggressive spokesman for the things we believe in. Chris Cox --
an innovative, creative Congressman who embodies the vibrant,
entrepreneurial spirit of this area -- he's pushing great new
ideas like Turbo Enterprise Zones, and is a real champion of
budget reform. And Dana Rohrbacher -- glad to see you could take
some time off from surfing -- he's deeply involved in what I want
to talk to you about today -- our nation's transition into the
post-Cold War era, and what this means to a competitive economy.
Three days ago, I sat in the Oval Office with Russia's
freely elected President, Boris Yeltsin, and we spoke of the
dreams we share for our people. It was an extraordinary moment.
Just think how in the last few years we've witnessed great gains
for democracy -- events we scarcely dreamed would take place in
our lifetimes. We're closer than ever to the people of every
nation, rejoicing as one at the new breeze of freedom which swept
the globe, scattering the last dust of grim totalitarianism.
But there are new challenges we face in the unexplored post-
Cold War terrain. There are still pioneer days ahead. You know,
at one point in the movie called "Awakenings," a fellow who's
2
been asleep for decades finally wakes up and has the whole world
in front of him. When his doctor asks him what he wants to do
that day, his face breaks into a huge grin and he shouts:
"Everything!" That's the spirit we need to call up right now --
that purely American belief in a future that knows no limits.
We're entering an entirely different economic world than the
one we grew up in -- and that unbeatable spirit is what's going
to lead us to success. William Jennings Bryan captured that bold
spirit when he said: "Destiny is not a matter of chance -- it's
a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for -- it is
a thing to be achieved."
I've seen how Californians are achieving your destiny.
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country,
because you're figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. This area is packed with successful examples
of the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition -- you're using systems developed for
national defense to take aim at commercial markets worldwide.
As the defense department "downsizes" in the new post-Cold
War era, you face the daunting challenge of adapting from the
military to the competitive civilian market. It'll be tough for
3
a lot of private sector companies, and their employees.
But I've seen examples of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the Cold War, the military essentially funded the
development of new manufacturing techniques. Now, led by Orange
County, companies are demonstrating astounding innovation in
turning these techniques to new uses in the civilian market.
The proof is all around us. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas is using the SDI-funded SSTO program to dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit -- this will ensure that we
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlock on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California. 11
And I just came from visiting Aura Systems. I got to see up
close how this small company is thriving: why they're hiring when
so many others are firing. It's because they're able to adapt.
They're at the cutting edge of the post-Cold War era, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. Well, because companies like
4
these in Orange County continue to develop and use technology
begun for defense, our next generation of the military will find
that the technology has continued to evolve. We need not fear
for our defense -- for our children -- for our future.
In the meantime, look how one company is successfully making
the post-Cold War transition to replace disappearing defense
contracts. Aura Systems started as a military R&D company, doing
virtually 100% DoD work. Now, they've won civilian contracts
that make up 80% of their work. They have seen the future --
they're using their military-developed technology to beat weapons
into ploughshares. For instance, their imagination has led them
to use SDI-funded work on electromagnetics to develop
vibrationless jackhammers -- and precision instruments used in
cataract surgery. And they're applying their military electro-
optics technology to improve commercial telecommunications.
These Orange County companies lead us because they're not
stuck in the old ways of thinking. They're not afraid to take
risks. Look what happens to companies who want to be the biggest
fish in the pond -- but who are afraid to be the first to dive
in. Companies willing to maneuver and adapt to changing
marketplace realities survive. Dinosaurs are fated to die. 11
of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
new world economy of the 21st century will be a new age of Ameri-
can competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace.
And we simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete.
We have to realize the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
5
educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless we literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead of us. But we can more than
match it if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The
only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of
today."
I am absolutely committed to using every resource I can to
pave our way into the future. Right now, I'll fight for measures
to add jobs -- actions like encouraging investments through the
capital gains tax cut; increasing jobs by reducing regulations;
and encouraging trade and opening markets abroad. You know
first-hand how important that is. California leads this nation
in exports -- accounting for one out of every seven U.S. export
dollars. Just last year -- in an 8% increase over 1990 -- this
state exported over $63 billion in goods. And, in all, your
ports handled two-way trade values at nearly $175 billion --
creating jobs up and down this golden coast.
Long-term, Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
currently show. I'm talking about whipping government spending
into control. I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
6
genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people -- 77% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "We know you're borrowing from the
future to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand
for this any more." For years now, I've called for a balanced
budget amendment because to ensure long-term economic growth we
must get federal spending under control. High deficits raise
interest rates -- high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed
future kills hope.
When I was visiting Aura Systems this morning, I was struck
by its motto: "The Link Between Problem and Solution. " Well, we
all have the chance to be that link for our country. We have the
chance to guide America into the world of the new century -- a
world in which defeatism produces defeat, but where confidence
and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
#
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
6/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 6/16 3:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTIRAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
SUBJECT:
IRVINE, CA - - FRI. 6/19/92 - 1:00 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROLLINS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Comments included - pl
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
June 15, 1992 4 p.m.
DOD Draft Two
? UN15 P5: 09
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992 1 P.M.
IRVINE HYATT, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS) And I'm proud to be standing here with
three men who are solid, strong leaders not only for Orange
County, but for this country. Bob Dornan -- a real champion of
American values, who's been at my side in every election -- an
aggressive spokesman for the things we believe in. Chris Cox --
an innovative, creative Congressman who embodies the vibrant,
entrepreneurial spirit of this area -- he's pushing great new
ideas like Turbo Enterprise Zones, and is a real champion of
budget reform. And Dana Rohrbacher -- glad to see you could take
some time off from surfing -- he's deeply involved in what I want
to talk to you about today -- our nation's transition into the
Not
post-Cold War era, and what this means to a competitive economy.
Three days ago, I sat in the Oval Office with Russia's
change
cute
freely elected President, Boris Yeltsin, and we spoke of the
dreams we share for our people. It was an extraordinary moment.
Karfman
x2135
Just think how in the last few years we've witnessed great gains
for democracy -- events we scarcely dreamed would take place in
our lifetimes. We're closer than ever to the people of every
nation, rejoicing as one at the new breeze of freedom which swept
the globe, scattering the last dust of grim totalitarianism.
But there are new challenges we face in the unexplored post-
Cold War terrain. There are still pioneer days ahead. You know,
at one point in the movie called "Awakenings," a fellow who's
2
been asleep for decades finally wakes up and has the whole world
in front of him. When his doctor asks him what he wants to do
that day, his face breaks into a huge grin and he shouts:
"Everything!" That's the spirit we need to call up right now --
that purely American belief in a future that knows no limits.
We're entering an entirely different economic world than the
one we grew up in -- and that unbeatable spirit is what's going
to lead us to success. William Jennings Bryan captured that bold
spirit when he said: "Destiny is not a matter of chance -- it's
matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for -- it is
a thing to be achieved."
I've seen-how Californians are achieving your destiny.
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country,
because you're figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. This area is packed with successful examples
of the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition -- you're using systems developed for
national defense to take aim at commercial markets worldwide.
As the defense department "downsizes" in the new post-Cold
War era, you face the daunting challenge of adapting from the
military to the competitive civilian market. It'll be tough for
3
a lot of private sector companies, and their employees.
But I've seen examples of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the Cold War, the military essentially funded the
development of new manufacturing techniques. Now, led by Orange
County, companies are demonstrating astounding innovation in
turning these techniques to new uses in the civilian market.
The proof is all around us. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas is using the SDI-funded SSTO program to dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit -- this will ensure that we
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlock on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California. 11
And I just came from visiting Aura Systems. I got to see up
close how this small company is thriving: why they're hiring when
so many others are firing. It's because they're able to adapt.
They're at the cutting edge of the post-Cold War era, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. Well, because companies like
4
these in Orange County continue to develop and use technology
begun for defense, our next generation of the military will find
that the technology has continued to evolve. We need not fear
for our defense -- for our children -- for our future.
In the meantime, look how one company is successfully making
the post-Cold War transition to replace disappearing defense
contracts. Aura Systems started as a military R&D company, doing
virtually 100% DoD work. Now, they've won civilian contracts
that make up 80% of their work. They have seen the future --
they're using their military-developed technology to beat weapons
into ploughshares. For instance, their imagination has led them
to use SDI-funded work on electromagnetics to develop
vibrationless jackhammers -- and precision instruments used in
cataract surgery. And they're applying their military electro-
optics technology to improve commercial telecommunications.
These Orange County companies lead us because they're not
stuck in the old ways of thinking. They're not afraid to take
risks. Look what happens to companies who want to be the biggest
fish in the pond -- but who are afraid to be the first to dive
in. Companies willing to maneuver and adapt to changing
marketplace realities survive. Dinosaurs are fated to die. 11
Of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
new world economy of the 21st century will be a new age of Ameri-
can competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace.
And we simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete.
We have to realize the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
5
educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless we literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead of us. But we can more than
match it if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The
only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of
today."
I am absolutely committed to using every resource I can to
pave our way into the future. Right now, I'll fight for measures
to add jobs -- actions like encouraging investments through the
capital gains tax cut; increasing jobs by reducing regulations;
and encouraging trade and opening markets abroad. You know
first-hand how important that is. California leads this nation
in exports -- accounting for one out of every seven U.S. export
dollars. Just last year -- in an 8% increase over 1990 -- this
state exported over $63 billion in goods. And, in all, your
ports handled two-way trade values at nearly $175 billion --
creating jobs up and down this golden coast.
Long-term, Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
currently show. I'm talking about whipping government spending
into control. I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
6
genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people -- 77% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "We know you're borrowing from the
future to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand
for this any more." For years now, I've called for a balanced
budget amendment because to ensure long-term economic growth we
must get federal spending under control. High deficits raise
interest rates -- high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed
future kills hope.
When I was visiting Aura Systems this morning, I was struck
by its motto: "The Link Between Problem and Solution." Well, we
all have the chance to be that link for our country. We have the
chance to guide America into the world of the new century -- a
world in which defeatism produces defeat, but where confidence
and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
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WASHINGTON, DC 20515
(202) 225-5811
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
AND TRANSPORTATION
4000 MACARTHUR BOULEVARD
SUBCOMMITTEES:
EAST TOWER, SUITE 430
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660
WATER RESOURCES
(714) 756-2244
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Congress of the United States
CHAIRMAN:
TASK FORCE ON
CAPITAL MARKETS
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
house of Representatives
CO-CHAIRMAN:
SUBCOMMITTEES:
TASK FORCE ON
GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES AND TRANSPORTATION
BUDGET PROCESS REFORM
COMMERCE, CONSUMER, AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
THE POWER OF THE MARKET.
ORANGE COUNTY,
THE RICHEST MAJOR MARKET IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
NATIONALLY RANKS...
2 ND: RETAIL SALES (IN THE WEST)-$17.8 BILLION
4 TH: NEW CAR SALES*
4 TH: DINING OUT-$2.9 BILLION
8 TH: MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD SPENDABLE INCOME-$37,096
9 TH: HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $50,000+
10TH: EFFECTIVE BUYING INCOME-538 BILLION
12TH: BANK AND S&L DEPOSITS-$38 BILLION**
13TH: GROCERY SALES-$3.2 BILLION
14TH: DEPARTMENT STORE SALES-$1.7 BILLION
Sources: R.L Polk Co. 1988
.. FDIC. 1988 Summary of Deposits.
Cale
à
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
June 17, 1992
2 p.m.
DOD Draft Four
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992 1 P.M.
IRVINE HYATT, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I'm proud to be standing here with three
men who are solid, strong leaders not only for Orange County, but
for this country. Bob Dornan: a real champion of American values,
who's been at my side in every election, an aggressive spokesman
for the things we believe in. Chris Cox: an innovative, creative
Congressman who embodies the vibrant, entrepreneurial spirit of
this area -- he's pushing great new ideas like Turbo Enterprise
Zones, and is dedicated to budget reform. And Dana Rohrbacher,
fresh off his surfboard: he's deeply involved in what I want to
talk to you about today -- our nation's transition into the post-
Cold War era, and what this means to a competitive economy.
Three days ago I met at the White House with Russia's freely
elected President, Boris Yeltsin. We rejoiced at the new breeze
of freedom which has swept the globe, scattering the last dust of
grim totalitarianism. And we spoke of the dreams we share for
our people. [ADD ANECDOTE/DETAIL FROM PRIVATE TIME WITH YELTSIN]
It was an extraordinary moment in history. We stood next to
each other in the Rose Garden and together announced the end to a
generation's nuclear nightmare. Our agreement will lead to the
greatest arms reductions of the nuclear age -- reductions far
deeper than we could have hoped for even six months ago. Think
of what that means -- not for presidents, not for heads of state,
not for historians -- but for parents and for their children. It
2
means a future free from fear -- a miracle for mankind.
As I travel across this country after this historic summit,
I see what our nuclear agreement means in the daily life of every
American. With the threat of the Cold War behind us, we now have
the freedom to focus on the concerns that trouble us at home.
And with the new partnership of peace we've forged with Russia,
we have the chance to expand trade -- to create jobs and
opportunities that will benefit both our nations.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. We will continue to invest
in military R&D. And we will depend upon companies like many in
Orange County, who will continue to develop and use technology
that was begun for defense, but will now be used for commercial
products as well. As a result, our next generation of the
military will find that they have the technology they need. We
need not fear for our defense; for our children; for our future.
But there are new challenges we face in the post-Cold War
terrain. There are still pioneer days ahead. At one point in
the movie "Awakenings," a fellow who's been asleep for decades
finally wakes up and has the whole world in front of him. When
his doctor asks him what he wants to do that day, his face breaks
into a huge grin and he shouts: "Everything!" That's the spirit
3
we need to call up right now -- that purely American belief in a
future that knows no limits.
But the fact is: we're entering a different economic world
than the one we grew up in. William Jennings Bryan captured the
bold spirit which will lead us to success when he said: "Destiny
is not a matter of chance -- it's a matter of choice. It is not
a thing to be waited for -- it is a thing to be achieved."
I've seen how Californians are achieving your destiny.
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country,
because you're figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. All around us here are successful examples of
the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition. As the defense department "down-
sizes," you face the challenge of adapting from the military to
the competitive civilian market. It's tough for private sector
companies and employees -- but this administration is firmly
behind you, with a steady hand on this nation's helm. Together
we will keep our economy the most productive in this world.
I've seen examples here of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the Cold War, the military essentially funded the develop-
ment of new manufacturing techniques. Now, you're demonstrating
4
astounding innovation in turning these systems developed for
national defense to take aim at the commercial market worldwide.
The proof is right here. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas' SDIO-funded Delta Clipper Program will dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit -- this will ensure that we
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlock on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California.
The more closely we look at these companies, the more we
understand why they're thriving -- why they're hiring when so
many others are firing. It's because they're able to adapt.
They're at the cutting edge of the post-Cold War era, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
And defense conversion has put you back in the business of
job creation: a skill you mastered in the 80s, with all the high-
tech startups that made this area famous. Now you're redefining
it for the 90s. But for Orange County, job creation doesn't mean
job-training -- your workers are already the most qualified in
our labor force. What they need is opportunity. If we give a
budding entrepreneur a chance, he'll bring training, experience
and old-fashioned American hunger iNGLAN to his own business -- and
create jobs for dozens, maybe even hundreds, of fellow workers.
As a nation, we must support these risk-takers -- for their
5
heary
vision of today will be our future of tomorrow.
Venture capital
has dried up, so we must take action to get it flowing again. We
must create new jobs by stimulating private sector investment and
we'll do this by pushing Congress to slash the capital gains tax
* providing pussiveloss relief far I-e- developers
-- by getting rid of 1 passive loss rules for venture capital
--
by
making the Research and Experimentation tax credit permanent.
Already, we've introduced our National Technology Initiative,
to bring government officials together with private businesses to
let them know what government can offer in technology. This
moves new discoveries out of federal laboratories, into the
marketplace to create new jobs -- that's what this is all about.
Of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
world economy of the 21st century will be a new age of American
competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace. And we
simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete. We
have to realize the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless we literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead. But we can more than meet it
if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The only limit
to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
I'll use every resource to pave our way into the future. For
- - by providing passive loss relief for real estade
developess -
(g.k)
6
example, I'm announcing an important regulatory change that will
help many companies with defense-related businesses make the
transition to the post-Cold War era One unnecessary obstacle
has been the "recoupment" fee, or tax, that DoD charges on
military and commercial products sold to customers other than the
U.S. government. These fees hurt American workers by making it
more difficult for them to compete for business here and abroad.
Given the historic changes we've seen during the last year, this
burden is no longer justified. So today I direct my Secretary of
Defense to take what actions he can to eliminate these fees.
In addition, I will continue to fight to create more
American jobs by encouraging trade and opening markets abroad.
You know how vital that is since America is the world's leading
exporting nation, and California leads America, accounting for
seven
one of every eight U.S. export dollars. Just last year -- a 13%
increase over 1990 -- this state exported over $50 billion in
goods, creating jobs up and down this golden coast.
I will keep pushing for NAFTA, to lower trade barriers even
further and establish one of the biggest and richest markets in
the world, with the potential of creating hundreds of thousands
of jobs. The opportunities for export success in this new global
economy are virtually unlimited -- and tremendously exciting.
Long-term, Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
currently show. I'm talking about whipping government spending
7
into control. I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people, nearly 80% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "You're borrowing from the future
to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand for it
any more." For years, I've called for a balanced budget amendment
because to ensure long-term economic growth we must get federal
spending under control. High deficits raise interest rates --
high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed future kills hope.
We will let nothing threaten our hope. We'll bequeath to
our next generation the proudest legacies that make up the
essence of our great national spirit -- the inheritance that made
us strong -- the American legacies of jobs, family and peace.
And we will act with determination. As a nation, we will
chart the course that will guide America into the world of the
new century -- a world in which defeatism produces defeat, but
where confidence and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
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DATE:
6/15/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TUES. 6/16 3:00pm
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: INDUSTIRAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
SUBJECT:
IRVINE, CA - FRI. 6/19/92 - 1:00 p.m.
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROLLINS
CALIO
SMITH
DEMAREST
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
MCGROARTY
BOSKIN
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, RM. 122, x2930,
no later than 3:00 p.m., TUESDAY, JUNE 16, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See Defense comments and meno. Thanks
PE
Paul Korfonta
06/17
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
OF
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1000
UNITED
STATES
of
17 JUN 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. PAUL KORFONTA, OFFICE OF CABINET AFFAIRS,
THE WHITE HOUSE
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S 19 JUNE
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY SPEECH
The Department of Defense has reviewed the subject speech
as requested. Provided all references to Aura Systems are
deleted, the only changes we would recommend are on pages 3 and
4, attached. Should you have any further questions in this
regard, please do not hesitate to contact me at (703) 695-0825.
John A. Dubia
Executive Secretary
Attachment
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF ORANGE COUNTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992 1 P.M.
IRVINE HYATT, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
(ACKNOWLEDGMENTS) And I'm proud to be standing here with
three men who are solid, strong leaders not only for Orange
County, but for this country. Bob Dornan -- a real champion of
American values, who's been at my side in every election -- an
aggressive spokesman for the things we believe in. Chris Cox --
an innovative, creative Congressman who embodies the vibrant,
entrepreneurial spirit of this area -- he's pushing great new
ideas like Turbo Enterprise Zones, and is a real champion of
budget reform. And Dana Rohrbacher -- glad to see you could take
some time off from surfing -- he's deeply involved in what I want
to talk to you about today -- our nation's transition into the
post-Cold War era, and what this means to a competitive economy.
Three days ago, I sat in the Oval Office with Russia's
freely elected President, Boris Yeltsin, and we spoke of the
dreams we share for our people. It was an extraordinary moment.
Just think how in the last few years we've witnessed great gains
for democracy -- events we scarcely dreamed would take place in
our lifetimes. We're closer than ever to the people of every
nation, rejoicing as one at the new breeze of freedom which swept
the globe, scattering the last dust of grim totalitarianism.
But there are new challenges we face in the unexplored post-
Cold War terrain. There are still pioneer days ahead. You know,
at one point in the movie called "Awakenings," a fellow who's
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been asleep for decades finally wakes up and has the whole world
in front of him. When his doctor asks him what he wants to do
that day, his face breaks into a huge grin and he shouts:
"Everything!" That's the spirit we need to call up right now --
that purely American belief in a future that knows no limits.
We're entering an entirely different economic world than the
one we grew up in -- and that unbeatable spirit is what's going
to lead us to success. William Jennings Bryan captured that bold
spirit when he said: "Destiny is not a matter of chance -- it's
a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for -- it is
a thing to be achieved."
I've seen-how Californians are achieving your destiny.
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country,
because you're figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. This area is packed with successful examples
of the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition -- you're using systems developed for
national defense to take aim at commercial markets worldwide.
As the defense department "downsizes" in the new post-Cold
War era, you face the daunting challenge of adapting from the
military to the competitive civilian market. It'll be tough for
3
a lot of private sector companies, and their employees.
But I've seen examples of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the cold War, the military essentially funded the
development of new manufacturing techniques. Now, led by Orange
County, companies are demonstrating astounding innovation in
turning these techniques to new uses in the civilian market.
The proof is all around us. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas is using the SDI-funded SSTO program to dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit - this will ensure that we
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlook on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California. 11
And I just came from visiting Aura Systems. I got to see up
close how this small company is thriving: why they're hiring when
MO many others are firing. It's because they're able to adapt.
They're at the outting edge of the post-Cold Wax ara, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. Well, because companies like
To meet that threat, we will continue to invest in military R+D,
However, that investment will do more than just support on national
defense. why?
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will
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these in orange cornty/continue to develop and use technology
begun for defense, our next generation of the military will find
they have
they need.
that the technology has sentinued to evolve. Ye need not fear
for our defense -- for our children -- for our future.
In the meantime, look how one company is successfully making
offset fewer
the post-Cold War transition to replace disappearing defense
contracts. Aura Systems started as a military R&D company, doing
virtually 100% Dob work. Now, they've won civilian contracts
that make up 80% of their work. They have seen the future -
they're using their military-developed technology to beat weapons
into ploughshares. For instance, their imagination has led them
to use SDI-funded work on electromagnetics to develop
vibrationless jackhammers -- and precision instruments used in
cataract surgery. And they're applying their military electro-
optice technology to improve commercial telecommunications.
These Orange County companies lead us because they're not
stuck in the old ways of thinking. They're not afraid to take
risks. Look what happens to companies who want to be the biggest
fish in the pond - but who are afraid to be the first to dive
in. Companies willing to maneuver and adapt to changing
marketplace realities survive. Dinosaurs are fated to dia. 11
of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
new world economy of the 21st century will be 4 new age of Ameri-
can competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace.
And we simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete.
We have to realise the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
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educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless ye literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead of us. But we can more than
match it if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The
only limit to our realisation of tomorrow will be our doubts of
today."
I am absolutely committed to using every resource I can to
pave our way into the future. Right now, I'll fight for measures
to add jobs -- actions like encouraging investments through the
capital gains tax cut; increasing jobs by reducing regulations;
and encouraging trade and opening markets abroad. You know
first-hand how important that is. California leads this nation
in exports -- accounting for one out of every seven U.S. export
dollars. Just last year -- in an 8% increase over 1990 - this
state exported over $63 billion in goods. And, in all, your
ports handled two-way trade values at nearly $175 billion --
creating jobs up and down this golden coast.
Long-term, Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
currently show. I'm talking about whipping government spending
into control. I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
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genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people -- 77% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "We know you're borrowing from the
future to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand
for this any more." For years now, I've called for a balanced
budget amendment because to ensure long-term economic growth we
must get federal spending under control. High deficits raise
interest rates -- high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed
future kills hope.
When I was visiting Aura Systems this morning, I was struck
by its motto: "The Link Between Problem and Solution." Well, we
all have the chance to be that link for our country. We have the
chance to guide America into the world of the new century -- a
world in which defeatism produces defeat, but where confidence
and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
Bell. staret w/ first graph of acknowls
then go to full page on Yeltsin:
aim is the drama, historic importance of arms cuts.
1) nuclear threat lower than ever before -- good for our kids,
etc
2) chance now with the Cold War behind us to focus on the
concerns close to home that we care about
3) chance to expand trade -- to create jobs and opportunities
that will benefit both America and Russia.
then, move up graph reminding of the need for strong
defense.
Then transition -- I know this chhange has brought difficult
times for Capifornia
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pmor
2
You're not waiting for chance -- you're making the choice.
That's what we must do all over this land. For 200 years, our
prosperity has sprung from our ability to innovate, to create, to
change as the world changes. That's the heart of entrepreneurial
capitalism -- a heart I hear beating right here in Orange County.
This place is almost like an R&D lab for the whole country,
because you're figuring out how to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. This area is packed with successful examples
of the technological transition from the Cold War to the era of
global economic competition. As the defense department "down-
sizes," you face the challenge of adapting from the military to
the competitive civilian market. It'll be tough for a lot of
private sector companies and their employees: but we will come
through this strong. ( This administration is firmly behind you,
with a steady hand on this nation's helm -- and together we will
keep our economy the most productive in this world.
I've seen examples here of some remarkably creative thinking.
During the Cold War, the military essentially funded the develop-
ment of new manufacturing techniques. Now, you're demonstrating
astounding innovation in turning these systems developed for
national defense to take aim at the commercial market worldwide.
The proof is all around us. Hughes Aircraft is applying the
military's Global Positioning Satellite System to a new procedure
controlling shipping traffic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
Douglas' SDIO-funded Delta Clipper Program will dramatically
reduce costs of reaching into orbit -- this will ensure that we
3
lead the world's commercial aerospace industry. Rockwell is
developing ways of using SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us
smart cars and smart freeways, breaking gridlock on our highways
-- that's certainly good news for Southern California.
The more closely we look at these companies, the more we
understand why they're thriving -- why they're hiring when so
many others are firing. It's because they're able to adapt.
They're at the cutting edge of the post-Cold War era, leading the
drive to transform this world into a productive peace.
But while we look ahead to these exciting new horizons there
is one critical element we must never forget. Just because the
Cold War is over doesn't mean that our need for the strongest
defense is over, too. That need may change, but it will never
disappear. Look at the threat posed by terrorists -- by renegade
regimes -- by global uncertainties. Well, because companies like
these in Orange County continue to develop and use technology
begun for defense, our next generation of the military will find
that the technology has continued to evolve. We need not fear
for our defense -- for our children -- for our future.
For now, we can learn from companies here who successfully
made the post-Cold War transition to replace disappearing defense
contracts. Some were military R&D companies doing virtually 100%
DoD work. Now, they've won civilian contracts that make up the
majority of their work. They've seen the future -- they're using
military-developed technology to beat weapons into ploughshares.
They lead because they're not stuck in the old ways of
4
thinking. They're not afraid to take risks. Look what happens
to companies who want to be the biggest fish in the pond -- but
who are afraid to be the first to dive in. Companies willing to
maneuver and adapt to changing marketplace realities survive.
Dinosaurs are fated to die.
Orange County will prove this truth. Defense conversion has
put you back in the business of job creation. It's a skill you
mastered in the '80s, with all the high-tech startups that made
this area famous. Now you're redefining it for the '90s.
But here job creation doesn't mean job-training -- your
workers are already the most qualified in our labor force. What
they need is opportunity. If we give a budding entrepreneur a
chance, he'll bring training and experience and old-fashioned
American hunger to his own business: and create jobs for dozens - maybe
even hundreds
of fellow workers. As a nation, we must support these risk-
takers: for their vision of today will be our future of tomorrow.
Venture capital has dried up -- so we must take action to get it
flowing again. We must create new jobs by stimulating private
pushing Congress to
sector investment and we'll do this by slashing capital gains tax
-- by getting rid of passive loss rules for venture capital -- by
making the Research and Experimentation tax credit permanent.
And Already, we've introduced our National Technology Initiative, to
bring government officials together with private businesses to
let them know what government can offer in technology. This will
move developments out of federal the laboratory is and into the marketplace
to create new jobs -- and that's what this is all about.
5
Of course, this transformation is not going to be easy. The
world economy of the 21st century will be a new age of American
competition in a fiercely challenging global marketplace. And we
simply have to make some changes if we expect to compete. We
have to realize the intensified need for sophisticated, well-
educated workers. The worldwide high-tech explosion will leave
us behind unless we literally reinvent American education -- to
turn out the best-prepared workers in this world. To do this,
let's borrow a page from business -- let's bring competition into
our schools through ideas like school choice. That's how we'll
make our schools -- and our future -- the best in the world.
We have a huge challenge ahead. But we can more than meet it
if we remember what FDR said a half-century ago: "The only limit
to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
I'll use every resource to pave our way into the future. I
will fight to create more American jobs by encouraging trade and
opening markets abroad. You know how vital that is since America
is the world's leading exporting nation, and California leads
America, accounting for one of every seven U.S. export dollars.
Just last year, an 8% increase over 1990, this state exported
over $63 billion in goods, creating jobs up and down this golden
coast. The opportunities for export success in this new global
economy are virtually unlimited -- and tremendously exciting.
Long-term, Washington must have the courage to do the hard
work of government -- work which requires a little less self-
interest and a lot more discipline than most elected officials
6
currently show. I'm talking about whipping government spending
into control. I'm talking about being brave enough to launch a
genuine, strong effort to reduce runaway spending and to enforce
disciplinary measures. I'm talking about real government reform.
We must begin by forcing Congressmen to come down from their
ivory tower, down off Capitol Hill to listen to the American
people, nearly 80% of whom support the balanced budget amendment.
Voters are saying to Congress: "You're borrowing from the future
to pay for indulgences of the present and we won't stand for it
any more." For years, I've called for a balanced budget amendment
because to ensure long-term economic growth we must get federal
spending under control. High deficits raise interest rates
high interest rates kill jobs -- a ransomed future kills hope.
We will let nothing threaten our hope. We will leave to our
next generation the proudest legacies that make up the essence of
our great American spirit. We will pass on the inheritance that
made us strong: the American legacies of jobs, family and peace.
And we will act with determination. As a nation, we will
chart the course that will guide America into the world of the
new century -- a world in which defeatism produces defeat, but
where confidence and self-reliance produce greatness.
We will find that greatness. We will shape from inside
ourselves a country ready to seize the opportunities the new
world economy offers. I believe in that -- I believe in us -- I
believe in America. God bless you all.
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an [[ important regulatory change -- a change that will help many
As an example of that commitment, I am pleased to announce
companies with defense-related businesses make the transition to
the post-Cold War era. One unnecessary obstacle to this
transition is the so-called "recoupment" fee -- or tax -- that
the Department of Defense charges on military and commercial
products sold to customers other than the U.S. government. These
fees hurt American workers by making it more difficult for their
employers to compete for business here and abroad. This burden
is no longer justified given the historic changes we have seen
during the last year
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Accordingly, I am today directing my Secretary of Defense to
take what action he can to eliminate these fees For commercial
products, we will eliminate all fees immediately. We will also
immediately eliminate all recoupment fees for military equipment
other than "major defense equipment" exported for military use.
For the latter category of defense equipment, we will move
expeditiously to eliminate all fees that are not specifically
required by law. And next week I will propose legislation to
eliminate the remaining fees.
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CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER Cox
Republican of California
Biography
Many on Capitol Hill dream of moving down
graduated simultaneously from Harvard Business School
Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. But Chris
and Harvard Law School, where for two years he served
Cox, who was then a White House counsel to President
as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Following a year
Reagan, spent 1988 moving the other way--up that street
as law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Herbert
to Congress.
Choy, the first Asian-American federal judge in America,
Currently completing his second term in the
Congressman Cox joined the international law firm of
U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Chris Cox
Latham & Watkins, where he specialized in corporate
has twice been elected with almost 70% of the popular
finance.
vote. He won his most recent election with the highest
In 1982, Congressman Cox took a leave of ab-
margin of victory of all California Republicans in a
sence from Latham & Watkins to teach federal income
contested Congressional race. Unlike almost every other
tax law at Harvard Business School. In 1984, following
office holder in California, he was unaffected by the
his return to Orange County, he was elected to the part-
general anti-incumbent mood of 1990: Chris Cox was
nership at Latham & Watkins, where he served as part-
one of only two Republican incumbents statewide who
ner-in-charge of the Corporate Department in Orange
increased his margin of victory that year.
County, and as a member of the firm's national manage-
In his four years in Congress, Chris Cox has
ment.
established himself as a leading advocate of economic
growth through lower taxes, free enterprise, and limited
government. Congressman Cox serves as Chairman of
Chris Cox has established himself as a
the Congressional Grace Caucus, dedicated to enacting
leading advocate of economic growth through
the cost-cutting recommendations of the Grace Com-
lower taxes, free enterprise, and limited govern-
mission. He also serves, with Congressman Sonny Cal-
ment.
lahan of Alabama, as Co-Chairman of the Task Force on
Budget Process Reform. He has earned praise nation-
In 1984, Congressman Cox, along with his fa-
wide for his efforts to thoroughly overhaul the broken-
ther, a retired publisher, founded a company that pro-
down federal budget process. His landmark bill, the
vided a complete English translation of the Soviet Un-
Budget Process Reform Act, is now sponsored by over
ion's leading daily paper, Pravda. For four years, their
150 members of the House and Senate.
firm, which had no relationship with the Soviet Union,
These efforts have not gone unnoticed: Each
offered a rare glimpse of Soviet propaganda designed for
year since 1988, Congressman Cox has earned the pres-
the Russians themselves. The translations were used by
tigious "Golden Bulldog" Award from the Watchdogs of
the CIA, the FBI, U.S. military intelligence, and colleges
the Treasury, for his consistent votes to stop runaway
and universities throughout the world.-
government spending. He has also been named a "Hero
As Senior Associate Counsel to President Ronald
to the Taxpayer" by the 500,000-member grassroots lob-
Reagan from 1986-1988, Congressman Cox served as an
bying group, Citizens Against Government Waste. In
advisor to the President on a broad range of policy
addition, the National Taxpayers Union has honored
Congressman Cox with the "Taxpayers Friend Award" for
matters--including writing a revolutionary new budget
law that he has since introduced in Congress as the
his work to promote free enterpriseand limit the scope of
Budget Process Reform Act. He also served as an advisor
government; the National Federation of Independent
Business has given him the "Friend of Small Business
to the President on judicial selections, including the
nomination and confirmation of three Supreme Court
Award"; and the citizen watchdog group Consumer Alert
Justices, and drafted a number of speeches for the Presi-
presented him with their "Friend of the Consumer award.
dent.
Congressman Cox has also been a leader in the
As Co-Chairman of the Task Force on Budget
fight to bring free enterprise and democracy out of the -
Process Reform in the 102nd Congress, Congressman
chaos of the former Soviet Empire. And, because of his
Cox is leading a bipartisan group of over 150 of his
work statewide on behalf of preserving California's pris-
colleagues for a comprehensive revision of our broken-
tine shoreline and our other natural resources. in 1990
down federal budget process. He is the author of H.R.
Congressman Cox was endorsed for re-election by the
298, the Budget Process Reform Act, which will require
respected California League of Conservation Voters.
a legally binding budget before any spending bill can even
Congressman Cox graduated magna cum laude
be considered. It will also require a two-thirds vote to
from the University of Southern California in 1973, after
break the budget. And, at long last, it will give the
completing a three-year accelerated course. In 1977, he
President "line-item veto" power, to cut back over-budget
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spending.
economy would rank as the world's 28th largest, ahead of
As Chairman of the House Task Force on Capi-
Hong Kong, and Orange County is California's second
tal Markets, Congressman Cox is leading Congressional
highest exporting region--just behind Silicon Valley,and
efforts to reduce the capital gains rate, end the double
well ahead of Los Angeles. It may soon be California's
taxation of dividends, and enhance shareholder rights.
#1: the region leads the nation in applications for export
Since coming to Congress in 1989, Congressman
licenses. It exports annually over $6.2 billion worth of
Cox has maintained an active-and effective--legislative,
computers and related components, state-of-the-art medi-
agenda. Stating that there is "nothing more insidious
cal equipment, biotechnology, and other ultra-sophisti-
than government persecution of an individual because of
cated technological goods. From 1987 to 1990, exports
his or her religion," Congressman Cox's first bill, H.R.
from Orange County companies grew over 250%. In fact,
2022, gave refugee status to Ukranian Orthodox and
despite the 1992 recession, all economic forecasts predict
Ukranian Catholics being persecuted by the Soviet gov-
Orange County's continued strong economic perform-
ernment. It passed the House unanimously.
ance and job creation will continue to outpace every
other region in the nation throughout the 1990s,
Congressman Cox is the author of the
Congressman Cox, an active promoter of Or-
Budget Process Reform Act, which will require a,
ange County businesses, has held several seminars on
legally binding budget before any spending bill
how companies can participate in international trade.
can even be considered.
He recently led a trade delegation to meet with Mexican
President Salinas to promote Southern California busi-
nesses and the proposed North American Free Trade
Congressman Cox also authored two bills that
Agreement. He hosted the President of Hungary, Arpad
became separate titles of the 1989 Support for East Eu-
Goencz, in Orange County and offered a how-to seminar
ropean Democracy (SEED) Act. His bills created the
on trade with that nation. And just three weeks after the
Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund and the Polish-
end of the Gulf War, he hosted Kuwait's Ambassador to
American Enterprise Fund, to facilitate the investment
the United States, Saud Nasir Al-Sabah, for a meeting
of private American capital (rather than taxpayer dol-
attended by over 500 local businessmen and women.
lars) in startup private businesses in both Hungary and
Ultimately, more than a dozen Orange County firms
Poland. Congressman Cox's bills, which were signed into
were offered business opportunities in the reconstruc-
law by President Bush, took the first step in reforming our
tion of Kuwait.
wasteful foreign aid programs by using private risk capi-
tal in place of public funds.
Congressman Cox also successfully authored
Congressman Cox recently met with
legislation which preserved the integrity of military op-
Mexican President Salinas to promote increased
erations at California's El Toro Marine Corps Air Sta-
trade between California and Mexico.
tion. This legislation, signed into law by President Bush
in November 1989, proved vital to the success of Amer-
Eight universities and colleges are located within
ica's Armed Forces during the Persian Gulf War. El Toro
Orange County, including California State University-
is home to the Third Marine Air Wing, which flew the
Fullerton and the University of California at Irvine. The
advanced F-18 fighter jet in Saudi Arabia during the war.
California Angels American League professional base-
In 1991, Congressman Cox put the House of
ball team makes its home in Orange County, as does the
Representatives on record for the first time ever on the
Los Angeles Rams NFL football team. Two of the
issue of term limits for Members of Congress. Using a
nation's most popular attractions, Disneyland and Knotts
creative parliamentary strategy, Chris Cox forced a yes-
Berry Farm, are located in Orange County, and the
or-no vote on whether Congress should allow individual
"Orange Coast", which includes some of the most beauti-
states to decide for themselves whether their Senators
ful beaches in the world, stretches for thirty miles along
and Representatives should be subject to term limits.
the Pacific Ocean, from Los Angeles to San Diego.
(The Democratic majority in the House, which had al-
For further information, contact Congressman Christopher
ready authorized taxpayer funding for a legal challenge to
Cox at either his Washington, D.C., office: 412 Cannon Building, Wash-
Congressional term limits, voted 99% against the Cox
ingion, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5611; or his California office: 4000
resolution. All but six of the Republicans supported the
MacAnhur Boulevard, East Tower, Suite 430, Newport Beach, California
Chris Cox term limit measure.) As a result of this and
92660 (714) 756-2244.
other battles, Congressman Cox has become a national
leader in the fight to reform Congress:
With a population of two and one-half million
people and an annual economic output of $68 billion,
Orange County is one of the most successful and diverse
hi-tech business centers in the nation. Standing alone, its