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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Christopher J. Lavery ( CN=Christopher J. Lavery/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO
])
CREATION DATE/TIME:31-OCT-1997 12:40:03.00
SUBJECT: I don't know how to email the document, but here is the text.
TO: Jordan Tamagni ( CN=Jordan Tamagni/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ UNKNOWN
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TEXT:
SENATOR ROBERT TORRICELLI
MESSINGER RALLY
SHERATON MANHATTAN
November 2, 1997
Acknowledge: Mayor David Dinkins. Public Advocate Mark Green,
Comptroller Alan Hevesi, City Councilman Sal Albanese, Bronx Borough
President Fernando Ferrer, the Reverend Al Sharpton, Assemblyman Roberto
Ramirez, Assemblyman Clarence Norman, Assemblyman &Denny8 Farrell, Mr.
Robert Gigante.
Donors to Acknowledge: Mr. Bill White, Mr. Ron Menaker, Mr. Ed Gordon, Mr.
Craig Kaplan, Ms. Annie Hess.
President Clinton, I feel your pain.
The President and I are here because Ruth Messinger is an old
friend and a dear friend. She has the compassion, the commitment, and the
courage to be the fighter that New York City needs. She will fight for
safe streets, she will fight for good jobs, and she will fight for schools
that work. She is fighting side-by-side with our President for our
Democratic ideals.
Six years ago, President Clinton had a vision for an America
where we would keep the American Dream alive for all of our people, keep
America the world,s strongest force for peace, security, and freedom, and
keep coming together across the lines that divide us into one America.
It is a vision Ruth Messinger shares.
And it is a vision this President has put into effect, with a bold
economic plan that was passed without a single Republican vote and in the
face of withering political criticism. Since then, we have come a long
way toward realizing that vision. Our economy is growing steady and S
trong -- at over [3%], with 13.2 million new jobs in 4 « years,
unemployment under 5%, and low inflation. The deficit has been cut by
over 90% even before the new balanced budget law takes effect. Crime is
down all over America for five years in a row. And we ,ve seen the
biggest drop in the welfare rolls in history. On issue after issue,
problems that once seemed impossible to solve are now being solved -- by
the common sense policies of this Democratic President.
Now, we have reached a new milestone -- for this country and for our
party. The balanced budget law that the President signed into effect is
not just the first balanced budget in a generation.
It is also the most important investment in education in a
generation -- and I know just how much Ruth Messinger cares about
education, from her start as a parent leader in the New York City Schools
to her focus on keeping class sizes small enough for teachers to
concentrate on instructing children, not baby-sitting them. We have also
made the biggest investment in higher education since the GI Bill a half
century ago. With college tax cuts, including the Hope Scholarship the
President fought so hard for, it will make it possible for every American
to attend the first two years of college. And students in New York City
will be able to take advantage of this program so much better because of
Ruth ,S constant advocacy of the Borough of Manhattan ,S Community
College. As your Mayor I ,m sure she would extend this fight to the whole
CUNY system. The President ,S agreement also includes the biggest
investment in children ,S health since the Medicaid program was passed in
1965, with $24 billion to cover up to 5 million uninsured children. And
it secures Medicare for a decade.
This is extraordinary progress in a short span of time. This
administration, led by this President, has given this country a government
that reflects our values. Bit by bit, our nation ,S confidence has
returned. We know that we can meet our challenges, and do it together.
Now we have more to do to prepare the American people for the
challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. You know and I know how
hard President Clinton is fighting for education standards in our schools,
and for the America Reads program to teach every child to read
independently. You know and I know how hard President Clinton has fought
to protect our children from the dangers of tobacco, and how important it
is that we pass sweeping legislation that stops the marketing campaigns
aimed at our children. You know and I know that -- as grateful as we are
for your support -- we must break the filibuster that has bottled up
campaign finance reform for years. You know and I know how important it
is to keep our economy growing by passing fast track legislation to give
this President the same authority to make trade agreements given by
Congress to every President since Gerald Ford. You know, and I know,
there is more, much more, to do.
President Clinton and Ruth Messinger are determined to keep fighting for
those things that will keep America strong and growing into the next
century. They are determined to fight for our values and to protect our
families. This election will be won or lost in narrow races on local
issues. And those issues -- the environment, jobs, education -- those
issues are Democratic issues and they are Ruth Messinger ,S issues. Thank
you for your support.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: SUNTUM_M@A1@CD@LNGTWY (SUNTUM_M@A1@CD@LNGTWY UNKNOWN (WHO)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 2-NOV-1997 15:55:59.00
SUBJECT: 1997-11-2 McGreevey for Governor remarks
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TEXT:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Edison, New Jersey)
For Immediate Release
November 2, 1997
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO SUPPORTERS OF JIM MCGREEVEY FOR GOVERNOR
Middlesex County Community College
Edison, New Jersey
3:10 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Ladies and
gentlemen, if you have heard the radio spot I did for your next
governor -- (applause) -- you know that I am not in very strong
voice. I've been a little hoarse. But the subject of my speech
is the last line of the radio address -- I may have lost my
voice, but you can find your voice on Tuesday, election day --
(Applause.)
I want to thank the people of New Jersey for being
so good to me and to Al Gore in 1992 and in 1996. I thank the
members of your congressional delegation who are here who work
with us every day -- Congressman Payne and Menendez, Pallone and
Pascrell, and our good friend, Congressman Harold Ford from
Tennessee. I thank Barbara Buono, Senator Bryant, Chairman
Giblin for helping in this campaign. (Applause.) I want to say
a special word of thanks to your Senator, Senator Lautenberg, and
to -- who did so much work on the balanced budget. And I want to
thank Senator Torricelli for the work he did -- (applause) -- for
the work he has done on the balanced budget and the work he has
done to stand up to the negative partisan attacks of the leaders
of the other party. You should be very proud of both of them for
what they have done. (Applause.)
I'm glad to be back here at Middlesex. Hillary and
I were here three years ago. (Applause.) Since I came here,
with the help of these members of Congress, we passed a balanced
budget which includes the HOPE Scholarship, which is a $1,500 tax
credit for the first two years of college so that every American
can go on to a place like Middlesex. (Applause.)
And I want to thank the students here for their
engagement in community service -- (applause) -- for their
involvement in Americorps. And especially I want to thank the
volunteers in the America Reads program who are making sure our
children can read. (Applause.)
Now, this is an interesting governor's race. As I
said the last time I was here, Senator McGreevey, I don't get a
vote in New Jersey, and he won't get a vote in Congress -- why am
I here? Why have two members of the Republican majority in
Congress come here to campaign for the governor in the last few
days? Because it really matters in the world we're trying to
create for the 21 century not only what we do in Washington,
but what happens in the state capitals.
And so I say to you, in the last two days you should
listen to what they say and how they voted. You listen to see
what I say and what I've done. But when you sort it all out, you
should vote based on what's best for you and your children and
the future of New Jersey. (Applause.)
This election is terribly important to me because
the people of New Jersey are important to me, and because you can
send a signal to the rest of the country about the direction that
we have to take into the new century. You know, just remember
what it was like six years ago when we started. The economy was
in bad shape. The country was increasingly divided. The middle
class felt like it was on the ropes and ignored and we seemed to
be drifting toward the future. Washington was dominated by
exceedingly partisan debates and a lot of hot air rhetoric.
And I said, I think we can do better. We can create
a country where the American Dream is alive for everybody
responsible enough to work for it. We can create a country where
we're coming together across the lines that divide us, not being
driven apart, as so many other people around the world are being
driven. We can continue to lead the world for peace and
prosperity. But we have to change and we have to move forward.
And I've worked hard to do that.
But what I want you to understand today is that
every thing we do in Washington depends upon whether it is
supported, implemented and added to in state after state after
state for its ultimate success.
I've worked so hard to get this country out of debt.
You know the deficit of this country was so bad when I took
office -- we had quadrupled the debt of the country in the 12
years before I became President, over the previous 200, increased
four times. And I said we're going to reduce the deficit, we're
going to balance the budget, but we're going to invest more money
in the education and health care and environmental protection of
our country so that we can have a better country. (Applause.)
We took some tough votes. When Senator Lautenberg
and then-Congressman Torricelli and the other members of the
House, they stood up and voted for our economic plan in 1993,
they were excoriated, and the people who are here campaigning
against Senator McGreevey said we were going to bring the economy
down. The people who are here from Washington campaigning
against him said our economic policy would be a disaster. Well,
we've had four years of experience. They were wrong and we were
right, and we're right about this race, too. (Applause.)
They said they were tough on crime. I said, let's
show it. Let's punish the people that ought to be punished and
spend more effort trying to prevent our kids from getting in
trouble in the first place and support the police -- (applause)
-- and support the police with 100,000 more police and the Brady
Bill and the assault weapons ban. Their party was overwhelming
against these measures and now we've had four years to know
whether they were right and we were wrong -- and we know, crime
just keeps coming down. Our approach was right. We were right,
they were wrong, and we're right about this race, too.
On the environment, New Jersey is a state that has
shown time and again it is passionately committed to cleaning up
the environment and preserving it. They said, we don't have time
to reauthorize the Superfund. They said we have to relax our
environmental laws because it's too hard on the economy. They
said it's just too much trouble, we're going to relax all these
laws. I said, no, no, we're going to have cleaner water, cleaner
air, clean up more toxic waste sites and grow the economy -- and
grow the economy. (Applause.)
We've had a test now. Four years of experience we
have, and we stopped the Contract on America and its assault on
the environment. And we know now, after 13 million jobs, the
last quarter the lowest inflation in over 30 years, the best
growth picture in a generation -- we know our ideas are right and
theirs are wrong. We know. You don't have to guess anymore.
(Applause.)
And so I say, what's that got to do with the
governorship of New Jersey? Plenty. Let me tell you, folks, I
was a governor for 12 years -- and on the hard days in Washington
I think it was still the best job I ever had. (Laughter.) And
let me tell you exactly what it has to do, based on 12, long,
good years. Number one, our economic policies of getting this
country out of debt won't work in states that get themselves in
debt. You have to have fiscal responsibility in Washington and
at the state capital in New Jersey. You have to do it together.
(Applause.)
Number two, we have to be partners. We can't
restore middle class values, middle class lifestyles and a future
for our children by providing sensible tax relief and a strong
economy if you have to deal with the problems that you have here
in New Jersey with the car insurance rates and the property tax.
We have to work together to rebuild the lives of ordinary
American families in New Jersey. (Applause.)
Number three -- and these are very specific --
education. (Applause.) We're doing everything we can to hook up
all our classrooms and libraries to the Internet, to open the
doors of college to all, to provide more choices in schools, to
provide more excitement and innovation and reform and, most
importantly, as Jim McGreevey said, to raise standards.
(Applause.)
But the work, the day-to-day work in education and
the money comes at the state and local level. Everything we are
trying to do in Washington can quickly be undermined unless you
have a passionate believer that every child can learn, is
entitled to the world-class education that every child needs.
(Applause.)
Child health: 10 million children in this country
and tens of thousands in New Jersey live in working families
without health insurance. We passed a bill to provide health
insurance to 5 million of those kids as part of the balanced
budget. But the plans have to be devised by the state. I trust
Jim McGreevey to work with us to insure the children of New
Jersey. (Applause.)
Welfare reform: We have reduced the welfare rolls
by over 3 million. But we have a lot of work still to do. They
said, just cut people off. I said, make people who can work,
work; but remember, everyone's most important job is being a good
parent -- provide the child care, provide the support, then
require people to work. (Applause.) Our plan is working. But
it has to be implemented by the states. I trust Jim McGreevey to
help us drive the welfare rolls down more in ways that support
being strong for work, but good to the children of this state.
And it's a big issue for you. (Applause.)
Finally, in the last few months, Hillary and I have
had two conferences in Washington about young children,
pre-school children -- one on the development of children's
brains in which we discovered that an enormous amount of the
capacity all of us have as adults was developed in our first four
years of life; and which we discovered that if a child has loving
and supportive parents and a good child care environment, they'll
get about 700,000 positive interactions in their first four
years, but if a child lives in either a home or is in a child
care center or both where the children are not being stimulated,
they might get as few as 150,000 supportive interactions in the
most important period of a child's life.
Then we had this child care conference in which we
discovered that some families are spending up to 25 percent of
their income on child care; that some of our best-educated child
care workers are more poorly paid than some of our rudimentary
workers in our society; and that we are simply not doing enough.
Now, I want to design a system in this country by
the time I leave office where I can have confidence that people
can succeed at home and at work, and that no one has to sacrifice
being a good parent to do a good job. I want to see --
(applause) -- I'm telling you, we have to balance the budget, we
have to run a stronger economy. We cannot afford to do the whole
job at the national level. It will have to be done in
partnership -- partnership with private companies, partnership
with the states.
I trust Jim McGreevey to care about the children of
the working families of the state of New Jersey. (Applause.) So
that's about it, folks. (Laughter.) I want you to understand
this is not about me, or about my Republican congressional
friends who are in here campaigning
for the
governor. This is not about Washington or about what the pundits
will say. Only one thing matters -- is it good for you and your
children and the future of this state.
But I can tell you, based on 12 years as governor,
almost five years as President, and the things that I have seen
work, and my passionate commitment to the future of this country,
you can trust Jim McGreevey to fight for that future as governor.
Thank you. (Applause.)
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#THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Amelia Island, Florida)
For Immediate Release` (#6November 1, 1997
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
"Private Residence
!Boca Raton, Florida
9:54 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. You may or may
not have already noticed t
hat I don't exactly have all my vocal
capacities. The good news is you'll get
a shorter speech.
(Laughter.) The bad news is you'll have to listen harder to
what
does come out.
I want to start by thanking John and Peggy for
bringing us into their magnifice
nt home, and even more for their
commitment, which was so powerfully expressed
in what John said.
You know, I tell people all the time that I have
been in public life now almost
continuously since 1974. I have
been in public office all but two years for t
he last 20 years.
Most of the people I've known in politics were good, honest
people who worked a lot harder than they had to work and fought
for what they b
elieved in and tried to make this country a better
place. And I really appreci
ated what you said about those
members of Congress.
Even our friends on the Republican side, when that
pitched battle we had over t
he Contract With America, virtually
all of them really believed they were doing
the right thing. But
I didn't, and Mr. Gephardt didn't, and Mr. Frost didn't,
and the
other members of Congress who are here Congressman Deutsch,
Congressm
an Kennedy, Congressman Baldacci we didn't. And we
won.
But you don't work like that, under those kinds of
conditions, if you don't fee
I it. And I must tell you, John,
that means a lot just to know it got across t
o somebody, because
we're very well aware of the presentation that's given to t
he
American people about people in public life, the nature of the
political pro
cess, and then even the nature of fundraising.
To hear people tell it, the very act of getting
people to support you is someho
W suspect. You just described
your activities in Washington, and I must tell y
ou, that's
consistent with probably more than 80 percent of the people who
help
us. And if the others have something they want to talk to
us about, well, tha
t's democracy, too, and there is nothing wrong
with it. So I thank you very mu
ch.
I want to thank Dick Gephardt and his legion in the
House, first for the help t
hey gave me in 1993 when we passed the
economic plan which was principally resp
onsible for reducing the
deficit by 90 percent, without a single vote from a Re
publican
member in the Senate or the House not a single, solitary one.
Before
this new balanced budget law, which I'm very proud of
but before it takes eff
ect, don't forget deficit dropped from
$290 billion to $22.6 billion, because o
f what a lot of brave
people in our caucus did in 1993. And a lot of them lost
their
seats because of it, because the benefits were not apparent by
the '94 e
lection. And it made me more proud than ever to be a
member of the Democratic
Party.:
There were a lot of other things that were done,
thanks to the leadership that
the Democrats here gave us. In
1994 we passed a crime bill, bitterly opposed b
y the leadership
of the other party. They said it was all wrong. They went ou
t
in rural areas and tried to convince people we were going to take
their guns
away. And again, they cost us a few seats. We had
some members in Congress wh
o gave up their seats to vote for
100,000 police, to vote for the Brady Bill, t
o vote for the ban
on assault weapons. But we've had five years of steeply dro
pping
crime rates, and now we know whether we were right or they were
right. T
he voters didn't know in 1994, but we were right.
And the President gets the credit. When the economy
is up, the President gets
the credit. John Kennedy thought it
was fair. He said, victory has a thousand
fathers, but defeat is
an orphan. So if it goes down, I'll be here, folks. (
Laughter.)
But that plan could not have been passed without the
support of our people in C
ongress. The crime bill could not have
been passed without the support of our
people in Congress. We
wouldn't have the right kind of welfare reform bill wit
hout the
support of our people in Congress because I had to veto two bills
firs
t to get the one I wanted. We had record 3 million plus
people move from welf
are to work.
And I'm very proud of what these members of this
caucus have done. I'm also pr
oud that we got caught trying to
provide health insurance to people in America
who don't have it.
You know, our opponents said when we tried to pass the heal
th
insurance program in 1994, they said, you know, if you support
the President
's health insurance program, the number of people
without health insurance will
go up. And as one Democrat said to
me the other day, I supported your program
; we got beat, but I
supported it. And they were right the number of uninsure
d
people went up. And now we're trying to do something about that.
In the las
t budget, we got funds to give health insurance
coverage to half the children i
n America who don't have it.
But I want to make it clear, even with a Republican
majority in Congress, nothi
ng I do would take place without
support of our caucus in the Congress. Do you
believe that this
balanced budget would have the biggest increase in health ca
re
for poor children since 1965 if it weren't for enough Democrats
who could su
pport my veto? Do you believe, for example, that we
would have, for the first
time in the history of the country, in
this budget, opened the doors of college
to everybody, literally,
with a $1,500 tax credit for the first two years of c
ollege, tax
credits for the other years, better loan programs, more
scholarship
S, more workstudy funds, education IRAs? It happened
because we were together
and we worked together.
So I'm grateful and you can see I'd like it very
much if we could win 11, 12,
20, 30 more seats. What are the
stakes, though? Let's talk about this. What
are the stakes and
what are the chances? Why is the country working now?
First of all, when I started running for President
six years ago, I basically W
as driven by two things. The first
reason was, I didn't really think the count
ry had a plan for the
21st century. It's a big, complicated country, and I tho
ught we
were just going to kind of wander in to a new millennium, and I
didn't
believe we were very wellprepared.
The second reason was, I thought the debate in
Washington was downright counter
productive, and that our
Democrats had turned into sort of cardboard cutouts of
real
people, just what you were talking about. They said we were weak
on defe
nse and weak on welfare and weak on crime and couldn't be
trusted with tax mone
y and all that stuff they said about us.
And as a result, it sort of relieved
people of the burden of
having to think, because if they made us unacceptable,x
7particularly in races for President, well, then, the voters
didn't have to thi
nk. I think that's why folks in the other
party get so mad at me sometimes. W
e've gotten the American
people to thinking again. (Laughter.) They're not on
automatic
anymore.
For example, why should we have had this old debate
on the budget are we going
to explode the deficit with tax
cuts or just have a little smaller deficit wit
h spending. So I
said, vote for me and we'll cut the deficit and spend more mo
ney
on education. And people said, yeah, right. But that's exactly
what we've
done and it worked, because we're Democrats.
(Applause.)
Take the crime debate. Every time you read about
crime, it was to hear the way
they had framed it. You've got to
be tough on crime. Well, what do you mean
by that? Put
everybody in jail longer. And the other guys, they just want to
let them out because they're softhearted. So we said I said,
I don't know any
body who thinks like that, not a single living
soul. So we said, why don't we
find the people who really
deserve to be in prison longer and keep them, and sp
end more time
trying to keep our kids out of prison, and take these guns off
th
e street and out of the hands of people who shouldn't have
them. And it worked
, we put police on the streets. (Applause.)
This was not rocket science. This was the way
people think out here in the rea
1 world when they're not being
presented in artificial terms from a long way aw
ay.
On welfare, the debate was structured as, all these
people on welfare, they don
't want to work and we're tough, we're
going to make them work. And the other
side, our side, was,
well, that's probably right, but we feel so bad about the
kids we
don't want to do it. I didn't know a single living soul who
really tho
ught that way. And I'd spent a lot of time in welfare
offices. I never met an
ybody on welfare who didn't want to go to
work.
So we said, okay, make people who are ablebodied go
to work, but them the educa
tion and training, and let's don't
hurt their children because their most impor
tant job is raising
their children provide the child care for the children,
pr
ovide the medical care for the children; then you can be tough
on work and good
to the kids. Guess what? It worked. Why? Not
because it was rocket science
It was common sense, mainstream
values, thinking about tomorrow, and getting
away from the hot
air.
Same thing on the environment. I believe in
preserving the environment. I've
worked hard on the Florida
Everglades. We've got an agreement in this Interior
bill to save
the Yellowstone Park from gold mining and to save a bunch of the
redwood forests that are precious, and there are not many of them
left in Calif
ornia.
But I always thought it was crazy you know, they
said, well, the environment i
S nice, but we've got to grow the
economy. And then we were made to look like
sort of blissedout
tree huggers who never got over the McCarthy campaign.
(Lau
ghter.) And that wasn't consistent with my experience. It
looked to me like,
for example, if we had a really sensible
economy we could organize it in a way
that would promote a clean
environment and create more jobs, not fewer jobs.
They said when we tried to take and this was
before my time we took CFCs out
of the atmosphere to stop the
hole in the ozone layer. Have any of you missed
them? Do you
know the name of anybody who has lost a job because of it? But
t
he hole over the ozone layer is shrinking and the layer is
thickening and it's
good for your children and grandchildren.
x7
We had all these coalfired power plants that were
putting out a lot of sulphur
dioxide and making acid rain. The
Democrats in Congress, before my time the D
emocrats in
Congress authorized a trading system so that the free market
could
trade permits to allow the most efficient way to take the
sulphur dioxide out o
f the atmosphere. We're 40 percent ahead of
schedule at less than half the pro
jected cost because the
Democrats found a way for the free market to clean the
environment and grow the economy. That's our policy and that's
what we intend
to do in the future. And it's the right thing to
do. (Applause.)
I say this because I think it is terribly important
that we look to the future.
I'm glad the economy is in good
shape. We learned at the last over the last
this year,
this quarter, compared to last year, we grew at 3.5 percent.
We'v
e got the lowest inflation since 1964. That's good.
But we've got more to do. Not everybody who needs a
job has one. Not everybod
y who is losing jobs in the
technological changes and the trade flows is gettin
g the kind of
training that he or she needs to move on with their lives. We've
got more to do on the economy. Dick talked about education. We
need desperat
ely to have national standards in education and we
need to measure whether our
children are measuring up. And we
ought to give them more choice in the public
schools they attend.
I want every grade school kid in America to go to a
school like the one I visit
ed in Jupiter today, the one I should
have visited a few months ago before I hu
rt myself.
We've got more to do. We've got more to do in so
many areas. And if you think
about it, our Democrats are not
vulnerable anymore to the old cardboard pictur
es they painted of
us not just because of me or the Vice President, but also
b
ecause they were with us. They can't say, you can't trust that
crowd anymore;
they're not good with your money; they won't give
you a tax cut; they can't man
age the economy; they can't manage
crime; they're weak on welfare; they're no g
ood in foreign policy
and defense. All that stuff is out. We can have a real
conversation in 1998. (Applause.)
And what is it about? What is it about? Just what
you said: How are we going
to prepare this country for the 21st
century? What still needs to be done? H
ow are we going to
preserve Social Security and Medicare for our generation, th
e
biggest generation, without asking our kids to pay too much to
take care of u
S because we're bigger than our kids are in
numbers? How are we going to give
a worldclass education to
every American? How are we going to embrace all this
diversity
we have and still be bound together as one America? How are we
goin
g to stop being the biggest polluter in the world when it
comes to carbon dioxi
de, which is warming the planet with
potentially serious consequences to our pe
ople and people around
the world, and still keep this economy growing so everyb
ody can
make a good living? How are we going to provide working families
with
the tools they need to succeed at home and at work still
the biggest challenge
we've got?
I'm glad everybody has got a job, folks, but now you ask our hosts, they now ha
ve a oneyearold daughter that
little child has become their most important wor
k. It dwarfs
everything else. Every day every day there are people in
this
country, hardworking lower middle class people, who are
spending 25 percent of
their income on child care and still can't
afford child care where their childr
en are stimulated, to upper
middle class people who feel like they can't hold o
n to their
jobs unless they spend so many hours at work they're not with
childr
en when they need to be.
Every day there are people in this country who are
making choices between being
good parents and good workers. Andx7that's why the Democrats ought to expand
family leave so people
can get a little time off from work to go to parentteach
er
conference or take their kids to the doctor. That's why the
Democrats need
to keep working until all the children in working
families can be insured with
health insurance. That's why we
need to keep working until we have uniform sta
ndards of
excellence and lots of local reform in schools. That's why we
need t
o keep working on these things.
We have done so much, but believe me, maybe it's
just because I've just got thr
ee years and a few months left, but
I think all the time about 2010 and 2015 an
d 2020 and what this
country is going to be like when my child is my age. And
I'm
telling you, the best days of America are still ahead if we keep
on doing W
hat we're doing.
That's what this election in '98 is about. Why is
it important that you're her
e? Because the voters there are a
lot of voters out there who are still like
you were for a long
time. They don't think it matters. They think everybody i
S just
screaming at each other in Washington. And what happens?
Usually at th
e end of these campaigns, the party with the most
money wins because the airwav
es get full of these 30second ads
which either persuade people who are undecide
d or turn them off
so much they stay home. And the marginal voters that stay h
ome
are the working people who would vote for us if they showed up.
That's why this dinner is important. You ask Martin
Frost to go through the 20
closest congressional races in the
last election, 1996, when the Vice Presiden
t and I were honored
to be returned to office with the electoral votes of the p
eople
of Florida. We were honored. We won a nice victory. But you go
through
those races and you will see that in the 20 closest
races, in the last 10 days
we were outspent 4 to 1.
So I have to tell you, I am unapologetic about being
here. I am proud of you f
or being willing to help carry on this
debate. We can have a discussion, an ho
nest discussion about the
future in 1998, but we have to make it possible for P
atrick
Kennedy and John Baldacci and Martin Frost and Dick Gephardt and
Peter D
eutsch and all those people we've got running, fabulous
people who are not in o
ffice, to be heard, because we now are in
a position to finish this work of pre
paring our country to be
what our children deserve.
I'm proud of you for being here and very grateful.
Thank you. (Applause.)
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Office of the Press Secretary
(Amelia Island, Florida)
For Immediate Release' (#6November 1, 1997
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN ARTS AND CULTURE DISCUSSION
AT THE DNC'S AUTUMN RETREAT
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11:50 P.M. EST
Q
I have a couple of questions I'd like to ask
the President. What impact do
you think on our culture and our
arts Cuba will have after Castro?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, if you think baseball is an
art form, and I do (laughter
) it will be huge. (Laughter.)
No, to be more serious, there are a lot of Cuban
artists, Cuban musicians. All
you have to do is look at the
impact of South American, Central American music
and arts in the
United States now Caribbean art. I think it's obvious that i
t
will be significant. It will be one when we get back together
with more nor
mal relations with Cuban, it will be one of the
principal benefits of it.
Let me say, if I might, on the general point, Glenn
made the points that I want
ed to make about this. The assault on
the NEA and the NEH needs to be seen aga
inst the background of
the apparently less ideologicallydriven reduction in the
availability of music and art generally in the schools, in the
public schools,
which we saw because of financial problems and
other decisions being made.
If you look at what's happened and let me explain
that. The cutting of the bu
dget of the NEH and the NEA and the
attempt to do away with them basically had
two legs of support,
not one. There was obviously the sort of rightwing ideolo
gical
attack based on the symbolism of some controversially funded
projects ph
otography exhibits or whatever. Beyond that, there
were members of Congress, W
ith the deficit being what it was,
making the same sort of judgments that schoo
I board members made
all across America: I can't dismantle the football team a
nd the
basketball team; I'll get rid of the arts and the music program
for all
the kids, because, by definition, most of them aren't all
that good in art and
music. And nobody is going to come down on,me if I do it. And I don't have to
take on any institutional
interests to do it. And, after all, it's just a pid
dly amount of
money.
Now, I think because the Balanced Budget Act has
been passed and we've cut the
deficit by more than 20 percent,
and because we have taken on the ideological a
rgument, I think,
and, first of all, tried to respond to some of the more
legit
imate concerns about how the projects were funded and,
secondly, tried to reaff
irm the positive notions that what the
NEA and NEH has done. I think at the na
tional level we've sort
of stemmed the hemorrhage. I would submit that that's
not nearly
enough, first of all, because it's only a small portion of the
money
And, secondly, because I think what you said is
terribly important. We have al
I this data that kids that come
from different cultures with different language
S have their
language facilitation, their ability to learn English, to read in
English, to think and relate to people in a new culture
dramatically accelerate
d if they're more proficient and more
exposed to music and arts and other ways
of hooking their mind
in.
We have a lot of evidence that kids from very
difficult situations do much bett
er in math if they have a
sustained exposure to music, for reasons that are fai
rly obvious,
if you think about it.
So what I would like to ask all of you to do I'd
like to invite you to do some
thing. I don't have an answer, this
is not a setup deal. I never thought abou
t it until I realized
I was going to come do this panel. I have given a lot of
thought
to what our gift to the next century ought to be in terms of our
appro
ach to the arts. And, yes, I'm glad I stood up for the NEA
and the NEH and I W
on a political battle fine. It's 1 percent
of the money.
What should we do with this 1 percent of the money?
If we want more than this,
what case should we make for getting
more? What would we do with it? And in
a larger sense, what
should our mission be in terms of the public role of the a
rts,
particularly for our children? What arguments could we make to
make the S
chools have it a priority again?
I see something like the Harlem Boys Choir or all
these incredible arts program
S in New York or whatever, and I
feel two things I am exhilarated, like we all
are, but then I
wonder how many other little kids are going out there to some
other school every day where they still don't even have a music
teacher. And W
hat about them?
That's not an argument not to do what's being done,
but I would invite you a I
ot of you know so much more abouth)this than I do, but I'm telling you, I've be
en in school after
school after school after school where the buildings are old
and
they can't be maintained and they shut down the music and arts
programs, a
nd they shut down, by the way, all the recreational
programs except for the var
sity sports, which I also think is a
mistake.
People are whole people. Even poor kids you
talked about this it's hard to S
ay, why spend money on the
arts when you have problems with welfare and poverty
and all
that. Because poor people need their spirits nourished. Most
childre
n are not all that conscious of being poor unless they're
genuinely deprived or
brutalized. But when they grow up, they
remember experiences that lift their
spirits when they're young.
So I guess what I'm saying is, we need an
affirmative strategy. We played good
defense and we won big
deal. How would you go to a conservative Republican g
roup in
town X and argue that this investment ought to be made either in
the Na
tional Endowment of the Arts or in the community, or that
the arts and music pr
ograms ought to be restored and here's why.
That's what we need now, and that'
S what we ought to be doing.
We shouldn't be playing defense with this issue.
I mean, so what? You won a fight in Congress over 1
percent of the money. It
was very important symbolically because
it gave dignity and strength and integr
ity to your efforts, and
I'm very glad we fought it. It also makes a lot of di
fference to
some programs in the country. But we need an affirmative
strategy
for the next century.
And I hope one of the things that will come out of
this seminar is that some of
you will come out of this being
willing to work with our Millennium Project an
d with the White
House generally to get off the defense and get on offense. An
dI
don't mean to hurt anybody else. I don't see this as necessarily
a big pol
itical winner for us. I'm not interested in the
politics of this. I'm just ta
lking about what's right for the
children and the future of this country.
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#THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Amelia Island, Florida)
For Immediate Release) (#6November 1, 1997
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AND THE VICE PRESIDENT 6P6
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8:32 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Please be
seated. We're going to reverse
the order tonight and I'm going
to introduce the Vice President because you've
all heard me speak
before (laughter) because I need to save my voice to
camp
aign for our candidates in New Jersey and New York tomorrow.
(Applause.) Than
k you.
Let me once again thank all of you for coming. I
hope you have enjoyed this.
I certainly enjoyed it today. I was
glad to meet with the various panels, and
I enjoyed Governor
Romer's speech at lunch very, very much. Didn't he do a ter
rific
job? (Applause.)
Ladies and gentlemen, six years ago when I began
running for President, I wante
d to win the election to change the
country, and I felt very strongly that we W
ere not preparing
America for the 21st century and that our party needed to bre
ak
the logjam not only with a set of new policies, but with a set of
new ideas.
I thought the political debate had become, frankly,
stale, and at least to so
meone like me, governing a state out in
the country, often completely meaningle
SS.
I believed we had to move the debate toward what was
good for the future, not t
he past; what would support positive
change, not the status quo; what would bri
ng us together, not
divide us; and move away from the old leftright, liberalcon
servative and, frankly, outdated namecalling and labeling
that dominated nation
al politics. Six years later, we've made a
lot of progress, not only in moving
the country to a better
place, but in changing the nature of political debate.
I very much hope that the simplistic antigovernment,
reactionary approach had i
ts last gasp in the Republican
congressional victory in 1994. (Applause.) The
fact that we beat
back the Contract With America and signed the right kind of,w
elfare reform, got a balanced budget with the biggest
investments in education
and health care since 1965, and that
we're moving forward in a way that brings
the country together
around the ideas of opportunity, responsibility and commun
ity
that we have espoused now for a long time is deeply encouraging
to me.
The fact that all around the world now people are
beginning to talk in the same
terms the First Lady is in Great
Britain today; she's been in Ireland. I, fr
ankly, was very
flattered that Tony Blair's campaign was often compared to ours
,
and that the socalled new Labor movement has a lot in common
with what we try
to do here. I believe all over the world
countries that are serious about hel
ping people make the most of
their own lives, assuming a leadership role in dea
ling with the
challenges of the modern world are going to have to basically
ado
pt similar approaches.
If you hadn't helped us, none of the that would have
been possible. But what I
want to say to you is, if I hadn't
been smart enough to pick Al Gore to be my
running mate, none of
it would have been possible. (Applause.)
Let me just give you a few examples. Sam Rayburn
used to say it's a lot easier
to tear something done, even a
jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a ca
rpenter to build
one. Now, we took the position that the old debate that
gover
nment could not be a savior, but couldn't sit on the
sidelines, either, was a f
alse debate, and that we had to have a
new kind of government that was smaller,
that did more with less,
that could balance the budget, but also invest more i
n our
future. Al Gore's Reinventing Government project was the
instrument thro
ugh which we put that principle into practice.
And five years after we took office, our government
is smaller by 300,000, seve
ral thousand pages of regulation,
several hundred government programs that were
out of date. It
has been modernized in many ways, but we did not walk away fr
om
the problems, the challenges, and the opportunities of the
American people.
The Reinventing Government project was often,
frankly, made fun of because it's
not the sexiest issue in town.
But it's what enabled us to cut the government
by 300,000 and
increase the quality of public service and have money left over
after we reduced the deficit, passed the balanced budget bill, to
still invest
in our future. The American people owe the Vice
President a great debt of grat
itude for that achievement alone.
(Applause.)
Second example: When I became President, I got a
very interesting letter short
ly after I took office from former
President Nixon, written a month and a day b
efore he passed away.
And it was about Russia, the importance of Russia to our
future, and how we had to work with them to make sure we didn't repeat
the ugl
y history of the last 50 years, but instead had a
partnership for peace and pro
sperity and cooperation.
Well, I struck up a pretty good relationship with
President Yeltsin and I stuck
by him through tough times because
he was standing up for democracy and prospe
rity. But we had a
huge number of exceedingly difficult issues and, frankly, W
e
still have some tough issues, and we always will because it's in
the nature o
f relationships between two great countries.
The Vice President agreed to head a commission along
with the Russian Prime Min
ister, Mr. Chernomyrdin, for which
there was really no precedent in global affa
irs. And the GoreChernomyrdin Commission is the instrument through which the g
ood
intentions and principles articulated first by me and then by
Boris Yeltsin
have made the United StatesRussia partnership the
success it is. They've made
it possible for us to go together
into Bosnia. They made it possible for us t
o dramatically reduce
the number of nuclear missiles we have. They've made it
possible
for us to detarget missiles so that none of our missiles are
pointed a
t each other's children. They made it possible for us
to do a whole range of t
hings.
The Vice President has done a similar thing with the
Vice President of South Af
rica. He has worked out an
environmental partnership with top officials in Chi
na. In other
words, it's fine for the President to make these statements; it's
quite another thing if you have to look up four or five or six
years from now
and nothing has been done. It won't happen
because Al Gore was the Vice Presid
ent of the United States with
unique responsibilities for helping to build our
common future.
(Applause.)
I could give you any number of other examples. I
remember not long after I bec
ame President, when I was still
reading critical columns (laughter) someone W
rote a column
in which they said something like well, anyway, the import of
it
was that obviously I was a weak person and that's why I had a
wife who was so
influential and why I gave my Vice President so
much power, more than any Presi
dent ever had before. And that
sort of tickled me, because it seemed to me tha
t if I had a
partner in the Vice President who had knowledge in areas greater
t
han mine, who had expertise in areas greater than mine, and who
had all this en
ergy and ability and a passionate dedication to
this country and its future, I
would be a fool not to use it.
And I would be disserving you and every other A
merican citizen if
I had done anything other than make Albert Gore the most
inf
luential and effective Vice President in the history of the
United States. So
I think I did the right thing there.
(Applause.)
We've had a unique partnership. Believe it or not,
we don't always agree. (La
ughter.) Our disagreements have beenh)among the most stimulating experiences o
f my presidency. But if
I want to disagree with the Vice President, since I ge
t the last
vote, I know at least that I have to go to school and I better
have
my facts straight.
I will never be able to convey publicly or privately
the depth of gratitude I f
eel for the partnership that we have
enjoyed. But I just want you to know that
every time I see
another economic report like the one we saw yesterday, that t
he
economy grew another 3.5 percent in the last quarter; every time
I think abo
ut the 13 million people who have jobs, the 3 million
people who aren't on welf
are, the more than 12 million people who
have taken advantage of family and med
ical leave, and all of the
achievements that this administration has played a r
ole in, I
know I know that one of the most important factors was the
unique an
d unprecedented relationship I have enjoyed with this
fine, good man.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President.
(Applause.)
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very
much. Well, I sure didn't expe
ct to stand up here and listen to
that, and I sure do appreciate it very much.
You weren't
supposed to I mean, the whole point of why they asked you to
flip
the order was so that you wouldn't speak (laughter) to
save your voice. And
you went ahead and spoke, and thank you
very much, Mr. President. I'm touched
by the kind words.
And, of course, ladies and gentlemen, you can
probably get a clear sense of how
meaningful this friendship is
to the two of us. And I know that many of you h
ave had the great
blessing of having a really close friend with whom you work o
na
regular basis, and when you take on challenges that are just
really tough a
nd you have somebody to talk with who understands
and who is right there withou
t any question, just as a teammate
and partner, that's the kind of friendship t
hat we have had.
Of course, the burdens and duties that this
President has on his shoulders are
just unimaginable. And that's
true of any President, of course, but it's been
such a privilege
for me to watch at close hand and see how he conducts the
busi
ness of this country and to see how he handles these
challenges. And it's real
ly a great privilege.
You know, the two of us feel so much gratitude to
those of you here for making
it possible for this President and
his team to take on these challenges. And I
want to thank Roy
Romer, our general chairman of the DNC, and his wife, Bea Ro
mer.
Roy, thank you for the speech today; thank you for your
leadership of the
party; and thank you for all the hard work and
effort that you're putting into
this.
(
Likewise, Steve Grossman, thank you. As our
national chair, you are right ther
e every day making the tough
decisions, moving us forward. We're very grateful
to you as
well.
And to all of the talented team at the DNC, our
national victory fund chairman,
Dan Dutko; our DNC treasurer
Carol Pensky, who was just here on stage, and her
husband David;
to Cynthia Freedman, our women's leadership forum chair; to Tom
Hendrickson, the Democratic Business Council chair who is here
with his wife J
ill; Alan Solomont, our national finance chair;
and to all of the other members
of the team and especially
this weekend, to our DNC retreat chair Walter Shor
enstein, thank
you very much, Walter, for making this weekend an extraordinary
and unforgettable experience. We're very grateful to you.
(Applause.)
And I'm looking forward to Art Garfunkel and Billy
Porter. We're going to have
some great entertainment after
dinner. (Applause.)
Let me just say a few words first on behalf of the
President, both about politi
cs and about the future of our
country. We are witnessing a great contest betw
een two sets of
ideas and we have the privilege of having had a test of both se
ts
of ideas and we can assess how well the ideas have served our
nation.
But we also have a political struggle, and the
outcome of this struggle will de
pend in many ways on you. But in
looking at where we have come under the leade
rship of President
Clinton, we often talk about the economic recovery and all t
he
success in our nation, but look at what has happened politically.
You know,
for a quarter century, the Republican Party raised
doubts about the ability of
Democrats to handle fiscal policy, to
handle the budget, to bring crime rates
down, to keep our
military strong, to reduce the welfare rolls. They drove a W
edge
between Democrats and the middle class.
Well, that was never the party that we knew. But in
the last five years, we ha
ve proved that those charges and
allegations were just nonsense, because in pol
itical terms what
President Bill Clinton has done is nothing short of
revolutio
nary. The entire political landscape has been
transformed.
The American people know that Democrats are
responsible for reducing the budget
deficit from $300 billion
down to $22 billion this year on the way to a balanc
ed budget,
that Democrats have been responsible for bringing all the crime
rate
S down in every single category for five years in a row,
putting all those new
community police officers on the street,
emphasizing prevention programs, build
ing the strength of the
communities. h)
The American people understand that Democrats have
managed the government well,
reduced its size to the lowest level
in 30 years and improved its efficiency i
n the process.
Democrats have reduced the welfare rolls and put people back to
work. Democrats have handled our nation's business so well that
we have had t
he longest sustained economic recovery in more than
a generation. It is a succ
ess that Democrats deserve credit for.
(Applause.)
Now, the point in political terms is that we have
won back the trust and confid
ence of the middle class in this
country. And that is a remarkable achievement
. Look, by
contrast, at what's going on in the Republican Party: They talk
co
instantly among themselves about how they do not have an agenda.
They have the
same kind of bickering that they used to point do
in the Democratic Party a qua
rter century ago, over on the right.
While they're so disorganized, the right
hand doesn't know what
the far right hand is doing. And they're fighting among
themselves.
(Laughter and applause.)
Their vision for the future is right out of Jurassic
Park they would turn the
clock back. Incidentally, last
Sunday we all felt, Saturday night, like Republ
icans for just one
brief dark moment as we turned the clocks back with the end
of
Daylight Savings Time. (Laughter.) But the country doesn't
want to turn t
he clock back 50 years, and that's what the
Republican agenda would do.
They're at each other's throats because they are
competing with one another for
the affections of the far rightwing fringe. And their agenda is being driven
by those elements
in the party that hold them hostage. And it's scary to think
,
here, the day after Halloween, it's scary to think what they
would really pro
pose if they were to once again be in control of
the White House.
We cannot let that happen. We've seen what they
tried to do when they acquired
control of the Congress. And
whenever they could not convince the country to
accept their
proposals through the normal constitutional processes, the right
W
ing has ginned them up to take hostages. And so they shut the
government down
twice.
President Bill Clinton, of course, as is now
legendary, backed them down and fo
rced them to retreat. But they
didn't learn their lesson. When North Dakota h
ad that
devastating 500year flood and was in desperate need of relief,
they shu
t down the relief to North Dakota in order to try to
blackmail the country into
accepting yet another part of their
agenda. Now, they're shutting down the co
nfirmation process for
judges on the Courts of Appeal because, again, one of th
eir
rightwing groups wants to prevent the filling of these(judgeships around th
e country with anybody that does not agree
with their rightwing approach.
So it's a very highstakes battle. And they know
they do not have the American
people on their side, so they're
trying to win by hook and by crook with politi
cal sleight of hand
and massive infusions of money into the process like on St
aten
Island, for example, where I guess Roy talked a little bit
earlier today.
By contrast, as I said, we've won back the
confidence of the middle class. And
in the famous saying on the
front of the Archives, the past is prologue, and t
he American
people understand that the performance under President Bill
Clinton
during these past five years is what the country can
expect by continuing thes
e policies in a Congress that is once
again Democratic. Never forget that the
economic recovery and
the transformation of America's economic and financial fo
rtunes
came about because of the adoption of President Clinton's plan,
without
a single Republican vote not one in the House, not one
in the Senate.
And what has happened as a result is truly
remarkable. You know, the President
referred to these new
figures yesterday. Just let it sink in a minute. Growt
h went up
again, while inflation went down again. That's kind of what you
want
.
That's a combination that we just convinced ourselves was
impossible during
the long, dark years of Republican rule, where
almost every day there was more
distressing economic news about
the deficit going through the roof, and busines
ses had no
confidence in the future because every time they thought they
felt a
little strength in the economy and tried to borrow money
to expand or hire new
people they ran headlong into that
government demand for credit and drove inte
rest rates up. and the
economic recovery shorted out before it even got started
The Bible has a passage, "they built an ambush for
themselves." Well, under Re
publican economic policies they built
an ambush for every potential economic re
covery we attempted. It
shorted out because of its internal contradictions. A
nd the
policy contradictions that the Republicans inflicted on this
nation mirr
ored the internal political contradictions inside the
Republican Party. It's n
ot coherent. And so they tried to put
in place policies to satisfy the various
groups, even though they
are internally contradictory. And the result for the
country is
confusion and dissidence and poor performance.
Now, of all the things that have been written about
the success of President CI
inton's policies, the one thing I
think has received too little emphasis is the
extent to which
this President, beginning even before he was President, BBasse
mbled
the best thinkers in our party to put together a coherent set of
policies
that would be good for America across the board. It's(not an accident that al
I this good news is happening all at the
same time, because the policies fit to
gether.
When the crime rates go down in our cities, that
works hand in glove with our c
ommunity empowerment strategy and
our brownfields approach to bring new investm
ent into the cities.
When we have a sound economic policy that drives interest
rates
down and stimulates new investment, that works hand in glove with
the in
creased investment we have made with public funds in
research and development a
nd science and technology and the
Information Superhighway and the new technolo
gies that are making
us more productive. That in turn works hand in glove with
the
President's efforts to open new markets around the world, to have
this hug
e increase in exports from this nation to the rest of the
world, with highpayin
g jobs increasing rapidly as we go out to
sell goods and services to the 96 per
cent of the world's
consumers that are outside the United States of America. I
tisa
coherent agenda that is working extremely well for the United
States of
America.
Now, if it were ideas alone that determined the
outcome of political contests,
then it would be all over. They
would have to call the fight. They'd have to
say this is no
contest. But that's not the way it works, and thank goodness yo
и
all understand that, because a clearly superior agenda may not be
selected an
d chosen if those who believe in it are not willing to
fight for it, if there i
S not a requisite level of intensity
being put behind those policies.
What is so interesting about the current political
landscape is that even thoug
h the Republicans are incoherent,
even though they are presenting an agenda to
the country that
does not make sense and failed the nation in the past, they,
n
evertheless, have a lot of people who feel very intensely that
they want to win
, and they're fighting very hard. So a lot of
times they will pull out a victo
ry in a political race purely on
the basis of extra resources and more fight.
So that's why we're here this weekend, to talk about
the ideas. And I look for
ward to participating in the panel
discussions tomorrow, incidentally, and I've
heard wonderful
reports about all of the ideas exchanged here already and I'm
really eager to participate in these sessions tomorrow. But, in
addition, we'r
e talking with one another about how we can match
the intensity on the other si
de with an even greater intensity of
effort on the part of those of us who beli
eve deeply that
politics is about more than just winning and losing. It really
is about the future of this country.
So your willingness to come here and to identify
yourselves as leaders for the
future, to be willing to be a part
of this winning team is something that we re
ally appreciate more
than we can tell you. It is great to have a friend, as I
began
by saying, and both the President and I feel the same way abouth)your fri
endship to the Democratic Party and to the people of the
United States of Ameri
ca. We're grateful to you and we look
forward to fighting alongside you and wi
nning in the future.
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for being
here. (Applause.)
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#THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Edison, New Jersey)
For Immediate Release (#6November 2, 1997
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO SUPPORTERS OF ERIC VITALIANO FOR CONGRESS
College of Staten Island
Staten Island, New York6P66P66P66P6
12:06 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, as
you may have noticed in th
e last couple of days, I'm a little
hoarse (laughter) so I can't speak too lo
ud, though I hope
I will be heard.
I want to thank President Springer for making us
feel so welcome. Thank you, A
ssemblywoman Connelly, and all the
other leaders of our party who are here. I
want to thank Senator
Bob Torricelli, from New Jersey, for being here with me.
(Applause.) And in a moment, I want to ask him to say a few
words he is alwa
ys in stronger voice than I am. (Laughter.)
But most of all, I want to thank Eric Vitaliano, and his
wonderful family for m
aking this race for Congress, for your
future and for our country. (Applause.)
I'm so happy to be back in Staten Island. I'm glad
to be here especially on th
is mission, because the people who
live on this island and the people who live
in Brooklyn in this
congressional district are representative of the people I r
an for
President to give voice to and to give a future to.
I want to just ask you to remember what it was like
in 1991 and '92, when I sta
rted running for President. The
economy was down, the country was drifting, po
litics was used to
divide people with hot air and bogus charges, and we had no
strategy to restore the middle class, to rebuild the economy, to
reclaim the fu
ture for our children.
And so I set out from a very different place, but
representing people very much
like you, to bring a vision to this
country and unite us behind the idea that
in the 21st century
every American responsible enough to work for it, regardles
S of
their race or station in life, ought to have a chance to live the
American
Dream; that this country ought to continue to lead the
world for peace and pro
sperity; and that we ought to unite across
all the lines that divide us into on
e America.
Now, no one can come into this district and tell you
for whom to vote. But I W
ant to ask you, why has the other party
spent all this money on ads trying to t
ear down Eric Vitaliano?
(Applause.) And why did my predecessor and my disting
uished
opponent in the last election come here on behalf of his
opponent? Beca
use they are still trying to implement the
Contract On America and their agenda
, and we don't think they're
right. And because they have this is the most im
portant thing
they have opposed every single thing we have tried to do that
ha
S moved this country forward in the last five years.
So I don't want you to vote for me or against
President Bush or Senator Dole or
even Speaker Gingrich. I want
you to vote for yourselves and your families an
d your future.
(Applause.) This election this is not about New York City
pol
itics, New York state politics. This is about what this man
can do for you to
set the right course for this country that will:help the children of Staten Isl
and and Brooklyn to have a
brighter future. That's what this is about nothing
more and
nothing less. (Applause.)
I'll just give you some examples. And you remember,
they all came for Mr. Vita
liano's opponent. I'm proud to be here
for him, but let me just give you some
examples. Vote for your
future. I said we ought to break out of the bogus pol
itical
debate in Washington that was paralyzing America. I said we
could reduc
e the deficit and balance the budget and still invest
in the education of our c
hildren. They all opposed it. We were
right and they were wrong. We've got 1
3 million jobs and low
unemployment. (Applause.)
I said that we could talk tough on crime till the
cows come home, but until we
acted tough and smart, till we
supported more punishment and prevention, and un
til we put
100,000 police on the street in America we couldn't bring down
crime
Well, they opposed it. But we were right, they were
wrong. Crime has been
going down in this country for five years.
That's what you ought to vote for.
(Applause.)
They said government was inherently bad and ought to
be demolished. I said, no
, it ought to be smaller and less
bureaucratic, but we still ought to invest in
the education of
our children, in cleaning up our environment, in protecting t
he
public health. They opposed us on all those issues. Today, the
deficit has
been reduced by 90 percent, the government is 300,000
people smaller, but we'r
e spending more on education and public
health and environmental protection. W
e were right and they were
wrong. (Applause.)
Make no mistake about it, this is about you and your
life. This man has shown
you in his public service that he knows
how to take sensible, tough, but smart
policies on crime; that he
is committed to preserving the environment when he
got the
legislation through to close that landfill (applause.) He has
shown y
ou that he cares about middle class families and middle
class values and the fu
ture of children, and that he believes it
ought to be a future that includes al
1 kinds of Americans. That
is what is at issue. Make no mistake, that is what
is at issue.
(Applause.)
And what you have to decide is whether you believe
the course that I have taken
, which has moved away from the old
liberal versus conservative debate to build
a common future for
America's future whether that kind of course, which requi
res
independence, which requires the ability to differ, which
requires the abil
ity to think and requires the ability to pull
people together whether that's t
he course you want, or whether
you want one more soldier in the army that oppos
ed our economic
policies, our education policies, our environmental policies, o
ur
crime policies, right down the line. If you believe the country
is better o
ff today by having that kind of leadership and that
kind of direction, you have
only one choice on Tuesday, you have
to show up for Eric Vitaliano and send hi
m to Congress.
(Applause.)
We are determined to open the doors of college to
every American who will work
hard enough to earn the grades to
go. We are determined to make sure every 8ye
arold in this
country can read, that every single classroom in America is
hooke
d up to the Internet, that every adult who loses a job has
an immediate immedi
ate chance to go back and get new skills
and get back into the work force. We
are determined to move this
country forward together. We are determined to pr
ove we can keep
cleaning up the environment while we grow the economy. We are
determined to keep working on the crime problem until it not only
goes down, bu
t everybody in every neighborhood feels safe when
their children are on the str
eets and in the parks again. That's
what we're determined to do. (Applause.)
And maybe most important of all, we are determined
to give families and communi
ties the tools to solve their own9problems. The first bill I signed was the Fa
mily and Medical
Leave law. The people who are trying to beat Eric Vitaliano
o
ppose it. (Applause.)
So I ask you to think about this. And on Tuesday
when you get up, don't be thi
nking about me, don't be thinking
about those other folks that came in here for
Eric's opponent.
Be thinking about your children, your grandchildren, the peo
ple
you live here with, the kind of Staten Island you want to build,
the kind o
f New York you want to build, the kind of future you
want to build. And make S
ure you show up and drag three or four
of your friends along with you (applaus
e) and tell them
that America has a lot riding on the decision made in State
n
Island and Brooklyn.
Thank you and God bless you. Thank you.
(Applause.)
Now, two years ago, I was in the same sort of fight
with Bob Torricelli in New
Jersey. They said we couldn't win.
They ran the same kind of negative ads aga
inst him. They said
the same things against him. One thing is, they're perfec
tly
predictable. (Laughter.) But Bob Torricelli triumphed with the
help of pe
ople like you. He's worked all over America to help us
have that kind of elect
ion in other places, and I'd like to ask
you to make him welcome. Senator Bob
Torricelli from New Jersey.
&*****
THE PRESIDENT: One more thing. One more thing. In
these elections, these spe
cial elections, very often the outcome
is determined not by those who vote, but
by those who have an
opinion who don't vote. And I want to say a special word
of
thanks to the unions (applause) -- to the police officers
associations, to
the teachers (applause) -- to the
firefighters (applause) -- the city worker
S, to every group of
people who are supporting Eric.
But let me tell you, those of you who are part of
organizations, and those of y
ou who are active in the Democratic
Party, and those of you who are concerned c
itizens, and
especially those of you who are here who are students, who have
th
e most at stake because you have the most years still ahead of
you you must go
and you must bring your friends. Don't make
your endorsements meaningless by
not making them manifest by a
big turnout. Don't let the people who don't vote
determine this.
Let the people whose eyes are bright and focused on the futur
e
have the energy and the compassion and the patriotism to show up
on Tuesday S
o we'll have a big celebration Tuesday night.
God bless you. Thank you. (Applause.)
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#THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Edison, New Jersey)44
For Immediate Release) (#6November 2, 1997
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO SUPPORTERS OF JIM MCGREEVEY FOR GOVERNOR
Middlesex County Community College
!Edison, New Jersey3$33$33$3
3:10 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Ladies and
gentlemen, if you have heard t
he radio spot I did for your next
governor (applause) you know that I am not
in very strong
voice. I've been a little hoarse. But the subject of my speech
is the last line of the radio address I may have lost my
voice, but you can f
ind your voice on Tuesday, election day
(Applause.)
I want to thank the people of New Jersey for being
so good to me and to Al Gore
in 1992 and in 1996. I thank the
members of your congressional delegation who
are here who work
with us every day Congressman Payne and Menendez, Pallone a
nd
Pascrell, and our good friend, Congressman Harold Ford from
Tennessee. I th
ank Barbara Buono, Senator Bryant, Chairman
Giblin for helping in this campaign
(Applause.) I want to say
a special word of thanks to your Senator, Senator
Lautenberg, and
to who did so much work on the balanced budget. And I want t
o
thank Senator Torricelli for the work he did (applause) for
the work he has
done on the balanced budget and the work he has
done to stand up to the negati
ve partisan attacks of the leaders
of the other party. You should be very prou
d of both of them for
what they have done. (Applause.)
I'm glad to be back here at Middlesex. Hillary and
I were here three years ago
(Applause.) Since I came here,
with the help of these members of Congress,
we passed a balanced
budget which includes the HOPE Scholarship, which is a $1,
500 tax
credit for the first two years of college so that every American
can go
on to a place like Middlesex. (Applause.)
And I want to thank the students here for their
engagement in community service
(applause) -- for their
involvement in Americorps. And especially I want to
thank the
volunteers in the America Reads program who are making sure our
child
ren can read. (Applause.)
Now, this is an interesting governor's race. As I
said the last time I was her
e, Senator McGreevey, I don't get a
vote in New Jersey, and he won't get a vote
in Congress why am
I here? Why have two members of the Republican majority i
n
Congress come here to campaign for the governor in the last few
days? Becaus
e it really matters in the world we're trying to
create for the 21st century no
t only what we do in Washington,
but what happens in the state capitals.
And so I say to you, in the last two days you should
listen to what they say an
d how they voted. You listen to see
what I say and what I've done. But when y
ou sort it all out, you
should vote based on what's best for you and your child
ren and
the future of New Jersey. (Applause.)
This election is terribly important to me because
the people of New Jersey are
important to me, and because you can
send a signal to the rest of the country a
bout the direction that:we have to take into the new century. You know, just r
emember
what it was like six years ago when we started. The economy was
in bad
shape. The country was increasingly divided. The middle
class felt like it W
as on the ropes and ignored and we seemed to
be drifting toward the future. Wa
shington was dominated by
exceedingly partisan debates and a lot of hot air rhe
toric.
And I said, I think we can do better. We can create
a country where the Americ
an Dream is alive for everybody
responsible enough to work for it. We can crea
te a country where
we're coming together across the lines that divide us, not b
eing
driven apart, as so many other people around the world are being
driven.
We can continue to lead the world for peace and
prosperity. But we have to cha
nge and we have to move forward.
And I've worked hard to do that.
But what I want you to understand today is that
every thing we do in Washington
depends upon whether it is
supported, implemented and added to in state after
state after
state for its ultimate success.
I've worked so hard to get this country out of debt.
You know the deficit of t
his country was so bad when I took
office we had quadrupled the debt of the co
untry in the 12
years before I became President, over the previous 200, increas
ed
four times. And I said we're going to reduce the deficit, we're
going to ba
lance the budget, but we're going to invest more money
in the education and hea
Ith care and environmental protection of
our country so that we can have a bett
er country. (Applause.)
We took some tough votes. When Senator Lautenberg
and thenCongressman Torricel
li and the other members of the
House, they stood up and voted for our economic
plan in 1993,
they were excoriated, and the people who are here campaigning
ag
ainst Senator McGreevey said we were going to bring the economy
down. The peop
le who are here from Washington campaigning
against him said our economic polic
y would be a disaster. Well,
we've had four years of experience. They were wr
ong and we were
right, and we're right about this race, too. (Applause.)
They said they were tough on crime. I said, let's
show it. Let's punish the p
eople that ought to be punished and
spend more effort trying to prevent our kid
S from getting in
trouble in the first place and support the police (applause)
-- and support the police with 100,000 more police and the Brady
Bill and the
assault weapons ban. Their party was overwhelming
against these measures and n
ow we've had four years to know
whether they were right and we were wrong and
we know, crime
just keeps coming down. Our approach was right. We were right,
they were wrong, and we're right about this race, too.
On the environment, New Jersey is a state that has
shown time and again it is p
assionately committed to cleaning up
the environment and preserving it. They S
aid, we don't have time
to reauthorize the Superfund. They said we have to rel
ax our
environmental laws because it's too hard on the economy. They
said it's
just too much trouble, we're going to relax all these
laws. I said, no, no, W
e're going to have cleaner water, cleaner
air, clean up more toxic waste sites
and grow the economy and
grow the economy. (Applause.)
We've had a test now. Four years of experience we
have, and we stopped the Con
tract on America and its assault on
the environment. And we know now, after 13
million jobs, the
last quarter the lowest inflation in over 30 years, the best
growth picture in a generation we know our ideas are right and
theirs are wro
ng. We know. You don't have to guess anymore.
(Applause.)
And so I say, what's that got to do with the
governorship of New Jersey? Plent
y. Let me tell you, folks, I
was a governor for 12 years and on the hard days
in Washingtonx7I think it was still the best job I ever had. (Laughter.) And
let me tell you exactly what it has to do, based on 12, long,
good years. Num
ber one, our economic policies of getting this
country out of debt won't work i
n states that get themselves in
debt. You have to have fiscal responsibility i
n Washington and
at the state capital in New Jersey. You have to do it togethe
r.
(Applause.)
Number two, we have to be partners. We can't
restore middle class values, midd
le class lifestyles and a future
for our children by providing sensible tax rel
ief and a strong
economy if you have to deal with the problems that you have he
re
in New Jersey with the car insurance rates and the property tax.
We have to
work together to rebuild the lives of ordinary
American families in New Jersey
(Applause.)
Number three and these are very specific
education. (Applause.) We're doin
g everything we can to hook up
all our classrooms and libraries to the Internet
, to open the
doors of college to all, to provide more choices in schools, to
p
rovide more excitement and innovation and reform and, most
importantly, as Jim
McGreevey said, to raise standards.
(Applause.)
But the work, the daytoday work in education and
the money comes at the state a
nd local level. Everything we are
trying to do in Washington can quickly be un
dermined unless you
have a passionate believer that every child can learn, is
e
ntitled to the worldclass education that every child needs.
(Applause.)
Child health: 10 million children in this country
and tens of thousands in New
Jersey live in working families
without health insurance. We passed a bill to
provide health
insurance to 5 million of those kids as part of the balanced
bu
dget. But the plans have to be devised by the state. I trust
Jim McGreevey to
work with us to insure the children of New
Jersey. (Applause.)
Welfare reform: We have reduced the welfare rolls
by over 3 million. But we h
ave a lot of work still to do. They
said, just cut people off. I said, make p
eople who can work,
work; but remember, everyone's most important job is being
a good
parent provide the child care, provide the support, then
require people
to work. (Applause.) Our plan is working. But
it has to be implemented by t
he states. I trust Jim McGreevey to
help us drive the welfare rolls down more
in ways that support
being strong for work, but good to the children of this st
ate.
And it's a big issue for you. (Applause.)
Finally, in the last few months, Hillary and I have
had two conferences in Wash
ington about young children, preschool children one on the development of chil
dren's brains in
which we discovered that an enormous amount of the capacity al
I
of us have as adults was developed in our first four years of
life; and which
we discovered that if a child has loving and
supportive parents and a good chi
Id care environment, they'll get
about 700,000 positive interactions in their f
irst four years,
but if a child lives in either a home or is in a child care
ce
nter or both where the children are not being stimulated, they
might get as few
as 150,000 supportive interactions in the most
important period of a child's I
ife.
Then we had this child care conference in which we
discovered that some familie
S are spending up to 25 percent of
their income on child care; that some of our
besteducated child
care workers are more poorly paid than some of our rudiment
ary
workers in our society; and that we are simply not doing enough.
Now, I want to design a system in this country by
the time I leave office where
I can have confidence that people
can succeed at home and at work, and that no
one has to sacrifice
being a good parent to do a good job. I want to see
(ap
plause) I'm telling you, we have to balance the budget, we9have to run a stron
ger economy. We cannot afford to do the whole
job at the national level. It W
ill have to be done in
partnership partnership with private companies, partner
ship
with the states.
I trust Jim McGreevey to care about the children of
the working families of the
state of New Jersey. (Applause.) So
that's about it, folks. (Laughter.) I
want you to understand
this is not about me, or about my Republican congression
al
friends who are in here campaigning
for the governor. This is
not about
Washington or about what the pundits will say. Only
one thing matters is it
good for you and your children and the
future of this state.
But I can tell you, based on 12 years as governor,
almost five years as Preside
nt, and the things that I have seen
work, and my passionate commitment to the f
uture of this country,
you can trust Jim McGreevey to fight for that future as
governor.
Thank you. (Applause.)
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CREATOR: Christopher J. Lavery ( CN=Christopher J. Lavery/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 3-NOV-1997 11:33:59.00
SUBJECT: Accomplishments
TO: Lee Tawney (Lee Tawney @ 14106251046 @ fax [ UNKNOWN
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PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Maryland
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
Unemployment Down to 4.4%: The unemployment rate in Maryland has declined
from 6.4% to 4.4% since 1993.
156,200 New Jobs: 156,200 new jobs have been created in Maryland since
1993 -- an average of 34,080 per year, compared to an average loss of
11,775 jobs per year in the previous administration.
90,000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 35,000 Maryland workers
benefited from an increase in the minimum wage -- from $4.25 to $4.75 --
on October 1, 1996. They, along with about 55,000 more received an
additional raise -- from $4.75 to $5.15 -- on September 1, 1997.
1.4 Million Protected By Family & Medical Leave: Approximately 1,369,000
Maryland workers are covered by the Family & Medical Leave Law, which
allows workers to take up to 12 weeks unpaid leave to care for a new baby
or ailing relative [1995 data].
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make
it easier for families to raise their children, the balanced budget
includes a $500 per-child tax credit for children under 17. Thanks to
President Clinton, the Balanced Budget delivers a child tax credit to
535,000 families in Maryland.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
Crime Falls in Baltimore: Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 5% in
Baltimore [1996 data].
1,379 More Police: The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 1,379 new
police officers to date in communities across Maryland [through 10/97].
$2.5 Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against
Women Act, Maryland will be able to use $2.5 million in federal funds this
year [FY97] to establish more women's shelters and bolster law
enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. Maryland received more
than $2.2 million under VAWA in FY96.
$856,655 in Grants for Battered Women and Children: In 1998, Maryland
will receive an estimated 856,655 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention
Program grants to assist women and children fleeing domestic abuse.
$7.8 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Maryland ,S Schools:
Maryland received $7.8 million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools
Program, which invests in school security and drug prevention programs.
MOVING MARYLAND RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
70,007 Fewer People on Welfare: There are 70,007 fewer people on welfare
in Maryland now than there were at the beginning of 1993 -- a 32% decrease
[through 6/97].
Child Support Collections Up 49%: Child support collections have
increased by over $95 million -- or 49% -- in Maryland since FY92 [through
FY96].
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
$42.5 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY96, Maryland received $42.5
million in Head Start funding, benefitting nearly 9,000 students. This
year, Maryland receives $47.2 million, an increase of $4.7 million over
1996.
$7.1 Million in Goals 2000 Funding: This year [FY97], Maryland receives
$7.1 million in Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic
achievement by raising academic standards, increasing parental and
community involvement in education, expanding the use of computers and
technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional
development.
$2.4 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY97], Maryland receives
$2.4 million for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which helps
communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped
with the computer literacy skills needed for the 21st century.
$101 Million for Students Most in Need: Maryland receives $101 million
in Title I grants providing extra help in the basics for students most in
need, particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of
children in low-income families [FY97].
$55 Million for Students with Disabilities: This year, Maryland will
receive $55 million under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
to help ensure high quality educational opportunities for an estimated
104,630 disabled students in Maryland.
$21.7 Million for Vocational and Adult Education: This year, $21.7
million helps Maryland ,S students and workers prepare for the 21st
Century with technical and academic training. The funding also includes
the School-to-Work program, bridging high school with vocational
education.
$76.8 Million in Pell Grants: Maryland receives $76.8 million this year
in Pell Grant funding, which helps Maryland ,S low-income students go to
college.
2170 Have Served in Maryland through AmeriCorps: This year, approximately
50 AmeriCorps participants are serving their communities while earning
money for college by working in Maryland ,S schools, hospitals,
neighborhoods or parks. Since the National Service program began in 1994,
2170 members have served Maryland in 125 different programs.
Tuition Tax Credits to Open the Doors of College and Promote Lifelong
Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton ,S $1,500
HOPE Scholarship to help make the first two years of college as universal
as a high school diploma and a Lifetime Learning Tax Credit for college
juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans pursuing
lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be
applied to the first $5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to the
first $10,000 thereafter. 112,000 students in Maryland will receive a
HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500. 138,000 students in Maryland
will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.
INVESTING IN MARYLAND ,S HEALTH:
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the
largest single investment in health care for children since the passage of
Medicaid in 1965 -- an unprecedented $24 billion over five years to cover
as many as five million children throughout the nation. This investment
guarantees the full range of benefits -- from checkups to surgery -- that
children need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that prescription
drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at the
state level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand
health coverage to uninsured children in Maryland the Balanced Budget
provides $62 million in 1998 and $297 million over five years.
Helping Maryland Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration
is committed to full funding in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Today in Maryland, 8,669 more
women and children in need are receiving health and food assistance than
in 1994.
More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President ,S 1993
Childhood Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have
reached an historic high. According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's
toddlers in 1996 received the most critical doses of each of the routinely
recommended vaccines -- surpassing the President ,S 1993 goal. In
Maryland in 1996, 98% of two-year olds received the vaccines for
diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 94% received the vaccine for polio; 95%
received the vaccine for measles, and 95% received the vaccine for
Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
Superfund Clean-up in Harmans: In September 1993, the EPA completed
toxic waste site clean-up in Harmans, Maryland.
2 Brownfields Pilots in Maryland: The EPA has awarded a regional
Brownfields Demonstration Pilot in Baltimore County and a national pilot
in Baltimore. These projects are intended to jump-start local clean-up
efforts by providing funds over a two year period to return unproductive,
abandoned, contaminated urban properties to productive use.
SPEARHEADING URBAN RENEWAL EFFORTS:
$100 Million to Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore was designated as an
Empowerment Zone and was awarded $100 million to create more jobs,
housing, and economic opportunity for Baltimore residents.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
$36 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Maryland has
received $36 million in disaster relief. This includes $13.7 million in
assistance to recover from the Blizzard of 1996.
10,613 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took
office, Maryland has increased the number of National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) policies by 10,613. Since 1993, the number of homes and
structures protected by NFIP policies has increased by 30%. As more
individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster
assistance is lessened resulting in a reduced burden on America ,S
taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRAVEL IMPROVEMENT:
Over $394 Million to Improve Mass Transit: The FTA has provided $394.9
million since 1993 to improve public transportation in Maryland [through
FY97].
Nearly $1.6 Billion in Highway Funding: Since 1993, Maryland has received
nearly $1.6 billion in federal highway aid. These funds have helped
generate approximately 65,347 jobs [through FY97].
Over $54 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Since 1993, Maryland has
received over $54 million to fund airport improvements [through 6/97].
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DRAFT 11/6/97 3:00 P.M.
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
REMARKS ON BLUE-RIBBON SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
NOVEMBER 7, 1997
Acknowledgments: From advance
It is wonderful to be here. I look around this room and I see a
great, living textbook of the best lessons American elementary education
has to offer. There is not an educational challenge -- a method to improve
reading, a technique to raise math skills, a way to involve an entire
community in a school ,S mission -- that hasn ,t already been solved by
someone in this room. As the President has said, he wants America to have
the best educated population in the world in the 21st century. If we keep
doing what you are doing, I know we will.
One of the reasons this ceremony is so important is that it gives
all of you the opportunity to learn from one another, to share good ideas,
and to take those good ideas back home and put them in action in your own
classrooms.
Another reason this event is so important is that it honors
communities -- not just a single student or a single teacher or a single
principal, but entire schools and the communities that support them. The
Blue Ribbon Awards show us, with unmistakable clarity, that schools will
work only if principals set high standards if teachers teach if
students work hard to learn if parents stay involved. It doesn ,t matter
where these schools are, what their student body looks like, or whether
they are public, private, or parochial.
Every year I see the list of Blue Ribbon Schools. And every year I
am inspired by what you have done together. Some schools have launched
revolutionary training programs for their teachers. In others, teachers
have developed cutting-edge programs to get children reading early. And
there are schools where parents, students and teachers sit down regularly
to chart and build on a child ,S progress.
I have been privileged to spend a lot of time in classrooms. Every
classroom that works shares one basic characteristic: It is a place of
high standards. That is where your success lies. And that is what we must
challenge every school in this nation to do.
It is for this reason that I want to talk with you today about how
we can raise educational standards so that America ,S children will master
the basics and reach high levels of achievement.
I think we all know that education is more important than ever.
That there is no more important common enterprise. That our success as a
nation rests largely on our ability to educate our people -- to give them
the tools they need to live up to their God-given promise
This is why my husband has put in place the most comprehensive
education agenda in a generation. His goal is sweeping but straightforward
-- to see to it that every 8-year-old can read, every 12-year-old can log
on to the Internet, every 18-year-old can go on to college, and every
adult can keep on learning.
To that end, the balanced budget agreement which the President
signed last summer contains the largest new investment in education since
1965.
We are expanding Head Start to reach one million children a year;
hooking up our classrooms to the Internet; and kicking off the America
Reads program to mobilize a huge number of volunteers, especially college
students and young AmeriCorps team leaders, to make sure that all our
children can read independently by 3rd grade.
We are opening the doors of college wider than ever before, with
more Pell Grant scholarships and work-study slots, the $1,500 a year HOPE
Scholarship tax credit for the first two years of college, and tax cuts
and education IRAs to help students pay for the cost of the junior and
senior years, graduate school and other training.
This is a strong record. And it is one my husband is determined to
build on, especially at the primary and secondary school levels. The
President has focused the national spotlight on early learning and child
care.
He is working to inject more competition and choice into the
public school system. When he first took office, there was just one
charter school in the country. Today, there are nearly 700 and we are
well on the way to reaching the President ,S goal of 3000 charter schools.
And I am very pleased that a charter school I visited [when?] the
Vaughn Next Century Learning Center School in San Fernando, California
is one of this year ,S awardees.
The President is also supporting local initiatives like school
uniforms, after-school and summer school programs that will bring safety,
discipline, and learning to our children ,S lives. And he is leading the
fight to set high standards in elementary and secondary education and to
measure student performance against those standards.
Unlike most of the industrialized world, the United States still
does not have a nationally recognized system of high academic standards
for our children and tests that tell us whether or not we are actually
meeting those standards. As a result, we cannot say whether every child in
every classroom knows what he or she needs to know in math and in basic
language skills. There are lots of tests in America. But there is no
examination that says: Here are the standards that everyone should know in
language or math, and here is a test that reflects those standards.
It is for this reason that the President issued a challenge in the
State of the Union. He called on all of the states to set rigorous
standards with national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math to
make sure our children master the basics.
These tests will enable us to be sure that we have set benchmarks
of excellence for our children. After all, there is no difference between
algebra in Dallas and algebra in the District of Columbia. There is no
difference between reading in Louisville and reading in Los Angeles. The
basics are the same -- whether you are in a private school, a parochial
school, or a public school.
Let me make a few points about the tests my husband is proposing.
First, these tests are voluntary. The President has called for voluntary
national standards to be carried out at the local level.
Second, these voluntary tests would be based on widely accepted
national standards already used for the National Assessment of Education
Progress -- our Nation ,S Report Card. But while NAEP only tests
representative samples of students and gives scores only by state, the new
examinations would do much more. I ,11 talk about that in a minute.
Third, the federal government will not develop or administer the
tests. The federal government and the Department of Education will only
pay for the development of the exam and help states and school districts
who need it, to give it. That will be the limit of national involvement.
Fourth, these tests are a revolutionary new teaching tool. They
are meant to be constructive, not punitive. Let me explain why.
They will be clear as day. Parents and teachers will know
precisely what a child is supposed to learn. Reading and math standards
will be out in the open. There will be sample questions. There will be
examples of student work. There will be no mysteries.
The new voluntary tests will provide individual student scores
based on the national standards and international benchmarks.
What ,S more, teachers and parents will know exactly where a child
needs improvement. Not only will they be able to see how a child fared on
an particular question, they will also have at their fingertips the entire
test, which will be released in full on the Internet after it is
administered. This way, families and schools will have the information
they need to pinpoint weaknesses -- and strengths. In addition to getting
the completed tests, teachers will receive supplemental instructional
materials. Entire classes will be able to review a test together -- a
first in large-scale testing.
And teachers and parents will receive test scores within the same
school year. That means students can work on raising their skills
immediately. Precious time will not be lost -- waiting out a summer or
getting up to speed with a new teacher.
Fifth, these tests will show, once and for all, that it is
wrong-headed to attempt to build self-esteem in our children by easing up
on challenges. We are not doing our young people any favors by asking them
to do less than they are capable of. Kids do well when they know what to
aspire to and that the standards are fair and equally applied.
I am convinced that the biggest obstacle many students face in
learning grows out of the weak faith we have in them and their schools,
what Secretary of Education Richard Riley calls, &a tyranny of low
expectations. 8 The fact is, low-income and minority students are
consistently and tragically held back by the widespread and mistaken
belief that students from these backgrounds cannot learn to the same high
levels as other, more advantaged students.
New studies and programs explode this mythology.
For example, one year after instituting a program of higher
standards and tough tests, Philadelphia students made significant gains in
reading, math and science at the 4th, 8th, and 11th grades. They were able
to achieve these impressive gains at the same time that student
participation in the tests increased substantially -- including among
students from low-income families, students with disabilities, and
students with limited English skills.
So far, the President has received strong support for this
initiative. Already, seven states and 15 big city school districts,
representing 20 percent of the nation ,S students, have chosen to offer
the voluntary tests. These states and school districts are in good
company. They have been joined by the Defense Department Schools, which
educate 115,000 children a year, and make up a system about the size of
the Delaware ,S.
The President ,S initiative is also supported by leading
educational organizations, from the American Federation of Teachers to the
National Education Association. It is supported by the business community,
from the Chamber of Commerce to the Business Roundtable. And, most
important of all, it is supported by the American people.
And yesterday, the President, working with Congress, made an
important breakthrough in moving forward with these voluntary tests. [
policy update here]
In short, we are on our way to creating challenging national
standards and tests that will help raise expectations for all our students
in the basic skills. These tests will provide parents and communities with
accurate, reliable information about student and school performance. They
will make it impossible for schools to hide inadequate performance and to
claim that students and schools are performing satisfactorily when they
are not. And they will help mobilize parents and community leaders in
serious national, state and local efforts to raise student achievement in
the basics.
We know that not everyone will do well on these tests the first
time around and that some will need extra help to master the basic skills.
But compare this to the alternative -- a generation that will never be
given the opportunity, never be asked to live up to its God-given promise.
I hope you will join with the President in this effort. I hope you
will encourage Congress to follow the path set by Representative Goodling.
These voluntary tests are a test of our commitment to making sure that our
children are prepared as workers and as citizens -- to lead our nation
into the next millennium. This is one test we dare not fail.
Before I close, I would like to speak for a moment about another
important test we face as a nation -- a test of international leadership.
What must we do to continue to be a light unto the world for peace and
freedom?
On Sunday, at the request of the President and the Secretary of
State, I will travel to Russia, Ukraine, and the Central Asian countries
of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
The mission of this trip is straightforward. To commemorate the
rich cultures and traditions of these countries. To celebrate their
history of ethnic and religious tolerance. To honor their startling
transformation in the wake of communism ,S fall. And to strengthen the
young but already strong and strategic ties between our countries.
Think for a minute about the momentous changes of the last decade.
Think how many chapters in your history books have been rewritten? Think
how many curriculums you ,re had to change.
Only six years ago, the countries I will be privileged to visit
next week lived under stifling Soviet rule. Today, they are home to new
democracies. These countries are working to put in place free and fair
elections to build strong democratic institutions to live with an open
and inquiring press and to cherish a civil society that draws upon the
contibutions of all citizens and independent organizations.
Only six years ago, these countries were controlled by the
world ,S biggest state-based economy. Today, they are forging free markets
and creating economies that give full life and scope to human endeavor.
[fact here on % of privatization]
The countries of the former Soviet Union have come a long way -- a
distance that would have been imaginable not so many years ago. But let us
have no illusions. The road ahead remains a hard one. And American
support, investment, friendship, and encouragement will be crucial in
helping these countries stay on the path of peace and democracy.
That is why the President asked me to make this trip.
I hope to witness firsthand and highlight each country ,S efforts
to build democracy and a strong civil society. I will focus particularly
on grassroots initiatives and on efforts that lift up the lives of women
and children -- education, health care, access to credit, safety from
violence in the home.
I hope this trip will lay out exactly why we must do our utmost to
support democracy and social investment in these countries, and to
strengthen their place in the community of nations.
I hope it will encourage investment in their young economies --
particularly investment that will benefit all their citizens and that will
make wise use of the region ,S enormous natural resources.
And I hope it will show that American engagement must be measured
not just in aid dollars or humanitarian efforts, but in the democratic
values we reinforce, in the human rights we defend, and in the conflicts
we resolve preventively.
Just as you here today have shown the American people that we can
truly transform our schools, I hope this trip will give the American
people a renewed sense of the importance of our commitment to the newly
independent, democratic countries of the former Soviet Union.
After all, the causes come from the same place: to prepare our
children to make the most of their lives in the next century. And to give
them a safe, secure world in which to do so.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON AND VICE PRESIDENT GORE:
Supporting Women and Families
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES:
Passed the Family & Medical Leave Act. Family and Medical Leave enables
workers to take up to 12 weeks unpaid leave to care for a new baby or
ailing family member without jeopardizing their job. Twelve million
families have already benefited from Family and Medical Leave since its
enactment. And the President proposed expanding the Family & Medical
Leave Act to allow workers up to 24 hours per year of unpaid leave for
parent-teacher conferences or routine medical care for a child.
Cut taxes for 15 million working families by extending the Earned Income
Tax Credit.
Increased the Minimum Wage from $4.25 to $5.15 by giving 6 million women
a raise.
Narrowed the wage gap. Last year, the median earnings of women working
full-time increased 2.4%. In 1996, the median earnings of women
represented 74% of the median earnings for men, the narrowest gap ever.
MAKING OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES SAFER:
Putting 100,000 more police on the streets. Because of President
Clinton ,S Crime Bill, over 64,000 officers are already keeping our
neighborhoods and communities safe, on the way to 100,000. And violent
crime has dropped five years in a row - the longest period of decline in
25 years.
Signed the Assault Weapons Ban into law as well as the Brady Bill, which
has already kept guns out of the hands of 250,000 felons, fugitives and
individuals under restraining orders related to domestic harassment. The
President also signed into law an extension of the Brady Law, which
prohibits anyone convicted of a domestic violence offense -- misdemeanor
or felony -- from owning or possessing a firearm.
Signed Megan ,S Law allowing community-notification of sex offenders.
Championed the Violence Against Women Act, the cornerstone of the
President ,S efforts to fight domestic violence, and created an office at
the Department of Justice dedicated to combating violence against women.
More than tripled funding to domestic violence shelters and instituted
new penalties against men who stalk, threaten or abuse women across state
lines.
Established nationwide 24-hour domestic violence hotline. The hotline (
1-800-797-SAFE) provides immediate crisis intervention, counseling and
referrals for those in need. Since the hotline opened, there have been
over 118,000 calls from all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
INVESTING IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Increasing Participation in Head Start. Since 1993, funding for the
program has increased by 43% -- in fiscal year 1997, Head Start will have
serve nearly 800,000 low-income children.
Fought for passage of education tax breaks to promote lifelong
learning. Representing the largest single increase in higher education
since the G.I. Bill, the Balanced Budget includes a $1,500 Hope
Scholarship to make the first two years of college universally available,
and a 20-percent tuition tax credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate
students, and working Americans pursuing lifelong learning.
Promoted national service and educational opportunities through
AmeriCorps.
Fighting for voluntary national education standards and signed Goals 2000
establishing world-class educational standards.
CARING FOR OUR CHILDREN:
Held First-Ever White House Conference on Child Care and White House
Conference on Early Child Development and Learning. In April 1997, the
President and First Lady held the White House Conference on Early Child
Development and Learning to highlight the benefits of early nurturing by
parents. And in October 1997, the White House Conference on Child Care
began a dialogue on the child care challenges facing parents today --
availability, affordability, and assuring safety and quality.
Extended health care to millions of children with the Children ,S Health
Initiative, the single largest investment in Health Care for children
since 1965. The President fought to ensure that the Balanced Budget
included $24 billion to provide meaningful health care coverage to
millions of uninsured children.
Fought for and won $500 child tax credit for 27 million families with 45
million children under age 17. Thirteen million children from families
with income below $30,000 will receive the child tax credit as a result of
the President ,S efforts.
Increasing child care funding. Since 1993, federal funding for child
care has increased by nearly 79%, providing child care services for over
one million children.
Signed the Comprehensive Childhood Immunization Initiative. Thanks to
President Clinton, immunization rates among two-year-olds have reached
historic highs.
Launched new strategies to reduce the high rate of teen pregnancies.
Teen births have fallen four years in a row, by 8.5 percent from 1991 to
1995.
Imposed strict measures to keep cigarettes out of the hands of our
children by restricting youth-targeted advertising; and the FDA made 18
the minimum age to purchase tobacco products nationwide, requiring photo
I.D.s for anyone under the age of 27.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE:
Continues to lead the fight to give every American access to affordable,
quality health care.
Preserved and protected Medicare and Medicaid from Republican attempts
to cripple those programs. The Balanced Budget extends Medicare solvency
for at least a decade.
Fought for greater health security for America ,S families. The
President signed into law the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act which includes important new protections for an
estimated 25 million Americans who move from one job to another, who are
self-employed, or who have pre-existing medical conditions.
Increased funding for breast cancer research by 86% -- from $276 million
in FY93 to $513 million in FY97 -- and implemented the Mammography Quality
Standards Act to ensure the quality of mammograms.
Ended drive-thru deliveries. Proposed and signed into law legislation
requiring insurers to cover at least 48 hours of a post-natal hospital
stay (72 hours for a Cesarean).
Endorsed legislation that would ban drive-thru mastectomies, allowing
women to stay in the hospital at least 48 hours following a mastectomy.
And the President has also endorsed legislation that will prevent health
plans from discriminating on the basis of genetic information.
PROMOTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR WOMEN:
Reversed the "Gag Rule" limiting the information federally funded family
planning clinics could give to women.
Increased funding for Title X Family Planning -- each year, some 5
million persons receive Title X-supported services.
Signed the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, establishing a
safety-zone around women's health clinics.
GENERATING MORE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN:
Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of all businesses. The
Small Business Administration ,S Office of Women ,S Business Ownership is
working to foster this growth.
There are nearly 8 million women-owned businesses in the U.S.,
generating nearly $2.3 trillion in sales.
Conducted a survey over 250,000 working women to learn more about their
workplace experiences.
WOMEN AS PARTNERS IN DECISION MAKING:
Named women for 41 percent of Administration appointees, by far the
highest percentage ever.
Appointed the first women ever to serve as Attorney General and
Secretary of State.
A third of all judicial nominees are women, the highest proportion ever.
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CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-NOV-1997 08:33:01.00
SUBJECT: Re: Ray's visit
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KEEPING AMERICA AND ITS WORKERS THE MOST COMPETITIVE IN THE WORLD
America Needs Fast Track to Continue to Create Higher-Paying Jobs for More
Americans. Without it, America,s role as the largest exporter in the
world will be put in jeopardy. And with new markets opening around the
world, it is more important than ever to give the President traditional
trade authority to break down trade barriers that put American products
made by American workers at a disadvantage. We will continue to ensure
that America,s workers will benefit from expanded trade by fighting for
increased training and education opportunities.
I.
AMERICAN WORKERS STILL FACE A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE TOO MANY
FOREIGN COUNTRIES PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON AMERICAN GOODS. WE NEED FAST
TRACK TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR AMERICAN WORKERS.
What We Inherited. In 1993, President Clinton came into office at a time
when the U.S. continued its commitment to free and fair trade, but other
countries maintained high tariffs and other obstacles to fair trade to the
disadvantage of America,s workers.
President Clinton Moved to Address this Disadvantage by Completing the
Uruguay Round Agreements, Negotiated Under Fast Track Authority. We have
repeatedly leveled the playing field by negotiating tough, fair agreements
-- securing more concessions from our trading partners than we had to give
up. For example, Australia has cut its tariffs five times more than we
have had to, Korea six times more than the U.S. and Peru has cut its
tariffs ten times more than the U.S. since the Uruguay Round of GATT. Becau
se of the ongoing benefits from the Uruguay Round, it is estimated that
trade will continue to grow by an average of 9% per year until 2000.
American Workers Still Face a Disadvantage. Even with the recent progress
in GATT, American exports still face higher tariff rates than our own.
For instance, U.S. agricultural exports average 38%, while our own rates
average 11%. U.S. electric machinery exports average 5%, while our rates
average under 2%. Without Fast track authority, these conditions will
only persist when more and more countries negotiate their own preferential
trade deals to the detriment of America,s workers. American workers de
serve better.
Open and Fair Trade is in the Best Interest of American Workers and their
Families. As the American people prepare for the challenges of the 21 st
century, we face a critical choice: We can meet the challenges of the
future, write the trade rules and continue America,s remarkable economic
growth -- or we can turn our back on the world and fail to compete for new
markets, new contracts, new business and new jobs. All over America, jobs
have been created in small, medium and large companies that would not be
here today if we did not have the ability to negotiate fair trade
agreements.
Over the last four years, American manufacturing exports rose
42%, high technology exports jumped 46%, service exports climbed 33% and
farm exports rose 41%.
From 1990-1996, U.S. auto exports to the biggest emerging markets
(excluding Mexico) rose $500 million and are estimated to reach $6.1
billion by 2010. U.S. parts exports to these emerging markets are
expected to more than triple from the current $3 billion to $10 billion in
2010.
The U.S. dominates 75% of the global software market. More than
one-half million workers are employed in the industry -- double the level
a decade ago. This industry is expected to grow 9% per year worldwide
over the next decade.
The U.S. once again dominates the world,s semiconductor
industry -- after trailing Japan for years. More than one-quarter million
American are employed in the semiconductor industry -- up 13% over the
last three years. The global semiconductor market nearly tripled in size
between 1990 and 1995 -- and sales are expected to reach $200 billion by
the year 2000 -- a fourfold increase over a decade.
Exports of goods and services have risen from about 4% of GDP in
the early 1960's to over 13% today. Over 15% of the total American
workforce is employed in the manufacturing sector. U.S. exports have
grown 3 times faster than Japan,s, 5 times faster than Germany,s since
the mid 1980,s.
II. TO ENSURE THAT ALL AMERICAN WORKERS BENEFIT FROM EXPANDED
TRADE, THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS FOUGHT FOR INCREASED TRAINING AND
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
We need a growth strategy in which we take every action possible to ensure
that all Americans can benefit from economic change. We need to break out
of the old arguments that say you are either for blocking change or you
are for the market, but everyone has to fend for themselves. Government
needs to help workers, communities and those not in the job market realize
the benefits of expanded trade.
0
The Administration is developing a comprehensive plan to help
communities and workers who have been affected by trade. President
Clinton is building on his strong record of helping workers and families
secure more opportunities to improve their educations and obtain higher
paying jobs. The President will announce his plan early next week.
A Record of Strong Action to Help Families and Workers
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Fought To Ensure Low-Income Families Benefitted from Child Tax
Credit. Because of the President ,S efforts, 13 million children from
families with incomes below $30,000 will receive the tax credit -- up to
7.5 million more than under the House plans. Families making under $30,000
-- such as young teachers, police officers, farmers, nurses and others who
work hard and play by the rules will now receive the child credit.
Ø
20% Tuition Tax Credit. The balanced budget deals provides for a 20%
tuition tax credit applied to the first $5,000 of qualified education
expenses and to the first $10,000 thereafter for college juniors, seniors,
graduate students, and working Americans pursuing lifelong learning.
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$1,500 Hope Scholarship Tax Credit. The balanced budget deal
also includes a $1,500 Hope Scholarship to make the first two years of
college universally available. For a student attending the average
four-year college, the Tuition Tax and HOPE Scholarship tax credits will
provide tax savings of up to $5,000.
0
Doubled Dislocated Worker Funding. The funding for dislocated
workers has been doubled, from $651 million in FY93 to $1,286 million in
FY97. This year, the dislocated worker program will assist 580,000
workers, up about 300,000 since President Clinton took office.
0
Largest Pell Grant Increase in Two Decades. The Balanced Budget
agreement boosts the maximum 1998 Pell grant from $2,700 to $3,000, and
expands the program to more poor independent students -- that ,S the
largest increase in two decades.
III. IF THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY THAT EVERY
PRESIDENT HAS HAD SINCE 1974, OUR COMPETITORS, NOT AMERICAN WORKERS, WILL
REALIZE THE BENEFITS OF THE NEW ECONOMY.
Today, we have the opportunity to permanently create the types of jobs
that pay more and provide our workers with more security if we continue
to increase our exports and open more markets. But if the President does
not have the authority to negotiate tough and fair trade agreements with
Congress , consent, our competitors will get the best jobs for their
workers, while the U.S. will be relegated to the sidelines.
Without fast track, the U.S. will lack credibility to push for a
fast start on global negotiations scheduled to start at the end of 1999.
The United States stands the most to gain in these negotiations because of
its comparative advantage in agriculture, commercial services and
government procurement.
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Agriculture. Agricultural exports support nearly a million U.S.
jobs. Agriculture remains one of the most protected and subsidized sectors
in the world economy. American exports still continue to face trade
barriers through high tariffs and preferential trade deals that exclude
the U.S.
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Commercial Services. Service exports of U.S. firms supported
nearly 4 million jobs in 1996. Unless negotiated away, barriers will
inhibit increased U.S. service exports. In Korea, a number of service
sectors remain restrictive for foreign investment including
telecommunications and insurance. Brazil has restrictive investment laws,
lack of transparency in administrative procedures and limits on foreign
capital participation. Distribution in the domestic market is restricted
in Indonesia.
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Government Procurement. Some sectors relating to government
procurement include civil aircraft, energy equipment, environmental
technologies and services and medical equipment which employ over 2
million American workers. The vast majority of low and middle-income
countries have not signed the WTO Government Procurement Code and the U.S.
cannot negotiate government procurement obligations in plurilateral
negotiations.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Elizabeth R. Newman@EOP@LNGTWY@LNGTWY ( Elizabeth R.
Newman@EOP@LNGTWY@LNGTWY[WHO])
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-NOV-1997 10:14:14.00
SUBJECT: Fact Sheets on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Signing
TO: Steven J. Naplan@eop Steven J. Naplan@eop [ NSC
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TO: Michael J. Sullivan@EOP (Michael J. Sullivan@EOP [ WHO ])
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TEXT:
Message Creation Date was at 13-NOV-1997 09:53:00
1998 Education Budget:
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents,
teachers,
and citizens all
across America -- for a new nonpartisan commitment to education -- because
education is a critical national security issue for our future, and
politics
must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4,1997
HIGHLIGHTS: The President !,s signature on the Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations Bill today, along with the education tax cuts enacted in
August, take us an historic step closer to reaching the President !,s goal
of
making sure that every 8-year old can read, every 12-year old can log on
to
Internet, every 18-year old can go to college, and all Americans can keep
on
learning throughout their lifetimes. This represents the largest increase
in
our education investment in a generation, including the biggest increase
in
college aid since the GI Bill 50 years ago. The bill signed today:
promotes high standards and continued development of voluntary national
tests;
increases Pell Grants to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades;
expands Head Start;
funds America Reads to help all children read well and independently by
age 8;
brings technology to the classroom; and
expands choice and accountability through public charter schools.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND ADVANCED SKILLS
Continues Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill provides full
funding to proceed with immediate development of the first-ever voluntary
national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, based on widely
accepted national standards used in the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP). It puts the independent, bipartisan National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB) in charge of test policies and development, as the
Administration had proposed. The bill provides the Administration !,s
full
request of $16 million to support the testing plan, and allows for pilot
testing to begin in Fall 1998. The bill also provides for a feasibility
study
to determine if existing state tests can be linked to both the NAEP
standards
and each other.
Provides Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill provides
nearly
$300 million in new funding towards the President !,s comprehensive
strategy for
involving teachers, families and communities in ensuring that all children
learn to read well and independently by the end of third grade. These
resources
will be used to build on current AmeriCorps and college work-study
tutoring
efforts (more than 800 colleges have already committed to use Federal
work-study slots for reading tutors).
AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of $64
million
in the two bills that fund the National Service program ($39 million in
the
bill signed today). This will fund 3000 new AmeriCorps members and
thousands
of new senior volunteers who will recruit more than 100,000 volunteer
tutors.
State teacher training and family literacy efforts are increased a
total of
$41 million, and $5 million is provided to help provide training for
tutors.
Provides an advance appropriation of $210 million for pending
legislation
based on the President !,s America Reads initiative. The House version of
that
legislation -- promoting tutoring, family literacy, and teacher training
passed the House with the Administration !,s support on November 8.
Brings Technology to the Classroom. Funding for the President !,s two
education technology programs, started from scratch three years ago, is
more
than doubled, to $531 million:
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund. The bill provides $425 million,
more
than twice as much as the $200 million appropriated last year, to help
States,
communities, and schools acquire hardware, software, and connectivity
linkages;
provide professional development in the integration of technology into the
curriculum; and apply technology to support school reform efforts and
opportunities for all students.
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. The bill includes $106
million--an
86 percent increase over last year's level of $57 million--to support up
to 30
new projects, including 15 focused specifically on delivering the most
effective training for teachers in using educational technologies, as well
as
62 existing projects involving a wide range of innovative strategies for
improving teaching and learning and increasing student access to
technology.
Expands Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President
Clinton !,s
Public Charter Schools Program received a 57 percent increase, from $51
million
to $80 million. This program provides start-up funding for public schools
that
parents, teachers, and communities create -- and that States free from
most
rules and regulations while holding them accountable for raising student
achievement. By the end of next year, the Department of Education will be
funding nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools, accelerating
progress
toward the President !,s goal of developing 3,000 new charter schools by
early
in the next century -- a goal adopted by bipartisan charter school
legislation
passed by the House last week.
Supports Certification of Master Teachers. The bill includes $18.5
million in
support of the President !,s plan to help 100,000 teachers nationwide seek
certification as Master Teachers by the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards.
Provides After-School Opportunities for Children. The bill dramatically
expands support for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program,
providing $40 million to support hundreds of after-school centers in rural
and
urban schools across the country that will provide academic enrichment,
tutoring, and other learning opportunities while giving students a safe
haven
during the often-dangerous after-school hours.
Supports Strategies for Transforming Failing Schools. The bill includes
$150
million in new funds for an initiative, supported by the President, to
help
low-achieving, low-income schools transform themselves through proven
reforms,
addressing failing schools without abandoning public education. These
funds
will help almost 3,000 schools implement successful reforms.
Helps Children Learn English. The bill includes a 35% increase in
bilingual and
immigrant education secured by the President in the Balanced Budget
Agreement.
The bilingual education funding will help school districts teach English
to
more than a million limited English proficient children, as well as
provide
some 4,000 teachers with the training they need to do their jobs better.
The
Immigrant Education program will help more than a thousand school
districts
provide supplemental instructional services to 875,000 recent immigrant
students.
Helps Children with Special Needs. This bill appropriates $3.8 billion
for
Special Education Grants to States, an increase of $700 million that will
raise
the Federal share of serving about 6 million children with disabilities by
19
percent. This increase will help States and school districts improve
educational results for children with disabilities and help these children
meet
high standards, as called for by the Individuals with Disabilities Act
Amendments of 1997, recently signed by the President.
Promotes High Standards for All Children. The bill provides $491 million
for
the President !,s Goals 2000 school reform program. Communities in every
state
are using Goals 2000 funds to upgrade curriculum, improve teaching,
increase
parental involvement in schools, and make greater use of computers in the
classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been invested in this vital
initi
ative.
Funds Extra Assistance for Low-Income Schools and Students. The bill
provides
nearly $7.4 billion in Title I to support extra help in basic and advanced
skills for more than ten million disadvantaged students in elementary and
secondary schools. Under the Clinton Administration, investment in Title I
has
grown by over $ 1 billion.
PROVIDING JOB TRAINING FOR ADULTS AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH
Expands Job Corps and Other Job Training Programs. The bill provides an
increase of $497 million - or 8 percent - for employment and training
programs. This means more opportunities for adult training, youth
training,
and Job Corps.
Creates new Youth Opportunities Areas. For Out-of-School Youth, the bill
provides an advance appropriation of $250 million for employment programs
in
selected high-poverty urban and rural areas, including designated
empowerment
zones and enterprise communities.
Serves More Than 600,000 Dislocated Workers. The bill provides an
increase of
$65 million for dislocated workers - bringing the total clients served to
more
than double what it was the year President Clinton took office.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Expands Head Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides nearly
$4.4
billion for Head Start, keeping on track to meet the President's goal of
serving one million children. With this $374 million increase, Head Start
funding will have increased 57% since 1993. The program will serve an
estimated
836,000 children in 1998.
HELPING AMERICANS AFFORD A COLLEGE EDUCATION
Increases Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted President
Clinton !,s proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 -- the
largest
increase in two decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will receive
this
year !,s $300 increase, and an additional 220,000 low- and moderate-income
families that were not previously eligible will receive Pell Grants.
Protects Families !, Financial Aid Eligibility. The bill includes the
President !,s proposal to ensure that families !, eligibility for Federal
financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts for higher
education.
This was a part of the Administration !,s original HOPE Scholarship
proposal,
but was not included in the recent tax legislation.
Reduces Student Loan Interest Rate. A one-year provision will reduce the
interest rate on consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan
program to
match the lower rate which has been offered under direct lending, and will
allow old loans to be consolidated into either program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION !,S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Fully Funds Office for Civil Rights. The bill fully funds the Department
of
Education !,s Office for Civil Rights, meeting the President !,s request
for a
12% increase in order to protect America !,s students from illegal
discrimination in education.
Increases Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Hispanic
Serving Institutions. The bill meets the President !,s request for
increases
for both Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving
Institutions, providing greater support for these vital postsecondary
institutions.
OTHER VICTORIES
The bill also maintains our investments in Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities, School-to-Work Opportunities, College Work-Study, and other
education and training priorities.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Cynthia M. Jasso-Rotunno CN=Cynthia M. Jasso-Rotunno/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-NOV-1997 11:12:18.00
SUBJECT: Fact Sheets on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Signing
TO: Linda L. Moore (CN=Linda L. Moore/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Need your help. how do we find out if Houston or Atlanta are getting any
funds out of this?
OR are there any upcoming potential grant announcements for Houston or
Atlanta that we can tie into prinicipal visits. VP going to Houston 11/24
and MEG to Atlanta on 11/20.
Please advise. Thanx.
Forwarded by Cynthia M. Jasso-Rotunno/WHO/EOP on
11/13/97 11:10 AM
Elizabeth R. Newman
11/13/97 09:53:47 AM
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Subject:
Fact Sheets on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Signing
1998 Education Budget:
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents,
teachers, and citizens all
across America -- for a new nonpartisan commitment to education -- because
education is a critical national security issue for our future, and
politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union
Address, February 4,1997
HIGHLIGHTS: The President,s signature on the Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations Bill today, along with the education tax cuts enacted in
August, take us an historic step closer to reaching the President,s goal
of making sure that every 8-year old can read, every 12-year old can log
on to Internet, every 18-year old can go to college, and all Americans can
keep on learning throughout their lifetimes. This represents the largest
increase in our education investment in a generation, including the
biggest increase in college aid since the GI Bill 50 years ago. The bill
signed today:
promotes high standards and continued development of voluntary national
tests;
increases Pell Grants to $3,000 the largest increase in two decades;
expands Head Start;
funds America Reads to help all children read well and independently by
age 8;
brings technology to the classroom; and
expands choice and accountability through public charter schools.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND ADVANCED SKILLS
Continues Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill provides full
funding to proceed with immediate development of the first-ever voluntary
national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, based on widely
accepted national standards used in the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP). It puts the independent, bipartisan National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB) in charge of test policies and development, as the
Administration had proposed. The bill provides the Administration,s full
request of $16 million to support the testing plan, and allows for pilot
testing to begin in Fall 1998. The bill also provides for a feasibility
study to determine if existing state tests can be linked to both the NAEP
standards and each other.
Provides Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill provides
nearly $300 million in new funding towards the President,s comprehensive
strategy for involving teachers, families and communities in ensuring that
all children learn to read well and independently by the end of third
grade. These resources will be used to build on current AmeriCorps and
college work-study tutoring efforts (more than 800 colleges have already
committed to use Federal work-study slots for reading tutors).
AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of
$64 million in the two bills that fund the National Service program ($39
million in the bill signed today). This will fund 3000 new AmeriCorps
members and thousands of new senior volunteers who will recruit more than
100,000 volunteer tutors.
State teacher training and family literacy efforts are increased
a total of $41 million, and $5 million is provided to help provide
training for tutors.
Provides an advance appropriation of $210 million for pending
legislation based on the President,s America Reads initiative. The House
version of that legislation - promoting tutoring, family literacy, and
teacher training passed the House with the Administration,s support on
November 8.
Brings Technology to the Classroom. Funding for the President,s two
education technology programs, started from scratch three years ago, is
more than doubled, to $531 million:
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund. The bill provides $425 million,
more than twice as much as the $200 million appropriated last year, to
help States, communities, and schools acquire hardware, software, and
connectivity linkages; provide professional development in the integration
of technology into the curriculum; and apply technology to support school
reform efforts and opportunities for all students.
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. The bill includes $106
million--an 86 percent increase over last year's level of $57 million--to
support up to 30 new projects, including 15 focused specifically on
delivering the most effective training for teachers in using educational
technologies, as well as 62 existing projects involving a wide range of
innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning and increasing
student access to technology.
Expands Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President Clinton,s
Public Charter Schools Program received a 57 percent increase, from $51
million to $80 million. This program provides start-up funding for public
schools that parents, teachers, and communities create -- and that States
free from most rules and regulations while holding them accountable for
raising student achievement. By the end of next year, the Department of
Education will be funding nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools,
accelerating progress toward the President,s goal of developing 3,000 new
charter schools by early in the next century -- a goal adopted by
bipartisan charter school legislation passed by the House last week.
Supports Certification of Master Teachers. The bill includes $18.5
million in support of the President,s plan to help 100,000 teachers
nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards.
Provides After-School Opportunities for Children. The bill dramatically
expands support for the 21 st Century Community Learning Centers program,
providing $40 million to support hundreds of after-school centers in rural
and urban schools across the country that will provide academic
enrichment, tutoring, and other learning opportunities while giving
students a safe haven during the often-dangerous after-school hours.
Supports Strategies for Transforming Failing Schools. The bill includes
$150 million in new funds for an initiative, supported by the President,
to help low-achieving, low-income schools transform themselves through
proven reforms, addressing failing schools without abandoning public
education. These funds will help almost 3,000 schools implement suc
cessful reforms.
Helps Children Learn English. The bill includes a 35% increase in
bilingual and immigrant education secured by the President in the Balanced
Budget Agreement. The bilingual education funding will help school
districts teach English to more than a million limited English proficient
children, as well as provide some 4,000 teachers with the training they
need to do their jobs better. The Immigrant Education program will help
more than a thousand school districts provide supplemental instructional
services to 875,000 recent immigrant students.
Helps Children with Special Needs. This bill appropriates $3.8 billion
for Special Education Grants to States, an increase of $700 million that
will raise the Federal share of serving about 6 million children with
disabilities by 19 percent. This increase will help States and school
districts improve educational results for children with disabilities and
help these children meet high standards, as called for by the Individuals
with Disabilities Act Amendments of 1997, recently signed by the
President.
Promotes High Standards for All Children. The bill provides $491 million
for the President,s Goals 2000 school reform program. Communities in
every state are using Goals 2000 funds to upgrade curriculum, improve
teaching, increase parental involvement in schools, and make greater use
of computers in the classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been
invested in this vital initiative.
Funds Extra Assistance for Low-Income Schools and Students. The bill
provides nearly $7.4 billion in Title I to support extra help in basic and
advanced skills for more than ten million disadvantaged students in
elementary and secondary schools. Under the Clinton Administration,
investment in Title I has grown by over $ 1 billion.
PROVIDING JOB TRAINING FOR ADULTS AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH
Expands Job Corps and Other Job Training Programs. The bill provides an
increase of $497 million -- or 8 percent -- for employment and training
programs. This means more opportunities for adult training, youth
training, and Job Corps.
Creates new Youth Opportunities Areas. For Out-of-School Youth, the bill
provides an advance appropriation of $250 million for employment programs
in selected high-poverty urban and rural areas, including designated
empowerment zones and enterprise communities.
Serves More Than 600,000 Dislocated Workers. The bill provides an
increase of $65 million for dislocated workers -- bringing the total
clients served to more than double what it was the year President Clinton
took office.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Expands Head Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides nearly
$4.4 billion for Head Start, keeping on track to meet the President's goal
of serving one million children. With this $374 million increase, Head
Start funding will have increased 57% since 1993. The program will serve
an estimated 836,000 children in 1998.
HELPING AMERICANS AFFORD A COLLEGE EDUCATION
Increases Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted President
Clinton,s proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 -- the
largest increase in two decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will
receive this year,s $300 increase, and an additional 220,000 low- and
moderate-income families that were not previously eligible will receive
Pell Grants.
Protects Families, Financial Aid Eligibility. The bill includes the
President,s proposal to ensure that families, eligibility for Federal
financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts for higher
education. This was a part of the Administration,s original HOPE
Scholarship proposal, but was not included in the recent tax legislation.
Reduces Student Loan Interest Rate. A one-year provision will reduce the
interest rate on consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan
program to match the lower rate which has been offered under direct
lending, and will allow old loans to be consolidated into either program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION,S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Fully Funds Office for Civil Rights. The bill fully funds the Department
of Education,s Office for Civil Rights, meeting the President,s request
for a 12% increase in order to protect America,s students from illegal
discrimination in education.
Increases Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Hispanic Serving Institutions. The bill meets the President,s request
for increases for both Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Hispanic-Serving Institutions, providing greater support for these vital
postsecondary institutions.
OTHER VICTORIES
The bill also maintains our investments in Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities, School-to-Work Opportunities, College Work-Study, and other
education and training priorities.
Message Sent
To:
Christine A. Stanek/WHO/EOP
Lori E. Abrams/WHO/EOP
Laura K. Capps/WHO/EOP
Steven A. Cohen/WHO/EOP
Anne M. Edwards/WHO/EOP
Rahm I. Emanuel/WHO/EOP
Karen E. Finney/WHO/EOP
Ben A. Freeland/WHO/EOP
Jeremy M. Gaines/WHO/EOP
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Ann T. Eder (CN=Ann T. Eder/OU=WHO/O=EOP WHO 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-NOV-1997 10:14:56.00
SUBJECT:
TO: ANN EDER (ANN EDER @ 4566218 @ FAX [ WHO
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1998 Education Budget:
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents,
teachers, and citizens all across America -- for a new nonpartisan
commitment to education -- because education is a critical national
security issue for our future, and politics must stop at the schoolhouse
door.
President Clinton, State of the Union
Address, February 4,1997
HIGHLIGHTS: The President ,S signature on the Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations Bill today, along with the education tax cuts enacted in
August, take us an historic step closer to reaching the President ,S goal
of making sure that every 8-year old can read, every 12-year old can log
on to Internet, every 18-year old can go to college, and all Americans can
keep on learning throughout their lifetimes. This represents the largest
increase in our education investment in a generation, including the
biggest increase in college aid since the GI Bill 50 years ago. The bill
signed today:
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promotes high standards and continued development of voluntary
national tests;
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increases Pell Grants to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades;
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expands Head Start;
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funds America Reads to help all children read well and
independently by age 8;
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brings technology to the classroom; and
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expands choice and accountability through public charter schools.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND ADVANCED SKILLS
Continues Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill provides full
funding to proceed with immediate development of the first-ever voluntary
national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, based on widely
accepted national standards used in the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP). It puts the independent, bipartisan National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB) in charge of test policies and development, as the
Administration had proposed. The bill provides the Administration ,S full
request of $16 million to support the testing plan, and allows for pilot
testing to begin in Fall 1998. The bill also provides for a feasibility
study to determine if existing state tests can be linked to both the NAEP
standards and each other.
Provides Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill provides
nearly $300 million in new funding towards the President ,S comprehensive
strategy for involving teachers, families and communities in ensuring that
all children learn to read well and independently by the end of third
grade. These resources will be used to build on current AmeriCorps and
college work-study tutoring efforts (more than 800 colleges have already
committed to use Federal work-study slots for reading tutors).
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AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of
$64 million in the two bills that fund the National Service program ($39
million in the bill signed today). This will fund 3000 new AmeriCorps
members and thousands of new senior volunteers who will recruit more than
100,000 volunteer tutors.
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State teacher training and family literacy efforts are
increased a total of $41 million, and $5 million is provided to help
provide training for tutors.
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Provides an advance appropriation of $210 million for pending
legislation based on the President ,S America Reads initiative. The House
version of that legislation -- promoting tutoring, family literacy, and
teacher training -- passed the House with the Administration ,S support on
November 8.
Brings Technology to the Classroom. Funding for the President ,S two
education technology programs, started from scratch three years ago, is
more than doubled, to $531 million:
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Technology Literacy Challenge Fund. The bill provides $425 million,
more than twice as much as the $200 million appropriated last year, to
help States, communities, and schools acquire hardware, software, and
connectivity linkages; provide professional development in the integration
of technology into the curriculum; and apply technology to support school
reform efforts and opportunities for all students.
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Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. The bill includes $106
million--an 86 percent increase over last year's level of $57 million--to
support up to 30 new projects, including 15 focused specifically on
delivering the most effective training for teachers in using educational
technologies, as well as 62 existing projects involving a wide range of
innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning and increasing
student access to technology.
Expands Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President Clinton ,S
Public Charter Schools Program received a 57 percent increase, from $51
million to $80 million. This program provides start-up funding for public
schools that parents, teachers, and communities create -- and that States
free from most rules and regulations while holding them accountable for
raising student achievement. By the end of next year, the Department of
Education will be funding nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools,
accelerating progress toward the President ,S goal of developing 3,000 new
charter schools by early in the next century -- a goal adopted by
bipartisan charter school legislation passed by the House last week.
Supports Certification of Master Teachers. The bill includes $18.5
million in support of the President ,S plan to help 100,000 teachers
nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards.
Provides After-School Opportunities for Children. The bill dramatically
expands support for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program,
providing $40 million to support hundreds of after-school centers in rural
and urban schools across the country that will provide academic
enrichment, tutoring, and other learning opportunities while giving
students a safe haven during the often-dangerous after-school hours.
Supports Strategies for Transforming Failing Schools. The bill includes
$150 million in new funds for an initiative, supported by the President,
to help low-achieving, low-income schools transform themselves through
proven reforms, addressing failing schools without abandoning public
education. These funds will help almost 3,000 schools implement suc
cessful reforms.
Helps Children Learn English. The bill includes a 35% increase in
bilingual and immigrant education secured by the President in the Balanced
Budget Agreement. The bilingual education funding will help school
districts teach English to more than a million limited English proficient
children, as well as provide some 4,000 teachers with the training they
need to do their jobs better. The Immigrant Education program will help
more than a thousand school districts provide supplemental instructional
services to 875,000 recent immigrant students.
Helps Children with Special Needs. This bill appropriates $3.8 billion
for Special Education Grants to States, an increase of $700 million that
will raise the Federal share of serving about 6 million children with
disabilities by 19 percent. This increase will help States and school
districts improve educational results for children with disabilities and
help these children meet high standards, as called for by the Individuals
with Disabilities Act Amendments of 1997, recently signed by the
President.
Promotes High Standards for All Children. The bill provides $491 million
for the President ,S Goals 2000 school reform program. Communities in
every state are using Goals 2000 funds to upgrade curriculum, improve
teaching, increase parental involvement in schools, and make greater use
of computers in the classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been
invested in this vital initiative.
Funds Extra Assistance for Low-Income Schools and Students. The bill
provides nearly $7.4 billion in Title I to support extra help in basic and
advanced skills for more than ten million disadvantaged students in
elementary and secondary schools. Under the Clinton Administration,
investment in Title I has grown by over $ 1 billion.
PROVIDING JOB TRAINING FOR ADULTS AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH
Expands Job Corps and Other Job Training Programs. The bill provides an
increase of $497 million -- or 8 percent -- for employment and training
programs. This means more opportunities for adult training, youth
training, and Job Corps.
Creates new Youth Opportunities Areas. For Out-of-School Youth, the bill
provides an advance appropriation of $250 million for employment programs
in selected high-poverty urban and rural areas, including designated
empowerment zones and enterprise communities.
Serves More Than 600,000 Dislocated Workers. The bill provides an
increase of $65 million for dislocated workers -- bringing the total
clients served to more than double what it was the year President Clinton
took office.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Expands Head Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides nearly
$4.4 billion for Head Start, keeping on track to meet the President's goal
of serving one million children. With this $374 million increase, Head
Start funding will have increased 57% since 1993. The program will serve
an estimated 836,000 children in 1998.
HELPING AMERICANS AFFORD A COLLEGE EDUCATION
Increases Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted President
Clinton ,S proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 -- the
largest increase in two decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will
receive this year ,S $300 increase, and an additional 220,000 low- and
moderate-income families that were not previously eligible will receive
Pell Grants.
Protects Families , Financial Aid Eligibility. The bill includes the
President ,S proposal to ensure that families , eligibility for Federal
financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts for higher
education. This was a part of the Administration ,S original HOPE
Scholarship proposal, but was not included in the recent tax legislation.
Reduces Student Loan Interest Rate. A one-year provision will reduce the
interest rate on consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan
program to match the lower rate which has been offered under direct
lending, and will allow old loans to be consolidated into either program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION ,S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Fully Funds Office for Civil Rights. The bill fully funds the Department
of Education ,S Office for Civil Rights, meeting the President ,S request
for a 12% increase in order to protect America ,S students from illegal
discrimination in education.
Increases Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Hispanic Serving Institutions. The bill meets the President ,S request
for increases for both Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Hispanic-Serving Institutions, providing greater support for these vital
postsecondary institutions.
OTHER VICTORIES
The bill also maintains our investments in Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities, School-to-Work Opportunities, College Work-Study, and other
education and training priorities.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Russell W. Horwitz ( CN=Russell W. Horwitz/OU=OPD/O=EOP [OPD])
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-NOV-1997 14:12:20.00
SUBJECT: Re: you guys should look at this
TO: Thomas D. Janenda ( CN=Thomas D. Janenda/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO ])
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Forwarded by Russell W. Horwitz/OPD/EOP on 11/13/97
02:12 PM
William R. Kincaid
11/13/97 02:04:21 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Russell W. Horwitz/OPD/EOP
cc: Robert M. Shireman/OPD/EOP
bcc:
Subject: Re: you guys should look at this
See my comments below in black. I will also want to make sure that Bruce,
Elena and Mike get a chance to review.
Thanks.
Russell W. Horwitz
11/13/97 01:25:44 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Robert M. Shireman/OPD/EOP, William R. Kincaid/OPD/EOP
cc:
Subject: you guys should look at this
This will be part of a document that will handed out tomorrow in the
briefing room highlighting our accomplishments this past year. Does it
look okay?
I WOULD USE AN ORDERING MORE LIKE WHAT WE USED IN TODAY'S ONE-PAGER --
something like Tests, Reading, Charters, Head Start, Hope, Pell. Most
importantly, I would lead with the tests because we need to hammer home
with the press that this is in fact a victory.
Largest Investment In Education In 30 Years: In his February State of
the Union speech, the President said his &number one priority 8 was to
ensure that &all Americans have the best education in the world. 8 The
President said his balanced budget would reflect this commitment. Now,
that commitment is the law. The balanced budget the President signed on
August 5, 1997 includes the largest investment in education in 30 years --
and the largest investment in higher education since the G.I. Bill.
HOPE Scholarship Makes 13th & 14th Grades As Universal As A High School
Diploma: In his February 1997 State of the Union, President Clinton
called for passage of his America ,S HOPE Scholarship proposal in order to
&make the 13th and 14th years of education just as universal in America
by the 21 st century as a high school education is today. 8 Today, the
HOPE Scholarship is law, providing a 100 percent tax credit on the first
$1,000 of tuition and fees and 50 percent on the second $1,000 -- enough
to pay for the typical community college.
20% Tuition Tax Credit for College Juniors, Seniors, Graduate Students
and for Working Americans Pursuing Lifelong Learning to Upgrade Their
Skills. The 20% credit will be applied to the first $5,000 of qualified
education expenses through 2002, and to the first $10,000 thererafter.
Largest Increase In Pell Grants In 20 Years: President Clinton pledged
during the State of the Union that his Balanced Budget would include &the
largest increase in Pell Grant Scholarship in 20 years. 8 Now, that
commitment is the law. On November 13, 1997, the President signed the
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill which included his proposal to
increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two
decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will receive the $300
increase, and an additional 220,000 low- and moderate-income families that
were not previously eligible will receive Pell Grants.
America Reads Initiative To Ensure Every Child Can Read By The 3rd
Grade:
Noting that &we must do more to help all our children read 8during his
1997 State of the Union, President Clinton called on Congress to pass his
America Reads Initiative. The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the
President signed on November 13, 1997 included nearly $300 million in new
funding towards the President ,S comprehensive literacy strategy. As a
result: 3000 new Americorps members and thousands of senior volunteers
will recruit more than 100,000 volunteer reading tutors; State teacher
training and family literacy efforts receive an additional $41 million;
and an advance appropriation of $210 million is provided for pending
legislation based on the President ,S America Reads Initiative.
In addition, more than 800 colleges have answered the President ,S State
of the Union call, pledging to have thousands of their work-study students
&serve for one year ??? as reading tutors. 8
On Track For First-Ever National Test Of 4th Grade Reading, 8th Grade
Math: President Clinton issued a &challenge to the nation 8 during his
State of the Union speech, calling for [on every state to &adopt] high
national standards 8 and &voluntary national tests in fourth grade
reading and eighth grade math [every fourth grader in reading and every
eighth grader in math] to make sure these standards are met. 8 The
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the President signed on November
13, 1997 fully funds ($16 million) the Administration ,S voluntary
national testing program and allows for development [and pilot testing] of
the first-ever national 4th grade reading and 8th grade math tests, and
pilot testing beginning in October 1998.
57% Increase For Public Charter Schools: Continuing his lifelong
commitment to improving and reforming America ,S public schools, President
Clinton called for a dramatic increase in the number of public charter
schools in his 1997 State of the Union address &so that parents will have
even more choices in sending their children to the best schools. 8 The
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the President signed on November
13, 1997 increases funding for charter schools by 57 percent, from $51
million to $80 million. And while there was only one charter school in
the nation when President Clinton took office, there will be nearly 1,000
locally-designed charter schools supported by the Department of Education
by the end of 1998 -- accelerating progress towards the President ,S goal
of 3,000 charter schools by early in the next century.
Head Start Expanded Toward Goal Of 1 Million Children By 2002: Stating
that &we already know we should start teaching children before they start
school, 8 President Clinton proposed a balanced budget that &expands Head
Start to one million children by 2002 8 in his 1997 State of the Union
speech. The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the President signed
on November 13, 1997 includes $4.4 billion for Head Start, a $374 million
increase -- and a 57 percent increase since 1993. Head Start will serve
836,000 children and their families in 1998 and is on track to meet[ing]
the President ,S goal of reaching one million by 2002.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Elizabeth R. Newman ( CN=Elizabeth R. Newman/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-NOV-1997 09:55:12.00
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TEXT:
1998 Education Budget:
An Historic Investment in Educational Opportunity
November 13, 1997
Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask parents,
teachers, and citizens all
across America -- for a new nonpartisan commitment to education -- because
education is a critical national security issue for our future, and
politics must stop at the schoolhouse door.
President Clinton, State of the Union
Address, February 4,1997
HIGHLIGHTS: The President ,S signature on the Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations Bill today, along with the education tax cuts enacted in
August, take us an historic step closer to reaching the President ,S goal
of making sure that every 8-year old can read, every 12-year old can log
on to Internet, every 18-year old can go to college, and all Americans can
keep on learning throughout their lifetimes. This represents the largest
increase in our education investment in a generation, including the
biggest increase in college aid since the GI Bill 50 years ago. The bill
signed today:
promotes high standards and continued development of voluntary national
tests;
increases Pell Grants to $3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades;
expands Head Start;
funds America Reads to help all children read well and independently by
age 8;
brings technology to the classroom; and
expands choice and accountability through public charter schools.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND ADVANCED SKILLS
Continues Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill provides full
funding to proceed with immediate development of the first-ever voluntary
national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, based on widely
accepted national standards used in the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP). It puts the independent, bipartisan National Assessment
Governing Board (NAGB) in charge of test policies and development, as the
Administration had proposed. The bill provides the Administration ,S full
request of $16 million to support the testing plan, and allows for pilot
testing to begin in Fall 1998. The bill also provides for a feasibility
study to determine if existing state tests can be linked to both the NAEP
standards and each other.
Provides Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill provides
nearly $300 million in new funding towards the President ,S comprehensive
strategy for involving teachers, families and communities in ensuring that
all children learn to read well and independently by the end of third
grade. These resources will be used to build on current AmeriCorps and
college work-study tutoring efforts (more than 800 colleges have already
committed to use Federal work-study slots for reading tutors).
AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of
$64 million in the two bills that fund the National Service program ($39
million in the bill signed today). This will fund 3000 new AmeriCorps
members and thousands of new senior volunteers who will recruit more than
100,000 volunteer tutors.
State teacher training and family literacy efforts are increased
a total of $41 million, and $5 million is provided to help provide
training for tutors.
Provides an advance appropriation of $210 million for pending
legislation based on the President ,S America Reads initiative. The House
version of that legislation -- promoting tutoring, family literacy, and
teacher training -- passed the House with the Administration ,S support on
November 8.
Brings Technology to the Classroom. Funding for the President ,S two
education technology programs, started from scratch three years ago, is
more than doubled, to $531 million:
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund. The bill provides $425 million,
more than twice as much as the $200 million appropriated last year, to
help States, communities, and schools acquire hardware, software, and
connectivity linkages; provide professional development in the integration
of technology into the curriculum; and apply technology to support school
reform efforts and opportunities for all students.
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. The bill includes $106
million--an 86 percent increase over last year's level of $57 million--to
support up to 30 new projects, including 15 focused specifically on
delivering the most effective training for teachers in using educational
technologies, as well as 62 existing projects involving a wide range of
innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning and increasing
student access to technology.
Expands Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President Clinton ,S
Public Charter Schools Program received a 57 percent increase, from $51
million to $80 million. This program provides start-up funding for public
schools that parents, teachers, and communities create -- and that States
free from most rules and regulations while holding them accountable for
raising student achievement. By the end of next year, the Department of
Education will be funding nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools,
accelerating progress toward the President ,S goal of developing 3,000 new
charter schools by early in the next century -- a goal adopted by
bipartisan charter school legislation passed by the House last week.
Supports Certification of Master Teachers. The bill includes $18.5
million in support of the President ,S plan to help 100,000 teachers
nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards.
Provides After-School Opportunities for Children. The bill dramatically
expands support for the 21 st Century Community Learning Centers program,
providing $40 million to support hundreds of after-school centers in rural
and urban schools across the country that will provide academic
enrichment, tutoring, and other learning opportunities while giving
students a safe haven during the often-dangerous after-school hours.
Supports Strategies for Transforming Failing Schools. The bill includes
$150 million in new funds for an initiative, supported by the President,
to help low-achieving, low-income schools transform themselves through
proven reforms, addressing failing schools without abandoning public
education. These funds will help almost 3,000 schools implement suc
cessful reforms.
Helps Children Learn English. The bill includes a 35% increase in
bilingual and immigrant education secured by the President in the Balanced
Budget Agreement. The bilingual education funding will help school
districts teach English to more than a million limited English proficient
children, as well as provide some 4,000 teachers with the training they
need to do their jobs better. The Immigrant Education program will help
more than a thousand school districts provide supplemental instructional
services to 875,000 recent immigrant students.
Helps Children with Special Needs. This bill appropriates $3.8 billion
for Special Education Grants to States, an increase of $700 million that
will raise the Federal share of serving about 6 million children with
disabilities by 19 percent. This increase will help States and school
districts improve educational results for children with disabilities and
help these children meet high standards, as called for by the Individuals
with Disabilities Act Amendments of 1997, recently signed by the
President.
Promotes High Standards for All Children. The bill provides $491 million
for the President ,S Goals 2000 school reform program. Communities in
every state are using Goals 2000 funds to upgrade curriculum, improve
teaching, increase parental involvement in schools, and make greater use
of computers in the classroom. Since 1994, over $1.3 billion has been
invested in this vital initiative.
Funds Extra Assistance for Low-Income Schools and Students. The bill
provides nearly $7.4 billion in Title I to support extra help in basic and
advanced skills for more than ten million disadvantaged students in
elementary and secondary schools. Under the Clinton Administration,
investment in Title I has grown by over $ 1 billion.
PROVIDING JOB TRAINING FOR ADULTS AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH
Expands Job Corps and Other Job Training Programs. The bill provides an
increase of $497 million -- or 8 percent -- for employment and training
programs. This means more opportunities for adult training, youth
training, and Job Corps.
Creates new Youth Opportunities Areas. For Out-of-School Youth, the bill
provides an advance appropriation of $250 million for employment programs
in selected high-poverty urban and rural areas, including designated
empowerment zones and enterprise communities.
Serves More Than 600,000 Dislocated Workers. The bill provides an
increase of $65 million for dislocated workers -- bringing the total
clients served to more than double what it was the year President Clinton
took office.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Expands Head Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides nearly
$4.4 billion for Head Start, keeping on track to meet the President's goal
of serving one million children. With this $374 million increase, Head
Start funding will have increased 57% since 1993. The program will serve
an estimated 836,000 children in 1998.
HELPING AMERICANS AFFORD A COLLEGE EDUCATION
Increases Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted President
Clinton ,S proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 -- the
largest increase in two decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will
receive this year ,S $300 increase, and an additional 220,000 low- and
moderate-income families that were not previously eligible will receive
Pell Grants.
Protects Families , Financial Aid Eligibility. The bill includes the
President ,S proposal to ensure that families , eligibility for Federal
financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts for higher
education. This was a part of the Administration ,S original HOPE
Scholarship proposal, but was not included in the recent tax legislation.
Reduces Student Loan Interest Rate. A one-year provision will reduce the
interest rate on consolidation loans in the guaranteed student loan
program to match the lower rate which has been offered under direct
lending, and will allow old loans to be consolidated into either program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION ,S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Fully Funds Office for Civil Rights. The bill fully funds the Department
of Education ,S Office for Civil Rights, meeting the President ,S request
for a 12% increase in order to protect America ,S students from illegal
discrimination in education.
Increases Funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Hispanic Serving Institutions. The bill meets the President ,S request
for increases for both Historically Black Colleges and Universities and
Hispanic-Serving Institutions, providing greater support for these vital
postsecondary institutions.
OTHER VICTORIES
The bill also maintains our investments in Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities, School-to-Work Opportunities, College Work-Study, and other
education and training priorities.
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Creation Date: 1997-11-13
Subject: [Re: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
Bill for Fiscal Year 1998]
Creator: Ann T. Eder CN=Ann T. Eder/OU=WHO/O=EOP [
WHO ]
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CREATOR: Richard Hayes (HAYES_R) (WHO)
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-NOV-1997 11:19:38.92
SUBJECT: WHITE HOUSE FACT SHEET ON LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION
TO: Richard Hayes
(HAYES_R) Autoforward to: Remote Addressee
(Richard
Hayes@eop@lngtwy@eopmrx ) (WHO)
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TO: Charles N. Duncan
(DUNCAN_C) Autoforward to: Remote Addressee
( Charles N.
Duncan@eop@Ingtwy@eopmrx ) (WHO)
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TEXT:
Date: 11/13/97 Time: 11:04
bWhite House Fact Sheet on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
To: National Desk
Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2100
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was
released today by the White House:
1998 Education Budget: An Historic Investment in Educational
Opportunity November 13, 1997
--
"Now I ask you -- and I ask all our nation's governors; I ask
parents, teachers, and citizens all across America -- for a new
nonpartisan commitment to education because education is a
critical national security issue for our future, and politics must
stop at the schoolhouse door."
-- President Clinton, State of the Union Address, Feb. 4, 1997
HIGHLIGHTS: The President's signature on the Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations Bill today, along with the education tax cuts
enacted in August, take us an historic step closer to reaching the
President's goal of making sure that every 8-year old can read,
every 12-year old can log on to Internet, every 18-year old can go
to college, and all Americans can keep on learning throughout their
lifetimes. This represents the largest increase in our education
investment in a generation, including the biggest increase in
college aid since the GI Bill 50 years ago. The bill signed today:
promotes high standards and continued development of voluntary
national tests; increases Pell Grants to $3,000 -- the largest
increase in two decades; expands Head Start; funds America Reads to
help all children read well and independently by age 8; brings
technology to the classroom; and expands choice and accountability
through public charter schools.
RAISING STANDARDS: HELPING STUDENTS MASTER THE BASICS AND
ADVANCED SKILLS
Continues Development of Voluntary National Tests. The bill
provides full funding to proceed with immediate development of the
first-ever voluntary national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th
grade math, based on widely accepted national standards used in the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). It puts the
independent, bipartisan National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB)
in charge of test policies and development, as the Administration
had proposed. The bill provides the Administration's full request
of $16 million to support the testing plan, and allows for pilot
testing to begin in Fall 1998. The bill also provides for a
feasibility study to determine if existing state tests can be
linked to both the NAEP standards and each other.
Provides Funding for the America Reads Challenge. The bill
provides nearly $300 million in new funding towards the President's
comprehensive strategy for involving teachers, families and
communities in ensuring that all children learn to read well and
independently by the end of third grade. These resources will be
used to build on current AmeriCorps and college work-study tutoring
efforts (more than 800 colleges have already committed to use
Federal work-study slots for reading tutors).
AmeriCorps and the senior volunteer programs won an increase of
$64 million in the two bills that fund the National Service program
($39 million in the bill signed today). This will fund 3000 new
AmeriCorps members and thousands of new senior volunteers who will
recruit more than 100,000 volunteer tutors.
State teacher training and family literacy efforts are increased
a total of $41 million, and $5 million is provided to help provide
training for tutors.
Provides an advance appropriation of $210 million for pending
legislation based on the President's America Reads initiative. The
House version of that legislation -- promoting tutoring, family
literacy, and teacher training -- passed the House with the
Administration's support on November 8.
Brings Technology to the Classroom. Funding for the President's
two education technology programs, started from scratch three years
ago, is more than doubled, to $531 million:
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund. The bill provides $425
million, more than twice as much as the $200 million appropriated
last year, to help States, communities, and schools acquire
hardware, software, and connectivity linkages; provide professional
development in the integration of technology into the curriculum;
and apply technology to support school reform efforts and
opportunities for all students.
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants. The bill includes $106
million -- an 86 percent increase over last year's level of $57
million -- to support up to 30 new projects, including 15 focused
specifically on delivering the most effective training for teachers
in using educational technologies, as well as 62 existing projects
involving a wide range of innovative strategies for improving
teaching and learning and increasing student access to technology.
Expands Choice and Accountability in Public Schools. President
Clinton's Public Charter Schools Program received a 57 percent
increase, from $51 million to $80 million. This program provides
start-up funding for public schools that parents, teachers, and
communities create -- and that States free from most rules and
regulations while holding them accountable for raising student
achievement. By the end of next year, the Department of Education
will be funding nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools,
accelerating progress toward the President's goal of developing
3,000 new charter schools by early in the next century -- a goal
adopted by bipartisan charter school legislation passed by the
House last week.
Supports Certification of Master Teachers. The bill includes
$18.5 million in support of the President's plan to help 100,000
teachers nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Provides After-School Opportunities for Children. The bill
dramatically expands support for the 21st Century Community
Learning Centers program, providing $40 million to support hundreds
of after-school centers in rural and urban schools across the
country that will provide academic enrichment, tutoring, and other
learning opportunities while giving students a safe haven during
the often-dangerous after-school hours. Supports Strategies for
Transforming Failing Schools. The bill includes $150 million in new
funds for an initiative, supported by the President, to help
low-achieving, low-income schools transform themselves through
proven reforms, addressing failing schools without abandoning
public education. These funds will help almost 3,000 schools
implement successful reforms.
Helps Children Learn English. The bill includes a 35 percent
increase in bilingual and immigrant education secured by the
President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. The bilingual education
funding will help school districts teach English to more than a
million limited English proficient children, as well as provide
some 4,000 teachers with the training they need to do their jobs
better. The Immigrant Education program will help more than a
thousand school districts provide supplemental instructional
services to 875,000 recent immigrant students.
Helps Children with Special Needs. This bill appropriates $3.8
billion for Special Education Grants to States, an increase of $700
million that will raise the Federal share of serving about 6
million children with disabilities by 19 percent. This increase
will help States and school districts improve educational results
for children with disabilities and help these children meet high
standards, as called for by the Individuals with Disabilities Act
Amendments of 1997, recently signed by the President.
Promotes High Standards for All Children. The bill provides $491
million for the President's Goals 2000 school reform program.
Communities in every state are using Goals 2000 funds to upgrade
curriculum, improve teaching, increase parental involvement in
schools, and make greater use of computers in the classroom. Since
1994, over $1.3 billion has been invested in this vital initi
ative.
Funds Extra Assistance for Low-Income Schools and Students. The
bill provides nearly $7.4 billion in Title I to support extra help
in basic and advanced skills for more than ten million
disadvantaged students in elementary and secondary schools. Under
the Clinton Administration, investment in Title I has grown by over
$ 1 billion.
PROVIDING JOB TRAINING FOR ADULTS AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH
Expands Job Corps and Other Job Training Programs. The bill
provides an increase of $497 million -- or 8 percent -- for
employment and training programs. This means more opportunities for
adult training, youth training, and Job Corps.
Creates new Youth Opportunities Areas. For Out-of-School Youth,
the bill provides an advance appropriation of $250 million for
employment programs in selected high-poverty urban and rural areas,
including designated empowerment zones and enterprise communities.
Serves More Than 600,000 Dislocated Workers. The bill provides
an increase of $65 million for dislocated workers -- bringing the
total clients served to more than double what it was the year
President Clinton took office.
HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN GET READY TO LEARN
Expands Head Start toward 1 Million Children. The bill provides
nearly $4.4 billion for Head Start, keeping on track to meet the
President's goal of serving one million children. With this $374
million increase, Head Start funding will have increased 57 percent
since 1993. The program will serve an estimated 836,000 children in
1998.
HELPING AMERICANS AFFORD A COLLEGE EDUCATION
Increases Pell Grant Award to $3,000 Maximum. Congress adopted
President Clinton's proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant to
$3,000 -- the largest increase in two decades. Approximately 3.7
million students will receive this year's $300 increase, and an
additional 220,000 low- and moderate-income families that were not
previously eligible will receive Pell Grants.
Protects Families, Financial Aid Eligibility. The bill includes
the President's proposal to ensure that families, eligibility for
Federal financial aid is not reduced as a result of the tax cuts
for higher education. This was a part of the Administration's
original HOPE Scholarship proposal, but was not included in the
recent tax legislation.
Reduces Student Loan Interest Rate. A one-year provision will
reduce the interest rate on consolidation loans in the guaranteed
student loan program to match the lower rate which has been offered
under direct lending, and will allow old loans to be consolidated
into either program.
STRENGTHENING OUR NATION,S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN EDUCATION
Fully Funds Office for Civil Rights. The bill fully funds the
Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, meeting the
President's request for a 12 percent increase in order to protect
America's students from illegal discrimination in education.
Increases Funding for Historically Black Colleges and
Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions. The bill meets the
President's request for increases for both Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions,
providing greater support for these vital postsecondary
institutions.
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OTHER VICTORIES
The bill also maintains our investments in Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities, School-to-Work Opportunities, College
Work-Study, and other education and training priorities.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON IS MAKING A SURPRISE STATEMENT. We need to post a link
to the text below on the Accomplishments page:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Accomplishments/html/Accomplishments.hml
PLEASE CALL OR PAGE ME ABOUT THIS.
This document should REPLACE the link to "Meeting America's Challenges in
an Age of Possibility." New title should be: "The First Year of President
Clinton's Second Term: A strong Record of Accomplishment." If easy, we
should replace the old subtopics for the Meeting America's Challenges in
an Age of Possibility with the following links:
Balanced Budget & Tax Cuts
Education
Health Care
Environment
Welfare
Urban Agenda
Foreign Policy
Where We Came Up Short
Let's use the template from the old Accomplishment's Document. The Header
on the new one should read:
"Tonight 1 issue a call to action--action by this Congress, by our
states, by all our people,
to prepare America for the 21 st century."
On February 4, 1997, President Clinton laid out an ambitious
&call to action8 in the first State of the Union of his second term. As
Congress adjourns this November, the record is clear. President Clinton
drove the Congressional agenda this year, accomplishing most everything he
set out to do ten months ago.
(Sublinks listed above should link to following subsections)
BALANCED BUDGET & TAX CUTS:
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First Balanced Budget In A Generation: After cutting the deficit by 63
percent in his first term, from $290 billion to $107 billion, President
Clinton promised in his 1997 State of the Union speech to &propose a
detailed plan to balance the budget by 2002.8 On August 5, 1997, the
President signed an historic, bipartisan bill to balance the budget for
the first time since 1969.
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Middle Class Tax Cuts For 27 Million Families With Children: In addition
to balancing the budget, President Clinton promised in his State of the
Union to &provide middle class tax relief. to help raise a child.8 On
August 5, 1997, the President signed into law a $500 per-child tax credit
that will benefit approximately 27 million families with 45 million
children under 17. For the typical family with two kids, this child tax
credit will mean $1,000 more per year in take-home pay.
EDUCATION:
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Largest Investment In Education In 30 Years: In his February State of
the Union, the President said his &number one priority8 was to ensure
that &all Americans have the best education in the world.8 The
President said his balanced budget would reflect this commitment. Now,
that commitment is the law. The bipartisan Balanced Budget Act includes
the largest investment in education in 30 years --and the largest
investment in higher education since the G.I. Bill.
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HOPE Scholarship Makes 13th & 14th Grades As Universal As A High School
Diploma: In his February 1997 State of the Union, President Clinton
called for passage of his America,s HOPE Scholarship proposal in order to
&make the 13th and 14th years of education just as universal in America
by the 21st century as a high school education is today. 8 Today, the
HOPE Scholarship is law, providing a 100 percent tax credit on the first
$1,000 of tuition and fees and 50 percent on the second $1,000 --enough to
pay for the typical community college.
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20% Tuition Tax Credit for College Juniors, Seniors, Graduate Students
And Working Americans Pursuing Lifelong Learning To Upgrade Their Skills:
The President,s State of the Union address included a proposed &tax
deduction of up to $10,000 a year8 for post high school tuition. The
President,s proposal is now law. The 20 percent tuition tax credit will
be applied to the first $5,000 of qualified education expenses through
2002, and to the first $10,000 thereafter.
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Largest Increase In Pell Grants In 20 Years: President Clinton pledged
during the State of the Union that his balanced budget would include &the
largest increase in Pell Grant Scholarship in 20 years. Now, that
commitment is the law. On November 13, 1997, the President signed the
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill which included his proposal to
increase the maximum Pell Grant to $3,000 --the largest increase in two
decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will receive the $300
increase, and an additional 220,000 low-and moderate-income families that
were not previously eligible will receive Pell Grants.
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America Reads Initiative To Ensure Every Child Can Read By The 3rd
Grade:
Noting that &we must do more to help all our children read8 during his
1997 State of the Union, President Clinton called on Congress to pass his
America Reads Initiative. The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the
President signed on November 13, 1997, included nearly $300 million in new
funding towards the President,s comprehensive literacy strategy. As a
result: 3000 new Americorps members and thousands of senior volunteers
will recruit more than 100,000 volunteer reading tutors; state teacher
training and family literacy efforts receive an additional $41 million;
and an advance appropriation of $210 million is provided for pending
legislation based on the President,s America Reads Initiative.
In addition, more than 800 colleges have answered the President,s State
of the Union call, pledging to have thousands of their work-study students
&serve for one year as reading tutors.8
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On Track For First-Ever National Test Of 4th Grade Reading, 8th Grade
Math: President Clinton issued a &challenge to the nation8 during his
State of the Union speech, calling on every state to &adopt high national
standards8 and &test every fourth grader in reading and every eighth
grader in math to make sure these standards are met.8 The
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the President signed on November
13, 1997, fully funds ($16 million) the Administration,s voluntary
national testing program and allows for development and pilot testing of
the first-ever national 4th grade reading and 8th grade math tests.
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57% Increase For Public Charter Schools: Continuing his lifelong
commitment to improving and reforming America,s public schools, President
Clinton called for a dramatic increase in the number of public charter
schools in his 1997 State of the Union &so that parents will have even
more choices in sending their children to the best schools. The
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the President signed on November
13, 1997, increases funding for charter schools by 57 percent, from $51
million to $80 million. And while there was only one charter school in
the nation when President Clinton took office, there will be nearly 1,000
locally-designed charter schools supported by the Department of Education
by the end of 1998 --accelerating progress towards the President,s goal
of 3,000 by early next century.
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Head Start Expanded Toward Goal Of 1 Million Children By 2002: Stating
that &we already know we should start teaching children before they start
school,8 President Clinton proposed a balanced budget that &expands Head
Start to one million children by 20028 in his 1997 State of the Union
address. The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the President signed
on November 13, 1997 includes $4.4 billion for Head Start, a $374 million
increase --and a 57 percent increase since 1993. Head Start will serve
836,000 children and their families in 1998 and is on track meeting the
President,s goal of reaching one million by 2002.
HEALTH CARE:
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Single Largest Investment In Children,s Health Care Since 1965:
President Clinton pledged in his 1997 State of the Union that his balanced
budget would &extend health coverage to up to five million children. 8
Now, that commitment is law. The Balanced Budget that President Clinton
signed into law on August 5, 1997 included $24 billion for the
President,s Children,s Health Initiative --the single largest investment
in health care for children since passage of Medicaid in 1965. The $24
billion will provide meaningful health care coverage to up to five million
currently uninsured children --including prescription drugs, vision,
hearing, and mental health services.
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Medicare Protected, Modernized And Trust Fund Extended At Least A
Decade:
President Clinton promised during his 1997 State of the Union that his
balanced budget plan would modernize Medicare and increase the life of the
Medicare Trust Fund to ten years. These promises are now law. The
bipartisan Balanced Budget extended the life of the Medicare Trust Fund at
least a decade --saving $115 billion over five years and $400-$450 billion
over ten years. The President fought to prevent any damaging changes that
would have undermined Medicare, and instead worked to enact structural
reforms to prepare it for the 21st century. These reforms included more
choices among health care plans, changes to the annual Medigap enrollment
and restructuring specific payment systems so that rates are set in
advance. Also included is $4 billion over five years for new Medicare
preventive benefits --expanded coverage for mammograms, colorectal
screening, and improved self management of diseases like diabetes.
ENVIRONMENT:
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Toughest New Air Quality Standards In A Generation: The President
pledged to &protect our environment in every community8 in his State of
the Union address. This year, at the President,s direction, the
Environmental Protection Agency set new air quality standards for smog and
soot, the toughest in a generation, providing new health protections for
125 million Americans, including children and the elderly. EPA will work
with state and local governments to assure maximum flexibility in
implementing the new rules.
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Developed A Bold, Market Based National Strategy To Reduce Greenhouse
Gases: President Clinton pledged in the 1997 State of the Union to
&protect our global environment8 and &work to reduce the greenhouse
gases.8 Based on a firm scientific consensus, and after extensive
consultation with industry, environmentalists, labor and the public, the
President outlined a bold strategy in October to achieve international
agreement to significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The
President,s plan calls for flexible, market-based approaches to assure
the reductions can be achieved in a way that creates new economic
opportunities.
WELFARE:
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Restored Basic Health And Disability Benefits To Legal, Law-Abiding
Immigrants: When the President signed the 1996 Welfare Reform Law, he
pledged to go back and change provisions he opposed regarding the cutting
off of benefits to legal, law abiding immigrants. Critics said the
changes would never be made. However, in 1997, the President followed
through on his pledge --and won most of the changes he sought in the 1996
law. The President fought for and won $11.5 billion in SSI and Medicaid
benefits for legal immigrants. He won changes that protect those
immigrants now receiving assistance, ensuring that they will not be turned
out of their apartments or nursing homes or otherwise left destitute. And
immigrants in this country as of August 22, 1996 but not receiving be
nefits who subsequently become disabled will be eligible for SSI and
Medicaid.
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New Incentives And Community Efforts To Move 2 Million More People Off
Welfare: During his first term, President Clinton,s lifetime of
experience and innovative approach to welfare reform lead to the largest
decline in welfare rolls in history. In his 1997 State of the Union, the
President set out a plan including government incentives and private
sector challenges to reach another goal: &two million more people off the
welfare rolls by the year 2000.8
Expanded Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Created the $3 Billion Welfare To
Work Job Challenge Fund: The Balanced Budget Law includes a tax credit for
employers who hire long-term welfare recipients equal to 35 percent of the
first $10,000 in wages in the first year of employment and 50 percent of
the first $10,000 in the second year to encourage retention. The
President also succeeded in including $3 billion to create his Welfare to
Work Job Challenge Fund --to assist states and communities in moving
long-term welfare recipients into lasting, unsubsidized jobs.
Challenging Communities to Move People from Welfare to Work: The President
challenged &every religious congregation, every community nonprofit,
every business to hire someone off welfare.8 Responding to the
President,s challenge, the Welfare to Work Partnership was launched to
lead a private sector effort to move people from welfare to work. Begun
with 100 businesses, the Partnership is aiming for 1,000 businesses within
six months. Vice President Gore also reached out, creating the Welfare to
Work Coalition to Sustain Success --a coalition of civic groups committed
to helping former welfare recipients stay in the workforce and succeed.
URBAN AGENDA:
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Tripled The Number Of Empowerment Zones: President Clinton called for
doubling the number of empowerment zones and enterprise communities in his
1998 budget. The Balanced Budget Law the President Clinton signed
actually triples the number of EZs, adding 20 new EZs (15 urban and 5
rural second round zones and 2 more first-round zones) --bringing the
total number created to 31.
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63% Expansion of Community Development Banks: President Clinton called
for an expansion of Community Development Banks in his State of the Union
speech. The Balanced Budget Law the President signed in August included
$80 million for Community Development Financial Institutions in FY 1998 --
a 63% increase over FY 1997. These entities make investment capital and
other financial products and services available in low-and moderate-income
communities.
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Brownfields Tax Incentive Will Redevelop 14,000 Contaminated Sites: The
President called for restoring &contaminated urban land and buildings to
constructive use8 through his Brownfields tax incentive program.
Brownfields were part of the Balanced Budget Law the President signed.
The tax incentives will leverage more than $6 billion for private sector
cleanups nationwide according to the Treasury Department --and allow for
the redevelopment of 14,000 contaminated, abandoned sites in economically
distressed urban areas.
FOREIGN POLICY:
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Ratification Of The Chemical Weapons Convention: President Clinton
challenged Congress during his State of the Union speech to &rise to a
new test of leadership8 and &pass the Chemical Weapons Convention.
And after an intense lobbying effort by the President, the Senate ratified
the Convention on April 24, 1997.
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Secured Passage Of China MFN, Hosted First US--Sino Summit In 8 Years:
President Clinton challenged the country to &pursue a deeper dialogue
with China for the sake of our interests and our ideals.8 The President
successfully lobbied Congress to extend normal trading relations with
China on June 24, 1997. And the first U.S.--Sino State Visit in eight
years, hosted by President Clinton at the White House in October, resulted
in agreements on a broad range of security, economic, environmental and
law enforcement issues.
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NATO Expansion: President Clinton called for expanding NATO membership
by 1999 &so that countries that were once our adversaries can become our
allies. 8 On July 8, 1997, at the Madrid NATO Summit, three nations
--Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary --were offered membership in NATO.
President Clinton has pledged to lobby the Senate to ratify these changes
&so that we can bring in the new members by the 50th anniversary of NATO
in 1999. 8
WHERE WE CAME UP SHORT:
9
Renewal Of Fast Track Authority: President Clinton ,S lobbying efforts
on behalf of renewed &fast track 8 trade authority resulted in majority
support in the United States Senate. A clear majority of Democratic
governors and mayors supported the President ,S position. In the House of
Representatives, however, the vote had to be postponed when it became
clear that opposition by Democratic lawmakers --and the linking of the
trade vote to international family planning by House Republicans --would
derail the legislation.
9
Passage Of Campaign Finance Reform: Despite intense lobbying efforts by
President Clinton, Republican Congressional leaders killed the
McCain-Feingold/Meehan-Shays campaign finance reform legislation this
year. Campaign finance reform enjoyed universal Democratic support in the
Senate and strong Democratic support in the House. The President
continues to support passage of the bill and is encouraged that Senate
Democratic Leader Tom Daschle was able to extract a pledge from Majority
Leader Trent Lott to have a clean up-or-down vote on the measure before
March 6, 1998. Speaker Gingrich has also promised to hold a March
campaign finance reform vote.
9
Enactment Of The Juvenile Justice Proposal: The President ,S Juvenile
Justice legislation did not get far on Capitol Hill this year. However,
the President used his executive power to make progress on some of the
central initiatives in his legislation. For example, the President ,S
legislation called for handguns to be sold with a child safety lock.
President Clinton signed a directive to all Federal agencies requiring
child safety locks be issued with every handgun. And the Administration
reached an agreement with 8 major handgun manufacturers who agreed to
provide child safety locks with each handgun sold.
9
Enactment Of School Construction Proposal: President Clinton proposed
an initiative to invest $5 billion over four years to finance $20 billion
in school construction projects. The initiative was not included in the
Balanced Budget the President signed.