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JUL 20 '90 12:04
PAGE. 001
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Billings, Montana)
For Immediate Release
July 20, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING KOLSTAD FOR SENATE FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
Billings Plaza Trade Center
Billings, Montana
8:11 A.M. MDT
for that wonderful introduction. First, it's a delight to see our
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. And, Allen, thank you
What a job he's doing. And I felt this warmth when I was with him
Governor, your friend and mine, Governor Stephens here. (Applause.)
of time, Conrad Burns, our unique Senator -- (laughter) -- can
not so long ago at the Centennial. Of course, in a very short period
interpret that any way you want to. (Applause.) He nasn't you been
there that long, but he hasn't forgot how he got there -- (laughter)
effort you made to get out here, rushing off to all kinds of
clearly, you love him here, as I do. And, Conrad, I appreciate the
-- and people understand that and they respect it in Washington. And
yesterday in the Senate.
connecting airplanes because he had to work up until the gong sounded
her. She's doing a great job for the party, and she gave me a
And as for our State Chairman, Barbara Campbell, I salute
wonderfully upbeat assessment just now about Allen's chances to win
this important Senate seat. Barbara, thank you for what you're
doing. (Applause.) And then to our Committee members -- Jack Galt,
And then, of course, to your outstanding congressional candidate,
Ione Brownson, and my old friend of longstanding, Chuck Heringer.
Brad Johnson -- we've got to see him win. (Applause.) I also want
to salute one who's not here, but who is doing a superb job I'm
early supporter. (Applause.) And that brings us, at last, to very the
talking about Ron Marlenee, who was with me early on -- very, --
next senator from the State of Montana, Allen Kolstad. (Applause.)
Let me just say it is great to be back in Montana, near
and remember coming to Glacier National Park last year with a grandson I
some of the best fishing streams and forests in the country.
fish? (Laughter.) My question is why don't they count the uncatchable square
being told that Montana has 896 catchable fish per mile.
(Laughter.) I've found from my vast experience there
Montana seeing the grandeur of the snow-capped mountains in the distance a
quite a few of those. But there is nothing better for the soul are than
And America Montana is, proudly, the Big Sky State, a state of big skies.
skies. sunset, as we saw it last night, streaked across the fading or
with help make this those dreams come true -- and I know Conrad would
still is a country of big dreams. (Applause.) But to
for United States Senate. And to help make those dreams representation
in the -- we have got to have more grassroots sound agree
United America and Montana, I need Allen Kolstad working with me come in the true
States Senate. (Applause.)
Montana Montana as few others do. Five generations of Kolstads have me, called
Allen Kolstad and Iva, sitting over here next to know
years state. his life to public service, to the people of this over 20
of home. Allen is a farmer, rancher, who has given
first He was elected to the Montana legislature back in great
giving them Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad stunned the years. by
in 1988, Republican to serve Liberty County in almost 50 1968, Then, the
Senate And just like our friend, Conrad Burns, did years. in
(Applause.) their first loss in a governor's race in 20 Democrats
election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the opposition the another last
MORE
JUL 20 '90 12:06
PAGE. 003
- 3 -
double the money - remember I proposed $9 billion; they come up with
$18 billion in the Senate. And then the House, under solid
Democratic control, outdid the Senate by tripling my request to $29
billion. In short, we started at $9 billion and the last word from
Congress was $29 billion. And if Congress has its way, the federal
government will intrude upon one more area of your lives -- using
that money to pile more red tape on child-care providers including
friends and neighbors providing the child care. Democrats still
believe that the federal government knows better how to do all this
than parents or local communities. And I know what that tells me, it
tells me that we must have more Republicans in the United States
Congress. (Applause.)
Just this year, in February, March, I requested $800
million in dire emergency -- this is a term that's used when you have
to do something special dire emergency funds for immediate
assistance to the governments of Panama and Nicaragua to help those
fledgling democracies build their shattered economies, to help them
strengthen their democracies. And I challenged the Congress to act
in 30 days. I said this is a dire emergency and we need to have
action now. One hundred eight days later, the Congress acted. Who
am I to complain? It's been over 20 years since Congress produced a
balanced budget.
But here's what caused the delay. Some so-calied dire
emergency additions to the bill by Congress almost $3 and a half
billion more in spending than I requested. Everyone on Capitol Hill
knew how important this bill was, and for 108 days, Congress decided
to hold it hostage. For 108 days, Congress calculated how much
spending they could pile on top of this emergency request that they
knew I needed to support the democracies that were just beginning in
Panama and in Nicaragua. And for 108 days, inaction by the Congress
jeopardized not only the economic recovery of these two critically
strategic nations, it jeopardized the hard-won freedom of the brave
people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's more than a difference
between parties. In my view that was a disgrace. And I say we must
have more Republicans in the United States Congress. (Applause.)
You know Republicans like what works. We think that
finding a cure to the budget deficit means funding those programs
that we know work, not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars
at untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
Americans are fed up. Year after year after year they
hear about budget wrangling in Washington, D.C. They hear about the
President trying to hold the line on spending and the Congress
spending money it doesn't have. And I think now, given the magnitude
of this problem, enough is enough. We must end this "deficits don't
matter" mentality. And I do not want to preside over these god-awful
deficits that are saddling these young people here with billions of
dollars of debt.
The deficit is estimated to be over $160 billion for one
year. And Congress, as the American people know so well,
appropriates every single dollar we spend. And at this very moment,
our White House negotiators are trying to do something meaningful
about this deficit. And, frankly, I think in fairness to say we are
getting some good cooperation with the leadership on the Democratic
side of the aisle I'd say on both sides of the aisle. And we must
control spending; we must reform the budget process itself. And I've
taken a few shots you've heard it rebounding around out here.
I've said before that I'll negotiate without preconditions. And I
will, in spite of the outcry about revenues. But there must be
people in this country. (Applause.)
budget reform and true spending control. We owe it to the young
Some people think that there's no difference between the
lies Divide. On one side the Republicans out there, our side, that side
already know to tell you there is. And it's as big as the you Great
two parties. I've come here to tell you probably something
the opportunity, growth, choice in child care, choice in education,
creativity of the marketplace, and a government that understands
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JUL 20 '90 12:07
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And once again -- we had a little reception earlier on
that Barbara put on and then one that Allen arranged -- and I
couldn't help but feel the warmth and the genuineness of the people
of this country and, in this instance, the people of Montana, as I
shook hands with several who were nice enough to greet me once again
to this state. I like my line of work, but I need help. Send Allen
Kolstad to the United States Senate. (Applause.)
Thank you, and God bless you. And God bless the United
States of America. Thank you. (Applause.)
END
8:34 A.M. MDT
IN 11 " " III I " . I " .
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⑉
White House News Summary
Friday, July 20, 1990 -- 1
10:30 A.M. EDT/8:30 A.M. BILLINGS NEWS UPDATE
PRESIDENT'S TRIP (Billings/Norman Sandler, UPI) -- In the midst of
delicate negotiations on the budget, President Bush went on the
attack Friday against Democrats in Congress, blaming them for
"government by gridlock" that has impeded progress on priorities
from child care to foreign aid. Bush, master of the politics of
accommodation, donned his partisan hat at a campaign fund-raiser
for Republican Senate hopeful Allen Kolstad, where he had sharp
words for Democrats he needs to forge a market-calming deal to trim
a soaring federal budget deficit. In prepared remarks, he asserted
that "Americans are fed up" by the "budget wrangling in
Washington," which he laid to excessive spending by Congress, if
not its Democratic majority. "On the other side lies the
Democratic Party, the party of red tape and bureaucracy, still
pushing for higher and higher spending, still telling the states
how to conduct their affairs, still pushing for mandated benefits,"
he said. "The choice is up to America.
IRA BOMB (London/UPI) -- A bomb planted by the IRA tore through
London's International Stock Exchange Friday but he extremists
tipped off two news agencies, giving authorities time to evacuate
the building, police said. Police Cmdr. Hugh Moore said the bomb
caused extensive damage to the visitor's gallery
but that the
operational areas of the grand financial building were unaffected.
No one was injured in the explosion
When asked if there was
any panic during the alarm and explosion, one [options] dealer
replied, "Good Lord, no. We're British."
KOREAS (Seoul/Reuter) -- North Korea on Friday swiftly countered
a South Korea challenge to temporarily open their heavily fortified
border, laying down strict conditions before Koreans could walk
between the two halves of their nation. Pyongyang imposed the
conditions less than 10 hours after South Korean President Roh made
the offer to open the border for five days centered around Korean
independence day on August 15.
LIBERIA (Monrovia/AP) -- Rebels on Thursday launched what appeared
to be a major offensive about three miles from the center of the
capital, witnesses said
In Washington, meanwhile, the foreign
minister of Liberia and other prominent Liberians appealed Thursday
to the U.S. for a temporary U.S. peacekeeping force to help prevent
further bloodshed. Foreign Minister J. Rudolph Johnson, Washington
Ambassador Eugenia Wordsworth-Stevenson and eight other Liberians
wrote President Bush that they expect the "resignation and
departure from Liberia" of President Doe "and the establishment of
an interim government." The letter proposed "a limited U.S. force
be provided, on the invitation of that interim government, to play
an initial peacekeeping role" in the vicinity of Monrovia.
PHILIPPINES (Manila/Reuter) -- Army rebels Friday suspended
hostilities against President Aquino's government while the
Philippines was recovering from a devastating earthquake. In
exchange, they asked Aquino to suspend military operations against
them during a "temporary and finite moratorium period."
RIEGLE (Detroit/UPI) -- Sen. Riegle promised to forfeit an
estimated $120,000 in campaign contributions he received from
savings and loan sources, the Detroit Free Press reported Friday.
JUL 17 '90 09:19 KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
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3 Loa Folstod
4 you Stephens
5 mrs Burns
6 Congressmon Marlence
7 Jone Brownson, nat CommitteeWoman
8 Dock Galt,
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11 Barbara Campbell
10 Ed Smith, Co Chairman - Rolstal Compaign
9 Louise Panken Galt, Co Charman Kolstod Camp.
13 Bill Ellis
12 Chuck Herringer
14 Cal Winslow
15 Brad Johnson - Condidate for us House of Represent.
16 andrea Bennett - state auditor
17 mark Racicot - attorney General
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Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft five / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Allen. It's always good to see Governor Stephens; your
outstanding Senator, Conrad Burns; and of course, one of the most
solid Members of Congress, Ron Marlenee. And the next Senator
from the state of Montana, Allen Kolstad. 111
( (First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now.\\
No sake cups. \\.)) [[*** see cover memo for explanation]
It's great to be back in Montana, in the shadows of the
Rims, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in the
country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last year
with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896 catchable
fish per square mile. ((Here's my question: Why don't they count
the uncatchable fish? I thought there were quite a few of
those. )) But there's nothing better for the soul than seeing the
grandeur of snow-capped mountains in the distance or a Montana
sunset streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state of big
skies, and America is a country of big dreams. But to help make
those dreams come true -- for America and Montana -- I need Allen
Kolstad working with me in the U.S. Senate. \\\
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Allen Kolstad ( (and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me) ) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in almost
fifty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now. \\
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years.
Over 22 million jobs created. And it was our policy of peace
through strength that helped bring freedom to the lives of
millions from Panama to Poland. But with a Republican majority
in Congress working with me, we could do even more to ensure that
America remains economically strong and becomes fiscally sound.\
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Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
the Democratic stranglehold on Congress has finally taken its
toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannasaurus Rex had been
uncovered here in Montana, I couldn't help but think of another
endangered species. It was recently described as a "large, two-
legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big spending and knee-
jerking. It once roamed North America in large bands, but now it
only remains on Capitol Hill." \\ Scientists call it:
the Demosaurus.\
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the
Educational Excellence Act. Our proposals would advance education
reform, reward achievement and encourage educational choice --
yet as the bill moved through Congress, some of its most sensible
and cost-effective programs were scrapped for expensive
Democratic substitutes. Almost one billion dollars worth of
unnecessary, unrelated and costly changes were heaped on top of
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our original $400 million education bill -- totalling $1.4
billion dollars, more than triple our original request. In fact,
they even changed the name of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. ranking one of the best in
the nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
system that is already the most expensive in the world. We
outspend the rest of the world in education. Why can't we
outperform the rest of the world, too?
Let's support what works in education and stop measuring
success by a program's price tag. Let's start building a better
future for Americans by getting government out of their wallets
and off of their backs. Twenty-nine years of Democrat control is
long enough. We must have more Republicans in Congress.\\
But there's more. When we proposed new child care
legislation, based on our belief that there is nothing more
precious than America's children, we asked for $9 billion dollars
in funding, spread over five years. We proposed a bill that put
choice in the hands of all families, whether low- or middle-
income, by helping them get the kind of child care they wanted -
- at home, at church, or from a local child-care provider. The
Senate passed our bill at double the money -- $18 billion -- and
the House outdid the Senate by tripling our request -- to $29
5
billion. And if Congress has its way, the federal government
will intrude upon one more area of your lives -- using that money
for more federally-controlled day-care centers, piling more red
tape on child-care providers -- including friends and neighbors
-- and worst of all, requiring states to establish day-care
"police" to enforce their day-care regulations. Democrats
believe government knows better than parents. We must have
more Republicans in Congress.
And just this year, in February and March, I reqested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet,
Congress did nothing to save these freedom-loving peoples until
May 25th -- over three long months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some so-called "dire
emergency" additions to the bill by Congress -- almost three-
and-a-half billion dollars' worth of unrequested spending
programs. Everyone on Capitol Hill knew how important this bill
was, and for 108 days, Congress decided to hold it hostage. For
108 days, Congress calculated how much pork barrel they could
throw on top of our emergency request. For 108 days, inaction by
the Congress threatened not only the economic recovery of these
two critically strategic nations -- it threatened the hard-won
freedom of the brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a
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more than a difference between parties. That's a disgrace. We
must have more Republicans in Congress.
Republicans like what works. We think that finding a cure
to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we know
work not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
( (You've probably heard the story about the Republican and
the Democrat who come down with the flu. The Republican's first
step is to take a couple of aspirin and maybe some orange juice,
to see if it works.
The Democrat's first step? Call a Medevac helicopter and
propose socialized medicine. 11 Do you suppose that has anything
to do with that Democrat's budget request for a heliopad on the
Capitol grounds?) )
Americans are fed up. Year after year \\ after year,
they hear about budget wrangling in Washington. It's the same
story every time: the President holding the line on spending, and
the Congress pushing for more and more programs. And the story
has the same ending every time, too: with Congress derelict in
its duty to exercise spending restraint. And so we're left with
a mindless system of automatic enforcement that's turning into a
nightmare.
Some people think there's no difference between the two
parties. I've come here to tell you there is -- and it's as big
as the Great Divide. On one side -- the Republican side -- lies
opportunity, growth, choice in child care and education, the
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creativity of the marketplace, and a government that understands
it works for you -- not the other way around. On the other side
-- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, the Party of red
tape and bureaucracy, still pushing for higher and higher
spending. The choice is up to America. \\
Right here in Montana you know there's a better way of doing
things -- a Republican way. I remember the last time I was in
this state. It was for Montana's hundredth birthday, when Allen
was the Chairman of Centennial Commission. And what a great job
he did. First of all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money.
And second, the Centennial is expected to give thousands of
dollars back to the state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal
responsibility America needs on Capitol Hill.
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
must have budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item
veto, and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. We like
what works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans
have put the welfare of the country before partisan politics.
Now it's time for the other party to do the same.
It was one of the most famous Democratic Presidents,
Franklin Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with
those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The Republican
Party is ready to govern. And Allen Kolstad is ready to be your
next Senator.
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The choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it
Republican.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
Sunumu- - Congress failure in then abdicated decelict
responsibility M power of purse
Why are WE hen? B/C year after year
long falls to exercise restraint.
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enforcement is the problem - not taxes as much
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POTRS doesn't have authority
to to help Cong. resist pressure
spind
House 60P frothing b/c of tax staff
Then definitions
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doesn it cut enough
institutionalize budget reform
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(they alone)
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would have been basically veto.
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Spending destraint
process reform
Curt's balanced budget staff - get it
line item one liner
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POTUS holding line on spending
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opportunity
what It is
growth choice choice in child call & iduc
creativity of the frumanket
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for the people, not other way around
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tape & still fighting for hit higher
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<future is now) = trite
22 million jobs created over last 8 years
87% graduation rate in Montana
"3rd in the nation". ACT rate
not 3 out of 28 (too wordy,
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then tree joke - North Dakota - diseased died
Spokane - vandalized
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By noon our time - wheels up in a.m.
(9 a.M. their time)
Have Peggy call Cunt ne. Wy centennial
Have Ted call Curt ASAP w/ acknowledgements
for Nixon 1
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They can make Graig I's up to 6pm our time
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 18, 1990
MEMORANDUM TO:
DIRECTOR DARMAN
FROM:
MARY SPEECHWRITER KATE GRANT mkg
SUBJECT:
DEFICIT LANGUAGE
Attached are two Presidential speeches which will be
delivered on Thursday evening and Friday morning. The President
has added inserts to both, pertaining to the budget deficit and
Congressional spending. The President asked that you review the
language before he delivers them.
Also, the President's original phrase in one insert reads,
"The deficit is estimated to be $ billion." You had said in
your press conference this week that the deficit, without savings
and loans, stands at $166 billion. Please let us know if this is
the proper figure for us to cite.
Please contact David Demarest (on the trip) either tonight
or tomorrow morning with your comments. Thanks very much.
July 17, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
MARY KATE GRANT
SUBJECT:
ALLEN KOLSTAD FOR SENATE FUNDRAISER
BILLINGS, MONTANA
I. SUMMARY
Attached for your review are draft remarks for the Kolstad
for Senate fundraising breakfast, to be held Friday, July 20th in
the Billings, Montana Holiday Inn. You will be introduced by the
candidate, current Lt. Governor Allen Kolstad, and address a
crowd of approximately 500.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (15 minutes, teleprompted) focus on the
differences between the Republican and Democratic parties, and
especially on the inability of Congress to control spending.
The first page includes a joke which refers to an incident
which occurred last summer at a barbeque outside Helena, MT.
According to last month's issue of Insight magazine, "A visiting
Japanese businessman with jet lag drifted off to sleep moments
before Allen Kolstad got up to speak. In a move that touched off
a statewide furor, Kolstad picked up a sake cup used to toast a
Japanese trade delegation and tossed it at the snoring
businessman." The opposition has used the issue to try to
discredit Kolstad, and it has been "blown unbelievably out of
proportion," says the campaign. They asked for a joke about it
from you, to diffuse the situation.
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft five / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Allen. It's always good to see Governor Stephens; your
outstanding Senator, Conrad Burns; and of course, one of the most
solid Members of Congress, Ron Marlenee. And the next Senator
from the state of Montana, Allen Kolstad. III
( (First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now.
No sake cups. 11 )) [[*** see cover memo for explanation]
It's great to be back in Montana, near some of the best
fishing streams and forests in the country. I remember coming to
Glacier National Park last year with my grandson, and being told
that Montana has 896 catchable fish per square mile. ( (Here's my
question: Why don't they count the uncatchable fish? I thought
there were quite a few of those.) ) But there's nothing better
for the soul than seeing the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in
the distance or a Montana sunset streaked across fading skies.
Montana is a state of big skies, and America is a country of big
dreams. But to help make those dreams come true -- for America
and Montana -- I need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S.
Senate.
2
Allen Kolstad ((and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me) ) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in almost
fifty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now. \\
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years.
Over 22 million jobs created. And it was our policy of peace
through strength that helped bring freedom to the lives of
millions from Panama to Poland. But with a Republican majority
in Congress working with me, we could do even more to ensure that
America remains economically strong and becomes fiscally sound.\
3
Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
the Democratic stranglehold on Congress has finally taken its
toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannosaurus Rex had been
uncovered here in Montana, I couldn't help but think of another
endangered species. It was recently described as a "large, two-
legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big spending and knee-
jerking. It once roamed North America in large bands, but now it
only remains on Capitol Hill." \\ Scientists call it:
the Demosaurus.
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the
Educational Excellence Act. Our proposals would advance
education reform, reward achievement and encourage educational
choice -- yet as the bill moved through Congress, some of its
most sensible and cost-effective programs were scrapped for
expensive Democrat substitutes. Almost one billion dollars worth
of unnecessary, unrelated and costly changes were heaped on top
4
of our original $400 million education bill -- totalling $1.4
billion dollars, more than triple our original request. In fact,
they even changed the name of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. ranking one of the best in
the nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
system that is already spending more per student than any other
major industrialized nation in the world. \\\ If we outspend the
rest of the world in education, why can't we outperform it, too?
Let's support what works in education and stop measuring
success by a program's price tag. Let's start building a better
future for Americans by getting government out of their wallets
and off of their backs. Twenty-nine out of the last 35 years of
Democrat control is long enough. \\ We must have more
Republicans in Congress.
But there's more. When we proposed new child care
legislation, based on our belief that there is nothing more
precious than America's children, we asked for $9 billion dollars
in funding, spread over five years. We proposed a bill that put
choice in the hands of all families, whether low- or middle-
income, by helping them get the kind of child care they wanted
5
-- at home, at church, or from a local child-care provider. The
Senate passed our bill at double the money -- $18 billion -- and
the House outdid the Senate by tripling our request -- to $29
billion. And if Congress has its way, the federal government
will intrude upon one more area of your lives -- using that money
for more federally-controlled day-care centers, piling more red
tape on child-care providers -- including friends and neighbors
-- and worst of all, requiring states to establish day-care
"police" to enforce their day-care regulations. Democrats
believe government knows better than parents. We must have
more Republicans in Congress.
And just this year, in February and March, I requested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet, the
Democrat-controlled Congress did nothing to save these freedom-
loving peoples until May 25th -- over three long months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some so-called "dire
emergency" additions to the bill by Congress -- almost three-
and-a-half billion dollars' worth of unrequested spending
programs. Everyone on Capitol Hill knew how important this bill
was, and for 108 days, Congress decided to hold it hostage. For
108 days, Congress calculated how much pork barrel they could
pile on top of our emergency request. For 108 days, inaction by
the Congress threatened not only the economic recovery of these
6
two critically strategic nations -- it threatened the hard-won
freedom of the brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a
more than a difference between parties. That's a disgrace. We
must have more Republicans in Congress. III
Republicans like what works. We think that finding a cure
to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we know
work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
( (You've probably heard the story about the Republican and
the Democrat who come down with the flu. The Republican's first
step is to take a couple of aspirin and maybe some orange juice,
to see if it works.
The Democrat's first step? Call a Medevac helicopter and
propose socialized medicine. Do you suppose that has anything
to do with that Democrat's budget request for a helipad on the
Capitol grounds?) )
Americans are fed up. Year \\ after year \\ after year,
they hear about budget wrangling in Washington. It's the same
story with the same ending every time: the President holding the
line on spending, and the Congress spending money it doesn't
have. We must end this "deficits don't matter" mentality. I do
not want to preside over these God-awful deficits that are
saddling these young people here with billions in debt.
It's time Congress faced up to their responsibilities. And
it's time to change the way we do business. The deficit is
estimated to be $166 billion. Congress, as the American people
7
know so well, appropriates every single dollar we spend. We must
control spending, and reform the budget process itself. As I've
said before, I'll negotiate without preconditions, and I will.
But there must be budget reform and true spending control. \\
Some people think there's no difference between the two
parties. I've come here to tell you there is -- and it's as big
as the Great Divide. On one side -- the Republican side -- lies
opportunity, growth, choice in child care and education, the
creativity of the marketplace, and a government that understands
it works for you -- not the other way around. On the other side
-- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, the party of red
tape and bureaucracy, still pushing for higher and higher
spending. The choice is up to America.
Right here in Montana you know there's a better way of doing
things -- a Republican way. I remember the last time I was in
this state. It was for Montana's hundredth birthday, when Allen
was the Chairman of Centennial Commission. And what a great job
he did. First of all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money.
And second, the Centennial is expected to give thousands of
dollars back to the state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal
responsibility America needs on Capitol Hill.
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
must have budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item
veto, and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. 11 We: like
what works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans
8
have put the welfare of the country before partisan politics.
Now it's time for the other party to do the same.
It was one of the most famous Democrat Presidents, Franklin
Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with those
wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The Republican
Party is ready to govern. And Allen Kolstad is ready to be your
next Senator. 11
The choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it
Republican.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft four / A:Kolstad2
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
TONED DOWN VERSION
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Governor [Stan] Stephens
...
((rest of acknowledgements)). And of
course, the next Senator from the state of Montana, Allen
Kolstad. III
( (First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now.\\
No sake cups. \\))
It's great to be back in Montana, within sight of the Rims
of Billings, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in
the country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last
year with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896
catchable fish per square mile. ( (Here's my question: Why don't
they count the uncatchable fish? I thought there were quite a
few of those. )) But there's nothing better for the soul than
seeing the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in the distance or a
Montana sunset streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state
of big skies, and America is a country of big dreams. But to
help make those dreams come true -- for America and Montana -- I
need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S. Senate. \\\
2
Allen Kolstad ((and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me) ) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in over
forty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way.
What's got our opponents quaking in their boots is that this
fall, they're up against the Republican record. The longest
peacetime economic expansion in history. The lowest unemployment
rate in the nation in 16 years -- lowest in Montana in 25 years.
Over 21 million jobs created. And it was our policy of peace
through strength that helped bring freedom to the lives of
millions from Panama to Poland. But with a Republican majority
in Congress working with me, we could do even more to ensure that
America becomes economically strong and fiscally sound.\\
3
Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
34 years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in Congress have
finally taken their toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannasaurus Rex had been
uncovered here in Montana, I couldn't help but think of another
endangered species. It was recently described as a "large, two-
legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big spending and knee-
jerking. It once roamed North America in large bands, but now it
only remains on Capitol Hill." Scientists call it:
the Demosaurus.
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the Excellence
in Education Act. Our proposals would advance education reform,
reward achievement and encourage educational choice -- yet as the
bill moved through Congress, its most sensible and cost-effective
programs were scrapped for expensive Democratic substitutes. One
billion dollars worth of unnecessary, unrelated and costly
changes were heaped on top of our original $400 million education
4
bill -- totalling $1.4 billion dollars, more than triple our
original request. In fact, the only thing they didn't change was
the name of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. scores the third best in the
nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
system that is already the most heavily-subsidized in the
world.
Let's support what works in education and stop measuring
success by a program's price tag. Let's start building a better
future for Americans by getting government out of their wallets
and off of their backs. Let's start by electing Allen Kolstad
to the U.S. Senate.
But there's more. When we proposed new child care
legislation, based on our belief that there is nothing more
precious than America's children, we asked for $9 billion dollars
in funding, spread over five years. We proposed a bill that put
choice in the hands of all families, whether low- or middle-
income, by helping them get the kind of child care they wanted
-- at home, at church, or from a local child-care provider. The
Senate passed our bill at double the money -- $18 billion -- and
the House outdid the Senate by tripling our request -- to $29
billion.
5
And if Congress has its way, the federal government will
intrude upon one more area of your lives -- using that money for
more federally-controlled day-care centers, piling more red tape
on parents and child-care providers, and worst of all,
establishing day-care "police" to enforce their day-care
regulations. Allen Kolstad disagrees -- he thinks parents, not
government bureaucrats, know what's best for their children. \\
We need Allen Kolstad in the U.S. Senate.
And just this year, in February and March, I reqested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet,
Congress did nothing to save these freedom-loving peoples until
May 25th -- over three long months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some so-called "dire
emergency" additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion
dollars' worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. Everyone on
Capitol Hill knew how important this bill was, and for 108 days,
Congress decided to hold it hostage. For 108 days, Congress
calculated how much pork barrel they could throw on top of our
emergency request. For 108 days, inaction by the Congress
threatened not only the economic recovery of these two critically
strategic nations -- it threatened the hard-won freedom of the
brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. Let's start helping,
6
not hurting, new democracies around the world. Let's start by
electing Allen Kolstad. 111
Republicans like what works. We think that finding a cure
to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we know
work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
need budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item veto,
and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. We like what
works. And our budget process is not working.
Right here in Montana you know there's a better way of doing
things -- a Republican way. I remember the last time I was in
this state. It was for Montana's hundredth birthday, when Allen
was the Chairman of Centennial Commission. And what a great job
he did. First of all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money.
And second, the Centennial will actually give thousands of
dollars back to the state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal
responsibility America needs on Capitol Hill.\
It's no coincidence that I've come here, not too far from
the Great Divide, to make a point. Voters are facing a choice
between two philosophies that are worlds apart. On one side --
the Republican side -- lies opportunity, choice, free market
solutions to big-government problems, and fiscal sanity. On the
other side -- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, offering
red tape and regulation solutions, and still fighting for higher
and higher spending. The choice is up to America.
7
Allen Kolstad is ready to be your next Senator. \\ The
choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it Republican.
Make it Allen Kolstad. 11
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft three / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. - Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Governor [Stan] Stephens
((rest of acknowledgements)). And of
course, there's the next Senator from the state of Montana, Allen
Kolstad. III
First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now. No
sake cups.
It's great to be back in Montana, within sight of the Rims
of Billings, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in
the country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last
year with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896
catchable fish per square mile. ( (Here's my question: Why don't
they count the uncatchable fish? I thought there were quite a
few of those. )) But there's nothing better for the soul than
seeing the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in the distance or a
Montana sunset streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state
of big skies, and America is a country of big dreams. But to
help make those dreams come true -- for America and Montana -- I
need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S. Senate. \\\
2
Allen Kolstad ( (and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me) ) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in over
forty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years
-- lowest in Montana in 25 years. Over 21 million jobs created.
And it was our policy of peace through strength that helped bring
freedom to the lives of millions from Panama to Poland. But with
a Republican majority in Congress working with me, we could do
even more to ensure that America becomes economically strong and
fiscally sound.
3
Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
34 years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in Congress have
finally taken their toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannasaurus Rex had been
couldn't helped but thank of another inderged
uncovered here in Montana, I thought of a recent magazine piece
recently discribedas
species.
It was about a "large, two-legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big
spending and knee-jerking. It once roamed North America in large
bands, but now it only remains on Capitol Hill. Scientists
call it: the Demosaurus.
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the Excellence
in Education Act. Our proposals would advance education reform,
reward achievement and encourage educational choice -- yet as the
bill moved through Congress, its most sensible and cost-effective
programs were scrapped for expensive Democratic substitutes. One
billion dollars worth of unnecessary, unrelated and costly
changes were heaped on top of our original $400 million education
bill -- totalling $1.4 billion dollars, more than triple our
4
original request. In fact, the only thing they didn't change was
the name of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. scores the third best in the
nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
system that is already the most heavily-subsidized in the
world.
Let's support what works in education and stop measuring
success by a program's price tag. Let's start building a better
future for Americans by getting government out of their wallets
of Democrat control
and off of their backs. Thirty-four years is long enough to
wait, and time is We must have more Republicans in
Congress.
But there's more. When we proposed new child care
legislation, based on our belief that there is nothing more
precious than America's children, we asked for $9 billion dollars
in funding, spread over five years. We proposed a bill that put
choice in the hands of all families, whether low- or middle-
income, by helping them get the kind of child care they wanted -
- at home, at church, or from a local child-care provider. The
Senate passed our bill at double the money -- $18 billion -- and
the House outdid the Senate by tripling our request -- to $29
billion. And if Congress has its way, the federal government
Democrats believe government
knows better than poreub.
5
will intrude upon one more area of your lives -- using that money
for more federally-controlled day-care centers, piling more red
and Child cure-provillers
tape on parents, and worst of all, establishing day-care police
to enforce their day-care regulations.
We must have more
Republicans in Congress.
And just this year, on February [date]
I reqested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet,
Congress did nothing to save these freedom-loving peoples until
May 24th -- three long months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some so-called "dire
emergency" additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion
dollars' worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. Everyone on
108
Capitol Hill knew how important this bill was 108 and for [90 days],
Congress decided to hold it hostage. For [90 days], Congress
calculated how much pork barrel they could throw on top of our
108
emergency request. For [90 days], inaction by the Congress
threatened not only the economic recovery of these two critically
strategic nations It threatened the hard-won freedom of the
brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a more than a
difference between parties. That's a disgrace. We must have
more Republicans in Congress. III
Republicans like what works. We think that finding a cure
to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we know
6
work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
( (You've probably heard the story about the Republican and
the Democrat who come down with the flu. The Republican's first
step is to take a couple of aspirin and maybe some orange juice,
to see if it works.
The Democrat's first step? Call a Medevac helicopter adn
propose
consider socialized medicine. Do you suppose that has
anything to do with the Democrat's budget request for a heliopad
on the Capitol grounds?) )
It's no coincidence that I've come here, not too far from
the Great Divide, to make a point. Voters are facing a choice
between two philosophies that are worlds apart. On one side
the Republican side -- lies opportunity, choice, free market
solutions to big-government problems, and fiscal sanity. On the
other side -- the far side -- lies the Democratic Party, offering
red tape and regulation solutions, and still fighting for higher
and higher spending. The choice is up to America.
Right here in Montana you know there's a better way of doing
things -- a Republican way. I remember the last time I was in
this state. It was for Montana's hundredth birthday, when Allen
was the Chairman of Centennial Commission. And what a great job
he did. First of all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money.
And second, the Centennial will actually give thousands of
dollars back to the state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal
responsibility America needs on Capitol Hill.\\
7
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
need budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item veto,
and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. \\ We like what
works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans have
put the welfare of the country before partisan politics. Now
it's time for the other party to do the same.\\
It was one of the most famous Democratic Presidents,
Franklin Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with
those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The future is
now. The Republican Party is ready to govern. And Allen Kolstad
is ready to be your next Senator. 11
The choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it
Republican.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
# # #
5
will intrude upon one more area of your lives -- using that money
for more federally-controlled day-care centers, piling more red
tape on parents, and worst of all, establishing day-care police
to enforce their day-care regulations. We must have more
Republicans in Congress.
And just this year, in February and March, I reqested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet,
Congress did nothing to save these freedom-loving peoples until
May 25th -- over three long months later.
Here's what caused the delay: some so-called "dire
emergency" additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion
dollars' worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. Everyone on
Capitol Hill knew how important this bill was, and for 108 days,
Congress decided to hold it hostage. For 108 days, Congress
calculated how much pork barrel they could throw on top of our
emergency request. For 108 days, inaction by the Congress
threatened not only the economic recovery of these two critically
strategic nations. It threatened the hard-won freedom of the
brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a more than a
difference between parties. That's a disgrace. We must have
more Republicans in Congress. 111
Republicans like what works. We think that finding a cure
to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we know
Grant/Cawley/Hobrecht
July 16, 1990
Draft two / A:Kolstad
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: KOLSTAD FOR SENATE
FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
BILLINGS, MONTANA
JULY 20, 1990
8:05 A.M.
Good morning. Thanks for that wonderful introduction,
Governor [Stan] Stephens
( (rest of acknowledgements)). And of
course, there's the next Senator from the state of Montana, Allen
Kolstad. III
First of all, I want to apologize to everyone for the
extensive security measures we've had to take here today. The
Secret Service was concerned, but the coast is clear now. No
sake cups. 11
It's great to be back in Montana, within sight of the Rims
of Billings, near some of the best fishing streams and forests in
the country. I remember coming to Glacier National Park last
year with my grandson, and being told that Montana has 896
catchable fish per square mile. ( (Here's my question: Why don't
they count the uncatchable But, fish? I thought there were quite a
few of those. )) There's nothing better for the soul than seeing
the grandeur of snow-capped mountains in the distance or a
Montana sunset streaked across fading skies. Montana is a state
of big skies, and America is a country of big dreams. But to
help make those dreams come true -- for America and Montana -- I
need Allen Kolstad working with me in the U.S. Senate.
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Instead, with the Democrats now in control of Congress,
we're facing government by gridlock in Washington -- with
spending skyrocketing out of control, good legislation thrown
aside for pork barrel programs, and a budget deficit looming over
our children's children. And while the Republican Party is using
everything we've got to build a strong, competitive America,
34 years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in Congress have
finally taken their toll.
You might even say the other party is clinging to such
extinct ideas that it belongs with the dinosaurs. When I heard
the other day that fossils from Tyrannasaurus Rex had been
uncovered here in Montana, I thought of a recent magazine piece.
It was about a large, two-legged dinosaur, prone to spasms of big
spending and knee-jerking. It once roamed North America in large
bands, but now it only remains on Capitol Hill. Scientists
call it: the Demosaurus
Unfortunately, it's the American people who are paying the
price for its archaic ideas. Let me give you a few examples. In
April of 1989, our Administration sent to Congress the Excellence
in Education Act. Our proposals would advance education reform,
educational
reward achievement and encourage choice -- yet as the bill moved
through Congress, its most sensible and cost-effective programs
were scrapped for expensive Democratic substitutes. One billion
dollars worth of unnecessary, unrelated and costly changes were
heaped on top of our original $400 million education bill 5-
totalling $1.4 billion dollars, more than triple our original
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Allen Kolstad ( (and his wife of 39 years, Iva, right here
next to me) ) know Montana as few others do -- five generations of
Kolstads have called Montana home. Allen is a farmer and rancher
who has given over twenty years of public service to the people
of this great state. He was elected to the Montana Legislature
in 1968, the first Republican to serve Liberty County in over
forty years. Then, in 1988, Stan Stephens and Allen Kolstad
stunned the Democrats by giving them their first loss in a
Governor's race in twenty years. And, just like Conrad Burns did
in the last Senate election, Allen Kolstad's about to hand the
opposition another stunning loss. We need Allen Kolstad in the
United States Senate, and we need him there now.
With more people like Allen in the Senate -- more
Republicans -- we can build a better America. Despite its
minority status on Capitol Hill, the Republican Party has fought
out-of-step liberals, big-government bureaucrats, and red-tape
radicals every step of the way. What's got our opponents quaking
in their boots is that this fall, they're up against the
Republican record. The longest peacetime economic expansion in
history. The lowest unemployment rate in the nation in 16 years
-- lowest in Montana in 25 years. Over 21 million jobs created.
And it was our policy of peace through strength that helped bring
freedom to the lives of millions from Poland to Panama. But with
a Republican majority in Congress working with me, we could do
even more to ensure that America becomes economically strong and
fiscally sound.
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request. In fact, the only thing they didn't change was the name
of the bill.
I know Allen Kolstad would have said no to those unnecessary
changes. He and I agree that the way to keep Montana's
graduation rate high, and its A.C.T. scores the third best in the
nation is through rewarding excellence, putting choice in the
hands of parents and students, and building in accountability.
Not by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at an education
system that is already the most heavily-subsidized in the
world. het's support what works in education and
stop measuring success by a programs price tog
And when we proposed new child care legislation, based on
theres
Buthou.
our belief that there is nothing more precious than America's
children, we asked for $9 billion dollars in funding, spread over
five years. We proposed a bill that put choice in the hands of
helping
all families, whether low- or middle-income, by allowing them
afford the kind of day care they wanted -- at home, at church, or
from a local day-care provider. The Senate passed our bill at
double the money -- $18 billion -- and the House outdid the
Senate by tripling our request -- to $29 billion. And if
the federal government
Congress has its way, that money will go toward constructing more
contralled
federal day-care centers, piling more red tape on parents, and
setting new federal lacensing regulations
worst of all, licensing grandmothers.
We must have more
Resulucionsin Congress
And just this year, on February [date], I reqested $800
million in dire emergency funds for immediate assistance to the
governments of Panama and Nicaragua. These fledgling democracies
stood on the brink of economic disaster, their treasuries
will intrude upon one more area
of your lives - - using
((You've probably heard the story about the Republican and
the Democrat who come down with the flu. The Republican's first
step is to take a couple of aspirin and maybe some orange juice
to see if it works.
The Democrat's first step? Call a Medevac helicopter and
consider socialized medicine. Do you suppose that has anything
to do with the Democrat's budget request for a heliopad on the
Capitol grounds?
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bankrupted by the Sandinista and Noriega regimes. And yet
Congress did nothing to save these freedom-loving peoples until
long
May 24th -- three months later.
so-called
Here's what caused the delay: some 1 "dire emergency"
additions to the bill by Congress -- over one billion dollars'
worth -- for unrequested domestic programs. Everyone on Capitol
Hill knew how important this bill was, and for [90 days],
Congress decided to hold it hostage. For [90 days], Congress
our
calculated how much pork barrel they could throw on top of this
maction by the Congress
emergency request. For [90 days], Congress turned down the call
threadened not only the economic recovery of these two
to statesmanship, keeping economic recovery and marketplace
Critically Spalegee mations but the hardwon freedom ttelly of
freedom from the brave people of Nicaragua and Panama. That's a
more than a parties, We mist have more
difference between It's
a
disgrace to American carpayers.
Republicous in my Engress
Republicans like what works, and we like to monitor programs
to see if they re making things better? We think that finding a
cure to the budget deficit means funding those programs that we
know work -- not throwing billions of hard-earned tax dollars at
untested ideas with no track record or built-in accountability.
a little
It's like when you get sick -- the first thing you don't do
is call a Medevac helicopter. You take medicine you know will
insert
work, a little at a time, and before you know it -- you're cured.
((I heard a rumor the other day, though, that they've just
installed a heliopad on Capitol Hill for their Medevac. HH
It's no coincidence that I've come here, not too far from
the Great Divide, to make a point. Voters are facing a choice
between two philosophies that are worlds apart. On one side --
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the Republican side -- lies opportunity, choice, free market
solutions to big-government problems, and fiscal sanity. On the
the
an
other side -- the far side -- -lies the Democratic Party with
offering
solutionsand Shee feathing
more red tape and regulation and higher spending. The choice is
america.
land and higher.
up to you.
Right here in montona you know there's a better)
Lot me show you the Republican way of doing things, right a
Republicon here in and
Montana. I remember the last time I was in this state It
montonas
was for its hundredth birthday, when Allen was the Chairman of
Centennial Commission. And what a great job he did. First of
all, he didn't use one penny of taxpayer money. And second, the
Centennial will actually give thousands of dollars back to the
state Treasury. That's the kind of fiscal responsibility America
needs on Capitol Hill.
Allen Kolstad and I agree, and most Americans will, too: we
need budget process reforms, spending cuts, the line-item veto,
and most of all, a balanced budget amendment. We like what
works. And our budget process is not working. Republicans have
put the welfare of the country before partisan politics. Now
it's time for the other party to do the same.
It was one of the most famous Democratic Presidents,
Franklin Roosevelt, who said 50 years ago, "The future lies with
those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is
interested more in government than in politics." The future is
now and the Republican Party is ready to govern
I'l
OF,
And Allen Kolstad is ready to be your next Senator. The
choice is up to you. Make it the right one. Make it Republican.
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Thank you, and God bless you all.
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