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TOM SCULLY
speech insert
I have made children's well being my highest priority - and I've pushed
funding for children's health and education programs to unprecedented levels.
In fact, since I took office, I've increased spending on children's programs by 66%
to over $100 Billion a year.
We've increased funding to prevent infant mortality by 65% -- to over $3.6
Billion. And working with Secretary Sullivan, I've had a specific focus on reducing
infant mortality in our poorest areas. Last year we began the Healthy Start program
-- where we intensively target $143 M a year in infant mortality funds to 15 cities
with the highest infant mortality rates.
Through the Centers for Disease Control, I've increased Immunization grants
by 148% -- from $141 to $349 Million a year-- to ensure that all our kids get the vital
vaccines they need.
And I have increased funding for the ever effective Women's Infants and
Children's Program (WIC) by almost $1 Billion --to $2.8 Billion. The WIC program
provides infant ormula and other nutritious foods to millions of mothers and their
kids to make sure they get a healthy start right from birth
My Health Reform Plan provides all Americans with access to affordable
insurance -- and for the first time will guarantee all poor families -- and poor kids --
quality health carte coverage.
But its not just in health care that we've focused on helping kids.
I've increased Head Start by 127% --$600 million this year alone. So for the
first time all eligible four year olds can get a Head Start.
An in Education, I've increased funding by 41% and proposed a radical
reforms that are badly needed to again make our schools the best in the world.
Lets not forget child care the Democrats like forget. --- I pushed through
my comprehensive Child Care program -- that give parents vouchers to let them --
not the government -- choose where they want to send their kids for day care.
Along with child care, I pushed through a 96% increase in the Earned Income
Tax Credit putting another $5.5 Billion a year in the hands of low income
working parents with children. The program has a fancy name -- but it is the most
important program we have to give low income working parents some help. It
encourages them to work and stay off welfare -- and gives them a leg up on
providing stability and security for their families.
And just last week I proposed a tough new child support policy -- which will
make sure that deadbeat parents keep up with their responsibility to support their
kids. Millions of single parents do a great job of raising their kids -- and they and
their kids can't be loaded down with the added burden of surviving without the
support that is due to them. My program will track down absent parents and make
them pay up.
When it comes to children, Bill Clinton's talks a big game but I've
delivered.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE EVENT
DOVER, DELAWARE
OCTOBER 5, 1992
3:00 P.M.
Thank you, Governor Castle, for that kind introduction.
Good afternoon, everyone.
(Greetings to Acting Lt. Gov. Dale Wolf; and to Mayor Aaron
Knopf.)
I've come to Dover this afternoon to talk a little bit about
the choice we face this November. This campaign, like every
campaign, is about a simple question: what kind of America do we
want -- for the young people here today? //
I have laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a
right have in America
specific, comprehensive, integrated agenda so we can create in-
America -- the world's very first $10 trillion economy./
My agenda for renewal asks that we look forward
...
To open new markets for American products -- so we create
new jobs for American workers. //
To prepare our young people to work -- so they have the
tools to compete and win. //
To strengthen the American family -- because family is still
the foundation of our nation. //
To save and invest -- because America must always put
tomorrow ahead of today. //
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Those are the things we must do. So here's what I'm
fighting for:
I want to re-invent American education -- give every
American parent the fundamental right to choose the best school
for their children.
I want to reform our crazy legal system -- because as a
nation, we must sue each other less and care for each other
more.//
I want to use competition to cut the cost of health care and
make it more affordable and accessible for you and your families.
Finally, I'm fighting for economic security -- for every
man, woman and child in America. //
And if we are truly to renew America -- we must pay special
attention to those who've been left behind.
Today is National Child Health Day -- a good time to remind
ourselves that America's greatest resource is her people. As we
move into the new century, we cannot afford to lose a single
American to indifference and neglect.
Good intentions and noble rhetoric aren't enough. Our
actions must match our words. And when it comes to children's
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health, the actions of my administration have spoken loud and
clear. Let's look at the record.
Since I took office, we've increased spending on children's
programs by 66 percent -- to over $100 billion a year. From
infant mortality / to childhood immunizations / to making sure
3
our neediest kids get the nutritious foods they need -- we've
done more than talk about children's health.
And we haven't stopped there.
We've increased Head Start funding by 127 percent -- $600
million this year alone -- so that every eligible four-year-old
will be able to start school ready to learn.
We've also pushed through a 96 percent increase in the
Earned Income Tax Credit -- putting another $5.5 billion a year
in the hands of low-income working parents. Our program
encourages them to stay off welfare and stay on the job -- and
gives them a leg up in providing stability and security for their
families.
These are good, solid programs -- programs that work for
families, not against them. But nobody should be fooled that we
can spend our way out of problems. The bottom line for all our
programs should be strengthening the family. We must encourage
families to stick together and parents to stick around.
Look at our child care reform. I pushed through my
comprehensive Child Care program two years ago. The liberals in
Congress wanted to create a brave new child care bureaucracy. I
said: Let's try something different.
And we did. We let parents -- not the government -- choose
the child care they want for their kids -- whether it was in a
church basement or a public school or at a neighbor's house. We
give parents the means -- and let them make the choice.
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And just last week I proposed a tough new child support
policy. We're telling Deadbeat Dads: you can run but you can't
hide. You will support the family you're responsible for -- no
ifs / ands / or buts.
That's our record. I'm proud of it. But what about
Governor Clinton? I know that Bill Clinton always talks a good
game. But behind his words is a very different reality -- the
reality of his record as governor of Arkansas.
When it comes to protecting the children of Arkansas, the
facts about Bill Clinton's record aren't pretty. But America
must look at the facts. Because when it comes to his record in
Arkansas, Bill Clinton isn't leveling with the American people.
During the 1980s, the death rate for American children 14-
and-under improved dramatically across the country. But in
Arkansas, it got worse. The state ranked 43rd in 1987. Two
/
years later it fell to 49th.
In the late 1980s, on Governor Clinton's watch, Arkansas's
rate of violent deaths for teenagers soared at three times the
national average. Over the decade, child abuse reports shot up
130 percent.
Now, it's hard to believe Governor Clinton was unaware of
what was going on. Throughout the 1980s, study after study
offered detailed findings and recommendations -- a cry for help,
if you will. Bill Clinton even commissioned some of these
studies himself.
5
In 1990, his own Department of Human Services reported --
and I quote -- that "frequent and widespread" official failures
had placed the children of Arkansas in "imminent peril." And
still Bill Clinton did nothing.
At last a group of child welfare advocates had to take him
to court. They filed a class action suit naming him as the lead
defendant. Finally, four months ago, Governor Clinton settled.
Bill Clinton's child-health record in Arkansas is appalling.
There's no other word for it. Look at how his state matches up
with other states: 45th in the well-being of children; 45th in
low weight babies; 47th in the percentage of children in poverty.
Despite that record, Governor Clinton travels the country
calling himself an advocate for children. Maybe the children of
Arkansas would be better off if he'd spent less time talking
about them and more time trying to help them.
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The children of Arkansas deserve better. The children of
America deserve better.
On issue after issue, you see the same huge gap between the
Candidate Clinton's rhetoric and Governor Clinton's record.
Bill Clinton says he's for civil rights, but Arkansas is one
of two states that doesn't have a basic civil rights law. He
says he's for high tech -- but under Bill Clinton, Arkansas has
been falling behind in high school. Three out of every four
Arkansas graduates spend their first year in college --
relearning what they were supposed to learn in high school.
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And take a look at our North American Free Trade Agreement
with Mexico and Canada -- NAFTA. I launched NAFTA because it
will create high-wage jobs for Americans right here in the United
States. And I've fought for it every step of the way -- because
it's the right thing to do. That's what presidential leadership
is all about.
Once upon a time, Bill Clinton said he was for NAFTA. Then
the labor bosses told him they were against it. So he said he
wasn't sure if he was for it or against it. Now he's looked at
the polls. He's seen that the American people want NAFTA. So
just yesterday he said he's for it, too. Then again, maybe he's
not.
You see, he's saddled his support for NAFTA with all kinds
of reservations and qualifications. He says we need special
provisions to help workers, 5x 26/45 -- and he's right. That's why I've of 2beagr.
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He says we need to complement NAFTA with environmental
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agreements -- and he's right. That's why I've already negotiated
separate environmental agreements with the Mexican government.
And when I've asked Bill Clinton's Democratic friends in Congress
to fund my proposals to clean up our border with Mexico --
they've said no.
But Governor Clinton won't let facts get in the way. It
doesn't matter what's right or what's wrong. He just tells
people what he thinks they want to hear.
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You cannot be everything to everyone. You cannot come down
on both sides of the issue and call it leadership.
And look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign.
I know America has endured some tough economic times, but
understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown.
Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social
welfare state policies. More government. More special interest
spending. More taxes on the middle class.
As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the
gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he even taxed cable TV. //
In this campaign, the Governor of Arkansas says he's going
to raise taxes again -- $150 billion worth -- but only on the
rich.
Don't bet on it. To get the money he needs for his plan,
just the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor
Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600.
But that's just for starters. Listen to the newspaper from
his own back yard, The Pine Bluff Commercial. Here's what they
say: "If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton has set
as Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a tax program that would
hit the middle-class hardest."
8
There you have it. Higher taxes on the middle class. More
spending. A bigger deficit. America deserves something better
than this.
At this time in our history, we simply can't afford Bill
Clinton's kind of change. Anyway you count it, Bill Clinton is
wrong for America.
I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough
decisions.
I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them.
But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the
tough calls. And if you are looking for a leader with
experience, someone who shares your values, a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Dover and Camden and New Castle -- then I know
I can count on your support -- on November 3rd. //
Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of
America.
# # #
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 3, 1992
DOVER COMMUNITY WELCOME
DATE:
Monday, October 4, 1992
TIME:
3:10 - 3:45 p.m.
LOCATION: Dover Green
Dover, Delaware
FROM:
Ronald C. Kaufman
I. PURPOSE
To promote your Agenda For American Renewal proposals before
local area Republican activists and local businesspeople
from the greater Dover area.
II. BACKGROUND
Those in attendance at this welcome are local Republican
supporters and local Chamber of Commerce officials from
Dover and the surrounding communities.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Governor Mike Castle
Lt. Governor Dale Wolf
B. Gary Scott, Candidate for Governor
Mr. Philip Clautier, Candidate for Lt. Governor
Mrs. Donna Lee Williams, Candidate for Insurance
Commissioner
The Hon. Aaron Knopf, Mayor of Dover
Mr. Basil Battaglia, GOP State Chairman
Mrs. Priscilla Rakestraw, GOP National Committeeman
Approximately 3,000 supporters.
IV. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
See Advance Office Schedule for details.
V. PRESS PLAN
Open.
VI. REMARKS
Remarks Provided by the office of Speechwriting.
Ferguson/Bunton
October 2, 1992
7:00 p.m.
[children]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE EVENT
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
OCTOBER 5, 1992
X:XX P.M.
Thanks for that kind introduction. Good afternoon,
everyone.
(Acknowledgments)
I've come to Wilmington this afternoon to talk a little bit
about the choice we face this November. This campaign, like
every campaign, is about a simple question: what kind of America
do we want -- for the young people here today? //
My opponent likes to cut America down. He says we are
sliding down the list of nations, somewhere past Germany and
heading for Sri Lanka.
Governor Clinton needs to talk to the Europeans. Talk to
the people of Asia -- they'd tell him. The American worker is
still the most productive -- the American economy is still the
most dynamic -- in the entire world.
The question now is: How do we stay Number One? I have laid
out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a specific, comprehensive,
integrated agenda to create in America -- the world's very first
$10 trillion economy./
My agenda for renewal asks that we look forward
...
To open new markets for American products -- so we create
new jobs for American workers. //
2
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To prepare our young people to work -- so they have the
tools to compete and win. //
To strengthen the American family -- because family is still
the foundation of our country. //
To save and invest -- because America must always put
tomorrow ahead of today. //
Those are the things we must do. So here's what I'm
fighting for:
I want to re-invent American education -- give every
American parent the fundamental right to choose the best school
for their children.
I want to reform our crazy legal system -- because as a
nation, we must sue each other less and care for each other
more.//
I want to use competition to cut the cost of health care and
make it more affordable for you and your families.
Finally, I'm fighting for economic security -- for every
man, woman and child in America. //
And if we are to reach true economic security in our country
-- if we are truly to renew America -- we must pay special
attention to those who've been left behind. I'm thinking
particularly of the kids. You here at the Northeast State
Service Center know what I'm talking about. As you know, today
is National Child Health Day, and what you've been doing here
PROCLAMATION/
shows that a little caring makes a world of difference in the
health of our children.
3
And you know this, too: good intentions aren't enough. Our
actions must match our words. I'm very proud of what we've been
able to accomplish for children's health over the past three-
and-a-half years.
Since I took office, I've increased spending on children's
TOM
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programs by 66 percent -- to over $100 billion a year.
To stop the horror of infant mortality, I've increased
Tom SCULLY
funding by 65 percent -- with special attention to our poorest
areas. Last year I launched the Healthy Start program --
Tom SCULLY
intensively targeting $143 million a year to 15 cities with the
highest infant mortality rates.
Through the Centers for Disease Control, I've increased
X
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Immunization grants by 148 percent -- to $349 million a year --
to ensure that our kids get the vaccines they need.
And I've increased funding for the Women's Infants and
Children's program by almost $1 billion -- up to $2.8 billion --
TOM SCULLY
bringing infant formula and other nutritious foods to the
mothers and kids who need it most.
But our concern for kids doesn't stop at health care.
I've increased Head Start funding by 127 percent -- $600
million this year alone. Thanks to that increase -- for the
Tom seally
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first time in the program's history, all eligible four-year-olds
will get a Head Start.
And child care -- I pushed through my comprehensive Child
Care program
two years ago
-- and we did it without creating a
1990 BUSH ADMUNISTRATION RECORD
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brave new child care bureaucracy. We let parents -- not the
government -- choose the child care they want for their kids.
I also pushed through a 96 percent increase in the Earned TOM SCULLY
X
Income Tax Credit -- putting another $5.5 billion a year in the
X
hands of low-income working parents. Our program encourages them
to stay off welfare and stay on the job -- and gives them a leg
up in providing stability and security for their families.
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And just last week I proposed a tough new child support TOM scuny
X
policy -- to help families stick together and fathers stick
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around.
That's our record. I'm proud of it. Now, I'm told that
Governor Clinton is also speaking on these issues today -- and I
know that Bill Clinton always talks a good game. But behind his
words is a very different reality -- the reality of his record as
governor of Arkansas.
And when it comes to protecting children of Arkansas, the
facts about Bill Clinton's record aren't pretty. But America
must look at the facts.
REMARKS
During the 1980s, the death rate for American children 14
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and-under improved dramatically across the country. But
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Arkansas, it got worse. The state ranked 49th in 1989.
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rate of violent deaths for teenagers soared at three times the
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national average. Over the decade, child abuse reports shot up
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Now, it's hard to believe Governor Clinton was unaware of
what was going on. Throughout the 1980s, study after study
SPRINGFIELD,
contained detailed findings and recommendations -- a cry for
help, if you will. Bill Clinton even commissioned some of these
studies himself.
In 1990, his own Department of Human Services reported --
and I quote -- that "frequent and widespread" official failures
SPRINGFIELD,
had placed the children of Arkansas in "imminent peril." And
still Bill Clinton did nothing.
At last a group of child welfare advocates had to take him
SPRINGFIELD
No.
to court. They filed a class action suit naming him as the lead
X
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defendant. Finally, four months ago, Governor Clinton settled.
Bill Clinton's record in Arkansas is appalling. There's no
other word for it. Look at how his state matches up with other
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states: 45th in the well-being of children; 45th in low-weight
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(1986-1990).
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babies; 47th in the percentage of children in poverty.
Despite that record, Governor Clinton travels the country
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calling himself an advocate for children. I urge every American
to keep his record in mind -- the next time he tells you he wants
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do for America's children what he's done for the children of
Arkansas.
Well, I say the children of Arkansas deserve better. The
children of America deserve better.
On issue after issue, you see the same huge gap between the
Candidate Clinton's rhetoric and Governor Clinton's record.
6
Bill Clinton says he's for civil rights, but Arkansas
doesn't have a basic civil rights law. He says he's for high
tech -- but under Bill Clinton, Arkansas has been falling behind
in high school. Three out of every four Arkansas graduates spend
their first year in college -- relearning what they were supposed
to learn in high school.
He says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute for
Southern Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies.
/ The rivers in that state are some of the most polluted in
spingfund
America. Governor Clinton sometimes sounds as if he can walk on
water. Well in Arkansas, the rivers are so polluted -- maybe he
can. //
And look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign.
I know America has endured some tough economic times, but
understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown.
Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social
welfare state policies. More government. More special interest
spending. More taxes on the middle class.
As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on vegetables and other groceries. He raised the
proybands
gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, he even taxed cable TV. //
In this campaign, the Governor of Arkansas is proposing at
W
least $150 billion in new taxes -- plus at least $220 billion in
new spending. But don't worry, he says -- I'll get it all from
the rich.
7
But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his
plan, just the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor
Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600.
But that's just the start of his tax campaign against the
middle-class. Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard,
The Pine Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress
followed the example that Bill Clinton has set as Governor of
Arkansas, it would pass a tax program that would hit the middle-
class hardest."
There you have it. Higher taxes on the middle class. More
spending. A bigger deficit. America deserves something better
than this.
At this time in our history, we simply can't afford Bill
Clinton's kind of change. Anyway you count it, Bill Clinton is
wrong for America.
I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough
decisions.
I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them.
But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the
tough calls. And if you are looking for a leader with
experience, someone who shares your values, a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like Wilmington Camage and Dover and New Castle -- then I
know I can count on your support -- on November 3rd. //
8
Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of
America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 2, 1992
MEMORANDUM
TO:
JOHN KELLER
KATHY SUPER
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
GARY FOSTER G7
SUBJECT: INFORMATION FOR WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
The attached is for your informational purposes in preparing for
the President to travel to Delaware on Monday, October5 8 in
recognition of National Child Health Day. John Keller has
someone in Delaware surveying the sites and will be getting back
to us this afternoon with an event proposal. The current plan is
for the President to briefly tour the Northeast State Service
Center and make remarks at the conclusion of the tour. Bob
Zoellick agrees that we revert to a stump speech inserting a page
or two highlighting the President's very favorable record on
child health care in contrast to Clinton's poor record.
ATTACHMENTS
cc: Bob Zoellick
Margaret Tutwiler
David Bates
Tim McBride
David Demarest
Ede Holiday
Karen Groomes
Andrew Carpendale
Speechwriters
STATE OF DELAWARE
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MICHAEL N CANTLE
MEMORANDUM
GOVERNOR
TO:
Debbie Messick
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Secretary
FROM:
A. Douglas Rothwell, Office of the Governor, Chief of Staff
Mary Jane Hammerstedt, Office of the Governor, Press Secral
Thomas P. Eichler, Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services
DATE:
September 30, 1992
RE:
Proposal for President Bush to Visit Delaware on Monday, October 5, 1992,
for a Celebration of Child Health Day
Debbie. we appreciate the opportunity to explore the possibility of having President Bush
visit Delaware on Monday, October 5, to highlight the importance of making health care
services available to all of America's children.
As you may be aware, Delaware is in the process of implementing a series of health care
programs announced by Governor Castle in January as part of his State of the State
speech. These programs, approved by the Delaware General Assembly in June, are
designed to:
Make routine health care available to all Delaware children up to age 18 through a
unique partnership with the Nemours Foundation which has committed to building
and operating up to 15 pediatric facilities statewide. Beginning October 1. 1992.
more than 5,000 children Ages 10-18 living below the poverty level will receive
coverage through 1 new State Medicaid-Like program.
Expand Medicaid coverage to an additional 350 pregnant women and 250 infents.
Make health insurance available to all small businesses and individuals regardless of
pre-existing condition, company size and other current barriers.
Provide care to more needy adults through an agreement between the State and the
Medical Society to create the Voluntary Initiative Program.
Attract more physicians to underserved areas of the State through new recruitment
and scholarship programs overseen by the Delaware Institute for Medical Education
and Research.
Control skyrocketing health care costs by creating a committee to make specific
recommendations to the Governor by December 1993.
LEGISLATIVE HALL
CARVEL STATE OFFICE ELDO.
DOVER,
18001
WILMINGTON,
19801
302/799-4101
308/677-0210
FAX
FAX 502/577-3118
P O 2
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Based on your conversation with our office, we have outlined below I proposed event
focused on several specific health access initiatives that are coming to fruition in
Delaware during the next few days.
EVENT OVERVIEW
We propose conducting I press conference at the Worthest State Service Center a center
using a model system for integrating and delivering social services - all which benefit
children and are based on the concept of "one stop shopping." This press conference will
focus on:
President Bush and Governor Castle declaring October 5, as Child Health Day in
Delaware and across America.
Announcing details of Medicaid expansions which will have gane into effect on
October 1, and presenting Medicaid cards to newly-eligible families.
Announcing the placement of a Nemours Foundation pediatrician at Northeast
State Service Center while the Foundation secures and prepares space for up to
15 pediatric clinics statewide.
An endorsement by President Bush of Delaware's efforts as a model for the
nation and commitment to help expedite the waiver process for our partnership
with the Nemours Foundation.
The press conference would be followed by a noontime "Rally For Children's Health" in
downtown Wilmington. This would give the President and the Governor an opportunity to
highlight strategies for implementing universal health care for children nationwide.
Both the press conference and the rally would be open to the media and the following
groups:
Delaware Health Care Commission
The Nemours Foundation
DHSS' health-related advisory councils
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Cabinet Secretaries
Health advocacy organizations
Health Care Cost Containment Commission
State Council on Minority Health
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DHSS division directors and key Medicaid managers
Child Health Task Force
If time permits, we would also propose:
A luncheon with health leaders, legislators, health advocates, and State Medical
Society representatives.
A tour of the Northeast State Service Center and overview of Delaware's
"One-Stop" approach to service delivery.
A tour of the world-reknowned A.I. duPont Institute Children's Hospital located
in Delaware.
We appreciate your interest in Delaware and would be happy to discuss further details with
you, as well as enswer any questions you may have. This is just @ proposed program and we
would be happy to modify It to better meet your needs.
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In the event that an October 5, visit to Delaware does not meet the President's schedule,
we have a very powerful economic development event tentatively scheduled for
mid-October that we would be pleased to expand for the President.
It involves the completion of the first phase of the Delaware Technology Park a
complex that means new business in a rapidly growing composites and high technology
industry and more than 1,000 new jobs for Dolaware by the year 2000. This event would
provide an excellent opportunity for the President and the Governor to highlight their
economic development strategies for the State and Nation. If you are interested, we
would be pleased to outline this in more detail.
Again, thank you for your interest in Delaware. We would be very pleased to host
President Bush.
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CHILDREN
Clinton calls for full federal funding of Head Start, and more federal funding support for child care programs. Bu
Clinton's record on children is weak to the point of criminal neglect, especially where foster care and child welfare
are concerned.
The state's child welfare and foster care systems have been negiected for a decade. Arkansas child abuse case:
increased by 130 percent from 1979-89: Clinton served as governor during eight of those 10 years. And in 1990, the
American Humane Association found the state's child abuse rate was 35 percent above the national average.
Children have died through state agency neglect, and in 1990 Clinton's own officials reported that Arkansas children
were in "imminent peril" due to "frequent and widespread" state government failures.
in 1991, children's advocates filed a class action suit against Clinton, alleging his officials withheld health care from
abuse victims, assigned foster children to as many as 40 homes in four years. separated families carelessly, an
ignored child handicaps.
Clinton's response? He convened a panel of experts, who issued recommendations nearly identical to similar task forc
reports during the 1980s. Clinton held a special session, increased funding for the program, and settled the lawsuit, b
it now appears that the state is trying to renege on its agreement in federal court.
The Center for the Study of Social Policy ranks Arkansas at or near the bottom of nearly every significant categ
45th out of 51 in the well-being of children (down from 43rd in the last year alone);
45th in low -weight bables;
49th in child death rates;
47th in teen violent death rate;
45th in single teen births;
47th in children in poverty; and,
42nd in percent of children in single-parent families.
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Bush Record
BACKGROUND
October 5 is Child Health Day. This provides an excellent opportunity to highlight the many
accomplishments of this Administration in improving children's health and to promote the
President's health care reform plan
The Administration's record in children's health is indeed impressive. The President should
take every opportunity to trumpet such achievements as:
the Healthy Start initiative to slash infant mortality rates by 50% in 15
targeted communities;
the Infant Immunization initiative, including the new Standards for Pediatric
Immunization Practice and a FY 1993 budget request of $349 million, 3-1/2
times the 1988 budget;
the historic expansion of Head Start, one of the leading delivery systems for
health care to low-income children; and
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expansion of Community and Migrant Health Centers--$48 million in FY
1992 and a budget request of $88 million for FY 1993.
We have identified possible site visits in the key States of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and
Pennsylvania Attached is information about each site.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 2, 1992
MEMORANDUM
TO:
JOHN KELLER
KATHY SUPER
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
GARY FOSTER
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SUBJECT: INFORMATION FOR WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
The attached is for your informational purposes in preparing for
the President to travel to Delaware on Monday, October 8 in
recognition of National Child Health Day. John Keller has
someone in Delaware surveying the sites and will be getting back
to us this afternoon with an event proposal. The current plan is
for the President to briefly tour the Northeast State Service
Center and make remarks at the conclusion of the tour. Bob
Zoellick agrees that we revert to a stump speech inserting a page
or two highlighting the President's very favorable record on
child health care in contrast to Clinton's poor record.
ATTACHMENTS
cc: Bob Zoellick
Margaret Tutwiler
David Bates
Tim McBride
David Demarest
Ede Holiday
Karen Groomes
Andrew Carpendale
Speechwriters
STATE OF DELAWARE
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MICHAEL N. CANTLE
MEMORANDUM
GOVERNOR
TO:
Debbie Messick
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Secretary
FROM:
A. Douglas Rothwell, Office of the Governor, Chief of Staff
Mary Jane Hammerstedt, Office of the Governor, Fress Secretary
Thomas P. Eichler, Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services
DATE:
September 30, 1992
RE:
Proposal for President Bush to Visit Delaware on Monday, October 5, 1992,
for $ Celebration of Child Health Day
Debbie. we appreciate the opportunity to explore the possibility of having President Bush
visit Delaware on Monday, October 5, to highlight the importance of making health care
services available to all of America's children.
As you may be aware, Delaware is in the process of implementing a series of health care
programs announced by Governor Castle in January as part of his State of the State
speech. These programs, approved by the Delaware General Assembly in June, are
designed to:
Make routine health care available to all Delaware children up to age 18 through a
unique partnership with the Nemours Foundation which has committed to building
and operating up to 15 pediatric facilities statewide. Beginning October 1. 1992.
more than 5,000 children Ages 10-18 living below the poverty level will receive
coverage through 1 sex State Medicald-like program.
Expand Medicald coverage to an additional 350 pregnant women and 250 infents.
Make health insurance available to all small businesses and individuals regardless of
pre-existing condition, company size and other current barriers.
Provide care to more needy adults through an agreement between the State and the
Medical Society to create the Voluntary Initiative Program.
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Attract more physicians to underserved areas of the State through new recruitment
and scholarship programs overseen by the Delaware Institute for Medical Education
and Research.
Control skyrocketing health care costs by creating a committee to make specific
recommendations to the Governor by December 1993.
LEGISLATIVE HALL
CARVEL STATE OFFICE BI.DO.
DOVER,
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WILMINGTON,
19801
005/577-0910
FAX
FAX 309/377-3118
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Based an your conversation with our office, we have outlined below I proposed event
focused on several specific health access initiatives that are coming to fruition in
Delaware during the next few days.
EVENT OVERVIEW
We propose conducting 8 press conference at the Northeast State Service Center a center
using a model system for integrating and delivering social services - all which benefit
children and are based on the concept of "one stop shopping." This press conference will
focus on:
President Bush and Governor Castle declaring October 5, as Child Health Day in
Delaware and across America.
Announcing details of Medicaid expansions which will have gone into effect on
October 1, and presenting Medicaid cards to newly-eligible families.
Announcing the placement of a Nemours Foundation pediatrician at Northeast
State Service Center while the Foundation secures and prepares space for up to
15 pediatric clinics statewide.
An endorsement by President Bush of Delaware's efforts as a model for the
nation and commitment to help expedite the waiver process for our partnership
with the Nemours Foundation.
The press conference would be followed by a noontime "Rally For Children's Health" in
downtown Wilmington. This would give the President and the Governor an opportunity to
highlight strategies for implementing universal health care for children nationwide.
Both the press conference and the rally would be open to the media and the following
groups:
Delaware Health Care Commission
The Nemours Foundation
DHSS' health-related advisory councils
Cabinet Secretaries
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DHSS' House/Senate committees
Health advocacy organisations
Health Care Cost Containment Commission
State Council on Minority Health
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House/Senate leadership
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DHSS division directors and key Medicaid managers
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Child Health Task Force
If time permits, we would also propose:
A luncheon with health leaders, legislators, health advocates, and State Medical
Society representatives.
A tour of the Northeast State Service Center and overview of Delaware's
"One-Stop" approach to service delivery.
A tour of the world-reknowned A.I. duPont Institute Children's Hospital located
in Delaware.
We appreciate your interest in Delaware and would be happy to discuss further details with
you, as well as answer any questions you may have. This is just a proposed program and we
would be happy to modify it to better meet your needs.
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in the event that an October 5, visit to Delaware does not meet the President's schedule,
we have a very powerful economic development event tentatively scheduled for
mid-October that we would be pleased to expand for the President.
It involves the completion of the first phase of the Delaware Technology Park - a
complex that means new business in a rapidly growing composites and high technology
industry and more than 1,000 new jobs for Delaware by the year 2000. This event would
provide an excellent opportunity for the President and the Governor to highlight their
economic development strategies for the State and Nation. If you are interested, we
would be pleased to outline this in more detail.
Again, thank you for your interest in Delaware. We would be very pleased to host
President Bush.
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CHILDREN
Clinton calls for full federal funding of Head Start, and more federal funding support for child care programs. But
Clinton's record on children is weak to the point of criminal neglect, especially where foster care and child welfare
are concerned.
The state's child weifare and foster care systems have been negiected for a decade. Arkansas child abuse cases
increased by 130 percent from 1979-89: Clinton served as governor during eight of those 10 years. And in 1990, the
American Humane Association found the state's child abuse rate was 35 percent above the national average.
Children have died through state agency neglect, and in 1990 Clinton's own officials reported that Arkansas childrer
were in "imminent peril" due to "frequent and widespread" state government failures.
In 1991, children's advocates filed a class action suit against Clinton, alleging his officials withheld health care from
abuse victims, assigned foster children to as many as 40 homes in four years, separated families carelessly, and
ignored child handicaps.
Clinton's response? He convened a panel of experts, who issued recommendations nearty identical to similar task force
reports during the 1980s. Clinton held a special session, increased funding for the program, and settled the lawsuit, bu
it now appears that the state is trying to renege on its agreement in federal court.
The Center for the Study of Social Policy ranks Arkansas at or near the bottom of nearly every significant catego
45th out of 51 in the well-being of children (down from 43rd in the last year alone);
45th in low-weight bables;
49th in child death rates;
47th in teen violent death rate;
45th in single teen births;
47th in children in poverty; and,
42nd in percent of children in single-parent families.
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cauld nixt note ul children univers
Bush Record
BACKGROUND
October 5 is Child Health Day. This provides an excellent opportunity to highlight the many
accomplishments of this Administration in improving children's health and to promote the
President's health care reform plan.
The Administration's record in children's health is indeed impressive. The President should
take every opportunity to trumpet such achievements as:
the Healthy Start initiative to slash infant mortality rates by 50% in 15
targeted communities;
the Infant Immunization initiative, including the new Standards for Pediatric
Immunization Practice and a FY 1993 budget request of $349 million, 3-1/2
times the 1988 budget;
the historic expansion of Head Start, one of the leading delivery systems for
health care to low-income children; and
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expansion of Community and Migrant Health Centers--$48 million in FY
1992 and 0 budget request of $88 million for FY 1993.
We have identified possible site visits in the key States of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and
Pennsylvania Attached is information about each site.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Springfield, Missouri)
September 22, 1992
For Immediate Release
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO SPRINGFIELD SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
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University Plaza Convention center
Springfield, Missouri
8:53 A.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very, very much.
Thank you very much. And let me just say to Governor Ashcroft
how appreciative I am for that rousing introduction. And let me
tell you, it's a joy to be back. I keep showing up in this
marvelous part of the country. (Applause.)
And I understand that I owe a vote of gratitude to
Ben Parnell, a leading, most respected Democrat who gave an
outstanding talk here; to Hal Gibbs, a former leader in the Perot
organization who is now suited up and working hard for us. And
I'm grateful to him -- grateful to both of them. To an old
friend, Johnny Morris. The only thing I feel deprived of is I
can't go by that marvelous outlet here and enhance your economy.
(Laughter.) Because I love fishing and I love the outdoors.
(Applause.) And I respect Johnny Morris as one of our leading
environmentalists in the entire United States. He's sensible and
he speaks for the sportsmen all across this country.
And, of course, seeing -- modestly sitting in the
front row over here, my old, dear friend whom Barbara and I
respect and love, who's been with us at Camp David, with whom I
campaigned four years ago -- Mo Bandy. I'll tell you, it's a joy
to have him here. (Applause.)
And I also want to pay my respects to the
Congressman -- I haven't seen Mel Hancock. Maybe he's not with
us, but he's a great representative for this area. And, of
course, I was privileged to -- (applause) -- privileged to ride
in with Don Gunn, who is the neighboring state rep, a man that
serves with John Ashcroft with such distinction in the Capitol.
so let me on with the business at hand. And John
has set the course and set the agenda for today's comments.
These trips today will take me to six different states. And two
weeks ago in Detroit, I presented to the American people my
Agenda for American Renewal. It is a clear-eyed look at what's
wrong with our country, and also what's right about our country.
I offered a comprehensive, integrated approach to win the new
global economic competition. so that by early in the next
century, the world's first $10-trillion economy will be found
right here in the United States of America. (Applause.)
Last week, I discussed in detail how my vision of
our future differs from that of my opponent. The differences
simply could not be deeper -- the stakes, as John points out --
the Governor points out -- could not be higher.
Basically, it comes down to this: My opponent
believes that government planners can manage the economy better
than the workers and small businessmen and women who actually
make it grow. I respect government, but I don't put my faith in
it. I put my faith in the tax-paying, hard-working men and women
of America. (Applause.)
The first shot out of the box Goverhor Clinton says
he wants to raise taxes that will kill jobs. I want Governor to see
that cut to help Americans create jobs. (Applause.)
Clinton federal spending by at least $220 billion. And I want and sharp. it
them wants to increase -- he's already said this -- to increase cut
by that and more. I want the differences to be clear
And then the American people, then you will make a choice.
You know, the American people are interviewing two
men for the same job. Now, you know me. My record is on the
table, over the years. You know its shortcomings. I admit I've
made mistakes and I hope you know my record's strengths. And in
my agenda I've told you what I intend to do to build on that
record. I have spoken from my heart about the great optimism
that I feel for this nation -- how I know we can rise above our
challenges today and achieve an even better tomorrow.
My opponent has taken a very different path. He
hasn't hesitated a minute to try to tear down everything we've
accomplished for 12 years -- to find everything he can about
what's wrong with America. While I've been talking about ideas
he and his people have admitted publicly that their focus is on
the negative -- on what's wrong.
For month after month, Governor Clinton has
persisted in attacks on me -- persistent, unrelenting and many
very personal in nature. Frankly, he has distorted my record,
and his campaign chairman even called me a racist. And this
week, the Governor unveiled for the first time in this
presidential race negative campaigning, negative television
advertising -- first one of this campaign.
so far, right up to today in springfield, I have
resisted the urge to focus on Governor Clinton's record.
Frankly, I have felt that Americans want a positive debate. But
I must tell you, I am very tired of the distortions, tired of the
half-truths. And the stakes are too high to let America be
deceived by a negative campaign. so today, for really the first
time, I have chosen to lay it on the line -- (applause) -- talk
about my opponent's record -- talk facts. Talk about the record
in Arkansas, the Governor's record. And that means explaining
the Grand Canyon that separates his rhetoric from the reality of
his record.
You need to know this, because our country's future
is literally on the line. You need to know whether you can trust
Bill Clinton to take America where it needs to go in the next
four years. Because once you buy what he's selling, there's no
refund.
I hear candidate Clinton is up in Michigan today
talking about debates. Well, I propose a debate for him today --
candidate Clinton versus Governor Clinton. You see, we've all
heard -- (applause) -- we've all heard what candidate Clinton
says he can do for America. But that's very different from what
Governor Clinton has done to Arkansas, to the good people of
Arkansas. (Applause.)
And I want to stress this: My argument is not with
the people of Arkansas. It is not. They are good, decent,
hard-working people. Frankly, they deserve treatment better than
they've received from Governor Clinton. so here we go. Let me
begin with an issue of concern to every American, every fair-
minded American: civil rights.
Governor Clinton says -- and I quote -- "Everybody
knows I have the best civil rights record." His words. His
modesty overwhelms me. (Laughter.) But how does his record
stand? Some of you may know that in 1968 -- when I was a
Congressman from Texas -- I supported the Fair Housing Act. It
wasn't popular with some of my constituents. Times have changed,
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and nowadays 41 states have laws banning them housing --
of discrimination course, -- 41. But Arkansas is not one of even
though my opponent has been Governor for 12 years.
Forty-six states have human relations agéncies that
safeguard their citizens against discrimination. But not
under his leadership. Forty-eight states have basic
Arkansas civil rights laws that ban discrimination and guarantee equal is
opportunity. But not Arkansas. That's right: Arkansas statute. one
of only two states in America without a civil rights
Candidate Clinton likes to talk about my 1990 veto
of the Democratic Congress's quota bill. I did veto that bill --
and I'll vato any other quota bill that the liberals cook up.
(Applause.) I am for civil rights. And I am against quotas.
That 16 hot a contradiction.
so last year, after tough negotiations with Congress
and beating back two attempts to ram down my throat and the
people's throat a quota bill, I did sign -- proudly sign a major
civil rights bill without resorting to quotas. In addition, I
fought for the Americans with Disabilities Act, the most sweeping
civil rights legislation in 30 years that brings those with
disabilities into the mainstream and gives them a shot at the
American Dream. (Applause.) And I'm proud of it. (Applause.)
What about Governor Clinton? Even though his party
enjoys overwhelming control of the Arkansas legislature, Governor
Clinton has still not brought a civil rights bill to the people
of Arkansas.
so when you hear the candidate Clinton's rhetoric
all across this country about civil rights, Governor Clinton's
record just does not stand up.
Now, consider another issue: economic fairness.
You know, candidate Clinton is playing the old game that liberals
love to play -- class warfare. Divide Americans rich from poor,
one group from another. And he's good at 1t, candidate Clinton
is very good at that: using the same tired, twisted, partisan
statistics to explain how the poor can only get richer if the
rich get poorer.
According to candidate Clinton, the last 10 years
have been a nightmare. Well, I've got news for him. It is not
true. The Urban Institute back in Washington is not usually
sympathetic to me, but listen to what they had to say about the
1980s. "When one follows individuals rather than statistical
groups defined by income, one finds that, on average, the rich
got a little richer and the poor got much richer." Now, that's
the truth. our policies of cutting taxes have spurred growth for
all Americans.
Yes, we've got tough times now. But it's fair to
look at the whole record. And candidate Clinton doesn't think
this is a "fair" result. He doesn't think it's fair. Maybe
because he -- it's maybe because Governor Clinton doesn't have
much experience with tax fairness in his own state. Governor
Clinton has more than doubled -- 1f you want a horror story,
listen to this -- he has more than doubled Arkansas state
spending since 1983, And he has paid for it by raising the taxes
that hurt poor and working families the most.
My opponent has raised and extended his sales tax
repeatedly -- and he has opposed removing that tax from
groceries. Governor taxes -- Governor Taxes -- sorry.
(Laughter.) Freudian slip. (Applause.) Freudian slip.
Governor Clinton raised taxes on beer and started taxing mobile
homes, too. And he more than doubled Arkansas's gas tax -- to
18-and-a-half cents per gallon. Governor Clinton even taxed food
stamps until the federal government forced him to stop. And as
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if working families in Arkansas did not have enough problems,
he's even tried to tax child care.
When it comes to taxes, Governor Clinton can't seem
to get history. I signed a tax increase once, and
enough. Last year, he signed the largest tax I've increase in
Arkansas regretted it ever since. I admit it when I make a mistake. And
therein lies the difference. (Applause.)
Let me quote from an article in the Arkansas Gazette
all of this. "In the Clinton era," it says, "the state tax
on system has become more and more regressive. It has become, step
by step, a pretty bad system, stacked against the ordinary
taxpayer and consumer, stacked for the rich and special
interest." End of quotation. Now, that's been his tax policy in
Arkansas. Look at what it did to that state's economy -- a
wonderful state, but look what it did to the economy.
The per-capita income, for example -- that's the
bottom line for working men and women, how much income on average
each of them have. Well, at the end of the 1980s, Arkansas
ranked 48th in the nation per-capita income -- only about 73
percent of the national average, and that was even lower than the
75 percent in 1980. The poor people have been going backwards
under this man. And what about all those good manufacturing jobs
that candidate Clinton talks about? Well, average hourly
earnings for Arkansas manufacturing workers ranked 47th in 1980.
BY 1989, they had dropped to 50th.
Now candidate Clinton says he wants to do to the
American economy what Governor Clinton's done to Arkansas --
Arkansas taxes, Arkansas income, Arkansas jobs. And I don't
think he's kidding. I wish he were. Candidate Clinton wants the
biggest tax increase in history. He hasn't even got there yet
and he's proposing the largest tax increase in history. And
that's not even counting his payroll taxes for training and also
those that would be required under his health care plan. And
that's not fair. That simply is not fair for every working man
and woman in America.
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Another issue, one near and dear to the hearts of
every American, rural or urban, and that's crime. Candidate
Clinton likes to talk tough. You'll hear him criticize me about
federal aid to state and local law enforcement. But, in fact,
since 1989, we've proposed a 59-percent increase in federal
spending to fight crime. You'll also hear candidate Clinton make
some pretty impressive claims about crime control in Arkansas.
Wrong. Wrong again. Not. (Laughter.)
Candidate Clinton -- meet Governor Clinton. During
the 1980s, the nation's overall crime rate during the '80s
actually declined. But not in Arkansas! In fact, Governor
Clinton's state had the biggest increase in the overall crime
rate in the entire nation -- nearly 28 percent. Again, this is
not fair to the good people of Arkansas.
What about violent crimes? Arkansas's violent crime
rate went up more than 58 percent -- one of the worst records in
the entire nation. Why? Well, I've got a few hunches. Arkansas
ranks near rock bottom in every important per-capita law
enforcement expenditure. For prisons: 46th. For judicial and
legal systems: 50th. And when it comes to spending for police
officers, Arkansas ranks 49th.
And in Arkansas, when the prison door slams shut on
a convicted criminal, he knows it won't be long before it opens
up again. As incredible as it sounds -- as incredible as it
sounds, most inmates in Arkansas serve less than one-fifth --
one-fifth -- of their sentence behind bars. That's the worst
record in the entire nation. The people of Arkansas deserve to
walk their streets without fearing that some crazy convict is
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going to ruin their lives -- some guy let out of jail far too
early.
NOW, contrast the situation in Arkansas with what
we've been doing on the federal level. Most federal inmates
serve at least 85 percent of their full sentence. And I think
it's pretty simple: if you take liberties with the law, you're
going to lose your own liberties -- for a long, long time.
(Applause.)
When you look at Governor Clinton's record on law
enforcement, it's not surprising that last week, the fraternal
order of police in Little Rock gave me their endorsement for
President of the United States of America. (Applause.) And that
is the verdict of the police officers in Governor Clinton's own
backyard. They agree with me. You do not coddle criminals --
you stand up for the law-abiding citizens in this country.
(Applause.)
I'm really enjoying getting this record out here.
(Laughter.)
Let's look at another contrast. It's been 11 long
months of his hammering me. And we're just starting today right
here Springfield -- (applause) -- because I want the American
people to know the truth. (Applause.) I want them to know the
facts. (Applause.) I want them to know the truth. (Applause.)
Let's look at another contrast between candidate
Clinton's rhetoric and Governor Clinton's record with children.
In his new book, candidate Clinton says that America has failed
to provide its children with either the best education or
adequate protection from violence. That's what the candidate
says. Now how about the Governor?
Look at the facts. During the 1980s, Arkansas fell
from 47th to 48th place in the percentage of adults with a high
school diploma. Arkansas's rankings on its primary college
entrance examination -- known as A.C.T -- have declined overall.
Twenty-eight states use the A.C.T as their primary college
entrance test. The New York Times recently reported that in 1979
Arkansas ranked 20 out of those 28. The state's latest available
ranking 18 down to 25th out of the 28.
And we know that more than three-quarters of
Arkansas high school graduates require remedial instruction when
they get to college. It's not fair to the. Think about it -- 75
Percent of Arkansas college students spend their first year of
college relearning what they missed out on in high school. Now
these are bright, dynamic young people. And they deserve better
than a failed education system. And when it comes to the
percentage of adults with a college degree, Governor Clinton's
Arkansas still ranks 50th.
NOW, when it comes to protecting children from
violence, you should know this: My opponent's record is, in one
word, appalling. The facts are not pretty. But America should
listen to the facts.
During the 1980s, the death rate for American
children 14-and-under improved dramatically across the country.
But in Arkansas, it got worse. The state ranked 49th in 1989.
In the late 1980s, Arkansas's rate of violent deaths for
teenagers soared at three times the national average. And over
the decade, child abuse reports shot up 130 percent. Now, behind
that statistic are tales of heartbreaking tragedy. The young
people over in Arkansas deserve to have their hearts healed.
ANd now, it's hard to believe that Governor Clinton
was unaware of what was going on. Throughout the 1980s, study
after study contained detailed findings and recommendations -- a
cry for help, if you will. And he even commissioned some of
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these studies himself. In 1990, his own Department of Human
Services reported that "frequent and widespread" official
failures had placed the children of Arkansas in, again a quote,
"imminent peril." still Governor Clinton did nothing.
And finally a group of child welfare advocates took
the Governor to court. And they filed a federal class action
naming him as lead defendant. And on June 8th, less than four
months ago, my opponent finally settled. And now candidate
Clinton promises to crack down on violence against children.
Now to the environment to what Johnny Morris is
famous for and that Governor Ashcroft can take great pride in --
the environment. I love to hike. I love to camp out. I love to
go fishing. I like to go hunting. And you've heard me talk
about the importance of protecting the environment many times.
But to me real eloquence is action -- and I have acted. And
there's our historic Clean Air Act, cutting acid rain in half --
we did that. we banished offshore oil rigs from sensitive
beaches on both coasts and added a billion dollars worth of new
forests and parks for our children to enjoy.
And in the past three years, our Environmental
Protection Agency has assessed more than half of all the civil
penalties and criminal fines in the history of EPA -- more than
$200 million. To those who spoil our lakes and air we are
saying. mess with our children's health and you will pay.
And those are facts. And that is the record -- a
record I am very proud of on the environment; a sound,
progressive record. But candidate Clinton calls America's
environmental record since 1989 a "disaster." And he promises,
quote, "real environmental policy" that will, again quote,
"challenge Americans and demand responsibility at every level."
My advice: Let's take candidate Clinton at his
word. Demand that candidates run on their records. I'm prepared
to do that. We've got a good record to take to the American
people, the people of Missouri. I'll stand by my record. Now,
let's see if he can stand on his. And, again, I'm going to be
very, very factual.
Earlier this year, my opponent was asked to name a
single Arkansas law that exceeds federal environmental standards.
He couldn't do that -- not one. The Governor has accepted
generous campaign contributions, free plane rides from Arkansas's
powerful chicken industry. And the industry is the ultimate
source of -- and I'll put this as delicately as I possibly can --
fecal coliform bacteria, which pollutes hundreds of miles of
Arkansas rivers. Governor Clinton did create an animal waste
task force to deal with the issue. But the task force
subcommittee was headed by a chicken executive. And they decided
that controls on what they call "chicken litter", unquote --
(laughter) -- should be purely voluntary. It's hard to keep this
clean, but I'm telling you the record is bad over there.
(Applause.)
But I guess with Governor Clinton, some things do
run thicker than water. (Laughter and applause.) Last year, the
Institute for Southern Studies released an extraordinarily
detailed, state-by-state study of environmental quality and
progress. And let me quote the Institute's research director:
"in the areas of policy -- laws passed, not task forces or
commissions set up to study a problem -- Arkansas was 50th, the
worst in the nation."
Arkansas residents want clean air and clean water.
They're sportsmen just like you all are -- just like I am. They
love the outdoors just like you do and just like I do. And they
should not be last in the entire nation.
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And finally, let's talk about health care. As you
might expect, to the problem. I want to use competition And candidate expand
my opponent and I have two vastly different to
approaches preserve quality, drive down the costs. system
coverage, Clinton's plan could eventually bring our health care
under the control of the federal government.
And until last month, candidate Clinton pretended
that got him to admit what I've been saying all along: does plan
his plan wouldn't cost a dime. But then someone at USA his
would Today require a new payroll tax. And I say small business A
payroll tax will kill jobs, especially in the small businesses this
not need any more taxes. Let's do it my way. (Applause.) new
that we're looking to to create the new jobs we need in
country. It'll cut wages.
But since we're talking about our records today,
consider this, too. Candidate Clinton says "health care should
be a right, not a privilege." And yet, under Governor Clinton,
Arkansas has one of the nation's worst health insurance crises.
More than 42 percent of Arkansas workers, the second highest
percentage in the nation, don't even have employer-paid health
insurance. And the New York Times says a full 25 percent of all
state residents have no health insurance at all.
Candidate Clinton now says America -- quote --
"can't afford four more years" without a solution to our health
care problem. And I totally agree with that. But Governor
Clinton took a long time to come around. Early last year, in his
fifth term as Governor, he finally signed a bill to provide bare
bones coverage to people who have gone uninsured for more than a
year.
And so there you have it. Nothing personal, just
the facts. And next time you hear candidate Clinton promise to
be a progressive change agent for the entire United States, think
of civil rights and taxes in the state he's left behind. Think
of crime and child abuse and education in that great state of
Arkansas. Think of the environment that he's neglected, the
health care problems he's ignored. Think about all this the next
time candidate Clinton says he will do for America what he's done
for Arkansas.
It is true we're having a big debate about America's
future. But first you have to learn who's really on the other
side. And you have to know, is it the words of candidate Clinton
or the actions of Governor Clinton.
We've seen over the last nine months that candidate
Clinton appears willing to say anything to anyone. But the
record of Governor Clinton proves that it doesn't matter what the
candidate will say to anyone, because he won't deliver.
So either way -- whether it's candidate Clinton or
Governor Clinton -- I believe that Bill Clinton is wrong to be
President of the United States of America. (Applause.)
You know, I feel better now -- (laughter) -- because
when I started this morning, I explained how for months Governor
Clinton has distorted my record. And I sat there through primary
after primary, one assault by another -- not all by Governor
Clinton, I might add; joined by a handful of other guys that have
fallen by the wayside.
And I've made a decision -- I was President; I was
trying to do something to help this country. And I chose not to
fight back until now, because I believe Americans want action
from their President. And I believe they want positive ideas --
want real solutions to our challenges.
But I simply cannot let Governor Clinton's
distortions go unanswered. His own record must be exposed --
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look at what is at stake. (Applause.) This man issue has the
because to go around America and promise the moon, when on
gall after issue, the sky has fallen in his own backyard.
And I say Arkansas deserves better. And I mean
that. more than learning what's wrong, we need to kids what
And I say America deserves better. And I say America know
deserves to build a safer and more secure future for these over
works here. And this is what I offer in this campaign -- experience,
character and ideas that are right for America.
And my agenda contains 13 specific actions that I'm
with going all those new congressmen that are coming in as a result
to fight to accomplish in the first year of my second term of
the confusion and disarray in the House. (Applause.) And I'm
going to get them done. I'm going to get these things done economic with
help, because America has what it takes to win the
your competition, to win the peace. so let's get on with the job.
And thank you for this exceptionally warm welcome --
this Missouri welcome. And may God bless the greatest country on
the face of the Earth, the United states of America. Thank you
all.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 2, 1992
MEMORANDUM
TO:
JOHN KELLER
KATHY SUPER
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
GARY FOSTER G7
SUBJECT: INFORMATION FOR WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
The attached is for your informational purposes in preparing for
the President to travel to Delaware on Monday, October 8 in
recognition of National Child Health Day. John Keller has
someone in Delaware surveying the sites and will be getting back
to us this afternoon with an event proposal. The current plan is
for the President to briefly tour the Northeast State Service
Center and make remarks at the conclusion of the tour. Bob
Zoellick agrees that we revert to a stump speech inserting a page
or two highlighting the President's very favorable record on
child health care in contrast to Clinton's poor record.
ATTACHMENTS
cc: Bob Zoellick
Margaret Tutwiler
David Bates
Tim McBride
David Demarest
Ede Holiday
Karen Groomes
Andrew Carpendale
Speechwriters
STATE OF DELAWARE
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MICHAEL N CANTLE
MEMORANDUM
GOVERNOR
TO:
Debbie Messick
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Secretary
FROM:
A. Douglas Rothwell, Office of the Governor, Chief of Staff
Mary Jane Hammerstedt, Office of the Governor, Press Secretary
Thomas P. Eichler, Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services
DATE:
September 30, 1992
RE:
Proposal for President Bush to Visit Delaware on Monday, October 5, 1992,
for a Celebration of Child Health Day
Debbie, we appreciate the opportunity to explore the possibility of having President Bush
visit Delaware on Monday, October 5, to highlight the importance of making health care
services available to all of America's children.
As you may be aware, Delaware is in the process of implementing a series of health care
programs announced by Governor Castle in January as part of his State of the State
speech. These programs, approved by the Delaware General Assembly in June, are
designed to:
Make routine health care available to all Delaware children up to age 18 through a
unique partnership with the Nemours Foundation which has committed to building
and operating up to 15 pediatric facilities statewide. Beginning October 1. 1992.
more than 5,000 children ages 10-18 living below the poverty level will receive
coverage through a new State Medicaid-like program.
Expand Medicaid coverage to an additional 350 pregnant women and 250 infants.
Make health insurance available to all small businesses and individuals regardless of
pre-existing condition, company size and other current barriers.
Provide care to more needy adults through an agreement between the State and the
Medical Society to create the Voluntary Initiative Program.
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Attract more physicians to underserved areas of the State through new recruitment
and scholarship programs overseen by the Delaware Institute for Medical Education
and Research.
Control skyrocketing health care costs by creating a committee to make specific
recommendations to the Governor by Docember 1993.
LEGISLATIVE HALL
CARVEL STATE OFFICE BI.DO.
DOVER,
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WILMINGTON,
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Based an your conversation with our office, we have outlined below I proposed event
focused on several specific health access initiatives that are coming to fruition in
Delaware during the next few days.
EVENT OVERVIEW
We propose conducting a press conference at the Wortheast State Service Center a center
using a model system for integrating and delivering social services all which benefit
children and are based on the concept of "one stop shopping." This press conference will
focus on:
President Bush and Governor Castle declaring October 5, as Child Health Day in
Delaware and across America.
Announcing details of Medicaid expansions which will have gane into effect on
October 1, and presenting Medicaid cards to newly-eligible families.
Announcing the placement of a Nemours Foundation pediatrician at Northeast
State Service Center while the Foundation secures and prepares space for up to
15 pediatric clinics statewide.
An endorsement by President Bush of Delaware's efforts as a model for the
nation and commitment to help expedite the waiver process for our partnership
with the Nemours Foundation.
The press conference would be followed by a noontime "Rally For Children's Health" in
downtown Wilmington. This would give the President and the Governor an opportunity to
highlight strategies for implementing universal health care for children nationwide.
Both the press conference and the rally would be open to the media and the following
groups:
Delaware Health Care Commission
The Nemours Foundation
DHSS' health-related advisory councils
Cabinet Secretaries
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DHSS' House/Senate committees
Health advocacy organizations
Health Care Cost Containment Commission
State Council on Minority Health
vally
House/Senate leadership
DHSS division directors and key Medicaid managers
children's Heata Care
Child Health Task Force
If time permits, we would also propose:
A luncheon with health leaders, legislators, health advocates, and State Medical
Society representatives.
A tour of the Northeast State Service Center and overview of Delaware's
"One-Stop" approach to service delivery.
A tour of the world-reknowned A.I. duPont Institute Children's Hospital located
in Dolaware.
We appreciate your interest in Delaware and would be happy to discuss further details with
you, as well as answer any questions you may have. This is just a proposed program and we
would be happy to modify it to better meet your needs.
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In the event that an October 5, visit to Delaware does not meet the President's schedule,
we have E very powerful economic development event tentatively scheduled for
mid-October that we would be pleased to expand for the President.
It involves the completion of the first phase of the Delaware Technology Park a
complex that means new business in a rapidly growing composites and high technology
industry and more than 1,000 new jobs for Delaware by the year 2000. This event would
provide an excellent opportunity for the President and the Governor to highlight their
economic development strategies for the State and Nation. If you are interested, we
would be pleased to outline this in more detail.
Again, thank you for your interest in Delaware. We would be very pleased to host
President Bush.
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CHILDREN
Clinton Record
Clinton calls for full federal funding of Head Start, and more federal funding support for child care programs. But
Clinton's record on children is weak to the point of criminal neglect, especially where foster care and child weifare
are concerned.
The state's child welfare and foster care systems have been neglected for a decade. Arkansas child abuse cases
increased by 130 percent from 1979-89: Clinton served as governor during eight of those 10 years. And in 1990, the
American Humane Association found the state's child abuse rate was 35 percent above the national average.
Children have died through state agency negiect, and in 1990 Clinton's own officials reported that Arkansas children
were in "imminent peril* due to "frequent and widespread" state government failures.
In 1991, children's advocates filed a class action suit against Clinton, alleging his officials withheld health care from
abuse victims, assigned foster children to as many as 40 homes in four years, separated families carelessly, and
ignored child handicaps.
Clinton's response? He convened a panel of experts, who issued recommendations nearly identical to similar task force
reports during the 1980s. Clinton held a special session, increased funding for the program, and settled the lawsuit, but
it now appears that the state is trying to renege on its agreement in federal court.
The Center for the Study of Social Policy ranks Arkansas at or near the bottom of nearly every significant catego
45th out of 51 in the well-being of children (down from 43rd in the last year alone);
45th in low-weight babies;
49th in child death rates;
47th in teen violent death rate;
45th in single teen births;
47th in children in poverty; and,
42nd in percent of children in single-parent families.
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Bush Record
BACKGROUND
October 5 is Child Health Day. This provides an excellent opportunity to highlight the many
accomplishments of this Administration in improving children's health and to promote the
President's health care reform plan.
The Administration's record in children's health is indeed impressive. The President should
take every opportunity to trumpet such achievements as:
the Healthy Start initiative to slash infant mortality rates by 50% in 15
targeted communities;
the Infant Immunization initiative, including the new Standards for Pediatric
Immunization Practice and a FY 1993 budget request of $349 million, 3-1/2
times the 1988 budget;
the historic expansion of Head Start, one of the leading delivery systems for
health care to low-income children; and
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expansion of Community and Migrant Health Centers--$48 million in FY
1992 and a budget request of $88 million for FY 1993.
We have identified possible site visits in the key States of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and
Pennsylvania Attached is information about each site.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)
For Immediate Release
September 30, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT FOND DU LAC COMMUNITY WELCOME
Veterans Memorial Park
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
12:45 P.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Governor Thompson. Thank
all of you for that warm Fond du Lac welcome. And it's great --
great to be here in your city, great to be back in the state of
Wisconsin. (Applause.)
And let me just say how pleased I am to be here with
your Lieutenant Governor, Scott McCallum, who's doing a great job
for the state; Anita Anderagg, the County Executive here, a real
leader; Cate Zeuska, the State Treasurer. And let me also thank
my longtime friend John MacIver, our Bush-Quayle Wisconsin
Chairman, for all his efforts. Unless you don't know it, you've
got one of the greatest Governors in Tommy Thompson in the entire
United States of America. (Applause.) He is an outstanding
national leader. And he's doing great things for this state.
And he's working most cooperatively with Washington. And I am
very, very proud that he is my close, dear friend. And Barbara
feels exactly the same way about him. (Applause.)
And I see some Tom Petri signs. We've got to
reelect him to the United States Congress. (Applause.) He's a
good man, a good Congressman; and reelect him.
Now, I understand that I'm visiting here the day
before the Democratic candidates come to town.
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: I can't resist saying, I don't think
this is the last time that I'll be ahead of the Democratic
ticket. We are going to win this election in November.
(Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four
more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: There's been a lot of discussion in
the past week about presidential debates. And I think debates
are important. And I think the American people deserve to see
the two candidates side by side. So yesterday, down in
Tennessee, I challenged my opponent to a series of four
television debates, the last four Sundays before the election.
And I said I'd be very flexible about the format, but I was eager
to have the American people compare my ideas with Governor
Clinton's. And we have offered to meet with Governor Clinton's
campaign anywhere, anytime. And so far at least, Governor
Clinton has responded to my challenge the same way he responds to
issues like free trade, fuel efficiency standards and middle
class taxes -- he waffles. I can't find him. He's lost. He's
missing in action. (Applause.) He refuses on this issue to take
a position one way or the other just like on all these other
issues.
So, this morning, I renew my challenge to Governor
Clinton; let's have our people sit down, work this out, and let's
have four debates with the formats that I like and the format
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that you like. And I'm no Oxford debater -- I didn't spend a lot
of time over in Oxford, England in the Debating Society -- but I
say let American people decide. Let's get up there and get it on
side by side. (Applause.)
Now, when we sit down to debate -- and I hope the
Governor will take a stand to agree to them -- we should discuss
the most important question: What kind of America do we want for
the young people here today. Because of your sacrifice, because
of your commitment, we have helped reduce the fear of nuclear
annihilation. And, today, our kids can dream the sweet dreams of
peace without fear of nuclear war. And I am proud that that
happened when I have been President of the United States.
(Applause.)
You listen to Governor Clinton, you might think
national security of this country and foreign affairs are not
important. They are. We've changed the world. And now we face
a new challenge. We must win the new global economic
competition, because that is the only way we'll create good jobs
for our kids and our grandkids. And I've laid out what I call --
my call for an Agenda for American Renewal, a comprehensive,
integrated agenda to create in America by the 21st century the
world's very first $10 trillion economy. And we can do it. We
are Americans. (Applause.)
I know that many Americans are anxious about our
economy today, concerned about our future. But we need to
understand that we are experiencing the impact of a global
economic slowdown. It isn't just the United States. It's being
felt here at home but it's also felt in Asia and Europe. And
those countries would switch with us in a minute regarding
economies.
And my opponent spends a lot of time cutting down
America, tearing it down, telling everybody how bad he thinks
things are. And I would remind him of a few facts. Like the
fact that when you go looking for the world's most productive
workers and farmers, you don't look to Japan, you don't look to
Germany; you look right here in the United States of America.
(Applause.)
And we need to build on our strengths. And so my
agenda starts with a commitment to free and fair trade. And I
want to use my experience in international affairs to open new
markets for our products and services, because the American
worker never retreats. We always compete, and we always win.
(Applause.)
The people of Fond du Lac know this, but small
business is the backbone of what we call the new American
entrepreneurial capitalism. They will create two-thirds -- small
business will create two-thirds of the new jobs in this new
economy. And Governor Clinton promises small business relief
from taxation, regulation and, yes, litigation. But if we're
going to stay with him we better see what the record is. He has
a lousy record on regulation. And he certainly has a lousy
record on litigation.
Now, if we're really going to renew America,
attention must be paid to our children. It is tough to be a kid
in America today. The face of poverty is too often a fresh face.
The ignorant mind is too often a fresh face. The ignorant mind
is too often -- a young mind is too often something you can lose.
And the spirit of hope and opportunity has too often been taken
away from the young. We know what works to help our kids. We
know, for example, that if you give a low-income kid a head start
on kindergarten, they end up doing much better in school. And I
am proud that today, for the very first time, every eligible kid
who wants a head start can get one. And that happened on my
watch, and I'm very proud of it. (Applause.)
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I am proud of our education revolution. Already
1,700 schools, including many right here in Wisconsin, have
signed-on to the national crusade to raise standards, to free the
teachers -- God bless those teachers -- to free them from red
tape and to literally reinvent American schools. (Applause.)
And I want to go farther and give every parent the
right to choose the best schools for their kids -- public,
private, or religious. (Applause.)
But if we really want to help those kids, we have to
change the American system of child support. And the statistics
there are not pretty: 1989 -- fathers were absent from 10
million families. And only a little more of half of absent
parents are ordered to pay child support. And those required to
pay, only half do -- on time and in full. And only one in five
absent parents pay for kids' health care. And each year $5
billion in court-ordered child support -- $5 billion -- fails to
reach families and kids who desperately need it.
And these working parents, mostly mothers, are
trying to keep their families going -- trying to work, keep the
kids on track, pay the bills. And they need that check every
month and they deserve it. And I believe that since I took
office we've made a very good start. We are now able to identify
50 percent more fathers of the kids of single moms; and we
increased by more than 40 percent the cases of child support
collections. And with the aggressive leadership of Governors
like your great Tommy Thompson, states collect over S2 billion
more in child support. And that's a whole lot of good kids who
are now getting some lunch money -- money that they deserve.
(Applause.)
And that's something you and Wisconsin can take
pride in. But the job's not finished. And today I want to build
on your success with a new initiative called Project Kids. And
Project Kids will require all states to recognize and enforce
other states' child support orders. And that will make it much
easier to cross borders and catch those deadbeat parents in other
states. (Applause.)
We will require organizations who receive support
from the Legal Services Corporation to devote 10 percent of their
federal funds to helping mothers who need legal help track down a
deadbeat dad. (Applause.) And we will say to deadbeat parents,
if you owe child support and you haven't paid, then you're going
to pay a price: You'll get no passport, no professional
licenses, no housing or student loans, or any other help from the
federal government until you do right by your children.
(Applause.) So the bottom is, if you haven't done what's right
for your kids, don't expect any help from Uncle Sam from this day
forward. (Applause.)
Now, by taking these steps, we think we can help
reduce the stress on so many families. We can help single
parents. And most importantly, we can lend a big hand to kids.
And now while we're on the subject, maybe it's worth
taking just a few minutes to consider Governor Clinton's record
with children. I hate to do this to you on this beautiful sunny
day here in Wisconsin. But in this area as in so many others,
Governor Clinton talks a good game, but his record leaves
something to be desired. Welfare is a kid's issue, because the
more we can get people off welfare and into work, the more we
strengthen the family. (Applause.)
And here in Wisconsin, you are the leading state.
Tommy Thompson is making real progress, promoting personal
responsibility. And Governor Clinton talks a good game, but when
you look behind the rhetoric, there's nothing there. He's got a
TV ad that talks about cutting the welfare rolls in Arkansas.
And what he neglects to mention is that while some people were
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leaving welfare, even more were going onto welfare. And since
Bill Clinton was elected Governor, Arkansas's welfare rolls have
increased by 19 percent, 13 percent faster than the rest of the
nation. (Applause.)
Now he says he wants to do for America what he's
done for Arkansas.
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: I don't know whether that's a
promise or a threat. America deserves better than that.
(Applause.)
Look at the facts. Look at the facts about
Arkansas. In the late 1980s, Arkansas's rate of violent deaths
for teenagers soared at three times the national average. And
over the decade, child abuse reports shot up 130 percent. And
behind each one of those cases is a story of heartbreak. And
Arkansas kids deserve to have their hearts healed.
Arkansas faced a special crisis of abuse in the
state's foster homes. For years Governor Clinton ignored the
problem until he was sued by welfare advocates in his own state.
And only this summer, in the middle of his campaign, did he
settle a lawsuit and take any steps to improve these homes.
And now he's running around our great country,
claimed to be an advocate for children. I urge all Americans,
young and old to take a look, not just at his rhetoric but a hard
look at Governor Clinton's record. And I believe America can do
better, and I believe we must do better by the young people in
this country. (Applause.)
The economy is the major issue; let's look at it --
a major issue in this campaign. And when Bill Clinton became
Governor 12 years ago, Arkansas, yes, was one of the poorest
states in America. And today, Arkansas is still stuck at the
bottom. And Bill Clinton's policies are responsible. As
Governor, he raised and extended the sales tax, including a tax
on baby formula, vegetables and other groceries. And he raised
the gas tax, and he taxed mobile homes and cable tv; and just for
good measure he threw in a tax on beer. Now, how do you like
that one.
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: I didn't think you guys would like
it. And, now, Governor Clinton says he's seen the light. And in
this campaign he's proposing at least $150 billion in new
spending. But don't worry, he says I'm going to get it all from
the rich, the people who make over $200,000 -- the top two
percent. Well, but here's the truth and here's the problem. To
get the money he needs for his plan -- the $150 billion that he's
promised in new taxes -- Governor Clinton would have to get his
money from every individual with taxable income over $36,000.
Now, these are not people on "The Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous." And you deserve a break, not a further tax increase.
(Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four
more years!
THE PRESIDENT: Look, you see, that's just the start
of the tax campaign, though, campaign against the middle class.
He has literally made hundreds of promises in this campaign. And
he hasn't said how he'll pay for any one of his new programs.
But his own hometown newspaper, the Pine Bluff Commercial says,
"If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as
Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle
class the hardest.' We do not need that for the United States of
America. (Applause.)
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Now, the good Governor says he's going after all the
millionaires, but he'll end up hitting all the nurses and
teachers and cab drivers and construction workers. And I say you
pay enough to the tax man already. We do not need to add taxes
to the working families in this country. (Applause.)
And so it boils down to this: We cannot take a risk
of a candidate with no experience, no track record, whose ideas
and agenda are wrong for America. That is the basic thing.
Governor Clinton is wrong for America. (Applause.)
Let me tell you something. In the Oval Office you
face tough decisions. You cannot be on all sides of every
question. You've got to call them as you see them. And I've
made mistakes. Like any American, I'll admit it when I make a
mistake. But I believe I've been a good, strong leader willing
to make the tough calls -- (applause) -- and I'm a leader whose
ideas are right for America. And I stand before you today asking
for your support so that we can change America just as we have
changed the entire world.
And I want a second term in office so we can
continue to renew our schools, reform welfare, give our children
a better shot at the American Dream. And so we can continue to
make lives better for American children by matching the peace
around the world and by giving our kids peace of mind right here
at home. (Applause.)
Let me say something about -- in conclusion -- about
service to country. I am very proud that I served my country in
the uniform of the United States of America. (Applause.) And I
think that has helped me be a good Commander-in-Chief when we had
to stand up against aggression halfway around the world.
(Applause.)
And that standing up aggression -- against
aggression -- has changed the world. Don't listen to the
Governor who says we're less than Germany and slightly ahead of
Sri Lanka. We are the most respected nation on the face of the
Earth, admired by every country -- (applause) -- the friends we
have and those that used to be our foes. (Applause.)
And so now help me take that kind of leadership and
help me change America to make life better for every single
family in our great country. We are going to win Wisconsin, and
we are going to win the presidency because our ideas are right
for America, this generation, and generations to come.
And may God bless the United States of America, the
greatest country on the face of the Earth. (Applause.)
Thank you very, very much.
END
1:05 P.M. CDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Bowling Green, Ohio)
For Immediate Release
September 26, 1992
CHILD HEALTH DAY, 1992
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
On Child Health Day, we pause as a Nation to
providing every young American with the best possible
children's state of health and to reaffirm our commitment assess our to
in life, beginning with high quality prenatal care throughout start
pregnancy for expectant mothers and extending through each
child's formative years.
been marked by remarkable improvement is that of communicable
When we examine history, one area of child health that has
have developed the means to protect children from diseases
childhood diseases. Over the years scientists and physicians
girls. Through the practice of childhood immunization, the
that, in the past, killed or disabled thousands of boys and
worldwide by 1980. Heartened by such progress, we aimed to
United States helped to lead the way in eliminating smallpox
we devastating disease, measles, by 1990. Unfortunately, however,
rid the United States of another contagious and potentially
remain short of that goal.
for measles and eight other contagious diseases, more than
Despite the existence of effective childhood vaccines
50,000 cases of measles were reported in the United States
from 1989 to 1991. Out of these cases, 160 persons died.
measles early as birth, children can be protected against not
as it is preventable. Through a series of vaccinations beginning
Such a tragic toll is all the more intolerable because
influenzae Type B. While as many as 5 in 10 infants and
(whooping cough), tetanus, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus
but also mumps, rubella, polio, diphtheria, pertussis only
risk immunizations on time, thousands of other children remain at
toddlers are receiving all of their recommended childhood
of contracting life-threatening or disabling illnesses.
tions, forward the Department of Health and Human Services is
have their children immunized and to expand access to vaccina-
To encourage parents to fulfill their responsibility to
several with a concerted immunization initiative. Building moving
initiative local pilot programs that were developed in 1991, this on
gration through education, programs aimed at parents, through the inte-
will increase the number of vaccinated preschoolers
organizations. health clinics, and other concerned individuals and
local of services, and through the enlistment of teachers,
grandparents care but also educators, public officials, and parents health
All of us who care about children -- especially and
providers -- must renew our commitment to ensuring that
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every American preschooler is protected through age-appropriate
immunizations. Doing so is vital to the well-being of our
children and to the future of our Nation.
The Congress, by joint resolution approved May 18, 1928, as
amended (36 U.S.C. 143), has called for the designation of the
first Monday in October as "Child Health Day" and has requested
the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim Monday, October 5,
1992, as Child Health Day. I urge all Americans to join me in
renewing our commitment to protecting the lives of this Nation's
youngest citizens.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-sixth
day of September, in the year of our
Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred and seventeenth.
GEORGE BUSH
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