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Talking It Over
By Hillary Rodham Clinton
Affordable child care
good for bottom line
he need for child care has
T
ernment programs provide subsi-
become a fact of Amer-
dies for some working parents,
ican life. But not all par-
but many others who need help
ents are able to afford or
aren't getting it. Some don't meet
find the child care they need.
the low eligibility limits set by
Gilbert Ayala of San Jose,
their states. Some don't know
Calif., is a perfect example. When
they're eligible. And some states
his wife was hospitalized, Mr.
just don't have the money to meet
Ayala was forced to stay home to
every eligible family's needs.
care for their 3-year-old son. He
Not only do government pro-
was on three waiting lists for
grams have a role in helping fam-
child care help so that he could
ilies such as Mr. Ayala's, but em-
return to work and support his
ployers can provide effective
family, but before assistance
support and understanding, as
came, he lost his job and their
well. Here's the good news: Work-
apartment. He and his son for a
place policies that help families
time lived out of their car before
also benefit employers and the
finding a room to rent.
bottom line.
Legislation before Congress is
Not long ago, it wouldn't have
designed to help families like Mr.
occurred to anyone to involve an
Ayala's. Congress has fewer than
agency such as the Treasury De-
70 days left in this year's session
partment in child care issues. But
- not much time to tackle the
American business is learning
ambitious agenda before it, and
that good child care is good busi-
certainly not much time to ad-
ness. So, last October, at the
dress the critical issue of child
White House Conference on Child
care in America.
Care, the president asked Trea-
We all know that the character
sury Secretary Robert E. Rubin
of the American work force has
to convene a group of business
changed dramatically. Today, well
and labor leaders to look at the
over half of all mothers with
child care problems facing work-
small children work outside the
ing parents.
home, a number that will con-
In a report released this week
tinue to grow as women leave the
at the White House, they high-
welfare rolls for the workplace.
light some of the great family-
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1998
Thirteen million preschool chil-
friendly programs taking place in
The Washington Times
dren spend all or part of their day
businesses across the country
in the care of someone other than
The CEOs of these businesses
a parent, and millions of school-
have figured out that if they're
age children need care after
going to hang onto their most
school gets out.
valuable asset - their workers
Now is the time to act. The leg-
they need to provide a work envi-
islation that the president and
ronment that works for families.
members of Congress - on both
What did they find were the
sides of the aisle - have pro-
benefits'of these programs? Im-
posed would significantly in-
proved employee morale, reduced
crease the number of children re-
turnover and absenteeism, and
ceiving child care subsidies, give
increased productivity.
tax cuts to businesses providing
For example, Lexis-Nexis re-
child care and expand child care
duced operating expenses by
tax credits to millions of working
more than 45 percent through a
families. It would also augment
telecommuting program and a
after-school programs, improve
flexible work environment for
the quality of child care centers
parents. First Tennessee Bank
and provide more funds to train
saw reduced turnover costs of
workers.
more than $1 million annually
The quality of care children
from work and family programs,
receive in their earliest months
including more flexible
and years profoundly affects their
scheduling. Johnson & Johnson
intellectual development. I know
realized more than $4 for every
that all parents, myself included,
$1 invested in its work and family
worry about whether child care
programs. And Lancaster Labo-
will be good or bad for their chil-
ratories now has a turnover rate
dren. New research shows that
that's half the industry average,
high-quality child care - mean-
in part due to an on-site child
ing care with lots of positive in-
care center.
teraction between children and
It is the job of parents - not
caregivers - can be healthy for a
the government and not the pri-
child's cognitive and language de-
vate sector - to decide what kind
velopment.
of child care works best for them.
But high-quality care is of
But government and the private
limited value if it's out of reach
sector do have a role in making
for most working parents. About
sure that affordable, high-quality
half of America's families with
care is within reach for every
young children earn less than
family who needs it. And that is
$35,000 per year, and for them,
good for everybody's bottom line.
child care - which typically
To find out more about first lady
costs between $4,000 and $10,000
Hillary Rodham Clinton and read
per child annually - is a signifi-
her past columns, visit the Cre-
cant financial burden.
ators Syndicate web page
Federal, state and local gov-
(www.creators.com).
Gossip is par for the presidential course
Rumors prevalent
Something in the
long before Clinton
rumor about bachelor
Grover Cleveland did
By Virginia McCord
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
not sound right.
ossip is such a staple of
G
American politics that
its bite can make or
turbing to female voters," Mrs.
break a presidency.
Collins says. "Women
ques-
It broke presidential aspirant
tioned whether a man who behaves
Gary Hart, but it appears to be
like a randy teen-ager could be
buttressing President Clinton,
trusted with the country."
says Gail Collins, a former News-
Unlike Mr. Hart, support for
day columnist in New York, in her
Mr. Clinton continued through his
new book, "Scorpion Tongues."
first term and into his second, re-
Books on gossip are fairly rare.
gardless of the sexual rumors sur-
Mrs. Collins wrote hers after see-
rounding him.
ing how rumor has always played
"In poll after poll, during the
a key role in the lifeblood of the
1996 campaign, voters said 'char-
American political process.
acter' was simply not their chief
"[Gossip] bonds the teller and
Grover Cleveland
William Henry Harrison
concern," Mrs. Collins says. "Since
listener with a sense of sharing
the public was unable to convince
something slightly forbidden," she
itself that Clinton's character was
says. "By revealing behavior that
speeches.
he was not, why would a pres-
the sort they would ideally ascribe
is normally hidden, it helps people
"He gave the longest one of all
idential hopeful take the blame for
to a president, they may have re-
to understand how things really
on Inauguration Day in a cold rain
Mr. Folsom's self-generated scan-
signed themselves to putting char-
work in the mysterious world be-
and died a month later of pneumo-
dal?
acter in second place."
hind closed doors."
nia. It set a record for the impact
Cleveland "was deadly serious
Less than a decade after Gary
Mrs. Collins says she felt the
of gossip on a presidency," Mrs.
about shielding Folsom," Mrs. Col-
Hart was forced from the pres-
American public was growing
Collins says in "Scorpion
lins writes. "The fat, awkward,
idential race because of rumors
afraid, that today's society had lost
Tongues."
middle-aged presidential candi-
surrounding his morality, the
its sense of morality because of the
Gossip has a varied history in
date was madly in love with Fol-
American people "adapted to see-
hoopla surrounding the Clinton
America. Back in Colonial days,
som's daughter, Frances, then a
ing their politicians in raw reality,"
scandal.
people could be imprisoned for en-
beautiful college student."
she says.
"There is a desire by the public
gaging in it.
Although rumors surrounded
"Unfortunately, in the case of
to know that what is happening
"Under some of the constitu-
and brutally damaged Cleveland's
Clinton, they soon discovered that
now is not a sign of moral decay in
tions of the Colonies, gossip was
campaign, he won the election by
the package they bought into might
the country," she says. "These are
declared a capital offense," says
a hair. The 300-pound president-
have been a little rawer than they'd
patterns that exist throughout his-
Kenneth Bowling, an adjunct
elect did little to dismiss rumors
bargained for," she says.
tory."
American history professor at
surrounding him and created an
First lady Hillary Rodham Clin-
Mrs. Collins borrowed the title
George Washington University.
even bigger stir when he married
ton has generated nearly as much
of her book from Louisa Adams,
Gossip is still considered wrong
21-year-old Frances Folsom in the
gossip as her husband. The gossip
wife of John Quincy Adams, who
to the religious community be-
second year of his presidency, be-
surrounding the first lady began
coined the phrase "scorpion
cause the Bible condemns it. The
coming the only president to have
the day Mr. Clinton took his oath of
tongues" after the United States
Rev. Tom Reese of the Woodstock
married while in office.
office in January 1993. "The first
Telegraph - an 18th-century
Theological Center at Georgetown
Sexual allegations have been
lady, it was whispered, had thrown
;,
newspaper - described her "as a
University says the truth of the ru-
the content of many presidential
a lamp at her husband during a
woman who slept with her fiance
mor does matter.
rumors. Similar rumors may affect
fight in the White House," Mrs.
before marriage
and a bastard,"
"Gossip would be categorized
politicians in different ways.
Collins says. Some said the argu-
Mrs. Collins says.
depending on whether it is true or
Whereas Mr. Hart's sexual epi-
ment erupted because President
"The scorpion tongue of politi-
false," Father Reese says.
sodes led to his fall from grace,
Clinton "ogled one of the celebri-
cal slander assailed me," Mrs. Ad-
Even if the rumors are true, he
President Clinton's purported af-
ties at the pre-inaugural show."
ams said.
says, "a person has a right to his
fairs have had little effect on how
Whatever the reason, the rumor
"It often does not matter
reputation and to disclose another
the American public views him,
"remained confined to the nation's
whether the rumor is true or not,"
person's faults without a valid rea-
polls say.
capital for about as long as it took
Mrs. Collins says. "The mere rep-
son would be considered wrong."
Mr. Hart, "far and away the
to say, 'e-mail,' she says.
etition makes [rumors] seem true.
Among American presidents,
Democratic front-runner for the
The rumor became regarded as
How the politicians handle the sit-
Harrison was not alone in being
[1988] nomination," was "forced
fact after The Washington Times
uation does [matter]. One presi-
the butt of gossip. Before he was
from the race in disgrace" because
ran the story in March 1993.
dent may be ruined by gossip and
elected in 1884, Grover Cleveland,
of rumors implying he was a
"The critical point was that The
another, like President Clinton,
a bachelor, was rumored to have
womanizer, Mrs. Collins writes.
Times' story freed other publica-
may see his approval ratings shoot
fathered a child with Maria Hal-
Those rumors were confirmed
tions from the onus of being the
through the roof."
pin, a widow who worked in a dry-
by the Miami Herald, whose re-
first to print the gossip, and every-
Mr. Clinton is not the first pres-
goods store. He then supposedly
porters staked out Mr. Hart's resi-
one felt free to leap in," she says.
ident to be targeted by rumors.
had his mistress institutionalized
dence and learned that he spent
By June 1993, the story had
William Henry Harrison, who was
and arranged for the adoption of
Friday night and most of Saturday
saturated the American press to
elected president in 1840, "did not
their child.
in his Capitol Hill town house with
such an extent that Katie Couric of
seem disturbed by rumors that he
But something in this rumor did
a young woman who flew from Mi-
NBC asked Mrs. Clinton on a tele-
had lived with an Indian woman
not sound right. Miss Halpin
ami and met him.
vised White House tour to "point
and-sired a second family, but he
named her child Oscar Folsom
Mr. Hart's private life became
out just where you were when you
was tormented by gossip that he
after Cleveland's close friend and
the focus of his presidential cam-
threw the lamp at your husband."
was feeble," Mrs. Collins says.
law partner, who died before the
paign, and ultimately the cause of
Mrs. Clinton responded in the
When he defeated Martin Van
baby was born. Questions began to
the end of it, Mrs. Collins says.
only way she could when she said,
Buren, Harrison attempted to
arise about whether or not the
"Polls showed Hart's alleged
"Well, you know
I'm looking for
prove his vigor by giving long
baby was truly Cleveland's and if
promiscuity was particularly dis-
that spot, too."
The Washington Times
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1998
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 23, 1998
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON CHILD CARE
The Rose Garden
10:20 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen,
Hillary and I are delighted to have all of you here. We thank Mr.
Tobias for his work and the power of his example. I thank Secretary
Shalala and Secretary Herman for their extraordinary work, and
Secretary Rubin, in his absence. And I note the presence here by SBA
Director Aida Alvarez, and our OMB Director, Frank Raines, in the
back. I thank the members of Congress who are here --
Representatives Lois Capps, Rosa DeLauro, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sandy
Levin, Patsy Mink, Tim Romer, Ellen Tauscher, Lynn Woolsey, and Steny
Hoyer.
There are many other members of Congress who are
supporting this child care initiative --two who are not here, three
that I think I should mention are Senators Dodd, Jeffords, and Kohl,
along with Senator Specter who have given real bipartisan leadership
to the child care initiative in the Senate.
Let me also say I'm delighted to see all the children
here today. I like Take Our Daughters To Work Day. As
Representative Capps pointed out, since her daughter works in the
White House, she came to work with her daughter today instead of the
other way around. (Laughter.) But, for the rest of you, I like this
day.
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When my daughter started pre-school, and she was asked
what her father did, she said that he works at McDonald's.
(Laughter.) So I decided I better take her to work with me, even
though 1 realized it would result in a diminution of my status in her
eyes. (Laughter.) So then, by the time she went to kindergarten,
she had actually been to work with me, and they asked her what I did
for a living and she said, "Well, he drinks coffee, makes speeches
and talks on the telephone." (Laughter.) (Laughter.) So I'm
delighted that all the children are here.
The idea of merging work and family is embodied in Take
Our Daughters To Work Day. There's also another important idea
embodied in it, which is that we want our daughters to believe, along
with our sons, that they can aspire to do whatever it is they want to
do, whatever they're willing to do, whatever they're prepared to make
the effort to do. Now, if you want that to be a reality, we have to
make a commitment to give all of our children the best possible
childhoods. That's really what all this is about.
Last year Hillary and I sponsored two conferences that
many of our administration people helped on and many of you
participated -- one on child care and the other one on early
childhood and the brain. Now, what they showed is what all of you
already know, but what is still not widely accepted by
decision-makers in our society. They showed, first of all, that the
early years are profoundly important and that an even greater
percentage of a child's learning capacity and intellectual
infrastructure is built up in those very early years. And they
showed what we in the child care conference, what we've all
been here to say today, that people are worried about whether
they can find child care, whether they can afford it, and whether
it will be good child care.
We've been very fortunate in our country in the last few
years, and I know we're all grateful to have the best economy in a
generation and the lowest welfare rolls in 30 years and the lowest
crime rates in a generation. But if we really want Americans to
succeed over the long run we have to allow every family the
opportunity to succeed at home and at work. It is the most
fundamental decision we have to make. There is no more important job
in a society than raising children well. Nothing even compares with
it. In the end, if you fail at that job, all the other jobs will, by
2
definition, fail.
Therefore, there is virtually nothing worse you can do
to a parent than to put a parent in the position of basically just
being knotted up every day, worrying about whether he or she has
fulfilled the responsibilities to the child. How can you be at work
worrying about your kids, and if you have to leave work to take care
of your kids, except in emergency situations or for appropriate
events -- there's a sacrifice there.
One of the reasons the business community is interested
in this is that enlightened business leaders understand that,
actually, if you permit people to do the right thing by their
children you wind up having a happier, more upbeat, more affirmative,
more positive business environment, and ultimately the business
enterprise will be more successful because the workers are also
successful at home. That's what this whole business is about, taking
care of their children and not asking their parents to choose between
being good parents and good workers. It all comes down to that.
The private sector obviously can and should do more. We
should have more companies that are willing to follow the example of
these fine leaders who are here and who have been acknowledged. The
Treasury working group that Secretary Rubin has led has done a very
important job in participating in and presenting this report to me,
and I am glad to receive it.
I'm also releasing a report today that Secretary Herman
has provided that highlights other family-friendly businesses, giving
them sort of an honor roll status. I think it's well-deserved, and I
hope that the work the Labor Department will now do in serving as a
clearinghouse for companies interested in child care and setting up
mentoring programs between businesses on child care will get more and
more private sector folks involved. Secretary Shalala pointed out
that in the welfare reform bill -- the one we finally got -- we
fought like crazy to get $4 billion in child care for states. But,
believe it or not, there's still a lot of demand out there that's not
being met, in state after state after state.
Hillary said before we came out of the Oval Office this
morning that everybody talks about how important child care is, but
if you look at higher education -- and this may be hard for some of
you to believe if you have staggering tuition bills, but still,
3
nationwide, families directly pay only about 25 percent of the costs
of their children's move through college.
No one questions that we have the best system of higher
education in the world. No one questions that it's not only been
good to let our children live out their dreams, but it's also been
very, very good for the American economy. By contrast, with child
care, the average family, at an earlier age with a lower income, just
getting started out in the work force with young children, on the
whole, pays over 60 percent of a cost out of pocket.
So I would suggest to you that we basically have a
choice to make here. I have put a proposal before Congress that
deals with affordability, accessibility, the training of the workers,
the quality of the child care. But the fundamental question is not
so much over the specifics of our proposal, but whether the national
government has a responsibility to do more. And we have a
fundamental choice: Do you believe that the early years are as
important as all the evidence says? Do you believe that we could
hardly do anything better for America's families than to relieve them
of the burden of being terribly worried about their children while
they're at work? In other words, do you believe that this should be
an urgent priority for America?
That is the decision every member of Congress should
make. And this year, we shouldn't slide by it. Everybody should
just stand up and say, yes, or no -- because the budget is going to
be in balance, we have the money to make a major step forward.
(Applause.)
Now, there's a highway bill making its way through
Congress, and I support a good highway bill. I presented a good
highway bill that would have significant increase in our
infrastructure. But I hope that as Congress continues to consider
this and determine how much money should be put in it, they will
remember some other things. We've got to build a lot of highways --
or bridges, if you will -- to the 21st century. We have to have a
road that will make Social Security strong in the 21st century. We
have to have a road that will make our children's environment better
in the 21 st century. We have to have a road that will guarantee
universal high-quality, high-standards education in the 21st century.
I think we have to have a road that will guarantee that
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people will not have to choose between being good parents and good
children, and that we will act on the overwhelming weight of the
evidence about the importance of the earliest years in the child's
life.
Now, there are choices to be made, and it is wrong to
pretend that there are no choices here. We now have the opportunity
because of the good fortune that we enjoy as a people, because of the
solvency of the budget, to take a major step forward in child care;
to build that part of our national infrastructure. You look around
at all these children today, and at their parents beaming about them
-- I don't really believe that any part of our infrastructure is more
important than they are.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
Q
Mr. President, do you propose tax cuts for mothers
who want to stay home?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm glad you didn't stay home today,
Sam. (Laughter.)
Q
What do you think of the idea of tax cuts for a
stay-at-home mom?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we need to get into a negotiation.
We need to get started talking seriously about what we're going to
do.
Would you be open to it?
THE PRESIDENT: I'll be happy to talk to them, but we've
got to are we going to make a serious effort here? We need to
have a discussion about it.
Q
So you are willing to negotiate, then?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm willing to negotiate with anybody
who wants to help people raise their children better so that people
can succeed at home and at work. It's not an either-or deal. That's
why we had the $500 tax credit last time, children's tax credit,
5
because we wanted to help all parents. We're not against helping all
parents. But the question is, most parents are in the work force and
we have to do something serious about it. We have to decide, are we
going to do it, or not.
Q
Children's advocates, Mr. President -- children's
advocates --
What do you think of McDougal testifying today?
Q
Did the French betray the effort in Bosnia to bring
Karadzic --
Q
Mr. President, did the French soldiers prevent Mr.
Karadzic from being arrested?
END
11:00 A.M. EDT
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FLOTUS
For Official Government Use Only
President's List
CHILDCARE EVENT - Thursday APR 23 1998 - 10:00 AM White House - Business East Visitors Entrance
For Official Government Use Only
Page 1
THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND FIRST LADY
REPORT DATE: April 22, 1998
REPORT TIME: 8:59 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Ms. Angela T. Adams
Department of Labor - Women's Bureau
Hon. Aida Alvarez
Administrator, Small Business Administration
Washington, DC
Guests: Mr. Ben S. Handford, Ms. Aurora Alvarez Baxter
Ms. Marci Andrews
Public Policy Associate, National Center for Early Childhood Workforce
Washington, DC
Ms. Judith Appelbaum
National Women's Law Center
Washington, DC
Ms. Phyllis G. Belk
Executive Director, Delaware Valley Child Care Council
Philadelphia, PA
Ms. Kay Bengston
Lutheran Office for Government Affairs
Washington, DC
Mr. Steven Allen Gibson (Substitute for: Nancy Berry)
Ms. Jacquline Bhola
Ms. Helen Blank
Director of Child Care, Children's Defense Fund
Washington, DC
Ms. Bobbi Blok
Executive Director, Washington Child Development Council
Ms. Mary Bourdette
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation, US Department of Health & Human Services
Washington, DC
Ms. Joy Bunson
Chase Manhattan Bank
Mr. John (Jack) A. Calhoun
Executive Director, National Crime Prevention Council
Washington, DC
Ms. Robbie Callaway
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Rockville, MD
Ms. Alma R. Candelaria
Special Assistant-Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
Washington, DC
Hon. Lois Capps
House of Representatives
Washington, DC
For Official Government Use Only
For Official Government Use Only
Page 2
REPORT DATE: April 22, 1998
REPORT TIME: 8:59 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Mrs. Joyce H. Carrier
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Liaison, Department of the Treasury
Mr. Charles I. Carter
National Employer Council
Washinton, DC
Hon. Ida L. Castro
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor
Washington, DC
Mr. Joseph P. Cerni
President, Lutheran Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Ms. Nancy S. Chen
Naperville, IL
Mr. Ted Childs
Vice President of Global Diversity, IBM
Ms. Sonia Ivany (Substitute for: Edward Cleary)
Ms. Ann S. Cohen
Ms. Carolyn York (Substitute for: Catherine Collette)
Assistant Director, Women's Rights Department
Washington, DC
Ms. Sharon Daly
Deputy to the President for Social Policy, Catholic Charities, USA
Alexandria, VA
Ms. Emma J. Dassance
Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.
Dr. Karen Davis
President, The Commonwealth Fund
New York, NY
Ms. Adriana de Kanter
Deputy Director of Planning and Evaluation Services, Department of Education/Office of the Undersecretary of
Education
Washington, DC
Mrs. Sharon Deich
Arlington, VA
Hon. (Rep.) Rosa DeLauro
D/Connecticut, House of Representatives
Washington, DC
Ms. Sheila Moore "Nirmala" Dillman
Executive Director, Palcare-International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Burlingame, CA
For Official Government Use Only
For Official Government Use Only
Page 3
REPORT DATE:
April 22, 1998
REPORT TIME:
8:59 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Hon. (Sen.) Christopher J. Dodd
D/Connecticut, United States Senate
Washington, DC
Ms. Cheryl L. Dorsey
Department of Labor
Washington, DC
Mr. Dana Dougherty
Ms. Mary P. Douglass
Washington, DC
Mr. Glenn Edwards
President, All Metro Health Care/Caregivers on Call
Lynbrook, NY
Ms. Allison Edwards Fansler
Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Department of the Treasury
Ms. Augustine Faucher
Mr. Gus Faucher
Department of Treasury
Ms. LaVerne Alexander (Substitute for: Elinor Ferdon)
Ms. Cristina Firvida
National Womens Law Center
Mr. David Fischer
Ms. Laura Fleming
Ms. Sarah D. Fordney
Staff Assistant, U.S. Department of Treasury
Washington, DC
Mr. Michael B.G. Froman
National Security Council/National Economic Council
Washington, DC
Mr. Frank Fuentes
Deputy associate commissioner, Child Care Bureau
Washington, DC
Ms. Gay Warren Gaddis
President, T3 (The Think Tank)
Austin, TX
Guest: Ms. Rebecca Gay Robirds
Ms. Ellen Galinsky
Co-President, Families & Work Institute
New York, NY
For Official Government Use Only
For Official Government Use Only
Page 4
REPORT DATE: April 22, 1998
REPORT TIME: 8:59 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Ms. Marla Gilson
Washington Representative, Hadassah
Washington, DC
Ms. Josephine Gomez
National Office Staff, Department of Labor - Women's Bureau
Ms. Desiree Griffin-Moore
Freddie Mac Foundation
Mr. Jonathan Gruber
Mr. Robert W. Grupp
Press Officer, Eli Lilly Company
Mr. William J. Hanigan
Zagar, Inc.
Ms. Cheryl D. Hayes
National Commission on Children
Dr. Dorothy 1. Height
President & CEO, National Council of Negro Women
Washington, DC
Mr. Leslie Hortum
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Earlene Huckleberry
President, Project Parent, Lexington/Fayette Urban Coutny Government, Office of the Mayor
Lexington, KY
Mrs. Moniguin Huggins
Child Care Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services
Mr. Daniel Israel
Press Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington, DC
Ms. Miriam Jacobson
Dir., Prevention Leadership Forum, Washington Business Group on Health
Washington, DC
Sen. Jim Jeffords
Senator, United States Senate
Washington, DC
Ms. Kelly Jenkins-Pultz
Special Assistant to the Director, Department of Labor-Women's Bureau
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Sara Shirazee
Ms. Gloria Johnson
Coalition of Labor Union Women
For Official Government Use Only
For Official Government Use Only
Page 5
REPORT DATE: April 22, 1998
REPORT TIME:
8:59 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Mrs. Verlene Joseph
Program Coordinator, Office of Public Liaison
Ms. Lynelle Mahon (Substitute for: Carol Joyner)
Mr. Christian Curtis Kjeldsen
Vice President, Workplace and Community
Ms Donna Klein
Marriot International
Honorable Herbert H. Kohl
Senator, United States Senate
Washington, DC
Ms. Candice P. Lange
Director, Work Life Strategy
Hon. (Rep.) Sheila Jackson Lee
(D/Texas), US House of Representatives
Washington, DC
Ms. Donna Lenhoff
Vice-Chair, FMLA Commission
Washington, DC
Mrs. Yvette Johnson Lester
Hon. Carl M. Levin
D/Michigan, United States Senate
Washington, DC
Dr. Eileen Lindner
National Council of Churches
New York, NY
Mr. Rick Linneweh
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
Yakima, WA
Dr. Joan Lombardi
Associate Commisioner, HHS, Child Care Bureau
Washington, DC
Hon. (Rep.) Matthew G. Martinez
D/California, House of Representatives
Washington, DC
Ms. Prema Mathai-Davis
YWCA of the USA
New York, NY
Ms. Colleen May
Brooklyn, NY
Ms. Jane Tollinger (Substitute for: Douglas McCormick)
Lifetime Television
For Official Government Use Only
For Official Government Use Only
Page 6
REPORT DATE:
April 22, 1998
REPORT TIME: 8:59 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Mr. Rick McGahey
Assistant Secretary for Policy Labor
Ms. Grier Mendel
Department of Labor - Women's Bureau
Ms. Jo Merrill
March of Dimes
Hon. (Rep.) Patsy T. Mink
D/Hawaii, House of Representatives
Washington, DC
Mr. Andrew Mirikitan
Honolulu City Council
Ms. Cheryl Mooney
Director, Kaiser Second String Child Care Center, Kaiser Permanente
Aurora, CO
Ms. Sammie Moshenberg
Director, Washington Office, National Council of Jewish Women
Washington, DC
Hon. Betsy A. Myers
Deputy Assistant to the President, White House Office for Women's Initiatives & Outreach
Washington, DC
Ms. Katherine Beth Neas
National Easter Seal Society
Washington, DC
Ms. Rosemma L. Neill
Executive Director, First Texas Council of Camp Fire
Fort Worth, TX
Ms. Sandy Newman
Ms. Suzanne Noonan
Washington, DC
Ms. Karen Nussbaum
Director, AFL-CIO Working Women's Department
Washington, DC
X. Beatriz Otero-Lemos
Calvary Bilingual Learning Center
Mr. Vic Papale
Educare Colorado Initiative
Ms. Leslie Platt
Congressional Affairs, Leslie Platt
Mr. Douglas M. Price
CEO, First Bank of Colorado
Lakewood, CO
For Official Government Use Only
For Official Government Use Only
Page 7
REPORT DATE: April 22, 1998
REPORT TIME:
8:59 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Mr. Charles Raymond
Travelers Insurance
Ms. Kristin Reichold
Presbyterian Church
Ms. Janice F. Rheingold
President, Child Care Connection
Wilmington, DE
Ms. Vivian Todini (Substitute for: Kathy Rodgers)
National organization of Women Legal Defense Fund
Hon. (Rep.) Timothy J. Roemer
D/Indiana, House of Representatives
Washington, DC
Ms. Gail Rubinson
Ms. Digna Sanchez
National Director, Sesame Street, Children's Television Workshop
New York, NY
Mr. James J. Sandman
Managing Partner, Arnold and Porter
Washington, DC
Guest: Miss Elizabeth Sandman
Ms. Nancy Sconyers
National Association of Child Advocates
Washington, DC
Ms. Linda Smith
DOD
Ms. Patricia M. Smith
National Parent Network
Mr. Jason Solomon
Washington, DC
Hon. (Sen.) Arlen Specter
R/Pennsylvania, United States Senate
Washington, DC
Mr. Leo C. Jardot (Substitute for: John Stafford)
Vice President, Government Relations, American Home Products Corporation
Washington, DC
Mr. George Stinson
President and CEO, General Converters and Assemblers
Ms. Linda Chavez-Thompson (Substitute for: John Sweeney)
Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
Washington, DC
For Official Government Use Only
For Official Government Use Only
Page 8
REPORT DATE: April 22, 1998
REPORT TIME:
8:59 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Mr. Pedro Javier Ramirez (Substitute's Guest: John Sweeney)
Ms. Stephanie Swirsky
Office of Policy, US Department of Labor
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Anne Angarola
Ms. Patience Talcott (Substitute for: Valerie Talcott)
Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher
(D/California), US House of Representatives
Washington, DC
Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Teubner
President, Teubner & Associates
Stilwater, OK
Guest: Ms. Jennifer Teubner
Mr. Randall L. Tobias
Chairman & CEO, Eli Lilly & Company
Indianapolis, IN
Ms. D'Vera Dee Topol
Former President, Traveler's Foundation
New York, NY
Ms. Meredith J. Wagner
Senior Vice President, Lifetime Television Network
New York, NY
Mr. Barry Wanger
Wanger Associates, American Business Collaboration for Quality Dependent Care (ABC)
Newton, MA
Mr. Sanford I. Weill
CEO, Citigroup
Ms. Marcy Whitebook
National Co-Director, National Center for Early Childhood Workforce
Mr. John Whorton
CEO, Atlanta's Inn for Children
Atlanta, GA
Mr. Andrew Williams
Mr. Michael Williams
Women's Bureau Labor
Ms. Janet Wise
Chairperson, National Indian Child Care Association
Okmulgee, OK
Ms. Faith A. Wohl
President, Child Care Action Campaign
For Official Government Use Only
For Official Government Use Only
Page 9
REPORT DATE: April 22, 1998
REPORT TIME:
8:59 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Mr. Paul Wojcik
President, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Molly C. Wojcik
Hon. (Rep.) Lynn C. Woolsey
D/California, House of Representatives
Washington, DC
Ms. Marian Wright-Edelman
President, Children's Defense Fund
Washington, DC
Ms. Mildred Keifer Wurf
Washington Representative/Manager, Girls Incorporated
Bethesda, MD
Mrs. Nancy Zirkin
Director for Government Relations, American Association of University Women
Washington, DC
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b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors |a)(5) of the PRA]
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
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CHILD CARE EVENT
April 23, 1998
10:00 AM
Rose Garden
Advocates "A" and "B" Lists
ADVOCATES "A" LIST
(75 total)
NAME (LAST, FIRST)
AFFILIATION
PHONE NO.
COMMENTS
King, Debby
1199-New York
212-494-0524
AFL-CIO
Collette, Catherine
AFCSME
429-5090
Women's Office
Berry, Nancy
AllState
847-402-5663
Nicole's
Zirkin, Nancy
American Association of
785-7720
Women's Office
University Women (AAUW)
Feldman, Sandra
American Federation of Teachers
879-4440
Women's Office
President
Baird, Douglas
Associated Day Care Services
617-695-0700
Women's Office
Douglass, Mary
Association of Junior Leagues
393-3364
Women's Office
Scruggs-Leftwich, Dr.
Black Leadership Forum
202-789-3506; F
Ben Johnson
Yvonne
202-789-6391
Executive Director
Callaway, Robbie
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
301-251-6676
Women's Office
Noonan, Suzanne
Camp Fire Boys and Girls
364-3240
Women's Office
Otero, Bebe
Calvary Bilingual Learning
332-4200
Nicole's
Director
Center
Daly, Sharon
Catholic Charities
703-549-1390
Women's Office
Hortum, Leslie
Chamber of Commerce
659-6000
Nicole's
Executive Vice President
Bunson, Joy
Chase Manhattan Bank
w)212-552-6463
Nicole's
P6/(b)(6)
Alexy, Yoffie
Child Welfare League of
942-0278
Women's Office
America
NAME (LAST, FIRST)
AFFILIATION
PHONE NO.
COMMENTS
Guggenheimer, Elinor
Child Care Action Campaign
212-831-8443
Women's Office
Founder
Edelman, Marian Wright
Children's Defense Fund
662-3547
CDF
Blank, Helen
Children's Defense Fund
662-3547
CDF
Johnson, Gloria
Coalition of Labor Union
785-7209
Women's Office
Women
Kolb, Charles
Committee for Economic
212-688-2063
Nicole's
President
Development
Hamburg, Sandra
Committee for Economic
212-688-2063,
Nicole's
Development
x224
Davis, Karen
Commonwealth Fund
212-606-3825
Nicole's
President
Dassance, Jewell
Congress of National Black
371-1091
Ben Johnson
Churches
Sallee, Margaret
Corporate Family Solutions
800-452-2111
Women's Office
Nashville, TN
Belk, Phyllis
Delaware Valley Child Care
215-922-7526
CDF
Council
Bengston, Kay
Evangelical Lutheran Church in
783-7507
Maureen Shea
America
Rheingold, Jan
Family and Workplace
302-479-1672
CDF
Connection
Newman, Sandy
Fight Crime/ Invest in Kids
638-0690
Women's Office
Hayes, Cheryl
Finance Project
628-4200
Nicole's
Executive Dir.
Moore, Desiree Griffin
Freddie Mac Foundation
703-903-2304
Nicole's
Ferdon, Elinor J.
Girls Scouts of the USA
212-852-8000
Women's Office
National President
Wurf, Mildred
Girls Incorporated
463-1881
Women's Office
Gilson, Marla
Hadsassah, the Women's Zionist
363-4600
Women's Office
Organization of America
NAME (LAST, FIRST)
AFFILIATION
PHONE NO.
COMMENTS
Rivera, Dennis
Health and Human Service
212-582-1890
AFL-CIO
President
Employee Union, National
Rubinson, Gail
Jewish Women International
857-1300
Women's Office
Laurence, David
Kaiser, Inc.
510-271-6430
Nicole's
CEO
McCormick, Doug
Lifetime Television
212-424-7126
Nicole's
President
Wagner, Meredith
Lifetime TV
212-424-7126
Women's Office
Sims, Ed and
Long, Aldridge & Norman
404-527-8550
Referred by OVP; Law
DAUGHTER
school chum of VP's
brother-in-law Frank
Hunger.
Merill, Jo
March of Dimes
659-1800
Women's Office
Klein, Donna
Marriot International
301-380-6856
NACCRRA
Skolnik, Sandra
Maryland Committee for
410-752-7588
NACCRRA
Children
Boozer, Rhonda
NAACP
638-2269
Women's Office
Wise, Janet
National Indian Child Care
918-758-1463
Lynn Cutler
Association
Smith, Patty McGill
National Parents Network on
434-8686
Women's Office
Disabilities
Height, Dr. Dorothy
National Council of Negro
202-737-0120
Ben Johnson
Chair
Women
Calhoun, John
National Crime Prevention
466-6272
Women's Office
Council
Appelbaum, Judy
National Women's Law Center
588-5180
Duffy's
White, Lois Jean
National Parent Teacher
289-6790
Women's Office
National President
Association
Campbell, Rev. Dr. Joan,
National Council of Churches
212-870-2141
Maureen Shea
General Secretary or
Cooper, Mary
544-2350
Lindner, Eileen
National Council of Churches
212-870-3260
Nicole's
NAME (LAST, FIRST)
AFFILIATION
PHONE NO.
COMMENTS
Clifford, Richard
National Association for the
919-962-7321
Women's Office
President
Education of Young Children
Neas, Katherine Beh
National Easter Seal Society
347-3066
Bill White
Smith, Dr. Marilyn Smith
National Association for
232-8777
Women's Office
Executive Director
Education of Young Children
Sconyers, Nancy
National Association of Child
202-289-0777
Women's Office
Advocates
Chase, Robert
National Education Association
202-822-7325
Women's Office
President
Firvida, Cristina
National Women's Law Center
588-7614
Duffy's
Vinci, Yasmina
National Association of Child
393-5501
`NACCRRA
Care Resource and Referral
Agency (NACCRRA)
Moshenberg, Sammie
National Council on Jewish
296-2588
Women's Office
Women
Nieves, Josephine
National Association of Social
408-8600
Women's Office
Executive Director
Workers
Greene, Sarah
National Head Start Association,
703-739-0875
Women's Office
CEO
Partnership Project
Foskey, Franklin
National Child Care Association
800-543-7161
Women's Office
Dewayne
President
Goldberg, Milton
National Alliance of Business
289-2888
Nicole's
Cleary, Ed
New York State AFL-CIO
212-777-6040
AFL-CIO
President
McLaughlin, Brian
New York City Central Labor
212-685-9552
AFL-CIO
President
Council
Rodgers, Kathy
NOW Legal Defense and
219-925-6635
Women's Office
Education Fund
Lenhoff, Donna
Partnership for Women and
986-2600
Women's Office
Families
Reichold, Kristin
Presbyterian Church USA
543-1126
Maureen Shea
NAME (LAST, FIRST)
AFFILIATION
PHONE NO.
COMMENTS
Burger, Anna
Service Employees International
202-898-3200
AFL-CIO
Executive VP
Union (SEIU)
Stolley, Richard
Time Warner
212-239-0138
Nicole's
CEO
Wisdo, Nancy
U.S. Catholic Conference
541-3188
Women's Office
Jacobson, Miriam
Washington Business Group on
408-9320
Nicole's
Health
Block, Bobbi
Washington Child Development
387-0002
Nicole's
Executive Dir.
Council
Mercer, David
YMCA/USA
835-9043
Women's Office
CEO
Mathai-Davis, Prema
YWCA
212-273-7800
Women's Office
CEO
ADVOCATES "B" LIST
(51 in priority order)
NAME (LAST, FIRST)
AFFILIATION
PHONE NO.
COMMENTS
Bregstein, Nancy J.
Women's Law Project
610-642-6374
Duffy's
Board Member
Fagen, Terry Satinover
Charles Satinover Fund
312-938-0987
Duffy's
Larkin, Deborah Slaner
National Women's Law Center
914-738-7829
Duffy's
Board Member
Mager, Carol A.
Mager, Liebengerg, and White
215-569-6924
Duffy's
Attorney
Marschand, Paul
ARC
785-3388
Bill White
Wellington, Sheila
Catalyst
212-514-7600
Women's Office
President
Jesien, George
Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation
393-1250
Bill White
Drolet, Dan
National Association of Homes
223-3447
Women's Office
and Services for Children
Moore, Evelyn
National Black Child
202-387-1281
Ben Johnson
President
Development Institute
Dunston, Leonard G.
National Association of Black
313-862-6700
Ben Johnson
President
Social Workers, Inc.
Reuss, Pat
NOW LDEF
544-4470
Women's Office
Fisher-Durbin, Eden
YMCA of the USA
835-9043
Women's Office
Tarner, Liz
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
301-460-8683
Women's Office
Forrest, Carolyn
United Auto Workers (UAW)
313-926-5269
AFL-CIO
International Vice
President
Scarcelli, Pat
United Food and Commercial
223-3111 x1545
AFL-CIO
International Vice
Workers (UFCW)
Preisident
NAME (LAST, FIRST)
AFFILIATION
PHONE NO.
COMMENTS
Foreman, Lela
Communications Workers of
434-1128
AFL-CIO
Director, Women's
America (CWA)
Activities and
Community Service
Jacobson, Carolyn
Bakery, Confectionary and
301-933-8600
AFL-CIO
Director, Public
Tobacco Workers (BC&T)
Relations
Hoffman, Ann
UNITE
347-7417
AFL-CIO
Legislative Director
Robinson, Joyce
American Postal Workers Union
842-4225
AFL-CIO
Director, Research and
(APWU)
Education
Peddicord, Kitty
American Federation of
639-6417
AFL-CIO
Director, Women and
Government Employees (AFGE)
Fair Practices Dept.
Eastburn, Cheryl
International Association of
301-967-4747
AFL-CIO
Director, Women's Dept.
Machinists (IAM)
Gorczyca, Dolores
International Federation of
732-866-0427
AFL-CIO
International
Professional and Technical
Representative
Engineers (IFPTE)
Sanford, Royetta
International Brotherhood of
728-6204
AFL-CIO
Director, Human
Electrical Workers (IBEW)
Services
Lamm, Sandra
Child Care Company
214-905-2406
NACCRRA
Ranton, Beverly
New Jersey CCCR&R Network
609-582-8282
NACCRRA
Hamilton, Darlene
Child Care Partnerships
412-261-2273
NACCRRA
Ranck, Edna
New Jersey Dept. Of Human
609-984-0879
NACCRRA
Services
Burch, Tom
National Child Abuse Coalition
347-3666
Women's Office
Field, Ron
Volunteers of America
703-548-2288
Women's Office
Wolf, Linda
American Public Welfare Assoc.
682-0100
Women's Office
Acting Executive Dir.
Lewis, Patricia G.
Caplin and Draschle
862-5017
Duffy's
Attorney
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P1 National Security Classified Information |(a)(1) of the PRA]
b(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute |(a)(3) of the PRA|
an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute |(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information |(a)(4) of the PRA]
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
[0016]
NAME (LAST, FIRST)
AFFILIATION
PHONE NO.
COMMENTS
Lindenauer, Susan B.
Legal Aid Society
212-577-3349
Duffy's
General Counsel
Roberts, Carole
Travelers Comapnies
789-1380
Duffy's
VP, Federal Government
Relations
Ross, Gail E.
Lichtman, Trister, Sirge, and
328-1666 x329
Duffy's
Attorney
Ross
Theimer, R. Kaye
ChildWorks, Inc.
415-441-0992
Duffy's
Born, Brooksley
Commodity Futures Trading
418-5030
Duffy's
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588-7610
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Department of Labor Invitees to White House Child Care Event - April 23, 1998
Larry Bossidy
CEO
AlliedSignal, Inc.
101 Columbia Road
Morristown, NJ
973-455-2261
John R. Spafford
Chairman, President and CEO
American Home Products Corporation
Five Giralda Farms
Madison, NJ 07940
973-660-6073
James Sandman
Managing Partner
Arnold and Porter
555-12th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-942-5758
Dr. James D. Watson
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
One Bungtown Road
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
516-367-8499
Harry V. Quadracci
President
Quad/Graphics
Duplainville Road
Pewaukee, WI 53072
414-691-9200
Larry Lundberg
General Manager
Trout-Blue Chelan, Inc.
P.O. Box 669
Chelan, WA 98816
509-682-2591
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Paul Wojcik
President
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
1231-25th Street NW, Room S-100
Washington, DC 20037
202-452-5739
Charles Holliday
President, CEO
DuPont Company
1007 Market Street
Nemours Building 12507-2
Wilmington, DE 19898
302-774-1000
Cheryl Mooney
Kaiser Permanente
2500 South Havana Street
Aurora, CO 80014
303-338-3799
Stephan Dunham
Chairman
Morrison and Foerster, LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-2482
415-268-6331
Charles Wang
CEO
Computer Associates International
One Computer Associates Plaza
Islandia, NY I1788-8000
516-342-2391
Thomas J. Enjibous
President,
Texas Instruments Incorporated
7839 Churchill Way
M/S 3993
Dallas, TX 75251
972-917-7038
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Rick Linneweh
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
2811 Treton Drive
Yakima, WA 98902
509-575-8000
Nirmala Dillman
Executive Director
Palcare
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
945 California Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-340-1289
Ed Fritzky
CEO
Immunex Corporation
51 University Street
Seattle, WA 98101
206-587-0430
Russ Teubner
President
Teubner & Associates
PO Box 1994
Stillwater, OK 74076
405-624-8000 X 231
Mike Rona
President
Virginia Mason Medical Center
P.O. Box 900, X9-CC
Seattle, WA 98111
206-583-6452
Glen Edwards
President
All Metro Health Care/Caregivers on Call
50 Broadway
Lynbrook, NY 11563
516-887-1200
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Ralph S. Larsen
CEO and Chairman
Johnson & Johnson
One Johnson & Johnson Plaza
New Brunswick, NJ 08933
908-524-3030
Diane Lustenader, President
Lake Associates, Inc.
18 Thatcher Street
Albany, NY 12207
518-732-0526
Steve Wynn
CEO
Mirage Resorts, Inc.
3400 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 98109
702-791-7406
Ed Sebastian
President
Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group
7909 Parklane Road, Suite 150
Columbia, SC 29223
803-741-3556
Steve Miller, CEO
Resort Condominiums International LLC (RCI)
3502 Woodview Trace
Indianapolis, IN 46269
317-334-8159
Richard Silverman
General Manager
Salt River Project
P.O. Box 52025
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2025
602-236-5886
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Carol Murray
President
Blackfeet Community College
PO. Box 819
Browning, MT 59417
406-338-5111
Patricia A. Finley
Associate Director
Computer and Business Institute
2122 Tenbrook Road
Arnold, MO 63010
314-282-6060
Joseph P. Semi
President
Lutheran Medical Center
150-55th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718-630-7155
Valerie Talcot
President
Legacy Personnel Group, Inc.
One East Broward Boulevard, Suite 609
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-523-9338
Gay Warren Gaddis
President
T3 (The Think Tank)
1806 Rio Grande
Austin, TX 78701
512-499-8811
Carol Joyner
Executive Director
1199/Employer Child Care Fund
330 West 42nd Street, 32nd Floor
New York, NY 10036
212-564-2220
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Barry Wangner
American Business Collaboration for Quality Dependent Care (ABC)
Wanger Associates
10 Burdean Road
Newton, MA 02159
617-965-6469
John Wharton
CEO
Atlanta's Inn for Children
120 Renaissance Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-874-9535
William Schwinkert
Managing Partner
Bay Area Emergency Care Consortium
c/o Farella, Braun & Martel LLP
235 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-954-4400
Ms. Zem Neill
Executive Director
First Texas Council of Camp Fire
2700 Meacham Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76137
817-831-2111
Mike Casey
President
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 2
204 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, Ca 94102
415-864-8770 x720
Earlene Huckleberry
President
Project Parent, Lexington/Fayette Urban County Government, Office of the Mayor
200 East Main Street
Lexington, KY 40507
606-258-3808
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Steven Yokich
President
UAW
8000 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI 48214
313-926-5000
John Smith Jr.
President
General Motors
100 Renaissance Center
P.O. Box 431301
Detroit, MI 48265
313-556-5000
Digna Sanchez
Children's Television Workshop
1633 Broadway
40th Floor
New York, NY 10019
212-875-6814
Andrea Genser
Executive Director
Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education
Wheelock College
200 The Riverway
Boston, MA 02215
617-734-5200 ext. 253
Jeremy Harris
Mayor
City of Honolulu
715 South King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 592-5550
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Mayor
City of Mesa
PO Box 1466
Mesa, AZ 85211-1466
(602) 644-2388
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Paul Schell
Mayor
City of Seattle
600-4th Avenue
12th Floor
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 684-4000
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Mayor
City of Kansas City
414 E 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 274-2595
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Thursday, April 23, 1998
9:50 AM
Child Care Event
Tab A
- Remarks
Tab B
- Meet & Greet List/Bios
Tab C
11:20 AM
Working Visit with
President Niyazov
Distributed
of Turkmenistan
Separately
11:20 AM
Working Visit
12:10 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM Farewell
1:30 PM
Off-the-Record Session
with Helen Thomas of UPI,
Terry Hunt of Associated Press,
and Larry McQuillan of Reuters
Tab D
2:00 PM
Speech Preparation
No Paper
7:45 PM
1993 Budget Reception
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- Remarks
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Thursday, April 23, 1998
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1998
Final Schedule
SCHEDULING DIRECTOR:
STEPHANIE STREETT
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April 22, 1998 (7:20pm)
Thursday, April 23, 1998
Schedule of the President
for
Thursday, April 23, 1998
Final Schedule
9:00 am-
MEETING
9:15
am
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Erskine Bowles
9:15
am-
BRIEFING
9:45
am
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Bruce Reed
9:50 am-
MEET AND GREET
10:00 am
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Bruce Reed
Note: There will be approximately 32 Treasury Department
Working Group members present.
10:00 am-
CHILD CARE EVENT
10:45 am
ROSE GARDEN
[RAIN SITE: OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ROOM 450]
Staff Contact: Bruce Reed
Event Coordinator: Laura Schwartz
OPEN PRESS
--
The First Lady makes remarks and introduces Secretary Donna
Shalala.
--
Secretary Donna Shalala makes brief remarks and introduces
Secretary Alexis Herman.
--
Secretary Alexis Herman makes brief remarks and introduces CEO
TBD.
--
CEO TBD makes brief remarks and introduces the President.
The President makes remarks.
April 22, 1998 (7:20pm)
Thursday, April 23, 1998
The President departs the Rose Garden.
11:00 am-
BRIEFING
11:20 am
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Sandy Berger
11:20 am-
BILATERAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT NIYAZOV OF
12:00 pm
TURKMENISTAN
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Samuel Berger
STILLS ONLY (AT THE TOP)
12:05 pm
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by President Niyazov, proceeds to the
Old Family Dining Room
12:10 pm-
LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT NIYAZOV OF TURKMENISTAN
1:10 pm
OLD FAMILY DINING ROOM
Staff Contact: Samuel Berger
Event Coordinator: Laura Schwartz
CLOSED PRESS
1:10
pm
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by President Niyazov, departs the Old
Family Dining Room and proceeds to the West Wing
1:15
pm
THE PRESIDENT bids farewell to President Niyazov of Turkmenistan
outside Oval Office
1:30
pm-
HOLD
2:00 pm
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Mike McCurry
2:00
pm-
SPEECH PREPARATION
3:00
pm
OVAL OFFICE
Staff Contact: Michael Waldman
3:00
pm-
PHONE AND OFFICE TIME
7:15
pm
OVAL OFFICE
7:20
pm-
BRIEFING
7:30
pm
RED ROOM
Staff Contact: Larry Stein, Capricia Marshall
April 22, 1998 (7:20pm)
Thursday, April 23, 1998
7:30 pm-
1993 BUDGET RECEPTION
8:45 pm
EAST ROOM
Staff Contact: Larry Stein, Capricia Marshall
Event Coordinator: Laura Schwartz
POOL PRESS (REMARKS ONLY)
7:30 pm
--
The President proceeds to the Blue Room and receives guests.
8:15 pm
--
Speaking program TBD.
--
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BC/HRC RON
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
April 22, 1998 (7:20pm)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 22, 1998
CHILD CARE EVENT
DATE:
April 23, 1998
LOCATION:
Rose Garden
EVENT TIME:
10:00 am - 11:00 am
FROM:
Bruce Reed
I.
PURPOSE
To urge congressional action on child care, and release two reports documenting business
efforts on child care: (1) the Treasury Working Group on Child Care report, Investing in
Child Care; and (2) the Department of Labor report, Meeting the Needs of Today's
Workforce: Child Care Best Practices. You will also announce a new commitment by the
Department of Labor to serve as a clearinghouse for businesses interested in child care, and
to set up a business-to-business mentoring program on child care.
II.
BACKGROUND
Legislative Update on Child Care
While the event will spotlight best practices in the corporate community and urge greater
private sector commitment to child care, the purpose of this event is to emphasize the
importance of a federal commitment to child care and to urge Congress to act on child care
legislation this year. Numerous child care bills have been introduced by Democrats and by
Republicans since you announced your child care initiative earlier this year. Many of the
bills incorporate the Administration's key child care priorities -- substantial new subsidies
and tax credits to help low- and middle-income families pay for child care; investments to
help states and communities improve the quality of early childhood programs; a new tax
credit for businesses that provide child care services; and an expansion of before- and after-
school programs. Further, several of the tobacco proposals (Conrad, Fazio, and Kennedy)
would direct a portion of tobacco revenue to child care and early childhood programs.
Some key Members of Congress are committed to Congressional action on child care this
year, including Senators Dodd, Kennedy, Kerry, Chafee and Snowe, and Representatives
Kennelly, Tauscher, and DeLauro. Importantly, the bipartisan Congressional Women's
Caucus, led by Representatives Norton and Johnson, recently released a letter to Speaker
Gingrich urging that Congress pass child care legislation.
Despite the interest in child care, there are serious obstacles to enacting the Administration's
proposals. First, as you know, the Senate Budget Resolution targets all tobacco funds to
Medicare. While the Resolution allows for up to $9 billion for expanded child care tax
credits and $5 billion to increase discretionary spending for the Child Care and Development
Block Grant, offsets would have to be found for these expansions. Second, both Houses
have passed resolutions emphasizing that any child care proposal must include significant
new funding for stay-at-home parents, thereby pitting child care investments against
programs and tax cuts that would help parents who stay home care for their children. Third,
many Democrats are more interested in using child care as a political issue in an election
year than in passing a bill this session. Finally, the Republican leadership is stalling child
care legislation for political reasons. The House Ways and Means Committee has not
scheduled any hearings on child care, and Senator Chafee was only recently able to schedule
a child care hearing before his Finance Subcommittee.
Release of Final Report of Treasury Working Group on Child Care
Investing in Child Care is the final report of the Treasury Working Group on Child Care,
which you asked Secretary Rubin to lead at the White House Conference on Child Care. This
initiative has garnered significant enthusiasm from the children's advocacy community, as
it represents the first time a Treasury Secretary has focused on child care issues. The report
discusses what businesses can do to promote access to affordable, high quality child care for
their employees, highlights a wide range of best practices, and presents evidence that
investing in child care makes good business sense. The Working Group report finds that,
while only one percent of revenues for child care and early education come from the private
sector, businesses benefit from providing child care assistance in a variety of ways -- through
improved productivity, lower turnover, better recruitment, reduced absenteeism, and
improved morale.
The Treasury Working Group will meet with the First Lady and Erskine Bowles before this
event. The Working Group consists of business and labor leaders, and includes Sandy Weill,
CEO, The Travelers Group; Randy Tobias, President, Eli Lilly; John Sweeney, President,
AFL-CIO; Doug Price, CEO, FirstBank of Colorado; George Stinson, President and CEO,
General Converters and Assemblers; and Marcy Whitebook, National Co-Director, Center
for the Child Care Workforce. (Please note that the group was not subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and therefore will not make recommendations.)
Release of Labor Department Report and Announcement of New Commitment
The Labor Department report that will be released at the event, Meeting the Needs of
Today's Workforce: Child Care Best Practices, highlights best practices of the corporate
sector to offer child care assistance to their workers. The examples are primarily gleaned
from the Labor Department's Honor Roll of companies with model family-friendly
workplace practices. You will also announce a new commitment by the Department of
Labor to serve as a clearinghouse for businesses interested in child care, and to set up a
business-to-business mentoring program on child care.
Take Our Daughters to Work Day
April 23rd is the sixth annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day. The Ms. Foundation for
Women began the program in 1993 to address issues facing adolescent girls aged nine to
fifteen. The program gives girls the opportunity to visit a work setting with a parent or friend
so they can see all of the different jobs women do. Many guests at this event will have their
daughters with them.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
- The First Lady
- Secretary Herman
- Secretary Shalala
- Randy Tobias, CEO, Eli Lilly and Co.
Also on stage:
Secretary Aida Alvarez
Members of Congress
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open Press.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
- YOU will briefly meet the members of the Treasury Working Group and advisory
committee in the Oval Office.
- YOU will be announced into the Rose Garden accompanied by the First Lady, Secretary
Shalala, Secretary Herman, and Randy Tobias.
- The First Lady will make welcoming remarks and introduce Secretary Shalala.
- Secretary Shalala will make remarks and introduce Secretary Herman.
- Secretary Herman will make remarks and introduce Randy Tobias.
- Randy Tobias will make remarks and introduce YOU.
- YOU will make remarks and then depart.
VI.
REMARKS
Remarks provided by Speechwriting.
Draft 04/22/98 8:00pm
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS ON CHILD CARE
THE WHITE HOUSE
April 23, 1998
Acknowledgments: The First Lady; Sec. Shalala; Sec. Herman; Randy Tobias (Chairman
and CEO, Eli-Lilly & Co.); Sen. Dodd (leadership on child care); Sen. Jeffords (leadership on
after-school care); Sen. Kohl; Sen. Specter; Reps. Lois Capps, Rosa DeLauro, Sheila Jackson
Lee, Sander Levin, Matthew Martinez, Patsy Mink, Tim Roemer, Ellen Tauscher, Lynn Woolsey
As you know, today is Take Our Daughters to Work Day. This year's theme--"Imagine a
Day"--asks Americans to envision a time when our daughters will be able to work anywhere and
do anything they desire.
Today I want to talk about what we must do as a nation to make that day a reality. Not
just for our daughters' sake but our sons', too. For any American who by choice or by necessity
becomes a working parent, child care is a concern--available, affordable, safe, high-quality child
care. For five years I have committed my administration to that goal. We are making substantial
strides toward achieving it. But we must move further, and push harder, to build a strong and
healthy America in the 21st century.
These are good times for America and for America's families. We have the strongest
economy, the lowest welfare rolls and the lowest crime rates in a generation. Our economic
strategy is helping people meet their responsibilities both at work and at home. In last summer's
historic balanced budget agreement, we provided working families with a child tax credit of $500
per child; expanded health care access to 5 million uninsured children; and advanced the causes
of adoption and the collection of child support.
But let's be clear: governments don't raise children. Parents do. There can be no
substitute for a parent in teaching children right from wrong, or giving them the love and careful
nurturing they need. Still, as previous speakers have mentioned, many parents face a tough
choice between work and home. It is a tough choice--but a false one. And it is a losing
proposition. If people have to pick between being responsible parents and productive workers,
they lose and their children lose. We all lose.
That's why the private sector must do its part to protect the well-being of working
families. The well-being of our economy depends upon it. Last fall, I called upon Secretary
Rubin to lead a Treasury Working Group on Child Care--to examine the child care issues facing
working parents and identify best practices in the private sector and in public-private
partnerships. Today, I am releasing their report. Its results underscore my fundamental belief:
business investment in child care is not only good for families, it's good for the bottom line.
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I am also releasing a report by the Labor Department highlighting family-friendly
businesses. Their Honor Roll status, as Secretary Herman just pointed out, is well deserved, and
their child care programs are a model for other employers. To strengthen these efforts, I am
today announcing a new Labor Department initiative to serve as a clearinghouse for companies
interested in child care and to set up a business-to-business mentoring program on child care.
But the private sector cannot solve this problem alone. Across America, states are
developing innovative approaches, and we also won $4 billion more for the states as a part of
welfare reform. These efforts are a good start. But states are still struggling to meet the needs of
working parents, the thousands upon thousands who need care for their children but cannot find
it or afford it.
These working parents are our national responsibility. Government's proper role is not to
run child care, but to create a climate in which more companies provide it and more families can
get it. That's why I have proposed a comprehensive, fiscally responsible plan to make child care
safer, better, more available and more affordable. It won't add a dime to the deficit or a single
bureaucrat to the federal payroll. But it will make a world of difference to working parents
across our nation.
Before this legislative session is out, Congress should act on this important issue--to give
Americans the tools they need in order to be good parents and good workers. Not one or the
other. Targeted financial assistance and tax credits will help more working parents to afford
child care. Tax cuts will encourage more businesses to provide it. My administration's plan also
improves the safety and quality of child care and expands access to safe after-school care.
Members of both parties of Congress have proposals that support these principles. There is not a
lot of time left in this session, but there is enough time to resolve any differences and fulfill this
obligation to America's families.
As I've said, the theme of this year's Take Our Daughters to Work Day is "Imagine a
Day." If we take these next, important steps, if we take responsibility, then all our children will
be able to imagine a day when a strong economy and strong families go hand in hand. On that
day, we will be a stronger nation. I think that day will come soon.
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MEET AND GREET WITH TREASURY DEPARTMENT WORKING GROUP
Michael Froman, Department of Treasury Chief of Staff (Secretary Rubin is unable to attend
due to his wife's surgery.)
Treasury Department Child Care Working Group
Doug Price, CEO, FirstBank of Colorado, Denver, CO
FirstBank of Colorado is the lead bank of the 24 subsidiary banks of FirstBank Holding
Company of Colorado, the state's largest locally owned bank. Mr. Price is chairman of the
Colorado Business Commission on Child Care Financing, a group appointed by Governor Roy
Romer to examine the needs of working parents and their children. FirstBank of Colorado
established a reduced hours program in 1989 to provide workers the flexibility to both maintain a
career and raise a family.
George Stinson, President & CEO, General Converters & Assemblers, Racine, Wisconsin
For the past 24 years, Mr. Stinson has been the Chairman and President of General Converters
and Assemblers, Inc., a 200-person manufacturing company that makes disinfectant tablets and
pallets. Mr. Stinson is presently the president of the Racine branch of the NAACP, the CEO of
the Southeastern Wisconsin Private Industry Council and Chairman of the Racine County
Economic Corporation. Mr. Stinson is an example of a small business leader who is working
with other local companies to investigate ways to address child care issues.
AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Linda Chavez-Thompson (Substituting for John J.
Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO)
Ms. Thompson was elected Executive Vice-President in 1995. Ms. Chavez-Thompson has thirty
years experience in the labor movement. She rose from the organizing ranks of her union, the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, to become the first person of
color elected to an executive office of the AFL-CIO. She is the highest ranking woman in the
labor movement.
Randall Tobias, Chairman & CEO, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN
Mr. Tobias is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Eli Lilly and Company
which develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals and animal products. Mr. Tobias is
also on the board of the Phillips Petroleum Company, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, and Knight-
Ridder, Inc. In 1996 he was named 1996 CEO Family Champion of the Year by Working
Mother Magazine. Eli Lilly is working with state government, other Indiana companies, and the
Purdue University Center for Families in a public-private partnership to address the need for sick
child care throughout the state.
Sanford Weill, CEO, Travelers Insurance, New York, N.Y.
Mr. Weill is Chairman and Chief Executive Office of Travelers Group, the diversified financial
services company. Mr. Weill has a long history of involvement in many aspects of child care
which he has acted on in each of his assignments as CEO of American Express, Commercial
Credit, Primerica and at his current position at Travelers. Salomon Smith Barney, a Travelers
Group subsidiary, offers employees a choice of alternate work arrangements, including flextime,
job sharing, and telecommuting. The purpose is to retain employees by helping them balance
work and personal life.
Marcy Whitebook, National Co-Director, National Center for Early Childhood Work
Force, San Francisco, CA
The National Center for Early Childhood Work Force works to improve the quality of child care
by upgrading the training and compensation of child care teachers and family child care
providers. Dr. Whitebook, founding Executive Director of the Center, serves as the
organization's Co-Director. She was the Project Director for the National Child Care Staffing
Study, NAEYC Accreditation as a Strategy for Improving Child Care Quality and Salary
Improvements in Head Start: Lessons for the Early Care and Education Field.
Advisors
Ellen Galinsky, President, Families & Work Institute, New York, N.Y.
The Families and Work Institute is a non-profit research and planning organization committed to
developing new approaches for balancing the changing needs of America's families with the
continuing need for workplace productivity. Before founding the Institute, Ms. Galinsky has
been an advisor to the U.S. Department of Education on business and family involvement in
education and to the U.S. Department of Labor. The Institute conducted the new survey that is
highlighted in the report.
J.T. (Ted) Childs, Jr., Vice President of Global Diversity, IBM Corporation, North
Tarrytown, NY
Mr. Childs has worldwide responsibility for IBM Corporation's workforce diversity programs
and policies. In 1989, he was apppointed by New York Governor Mario Cuomo to the
Governor's Advisory Council on Child Care. He is a member of the American Business
Collaboration (ABC) of Quality Dependent Care Board of Champions. The ABC is the largest
and most comprehensive private sector initiative specifically designed to improve the quality and
expand the supply of dependent care. IBM joined with PepsiCo to develop one ofthe first child
care centers in northern Westchester County to serve infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in the
same setting.
Dee Topol, Former President, Travelers Foundation
Ms. Topol was the President of the Travelers Foundation and directed the company's
philanthropic program and foundation activity. She is chair of the Board of the Families and
Work Institute; a member of New York State Permanent Interagency Council on Families and
Children Advisory Board and a member of the Child Care Action Campaign.
Chris Kjeldsen, Vice President, Community and Workplace Programs, Johnson and
Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey
In August of 1992, you took a tour of J&J's New Brunswick, N.J. headquarters J&J child
development center. Mr. Kjeldsen oversees policies and programs which help Johnson &
Johnson employees balance their work and family responsibilities. J&J offers child care
consultation and referral through its LifeWorks program. LifeWorks helps J&J employees find
and recognize quality child care, locate appropriate care for school-age children after school, plan
for maternity/paternity leave and return, and prepare for adoption. J&J is opening its fifth and
sixth child care centers within the next 60 days.
Faith Wohl, President, Child Care Action Campaign, New York, N.Y.
The Child Care Action Campaign (CCAC) is a national advocacy organization that works to
stimulate and support the development of policies and programs that increase the availabililty of
quality affordable child care. Prior to her joining CCAC she worked on Vice President Gore's
National Performance Review. She has been Director of the U.S. General Services
Administration's Office of Workplace Initiatives and worked for the DuPont, Co. for 20 years.
She has been named one of America's "10 Most Admired Women Managers" by Working
Woman magazine.
Liaisons
Marci Andrews, Public Policy Associate, National Center for Early Childhood Workforce
Washington, D.C.
Candy Lange, Director, Work Life Strategy, Eli Lilly, Co., Indianapolis, IN
Karen Nussbaum, Director of the Women's Bureau, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.
Charles (Chip) Raymond, President, The Travelers Foundation, New York, N.Y.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 22, 1998
OFF THE RECORD SESSION WITH HELEN THOMAS OF UPI,
TERRY HUNT OF ASSOCIATED PRESS,
AND LARRY MCQUILLAN OF REUTERS
DATE:
April 23, 1998
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME:
1:30 pm
FROM:
Michael McCurry
You will meet with these three senior White House wire reporters for an informal off-the-
record session. You know all three well so you do not need much background but below are a
few ideas of what each may like to talk about.
Helen Thomas, press corps dean and legend, needs no introduction. As dean of the press
corps, Helen is on a crusade for a press conference and an interview. We have billed this meeting
as background for a future interview.
Terry Hunt is the Senior White House Correspondent for the Associated Press which you
may recall is celebrating their 150th anniversary this year. The official celebration was held
Tuesday in Dallas. Senator Moynihan was the guest speaker and spoke on NATO expansion.
This OTR will take the place of the official interview AP requested.
Larry McQuillan of Reuters is also the current President of the White House
Correspondents' Association and has spent much of the last week preparing for Saturday night's
dinner. This topic will be foremost on his mind.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 22, 1998
RECEPTION IN HONOR OF THE 1993 BUDGET
DATE:
Thursday, April 23, 1998
LOCATION: The State Floor
TIME:
7:30 pm- 8:45 pm
FROM:
Larry Stein 255
I.
PURPOSE
To celebrate the historic 1993 budget which put America on the path to economic
health and prosperity.
II.
BACKGROUND
This reception is to thank the Democratic Members of Congress who voted for
H.R. 2264, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. As you will
remember, this legislation passed both houses of Congress by a series of
extremely close votes and that no Republicans voted in favor of this legislation.
H.R. 2264 passed the House by a vote of 219 to 213 on May 27, 1993. It passed
the Senate by a vote of 50 to 49 on June 25, 1993. The Conference Report passed
the House by a vote of 218 to 216 on August 5, 1993, and passed the Senate by a
vote of 51 to 50 on August 6, 1993. You signed this legislation into law on
August 10, 1993.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
Briefing
Erskine Bowles
John Podesta
Sylvia Mathews
Larry Stein
Rahm Emanuel
Gene Sperling
Chuck Brain
Ann Lewis
Michael Waldman
Craig Smith
Martha Foley
I
Event
To be provided by the Social Office.
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Pool Press for remarks only.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
7:20pm-
BRIEFING
7:30pm
RED ROOM
Staff Contact: Larry Stein, Capricia Marshall
7:30pm-
1993 BUDGET RECEPTION
8:45pm
EAST ROOM
Staff Contact: Larry Stein, Capricia Marshall
Event Coordinator: Laura Schwartz
POOL PRESS (REMARKS ONLY)
--
The President proceeds to the Blue Room and receives
guests.
--
Upon conclusion of the Receiving line, the President
proceeds to the East Room.
--
Speaking program TBD.
--
Upon conclusion of the speaking program, the President
departs.
VI.
REMARKS
To be provided by Speechwriting.
VII.
ATTACHMENTS
None.
THE REMARKS
FOR THE 1993 BUDGET RECEPTION
WILL BE FORWARDED