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Originally Processed With FOIA(s):
FOIA Number:
2009-0166-S
2009-0166-S
FOIA
MARKER
This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin: Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
OA/ID Number:
90655
Folder ID Number:
90655-004
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Friday, February 21, 1992 [1]
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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Doc. No. / Type
Subject/Title
Date
Restriction
Classification
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
02/21/92
(b)(3)
02. Log
White House Telephone Log (Signal Switchboard) [redaction of
02/21/92
(b)(6)
personal information] (1 pp.)
03. Schedule
Schedule of the President for Charleston, South Carolina,
02/21/92
(b)(7)(c),
February 21, 1992 [redaction] (5 pp.)
(b)(7)(e), (b)(7)(f)
Page 1 of 1
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, February 21, 1992 [1]
Pinksheet Number:
dw2500
OA/ID Number:
90655-004
Date Closed:
10/17/2014
FOIA/Sys Case #:
2009-0166-S
Re-review Case #:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
02/21/92
(b)(3)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, February 21, 1992 [1]
Date Closed:
10/17/2014
OA/ID Number:
90655-004
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 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
P-5 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
P-6 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 of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
P.RM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Friday, February 21, 1992
6:45 am
Your activities in Washington
today will be filmed by the
campaign for advertising
8:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
8:30 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft)
8:45 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft)
9:15 am
Meeting with Chief of Staff
Oval Office
(30 min)
9:45 am
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(45 min)
Staff Time
Oval Office
10:30 am
(30 min)
(Horner)
(TAB A)
11:00 am
Meeting with Secretary Baker
Oval Office
(30 min)
11:30 am
Drop by Briefing for American
450 OEOB
(10 min)
Legislative Exchange Council
(Rollins)
(TAB B)
Open
11:45 am
Radio Taping
Oval Office
(5 min)
(Smith)
(TAB C)
12:00 pm
Lunch
Oval Office
(75 min)
1:15 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
The President departs for
South Lawn
1:45 pm
Charleston, South Carolina
(TAB D -- -- Trip Schedule)
UNP 02/20/92
7:00 pm
3:25 pm
Arrives Charleston
Charleston
4:00 pm
Photo with Major Donors
(Kaufman)
(TAB E)
4:25 pm
Address Southern Republican
Leadership Conference
(Kaufman)
(TAB F)
4:45 pm
Bush/Quayle Southern
Leadership Meeting
(Kaufman)
(TAB G)
5:35 pm
Departs Charleston for
Camp David
7:35 pm
Arrives Camp David
B RON Camp David
SUPPLEMENTARY BRIEFING MATERIALS
TAB H H -- -- Briefing on Local Issues, South Carolina (Anderson)
TAB 1 - South Carolina Political Briefing (Kaufman)
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
7:04 POTUS In
11:24 Horner Out
Film Crew Filming all movements
11:36
POTUS. scowcroft, Baker out /POTUS 45C
7:22
POTUS to Cabinet for make.up
11:43
POTUS amounced in to 450 OEOB
7:31
POTUS In Oval for filming
12:04
POTUS departs 450 OEOB
8:09
filming Ends
12:08
8:13
VPORCS In
POTUS arrives Dining Room for taping
8:20
12:12 POTUS conpletes taping
Kailhy Super In
8.31
Super out
8:35
VPOTUS out, scowcroft
(b)(3)
Adar. Howe In
8:49
(b)(3) Out
8:51
YPOTUS In
9:00
Skinner In
9:01
Moore In
9:06
Scowcroft, Howe Out
9:08
Moore Out
UNP 02/20/92
9:10
Moore In
7:00 pm
9:11
Moore out
9:15
Moore In
9:50
VPOTUS out
9.55
Moore out
10:05
Skinner out
10:32
Baker, Horner In Scowcroft In
10155
Skinner In
11:15
Skinner out
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
FEBRUARY 21
19 92
PRESIDENT BUSH
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
QUIX
7:37 AM
7:46
MR. ROBERT M. TEETER
CLEARED BY MS. ROSE
ATLANTA, GA.
M. ZAMARIA 7:38 A.M.
404-913-6017
TLKD-OK 7:38 A.M.
INC
XM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
8:13 AM
MS. KATHERINE SUPER
LW, WITH MS. KRISTIN
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
A. THOMPSON 8:14 A.M.
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN EXT. 645
INCX
XM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
10:29 AM
10:30
MR. PHILLIP D. BRADY
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN EXT. 693
TLKD-OK 10:30 A.M.
INC
XM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUR
XM
SECRETARY NICHOLAS F. BRADY
CLEARED BY MRS. ROSE
OFC: WASHINGTON, D.C.
M. ZAMARIA 12:46 P.M.
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN EXT. 422
TLKD-OK 12:47 P.M.
INC
12:46 PM
12:51
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
02. Log
White House Telephone Log (Signal Switchboard) [redaction
02/21/92
(b)(6)
of personal information] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, February 21, 1992 [1]
Date Closed:
10/17/2014
OA/ID Number:
90655-004
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 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
P-5 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
P-6 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 of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
February 21 , 19
92
TIME
NAME
PLACED
DISC
ACTION
QWX
AM
Mr. Nicholas E. Calio
Tlkd-ok
INC
2:08 PM
2:08
(b)(6)
2:08 PM
via Secure Satellite
OUT
AM
Mr. Andrew H. Card, Jr.
Tlkd-ok
Vice President Quayle's Office
2:14 PM
Washington, D.C.
via Secure Satellite
INC
2:10 PM
2:17
White House Signal 7-2144
OUT
AM
Mrs. Dorothy LeBlond
Tlkd-ok
(b)(6)
6:22 PM
INC
6:15 PM
6:27
via Secure Satellite
OUT
AM
Major Kimberly A. Siniscalchi
Tlkd-ok
Sycamore Cabin
9:44 PM
Camp David, Maryland
INC
9:44 PM
9:45
Camp David Signal 4-1736
OUT
AM
Dr. Lawrence C. Mohr, Jr.
Tlkd-ok
Hawthorne Cabin
9:47 PM
Camp David, Maryland
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
INC
9:47 PM
9:48
Camp David Signal 4-1746
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
Washington, D.C.
Charleston, South Carolina
LOCATION
Camp David, Maryland
DATE
21 February 1992
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0700
Oval Office
0705
West Collonade
0711
Oval Office
0725
Cabinet Room
0732
Oval Office
1136
West Executive Avenue
1141
Room 450, Old Executive Office Building
1204
West Wing
1207
Oval Office
1345
South Grounds
1349
Depart South Grounds via Marine One
1359
Arrive Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
1407
Depart Andrews Air Force Base via Air Force One
1522
Arrive Charleston Air Force Base
Charleston, South Carolina
1544
Depart Charleston Air Force Base via Motorcade
1604
Arrive Omni Hotel
1745
Depart Omni Hotel via Motorcade
1803
Arrive Charleston Air Force Base
1813
Depart Charleston Air Force Base
via Air Force One
1914
Arrive Andrews Air Force Base
1919
Depart Andrews Air Force Base via Marine One
1955
Arrive Camp David
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
LOCATION Camp David, MD
DATE February 21, 1992
TIME
MOVEMENTS
1955
Arrive Camp David
2005
Aspen - Down for the night.
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER '74. ALL PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS FORM ARE OBSOLETE.
RZ
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Friday, February 21, 1992
6:45 am
Your activities in Washington
today will be filmed by the
campaign for advertising
8:00 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
8:30 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft)
8:45 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft)
9:15 am
Meeting with Chief of Staff
Oval Office
(30 min)
9:45 am
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(45 min)
10:30 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Horner)
(TAB A)
11:00 am
Meeting with Secretary Baker
Oval Office
(30 min)
11:30 am
Drop by Briefing for American
450 OEOB
(10 min)
Legislative Exchange Council
(Rollins)
(TAB B)
11:45 am
Radio Taping
Oval Office
(5 min)
(Smith)
(TAB C)
12:00 pm
Lunch
Oval Office
(75 min)
1:15 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
1:45 pm
The President departs for
South Lawn
Charleston, South Carolina
(TAB D -- -- Trip Schedule)
UNP 02/20/92
7:00 pm
3:25 pm
Arrives Charleston
Charleston
#
4:00 pm
Photo with Major Donors
(Kaufman)
(TAB E)
4:25 pm
Address Southern Republican
Leadership Conference
(Kaufman)
(TAB F)
4:45 pm
Bush/Quayle Southern
Leadership Meeting
(Kaufman)
(TAB G)
5:35 pm
Departs Charleston for
Camp David
7:35 pm
Arrives Camp David
B RON Camp David
SUPPLEMENTARY BRIEFING MATERIALS
TAB H_-- -- Briefing on Local Issues, South Carolina (Anderson)
TAB I -- South Carolina Political Briefing (Kaufman)
UNP 02/20/92
7:00 pm
R2
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 20, 1992
MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT
DATE:
Friday, February 21, 1992
LOCATION: The Oval Office
TIME:
10:30 a.m.
FROM:
Constance Horner
CAb
I. PURPOSE
To provide the President options for his consideration for
1992 rotation of non-career ambassadors.
II. BACKGROUND
Constance Horner, James Baker, and Brent Scowcroft have
talked through the issues surrounding and candidates for the
1992 non-career ambassadorial rotations and are prepared to
make recommendations to the President. The options are
based on the assumption that posts rotating later than May
or June will be decided at a later date.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Constance Horner
Samuel Skinner
General Brent Scowcroft
Secretary James Baker
IV. PRESS PLAN
White House Photographer
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Participants enter Oval Office, conduct meeting and depart.
VI. REMARKS
None required.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 20, 1992
BRIEFING FOR THE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL
DATE:
Friday, February 21, 1992
TIME:
11:30 a.m.
LOCATION:
450 OEOB
THROUGH:
Sherrie Rollins
ASR
Assistant to the President for
Intergovernmental Affairs and
Public Liaison
THROUGH:
Debra Anderson
Deputy Assistant to the President
and Director of the Office of
Intergovernmental Affairs
FROM:
Mary McClure They
Special Assistant to the President
for Intergovernmental Affairs
I. PURPOSE
This forum provides an opportunity for the American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) membership to hear
from you and key Administration officials on crucial
state-federal issues. You have previously addressed
this forum, entitled "The Presidential and Cabinet
Briefing," in 1989, 1990, and 1991.
II. BACKGROUND
ALEC is a bi-partisan conservative organization
comprised of state legislative leaders and members of
the nation's business community. The stated goal of
ALEC is to promote the principles of free enterprise,
limited government, tax limitation and effective
educational and judicial institutions. Currently, ALEC
is promoting a balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution.
This organization has been generally supportive of
you and your Administration, especially on such key
issues as the Persian Gulf conflict, the $15 billion
block grant turnover proposal, the Administration's
war on drugs, and choice in Education. However, it
was unsupportive of the 1990 budget agreement and
vocally opposed putting taxes on the table for
discussion by budget negotiators.
ALEC's Chairman is Representative Fred Noye (R-PA),
and its Vice Chairman is Senator Bill Raggio (R-NV)
The ALEC private sector chairman is Ron Scheberle
of GTE. The organization boasts a membership of
almost 2,500 state legislators.
Your participation in this event will be preceded
by Chief of Staff Skinner, Secretary Kemp, and Chairman
Boskin.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Chief of Staff Skinner
Chairman Boskin
Secretary Kemp
Sherrie Rollins
Debra Anderson
Mary McClure
Approximately 200 ALEC members
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open Photo/Writing Pool.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
--
You will participate in a brief photo-op with
Representative Perry O. Hooper, Jr. (R), the ALEC
Chairman for Alabama, immediately prior to entering
the Room 450 holding room.
--
You are announced off stage.
:
You give brief remarks.
--
You depart Room 450.
VI.
REMARKS REQUIRED
To be provided by Speechwriting.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 20, 1992
RADIO ADDRESS TO THE NATION
DATE:
February 21, 1992
TIME:
11:45 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
LOCATION:
Oval Office Dining Room
FROM:
DORRANCE SMITH DS
I. PURPOSE:
To tape record a radio address to the nation outlining your
growth plan for the economy.
II. BACKGROUND:
You are scheduled to participate in a four-minute taped radio
address to the nation.
The address will be released February 21, 1992, but embargoed
for broadcast until February 22, 1992, at 9 a.m. EST.
A White House Photo may be released to the wire services.
III. PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Dorrance Smith
Paul Luthringer
WHCA personnel (2)
IV. PRESS PLAN:
White House Photographer
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:
-- The President enters Oval Office Dining Room
-- The President tapes address
-- At the conclusion of the address, the President departs
VI. REMARKS:
Script provided by Speechwriting
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT
TO
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY 21, 1992
EVENT:
Major Donor Photo
DATE:
Friday, February 21, 1992
TIME:
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
LOCATION:
Omni Hotel, Willow Room
ATTENDEES:
200
PRESS:
Closed
SCENARIO:
THE PRESIDENT arrives Omni Hotel and is met
by: Mr. Dean Andrews, General Manager, Omni
Hotel. Following the greeting, THE PRESIDENT proceeds to Willow
Room. THE PRESIDENT arrives Willow Room and begins
participation in Major Donor Photo. (NOTE: At the conclusion of
the Major Donor Photo, Six Police Photos will be taken.) THE
PRESIDENT concludes participation in Major Donor Photo, departs
Willow Room and proceeds to Ballroom Off-Stage Area.
The backdrop will be blue drape with American and Presidential
flags.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT
TO
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY 21, 1992
EVENT:
Address 1992 Southern Republican Leadership
Conference
DATE:
Friday, February 21, 1992
TIME:
4:22 pm - 4:40 pm
LOCATION:
Omni Hotel, Ballroom
ATTENDEES:
1000
PRESS:
Open
SCENARIO:
THE PRESIDENT arrives Ballroom Off-Stage
Area and holds briefly. (NOTE: Stage participants
will be announced onto Stage prior to THE PRESIDENT.) THE
PRESIDENT is announced onto Stage by The Honorable Carroll A.
Campbell, Jr., Governor of South Carolina, and proceeds to
Podium. THE PRESIDENT Remarks. (NOTE: A Teleprompter will be
used.) THE PRESIDENT concludes Remarks, departs Stage and
proceeds to Holding Room.
The backdrop is blue pipe and drape with a white banner reading
"It All Starts Here, 1992, Charleston, South Carolina, Southern
Republican Leadership Conference, February 21 - 23, 1992." The
Press Platform is straight on at 50 feet.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT
TO
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY 21, 1992
EVENT:
Bush/Quayle Southern Leadership Meeting
DATE:
Friday, February 21, 1992
TIME:
4:40 pm - 4:55 pm
LOCATION:
Omni Hotel, Willow Room
ATTENDEES:
20
PRESS:
Closed
SCENARIO:
THE PRESIDENT arrives Willow Room, proceeds to.
Seat and begins participation in Bush/Quayle
Southern Leadership Meeting. THE PRESIDENT concludes
participation Bush/Quayle Southern Leadership Meeting, departs
Willow Room and proceeds to Motorcade.
The table is u-shaped. The format of the meeting is a roundtable
discussion.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
03. Schedule
Schedule of the President for Charleston, South Carolina,
02/21/92
(b)(7)(c), (b)(7)(e),
February 21, 1992 [redaction] (5 pp.)
(b)(7)(f)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, February 21, 1992 [1]
Date Closed:
10/17/2014
OA/ID Number:
90655-004
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRAJ
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 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
P-5 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 PRAJ
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 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 of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
P.RM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY 21, 1992
EVENTS:
Major Donor Photo
Address 1992 Southern Republican Leadership Conference
Bush/Quayle Southern Leadership Meeting
DRESS:
Men
- Business Suit
Women
- Day Dress
CONTACTS:
Office of Presidential Advance
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
Jay Parmer
- 202/456-7565
Trip Coordinator
Patricia L. Conrad
- 202/456-7565
Charleston, South Carolina
- 803/529-3130
- * 96 30 000
ADVANCE:
Tracy Presock
- LEAD
Kim Fuller
- PRESS
(b)(7)(c)(e)(f)
John Wissler
- MIL. AIDE
Dave Jetkiewicz
WHCA
Vic Saltsman
. AFI
WEATHER:
Sunny, Mid 60's
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY 21, 1992
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
1:00 pm
Vans depart West Basement en
route Andrews Air Force Base.
1:20 pm
Guests and Staff with own
transportation should arrive
Distinguished Visitor's
Lounge, Andrews Air Force
Base, at this time for
check-in.
1:45 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Marine One and departs White
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
House en route Andrews Air Force Base.
MARINE ONE:
(b)(7)(e)
Flying Time: 10 Minutes)
1:55 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Andrews Air Force Base :::
proceeds to board Air Force One.
2:05 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Andrews Air Force Base en
(E.S.T.)
route Charleston, South Carolina.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: None)
(Food Service: Snacks)
3:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Charleston Air Force
(E.S.T.)
Base, Charleston, South Carolina and proceeds to
Motorcade.
Met by:
The Honorable and Mrs. Carroll Campbell (Iris)
Governor of South Carolina
Arthur
The Honorable Charles Ravenel
United States Congress
The Honorable Floyd Spence
United States Congress
The Honorable Jim Edwards
President of the Medical University of South
Carolina
The Honorable Jim Miles
South Carolina Secretary of State
Mr. Les Tindal
South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
The Honorable John Courson
South Carolina State Senator
The Honorable David Wilkins
South Carolina State Representative
The Honorable Robert Kinard
Mayor of North Charleston
Mrs. Nancy Hawk
Charleston County GOP Chairwoman
Mr. Lonnie Rowell
Republican National Committeeman
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Mr. Henry McMaster
Former U.S. District Attorney for Charleston
Mr. Warren Abernathy
Assistant to Senator Strom Thurmond
Rear Admiral Karl L. Kaup, USN
Commander, Charleston Naval Base
Colonel Thomas R. Mikolajcik, USAF
Commander, 437th Airlift Wing
Colonel James P. Czekanski, USAF
Commander, 315th Airlift Wing
Chief Master Sergeant Thomas M. Wehrle
Senior Enlisted Advisor, 437th Airlift Wing
Point of Light Greeters:
Ms. Ginger Durden
PTA President and Volunteer, Orangeburg School
District Five and 77th "Daily Point of Light"
Dr. Michael Wilson
PTA President and Volunteer, Orangeburg School
District Five and 77th "Daily Point of Light"
Ms. Marla Zucker
Student Volunteer, Youth Service Charleston and
139th "Daily Point of Light"
Mr. Kendall Johnson
Student Volunteer, Youth Service Charleston and
139th "Daily Point of Light"
Mr. Christopher Houston
Volunteer Coordinator, Submarine Group Six and
219th "Daily Point of Light"
Mr. Patrick Murphy
Volunteer, Submarine Group Six and 219th "Daily
Point of Light"
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wilcox (Kay)
327th 'Daily Point of Light"
Ms. Sarah Haynes
Volunteer, Camp Baskervill and 613th "Daily Pott.*
of Light"
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Mr. Brendon Barber
Volunteer, Camp Baskervill and 613th "Daily Point
of Light"
3:35 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Motorcade and departs
Charleston Air Force Base en route Omni Hotel.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
(b)(7)(e)
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
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(b)(7)(e)
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
Upon arrival at Omni Hotel, Guests
and Staff will be escorted to Staff
Viewing Area or Holding Rooms.
Please board Motorcade no later than
4:50 pm for transport to Charleston
Air Force Base.
3:55 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Cmni Hotel and proceeds
Willow Room.
Met by:
Mr. Dean Andrews
General Manager, Omni Hotel
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EVENT:
MAJOR DONOR PHOTO
CLOSED PRESS
4:00 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Willow Room and begins
participation in Major Donor Photo.
NOTE: Six Police Photos will be taken at the
conclusion of the Major Donor Photo.
4:20 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes participation in Major
Donor Photo, departs Willow Room and proceeds to
Ballroom Off-Stage Area.
4:22 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Off-Stage Area and holds
briefly.
EVENT:
ADDRESS 1992 SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE
OPEN PRESS
ON-STAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
REMARKS
TELEPROMPTER
4:24 pm
THE PRESIDENT is announced onto Stage
by Governor Campbell and proceeds to
Podium.
4:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT Remarks.
4:40 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes Remarks, departs Stage
and proceeds to Holding Room.
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4:41 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Holding Room and holds
briefly.
4:44 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Holding Room and proceeds
to Willow Room.
EVENT:
BUSH/QUAYLE SOUTHERN LEADERSHIP MEETING
CLOSED PRESS
4:45 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Willow Room and begins
participation in Meeting.
5:00 pm
THE PRESIDENT concludes participation in
Meeting, departs Willow Room and proceeds to
Motorcade.
5:05 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Motorcade and departs
Omni Hotel en route Charleston Air Force Base.
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Same as on Arrival except add:
(b)(7)(e)
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
5:25 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Charleston Air Force Base
and proceeds to board Air Force One.
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5:35 pm
THE PRESIDENT departs Charleston, South Carolina
(E.S.T.)
en route Andrews Air Force Base.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: None)
(Food Service: Dinner)
6:50 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Andrews Air Force Base
and proceeds to Marine One.
7:00 pm
THE PRESIDENT boards Marine One and departs
Andrews Air Force Base en route Camp David,
Maryland.
(Flying Time: 35 Minutes)
7:35 pm
THE PRESIDENT arrives Camp David, Maryland.
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TAB A
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston Air Force Base
Arrival/Departure Diagram
Friday, February 21. 1992
AF-1
AGE
Limo
XXXXX
Press
OPS
Motorcade
Press
Plane
Fire Station
Mac Terminal
KEY:
THE PR! .
GUESTS 1:1
PRESS Pool
X
GREET RS
TAB B
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Omni Hotel
Loading Dock
Arrival/Departure Diagram
Friday, February 21. 1992
(To Second Floor)
Motorcade
Limo
KEY.
THE PRI S.. EN
GUESTS
PRESS in of
1
X GREEN RS
TAB C
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
The Omni Hotel
Ballroom Hall
Friday. February 21. 1992
(From First Floor)
X
X
Service
Elevators
Staff
Viewing
Dais
Band
Staff
Area
Podium
Holding
Hold
Room
Press
Platform
X
Willow Room
Major Donor
Photo
&
Bush/Quayle
Press
Meeting
Platform
Grand HJI
KEY
THE PRI XX : IN \
GUESTS V :
PRESS in at i
X GREF 11 RS \
7
TAB D
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
The Omni Hotel
Major Donor Photo
Friday, February 21. 1992
Photo
X
Guests
KEY:
THE PRI
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TAB E
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
The Omni Hotel
Date Diagram
Friday. February 21. 1992
THE PRESIDENT
12345X67 8 9 10
Podium
Audience
1. RNC Chairman Rich Bond
2. Martha Edens
3. Governor James Martin
4. Governor Carroll Campbell
5. Senator Srom Thurmond
6. Congressman Arthur Ravenel
7. RNC Co-Chairman Jeannie Austin
8. Congressman Llyod Spence
9. Tommy Hartneu
10. Secretary State Fox McKeithen (LA)
KEY
THE 1.00
TAB F
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
The Omni Hotel
Bush/Quayle Southern Leadership Meeung
Friday, February 21. 1992
THE
PRESIDENT
X
KEY:
THE PRESH i
Charleston, South Carolina
Friday, February 21, 1992
1:45 pm Boards Marine I and Dep. White House
en route Andrews AFB
1:55 pm
Arr. Andrews AFB and proceeds to board AFI
2:05 pm
Dep. Andrews AFB en route Charleston, SC
(E.S.T.)
3:25 pm
Arr. Charleston AFB, Charleston, SC
(E.S.T.)
and proceeds to Motorcade
3:35 pm
Boards Motorcade and Dep. Airport en route
Omni Hotel
3:55 pm
Arr. Omni Hotel and proceeds to Willow Room
EVENT:
MAJOR DONOR PHOTO
4:00 pm
Arr. Willow Room and begins participation
in Major Donor Photo
4:20 pm
Concludes participation in Photo, Dep.
Willow Room and proceeds to Ballroom Off-Stage
Area
4:22 pm
Arr. Off-Stage Area and holds briefly
EVENT:
ADDRESS 1992 SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE
4:24 pm
Announced onto Stage by Gov. Campbell and
proceeds to Podium
4:25 pm
REMARKS
4:40 pm
Concludes Remarks, Dep. Stage and proceeds to
Holding Room
4:41 pm
Arr. Holding Room
4:44 pm
Dep. Holding Room and proceed to Willow Room
EVENT:
BUSH/QUAYLE SOUTHERN LEADERSHIP MEETING
4:45 pm Arr. Willow Room, proceeds to Seat and begins
participation in Meeting
5:00 pm
Concludes participation in Meeting, Dep. Willow
Room and proceeds to Motorcade
5:05 pm
Boards Motorcade and Dep. Cmni Hotel en
route Charleston AFB
5:25 pm
Arr. Charleston AFB and proceeds to board AFI
5:35 pm
Dep. Charleston, SC en route Andrews AFB
(E.S.T.)
6:50 pm
Arr. Andrews AFB and proceeds to Marine I
7:00 pm
Boards Marine I and Dep. Andrews AFB en route
Camp David, MD
7:35 pm Arr. Camp David, MD
The Trip of the President to
Charleston, South Carolina
February 21, 1992
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Flying
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LEGEND
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Air Force One flight
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1 hour and 15 minutes
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Andrews AFB to Camp David
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0 hour and 35 minutes
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 20, 1992
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY FOR MAJOR DONORS TO
THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
DATE:
Friday, February 21, 1992
LOCATION: Charleston Omni Hotel
Charleston, SC
TIME:
4:00 p.m.
FROM:
Ronald C. Kaufman are
I. PURPOSE
To participate in a photo opportunity with major donors to
the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
II. BACKGROUND
The Southern Republican Leadership Conference will gather
Republican leaders from thirteen Southern states. These
leaders will help orchestrate Republican voter turnout for
the Southern primaries prior to and including Super Tuesday.
Individuals in this photo opportunity have donated funds to
support the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Approximately 175 SRLC donors
IV. PRESS PLAN
Closed Press
White House Photographer
Political Photographer
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Please see Advance Office scenario.
VI. REMARKS REQUIRED
None required.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 20, 1992
REMARKS TO THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
DATE:
Friday, February 21, 1992
LOCATION:
Charleston Omni Hotel
Charleston, SC
TIME:
4:25 p.m.
FROM:
Ronald C. Kaufman
I. PURPOSE
To address the Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
II. BACKGROUND
The Southern Republican Leadership Conference will gather
Republican leaders from thirteen Southern states. These
leaders will help orchestrate Republican voter turnout for
the Southern primaries prior to and including Super Tuesday.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Governor Carroll Campbell (R-SC)
Governor Jim Martin (R-NC)
Senator Strom Thurmond
Congressman Arthur Ravenel
Congressman Floyd Spence
RNC Chairman Rich Bond
RNC Co-Chairman Jeannie Austin
Martha Edens (SRLC Chairman)
Approximately 1,000 Southern GOP leaders
IV. PRESS PLAN
Open Press
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Please see Advance Office scenario.
VI. REMARKS REQUIRED
Remarks provided by the Office of Speechwriting.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 20, 1992
ROUNDTABLE MEETING WITH BUSH-QUAYLE
SOUTHERN LEADERS
DATE:
Friday, February 21, 1992
LOCATION: Charleston Omni Hotel
Charleston, SC
TIME:
4:45 p.m.
FROM:
Ronald C. Kaufman
aced
I. PURPOSE
To meet with Bush-Quayle Southern Republican leaders.
II. BACKGROUND
The individuals involved in this meeting will be responsible
for coordinating Bush-Quayle and Victory '92 campaign
efforts throughout the South. The immediate priority for
this group is voter turnout for the Southern primaries prior
to and including Super Tuesday. Georgia will hold its
primary on March 3rd, South Carolina on March 7th. The
Super Tuesday primary will be held on March 10th.
This group of leaders constitutes the front line of your
campaign in the South and will be responsible for taking
your message to the grass-roots activists.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Governor Carroll Campbell (R-SC)
Governor Jim Martin (R-NC)
Senator Strom Thurmond
Congressman Arthur Ravenel
Congressman Floyd Spence
RNC Chairman Rich Bond
RNC Co-Chairman Jeannie Austin
Ron Kaufman
Fred Malek
Charlie Black
Mary Matalin
20 Bush-Quayle Southern Leaders (list provided in the
morning)
IV. PRESS PLAN
Closed Press
White House Photographer
Political Photographer
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Please see Advance Office scenario.
VI. REMARKS
None required.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 20, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
Assistant to MD the President for
SHERRIE ROLLINS
Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison
FROM:
DEBRA ANDERSON EWFOR
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director
of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
SUBJECT:
SOUTH CAROLINA
I. SUMMARY
You will be in Charleston, South Carolina to address the Southern
Republican Leadership Conference.
II. RECENT CORRESPONDENCE
Governor Carroll Campbell (R) wrote to request a meeting of the
heads of the Adjutant Generals' Associations across the country
to discuss their concerns about the National Guard. He also
wrote this week expressing regret that he could not attend the
re-election announcement.
Earle E. Morris, Jr., State Comptroller General, forwarded the
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of South
Carolina for your information.
Grady L. Patterson, Jr., State Treasurer, wrote with his
suggestion for a one year freeze concerning federal regulations
instead of the 90-day freeze you declared in the State of the
Union address.
Representative Dave C. Waldrop, Jr. (D-Columbia) wrote to commend
you on your excellent leadership.
III. DISCUSSION
A. Economy
1. Employment Rate
The unemployment rate for the state in December 1991 was 6.4
percent, up from 6.0 percent in November. The Charleston
area weighs in at a lower 5.3 percent for December 1991.
South Carolina Briefing
Page Two
2. Unemployment Benefits
In late 1991, unemployment insurance claims fell 22.3
percent and reached its lowest level since December 1990.
Initial claims for unemployment insurance also declined by
7.6 percent.
B.
Education
1. AMERICA 2000
Governor Carroll Campbell has fully endorsed the America
2000 effort and he has brought together a strong team to
assist in cementing the strategy in South Carolina. The
state is creating a National Education Goals oversight
committee to help give direction to framing the state goals.
There is also focus on Regional Coordinating Councils which
bring together educators, public and private agencies, and
the business and community leaders to help the state achieve
the goals.
2. Desegregation
There is currently an appeal pending in the case of United
States V. Charleston County School District. The Department
of Justice's Civil Rights Division has appealed the district
court's finding that the Charleston County school district
had completely satisfied its desegregation responsibilities.
The Department is arguing that there are still too many one-
race schools, and that the school district should establish
additional magnet schools, permit minority-to minority
transfers, and eliminate its segregative faculty assignment
practices.
C.
Environment
1. Charleston VA Medical Center
The Charleston VA Medical Center was inspected in August
1991, and it was discovered that the Medical Center was
operating an illegal hazardous waste incinerator burning
spent solvents, medical wastes and other fluids generated at
the facility. The Medical Center had not notified the
Environmental Protection Agency that it was operating a
hazardous waste incinerator, nor had they submitted an
application for a permit. EPA has issued a Notice of
Noncompliance and proposed an agreement in order to bring
the facility into compliance with the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA).
South Carolina Briefing
Page Three
2. Management of Dredged Material
Placement of dredged material resulting from ship channel
maintenance in Charleston and Georgetown Harbors has become
an increasingly important issue in the state. The South
Carolina Port Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
are presently searching for alternative disposal areas. The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency believes many of the
proposed areas are unsuitable due to the presence of high-
quality coastal wetlands and sponge/coral reef communities
offshore.
Another growing concern is the proper management of
contaminated dredged material. It was recently discovered
that the sediments of Georgetown Harbor contained
significant amounts of dioxin.
D.
Operation Lost Trust
Operation Lost Trust is an undercover sting operation which
turned into the most significant public corruption case in
South Carolina history and one of the most significant in
the country. Operation Lost Trust resulted in twenty-eight
indictments, including eighteen State Legislators and five
lobbyists. Twenty-seven of the twenty-eight pleaded guilty
or were convicted.
E. Drugs
Cocaine is the primary drug of abuse in the Charleston area.
The area is also a consumer source for white heroin
transported from New York for street level distribution.
Moderate levels of marijuana are available, with most of the
marijuana arriving from the Texas/Mexico border. In 1989,
Hurricane Hugo destroyed all the significant local growing
operation, and the devastation to the national forests has
made the area unsuitable for marijuana cultivation.
Charleston is one of sixteen cities selected. to be
considered for Operation Weed and Seed. In addition, the
City of Charleston Housing Authority received a two-year
Drug Elimination Grant totalling $462,000 that began in
fiscal year 1991. Mayor Joseph Riley (D) considers this
initiative to be the greatest anti-drug achievement of his
administration. The grant will enable the city to hire two
police officers to work solely in public housing
developments, and the establish and support "Just Say No
Clubs" at public housing sites.
South Carolina Briefing
Page Four
F. Crime
South Carolina has the highest state incarceration rate in
the nation: 451 inmates per 100,000 residents.
Charleston's 1990 violent crime rate, 2032 offenses per
100, 000 population, was more than double the rate for other
metropolitan areas (855.9) and nearly three times greater
than the national rate (731.5).
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 20, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
RCK
THROUGH:
RONALD C. KAUFMAN
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
POLITICAL AFFAIRS
FROM:
ANDREW B. FOSTER
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
OFFICE OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS
SUBJECT:
SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICAL BRIEFING
TRIP BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This will be your fourth visit to South Carolina as President.
Your last political visit was May 11, 1990, to campaign for
Governor Carroll Campbell.
During this trip, you will participate in a photo opportunity
with donors to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference
(SRLC) ; address delegates to the SRLC; and meet with southern
Bush-Quayle leaders. The participants in this conference will
lead voter turnout efforts for the Republican primaries prior to
and including Super Tuesday.
1990 ELECTION RESULTS
U.S. SENATE:
Strom Thurmond (R)
66%
Robert Cunningham (D)
34%
GOVERNOR:
Carroll Campbell (R)
71%
Theo Mitchell (D)
29%
LT. GOVERNOR:
Nick Theodore (D)
59%
Henry McMaster (R)
41%
SEC. OF STATE:
Jim Miles (R)
55%
John Campbell (D)
45%
TREASURER:
Grady Patterson (D)
57%
Bill Linder (R)
43%
SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICAL BRIEFING
PAGE TWO
1992 POLITICAL OUTLOOK
The March 7th South Carolina primary will be the first
Presidential primary with you, Pat Buchanan, and David Duke on
the ballot. Georgia's March 3rd primary will precede South
Carolina and will pit you against Buchanan.
Just as in 1988, the South Carolina BUSH-QUAYLE organization is
solid. Governor Carroll Campbell serves as your state Chairman,
while U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond is Honorary Chairman.
Congressmen Arthur Ravenel and Floyd Spence are state Co-
Chairmen. In addition, every Republican statewide elected
official, all 56 Republican state legislators, and the entire
state Republican Party organization are firmly in your camp.
This strong organization will be nearly impossible for either
David Duke or Pat Buchanan to overcome. While Duke and Buchanan
do have local chairmen, their grass-roots support is minimal.
Governor Campbell and Senator Thurmond will tap into their
statewide organizations to ensure a strong BUSH-QUAYLE turnout
and victory on March 7th. In 1988, you won the South Carolina
Republican primary with 48.46% of the vote. The BUSH-QUAYLE
ticket carried the general election in South Carolina with 61.5%
of the vote.
In addition to the Presidential race, 1988 South Carolina Bush
Co-Chairman Tommy Hartnett will challenge incumbent Democrat U.S.
Senator Ernest Hollings this year. Hartnett is a feisty
campaigner and is expected to present Hollings with a strong,
credible challenge. Hollings is considered out of touch with the
state and vulnerable because of his voting record in Congress.
Hollings opposed the use of force in Operation Desert Storm -- a
position that is at odds with a state which has a major military
presence. The National Republican Senatorial Committee considers
Hartnett a top target race and will commit full funding and
resources to his race.
REAPPORTIONMENT UPDATE
South Carolina will neither gain nor lose a Congressional seat in
the process of reapportionment. Nonetheless, there has been
significant controversy over efforts to create a black majority
Congressional district. No Congressional reapportionment plan
has yet been passed; and political observers and the courts feel
that the plan presently before the legislative conference
committee has reached a deadlock. Opinion is strong that the
final plan will include a black majority district, which will in
all probability be represented by a Democrat. The current
SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICAL BRIEFING
PAGE THREE
Congressional delegation balance is 4 Democrats to the 2
Republicans, Congressmen Arthur Ravenel and Floyd
Spence. It is anticipated that the present ratio will remain
unchanged by the 1992 elections.
STATE PARTY UPDATE
The South Carolina Republican Party is very active, following the
lead of Governor Carroll Campbell. Barry Wynn serves as the
Party Chairman, while Lonnie Rowell is the National Committeeman
and Martha C. Edens is the National Committeewoman.
GENERAL POLITICAL INFORMATION
Republican challenger Pat Buchanan will hold a press conference
at the Charleston Omni Hotel on Friday, February 21, 1992, from
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Buchanan is expected to campaign in
Georgia and Florida this weekend.
David Duke was scheduled to appear in South Carolina this week,
but has cancelled his visit.
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Alabama
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New Hampshire
Heflin
88
10
90
Harkin
5
75
6
Rudman
80
20
80
Shelby
83
18
83
Grassley
83
18
83
Smith
85
15
85
Alaska
Kansas
New Jersey
Murkowski
90
10
90
Dale
98
3
98
Bradley
15
83
15
Stevens
85
10
89
Kassebaum
75
23
77
Lautenberg
10
90
10
Arizona
Kentucky
New Mexico
DeConcini
48
45
51
Ford
95
5
95
Bingaman
65
35
65
McCain
90
8
92
McConnell
98
3
98
Domenici
88
10
90
Arkansas
Louisiana
New York
Bumpers
70
30
70
Breaux
83
13
87
Moynihan
25
75
25
Pryor
28
8
79
Johnston
80
18
82
D'Amato
80
20
80
Democrats
Republicans
California
Maine
North Carolina
Cranston
15
65
19
Mitchell
20
80
20
Sanford
43
55
44
Seymour
90
8
92
Cohen
58
43
58
Helms
90
5
95
Colorado
Maryland
North Dakota
Wirth
20
75
21
Mikulski
33
65
33
Burdick
38
58
39
1
Brown
85
13
Sarbanes
2
87
13
88
13
Conrad
43
58
3
43
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Ohio
Texas
Dodd
43
58
43
Kennedy
13
88
13
Glenn
38
63
38
Bentsen
78
23
78
Lieberman
38
63
38
Kerry
10
90
10
Metzenbaum
10
90
10
Gramm
90
3
97
Delaware
Michigan
Oklahoma
Utah
Biden
10
85
11
Levin
30
70
30
Boren
75
20
79
Garn
70
10
88
Roth
68
28
71
Riegle
28
73
28
Nickles
93
8
93
Hatch
88
10
90
Florida
Minnesota
Oregon
Vermont
Graham
60
40
60
Wellstone
8
88
8
Hatfield
48
52
48
Leahy
18
80
18
Mack
90
8
92
Durenberger
65
35
65
Packwood
75
23
77
Jeffords
35
55
39
Georgia
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Fowler
63
38
63
Cochran
95
5
95
Wofford
22
72
23
Robb
70
30
70
Nunn
83
15
85
Lott
93
5
95
Specter
75
25
75
Warner
95
5
95
Hawaii
Missouri
Rhode Island
Washington
Akaka
25
75
25
Bond
85
15
85
Pell
20
78
21
Adams
10
90
10
Inouye
50
43
54
Danforth
68
28
71
Chafee
45
52
46
Gorton
80
20
80
Idaho
Nontana
South Carolina
West Virginia
Craig
90
8
92
Daucus
45
55
45
Hollings
65
35
65
Byrd
68
33
68
Symms
93
5
95
Burns
95
5
95
Thurmond
98
3
98
Rockefeller
28
73
28
Illinois
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Dixon
75
23
77
Exon
75
23
77
Daschle
38
63
38
Kohl
40
58
41
Simon
18
80
18
Kerrey
45
35
56
Pressier
85
15
85
Kasten
78
23
78
Indiana
Nevada
Tennessee
Wyoming
Coats
85
15
85
Bryan
73
28
73
Gore
35
65
35
Simpson
88
10
90
Lugar
83
10
89
Reid
60
38
62
Sasser
40
60
40
Wallop
83
10
89
Conservative Coalition
Support and Opposition: Senate
1. Conservative Coalition Support, 1991. Percentage of 40
recorded votes in 1991 on which the conservative coalition ap-
peared and on which a senator voted "yea" or "nay" in agreement
with the position of the conservative coalition. Failures to vote
lowered both support and opposition scores.
2. Conservative Coalition Opposition, 1991. Percentage of
40 recorded votes in 1991 on which the conservative coalition
appeared and on which a senator voted "yea" or "nay" in disagree-
ment with the position of the conservative coalition. Failures to
vote lowered both support and opposition scores.
3. Conservative Coalition Support, 1991. Percentage of 40
recorded votes in 1991 on which the conservative coalition appeared
and on which a senator was present and voted "yea" or "nay" in
agreement with the position of the conservative coalition. In this
version of the study, absences were not counted; therefore, failures to
vote did not lower support or opposition scores. Opposition scores,
not listed here, are the inverse of the support score; i.e., the opposition
score is equal to 100 percent minus the individual's support score.
I Harris Wofford, D-Pa., was sworn in May 9, 1991. to succeed John Heinz, R, who died
in a plane crash April 4, 1991. Heinz was eligible for three of the 40 conservative
coalition votes in 1991. His conservative coalition support score was 33 percent; his
opposition score was 67 percent; and his support score, adjusted for absences, was 33
percent in 1991. Wofford was eligible for 32 of the 40 conservative coalition votes in
1991.
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2
E
Not eligible for all votes or voted
42 Rahrabacher
89
11
89
"present" to avoid conflict of in-
43 Packard
92
5
94
44
terest on one or more votes in
97
3
97
Conservative Coalition Support
45 Hunter
92
5
94
1991. Ineligible votes are ex-
and Opposition: House
cluded from calculation of
Colorado
scores.
I Schroeder
11
89
11
2 Skoggs
24
76
24
3 Campbell
62
24
72
4 Allard
95
1. Conservative Coalition Support, 1991. Percentage of 37
5
95
5 Hefley
95
5
95
recorded votes in 1991 on which the conservative coalition ap-
6 Schaefer
92
5
94
peared and on which a representative voted "yea" or "nay" in
Connecticut
agreement with the position of the conservative coalition. Failures
Democrats
Republicans
1 Kennelly
24
76
24
to vote lowered both support and opposition scores.
Independent
2 Gejdenson
11
89
11
3 Delauro
19
78
19
2. Conservative Coalition Opposition, 1991. Percentage of
4 Shays
57
43
57
5 Franks
97
3
97
37 recorded votes in 1991 on which the conservative coalition
6 Johnson
68
32
68
appeared and on which a representative voted "yea" or "nay" in
disagreement with the position of the conservative coalition. Fail-
Delaware
AL Carper
59
38
61
ures to vote lowered both support and opposition scores.
-
2
E
Florida
3. Conservative Coalition Support, 1991. Percentage of 37
1 Hutto
92
5
94
Alabama
2 Peterson
73
27
73
recorded votes in 1991 on which the conservative coalition ap-
1 Callahan
70
3
96
3 Bennett
59
41
59
peared and on which a representative was present and voted "yea"
2 Dickinson
95
0
100
4 James
86
14
86
3 Browder
or "nay" in agreement with the position of the conservative coali-
92
5
94
5 McCollum
86
3
97
4 Bevill
92
8
92
6 Steams
95
tion. In this version of the study, absences were not counted;
5
95
5 Cramer
89
11
89
7 Gibbons
49
51
49
therefore, failures to vote did not lower support or opposition
6 Erdreich
86
14
86
8 Young
78
16
83
scores. Opposition scores, not listed here, are the inverse of the
7 Harris
89
11
89
9 Bilirakis
78
14
85
support score; i.e., the opposition score is equal to 100 percent
10 Ireland
92
3
97
Aloska
11 Bocchus
51
49
51
minus the individual's support score.
AL Young
86
11
89
12 Lowis
95
3
97
Arizona
13 Goss
86
14
86
1 Rhodes
14 Johnston
92
3
97
24
70
26
I Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., was sworn in Oct. 3, 1991, to succeed Morris K. Udall, D. who
2 Pastor 1
15 Shaw
24
97
0
100
76
24
resigned May 4, 1991. Udall was eligible for four of the 37 conservative coalition votes
16 Smith
3 Stump
97
3
11
86
11
97
in 1991. He voted on none of them. Pastor was eligible for 17 conservative coalition
4 Kyl
17 Lehman
97
3
5
97
62
8
votes in 1991.
5 Kolbe
18 Ros-Lehtinen
89
73
11
89
24
75
19 Fascell
32
68
32
Arkansos
"Thomas W. Ewing, R-III., was sworn in July 10, 1991, to succeed Edward Madigan, R,
1 Alexander
54
43
56
Georgia
who resigned March 8, 1991, after being appointed secretary of Agriculture. Madigan
2 Thomton
1 Thomas
65
97
30
3
97
69
was eligible for two of the conservative coalition votes in 1991. His conservative
3 Hammerschmidt
2 Hatcher
89
3
68
97
22
76
coalition support score was 100 percent; opposition score was 0 percent; and his
4 Anthony
59
38
3 Ray
89
11
89
61
support score, adjusted for absences, was 100 percent in 1991. Ewing was eligible for
4 Jones
32
65
33
19 conservative coalition votes in 1991.
California
5 Lewis
3
89
3
1 Riggs
78
19
81
6 Gingrich
95
5
95
2 Herger
95
3
97
7 Darden
89 11 89
John Olver, D-Mass., was sworn in June 18, 1991, to succeed Silvio O. Conte, R, who
3 Matsui
16
62
21
8 Rowland
84
5
94
died Feb. 8, 1991. Conte was eligible for two of the 37 conservative coalition votes in
4 Fazio
24
68
26
9 Jenkins
84
5
94
1991. His conservative coalition support score was 0 percent; opposition score was 100
5 Pelosi
3
86
3
10 Bamard
89
5
94
percent; and his support score, adjusted for absences, was 0 percent in 1991. Olver was
6 Boxer
8
73
10
eligible for 22 conservative coalition votes in 1991.
Howaii
7 Miller
3
89
3
1 Abercrombie
8
8 Dellums
92
8
3
92
3
2 Mink
9 Stark
3
86
97
3
4 Lucien E. Blackwell, D-Pa., was sworn in Nov. 13, 1991, to succeed William H. Gray
8
9
III, D. who resigned Sept. 11, 1991. Gray was eligible for 19 of the 37 conservative
10 Edwards
8
89
8
Idaho
coolition votes in 1991. His conservative coalition support score was 11 percent;
11 Lontos
35
62
36
1 LaRocco
59
35
63
opposition scare was 53 percent; and his support score, adjusted for absences, was 17
12 Campbell
62
30
68
2 Stallings
76
19
80
percent in 1991. Blackwell was eligible for one conservative coalition vote in 1991.
13 Mineto
5
92
6
14 Doolittle
95
0
100
Illinois
15 Condit
73
27
73
1 Hoyes
5
95
5
. Som Johnson, R-Texas, was sworn in May 22, 1991, to succeed Steve Bartlett, R. who
16 Panetta
24
73
25
2 Savage
5
73
7
resigned March 11, 1991. Bartlett was eligible for two of the 37 conservative coalition
17 Dooley
62
38
62
3 Russo
43
57
43
votes in 1991. His conservative coalition support score was 100 percent; opposition
18 Lehman
46
51
47
4 Sangmeister
43
51
46
score was 0 percent; and his support score, adjusted for absences, was 100 percent in
19 Lagomarsino
95
5
95
5 Lipinski
68
30
69
1991. Johnson was eligible for 28 conservative coalition votes in 1991.
20 Thomas
95
3
97
6 Hyde
92
8
92
21 Gallegly
95
3
97
7 Collins
5
89
6
22 Moorhead
95
0
100
8 Rostenkowski
51
George F. Allen, R-Va., was sworn in Nov. 12, 1991, to succeed D. French Slaughter Jr.,
43
54
23 Beilenson
16
84
16
9 Yates
5
92
6
R. who resigned Nov. 5, 1991. Slaughter was eligible for 36 of the 37 conservative
24 Waxman
14
70
16
10 Porter
78
22
78
coalition votes in 1991. His conservative coalition support score was 56 percent;
25 Roybal
11
76
13
11 Annunzio
51
49
51
opposition score was 3 percent; and his support score, adjusted for absences, was 95
26 Berman
14
81
14
12 Crone
89
5
94
percent in 1991. Allen was eligible for one conservative coalition vote in 1991.
27 Levine
22
51
30
13 Fawell
84
11
89
28 Dixon
14
84
14
14 Hastert
95
3
97
29 Waters
5
84
6
: Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash., as Speaker of the House, voted at his discretion on two of
15 Ewing
100
0
100
30 Martinez
30
43
41
the 37 conservative coalition votes in 1991, for a support score of 0 percent.
16 Cox
16
84
16
31 Dymally
0
76
0
17 Evans
11
89
11
32 Anderson
38
59
39
18 Michel
95
0
100
33 Dreier
100
0
100
19 Bruce
54
46
54
34 Torres
14
84
14
20 Durbin
30
70
30
35 Lowis
84
5
94
21 Costello
68
32
68
36 Brown
30
65
31
22 Poshard
57
43
57
37 McCandless
97
0
100
38 Dornan
95
5
95
Indiana
39 Dannemeyer
86
0
100
1 Visclosky
32
68
32
40 Cox
89
8
92
2 Sharp
38
57
40
41 Lowery
89
5
94
3 Roemer
76
24
76
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3
-
2
3
-
2
3
-
2
3
4 Long
59
41
59
5 Sabo
8
89
8
32 LaFalce
22
78
22
South Dakota
5 Jontz
22
78
22
6 Sikorski
11
89
11
33 Nowak
22
78
22
6 Burton
AL Johnson
54
97
3
46
54
97
7 Peterson
57
43
57
34 Houghton
65
30
69
7 Myers
100
0
100
8 Oberstar
16
76
18
Tennessee
8 McCloskey
30
70
30
North Carolina
1 Quillen
92
9 Hamilton
3
97
57
43
57
Mississippi
Jones
78
19
81
2 Duncan
86
11
10 Jacobs
89
32
65
33
1 Whitten
57
27
68
2 Valentine
89
8
92
3 Lloyd
78
8
91
2 Espy
41
57
42
3 Lancaster
78
22
78
lowa
4 Cooper T
78
22
78
3 Montgomery
97
3
97
4 Price
59
41
59
1 Leach
59
41
59
5 Clement
78
95
3
5 Neol
22
4 Parker
97
62
24
78
72
2 Nussle
81
19
81
6 Gordon
68
5 Taylor
86
6 Coble
32
86
14
86
11
68
89
3 Nagle
24
73
25
7 Sundquist
95
0
7 Rose
100
38
57
40
4 Smith
41
54
8 Tanner
43
Missouri
81
5
94
8 Hefner
78
19
81
5 Lightfoot
95
5
95
9 Ford
1 Clay
3
86
5
3
9 McMillan
84
92
8
6
92
6 Grandy
76
24
76
2 Horn
43
57
43
10 Ballenger
100
0
100
Texas
3 Gephardt
22
70
24
11 Taylor
95
5
95
Kansas
4 Skelton
5
1 Chapman
84
8
92
94
91
1 Roberts
97
3
97
North Dakota
2 Wilson
5 Wheat
86
5
95
5
5
94
2 Slattery
76
24
76
3 Johnson
6 Coleman
78
16
83
AL Dorgan
51
49
51
93
4
96
3 Meyers
76
22
78
4 Hall
7 Hancock
100
95
0
100
3
97
4 Glickman
62
30
68
Ohio
8 Emerson
97
3
97
5 Bryant
38
57
40
5 Nichols
100
0
100
1 Luken
6 Barton
9 Volkmer
76
89
24
11
76
89
89
5
94
2 Gradison
84
8
91
7 Archer
100
0
100
Kentucky
Montana
3 Hall
38
62
38
8 Fields
97
0
100
1 Hubbard
78
19
81
1 Williams
32
51
39
4 Oxley
95
5
95
9 Brooks
62
30
68
2 Natcher
57
43
57
2 Marlenee
89
3
97
5 Gillmor
95
5
95
10 Pickle
54
43
56
3 Mazzoli
35
65
35
6 McEwen
95
3
97
11 Edwards
95
5
95
4 Bunning
97
3
97
Nebraska
7 Hobson
95
5
95
12 Geren
100
0
100
5 Rogers
86
5
94
1 Bereuter
78
22
78
8 Boehner
97
0
100
13 Sarpalius
97
3
97
6 Hopkins
30
3
92
2 Hoagland
54
46
54
9 Kaptur
41
54
43
14 Laughlin
95
5
95
7 Perkins
43
57
43
3 Barrett
97
0
100
10 Miller
86
8
91
15 de la Garza
51
38
58
11 Eckort
19
81
19
16 Coleman
54
Louisiana
43
56
Nevada
12 Kasich
97
3
97
17 Stenholm
95
1 Livingston
5
100
95
0
100
1 Bilbray
78
19
81
13 Pease
30
70
30
18 Washington
3
2 Jefferson
92
3
19
68
22
2 Vucanovich
95
5
95
14 Sawyer
14
86
14
19 Combest
100
3 Touzin
0
100
95
5
95
15 Wylie
89
11
89
20 Gonzalez
16
84
4 McCrery
95
16
3
97
New Hampshire
16 Regula
86
14
86
21 Smith
95
5
5 Huckaby
86
95
0
100
1 iff
97
3
97
17 Traficant
46
54
46
22 Delay
92
6 Baker
0
100
92
0
100
2 Swett
78
22
78
18 Applegate
65
30
69
23 Bustamante
41
43
7 Hayes
48
86
11
89
19 Feighan
8
92
8
24 Frost
54
43
8 Holloway
68
3
56
96
New Jersey
20 Oakar
22
78
22
25 Andrews
81
16
83
1 Andrews
41
59
41
Maine
21 Stokes
0
100
0
26 Armey
100
0
100
2 Hughes
41
59
41
1 Andrews
8
92
8
27 Ortiz
73
24
75
3 Pallone
54
46
54
Oklahoma
2 Snowe
89
11
89
4 Smith
73
24
75
1 Inhofe
97
3
97
Utah
Maryland
5 Roukema
62
35
64
2 Synar
19
78
19
1 Hansen
95
3
97
1 Gilchrest
86
14
86
6 Dwyer
27
68
29
3 Brewster
84
14
86
2 Owens
27
68
29
2 Bentley
84
14
7 Rinaldo
86
81
19
81
4 McCurdy
84
14
86
3 Orton
68
27
71
3 Cardin
22
8 Roe
78
30
5 Edwards
22
65
31
84
3
97
4 McMillen
62
38
9 Torricelli
62
38
54
41
6 English
86
14
86
Vermont
5 Hoyer
19
81
19
10 Payne
0
97
0
AL Sanders
89
11 Gallo
84
14
86
Oregon
14
86
14
6 Byron
8
92
7 Mfume
5
95
12 Zimmer
89
11
89
1 AuCoin
8
89
8
5
57
13 Saxton
86
11
89
2 Smith
Virginia
95
5
95
8 Morella
41
42
I Bateman
86
11
3 Wyden
89
14 Guarini
54
43
56
24
73
25
2 Pickett
89
4 DeFazio
8
92
Massachusetts
27
68
29
3 Bliley
97
0
100
1 Olver 3
5
95
5
New Mexico
5 Kopetski
27
70
28
4 Sisisky
76
14
85
2 Neal
19
81
19
1 Schiff
86
14
86
2 Skeen
Pennsylvania
5 Payne
84
14
86
3 Early
32
65
33
89
11
89
4 Frank
16
84
16
3 Richardson
54
46
1 Foglietta
5
89
6
6 Olin
65
35
65
54
2 Blackwell 4
0
100
0
7 Allen
100
0
100
5 Atkins
16
84
16
3 Borski
8 Moran
30
New York
38
54
41
68
31
6 Mavroules
32
59
35
I Hochbrueckner
68
4 Kolter
62
35
64
9 Boucher
43
49
47
7 Markey
11
89
11
32
32
2 Downey
8
92
5 Schulze
92
3
97
10 Wolf
92
8
92
8 Kennedy
14
86
14
8
3 Mrazek
3
70
4
6 Yatron
54
38
59
9 Moakley
22
73
23
92
4 Lent
81
11
88
7 Weldon
76
22
78
Washington
10 Studds
5
6
5 McGrath
68
74
8 Kostmayer
16
81
17
1 Miller
65
27
71
11 Donnelly
30
65
31
24
6 Flake
0
95
0
9 Shuster
92
3
97
2 Swift
16
81
17
Michigan
7 Ackerman
8
78
9
10 McDade
70
19
79
3 Unsoeld
19
78
19
I Conyers
3
89
8 Scheuer
97
0
11 Kanjorski
59
41
59
4 Morrison
86
14
86
3
0
2 Pursell
78
14
85
9 Manton
22
76
22
12 Murtha
62
35
64
5 Foley
3 Wolpe
3
97
3
10 Schumer
19
78
19
13 Coughlin
84
16
84
6 Dicks
43
54
44
11 Towns
14 Coyne
16
81
17
7 McDermott
8
92
8
4 Upton
86
14
86
3
86
3
5 Henry
78
22
78
12 Owens
0
97
15 Ritter
97
3
97
8 Chandler
84
11
89
0
6 Carr
43
41
52
13 Solarz
24
76
24
16 Walker
97
3
97
17 Gekas
97
3
97
West Virginia
7 Kildee
14
86
14
14 Molinari
76
24
76
8 Traxler
41
49
45
15 Green
70
18 Santorum
97
3
97
1 Mollohan
62
38
62
27
28
9 Vander Jagt
92
0
100
16 Rangel
0
97
19 Goodling
78
8
91
2 Staggers
38
62
38
0
20 Gaydos
51
35
59
3 Wise
41
54
43
10 Camp
95
5
95
17 Weiss
0
97
0
11 Davis
92
18 Serrano
5
89
6
21 Ridge
89
8
92
4 Rahall
49
46
51
5
94
12 Bonior
8
89
19 Engel
14
86
14
22 Murphy
51
38
8
58
13 Collins
5
95
5
20 Lowey
8
92
8
23 Clinger
81
16
Wisconsin
83
1 Aspin
51
49
51
14 Hertel
14
86
14
21 Fish
57
43
57
Rhode Island
2 Klug
76
22
78
15 Ford
16
73
18
22 Gilman
57
43
57
1 Machtley
59
38
61
3 Gunderson
92
8
92
16 Dingell
51
49
51
23 McNulty
35
65
35
2 Reed
27
70
28
4 Kleczka
22
73
23
17 Levin
8
92
8
24 Solomon
95
3
97
5 Moody
16
81
17
18 Broomfield
86
14
86
25 Boehlert
62
38
62
South Carolina
6 Petri
89
11
89
26 Martin
84
0
100
1 Ravenel
84
16
84
Minnesota
7 Obey
24
73
25
27 Walsh
76
22
78
2 Spence
86
8
91
8 Roth
84
16
84
1 Penny
57
41
58
28 McHugh
24
76
24
3 Derrick
46
51
47
9 Sensenbrenner
2 Weber
86
14
86
92
8
92
29 Horton
68
32
68
4 Patterson
86
14
86
3 Ramstad
86
14
86
30 Slaughter
24
73
25
5 Spratt
73
27
73
Wyoming
4 Vento
5
86
6
31 Paxon
97
3
97
6 Tallon
81
19
81
AL Thomas
92
3
97
CQ
DECEMBER 28, 1991 - 3797
News Summary
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1992
6:00 A.M. EST EDITION
NATIONAL NEWS
BUSH CAMPAIGN RETHINKS STRATEGY TOWARD BUCHANAN -- In another sign
of the internal debate over how best to deal with the conservative
challenge of Patrick Buchanan, President Bush and his senior aides
Thursday had second thoughts about a tentative decision Wednesday
to take on Buchanan directly in an intensive campaign across the
South.
(Washington Post)
POLL: BUSH SLIPS, BUT WOULD WIN -- President Bush's approval rating
has hit a new low, but he'd still win if the election were held
now, shows a USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll.
(USA Today)
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
ISRAELI FORCE WITHDRAWS IN SOUTH LEBANON -- Israeli troops withdrew
to the Jewish state's self-declared south Lebanon security zone
after operations aimed at wiping out Hezbollah rocket sites, a U.N.
spokesman said.
(Reuter)
EXPORT SURGE PUSHED '91 TRADE DEFICIT TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE '83
-- Pushed by record growth in overseas sales of American-made
computers, planes and machinery, the government reported Thursday
that the U.S. trade deficit dropped 35 percent last year to $66.2
billion, its lowest level since 1983.
(Washington Post)
NETWORK NEWS (Thursday evening)
ISRAEL/HEZBOLLAH -- Israeli
troops and tanks remain in
southern Lebanon, fighting
pitched battles against
NATIONAL NEWS
A-1
Hezbollah.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS...A-8
BREAST IMPLANTS -- A special
panel has recommended leaving
NETWORK NEWS
B-1
silicone gel breast implants on
the market, with restrictions.
ECONOMY -- There is still no
sign that employment is getting
much better, but 1991 was a
good year for trade.
This Summary is prepared Monday through Friday by the White House News Summary Staff.
For complete stories or information, please call 456-2950.
NATIONAL NEWS
BUSH CAMPAIGN RETHINKS STRATEGY TOWARD BUCHANAN
President May Rely On Aura of Office
In another sign of the internal debate over how best to deal
with the conservative challenge of Patrick Buchanan, President Bush
and his senior aides Thursday had second thoughts about a tentative
decision Wednesday to take on Buchanan directly in an intensive
campaign across the South
The debate over strategy was reopened, with the argument
against it being it would deprive Bush of his greatest weapon --
the authority of his office.
"It is just suicidal to put the President down in the mud with
Buchanan and chasing after him across the country," said one
adviser opposed to the strategy. "It puts the President in the
same category as Buchanan, just another candidate. It is a
fundamental misreading of New Hampshire to say we are running
against Buchanan. That was a protest vote. Most of the Buchanan
voters did not want Buchanan. What they didn't want was us. We
are running against ourselves."
The likely compromise, officials said Thursday, is that Bush
will leave the defining of Buchanan to surrogates and perhaps
television advertising if needed, and will remain above the fray
to retain his "presidentiality.
A House Republican said Thursday, "The President is not giving
the voters a reason to vote for him. This is an election in which
the voters are saying, 'What are you going to do for me tomorrow,'
not 'What did you do for me yesterday.' Talking about his R and
D initiative doesn't do it." (Ann Devroy, Washington Post, A1)
BUSH'S ALLIES ARE TOLD NOT TO ATTACK BUCHANAN
IN GEORGIA, THE NEXT BATTLEGROUND
President Bush's reelection strategists told their Georgia
operatives Thursday to refrain from attacking Patrick Buchanan,
even as the White House signaled that it would make Buchanan's
record a campaign issue.
The move in Georgia hinted at indecision among the strategists
as to whether Bush can secure his party's nomination quickly
without using negative political tactics that would anger
Buchanan's conservative backers.
It also suggested that they remain confident that the
President's major campaign themes -- that he cares about economic
problems and has the best program to cure them -- need little
tinkering in the aftermath of Tuesday's strong showing by Buchanan
in New Hampshire.
(Michael Wines, New York Times, A14)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-2
BUCHANAN SLASHES BUSH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION
Law Said To Foster 'Reverse Discrimination"
In a slashing attack on President Bush that married the
resentments of race and class, Patrick Buchanan pointed his
presidential campaign squarely toward the upcoming primaries in the
South by charging the President with signing a civil rights bill
that would lead to "reverse discrimination."
Speaking to a receptive audience at the annual meeting of the
Conservative Political Action Conference, Buchanan used the highly
charged rhetoric familiar to supporters of George Wallace and David
Duke to assail the well-born, Yale-educated Bush for signing the
1991 Civil Rights Act.
Arguing that the law would result in racial quotas, Buchanan
declared: "Now, if you belong to the Exeter-Yale GOP club, that's
not going to bother you greatly, because as we know, it is not
their children who get bused out of South Boston into Roxbury, it
is not their brothers who lose contracts because of minority set-
asides, it is not the scions of Yale and Harvard who apply to
become FBI agents and construction workers and civil servants and
cops, who bear the onus of this reverse discrimination.'
Turning his attention to another country, Buchanan dismissed
critical remarks about him from Prime Minister Miyazawa, suggesting
that Bush and the Japanese are so close that "a Bush-Miyazawa
ticket" may be in the making. (E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, A8)
BUCHANAN WELCOMES BUSH'S NEW CAMPAIGN
Patrick Buchanan welcomes President Bush's decision to "take
off the gloves" in their Republican presidential campaign and is
attacking one of the President's strongest points -- Desert Storm.
Buchanan mentioned Thursday a published report that Bush had
a political television spot extolling his leadership in the Persian
Gulf War but did not use it. Buchanan said he heard Bush did not
want to make it an issue, so, "Let's make it an issue right here."
Addressing a friendly audience, Buchanan said "as commander
in chief, George Bush was excellent." But then he ticked off a
list of areas where he said Bush failed in Desert Storm. He said
there was no democracy in Kuwait; the U.S. is becoming involved in
more entanglements in the Middle East; while the U.S. defenses are
being made smaller, Iran is building up its military; and Muslim
fundamentalism is on the rise because of America's involvement in
the area.
(David Wiessler, UPI)
BUCHANAN CRITICIZES BUSH FOR SOUTER NOMINATION
Patrick Buchanan stepped up his attacks on President Bush and
the federal government Thursday, criticizing Bush's nomination of
Justice Souter and the National Endowment for the Arts for using
tax money to support controversial works
Buchanan called Souter "a nice man," but said Bush had chosen
the New Hampshire jurist because he was a relative unknown without
trail of paper to document his principles.
Buchanan promised, if elected, to keep nominating
conservatives to the court -- even if the Senate turned them down
one by one after they had proclaimed their hard-line views as
instructed.
(John Mashek, Boston Globe)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-3
POLL: BUSH SLIPS, BUT WOULD WIN
President Bush's approval rating has hit a new low, but he'd
still win if the election were held now, shows a USA
Today/CNN/Gallup Poll.
Taken after the New Hampshire primary, the poll shows Bush's
approval at 39 percent, down from 47 percent early this month.
Only 42 percent say Bush deserves reelection, a drop from 51
percent three weeks ago. But most still prefer Bush over Bill
Clinton and Paul Tsongas. The finding suggests the Democrats have
yet to convince a majority they offer a better alternative to Bush.
(Richard Benedetto, USA Today, 1A)
LOSING THE 'REAGAN DEMOCRATS' IS
BUSH'S BIGGEST THREAT, ANALYSTS SAY
Even though President Bush is stomping around the political
arena like a wounded bull, snorting fire at Patrick Buchanan, his
real peril is not the right wing of the Republican Party.
The biggest threat to Bush's reelection hopes this fall is the
potential loss of millions of swing voters --- the so-called "Reagan
Democrats" -- who abandoned the Democratic Party a quarter-century
ago and put Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Bush in the White
House
"They're gone," predicted Ed Rollins. "You start with the
premise that if they're still registered Democrats, they want to
vote for a Democrat. And in this economic environment, if Bill
Clinton doesn't drive 'em away, they're lost to us. If
"The real conservatives feel betrayed," said Merle Black, a
political scientist at Emory University. "They're essential, but
they're not enough to win. Bush also has to get the swing voters
-- the conservative Democrats and moderate independents. He's not
getting enough of those to win. "
David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union,
agreed that conservative Democrats are essential to a Bush victory.
"The so-called Reagan Democrats are the key to the Republicans'
winning national coalition," said Keene. "George Bush has
alienated a lot of those people because they have not seen in him
either the concern for values they feel so strongly about or the
leadership they admired in Ronald Reagan.
(Robert Boyd, Knight-Ridder)
CONDUCTOR OF EXIT POLL TRIES TO EXPLAIN RESULTS
The final returns are in from New Hampshire and the people who
conduct the most widely reported exit poll are trying to explain
the results. Specifically, Voter Research and Surveys, is looking
for an explanation of why the final VRS exit poll showed President
Bush with only a 6-point lead over Patrick-Buchanan
"There was a terrible skew in the Republican race, Warren
Mitofsky, executive director of VRS, acknowledged Thursday
Mitofsky speculated that the discrepancy was a result of "a bunch
of strongly committed Buchanan voters" among the 1,848 Republicans
who were interviewed and who were more willing to participate -in
the poll than Bush supporters. "Bush people going to the polls
seemed to be ashamed of what they were doing," he said.
(Richard Morin, Washington Post, A8)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-4
EVANGELICALS PRESS BUSH
Leaders of the nation's largest Protestant groups have written
President Bush a letter warning that he is veering from the pro-
family agenda he promised evangelical voters. The Southern Baptist
Convention's missive was triggered by a Feb. 13 meeting between
Robert Mosbacher and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
"Mr. Bush is in trouble to the degree that evangelicals who
gave him their vote perceive him as failing to deliver on their
agenda,' said Ralph Reed, head of the Christian Coalition, an
educational outgrowth of Pat Robertson's 1988 bid for the
presidency.
(Larry Witham, Washington Times, A1)
PRESIDENT'S TEXAS ADDRESS OPENS BANKRUPTCY CASE
For Bush, There's No Place Quite Like Home
Two days after the New Hampshire primary evidenced public
concern that President Bush is too insulated from Americans'
economic woe, owners of the Houston hotel that he calls home
brought reality to his front door Thursday. They filed for
bankruptcy. Thus, an issue that has dogged Bush for most of his
adult life rose anew -- where is he from?
"Although the Houstonian's bankruptcy won't make Bush
homeless, for the sake of the nation, hopefully the personal
experiences he has gone through will finally get the message
across: It's going to take more than election-year gimmicks to turn
the economy around," said Ed Martin, the state party's executive
director
In Maine, some of Bush's neighbors expressed unhappiness
because Bush pays no state income tax. "What Bush is doing is not
illegal, but we think it's sleazy," said George Christie, executive
director of the Maine People's Alliance. "People are calling up
and saying, 'I voted for Bush, but this isn't right.' He's a very
wealthy man, and he can afford to pay this. He chooses not to."
(Christopher Daly, Washington Post, A9)
HOUSE DEMOCRATS SCUTTLE CORPORATE INCOME TAX CUT
House Democratic leaders Thursday scrapped a proposal to
reduce the corporate income tax rate by one percentage point in a
move to reassure Democrats who are uncomfortable with their party's
$90 billion tax proposal and say it does too much for the wealthy.
For the second day in a row, House Democrats complained to
Rep. Foley and other leaders about the details of the middle-class
tax relief and economic growth package, which will be sent to the
floor for a vote next week.
Foley predicted that the bill would be approved, despite
grumbling within the Democratic caucus and nearly unanimous
opposition from Republicans. However, some Democrats complained
that the capital gains tax provisions are more generous to the
wealthy than President Bush's proposal and that the package does
more to advance the party's political agenda than to help the
economy or hold down the deficit
Meanwhile, Sen. Bentsen announced that he has abandoned his
proposal to pay for middle-class tax relief and economic growth
measures by shifting money from the defense budget.
(Eric Pianin, Washington Post, A4)
-970H-
White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-5
ECONOMY TO BE ON MEND BY NOVEMBER
But Strength of Pre-Election Recovery Is Debated
The saw about laying all economists end to end and their still
not reaching a conclusion isn't true this election year. While
they differ over the exact strength of a recovery, most economists
say that President Bush will have the economic wind at his back
come Nov. 3
"By the time Americans head for the ballot box, the debate
won't be -- as it is now -- over whether the economy will recover,
but over how robust and lasting the recovery will ultimately turn
out to be," predicts Robert Eggert, an economic consultant in
Sedona, Ariz., who surveys 50 leading forecasters each month.
In his latest survey -- his first since President Bush
unveiled his proposals to spur the economy -- the forecasters
expect on average that the gross domestic product, adjusted for
inflation, will rise at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the third
quarter and 3.3 percent in the fourth. They also foresee a jobless
rate of 6.9 percent in the third quarter and 6.8 percent in the
fourth.
(Alfred Malabre, Wall Street Journal, A2)
DOW RISES 50 TO 11TH RECORD IN '92
NEW YORK -- Blue-chip stocks rocketed to new highs Thursday,
after seemingly minor news items rekindled faith in the possibility
of a robust economic recovery by midyear. The Dow Jones industrial
average jumped 50.32 points to a record high 3280.64. It was the
11th closing high this year, surpassing the previous record of
3276.83 set Feb. 12.
(News Services, Washington Post, F2)
RESEARCH SPENDING IS DECLINING IN U.S. AS IT RISES ABROAD
American spending on research an development has begun to fall
for the first time since the 1970s, even as foreign rivals increase
their investments in research, a federal science agency said
Thursday
The National Science Board, in its biennial report
on the health of the nation's research enterprise, said overall
spending on research by the federal government, industry and
universities and private patrons slowed during the second half of
the 1980s and began to fall in 1989, ending an era of extraordinary
growth.
(William Broad, New York Times, A1)
PANEL BACKS MARKETING OF IMPLANTS
FDA Urged To Limit Availability, Monitor Breast Device Safety
An advisory panel of the FDA recommended unanimously Thursday
that silicone breast implants remain on the market, but with
substantial new restrictions on their use.
After a marathon three-day review of data on the safety of the
devices, the panel recommended limiting access to the implants for
purposes of cosmetic breast enlargement, while maintaining
unlimited availability to women seeking the devices because of
breast cancer surgery or severe deformation.
Moreover, the panel advised any woman receiving an implant for
either reason should be registered and monitored in long-term
studies to assess the devices' safety.
(Malcolm Gladwell, Washington Post, A1)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-6
SULLIVAN DEFENDS BOSS' HEALTH CARE PLAN
Secretary Sullivan Thursday defended President Bush's health
care budget proposal from a Democratic onslaught in the House Ways
and Means Committee. "We maintain that the President's proposal
is the only one that won't raise taxes
We don't propose to cut
Medicare," Sullivan said.
But House Democrats blasted Bush's plan, saying it is
inadequately funded, contains no cost-saving measures, and will
undoubtedly cut into Medicare and Medicaid. They endorsed plans
that would establish the government as the nation's health
insurance payer. "Any way you look at it, nationalized,
government-run health care is not the American way," Sullivan said.
(Carleton Bryant, Washington Times, A4)
CLINICAL LABORATORY RULES SET INSPECTIONS, CONTROLS
Final rules to regulate clinical laboratories were announced
Thursday by Secretary Sullivan, four years after the law
authorizing them was passed because of revelations of widespread
testing errors. Sullivan said that under the new regulations,
about 200,000 laboratory sites, including 130,000 in doctors'
offices, would be subject to inspection and controls.
(Spencer Rich, Washington Post, A3)
WATKINS PRAISES NEW ENERGY BILL
Secretary Watkins joined with congressional leaders Thursday
in hailing the Senate's approval of a new energy bill that will
create jobs, reduce reliance on foreign oil and bolster the sagging
natural gas industry. But he lamented the removal of a provision
to allow oil exploration in an Alaskan wildlife refuge. "This
legislation will lead to the creation of thousands of jobs and keep
billions of dollars from flowing overseas for the purchase of
foreign oil," Watkins said.
(Sid Balman, UPI)
JOHNSON CENTER HEAD NAMED INTERIM NASA ADMINISTRATOR
Aaron Cohen, director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston,
was appointed Thursday to the No. 2 position at NASA and will serve
as interim head until a replacement is found for outgoing
Administrator Truly
In the announcement, Truly said Cohen's
appointment "has been closely coordinated with the White House."
(AP, Washington Post, A4)
JUDGES TOSS OUT CENSUS, ORDER NEW REDISTRICTING
A panel of federal judges in Boston has unanimously rejected
the Census Bureau's 1990 Census and ordered. a new congressional
reapportionment that would shift a House seat from Washington to
Massachusetts. The decision, issued Thursday in a suit filed by
the Massachusetts attorney general, is the second in four months
overturning the distribution of congressional seats based on the
1990 Census.
(Barbara Vobejda, Washington Post, A9)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-7
BUSHES 'THRILLED' AT DAUGHTER'S ENGAGEMENT TO DEMOCRATIC AIDE
President and Mrs. Bush are said to be "thrilled" at daughter
Dorothy's engagement to Robert Koch
Mrs. Bush's press
secretary, Anna Perez, confirmed the engagement on Thursday, and
when asked the reaction of the bride's parents, she said they were
"thrilled.
=
"They just love him
They think he's the most
sensitive, wonderful person. He's been paying special attention
to the children," said one source close to the family.
(Rita Beamish, AP)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Doro's Left-Hand Man, " regarding the engagement of
Doro Bush LeBlond and Robert Koch, by Donnie Radcliffe, appears in
The Washington Post, page C1.
###
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
ISRAELI FORCE WITHDRAWS IN SOUTH LEBANON
TYRE, Lebanon -- Israeli troops withdrew to the Jewish state's
self-declared south Lebanon security zone after operations aimed
at wiping out Hezbollah rocket sites, a U.N. spokesman said. Timur
Goksel, spokesman for the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, said in
a written statement Friday morning: "Israeli forces that entered
Kafra and Yater have withdrawn a short while ago and the area of
the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon which was entered by
the Israeli army has become free of any Israeli soldier. (Reuter)
ISRAELI TANKS RAID 2 LEBANESE TOWNS
IN OPERATION AIMED AT HEZBOLLAH
JERUSALEM -- Israeli tanks and infantry pushed U.N. peace-
keeping forces aside Thursday and forced their way into two
villages in southern Lebanon to battle Shiite Muslim fighters of
the Hezbollah movement in a further escalation of their latest
conflict.
The army said late Thursday that two Israeli soldiers had been
killed and three wounded so far in the operation, which Israel
described as having limited aims and not a repeat of its full-
scale invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
Lebanese security sources said at least two peace-keeping
troops were seriously wounded by shots fired in unclear
circumstances.
At the U.N., Secretary General Boutros-Ghali strongly
protested Israel's incursion into the U.N. zone and demanded that
they withdraw at once, AP reported.
The State Department called on Israel, Lebanon and Syria to
"exercise maximum restraint and end the violence," Reuter reported,
and Secretary Baker expressed concern about "the ever-increasing
cycle of violence."
(Jackson Diehl, Washington Post, A1)
U.S., LOW KEY AFTER ISRAELI RAID,
TRIES TO PREVENT SPREAD OF COMBAT
The U.S. offered a restrained public response Thursday to the
Israeli raid in Lebanon. But Administration officials said they
were privately seeking to insure that the fighting does not spread
and were persuaded that Israel did not intend a larger-scale
operation.
Administration officials said the U.S. had been in contact
with Syria, Israel and Lebanon to warn leaders in those countries
to be, as one official put it, "careful about any potential of an
escalation."
The White House said the U.S. was "deeply concerned about the
renewed cycle of violence in southern Lebanon." State Department
spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said Washington had made "high-level
demarches to those involved to urge the exercise of maximum
restraint."
(Andrew Rosenthal, New York Times, A10)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-9
SHAMIR NOMINATED FOR NEW TERM
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Shamir won renomination from his
right-wing Likud Party Thursday night, turning Israel's election
campaign into a showdown between the veteran prime minister and
newly confirmed Labor Party leader Yitzhak Rabin
Shamir
received 46.4 percent of the votes, Foreign Minister David Levy
31.2 percent and Housing Minister Sharon 22.3 percent.
(Jackson Diehl, Washington Post, A15)
U.S. HOPES PEACE TALKS GET BOOST
FROM RABIN'S ELECTION TO HEAD LABOR PARTY
The Bush Administration is privately cheering Yitzhak Rabin's
election to head Israel's Labor Party as the potential breakthrough
U.S. officials have been seeking to revitalize Arab-Israeli peace
talks.
Despite heavy fighting in southern Lebanon, U.S. officials
believe the peace talks not only remain on track, but could receive
a major boost from Wednesday's Labor Party primary results
Administration officials declined to comment on the record
about Rabin's victory, saying they do not want to appear to be
meddling in Israeli politics. But in private, they could not
conceal their glee with the results.
"Rabin is committed to change in Israeli policy with regard
to settlement activity and negotiations with the Arabs," one
Administration official said Thursday. "He throws a new ingredient
into a process that otherwise would be static."
U.S. officials said they are counting on a Rabin-led Labor
Party to either score an outright victory over Shamir's Likud
Party, or at the very least, make a strong enough showing to force
Shamir into forming a national unity coalition with Rabin.
(Owen Ullman, Knight-Ridder)
OBEY SAYS ISRAEL MUST STOP SETTLEMENT BUILDING
BEFORE LOAN GUARANTEES
Rep. Obey is drawing a hard line against new U.S. loan
guarantees for Israel unless the Jewish state first freezes
settlement activity on land it has occupied since 1967.
"It is essential that the Israeli government understand that
U.S. taxpayers will be in no mood to support these guarantees under
any conditions," Obey said in advance of a hearing Friday,
Congress' first public debate on the issue.
"That is why it is essential, in my view, to substantially
scale back the amount of those guarantees and to support the
President's policy" on conditions for the U.S. co-signing the
loans, Obey said.
(Jim Drinkard, AP)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-10
EXPORT SURGE PUSHED '91 TRADE DEFICIT TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE '83
Pushed by record growth in overseas sales of American-made
computers, planes and machinery, the government reported Thursday
that the U.S. trade deficit dropped 35 percent last year to $66.2
billion, its lowest level since 1983. Although the improvement
was welcomed, the report sent a mixed message on the state of the
U.S. economy.
The record level of exports, up 7.2 percent over the year, to
$421.9 billion, provided the only real bright spot in the economy
last year. Also on the plus side, exports of manufactured goods
jumped 9.3 percent, which acting Commerce Secretary Schnabel hailed
as a sign of "improved U.S. competitiveness."
But the drop-off in U.S. purchases of foreign-made products
was seen as a further indication that the recession was continuing.
While the U.S. still had a sizable merchandise trade deficit last
year, most of that red ink was offset by a surplus in sales of
services such as banking, insurance and engineering, estimated by
Commerce at $44 billion last year.
(Stuart Auerbach, Washington Post, F1)
TRADE ACCORD GUARANTEEING STEEL MARKET
TO U.S., CANADIAN FIRMS TO EXPIRE
President Bush plans to let expire next month a multilateral
trade accord that has guaranteed at least 80 percent of the U.S.
steel market to American and Canadian producers.
Congress may force Bush to change his plans, however. Fearing
a flood of cheap foreign steel, particularly value-added goods such
as stainless steel, members of Congress are hustling to pass
legislation to try to compel Bush to extend the import quotas
another 2.5 years.
To beat the March 31 expiration date of the current steel
trade pact, House Democrats have quietly arranged to attach their
measure to the tax package they've pledged to send to the President
before his March 20 deadline.
(Michael Arndt, Chicago Tribune)
HOUSE PANEL APPROVES HALT IN HAITIAN REPATRIATIONS
The House Judiciary Committee brushed aside a veto threat by
President Bush and voted 21-12 Thursday for a six-month halt to
repatriations of Haitian boat people now encamped on the U.S. Navy
base at Guantanamo Bay
Rep. Mazzoli, who introduced the bill, said he did not
necessarily believe reports of reprisals by the military
government, but said they should be studied
But Attorney General Barr, in a letter Thursday to Rep.
Brooks, said the Administration "strongly objects to the bill" and
indicated
Bush
would
veto
(Al Kamen, Washington Post, A3)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-11
ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS SLOW PROGRESS IN WAR
AGAINST LATIN AMERICAN DRUG TRADE
The battle against Latin America's drug trade is no Operation
Desert Storm, a congressional committee and a panel of Bush
Administration officials agreed Wednesday.
Bernard Aronson, assistant secretary of state for inter-
American affairs, likened it to the battle for the Pacific during
WWII. "We must take island after island through hard, difficult,
bloody fighting" and "slowly march our way toward victory," he
said. But Sen. John Kerry said he feared a more appropriate
analogy was the Vietnam War, where the U.S. became bogged down in
a protracted foreign conflict "without committing enough resources
to win.
Administration officials asserted repeatedly that progress has
been made in eradicating coca leaf crops, seizing cocaine shipments
and obtaining foreign cooperation in combating traffic in narcotics
since Washington launched an Andean region drug initiative in 1990.
"The scoreboard of accomplishments for the first two years of
the Andean strategy is extremely positive," said Melvin Levitsky,
the State Department's top aide on narcotics. Coca leaf production
has "leveled off,' he said, and more than 300 metric tons of
cocaine interdicted.
(Pamela Constable, Boston Globe)
E. EUROPE NUCLEAR PLANTS WORRY SWEDEN'S LEADER
Prime Minister Bildt expressed concern to President Bush
Thursday about the safety of Soviet-designed nuclear reactors in
Eastern Europe and suggested using unemployed physicists in the
former Soviet Union to find ways of eliminating the danger. Bildt
mentioned nuclear-reactor safety as a potential project for the new
scientific center that the U.S., Germany and Russia are planning,
according to Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Niles.
(John Goshko, Washington Post, A14)
U.S. OFFICIAL CITES RUSSIAN CONFUSION ON BUSH ARMS PROPOSAL
U.S. officials said they cleared up a major Russian
misunderstanding about President Bush's offer to reduce multiple-
warhead missiles at sea
Ron Lehman, director of the Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency, told reporters Thursday that Russian officials had doubted
the fairness of the Bush offer because they misunderstood how the
proposed cuts could affect U.S. submarine-launched ballistic
missiles, the most modern in the U.S. arsenal
Lehman said the Russians thought Bush was proposing to make
the one-third cut in sub-launched warheads from current levels,
which analysts estimate at 5,760. "Their concern was that that
would give us an advantage," Lehman said, since land-based missiles
make up the bulk of the Russian strategic arsenal whereas the
American arsenal is weighted heavily in favor of submarine-based
missiles.
(Robert Burns, AP)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-12
PENTAGON SAYS WAR SCENARIO DOESN'T
REFLECT OR PREDICT U.S. POLICY
Defense Department officials said Thursday that a classified
war scenario involving an American-led defense of Lithuania against
a hypothetical Russian invasion is not a reflection or prediction
of U.S. policy.
"These do not represent war plans, said Pentagon spokesman
Bob Hall about the Lithuanian case and six other scenarios detailed
in a high-level planning document. "These are not contingency
plans. They are not predictive of what's going to happen
It's
something which we use basically to crunch numbers."
The department also resisted congressional demands for a copy
of the planning document
Questions about the document
dominated a Senate hearing Thursday on the nomination of Adm. David
Jeremiah for a second term as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
(Barton Gellman, Washington Post, A12)
PENTAGON PLANS BASED ON HYPOTHETICAL WAR
The Pentagon is still preparing military budgets based on
hypothetical studies involving a massive war with the former Soviet
Union, says the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Even though the Soviet military threat is gone, Adm. David
Jeremiah told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, the
illustrative scenarios were drawn up to enable the military
services to answer this question: "Are you prepared to deal with
a contingency like this and what are the shortfalls?" Jeremiah
said the classified study, involving seven crisis "scenarios," did
not represent actual battle-preparedness schemes.
(Donna Cassata, AP)
'STAR WARS' BACKERS HAIL DEFENSE PROJECT WITH RUSSIA
The announcement in Moscow that the U.S. and Russia will set
up a joint missile warning center has boosted the "star wars"
program, according to supporters of the missile defense plan.
"It's a good sign that we can proceed with a (global missile
protection) program and fold the Russians into it in ways yet to
be determined," said Rep. Kyl. He said the joint J.S.-Russian
center is "a good first step" toward broader cooperation on a
limited missile defense against inadvertent launch or a future
missile strike by a Third World belligerent.
(Bill Gertz, Washington Times, A3)
ASPIN POSES OPTIONS FOR DEFENSE SPENDING
Rep. Aspin has proposed several defense spending options for
the next five years that would trim the Pentagon's budget by $38
billion to $231 billion, congressional sources say.
In a closed meeting with Democrats on the House Armed Services
Committee Thursday, Aspin presented four plans for cutting the
military budget. The reductions are based on the Bush
Administration's previous defense blueprint for fiscal 1992-93.
The deepest cut comes in a plan to slash defense spending by $231
billion in the next five years, ending with a fiscal 1997 military
blueprint of $231 billion, said the sources. (Donna Cassata, AP)
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-13
NORTH KOREA DIGS TUNNELS FOR NUCLEAR ARMS
North Korea is digging tunnels to hide its nuclear weapons
program from international inspectors or to protect it from
possible attack with hardened facilities. U.S. reconnaissance
photographs taken earlier this month showed construction of "deep
tunnels" around a nuclear site near Yongbyon, about 75 miles north
of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, according to intelligence
officials familiar with reports on the site.
(Bill Gertz, Washington Times, A9)
JAPANESE SLOW REAL ESTATE BUYING SPREE
When Japanese investors swept into the U.S. real estate market
in the mid-1980s, they snapped up dozens of "trophy" properties,
buoying real estate prices in major markets and generating
political controversy. Now those days are gone. A study released
Thursday by the accounting firm Kenneth Leventhal & Co. found that
Japanese investment in U.S. real estate plummeted 61 percent last
year, falling to only about $5 billion, down from the $13 billion
Japanese buyers invested in 1990.
(Kirstin Downey, Washington Post, F1)
BAKER PLANS A SHAKEUP IN PERSONNEL
Secretary Baker is planning a major reshuffling of senior
State Department policymakers and ambassadors that will affect
areas ranging from U.S. representation at the U.N. to negotiating
the disposal of the former Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal,
according to department sources
The sources said the reasons
for these specific choices, which Baker reportedly has cleared with
President Bush, are known only to the secretary and his small inner
circle of aides.
(John Goshko, Washington Post, A17)
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NETWORK NEWS
(Thursday evening, Feb. 20)
ISRAEL/HEZBOLLAH
NBC's Tom Brokaw: Israeli troops and tanks remain in southern
Lebanon tonight fighting pitched battles against the Hezbollah.
The Israelis targeted two villages just across the northern Israeli
border. This incursion came after the Hezbollah launched a series
of rocket attacks following the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah
leader Abbas Musawi.
NBC's Martin Fletcher reports the Israelis swept past U.N. peace
keepers who tried to stop them. That ended in a fistfight. The
Israelis are calling it "a very limited operation for a very
limited time and of limited scope." But after 24 hours they're
still fighting and Hezbollah rockets are still falling. Israeli
artillery inside Israel is backing up its forces inside south
Lebanon to stop more Hezbollah fighters from joining the battle.
It isn't over in Lebanon yet. A U.N. source says that Israelis are
hunkering down on a hilltop overnight.
NBC's John Dancy reports from the State Department that the
incident in south Lebanon will not affect the next round of Middle
East peace talks. All parties say they' be here on Monday. The
U.S. deplored the violence but would not say whether Israel was
justified in retaliating.
(Secretary Baker: "We've asked them to refrain, to exercise
maximum restraint. We hope that'll happen. And again we think
that it's very important that these talks go forward and we're glad
the parties are coming.")
(NBC-Lead)
CBS's Dan Rather: Once again world attention is focusing on a
dangerous situation in the Middle East. Saddam Hussein is among
those monitoring. Fighting between Israel and pro-Iranian
guerrillas is escalating. Israeli troops are now inside Lebanon.
The U.N. is demanding an immediate withdrawal. President Bush is
calling for "restraint."
(CBS-Lead)
BREAST IMPLANTS
ABC's Peter Jennings: We begin tonight with the results of a
debate that has engaged millions of American women and the medical
profession. After months of confusion and a great deal of anger,
a special panel of health professionals has finally recommended
leaving silicon gel breast implants on the market, but with
restrictions. The panel has been concentrating on whether their
tendency to leak poses a real danger to women.
ABC's Bettina Gregory reports that the vote was unanimous that the
implants should go on the market but only for tightly controlled
experimental use The-panel said all women who want implants after
surgery for cancer should be able to get them as well as some women
seeking to enlarge their breasts.
White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- B-2
Gregory continues: But the panel felt that young women should not
be encouraged to enlarge their breasts simply for cosmetic reasons.
While these recommendations are not binding, the FDA usually
follows the advice of its advisory panels and will announce its
decision within 60 days. In the meantime the temporary ban
continues. Whatever decision is reached, all women who get silicon
gel implants in the future will be required to register with the
FDA and submit to follow-up examinations.
Jennings talks with ABC's Dr. Tim Johnson:
Jennings:
As someone who's followed this fairly carefully,
you're happy with what the FDA panel has been saying today?
Johnson: I think they should have done this 15 years ago, that is
required all women who have implants to be put in a registry
followed for their lifetime to build up a good data base so we can
give women truly informed consent
(ABC-Lead, NBC-2, CBS-4)
ECONOMY
Jennings: In the economic news today there is still no sign that
the employment situation is getting much better: 450,000 Americans
filed new claims for unemployment benefits in early February, and
that is 18,000 more than the week before
For all it's
problems, 1991 overall was a good year for trade. The government
says that record exports helped to narrow the U.S. trade deficit
last year to just over $66 billion. It's large, but it's the
smallest deficit in eight years.
(ABC-2)
HOUSTON HOTEL
Jennings: The recession has hit home for President Bush,
literally. You've probably heard Mr. Bush lists a suite at a hotel
in Houston as his official residence for tax and voting purposes.
The hotel, $3 million in debt, has filed for bankruptcy. (ABC-3)
Brokaw: For George Bush it was the recession that hit home today
-- not home in Massachusetts where he was born or in Connecticut
where he grew up; not at the Bush summer home in Maine, and not at
the White House, the latest Washington house that Bush calls home.
The recession hit here, at this Houston, Texas, hotel. The
President keeps a suite here as his legal residence for tax and
voting purposes. The problem is the hotel today filed for
bankruptcy.
(NBC-4)
EDUCATION/RECESSION
ABC' Bill Blakemore reports on problems in American schools that
have been aggravated by the recession. Take the case of Virginia.
Four counties here, as in many other states, have never had school
funding equal to wealthier counties. In Charlotte county, they're
now jamming 35 kids into some classes which had 25 three years ago;
because there's no money for more teachers; nor to build the new
schools they need. No school clinics or nurses. Only a cot in the
corner near the school secretary. They need new textbooks new
wiring in the halls. Chesterfield has worked hard to save money.
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White House News Summary
Friday, February 21, 1992 -- B-3
Blakemore continues: They cut 9,000 school bus stops -- kids have
to walk a little further they've delayed building a school plan
for this site and made do for another year with temporary trailer
units. But the recession is also threatening the kind of reforms
that can make a difference, like this new middle school program in
which all the teachers collaborate to help their students learn
better. It may be cut if the recession does not end. The
recession has had one advantage: It's helped cut down some top-
heavy bureaucracies. Virginia's central office, which administers
all these schools, was trimmed by one-fifth -- 140 positions --
saving $7 million. The good news is that Americans are now so
concerned with the need to improve the schools that even under the
pressure of the recession, budget planners have tried to make
schools the last place they cut. But the belt-tightening has now
been done and is beginning to get painful, threatening America's
schools and dreams for reform with serious damage.
(ABC-12)
HATE CRIMES
Jennings: From the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
today, a report that hate crimes against Arab-Americans from
physical violence to threatening phone calls went up dramatically
in 1991. The organization attributes it to anger over the Gulf
War. And a survey by the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai
B'rith finds a similar rise in attacks against Jews, which it also
attributes to the war in the Gulf.
(ABC-8, CBS-3)
SOUTH AFRICA
Jennings: In South Africa, what may turn out to be a serious
setback in the process of ending the system of racial segregation.
The ruling National Party has lost an important election for a seat
in Parliament which it has held for 40 years. The National Party
has lost to the Conservative Party, which is committed to
preserving white power.
ABC's Don Kladstrup reports that President DeKlerk told white
members of Parliament he would hold a referendum as soon as
possible to let white voters decide whether he should move ahead
with his plans to share power with blacks. On national television
he vowed to resign if the vote went against him.
(ABC-9, NBC-7, CBS-2)
CIA FILES
Brokaw: NBC News has learned that Sen. Boren will draft a
resolution to open the CIA files on the Kennedy assassination. And
congressional sources also tell NBC News that the CIA, on its own,
will announce the opening of its files on major events of
historical and political importance.
(NBC-6)
JAPANESE ACQUISITIONS IN THE U.S.
ABC's Gary Sheppard reports a survey released today says new
Japanese investment in American real estate plummeted to only $5
billion last year from $13 billion in 1990. With less Japanese
demand, it may be years before real estate values return to their
once-lofty levels.
(ABC-4)
-end of News Summary-
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Ky., said the legislation is designed to give
the Haitians safe haven until the situation
in their homeland has stabilized.
But Bill McCollum, R-Fla., argued
CONGRESSIONAL
that the measure would only encourage
more Haitians to leave their country, be-
cause they will believe they can stay in the
United States. McCollum said most Hai-
MONITOR
tians would like to leave because of the
economic conditions in their country.
The committee adopted by voice
vote an amendment offered by John Con-
C
yers Jr., D-Mich., that would direct the
State Department to deny U.S. visas to
any Haitian who provided financial or
Friday, February 21, 1992
Volume 28, Number 23
other support to the military coup.
Two Republicans, ranking member
Hamilton Fish Jr., N.Y., and Henry J.
Hyde, Ill., voted for the bill, while Demo-
News From the Hill
crats Rick Boucher, Va., and George E.
Sangmeister, Ill., voted against it.
CORPORATE TAX cut dropped
SENATE FLOOR: Work begins
mestic and international programs can-
from House Democrats' plan.
on higher education bill.
not be shifted from one category to
With the House just a week away
The Senate yesterday began consid-
another in fiscal 1993.
from a vote on major tax legislation (HR
eration of legislation (S 1150) to reautho-
Total discretionary spending is
4210), House Democrats yesterday re-
rize the 1965 Higher Education Act, the
slated to be lumped together for fiscal
worked their tax package in an effort to
law through which millions of college and
1994-95, the last two years of the budget
solidify liberal support.
trade school students receive federal fi-
deal.
A cut in corporate tax rates was
nancial aid each year.
But with the economy in a tailspin
dropped from the plan after support
The bill would reauthorize the act
and the Cold War over, Democrats want
flagged among Democrats on the Ways
for seven years and is estimated to cost
to use some of the funds planned for
and Means Committee. At a Democratic
$17.4 billion in the first year.
defense programs to boost education,
Caucus earlier in the day, liberals at-
Members yesterday were working on
mass transit and other domestic pro-
tacked the cut and called for more aid for
a Labor and Human Resources Commit-
grams. Republicans, who fought to get
small businesses.
tee substitute amendment that would
the so-called firewalls in the budget deal,
On the Senate side yesterday, Finance
drop from the bill committee-approved
have vowed to fight the change and say
Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen,
language that would have made the pop-
President Bush will veto the bill.
Texas, joined House Democrats in endors-
ular Pell grant student aid program an
The panel rejected, 13-25, an amend-
ing plans to use new taxes on the wealthy to
entitlement - ensuring annual funding
ment offered by Frank Horton, R-N.Y.,
pay for a middle-income tax cut.
- beginning in 1997.
that would have required that half of any
The House is expected to vote on
Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., said he was
savings in defense spending be used to
rival Democratic and Republican tax
considering offering an amendment to re-
lower the federal deficit. The other half
plans next week, but, until yesterday, the
instate the entitlement language if the
would have been used to finance Presi-
chairmen of the Senate and House tax-
substitute proposal is adopted.
dent Bush's proposed $500 per-child in-
writing committees - Bentsen and Dan
House Action. The House on
crease in the personal tax exemption.
Rostenkowski, D-Ill., of the Ways and
Wednesday cleared legislation (HR 355)
Means Committee - had differed over
designed to provide relief to California
HAITIANS' RETURN halted un-
how to pay for a middle-income tax cut.
and the rest of the drought-ridden West.
der House Judiciary bill.
Bentsen had been in favor of using
Members approved, by voice vote, a
After a lengthy debate, the House Ju-
the so-called peace dividend to pay for
compromise version of the measure that
diciary Committee yesterday approved,
the cut. But yesterday he revised his
would authorize $90 million for drought
21-12, a bill (HR 3844) that would tempo-
stance. "Absolutely, there will be some
relief efforts, including the construction
rarily halt the repatriation of Haitians who
tax cuts, and they will be balanced with
of temporary facilities to transfer water
have fled their troubled homeland.
to areas hit hard by the six-year drought.
Since the Sept. 30 military coup that
The Senate approved the compromise
ousted Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's
In This Issue
last November.
first democratically elected president,
NEWS FROM THE HILL
1
about 15,000 Haitians have left the island
TODAY
BUDGET DEAL changes would
in small boats headed for the United
Committee Listings
4
allow more domestic spending.
States. Many have been picked up by the
News & Campaign Events
4
Congressional appropriators would
Coast Guard and housed at the U.S. naval
FUTURE
be allowed to spend more money on do-
base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Senate Committees
6
mestic programs in fiscal 1993 than al-
A Jan. 31 Supreme Court decision
House Committees
9
lowed by current law under a bill (HR
allowed the forced repatriation of the
Conference Committees
15
3732) approved yesterday by the House
Haitians. Since then several thousand
Joint Committees
15
Government Operations Committee.
have been returned home.
Other Events
16
Approved by voice vote, the measure
The bill specifies that no Haitian in
Campaigns & Elections
18
STATUS CHARTS
would tear down barriers imposed by the
U.S. custody outside the United States as
FY93 Appropriations
20
1990 budget pact that separate the three
of Feb. 5, 1992, could be involuntarily re-
House Floor
21
categories of discretionary spending. Cur-
turned to Haiti within the next six months.
Senate Floor
22
rently, funds earmarked for defense, do-
Bill sponsor Romano L. Mazzoli, D-
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Congressional Monitor
Friday, February 21, 1992
tax increases," he said.
Maine-New Hampshire border.
100 percent deductibility for health in-
The House Democratic plan includes
Levesque said she has known for
surance costs of the self-employed.
about $46 billion over two years for low-
months that she will probably be laid off
Minimum standards of coverage for
and middle-income workers, who would
but is unable to use re-employment ser-
workers in companies with two to 50 em-
receive a tax credit of up to $200 per
vices until her termination is official.
ployees working at least 30 hours a week.
person. The tax break would be paid for
Pryor told Jehn that the military
Caps on annual increases in premiums.
in part by increased taxes for individuals
should provide civilian employees with
Creation of a Health-Care Cost Con-
with taxable income of more than $85,000
the same benefits as enlisted personnel,
tainment Commission to advise Congress
and a 10 percent surtax on taxable in-
which include early retirement incen-
and the president on strategies for reining
come over $1 million.
tives, job placement services and reloca-
in health care costs.
tion assistance.
President Bush has proposed a nar-
U.N. ENVIRONMENT confer-
rower health-care package centered on
ence attendance by Bush urged.
INTELLIGENCE organizations
tax vouchers for low- and middle-income
The House Foreign Affairs Sub-
consolidation discussed in Senate.
families.
committee on Human Rights and Inter-
The Senate Intelligence Committee
Utah Republican Orrin G. Hatch
national Organizations gave voice vote
yesterday discussed legislation (S 2198,
also expressed qualified support for
approval yesterday to legislation (H Con
HR 4165) proposed by committee Chair-
Bentsen's bill. "Although not 100 percent
Res 266) calling on President Bush to
man David L. Boren, D-Okla., and House
identical the plan of the Senate Re-
attend a June United Nations conference
Intelligence Committee Chairman Dave
publican Health Care Task Force is con-
on the environment.
McCurdy, D-Okla., to reorganize the U.S.
sistent in spirit with S 1872."
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl,
intelligence community.
But Hatch said Bentsen's bill fell
British Prime Minister John Major,
Their proposal would create a Na-
short in many areas and suggested new
French President François Mitterrand
tional Intelligence Center that would pull
provisions ranging from creation of state-
and nearly 60 other heads of state are
together intelligence- functions now han-
of-the-art community health-care centers
expected to attend the conference in Rio
dled by the CIA, the Defense Department
to an overhaul of the complicated medi-
de Janeiro, Brazil, which was organized
and other federal agencies. It would also
cal liability system.
to help countries finds ways to protect
create a director of national intelligence
the environment while promoting eco-
who would have authority over all U.S.
EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOLS de-
nomic development.
intelligence programs and their budgets.
serve funding, says Alexander.
The panel's Western Hemisphere Af-
Boren reiterated at the hearing what
Education Secretary Lamar Alexan-
fairs Subcommittee on Feb. 4 approved a
he had stressed when he introduced the
der yesterday sought to gather Hill back-
similar resolution (H Con Res 263) that
measure - that he regards the proposal
ing for administration budget proposals
also called on the administration to coordi-
as "a starting point, as a launching pad
to fund experimental schools and a
nate an environmental strategy with Latin
for discussion." He said he was not at-
school "choice" program that would en-
American and Caribbean countries.
tached to any particular provision of the
able middle- and low-income parents to
bill.
send their children to the public or pri-
CIVILIAN DEFENSE cuts need
James R. Schlesinger, a former CIA
vate schools of their choosing.
federal attention, panel hears.
director, said the measure's effort to re-
Appearing before the House Appro-
The federal government is not pro-
duce duplication among the various intel-
priations Labor, Health and Human Ser-
viding enough help to civilian employees
ligence-gathering arms of the government
vices and Education Subcommittee, Al-
of the military, who are rapidly becoming
might have the negative effect of elimi-
exander said the administration's fiscal
the casualties of the end of the Cold War,
nating competition that provides "fruit-
1993 funding priorities represent "major
representatives of federal employee
ful differences of view."
new investments that have to do with rad-
unions told a Senate Governmental Af-
"The last thing we need in intelli-
ically changing our educational system."
fairs subcommittee yesterday.
gence is a monolith that establishes an
While members expressed enthusias-
Members of the Federal Services Sub-
official line," Schlesinger testified.
tic support for the $1.6 billion in pro-
committee agreed with witnesses who said
posed increases in discretionary funding,
that the Defense Department should do
HEALTH-CARE legislation tak-
some planned cutbacks drew fire. Law-
more to assist those who are laid off. Law-
ing form, in Finance Committee.
makers took issue with proposals to limit
makers said also that the Pentagon should
Democratic and Republican mem-
funding of direct student loans, higher
increase its efforts to encourage civilian
bers of the Senate Finance Committee
education work study programs and im-
workers to leave the military voluntarily.
yesterday were looking for common
pact aid to districts that educate
Chairman David Pryor, D-Ark., said
ground in the numerous legislative pro-
children from military families.
the Pentagon had not shown the same
posals for reducing costs and increasing
On the impact aid, Republican John
attention to the problem of civilian mili-
access to health care.
Porter, whose suburban Chicago district
tary layoffs that went into the well-man-
Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen,
is home to three military bases, com-
aged effort to aid communities affected by
D-Texas, set the tone early on. "There is
plained that federal subsidies do not
the shutdown of military bases. "What is
virtually unanimous agreement that the
nearly match the per-student costs that
being offered in the way of help is too little,
status quo is not sustainable.
The
de-
must be covered by local residents.
too late, with too much red tape," he said.
bate over comprehensive health reform has
He recommended that the Defense
As part of the reduction in U.S.
begun, but it will take time," he said.
Department, rather than the Education
forces, the Defense Department plans to
Many members said legislation (S
Department, should assume responsibil-
cut its civilian workforce by about
1872) sponsored by Bentsen should be
ity for compensating school districts with
200,000 by 1997. Most of the cuts will be
used as the vehicle for Senate floor debate.
military dependents, who do not pay lo-
through attrition, said Christopher Jehn,
Said Dave Durenburger, R-Minn.:
cal property taxes.
assistance secretary of Defense.
"There are very good reasons why this
Louis Stokes, D-Ohio, and Edward
But federal red tape is delaying as-
committee should immediately report
R. Roybal, D-Calif., asked Alexander
sistance to those employees who will be
out S 1872 and push it through the Sen-
about the administration's recent deter-
fired, said Kathy Levesque, chief steward
ate floor without delay."
mination that race-based student schol-
of a Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on the
Highlights of the Bentsen bill include:
arships violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Friday, February 21, 1992
Congressional Monitor
Page 3
Alexander said that the new policy
following a Russian invasion of Lithua-
road's service.
would only affect about 3 percent of the
nia, were not predictions or the result of
W. Graham Claytor told the House
minority individuals receiving scholar-
perceived threats. Rather, the scenarios
Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on
ships and that many of those might be
were developed for determining man-
Transportation and Hazardous Materials
exempted from the rule for other reasons.
power and hardware needs if a threat
that Amtrak could ease highway and air-
similar to one of the scenarios arose any-
port congestion across the nation if it
GROUNDWATER RULES not
where in the world, he said.
could buy new locomotives and passenger
strong enough, Energy panel says.
In response to a query by Jim Exon,
cars to replace aging equipment.
Democrats on a House Energy and
D-Neb., on why China was not included
"I can envision an Amtrak with pre-
Commerce subcommittee yesterday
in any of the scenarios, the admiral said
dominance in travel markets not only in
charged the administration with trying to
the report was not comprehensive, nor
the Northeast and California, but
subvert groundwater protection laws by
was it intended to be.
throughout the nation, with expanded
writing weak regulations.
Despite the admiral's downplaying
service across the heartland of the coun-
At an Oversight and Investigations
of the report, committee Chairman Sam
try," Claytor told the panel.
Subcommittee hearing yesterday, Chair-
Nunn, D-Ga., said the committee would
He said Amtrak wanted to add new
man John D. Dingell, D-Mich., said that
be put in an "absurd position" if the
routes between New Orleans and Miami
after a review of the intent of regulations
report was not provided to the panel for
and between Boston and Portland,
meant to carry out groundwater protec-
private review.
Maine, and to reduce travel time between
tion, the panel had concluded that
"We have to know what it is and
New York and Boston from five to three
"White House officials have engaged in
what the context of it is," Nunn told
hours.
an intensive effort to undermine EPA's
Jeremiah, who is up for reconfirmation to
Amtrak currently gets about $700
[Environmental Protection Agency] long-
his post by the Senate.
million a year in federal subsidies and
standing policy of emphasizing preven-
Ranking panel member John W.
also borrows money from private sources.
tion, rather than cleanup, of groundwater
Warner, R-Va., was also irked by the de-
Claytor urged Congress to create a
contamination."
partment's decision not to forward the re-
federal trust fund for Amtrak to pay for
Panel members said the weak regula-
port to the committee. "In all practicality,
the new equipment. Money would come
tions were the result of pressure by the
we should be looked upon as constructive
from transferring one cent from the fed-
Council on Competitiveness - headed
partners," Warner told Jeremiah.
eral fuel tax to the fund, he said.
by Vice President Dan Quayle - and
officials of the Office of Management and
AIR FORCE chief backs B-2
ARIZONA GOVERNOR blasts
Budget and the White House counsel.
before House Armed Services.
federal regulators for S&L suit.
Gerry Sikorski, D-Minn., said the
Air Force Secretary Donald Rice told
Arizona GOP Gov. Fife Symington
council would try to save businesses
the House Armed Services Committee
yesterday lashed out at federal regulators
money by not requiring that landfills be
yesterday that the purchase of five addi-
for seeking $140 million in civil damages
lined in some cases, despite the fact that
tional B-2 stealth bombers would be rela-
against him and others for their involve-
unlined landfills have a higher possibility
tively inexpensive, given the "massive in-
ment with a savings and loan that even-
of leaking contaminants into groundwa-
vestment" already in the $40 billion-plus
tually failed.
ter.
program.
He told the House Banking Sub-
"Vice President Quayle's so-called
Rice said that building the 20 planes
committee on General Oversight and In-
Competitiveness Council this super se-
requested by the administration would
vestigations that he "had been treated to
cret court for special interests - is rob-
cost only about $2.6 billion more than
a public hanging without the facts, with-
bing our health, is robbing our environ-
capping the fleet at 15, as presently au-
out a hearing, without regard for the
ment and robbing our pocketbooks."
thorized.
principles of fair play."
Dennis E. Eckart, D-Ohio, who
"The incremental cost is very small,
Symington served as director of
helped write some of the solid-waste law
compared to the increased capability,"
Southwest Savings and Loan Association
meant to protect groundwater, warned
said Rice. He said that because reserve
from 1972 to 1984. The thrift failed in
EPA Assistant Administrator Don R.
planes are needed for training and main-
1989, at a cost of nearly $1 billion to
Clay that unless the administration stuck
tenance, a 20-plane fleet would translate
taxpayers.
to the spirit of the laws, "you will ulti-
into 16 "operational" planes, while the
Regulators defended the suit. "I
mately find us mandating every dot and
presently planned 15-plane fleet would
don't feel the evidence is flimsy at
every jittle of the law."
mean 10 operational planes, which he
all. this suit should have been filed,"
said wouldn't be enough.
said Richard T. Aboussie, associate gen-
DOD WAR SCENARIO report de-
Rice said the tab for a 15-plane fleet
eral counsel of the Resolution Trust Cor-
manded by Senate Armed Services.
would be $41.8 billion and that a 20-
poration.
The Senate Armed Services Com-
plane fleet would cost $44.4 billion.
mittee yesterday demanded that the De-
With the Cold War over, the B-2's
fense Department turn over a classified
strategic role in penetrating Soviet de-
Correction: The Feb. 20 issue of the
report detailing seven hypothetical war
fenses is less crucial, and the plane's mis-
Monitor incorrectly reported on an
scenarios involving U.S. troops.
sion will be to focus largely on conven-
amendment offered by Sen. Bob Graham,
The department yesterday acknowl-
tional warfare, Rice said.
D-Fla., to the energy bill (S 2166).
edged that it has been using the report,
Committee Chairman Les Aspin, D-
The 51-47 tabling vote mentioned in
parts of which appeared in major U.S.
Wis., said the Air Force was slow to real-
the Monitor was on a Graham amend-
newspapers, simply as an "illustrative"
ize the conventional uses of the plane.
ment that would have changed the basic
tool to help in the preparation of defense
Outer Continental Shelf leasing policy
budgetary requirements for fiscal years
AMTRAK SERVICE should be
everywhere in the United States. Earlier,
1994-99.
expanded, railroad president says.
the Senate had given voice vote approval
Adm. David Jeremiah, vice chairman
The president of Amtrak told a
to another amendment that would im-
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the com-
House subcommittee yesterday that the
pose a moratorium on oil exploration off
mittee that the scenarios, one of which
national passenger railroad needs to raise
the coast of Florida south of the 26th
involves a full force NATO counterattack
$5 billion by 1999 to improve the rail-
parallel (roughly south of Naples).
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Congressional Monitor
Friday, February 21, 1992
Committee Meetings Scheduled Today
IMPACT OF AIRLINE
try of Finance
Senate Committees
PANEL: United States assistance to Israel:
FAILURES ON CONSUMERS
Larry Nowels - Congressional Research Service
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
PANEL: Economic situation in Israel:
FY93 TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE &
The full committee (Chairman Glenn, D-
Stanley Fischer - professor of economics, Massa-
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPS
Ohio) and Ad Hoc Consumer Affairs Sub-
chusetts Institute of Technology; Alvin
Senate Appropriations Committee
committee (Chairman Lieberman, D-Conn.)
Rabushka - senior fellow, Hoover Institution;
Treasury, Postal Service and General Gov-
will hold a joint hearing on the potential impact
Herbert Stein - senior fellow, American Enter-
of airline failures on consumers.
prise Institute
ernment Subcommittee (Chairman DeConcini,
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. February 21
PANEL: Settlement activity in occupied territo-
D-Ariz.) will hold hearings on fiscal 1993
ries:
appropriations for programs of the Bureau of
Witnesses scheduled:
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Fed-
PANEL 1: Edward Beauvais - chairman, America
Geoffrey Aronson - associate director, Founda-
tion for Middle East Peace; Peter Edelman -
West Airlines; Cornish Hitchcock Public Citizen
eral Law Enforcement Training Center.
Litigation Group; Richard Mathias - Zuchert,
chairman, Peace Now; Dore Gold - professor,
10am SD-116 Dirksen Bldg. February 21
Scoutt & Rasenberger; Paul Schoellhamer avia-
Jaffee Center for Stategic Studies, Tel Aviv
Witnesses scheduled:
tion consultant;
University
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:
PANEL 2: John Anderson - associate director,
Steve Higgins director
Transportation Issues, General Accounting Office
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
PANEL 3: Mark Schecter section chief, Transpor-
R. J. Miller deputy director
tation, Energy and Agriculture Section, Antitrust
Field Hearings
Division, Department of Justice
USE OF SOVIET
U.S. COMPETITIVENESS
SPACE ASSETS TO U.S.
House Science Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Committees
Technology and Competitiveness Sub-
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub-
committee (Chairman Valentine, D-N.C.) will
committee (Chairman Mikulski, D-Md.) will
hold a field hearing on U.S. competitiveness.
FUNDING FOR AGING
hold a hearing on the possible use to the United
10am (EST) Creve Coeur City Hall, St.
RESEARCH
States of Soviet space assets.
Louis, Mo. February 21
House Select Aging Committee
10am SH-216 Hart Bldg. February 21
The full committee (Chairman Roybal, D-
Witnesses scheduled:
Witnesses scheduled: Richard Truly - adminis-
trator, National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
Calif.) will hold a hearing on the need for
PANEL 1: Materials and Aeronautics:
tration; John Boright deputy assistant secretary
increased funding for research on aging.
William D. Phillips - chairman, National Critical
of State for science and technological affairs; Yuri
9:30am 1310-A Longworth Bldg. February
Technologies Panel; Lyle Schwartz - director,
Semenov - Russia's Energia program, formerly
21
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory,
with the Soviet Institute for Space Research;
Witnesses scheduled: Bernadine Healy - director,
National Institute of Standards and Technology;
Roald Sagdeev - faculty member, University of
National Institutes of Health; Maria Fiatarone
John B. DeVault - president, Composite Prod-
Maryland
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged,
ucts Group, Hercules Advanced Materials and
Roslindale, Mass.; Rose Karsh resident, Hebrew
Systems Company; John Kardos - chairman,
Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Roslindale,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Washing-
TAXPAYER RIGHTS
Mass.; John Rowe - president and CEO, Mount
ton University; John Dimmock - staff vice presi-
Sinai Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
dent, McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratories.
Senate Finance Committee
PANEL 2: Manufacturing:
Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of
H. Dean Keith director, Center for Technology
the Internal Revenue Service Subcommittee
Transfer and Economic Development, University
LOAN GUARANTEES
(Chairman Pryor, D-Ark.) will continue hear-
of Missouri; Scott Seely - director, Computer
TO ISRAEL
ings on "Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2" also known
Integrated Manufacturing Center, Washington
House Appropriations Committee
University; Robert Heimann manager of re-
as T2.
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and
search and development, Orscheln Industries.
9:30am SD-215 Dirksen Bldg. February 21
Witnesses scheduled: Sens. Reid, D-Nev., Fowler,
Related Programs Subcommittee (Chairman
PANEL 3: Biotechnology and Communications:
D-Ga.; Rep. Livingston, R-La.
Obey, D-Wis.) will hold a hearing on loan
Gene Fox vice president of science and technol-
PANEL: Fred Goldberg assistant secretary of the
guarantees to Israel and Israeli settlement
ogy, Mallinckrodt Medical Inc.; Michael Monta-
Treasury for tax policy and former commissioner,
activity in the occupied territories.
gue - director of research operations, Monsanto
Company; Jerry Cox director, Applied Research
Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Shirley Peterson
10am 2360 Rayburn Bldg. February 21
Laboratory, Washington University; Jon Turner
- commissioner, IRS
Witnesses scheduled:
- Computer Science Department, Washington
Carol Bettencourt - Raleigh, N.C., accompanied by
PANEL: Contents of guarantees:
University; Steve Dimmitt - executive director,
her attorney Bob Kamman
Emanuel Sharon - former director, Israeli Minis-
SBC Technology Resources Inc.
Stewart Joslin New Orleans, La.
PANEL: Larry Coble president, National Associa-
tion of Private Enterprise; Jeff Trinca - counsel,
National Association of Private Enterprise; Char-
lie Jones - vice president for operations, TAX 1;
Harvey Shulman - general counsel, National
Association of Computer Consultant Businesses
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The full committee (Chairman Pell, D-R.I.)
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Monitor, Other Events Editor, 1414 22nd St.
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secretary of State; Paul Moore bishop, American
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. Notices must
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Campaign:
REPUBLICANS
Pat Buchanan
ence holds its 19th annual convention. Second
Presidential
Contact: Greg Mueller or Don Miller, 703-683-
of three days.
5004, or Jerry Woodruff, 703-790-9292, or Tess
8am, Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St.
Petix, 603-627-7100
N.W. February 21
NEW HAMPSHIRE BRIEFING
February 21
Contact: Kelly Perez or Walker Jones, 703-
Lynn Cutler, vice chair of the Democratic
In South Carolina and Georgia
684-0550, or the hotel, 202-234-0700
National Committee, holds an on-the-record
8:30am: Tour of Alice Manufacturing Ellison
Congresional highlight:
briefing at the Foreign Press Center on "Re-
textile plant. Greenville, S.C.
11:45ain: Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, on "Trade:
sults of the New Hampshire Primary."
11:15am: Airport news conference upon arrival in
America's Future"
11:30am, National Press Building, 14th and
Augusta, Ga.
11:35am: Interviewed by Augusta Chronicle at
F streets N.W., room 898 February 21
airport prior to noon departure en route Charles-
Contact: 202-724-0044
ton.
DEFENSE CUTS & THE ECONOMY
2:30pm: News conference. Charleston Omni Ho-
Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and
tel.
Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., hold a news conference
5:30pm: Available to the press. Omni Hotel
to release an Office of Technology Assessment
report on the effects of the defense "build-
Campaign:
David Duke
down" on the civilian economy.
General
Contact: Laura Otillio, 504-831-7745
9am, SD-430 Dirksen Bldg. February 21
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Contact: Jean McDonald or Denise
12:30pm: Addresses the Tiger Bay Club. Leon
Kauffman, 202-228-6204
BLACK INDEPENDENT POLITICS
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Note: Copies of the report are available at
The National Emergency Conference on
the OTA press office but are embargoed for
Black Independent Politics will be held.
INDEPENDENTS
release until the 9 a.m. news conference
Howard Inn, 2225 Georgia Ave., N.W. Feb-
ruary 21, 22, 23
Ron Daniels
Contact: 202-797-3919
MINORITY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Contact: Cassandra Godwin, 202-635-6272
IN PERSIAN GULF REGION
February 21
Minority Business Development Agency of
In the District of Columbia
Candidates
9am: Radio call-in show, WPFW 89.3 FM
the Commerce Department will sponsor a
11am: News conference. Augusta room, Howard
briefing for members of Congress and their
Inn, 2225 Georgia Ave. N.W.. Contact: Shannon
staff on opportunities that may be available in
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DEMOCRATS
businesses.
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Jerry Brown
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Senate Committees Future Listings
FY93 COMMERCE, JUSTICE
Note: This schedule is tentative and subject to
Aging
STATE & THE JUDICIARY APPROPS
change
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
224-5364
February 25: Foreign aid overview:
and Related Agencies Subcommittee (Chair-
James A. Baker III secretary of State
NURSING HOME
man Hollings, D-S.C.) of Senate Appropria-
March 3: Multilateral development banks:
FINANCING FRAUD
tions Committee will hold hearings of fiscal
Nicholas F. Brady secretary of the Treasury
Senate Select Aging Committee (Chairman
1993 appropriations for programs under its
Pryor, D-Ark.) will hold a hearing on invest-
jurisdiction.
ment frauds involving the use of tax-exempt
10am S-146 Capitol Bldg. February 25
FY93 TRANSPORTATION
bonds to purchase nursing homes.
Agenda:
& RELATED AGENCIES APPROPS
Time & room TBA date TBA
February 25: The judiciary
Transportation and Related Agencies Sub-
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
committee (Chairman Lautenberg, D-N.J.) of
February 5.
Senate Appropriations Committee will hold
FY93 DEFENSE APPROPS
hearings on the fiscal 1993 appropriations for
Defense Subcommittee (Chairman Inouye,
programs under its jurisdiction.
D-Hawaii) of Senate Appropriations Commit-
9:30am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. February 26
Agriculture,
tee will hold hearings on fiscal 1993 appropria-
2pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. March 5
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
10am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. March 19, 25,
Nutrition &
9am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg. February 25
April 2, 9, 30, May 7, 14, 21
1:30pm SD-116 Dirksen Bldg. closed Febru-
Agenda:
Forestry
ary 27
February 26: Supplemental appropriations; In-
9am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg. March 3, 5, 17,
vestments to upgrade productivity
224-2035
19
March 5: Interstate Commerce Commission, In-
9am S-407 Capitol Bldg. closed March 24
spector General
9am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg. March 26, 31,
March 19: Federal Highway Administration
ALTERNATIVE USES OF
March 25: National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
April 2
ministration, Research and Special Programs Ad-
Agriculture Research and General Legisla-
9am S-407 Capitol Bldg. closed April 7
ministration
tion Subcommittee (Chairman Daschle, D-
9am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg. April 9, 28, 30,
April 2: National Transportation Safety Board
S.D.) of Senate Agriculture Committee will
May 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, July 21
April 9: Amtrak, Federal Railroad Administration
hold a hearing on alternative uses of agricul-
Agenda:
April 30: Federal Transit Agency, Washington
February 25: Fiscal Year 1993 budget overview
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
tural commodities and impediments to com-
Donald Atwood deputy secretary of Defense
May 7: U.S. Coast Guard
mercialization. The hearing will focus on ways
February 27: Global Overview
May 14: Federal Aviation Administration
to make new agricultural products such as
Gen. Colin Powell - chairman, Joint Chiefs of
May 21: General Accounting Office
biodegradable plastics and soy-based inks com-
Staff
mercially viable.
Base Force: manpower and equipment require-
9am SR-332 Russell Bldg. March 6
ments; Total Force Concepts: Guard and reserve
FY93 VA, HUD APPROPS
restructuring
March 3: Navy/Marine budget: Secretary of the
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub-
Navy; Chief of Naval Operations; Commandant of
committee (Chairman Mikulski, D-Md.) of
the Marine Corps
Senate Appropriations Committee will hold
March 5: Army Budget: Secretary of the Army;
hearings on the fiscal 1993 appropriations for
Army Chief of Staff
programs under its jurisdiction.
Appropriations
March 17: Air Force Budget: Secretary of the Air
10am SH-216 Hart Bldg. February 21
Force; Air Force Chief of Staff
2:30pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. February 27
March 19: National Guard and Reserve: Manpower
224-3471
2pm SD-216 Hart Bldg. March 5
and Equipment requirements; Restructuring
March 24: Classified Programs
9:30am SD-124 Dirksen Bldg. March 19
FY93 AGRICULTURE & RURAL
March 26: Voluntary Military Service; Women in
9:30am SD-116 Dirksen Bldg. March 25
DEVELOPMENT APPROPS
the Military; Family Life Issues
9:30am SD-G50 Dirksen Bldg. March 26
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Re-
March 31: TBA
9:30am SD-116 Dirksen Bldg. April 2
lated Agencies Subcommittee (Chairman Bur-
April 2:, Manpower/Personnel/Health: Assistant
9:30am SD-G50 Dirksen Bldg. April 9 & 30
dick, D-N.D.) of Senate Appropriations Com-
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Service
9:30am SD-124 Dirksen Bldg. May 7 & 14
mittee will hold hearings on fiscal 1993
Personnel Chiefs
9:30am SD-116 Dirksen Bldg. May 21
April 7: NFIP Intelligence Programs; TIARA Pro-
appropriations for programs under its
9:30am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. May 22
grams, Integration of NFIP and TIARA Programs
jurisdiction.
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
April 9:
10am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. February 25,
February 21: See "Committee Meetings Sched-
Strategic Programs: Gen. George Butler - Com-
uled Today" section for witnesses
March 3, 17, 20, 27, April
mander, Strategic Air Command
February 27: American Battle Monuments Com-
Agenda:
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization: Ambas-
mission, Selective Service System, Cemeterial
February 25: Secretary of Agriculture
sador Henry Cooper Director
Expenses Army
March 3: Agricultural Research Service, Cooper-
April 28 & 30; May 5, 7 & 12: Special issue
March 5: Consumer Product Safety Commission,
ative State Research Service, Extension Service
hearings
Office of Consumer Affairs, Consumer Informa-
March 17: Food and Nutrition Service, Human
May 14: Outside Witnesses
tion Center
Nutrition Information Service
May 19: Richard Cheney secretary of Defense
March 19: National Science Foundation, Office of
March 20: Farmers Home Administration, Federal
May 21: Richard Cheney - secretary of Defense
Science and Technology Policy
Crop Insurance Corporation, Rural Electrifica-
(alternate date)
March 25: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Administration, Rural Development Admin-
July 21: Subcommittee markup
tion, National Credit Union Association
istration
March 26: Environmental Protection Agency,
March 27: Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Council on Environmental Quality
Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service,
FY93 FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPS
April 2: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Agricultural Marketing Service
Foreign Operations Subcommittee (Chair-
Resolution Trust Corporation
April 3: Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva-
tion Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, Gen-
man Leahy, D-Vt.) of Senate Appropriations
April 9: National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
eral Sales Manager, Soil Conservation Service
Committee will hold hearings on the fiscal 1993
tration (NASA)
April 7: Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
appropriations for programs under its
April 30: Housing and Urban Development Depart-
ment (HUD)
Food and Drug Administration, Farm Credit
jurisdiction.
May 7: Veterans Affairs Department, Council of
Administration, Farm Credit System Assistance
10am SD-106 Dirksen Bldg. February 25
Veterans' Appeals
Board.
2:30pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. March 3
May 14: Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Senate continued.
1993 BUDGET:
NASA
Finance
Science, Technology and Space Sub-
May 21: National Service; Points of Light
224-4515
May 22: Public witnesses
committee (Chairman Gore, D-Tenn.) of Sen-
ate Commerce, Science and Transportation
COMMITTEE MARKUP:
Committee will hold a hearing on the fiscal
TAX PROPOSALS
1993 budget proposals for the National Aero-
Senate Finance Committee (Chairman
Banking, Housing
nautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Bentsen, D-Texas) will mark up draft tax and
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg. March 17
economic stimulus legislation.
& Urban Affairs
10am SD-215 Dirksen Bldg. February 27 &
addl dates as needed
224-7391
SPACE STATION
Note: The markup was originally scheduled for
Science, Technology and Space Sub-
February 25.
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
committee (Chairman Gore, D-Tenn.) of Sen-
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Af-
ate Commerce, Science and Transportation
fairs Committee (Chairman Riegle, D-Mich.)
Committee will hold a hearing on the space
will hold a hearing on the Federal Reserve's
station Freedom and space launch issues.
Foreign Relations
first monetary policy report for 1992.
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg. March 18
224-4651
10am SD-538 Dirksen Bldg. February 25
HEALTH WARNINGS ON
REDUCING STRATEGIC
RTC OVERSIGHT
ADS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Af-
Consumer Subcommittee (Chairman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
fairs Committee (Chairman Riegle, D-Mich.)
Bryan, D-Nev.) of Senate Commerce, Science
(Chairman Pell, D-R.I.) will hold hearings on
will hold a semi-annual oversight hearing on
and Transportation Committee will hold a
reducing strategic nuclear weapons in a post
the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC).
hearing on legislation (S 664) to require that
cold war world.
10:30am SD-538 Dirksen Bldg. February 27
health warnings be included in alcoholic bever-
10am SD-419 Dirksen Bldg. February 25 &
age advertisements.
28
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg. March 26
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
February 25: National Security Issues
Paul Nitze - Paul Nitze School of Advanced
Commerce,
International Studies; Hans Bethe - Newman
Energy & Natural
Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, Cornell Univer-
Science &
sity
February 28: Changing Eastern Situation
Transportation
Resources
Henry Kissinger - former secretary of State
224-4971
224-5115
OLD FAITHFUL PROTECTION
EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM
Joint Hearing
Governmental
Science, Technology and Space Sub-
Public Lands, National Parks and Forests
committee (Chairman Gore, D-Tenn.) of Sen-
Subcommittee (Chairman Bumpers, D-Ark.)
Affairs
ate Commerce, Science and Transportation
and Mineral Resources and Development Sub-
committee (Chairman Bingaman, D-N.M.) of
224-4751
Committee will hold an oversight hearing on
the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Com-
tration's Earth Observing System.
mittee will hold a joint hearing on legislation
ENERGY DEPT. ENVIRONMENTAL
(HR 3359) to amend the Geothermal Steam
HEALTH & SAFETY ISSUES
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg. February 26
Act of 1970 to block the use of a geothermal
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
well along the border of Yellowstone National
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing
Park.
AMTRAK REAUTHORIZATION
on the environmental safety and health issues
Surface Transportation Subcommittee
2:30pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg. February 25
related to the downsizing the Department of
(Chairman Exon, D-Neb.) of Senate Com-
Energy's nuclear weapons programs.
merce, Science and Transportation Committee
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. February 25
PARKS CONCESSIONS
will hold a hearing on the reauthorization of
Amtrak.
Public Lands, National Parks and Forests
2:30pm SR-253 Russell Bldg. February 26
Subcommittee (Chairman Bumpers, D-Ark.) of
OVERSIGHT OF INSPECTORS GENERAL
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Com-
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
mittee will hold hearings on legislation (S 1755)
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold an over-
to revise the concessions policies of the Na-
sight hearing on the functions of inspectors
GLOBAL WARMING
tional Park Service.
general in federal agencies.
Senate Commerce, Science and Transporta-
2:30pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg. March 3
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. February 26
tion Committee (Acting Chairman Gore, D-
2pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg. March 5
Tenn.) will hold a hearing on the effects of
global warming on the environment.
CURRENT TRENDS IN
10am SR-253 Russell Bldg. February 27
MONEY LAUNDERING
Environment &
Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga-
tions (Chairman Nunn, D-Ga.) of Senate Gov-
Public Works
ernmental Affairs Committee will hold a hear-
FIBER OPTIC NETWORK
ing on current trends in money laundering.
224-6176
Communications Subcommittee (Chairman
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. February 27
Inouye, D-Hawaii) of Senate Commerce, Sci-
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
ence and Transportation Committee will hold a
EPA
hearing on legislation (S 1200) to promote and
Senate Environment and Public Works
CONTRACTING AT RTC
encourage the more rapid development and
Committee (Chairman Burdick, D-N.D.) will
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
deployment of a nationwide, advanced, broad-
hold a hearing on fiscal 1993 budget proposals
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing
band communications infrastructure (fiber op-
for the Environmental Protection Agency
contracting problems at the Resolution Trust
tic network) on or before 2015.
(EPA).
Corporation (RTC).
9:30am SR-235 Russell Bldg. February 28
10am SD-406 Dirksen Bldg. February 27
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. March 3
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Senate continued
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing
(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a field
on the proliferation of weapons in the post-
hearing on the implementation of section 8 of
Cold War world.
the Alaskan National Interest Lands Con-
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP
Time and room TBA date TBA
servation Act.
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
Time & site TBA Anchorage, Alaska April
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will mark up pend-
January 21.
11
ing legislation.
10am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. March 4
Intelligence
GARNISHEEING FEDERAL PAY
Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Ser-
Indian Affairs
224-1700
vice Subcommittee (Chairman Pryor, D-Ark.)
224-2251
INTELLIGENCE REORGANIZATION
of Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate Select Intelligence Committee
hearing on legislation (S 316)to provide for
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP
(Chairman Boren, D-Okla.) will hold hearings
treatment of federal pay in the same manner as
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
on a proposal to reorganize the U.S. intelli-
non-federal pay with respect to garnishment
(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii) will mark up
gence community.
and similar legal processes. 9:30am SD-342
pending legislation.
Time and room TBA dates TBA
Dirksen Bldg. March 5
2:30pm SR-485 Russell Bldg. February 26
Agenda:
S 1602 Ratify a compact between the Assinibone
DOD INVENTORY &
and Sioux Indian Tribes of the Fort Peck Res-
Judiciary
BUYING PRACTICES
ervation and the state of Montana
224-5225
Oversight of .Government Management
BILINGUAL VOTING RIGHTS
Subcommittee (Chairman Levin, D-Mich.) of
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
Constitution Subcommittee (Chairman Si-
hold a hearing on problems with Department of
INDIAN PROGRAMS
mon, D-Ill.) of Senate Judiciary Committee
Defense's inventory and buying practices.
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
will hold a hearing on legislation (S 2236) that
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. March 11
(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hear-
would extend for 15 years the bilingual provi-
ing on the fiscal 1993 budget proposals for
sions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These
Indian programs.
provisions expire in August 1992.
EPA CONTRACTING PROBLEMS
Following full committee business meeting
10am SR-385 Russell Bldg. February 26
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
(above) SR-485 Russell Bldg. February 26
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing
2:30pm SR-485 Russell Bldg. February 27
FULL COMMITTEE BUSINESS
on contracting problems at the Environmental
Senate Judiciary Committee (Chairman
Protection Agency (EPA).
Biden, D-Del.) will meet to discuss pending
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. March 17
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIOUS
business.
FREEDOM ACT
10am Room TBA February 27
Field Hearing
FRAUD & ABUSE IN THE
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
INSURANCE INDUSTRY
(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a field
Permanent Subcommittee on Investiga-
hearing on the American Indian Religious
Labor & Human
tions (Chairman Nunn, D-Ga.) of Senate Gov-
Freedom Act.
ernmental Affairs Committee will hold hear-
Time & site TBA Portland, Ore. March 7
Resources
ings on combating fraud and abuse in the
224-5375
insurance industry.
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. March 18 &
GAMBLING ON
19
INDIAN RESERVATIONS
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
REGULATORY POLICY
(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold an
Senate Labor and Human Resources Com-
oversight hearing on the implementation of
mittee (Chairman Kennedy, D-Mass.) will
INFLUENCE OF COUNCIL
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which gov-
hold a hearing on the Department of Labor's
ON COMPETITIVENESS
erns gambling on Indian reservations.
regulatory policy, including Occupational
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing
9:30am SR-485 Russell Bldg. March 18
Safety and Health Act (OSHA) regulations.
10am SD-430 Dirksen Bldg. February 26
on the processes and influence of the Council
Witnesses scheduled: Lynn Martin secretary of
on Competitiveness.
Labor
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. March 24
TRIBAL COURT RECOGNITION
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hear-
REAUTHORIZING THE
DOD PROCUREMENT
ing on legislation (S 1752) to provide for the
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
IRREGULARITIES
development, enhancement, and recognition of
Senate Labor and Human Resources Com-
Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Ser-
Indian tribal courts.
mittee (Chairman Kennedy, D-Mass.) will
vice Subcommittee (Chairman Pryor, D-Ark.)
9:30am SR-485 Russell Bldg. March 25
hold a hearing on reauthorizing of the Higher
of Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Education Act.
will hold a hearing on procurement irregular-
Room & Time TBA Date TBA
ities at the Department of Defense.
INDIAN HEALTH-CARE
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled on
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. March 25
IMPROVEMENT
February 19.
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
(Chairman Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold a hear-
PREVENTING YOUTH VIOLENCE
ing on proposed legislation to authorize funds
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
for programs of the Indian Health Care Im-
Rules &
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing
provement Act.
on preventing youth violence.
9:30am SR-485 Russell Bldg. April 1
Administration
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. March 31
224-6352
ALASKAN LANDS
WEAPONS PROLIFERATION
Field Hearing
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate Select Indian Affairs Committee
Senate Rules and Administration Commit-
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Senate continued.
Veterans' Affairs
House continued.
224-9126
tee (Chairman Ford, D-Ky.) will hold a hear-
Appropriations
ing on pending legislation.
LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS
9:30am SR-301 Russell Bldg. February 26
OF VETERANS' GROUPS
225-2771
Agenda:
Joint Hearing
S 1598 - Authorize the Board of Regents of the
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
FY93 AGRICULTURE & RURAL
Smithsonian Institution to acquire land for wa-
(Chairman Cranston, D-Calif.) and House
DEVELOPMENT APPROPS
tershed protection at the Smithsonian Environ-
Veterans' Affairs Committee (Chairman
Rural Development, Agriculture and Re-
mental Research Center
Montgomery, D-Miss.) will hold joint hearings
lated Agencies Subcommittee (Chairman
S 1682 - Authorize the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution to acquire an Adminis-
on the legislative agendas of veterans' groups.
Whitten, D-Miss.) of House Appropriations
trative Service Center
9:30am 345 Cannon Bldg. February 25,
Committee will hold hearings on fiscal 1993
S J Res 221 - Providing for the appointment of
March 3 & 5
appropriations for programs under its
Hanna Holborn Gray as a citizen regent of the
9:30am SD-106 Dirksen Bldg. April 8
jurisdiction.
Smithsonian Institution
Agenda:
Time and room TBA dates TBA
February 25: Disabled American Veterans
Note: The schedule previously announced by the
March 3: Veterans of Foreign Wars
subcommittee has been withdrawn.
March 5: Paralyzed Veterans of America; World
War I veterans; Blind Veterans of America; Mili-
FY93 DEFENSE APPROPS
tary Order of the Purple Heart
Defense Subcommittee (Chairman Murtha,
April 8: AMVETS; Ex-prisoners of War; Jewish
D-Pa.) of House Appropriations Committee
War Veterans; Non-Commissioned Officers
Association; Vietnam Veterans of America
will hold hearings on fiscal 1993 appropriations
for programs under its jurisdiction.
10am & 1:30pm 2141 Rayburn Bldg. Febru-
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
ary 26
VETERANS PROGRAMS
10am & 1:30pm H-140 Capitol Bldg. Febru-
RULES COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
ary 27, March 3
Senate Rules and Administration Commit-
(Chairman Cranston, D-Calif.) will hold a
10am H-140 Capitol Bldg. March 4
tee (Chairman Ford, D-Ky.) will meet to mark
hearing on the fiscal 1993 veterans' programs
10am & 1:30pm H-140 Capitol Bldg. March
up pending administrative items.
budget.
5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 31, April 1, 2, 7,
10:30am SR-301 Russell Bldg. February 26
9:30am SR-418 Russell Bldg. February 27
8
10am H-140 Capitol Bldg. April 9
10am & 1:30pm H-140 Capitol Bldg. April
28,29,30
NOTE: This schedule is tentative and subject to
change
House Committees Future Listings
Agenda:
February 26: Secretary of Defense and Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff
February 27: Secretary of the Air Force and Air
Force Chief of Staff
March 3: Secretary of the Army and Army Chief of
Staff
Aging
Agriculture
March 4: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European
Command
225-2171
March 5:
EXERCISE, HEALTH &
10am: U.S. Forces, Korea
AGING
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
1:30pm: Competitive and Cooperative Strategies
Human Services Subcommittee (Chairman
GATT NEGOTIATIONS
by the Center for Strategic and International
Downey, D-N.Y.) of House Select Aging Com-
House Agriculture Committee (Chairman
Studies
mittee will hold a hearing on exercise, health
March 10:
de la Garza, D-Texas) will hold a hearing on the
and aging.
10am: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Transportation
status of agricultural trade negotiations being
Command
1pm 345 Cannon Bldg. February 25
conducted under the General Agreement on
1:30pm: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Com-
Witnesses scheduled:
Tariffs and Trade.
mand
PANEL 1: Jack LaLanne celebrity fitness instruc-
9am 1300 Longworth Bldg. February 25
March 11: Secretary of the Navy; Chief of Naval
tor.
Operations; Commandant of the Marine Corps
PANEL 2: Matthew Guidry deputy director,
March 12:
President's Council for Physical Fitness and
Sports; Michael Kaplan director, Physical Func-
FOOD SAFETY
10am: Defense Medical Issues
tioning and Performance Program, National In-
Department Operations, Research and For-
1:30pm: Nuclear Weapons Control/Destruction
March 17
stitute on Aging; Peter Bruno spokesperson for
eign Agriculture Subcommittee (Chairman
10am: Defense National Capitol Area; Facilities
American College of Sports Medicine "Fit Over
Rose, D-N.C.) of House Agriculture Committee
Plan
40" Program; Nancy Blaney - chairman of board
will hold hearings on food safety issues.
1:30pm: RDT&E, Navy
of advisors, University of Maryland Adult Health
9:30am 1300 Longworth Bldg. February 26:
March 18
and Eduation Program.
March 4, 11, 18 & 19
10am: Ammunition, Army
PANEL 3: Liz Lerman - artistic director, Dance
Exchange and Dancers of the Third Age; Doralie
Agenda:
1:30pm: Operation and Maintenance, Overview
February 26: Risk Assessment
March 19:
Segal - competitor, U.S. National Senior Sports
March 4: Preemption of local authority under
10am: Missles and other procurement; Army and
Classic Competition (the Senior Olympics);
Jhoon Rhee martial arts instrutor
FIFRA
Air Force
March 11: Agriculture Department pesticide pro-
1:30pm: Guard and Reserve
grams
March 24: Intelligence
March 18 & 19: Pesticide Safety Improvement Act
March 25:
PHARMACEUTICAL COST CONTROL
10am: Weapons and Other Procurement, Navy
Field Hearing
1:30pm: Aircraft Procurement, Army and Weap-
Human Services Subcommittee (Acting Chair-
CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE
ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army
man DeLauro, D-Conn.) of House Select Aging
House Agriculture Committee (Chairman
March 26:
Committee will hold a field hearing on efforts
de la Garza, D-Texas) will hold a hearing on
10am: RDT&E, Defense Agencies
to control the costs of pharmaceuticals.
1:30pm: Base Force Concept Update
the Agriculture Department's administration
March 31:
9:30am Bella Vista Senior Center, New Ha-
of the crop disaster assistance program.
10am: Aircraft Procurement, Navy
ven, Conn. March 2
9:30am 1300 Longworth Bldg. March 3
1:30pm: Aircraft Procurement, Air Force
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House continued.
March 3
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg. March
2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 2
4, 5
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 3, 4,
April 1
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg. March 10
5
10am: Chemical Weapons Demilitarization
1:30pm: Drug Interdiction
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg. March
2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 9
April 2: Intelligence
12
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 10,
April 7:
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg. March 17
11, 12
10am: Defense Environmental Programs
10am & 10:30am & 11am B-308 Rayburn
2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 16
1:30pm: Strategic Defense Initiatives
Bldg. March 19
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 17,
April 8:
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg. March
18
10am: Shipbuilding and Conversion, and Over-
24
2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 19, 23
hauls
1:30pm: Procurement and RDT&E, Marine Corps
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg. March 25, 26
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 24,
April 9: RDT&E, Army
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg. March
25, 26
April 28: Intelligence
31,April 1,2,7
2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 30
April 29:
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg. April 8, 9, 28, 29,
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. March 31,
10am: RDT&E, Air Force
30, May 5
April 1, 2
1:30pm: Special Programs
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg. May 6
2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. April 6
April 30: Public Witnesses
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg. May 7, 12
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. April 7, 8
10am & 1:30pm B-308 Rayburn Bldg. May
10am 2358 Rayburn Bldg. April 9
13
Note: All dates and times subject to change
FY93 ENERGY & WATER APPROPS
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg. May 14, 19
Witness & Agenda:
Energy and Water Development Sub-
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
Labor Department
committee (Chairman Bevill, D-Ark.) of House
February 25: Energy Information Administration;
February 25:
Appropriations Committee will hold hearings
Economic Regulatory Administration; Emer-
10am: Secretary, Department of Labor
on fiscal 1993 appropriations for programs
gency Preparedness, Office of Hearing and Ap-
2pm: Employment and Training Administration
under its jurisdiction.
peals
February 26: Occupational Safety and Health
10am 2362 Rayburn Bldg. February 24, 25,
February 26: Outside Witnesses; Natural Re-
Administration; Employment Standards Admin-
sources
26, 27, March 2, 3, 4, 5, 9
istration
March 3: Pennsylvania Avenue Development Cor-
10am 2362 Rayburn Bldg. closed March 10,
February 27:
poration
11
10am: Mine Safety and Health Administration;
March 4 & 5: Outside Witnesses, Indian Programs
Bureau of Labor Statistics
10am & 11am 2362 Rayburn Bldg. March 12
March 10: Office of Secretary; Solicitor General;
2pm: Departmental Management (including Vet-
10am 2362 Rayburn Bldg. March 16, 17, 18
Inspector General
erans); Office of Inspector General
10am & 2pm 2362 Rayburn Bldg. March 25,
March 12:
March 2: Office of Labor Management Standards;
26, 30, 31
10am: Bureau of Mines
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration;
9:30am & 2pm 2362 Rayburn Bldg. April 1
1:30pm: Office of Surface Mining
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
March 17: FDR Memorial Commission; Institute
February 24: Army Corps of Engineers: South
of American Indian Art; Indian Gaming Commis-
Education Department
Pacific Division, North Central Division, New
sion
March 3:
England Division, North Atlantic Division
March 19:
10am: Compensatory Education for the Disad-
10am: Institute of Museum Services
February 25: Army Corps of Engineers: Remaining
vantaged
10:30am: Woodrow Wilson Institute
items
2pm: School Improvement Programs
February 26: Appalachian Regional Commission
11am: Indian Education
March 4:
February 27: Manuel Lujan Jr. - secretary of
March 24: Smithsonian Institution
10am: Special Institutions: American Printing
theInterior
March 25 & 26: Secretary of the Interior
House for the Blind, Gallaudet College, National
Bureau of Reclamation; River Basin Commissions:
March 31: Geological Survey
Technical Institute for the Deaf
Delaware River Basin Commission, Susquehanna
April 1: National Park Service
2pm: Special Education; Rehabilitation Services
River Basin Commission, Interstate Commission
April 2: Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Handicapped Research
on the Potomac River Basin
April 7: Indian Health Service
March 5:
April 8: Conservation
10am: Vocational and Adult Education; Research,
Energy Department
April 9. Outside Witnesses; National Endowment
Statistics and Improvement of Practice
March 2: James Watkins secretary of Energy
for the Arts; National Endowment for the Hu-
2pm: Impact Aid; Bilingual and Immigrant Edu-
March 3: Environment, Safety and Health; Envi-
manities; Institute of Museum Services
cation
ronmental Restoration and Waste Management;
April 28: Fire Service
March 9. Student Financial Assistance (including
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
April 29. Fish and Wildlife Service
Guarantee Student Loans)
March 4: General Science; Basic Energy Sciences;
April 30: Fossil Energy; Clean Coal; Strategic
March 10:
Fusion; Supporting Technology
Petroleum Reserves; Naval Petroleum Reserves
10am: Higher Education (including facilities);
March 5: Solar and Renewables; Nuclear Fission;
May 5: National Endowment for the Arts
Howard University
Nuclear Safety; Uranium Supply & Enrichment
May 6: Minerals Management Service; Holocaust
2pm: Libraries; Departmental Management
Memorial Commission
Activities
May 7: Bureau of Land Management
Health & Human Services
March 9. Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund; Nuclear
May 12: National Endowment for the Humanities
Department
Waste Negotiator; Nuclear Waste Technical Re-
March 11:
view Board
May 13:
March 10: Atomic Energy Defense Activities
10am: Commission on Fine Arts; National Gallery
10am: Health Resources and Services Adminis-
March 11: Atomic Energy Defense Activities
of Art
tration
March 12: Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Fed-
1:30pm: Navajo Hopi Indians Council Meeting
2pm: Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health
May 14: Territories
Administration
eral Energy Regulatory Commission
March 16: Power Marketing Administration
May 19: Members of Congress
March 12: National Institutes of Health Overview
March 16: National Cancer Institute
March 17: Departmental Administration
March 17:
March 18: Tennessee Valley Authority
FY93 LABOR, HHS &
10am: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute;
National Institute of Dental Research
March 25, 26, 30, 31; April 1: Members of Congress
EDUCATION APPROPS
2pm: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive
& outside witnesses
Labor, Health and Human Services, Educa-
and Kidney Diseases
tion and Related Agencies Subcommittee
March 18:
(Chairman Natcher, D-Ky.) of House Appro-
10am: National Institute of Neurological Disor-
FY93 INTERIOR &
priations Committee will hold hearings on
ders and Stroke; National Institute of Allergy and
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPS
fiscal 1993 appropriations for programs under
Infectious Diseases
Interior and Related Agencies Subcommit-
its jurisdiction.
2pm: National Institute on Deafness and other
tee (Chairman Yates, D-Ill.) of House Appro-
Communication Disorders
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. February
March 19: National Institute of Child Health and
priations Committee will hold hearings on
25
Human Development; National Institute on Ag-
fiscal 1993 appropriations for programs under
2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
ing
its jurisdiction.
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. February
March 23: National Institute of Environmental
10am B-308 Rayburn Bldg. February 25, 26,
27
Health Sciences; National Eye Institute
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House continued.
April 6, 7 & 8: Federal Aviation Administration
(including testimony from the General Account-
Armed Services
March 24:
\ing Office)
225-4151
10am: National Institute of Arthritis and Mus-
April 9. Office of the Secretary
culoskeletal and Skin Diseases; National Institute
April 28, 29 & 30: Outside Witnesses
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
of General Medical Sciences
ARMY
2pm: National Center for Research Resources
House Armed Services Committee (Chair-
March 25:
10am: National Center for Nursing Research;
man Aspin, D-Wis.) will hold a hearing on the
National Center Human Genome Research
fiscal 1993 budget request for the Army.
2pm: National Library of Medicine
FY93 TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE &
9:30am 2118 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
March 26:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPS
10am: Office of the Director (all accounts); John
Treasury, Postal Service and General Gov-
E. Fogarty International Center
ernment Subcommittee (Chairman Roybal, D-
AID TO FAMILIES OF
2pm: Office of Assistant Secretary for Health;
Calif.) of House Appropriations Committee
DESERT STORM CASUALTIES
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
March 30: Centers for Disease Control
will hold hearings on fiscal 1993 appropriations
Investigations Subcommittee (Chairman
March 31:
for programs under its jurisdiction.
Mavroules, D-Mass.) of House Armed Services
10am: Health Care Financing Administration
10am & 2pm H-164 Capitol Bldg. February
Committee will hold. a hearing on Defense
2pm: Social Security Administration; Adminis-
25, 26
Department policies for notifying and assisting
tration on Aging
10am H-164 Capitol Bldg. March 3
families that have lost relatives in Operation
April 1:
10am & 2pm H-164 Capitol Bldg. March 5,
Desert Storm.
10am: Administration for Children and Families
10
9:30am 2112 Rayburn Bldg. February 27
2pm: Departmental Management (includes policy
10am H-164 Capitol Bldg. March 11, 12, 17,
research); Inspector General; Office for Civil
18, 19, 25, April 1, 2, 7, 8,
Rights
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
WEAPONS PROLIFERATION
Related Agencies
February 25:
Investigations Subcommittee (Chairman
10am: Administrator of the General Services
April 2:
Mavroules, D-Mass.) of House Armed Services
10am: National Commission on Responsibilities
Administration (GSA); Federal Buildings Fund;
for Financing Postsecondary Education; Action
2pm: Federal Buildings Fund
Committee will hold a hearing on weapons
February 26:
proliferation.
2pm: Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Fed-
10am: Federal Supply Service; Federal Property
Time and room TBA date TBA
eral Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Resources Services; Federal Property Relocation
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
April 6: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Ser-
vice; Peace Institute; National Commission on
2pm: Office of the Inspector General, GSA; Gen-
February 5.
Libraries and Information Science
eral Management and Administration; Allow-
ances and Office Staff for Former Presidents;
April7:
10am: National Council on Disability; National
Presidential Transition; Information Resources
Labor Relations Board
Management Service
Banking, Finance
2pm: National Commission to Prevent Infant
Mortality; National Mediation Board; Occupa-
& Urban Affairs
tional Safety and Health Review Commission
April &
Treasury Department
225-4247
10am: Physician Payment Review Commission;
March 3: U.S. Customs Service
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
March 4: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Bu-
reau of Public Debt; Savings Bond Division;
RTC FUNDING
2pm: Railroad Retirement Board; RRB - Inspec-
tor General
Departmental Offices; International Affairs
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regula-
April 9. National Commission on Acquired Immune
March 5:
tion and Insurance Subcommittee (Chairman
Deficiency Syndrome; Soldiers' and Airmens'
10am: U.S. Secret Service; Bureau of Alcohol,
Annunzio, D-III.) of House Banking, Finance
Home; Naval Home
Tobacco and Firearms
and Urban Affairs Committee will hold hear-
2pm: Armed Career Criminal Enforcement Pro-
ings on the Resolution Trust Corporation
gram
(RTC).
FY93 TRANSPORTATION
March 10:
10am: Internal Revenue Service
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg. February 25
& RELATED AGENCIES APPROPS
2pm: Tax Systems Modernization Program
9:30am 2128 Rayburn February 26
Transportation and Related Agencies Sub-
March 11: Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
committee (Chairman Lehman, D-Fla.) of
work; Office of the Inspector General, Treasury;
February 25: Semi-annual report of the RTC
House Appropriations Committee will hold
Financial Management Service; Federal Law En-
Nicholas Brady chairman, Thrift Depositor
hearings on fiscal 1993 appropriations for pro-
forcement Training Center; U.S. Mint
Protection Oversight Board; Alan Greenspan
grams under its jurisdiction.
March 12: Secretary of Treasury
member, Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight
Board; William Taylor member, Thrift Deposi-
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. February
tor Protection Oversight Board; Timothy Ryan
25, 26, 27, March 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19,
member, Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight
31, April 1
March 17: White House Office; Office of Adminis-
Board; Jack Kemp member, Thrift Depositor
1pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. April 6
tration; Compensation of the President; Official
Protection Oversight Board; Al Casey - member,
10am & 2pm 2358 Rayburn Bldg. April 7, 8,
Residence of the Vice President; Special Assis-
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board;
9, 28, 29, 30
tance to the President; Unanticipated Needs
Phillip Jackson, Jr. - member, Thrift Depositor
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
March 18: Merit Systems Protection Board; Office
Protection Oversight Board
February 25: Inspector General
of Special Counsel; Federal Labor Relations Au-
February 26: RTC funding issues
February 26: National Transportation Safety
thority; Committee for Purchases from the Blind
Representatives of General Accounting Office;
Board
and Handicapped
private sector witnesses
February 27: St. Lawrence Seaway Development
March 19: Federal Election Commission; National
Note: The February 25 session will be a joint
Corporation
Archives and Records Administration; Adminis-
hearing with the full committee.
March 3 & 4: Coast Guard
trative Conference of the United States; Advisory
March 5: Research and Special Programs Adminis-
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
tration
March 25: Executive Residence at the White
March 10: Panama Canal Commission
House; National Critical Materials Council;
March 11: National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
United States Tax Court; Office of Government
SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP:
ministration
Ethics
RTC FUNDING
March 12: Architectural and Transportation Barri-
April 1: Office of Policy Development; National
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regula-
ers Compliance Board
Security Council; Office of Federal Procurement
tion and Insurance Subcommittee (Chairman
March 17: Federal Highway Administration
Policy; Council of Economic Advisers
March 18: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
April 2: Office of Personnel Management (OPM);
Annunzio, D-III.) of House Banking, Finance
March 19: Amtrak and FRA
Office of Inspector General, OPM
and Urban Affairs Committee will will mark up
March 31: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
April 7: Office of National Drug Control Policy
draft legislation providing additional funding
April 1: Washington Area Transit Authority and
April 8: Outside Witnesses
for the Resolution Trust Corporation.
FTA
April 9. Office of Management and Budget
9:30am 2128 Rayburn Bldg. February 27
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House continued.
Witnesses scheduled:
10am 2257 Rayburn Bldg. February 27
PANEL 1: Robert Davila - assistant secretary,
Witnesses scheduled:
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
PANEL 1: Wade Horn commissioner, Administra-
REVIEW OF ECONOMY
Services
tion for Children, Youth and Families, Depart-
Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee
PANEL 2: Frank Bowe past chairperson, Commis-
ment of Health and Human Services
(Chairman Neal, D-N.C.) of House Banking,
sion on Education of the Deaf, Hofstra Univer-
PANEL 2: Joseph Delfico director, Income Secu-
Finance and Urban Affairs Committee will
sity; I. King Jordon president, Gallaudet Univer-
rity Issues, General Accounting Office; Howard
conclude a series of hearings on U.S. monetary
sity; William Castle director, National Technical
Davidson chairman, U.S. Advisory Board on
Institute for the Deaf
Child Abuse and Neglect; Tom Birch legislative
policy. The last session will be a postmortum
PANEL 3: Rosalyn Rosen - president, National
counsel, National Child Abuse Coalition
on the Fed's Monetary Policy Report
Association of the Deaf; Jeff Cohen president,
PANEL 3: Carol Langer - producer, "Who Killed
Time & Room TBA March 10
American Society for Deaf Children; Pamela Beck
Adam Mann"; Michael Durfee Child Abuse
- president, National Speech Association; Virginia
Prevention Unit, Department of Health Services;
Stern chairperson, Parent Section of the Alexan-
Calif.; Mary Margaret Oliver state represen-
SAVINGS AND LOAN
der Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
tative, District 53, Ga. State Legislature; Susan
INDUSTRY
PANEL 4: John George - National Association of
Wells director, Child Maltreatment Fatalities
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regula-
State Directors of Special Education; Donna
Project, ABA Center on Children and Law
tion and Insurance Subcommittee (Chairman
Dickman - co-chairperson, Council of Organiza-
tional Representatives
Annunzio, D-III.) of House Banking, Finance
and Urban Affairs Committee will hold a
hearing on the current state of the savings and
Energy &
REVISING OSHA
loan industry.
House Education and Labor Committee
2pm 2128 Rayburn Bldg. March 10
Commerce
Witness scheduled: Tim Ryan director, Office of
(Chairman Ford, D-Mich.) will hold a hearing
Thrift Supervision
on legislation (HR 3160) to revise the Occupa-
225-2927
tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA).
9:30am 2175 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
AIDS RESEARCH
Witnesses scheduled:
HUD PRESERVATION PROGRAM
Health and the Environment Subcommit-
PANEL 1: Owen Bieber - president, United Auto-
Subcommittee on Housing and Community
tee (Chairman Waxman, D-Calif.) of House
mobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement
Development (Chairman Gonzalez, D-Texas)
Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a
Workers of America; Richard Monczka assistant
of House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
director, General Motors Department, United
hearing on AIDS research opportunities.
Committee will hold a hearing on the preserva-
Automobile, Aerospace and, Agricultural
9:45am room TBA February 24
tion of HUD assisted housing stock and legisla-
ment Workers of America; Al Przydzial - unit
tion to clarify portions of the National Afford-
chair, Local 985, United Automobile, Aerospace
able Housing Act (HR 3483)
and Agricultural Implement Workers of America;
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg. March 11
John Johnson vice president, Local 1887, United
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Imple-
Energy and Power Subcommittee (Chair-
ment Workers of America;
man Sharp, D-Ind.) of House Energy and
PANEL 2: Joseph Dear - director, Department of
Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on
Labor and Industries, Wash.; Thomas Kochan
Budget
professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT;
the fiscal 1993 budget for the Department of
John Pompei administrator, Ore. Occupational
Energy.
225-7290
Safety and Health Program, Department of In-
Time & room TBA February 25
surance and Finance
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
PANEL 3: Christopher Clark - president, W.G.
BUDGET COMMITTEE REVIEW
Clark Construction Company; Walter Rostykuf
LEAD & THE ENVIRONMENT
House Budget Committee (Chairman Pa-
Hewlett-Packard Company
Health and the Environment Subcommit-
netta, D-Calif.) will hold a series of hearings to
tee (Chairman Waxman, D-Calif.) of House
review the president's proposed 1993 budget.
Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a
9am 210 Cannon Bldg. February 25
SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP:
hearing on lead and the environment.
Witnesses scheduled: Health and Human Service
U.S. LABOR LAWS & FOREIGN SHIPS
9:45am room TBA February 25
Budget Review
Labor Standards Subcommittee (Chmn
Louis Sullivan secretary of Health and Human
Murphy, D-Pa.) of House Education and Labor
Services
Committee will mark up legislation (HR 1126)
GLOBAL WARMING
to extend the coverage of certain federal labor
Energy and Power Subcommittee (Chair-
laws to foreign flagships.
man Sharp, D-Ind.) of House Energy and
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP:
1:30pm 2261 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on
1993 BUDGET RESOLUTION
global climate change.
Houde Budget Committee (Chairman Pa-
10am room TBA March 3
netta, D-Calif.) will begin to mark up a fiscal
SCIENCE EDUCATION
1993 concurrent resolution on the budget.
Joint Hearing
Time TBA 210 Cannon Bldg. tentative
House Education and Labor Committee
week of February 24
(Chairman Ford, D-Mich.) and House Science,
Space and Technology Committee (Chairman
Foreign Affairs
Brown, D-Calif.) will hold a joint hearing on
225-5021
science education issues.
U.S. POLICY IN EL SALVADOR
Education &
9:30am 2175 Rayburn Bldg. February 27
Witnesses scheduled: Allan Bromley director,
Joint Hearing
Labor
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Execu-
Human Rights and International Organiza-
tive Office of the President; Walter Massey
tions Subcommittee (Chairman Yatron, D-Pa.)
director, National Science Foundation; Lamar
and Western Hemisphere Affairs Subcommit-
225-4527
Alexander - secretary of Education; Richard
tee (Chairman Torricelli, D-N.J.) of House
Truly - administrator, National Aeronautics and
Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing
DEAF EDUCATION
Space Administration
on U.S. policy toward El Salvador in the wake
ACT REAUTHORIZATION
of the recent peace agreement between the
Select Education Subcommittee (Chairman
government and rebel forces.
Owens, D-N.Y.) of House Education and Labor
CHILD ABUSE
2pm 2200 Rayburn Bldg. February 25
Committee will hold a hearing on the reautho-
Select Education Subcommittee (Chairman
rizing the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986,
Owens, D-N.Y.) of House Education and Labor
which funds institutions for deaf people.
Committee will hold a hearing on the combat-
WESTERN SAHARA
10am 2257 Rayburn Bldg. February 25
ing child abuse.
Africa Subcommittee (Chairman Dymally,
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(Chairman Lantos, D-Calif.) of House Govern-
committee (Chairman Vento, D-Minn.) of
ment Operations Committee will hold a hear-
House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
D-Calif.) of House Foreign Affairs Committee
ing on employment discrimination at Japa-
will hold a hearing on the president's proposed
will hold a hearing on problems in the Western
nese-owned companies in the United States.
fiscal 1993 budget for programs under its
Sahara.
9:30am 2247 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
jurisdiction.
2pm 2200 Rayburn February 26
10am 1324 Longworth Bldg. February 25
9:30am 1324 Longworth Bldg. February 27
SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP:
Agenda:
U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID
February 25: Bureau of Land Management
Human Rights and International Organiza-
Human Resources and Intergovernmental
February 27: Forest Service
tions Subcommittee (Chairman Yatron, D-Pa.)
Relations Subcommittee (Chairman Weiss, D-
and International Operations Subcommittee
N.Y.) of House Government Operations Com-
(Chairman Berman, D-Calif.) of House Foreign
mittee will mark up legislation (HR 3601) to
WETLANDS REGULATIONS
Affairs Committee will hold a joint hearing on
assist certain local governments in meeting
House Interior and Insular Affairs Commit-
U.S. human rights policy and the State Depart-
public needs by providing for federal payments
tee (Chairman Miller, D-Calif.) will hold a
ment country reports.
to those local governments.
hearing on the impact of the administration's
2pm 2172 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
10am 2154 Rayburn Bldg. February 27
proposed wetlands regulations on state and
Witness scheduled: Richard Schifter assistant
national parks and protected areas.
secretary of State
9:45am 1324 Longworth Bldg. February 26
U.S.-JAPAN TRADE
Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Af-
U.S. TRADE AND
fairs Subcommittee (Chairman Barnard, D-
WATER CONTRACTING POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT IN ANGOLA
Ga.) of House Government Operations Com-
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT
Joint Hearing
mittee will hold a hearing on U.S.-Japan trade
Water, Power and Offshore Energy Re-
Africa Subcommittee (Chairman Dymally,
issues, focusing on the trade deficit in automo-
sources Subcommitte Chairman Miller, D-
D-Calif.) and International Economic Policy
biles and auto parts.
Calif.) of House Faior and Insular Affairs
and Trade Subcommittee (Chairman Gejden-
9:30am 2247 Rayburn Bldg. March 4
Committee will Lid a hearing on water con-
son, D-Conn.) of House Foreign Affairs Com-
tracting nures and policies related to the
mittee will hold a joint hearing on U.S. trade
Central Valey Project in California.
and development in Angola.
9:45am room TBA February 27
2pm Room TBA March 3
House
Administration
CALIFORNIA DROUGHT
GLOBAL ARMS PROLIFERATION
Water, Power and Offshore Energy Re-
Arms Control, International Security and
225-2061
sources Subcommittee (Chairman Miller, D-
Science Subcommittee (Chairman Fascell, D-
SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING & MARKUP:
Calif.) of House Interior and Insular Affairs
Fla.) of House Foreign Affairs Committee will
FEC REAUTHORIZATION
Committee will hold a hearing on current
hold a hearing on the global proliferation of
Elections Subcommittee (Chairman Swift,
drought conditions in California.
nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
D-Wash.) of House Committee on House Ad-
9:45am 2222 Rayburn Bldg. February 27
10am 2172 Rayburn Bldg. March 3
ministration will hold a hearing on and mark
up legislation (HR 4116) to reauthorize the
Federal Election Commission (FEC).
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
U.N. ROLE IN IRAQ
2:30pm H-328 Capitol Bldg. February 26
ENERGY DEPT
Joint Hearing
Witnesses scheduled: Joan Aikens chairman,
Energy and the Environment Subcommit-
Human Rights and International Organiza-
FEC; Scott Thomas and Trevor Potter - commis-
tee (Chairman Kostmayer, D-Pa.) of House
tions Subcommittee (Chairman Yatron, D-
sioners, FEC
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee will
Pa.), International Operations Subcommittee
hold a hearing on the president's proposed
(Chairman Berman, D-Calif.) and Europe and
fiscal 1993 budget for the Department of
the Middle East Subcommittee (Chairman
Hamilton, D-Ind.) of House Foreign Affairs
Intelligence
Energy.
9:30 1324 Longworth Bldg. February 28
Committee will hold a joint hearing on the
225-4121
United Nation's role in monitoring post-war
INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS
agreements in Iraq.
IRRIGATION DRAINAGE WATER
1:30pm 2255 Rayburn Bldg. March 4
House Select Intelligence Committee
CENTRAL VALLEY
Witness scheduled: Thomas Pickering U.S. am-
(Chairman McCurdy, D-Okla.) will hold a
Water, Power and Offshore Energy Re-
bassador to the U.N.
hearing on intelligence requirements.
sources Subcommittee (Chairman Miller, D-
2pm H-405 Capitol Bldg. closed February
Calif.) of House Interior and Insular Affairs
25
Committee will hold a hearing on the use of
ROLE OF PRIVATE
evaporation ponds and other issues relating to
SECTOR AFRICA
the disposal of irrigation drainage water in the
Africa Subcommittee (Chairman Dymally,
NORTH KOREA
Central Valley of California.
D-Calif.) of House Foreign Affairs Committee
MISSILE PROGRAMS
9:45am room TBA March 3
will hold a hearing on the role of the private
House Select Intelligence Committee
sector in development in Africa.
(Chairman McCurdy, D-Okla.) will hold a
Time & Room TBA March 18
hearing on North Korea's nuclear and ballistic
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled on
missile programs.
Merchant Marine
February 20.
10am H-405 Capitol Bldg. closed February
26
& Fisheries
Government
225-4047
Interior &
COAST GUARD USER FEES
Coast Guard and Navigation Subcommittee
Operations
Insular Affairs
(Chairman Tauzin, D-La.) of House Merchant
Marine and Fisheries Committee will hold a
225-5051
225-2761
hearing on proposed Coast Guard user fees and
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
whether they comply with the 1990 budget
AT JAPANESE COMPANIES
PARKS & PUBLIC LANDS
agreement.
Employment and Housing Subcommittee
National Parks and Public Lands Sub-
2pm 1334 Longworth February 25
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House continued
Administration (FAA).
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
9:30am 2253 Rayburn February 26
ENERGY DEPT.
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
10:30am 2167 Rayburn March 3
Environment Subcommittee (Chairman
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES
9:30am 2167 Rayburn March 5
Scheuer, D-N.Y.) of House Science, Space and
Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and
10:30am 2167 Rayburn March 17
Technology Committee will hold a hearing on
the Environment Subcommittee (Chairman
9:30am 2167 Rayburn March 26 & April 7
the Energy Department's proposed budget for
Agenda:
fiscal 1993.
Studds, D-Mass.) of House Merchant Marine
February 26: Airport improvement and passenger
1:30pm 2325 Rayburn Bldg. February 25 &
and Fisheries Committee will hold a hearing on
facility charge programs
26
the administration's fiscal 1993 budget request
March 3: FAA facilities and equipment and air-
Agenda:
for the Council on Environmental Quality, U.S.
traffic control modernization
February 25: Conservation and Renewable Energy
Fish and Wildlife Service and the National
March 5: FAA operations and staffing
Research and Development
Marine Fisheries Service.
March 17: Commuter airline safety
February 26: Environment Safety and Health
10am 1334 Longworth Bldg. February 26
March 26: FAA civil Penalties
GAO Review
April 7: War risk insurance and the civil researve
air fleet program
ARSENIC SPILL
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Joint Hearing
DURABILITY OF ROADS
Science Subcommittee (Chairman Boucher,
Coast Guard and Navigation Subcommittee
AND HIGHWAYS
D-Va.) of House Science, Space and Technol-
(Chairman Tauzin, D-La.) and Oversight and
Investigations and Oversight Subcommit-
ogy Committee will hold a hearing on the
Investigations Subcommittee (Chairman
reauthorization of the National Science
tee (Chairman Borski, D-Pa.) of House Public
Lipinski, D-Ill.) of House Merchant Marine
Foundation.
Works and Transportation Committee will
and Fisheries Committee will hold a joint
hold a hearing on the quality and durability of
9:30am 2318 Rayburn Bldg. February 25
hearing on the Santa Clara I arsenic incident.
the nation's roads and highways.
2pm 1334 Longworth Bldg. February 27
9:30am 2167 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
U.S. COMPETITIVENESS
Technology and Competitiveness Sub-
committee (Chairman Valentine, D-N.C.) of
Post Office &
House Science, Space and Technology Com-
Rules
mittee will hold hearings on U.S.
Civil Service
competitiveness.
225-9486
9:30am 2325 Rayburn Bldg. February 25
225-4054
1:00pm 2325 Rayburn Bldg. February 27
RULES FOR FLOOR DEBATE
Agenda:
FEDERAL WORKPLACES
House Rules Committee (Chairman Moak-
February 25: Technology Administration Budget
Civil Service Subcommittee (Chairman Si-
February 27: United States Manufacturing Ca-
ley, D-Mass.) will meet to consider rules for
korski, D-Minn.) of House Post Office and
pabilities
floor debate for pending legislation.
Civil Service Committee will hold a hearing on
Time TBA H-313 Capitol Bldg. dates TBA
legislation (HR 3149) to strengthen the author-
Agenda:
SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP:
ity to require safe workplaces for federal
The following items are scheduled for floor action
employees.
during the week of February 24, but no Rules
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Committee meetings have yet been formally
Science Subcommittee (Chairman Hall, D-
10am 311 Cannon Bldg. February 27
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
scheduled:
Texas) of House Science, Space and Technol-
February 20
HR 3844 - Ensure the protection of Haitians in the
ogy Committee will mark up legislation (HR
United States or in United States custody pend-
3606) to establish a national technology educa-
ing the resumption of democraticru in Haiti
tion program, utilizing the resources of the
HR 4210 - Amend the Internal Revenue Code of
FEDERAL HEALTH BENEFITS
nation's 2-year associate-degree-granting col-
1986 to provide incentives for increased economic
Compensation and Employee Benefits Sub-
leges to expand the pool of individuals in
growth and to provide tax relief for families
committee (Chairman Ackerman, D-N.Y.) of
technology fields, to increase the productivity
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
of the nation's industries, and to improve the
will hold a hearing on the federal health bene-
competitiveness of the United States in inter-
fits program.
national trade.
1pm 311 Cannon Bldg. March 11
Science, Space &
9:30am 2318 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
Technology
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
Public Works
NASA
225-6371
Space Subcommittee (Chairman Hall, D-
& Transportation
Texas) of House Science, Space and Technol-
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
ogy Committee will hold hearings on the fiscal
ENERGY DEPT.
225-4472
1993 budget proposal for the National Aero-
Energy Subcommittee (Chairman Lloyd, D-
nautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Tenn.) of House Science, Space and Technol-
FAA INSPECTION OF
1:30pm 2318 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
ogy Committee will hold hearings on the En-
AIR TAXIES
9:30am 2325 Rayburn Bldg. February 27
Investigations and Oversight Subcommit-
ergy Department's fiscal 1993 budget.
1:30pm 2325 Rayburn Bldg. March 4
1:30pm 2318 Rayburn Bldg. February 25 &
tee (Chairman Borski, D-Pa.) of House Public
9:30am Room TBA March 5
27
Works and Transportation Committee will
Agenda:
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
hold a hearing on problems with the Federal
February 26: Space station
February 25: Advanced Light Water Reactors:
February 27: Space Science
Aviation Administration's (FAA) inspection
Sherwood Smith Jr. - chairman, president and
March 4: Space Transportation
program for the nation's air taxi services.
CEO, Carolina Power & Light Company; Louis B.
March 5: Space Exploration
10am 2167 Rayburn Bldg. February 25
Long vice president, Alabama Power Company;
John Taylor - vice president for nuclear power,
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto,
FAA REAUTHORIZATION
Calif.
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION &
February 27: General Overview: William Happer
RESEARCH PROGRAM
Aviation Subcommittee (Chairman Ober-
director, Office of Energy Research, Energy De-
Technology and Competitiveness Sub-
star, D-Minn.) of House Public Works and
partment (DOE); James Randolph assistant
committee (Chairman Valentine, D-N.C.) of
Transportation Committee will hold hearings
secretary, Fossil Energy, DOE; William Young
House Science, Space and Technology Com-
on reauthorization of the Federal Aviation
assistant secretary, Nuclear Energy, DOE.
mittee will hold a hearing on the small business
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VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
on foreign investment in the U.S. aviation
Education, Training and Employment Sub-
industry.
committee (Chairman Penny, D-Minn.) of
9:15am SD-628 Dirksen Bldg. February 27
innovation and research program.
House Veterans' Affairs Committee will hold
Witnesses scheduled: J. Farren - under secretary
1pm 2257 Rayburn Bldg. February 26
hearings on employment issues that are impor-
of Commerce; Lawrence Clarkson vice presi-
tant to veterans.
dent, Boeing; John Wolf executive vice presi-
9:30am 334 Cannon Bldg. March 12 & 19
dent, Douglas Aircraft Co.; James Beggs former
SCIENCE EDUCATION
administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Joint Hearing
Administration; D. Hartley president, Seattle
House Science, Space and Technology
Professional Engineering Employees Association;
Committee (Chairman Brown, D-Calif.) and
House Education and Labor Committee
Ways & Means
Laura Tyson Economics Department, Univer-
sity of California, Berkeley
(Chairman Ford, D-Mich.) will hold a joint
225-3625
hearing on science education issues.
ECONOMIC REVIEW
9:30am 2175 Rayburn Bldg. February 27
ADMINISTRATION
Joint Economic Committee (Chairman Sar-
Witnesses scheduled: D. Allan Bromley, director,
HEALTH-CARE PROPOSALS
Office of Science and Technology Policy; Lamar
banes, D-Md.) will hold a hearing to receive a
House Ways and Means Committee (Chair-
Alexander secretary of Education; Walter E.
report on the economic outlook.
man Rostenkowski, D-Ill.) will continue hear-
Massey director, National Science Foundation;
10am room TBA March 3
Richard H. Truly- administrator, National Aero-
ings on the administration's proposals for
Witness scheduled: Alan Greenspan chairman,
nautics and Space Administration.
health-care revision and the fiscal 1993 budget
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
proposals affecting health and human services
programs.
LATIN AMERICA-U.S.
10am 1100 Longworth Bldg. March 3, 4 & 5
AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS
SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
Joint Economic Committee (Acting chair-
Science Subcommittee (Chairman Boucher,
man Hamilton, D-Ind.) will hold a hearing on
D-Va.) of House Science, Space and Technol-
SUPERFUND OVERSIGHT
U.S. agricultural competitiveness.
ogy Committee will hold a hearing on legisla-
Oversight Subcommittee (Chairman,
10am room TBA March 4
tion (HR 3215) to reinvigorate cooperation
Pickle, D-Texas) of House Ways and Means
Witnesses scheduled: Robert Thompson dean,
between the U.S. and Latin America in science
Committee will hold a series of oversight hear-
School of Agriculture, Purdue University; Dale
and technology.
ings on the financing, operation and future
Hathaway National Center for Food and Agri-
1pm 2325 Rayburn Bldg. March 17
status of the Hazardous Substance Superfund.
culture Policy; Robert Paarlberg Center for
Time and room TBA March dates TBA
International Affairs, Harvard University
Veterans' Affairs
REINVENTING GOVERNMENT
Joint Economic Committee (Acting chair-
225-3527
man Hamilton, D-Ind.) will hold a hearing on
Joint Committees
proposals to restructure government to im-
LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS
prove efficiency.
OF VETERANS' GROUPS
10am room TBA March 5
Witnesses scheduled: David Osborne and Ted
Joint Hearing
Gaebler co-authors "Reinventing Government";
House Veterans' Affairs Committee (Chair-
man Montgomery, D-Miss.) and Senate Veter-
Joint Economic
Gov. William Weld, R-Mass.; John Sharp Texas
state comptroller
ans' Affairs Committee (Chairman Cranston,
D-Calif.) will hold joint hearings on the legisla-
tive agendas of veterans' groups.
FEBRUARY EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
9:30am 345 Cannon Bldg. February 25,
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN
Joint Economic Committee (Chairman Sar-
March 3 &5
AVIATION INDUSTRY
banes, D-Md.) will hold a hearing to receive the
9:30am SD-106 Dirksen Bldg. April 8
Technology and National Security Sub-
employment and unemployment statistics for
Agenda:
committee (Chairman Bingaman, D-N.M.) of
the month of February.
February 25: Disabled American Veterans
Joint Economic Committee will hold a hearing
9:30am SD-628 Dirksen Bldg. March 6
March 3: Veterans of Foreign Wars
March 5: Paralyzed Veterans of America; World
War I veterans; Blind Veterans of America; Mili-
tary Order of the Purple Heart
April 8: AMVETS; Ex-prisoners of War; Jewish
War Veterans; Non-Commissioned Officers Asso-
Conference Committees
ciation; Vietnam Veterans of America
FISCAL 1993 BUDGET:
Hatch, Kassebaum
VETERANS HOUSING & MEMORIALS
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
House conferees: TBA
Housing and Memorial Affairs Subcommit-
REAUTHORIZATION
tee (Chairman Staggers, D-W.Va.) of House
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
Veterans' Affairs Committee will hold a hear-
3489) to reauthorize the Export Administra-
PREVENTIVE HEALTH
ing on fiscal 1993 housing and memorials bud-
tion Act of 1979.
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
get for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Time & room TBA date TBA
3635) to revise and extend the program of block
9:30 334 Cannon Bldg. February 26
Senate conferees Riegle; Cranston; Sarbanes;
grants for preventive health and health services
Garn; Mack
Time and room TBA date TBA
House conferees: TBA
Senate conferees: Kennedy, Metzenbaum, Har-
CONTINGENCY HOSPITAL SYSTEM
kin, Hatch, Kassebaum
House conferees: TBA
Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee
(Chairman Evans, D-III.) of House Veterans'
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on prob-
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
3508) to revise and extend certain programs
EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF
lems in the contingency hospital system admin-
istered by the Departments of Defense and
relating to the education of individuals as
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR 355)
Veterans Affairs.
health professionals.
to amend the Reclamation States Drought
9am 334 Cannon Bldg. March 11
Time and room TBA date TBA
Assistance Act of 1988 to extend the period of
Senate conferees: Kennedy, Metzenbaum, Simon,
time during which drought assistance may be
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amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to
Senate Conferees: Kennedy, Pell, Metzenbaum,
revitalize the defense industrial base of the
Hatch and Kassebaum
provided by the secretary of the Interior.
United States
House Conferees: TBA
Time & room TBA date TBA
Time & room TBA date TBA
House conferees: Miller (Calif.), Markey, Rahall,
House conferees:
Vento, de Lugo, Gejdenson, Kostmayer, Lehman,
From the House Banking Committee: Carper, La-
CFTC REAUTHORIZATION
Young (Alaska), Hansen, Vucanovich, Rhodes,
Falce, Oakar, Vento, Kanjorski, Ridge, Paxon,
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR 707)
Hancock
Thomas (Wyo:)
to improve the regulation of futures trading
From the Committee on Merchant Marine and
From the House Armed Services Committee: Aspin,
Mavroules, Sisisky, Dickinson, Bateman
and authorize appropriations for the Commod-
Fisheries, for consideration of matters within the
committee's jurisdiction: Jones (N.C.), Studds,
Additional conferees from House Energy Commit-
ity Futures Trading Commission.
Davis
tee: Dingell, Markey, Collins of III., Lent, Rinaldo
Time and room TBA addl dates TBA
Senate conferees: TBA
Additional conferees from House Government Op-
Note: Conference began November 6
erations Committee: Conyers, English, Wise, Hor-
Senate conferees: Leahy, Boren, Heflin, Conrad,
Note: The Senate receded from its amendment to
ton, Kyl
Lugar, Dole, Cochran
HR 355 on November 27 and inserted compro-
Additional conferees from House Judiciary Com-
House conferees:
mise language. As a result, it is unlikely that the
mittee: Brooks, Edwards of Calif., Fish, Moor-
From the Committee on Agriculture, for consider-
conference will meet.
head
ation of the House bill, and the Senate amend-
Additional conferees from House Ways and Means
ment, and modifications committed to confer-
Committee: Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Jenkins, Ar-
ence: de la Garza, English, Staggers, Stallings,
OLDER AMERICANS ACT
cher, Crane
Nagle, Sarpalius, Johnson, Huckaby, Glickman,
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
Senate conferees: Riegle, Sarbanes, Dixon, Garn,
Penny, Espy, Long, Stenholm, Tallon, Coleman,
Gramm.
Smith of Ore., Gunderson, Combest, Allard, Bar-
2967) to reauthorize the Older Americans Act.
Note: At the end of the first session of the 102nd
rett, Nussle, Boehner, Roberts
Time & room TBA date TBA
Senate conferees:
Congress the House passed a bill (HR 3919) to
From the Committee on Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs, for consideration of section 263
From the Committee on Labor and Human Re-
temporarily extend the Defense Production Act
and title III of the Senate amendment, and
sources: Kennedy, Metzenbaum, Adams, Hatch,
through March 1, 1992.
modifications committed to conference: Gonzalez,
and Cochran
Annunzio, Neal, Hubbard, LaFalce, Oakar, Wylie,
From the Committee on Finance (solely for the
Leach, McCollum, Roukema
Social Security retirement earnings provisions):
FOLLOW-THROUGH ACT
From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for
Bentsen, Moynihan and Packwood
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
consideration of section 263 and title III of the
House conferees: TBA
2312) to make certain technical and conform-
Senate amendment, and modifications commit-
ing amendments to the Follow Through Act
ted to conference: Dingell, Markey, Scheuer, Sy-
and the Head Start Transition Project Act.
nar Eckart, Slattery, Lent, Moorhead, Rinaldo,
FEDERAL FACILITIES COMPLIANCE
Time and Room TBA date TBA
Ritter
Conferees will meet on HR 2194, Federal
Facilities Compliance Act of 1991.
Time & room TBA date TBA
Senate conferees: Burdick, Baucus, Moynihan,
Mitchell, Lautenberg, Chafee, Simpson, Duren-
Other Events
berger, Warner
House conferees:
From the Energy and Commerce Committee for
consideration of the House bill, and the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to
The Monitor has received notice of the
Ave. N.W. February 24
conference; Dingell, Swift, Eckart, Slattery, Si-
following events scheduled to take place in
Contact: 202-833-4545
korski, Lent, Ritter, Schaefer
As additional conferees from the Armed Services
Washington. Associations, non-profit organiza-
Committee, for consideration of section 113 of the
tions and public interest groups who wish to
Senate amendments, and modifications commit-
have events listed in the section should send
MIGRANT WORKER HEALTH
ted to conference: Ray, Hochbrueckner; Saxton
pertinent information to: The Congressional
Rep. Roybal, D-Calif., will hold a news
As additional conferees from the Judiciary Com-
Monitor, Other Events Editor, 1414 22nd St.
briefing on health problems of migrant and
mittee, for consideration of section 2(a) of the
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. Notices must
seasonal farmworkers. There will be a discus-
House bill, and section 103(a) of the Senate
include a telephone number. Notices may be
sion of the findings of a General Accounting
amendment, and modifications committed to
transmitted by facsimile to 202-728-1862, attn:
Office report on the health problems of migrant
conference: Brooks, Frank of Mass., Gekas
As additional conferees from the Merchant Marine
Robert Healy. Only events related to Congress
workers.
Committee, for consideration of section 304(a) of
can be listed. Deadline is noon two days before
11am B-318 Rayburn Bldg. February 24
the Senate amendments, and modifications com-
the date of issue (i.e. Monday noon for Wednes-
mitted to conference: Jones of N.C., Studds,
day issue). The editors reserve the right to edit
Davis
or reject any submission. For further informa-
MILITARY BASE CLOSINGS
As additional conferees from the Public Works
tion call 202-887-8686.
American Society of Real Estate Counselors
Committee, for consideration of sections 102, 109,
See Campaign Events Section for listing of
and the National Association of Realtors will
and 115-119 of the Senate amendments, and
events related to congressional and presiden-
sponsor a seminar on military base closings.
modifications committed to conference: Roe, No-
tial campaigns.
8:30am, Washington Court Hotel February
wak, Hammerschmidt
25
As additional conferees from the Public Works
Committee, for consideration of title IV of the
CREDIT UNION CONFERENCE
Contact: Roy DeLoach at 202-383-1171
Credit Union National Association will
Note: There is a $175 charge for this event. To
Senate amendments, and modifications commit-
ted to conference: Roe, Savage, Norton, Nowak,
sponsor a governmental affairs conference.
register call Michelle Wier at 312-329-8427.
Borski, Hammerschmidt, Shuster, Inhofe
Washington Hilton Hotel February 23, 24,
25, 26
Contact: Christopher Dean at 202-682-4200
HISPANIC VOTING RIGHTS
PRICE FIXING
Congressional highlights:
Reps. Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas, and Jose
Conferees will meet on legislation (S 429) to
February 24: Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.; Rep.
Serrano, D-N.Y., and other members of the
amend the Sherman Act to strengthen laws
Raymond McGrath, R-N.Y.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus will hold a
against vertical price-fixing
news conference to introduce the Voting Rights
Time & room TBA date TBA
Improvement Act of 1992, that would ensure
House conferees: Brooks, Edwards of Calif., Synar,
JAPAN TRADE &
that Hispanics and other minorities with lim-
Fish, Campbell of Calif.
TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
ited English abilities receive bilingual assis-
Senate conferees: TBA
Japan Information Access Project will
tance in voter registration and voting
sponsor a one-day seminar on how to obtain
procedures.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT
trade and technology information about Japan.
11am, 2175 Rayburn Bldg. February 25
Conferees will meet on legislation (S 347) to
Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire
Contact: Rick Lopez, 202-226-3430
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Other continued.
hold a legislative conference.
CREDIT UNION ISSUES
Site TBA March 1, 2, 3, 4 &
National Association of Federal Credit
TELEPHONE ISSUES
Contact: Nancy Marcus at 202-508-3776
Unions will sponsor a "Congressional Caucus,"
Organization for the Protection and Ad-
Note: This conference is for members of NTEU
which will review legislation on the deposit
vancement of Small Telephone Companies will
only.
insurance system, the thrift bailout and imple-
sponsor a legislative and regulatory conference
mentation of 1991 legislation on truth-in-
to discuss issues of concern to independent
savings.
NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY
telephone companies.
Grand Hyatt Hotel March 9, 10 & 11
J.W. Marriott Hotel February 26 & 27
Energy Committee of the Environment,
Contact: 703-522-4770
Energy and Natural Resources Section of the
Contact: Suzanne Bagshaw at 202-659-5990
Note: There is a charge for this event of $385 for
Congressional highlights:
District of Columbia Bar Association will spon-
members and $495 for non-members. For in-
February 26:
sor a discussion of the "National Energy Strat-
formation call the number listed above.
9:30am: Spectrum auctions
egy Where Do We Go From Here?"
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska
Noon to 2pm (includes lunch), 7th floor
11:30am: Luncheon Rural development
meeting room, D.C. Bar Association, 1707 L St.
BANKING ISSUES
Rep. Fred Grandy, D-Iowa
N.W. March 2
National Council of Community Bankers
February 27:
Contact: D.C. Bar at 202-331-4364
will hold a legislative and government affairs
8am: Telecommunications infrastructure
Participants: Michael Woo - professional staff
conference.
Dan Nelson - legislative assistant, office of Sen.
member, House Energy and Commerce Commit-
Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey
Pressler
tee; Patricia Benke senior counsel, Senate En-
9:15am: Cable Reregulation
Ave. N.W. March 9, 10 & 11
ergy and Natural Resources Committee; Peter
Roy Neel administrative assistant, office of Sen.
Contact: 202-857-3100
Saba principal associate deputy under secretary
Gore
Congressional highlights:
of Energy for policy, planning and analysis.
March 9:
Note: There is a charge for this event of $15 for
2pm: Government affairs briefing on current
section members ($10 for government and public
legislative and regulatory issues
RCRA & LABORATORIES
interest members of the section) and $22.50 for
March 10:
Laboratory Waster Coalition will hold a
non-members. For reservations send a check,
9am: Review of 1992 legislative calendar for
meeting to discuss progress in seeking to have
made payable to D.C. Bar, to:
legislative staff of House and Senate Banking
laboratory provisions included in the reautho-
The National Energy Strategy
committees
rization of the Resource Conservation and
D.C. Bar, Sections Office
2:30pm: Capitol Hill visits
Recovery Act (RCRA).
1707 LSt. N.W., 6th Floor
5:30pm: Congressional reception
10am, American Chemical Society, 1550 M
Washington, D.C. 20036-4203
Note: There is a $375 charge for this event ($350
St. N.W. February 26
before 2/7/92). For reservations and information
Contact: David Schleicher at 202-872-4384
call the number listed above.
1992 FISCAL OUTLOOK
FOR STATES
State Affairs Task Force of Women in
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES
Manufacturers' Alliance for Productivity
Government Relations will sponsor a briefing
Council of Infrastructure Financing Au-
and Innovation will hold its annual conference.
on fiscal and policy issues facing the states in
thority will hold a legislative conference to
1992.
Among the planned events are sessions devoted
discuss issues including: reauthorization of the
8:30am to 10am, Hall of the States, room 283,
to the congressional outlook regarding procure-
clean water act; proposals to provide tax incen-
400 North Capitol St. March 3
ment policy and defense spending.
tives for investment in public infrastructure
Contact: Linda Dove at 202-331-7345 or
Crystal City Marriott Hotel February 27 &
facilities; ways to restructure the federal bud-
Julia Ciorletti at 202-371-6617.
28
get to encourage more infrastructure
Note: There is a charge for this event of $10 for
Contact: Kathy Koval 202-331-8430
investment.
members and $20 for non-members. For reserva-
Note: There is a charge for this event of $450 for
tions send a check, made payable to WGR, to:
Washington Vista Hotel, 1400 M St. N.W.
members and $525 for non-members. For in-
Women in Government Relations
March 9 & 10
formation and reservations call the number listed
1325 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.
Contact: James Smith at 202-857-0686
above.
Suite 510
Washington, D.C. 20005
Deadline is February 26
RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON
1993 BUDGET AND
CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS
HOUSING ISSUES
Congressional Quarterly will sponsor a re-
National Housing Conference will sponsor a
TRADE WITH CZECHOSLOVAKIA
search workshop on congressional documents.
forum on the administration's budget and tax
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
9am to 1pm, Congressional Quarterly, 1414
proposals for housing and community
will sponsor an all-day conference on investing
22nd St. N.W. March 10
development.
in Czechoslovakia. U.S. policies for encourag-
Contact: 202-887-8620 (toll-free 1-800-432-
8:30am to 10am, AFL-CIO Headquarters,
ing private American investment is one of the
2250, ext. 620)
815 16th St. N.W. February 28
issues that will be discussed.
Note: There is a $225 charge for this event. For
Contact: 202-223-4844
Washington Hilton Hotel March 4
reservations and information call the number
Note: There is a charge for this event of $10 for
Contact: James Gale 202-457-7142 or Eric
listed above.
members and $20 for non-members. For reserva-
Luhmann 202-457-7128
tions send a check to:
Note: There is a $100 charge for this event (includes
National Housing Conference
lunch). For reservations send a check, made
1126 16th St. N.W.
payable to OPIC, to:
Washington, D.C. 20036
OPIC
WOMEN'S CAREER ISSUES
P.O. Box 198177
Federation of Business and Professional
Atlanta, Ga. 30384
Women D.C. chapter will sponsor a meeting to
PTA LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
ATTN: CSFR Conference
discuss "From the Glass Slipper to the Glass
The National Congress of Parents and
Ceiling: The Current Status of Women's Career
Teachers will sponsor a legislative conference
Programs."
that will focus on education issues.
TRANSIT ISSUES
6pm to 9pm, IMF Visitor's Center, 700 19th
Ramada Resaissance Techworld March 1, 2,
American Public Transit Association will
St. N.W. March 10
3 &4
sponsor a legislative conference.
Contact: Ruth Hodges at 301-839-2171
Contact: 312-787-0977
J.W. Marriott Hotel March 8, 9, 10
Note: There is a $5 charge for this event. For
Contact: Chip Bishop at 202-898-4114
reservations send a check, made payable to
Congressional highlights: Sen. Daniel Patrick
DCSWFBPW, to:
TREASURY EMPLOYEES
Moynihan, D-N.Y.; Rep. Norman Mineta, D-
Susan Jones
LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
Calif.; Lawrence Coughlin, R-Pa.; Robert Roe, D-
4207 N. 11th St.
National Treasury Employees Union will
N.J.
Arlington, Va. 22201
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Friday, February 21, 1992
Other continued.
UNDERSTANDING
Campaign Events continued
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGETING
STRATEGIES FOR WORKING
Congressional Quarterly will sponsor a sem-
Arlington St.
WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFF
inar on understanding congressional
budgeting.
February 23
Congressional Quarterly will sponsor a sem-
In Sioux Falls, S.D.
inar on how to work with congressional staff.
9am to 1pm, Congressional Quarterly, 1414
6pm: Participates in debate sponsored by the
22nd St. N.W. March 17
9am to 1pm, Congressional Quarterly, 1414
South Dakota Democratic Party.
22nd St. N.W. March 11
Contact: 202-887-8620 (toll-free 1-800-432-
Contact: 202-887-8620 (toll-free 1-800-432-
2250, ext. 620)
Note: There is a $225 charge for this-event. For
2250, ext. 620)
REPUBLICANS
reservations and information call the number
Note: There is a $225 charge for this event. For
listed above.
reservations and information call the number
Pat Buchanan
listed above.
Contact: Greg Mueller or Don Miller, 703-683-
CUSTOMS ISSUES
5004, or Jerry Woodruff, 703-790-9292, or Tess
Association of Women in International
Petix, 603-627-7100
FEDERAL & DEFENSE
DOWNSIZING
Trade will sponsor a luncheon meeting to hear
February 21
Commissioner of U.S. Customs Service Carol
In South Carolina and Georgia
Federal Managers Association will sponsor
8:30am: Tour of Alice Manufacturing Ellison
Hallett discuss Customs and trade issues.
a seminar on downsizing of the federal govern-
textile plant. Greenville, S.C.
ment and the defense establishment.
Noon to 2pm, National Press Club, 524 14th
11:15am: Airport news conference upon arrival in
8am to 4pm, Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza,
St., N.W. March 17
Augusta, Ga.
Contact: Janet Forest at 202-861-1567 or
11:35am: Interviewed by Augusta Chronicle at
Arlington, Va. March 16
Carol Rafferty at 202-861-1678.
airport prior to noon departure en route Charles-
Contact: Sandra Bryant at 202-778-1505
Note: There is a charge for this event of $25 for
ton.
Note: There is a $150 charge for this event. For
members and $35 for non-members. For reserva-
2:30pm: News conference. Charleston Omni Ho-
reservations and information call the number
tions call one of the numbers listed above.
tel.
listed above.
5:30pm: Available to the press. OmniHotel
February 22
In Florida
9:15am: News conference at media center. Talla-
Campaign Future Listings
hassee, Fla.
11:45am: Fundraising event at the home of Kip
Minter. Orlando, Fla.
12:50pm: Address at Sheraton World Hotel. Or-
lando, Fla.
--from Reuters
1:30pm: Meets with supporters. Sheraton World
Hotel, Orlando, Fla.
The Monitor has received notice of the
Meeting.
3pm: News conference. Tampa Airport, Tampa
following congressional and presidential cam-
Fla.
February 22
paign events scheduled to take place-in Wash-
In Maine
7pm: Attends Hillsborough County Republican
ington. Organizations that wish to have events
9am: Participates in presidential forum at the
Lincoln Day Dinner. Tampa Airport Marriott,
University of Maine, Jewett Hall, Augusta. Con-
Tampa Fla.
listed in the section should send pertinent
information to: The Congressional Monitor,
tact Tom Kane, 207-755-0105
February 23
Other Events Editor, 1414 22nd St. N.W.,
Noon: Rally. Monument Square, Portland
In Florida and Georgia
1:45pm: York event
1:30pm: Fundraiser in Naples, Fla.
Washington, D.C. 20037. Notices must include
3:15pm: Sanford event
TBD: Cuban-American event. Miami, Fla.
a telephone number. Notices may be transmit-
5:15pm: Brunswick event
TBD: Depart for Atlanta, Ga.
ted by facsimile to 202-728-1862, attn: Robert
6:30pm: Attends town meeting, Auburn
Healy. Fundraisers will not be listed. Deadline
8pm: Attends the Lewiston/Androscoggin County
David Duke
is noon two days before the date of issue (i.e.
Democratic supper, Lewiston
Contact: Laura Otillio, 504-831-7745
Monday noon for Wednesday issue). The edi-
February 21
tors reserve the right to edit or reject any
Bill Clinton
12:30pm: Addresses the Tiger Bay Club. Leon
submission. For further information call 202-
Contact: Richard Mintz or Steven Cohen, 501-
County Civic Center, 505 West Pensacola Ave.
887-8686.
372-1992
February 26
February 21
In Dallas, Texas
In Atlanta, Ga.
February 27
In Texas
Candidates
Tom Harkin
9am to 10am: Holds a news conference. Westin
Contact: Kerri McClimen, 301-656-1992
Galleria Hotel, Houston, Texas.
February 21
7:30pm: Attends a rally. League City Civic Center,
DEMOCRATS
In St. Petersburg and Miami, Fla.; possibly Georgia
Houston, Texas.
February 22-23
Jerry Brown
In South Dakota
Contact: Ileana Wachtel, 310-449-1992 ext.
INDEPENDENTS
917, or Erik Bucy, 603-647-9200, 703-519-9393
Bob Kerrey
February 21
Contact: Carolyn Rauch, 202-393-4110
Ron Daniels
In Maine
Contact: Cassandra. Godwin, 202-635-6272
No schedule available
9am: Meets with Penobscot Native Americans at
February 21
the Old Town Penobscot Nation Reservation
In the District of Columbia
Community Building, Old Town. Contact James
Paul Tsongas
9am: Radio call-in show, WPFW 89.3 FM
Sappier, 207-827-2147
Contact: Brad MacKenzie, 617-422-0100
11am: News conference. Augusta-room, Howard
10am: Meets with Bangor Daily News editorial
February 21
Inn, 2225 Georgia Ave. N.W.. Contact: Shannon
board. Bangor
In Atlanta, Ga.
Fagan 703-549-2515
Noon: Attends a Waterville town meeting. Colby
7pm: Attends Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.
March 20
College Chapel. Contact Tabby Biddle 207-873-
Thomas E. Murphy Ballroom, Georgia World
In the Districat of Columbia
5235
Congress Center, 285 International Boulevard,
9am: Radio call-in show, WPFW 89.3 FM
2:30pm: Attends Rockport town meeting. Opera
Atlanta, Ga.
House, Rockport. Contact Josh Grodzin, 207-
February 22
3756980
In Georgia, South Carolina, and Massachusetts
5pm: Meets with union laborers. Bath
Ralph Nader
Morning: Atlanta, Ga. Event TBA
6:30pm: Cape Elizabeth/South Portland event.
Noon: Columbia, S.C. Event TBA
Contact: Carl Mayer, 603-641-5577
8:15pm: Attends Scarborough/Westbrook Town
7pm: Fund Raiser. Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 64
No announced schedule
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Revised listing
Friday, February 21, 1992
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Primaries &
Caucuses
February 23: Maine caucus
February 25: South Dakota
March 3: Colorado, Georgia and Maryland
and Utah (Democrats) primaries; American
Samoa (Democrats), Idaho, Minnesota and
Washington Caucuses
March 7: South Carolina primary; Arizona
and Wyoming caucuses
March 8: Nevada caucus
March 10 (Super Tuesday): Florida, Louisi-
ana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Oklahoma,
Rhode Island, Tennessee primaries; Delaware,
Hawaii and Missouri caucuses. Texas has a
combined caucus and primary
March 15: Puerto Rico primary.
March 17: Illinois and Michigan primaries
March 5-19: North Dakota caucus
March 24: Connecticut primary
March 28: Virgin Islands caucus.
March 31: Vermont caucus
April 2: Alaska caucus (Democrats)
April 7: Kansas, Wisconsin and New York
primaries
April 11: Virginia caucus
April 28: Pennsylvania primary
May 3: Guam caucus
May 5: Washington, D.C., Indiana, North
Carolina and Ohio primaries
May 12: Nebraska and West Virginia
primaries
May 19: Oregon primary
May 26: Arkansas and Kentucky primaries
June 2: Alabama, California, Montana, New
Jersey and New Mexico primaries
New listing
Revised listing
Page 20
Congressional Monitor
Friday, February 21, 1992
Status of Appropriations - Fiscal 1993
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 17
FULL COMMITTEE
House: 225-2771; Senate: 224-3471
AGRICULTURE
House: 225-2638; Senate: 224-7240
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE,
& THEJUDICIARY
House: 225-3351; Senate: 224-7277
DEFENSE
House: 225-2847; Senate: 224-7255
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
House: 225-5338; Senate: 224-7236
ENERGY & WATER DEVELOPMENT
House: 225-3421; Senate: 224-7260
FOREIGN OPERATIONS
House: 225-2041; Senate: 224-7209
SPECIAL HEARING:
Senate subcommittee:
February 21
INTERIOR
House: 225-3081; Senate: 224-7233
LABOR/HHS/EDUC
House: 225-3508; Senate: 224-7283
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
House: 225-5338; Senate: 224-7338
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
House: 225-3047; Senate: 224-7255
TRANSPORTATION
House: 225-2141; Senate: 224-7245
TREASURY/POSTALSERVICE
House: 225-5834; Senate: 224-6280
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
February 21
VA, HUD & INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
House: 225-3241; Senate: 224-7211
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
February 21
Friday, February 21, 1992
Congressional Monitor
Page 21
House Floor Action
Week of February 17
Friday,February 21:
Not in session
Monday, February 17:
President's day holiday
Not in session
Week of February 24
Tuesday, February 18:
Monday, February 24:
Under suspension of the rules:
Convenes at Noon
HR 3337
Require the secretary of the Treasury to
No legislative business scheduled
mint a coin in commemoration of the 200th
anniversary of the White House completed all
debate on motion to concur in Senate amend-
Tuesday, February 25:
ments
HR 476
Designate certain rivers in the state of Michi-
Convenes at Noon
gan as components of the National Wild and
Under suspension of the rules
Scenic Rivers System passed by voice
HR 3490
Protect the public interest and the future
HR 476 is now cleared for the president.
development of interstate pay-per-call tech-
HR 543
Establish the Manzanar National Historic
nology by providing for the regulation and
Site in the state of California completed all
oversight of the applications and growth of
debate on motion to concur in Senate amend-
the pay-per-call industry begin consideration
ments
HR 4113
Permit the transfer before the expiration of
S 606
Amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by
the otherwise applicable 60-day congres-
designating certain segments of the Alle-
sional review period of the obsolete training
gheny River in the commonwealth of Penn-
aircraft carrier USS Lexington to the city of
sylvania as a component of the National Wild
Corpus Christi, Texas, for use as a naval
and Scenic Rivers System completed all de-
musuem and memorial begin consideration
bate
HR 2152
Enhance the effectiveness of the United Na-
tions international drift net fishery conserva-
tion program begin consideration
HR 3519
Authorize the establishment of the
Wednesday, February 19:
Steamtown National Historic Site begin con-
HR 3337
Require the secretary of the Treasury to
sideration
mint a coin in commemoration of the 200th
HConRes 239 Congratulate the people of Lithuania for
anniversary of the White House failed to
their successful peaceful revolution and their
agree to motion to concur in Senate amend-
continuing commitment to the ideals of de-
ments by 172-241
mocracy begin consideration
HR 543
Establish the Manzanar National Historic
Site in the state of California agreed to motion
to concur in Senate amendments by 400-13
Wednesday, February 26 &
S 606
Amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by
designating certain segments of the Alle-
Balance of the Week:
gheny River in the commonwealth of Penn-
HR 3844
Ensure the protection of Haitians in the
sylvania as a component of the National Wild
United States or in United States custody
and Scenic Rivers System passed 409-3
pending the resumption of democratic rule in
Haiti begin consideration
HR 4210
Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
Thursday, February 20:
provide incentives for increased economic
growth and to provide tax relief for families
No legislative business scheduled
begin consideration
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Friday, February 21, 1992
Senate Floor Action
Week of February 17
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for EXON, D-Neb.),
amendment no. 1633, to express the sense of the
Senate that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
should review its policy for assessment of fees to
Monday, February 17:
licensees and make a recommendation to Con-
Not in session
gress on whether changes are required in exist-
ing law to prevent the placement of an unfair
burden on certain NRC licenses, agreed to by
voice vote
Tuesday, February 18:
JOHNSTON, D-La., modified amendment
S 2166
National Energy Security Act of 1992
no 1634, to clarify state authority concerning
[Continued from February 7]
advance review of power purchases from exempt
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for WELLSTONE, D-
wholesale generators, agreed to by voice vote
Minn.), amendment no. 1624, to strike subsec-
(modified)
tion (e), relating to solicitation of proposals for
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for NICKLES, R-
demonstration of section 8105, agreed to by
Okla.), amendment no. 1635, to permit regis-
voice vote
tered public utility holding companies to own
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for WELLSTONE, D-
certain interests in qualifying cogeneration fa-
Minn.), amendment no. 1625, to establish a
cilities and qualifying small power production
sustainable energy transition pilot program,
facilities, agreed to by voice vote.
agreed to by voice vote
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for CHAFEE, R-R.I.),
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for MCCAIN, R-
amendment no. 1636, regarding environmental
Ariz.), amendment no. 1626, to establish a sus-
consequences of increased hydroelectric genera-
tainable energy transition pilot program, agreed
tion, agreed to by voice vote
to by voice vote
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for DOLE, R-Kan.),
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for FOWLER, D-Ga.),
amendment no. 1637, to provide authority to
amendment no. 1627, to establish a Solar Assis-
conduct enhanced oil recovery research and
tance Financing Entity (SAFE) to assist in the
acquire stripper oil for the Strategic Petroleum
financing of solar and renewable energy building
Reserve, agreed to by voice vote
technology applications through increased loan
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for KERRY, D-
amortizations and joint ventures, agreed to by
Mass.), amendment no.41638, to provide for
voice vote
coastal communities impact assistance and
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for MURKOWSKI,
coastal resources enhancement, as amended,
R-Alaska), amendment no. 1628, to clarify the
agreed to by voice vote
definition of "domestic" with regard to the
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for KERRY, D-
alternative fuels provisions, agreed to by voice
Mass.), amendment no. 1639, to the above
vote
JOHNSTON (for KERRY) amendment no.
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for DOLE, R-Kan.),
1638, to impose a moratorium on Outer Conti-
amendment no. 1629, to provide for a Renew-
nental Shelf pre-leasing!äctivities until January
able Energy Research Program to advance re-
1, 2000, agreed to by voice vote
search and development concerning the produc-
JOHNSTON, D-La., and WALLOP, R-
tion of ethanol, agreed to voice vote
Wyo., amendment no. 1640 to the above JOHN-
WALLOP, R-Wyo., FORD, D-Ky, and MC-
STON (for KERRY, D-Mass.), amendment no.
CONNELL, R-Ky., amendment no. 1630, to
1638, to provide that in the event that the total
establish a clean coal and renewable energy
amount of revenues which would otherwise be
technology transfer program, agreed to by voice
deposited in the fund exceed $300,000,000, the
vote
secretary shall provide, each eligible state and
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for CONRAD, D-
county the same percentage of funds as such
N.D.), amendment no. 1631, to expand the abil-
state or county would have received had there
ity of eligible participants to use existing lend-
not been a cap, agreed to by voice vote
ing programs within the Department of
CRAIG, R-Ohio, amendment no. 1641, to
Agriculture to fund renewable energy projects,
require that a specific public need be demon-
agreed to by voice vote
strated- before private property may be confis-
JOHNSTON, D-La., unanimous consent
cated under federal government's right of emi-
that the Senate modify the JOHNSTON, D-La.
nent domain, tabled by yea-nay vote: 60-35
(for WIRTH, D-Colo.), amendment no. 1548, to
METZENBAUM, D-Ohio and JEFFORDS,
the JOHNSTON, D-La. (for GLENN, D-Ohio)
R-Vt., amendment no. 1642, to provide fair
amendment no. 1545, to facilitate private sector
refunds to consumers of natural gas who are
financing of federal government energy effi-
found to have been overcharged, pending at
ciency projects, agreed to by unanimous consent
recess
Note: Amendments nos. 1545 and 1548
METZENBAUM, D-Ohio, amendment no.
were agreed to on February 5, 1992.
1643, to clarify the application of antitrust laws
JOHNSTON, D-Ohio (METZENBAUM,
to persons, agreed to by voice vote
D-Ohio), amendment no. 1632, to reiterate the
[Continued February 19]
standard for determining the legality of the
formation or operation of an independent pro-
ducer cooperative and to ensure the ability of a
Wednesday, February 19:
party to obtain an injunction against an inde-
S 353
pendent producer cooperative, agreed to by
Workers' Family Protection Act of 1991
voice vote
LABOR & HUMAN RESOURCES COM-
Friday, February 21, 1992
Congressional Monitor
Page 23
Senate Floor continued.
JOHNSTON, D-La., substitute amendment
no. 1647, to the GRAHAM, D-Fla., and MACK,
R-Fla., amendment no. 1646, agreed to by yea-
nay vote: 53-45
MITTEE substitute amendment, as amended,
JOHNSTON, D-La., unanimous-consent
agreed to by voice vote
time-agreement was reached on the GRAHAM,
WALLOP, R-Wyo. (for JEFFORDS, R-
D-Fla., and that one second-degree amendment
Vt.), technical amendment no. 1651, agreed to
to the GRAHAM amendment be in order, if
by voice vote
offered; and that at the conclusion or yielding
S 353 as amended, passed by voice vote
back of time on the second-degree amendment,
S 2166
National Energy Security Act of 1992
the Senate proceed to vote on or in relation to
[Continued from February 18]
amendment, as amended, if amended
METZENBAUM,
D-Ohio,
and
GRAHAM, D-Fla., amendment no. 1648, to
JEFFORDS, R-Vt., modified amendment no.
revise the environmental standards under which
1642, to provide fair refunds to consumers of
Outer Continental Shelf leases or permits shall
natural gas who are found to have been over-
be cancelled, tabled by yea-nay vote: 51-47
charged, rejected by yea-nay vote: 41-57 (modi-
BIDEN, D-Del., amendment no. 1649, to
fied)
establish an independent Nuclear Safety Board
JOHNSTON, D-La., unanimous-consent
to investigate civilian nuclear safety issues, ta-
request that the Senate modify both the JOHN-
bled by yea-nay vote: 63-35
STON (for HATFIELD, R-Ore.), amendment
GRASSLEY, R-Iowa, amendment no. 1650,
no. 1586, to provide for additions, improve-
to require the replacement of conventional pe-
ments, and replacements at the Columbia River
troleum motor fuels with replacement and alter-
Hydropower facility; and the JOHNSTON (for
native fuels, tabled by yea-nay vote: 64-34
HATFIELD), amendment no. 1587, to provide
S 2166 as amended, passed Senate by yea-
for water conservation on the Columbia River,
nay vote: 94-4
agreed to by unanimous consent. (Senate agreed
to amendment no. 1586, and amendment no.
1587, on Thursday, February 6, 1992)
BRYAN, D-Nev., amendment no. 1644, to
Thursday, February 20:
establish a voluntary program to encourage in-
S 1150
Reauthorize the Higher Education Act of
dustrial energy efficiency improvements, tabled
1965 began consideration
by yea-nay vote: 58-40
JOHNSTON, D-La. (for MACK, R-Fla.),
clarifying amendment no. 1645, agreed to by
Friday, February 21:
voice vote
JOHNSTON, D-La., unanimous-consent
Schedule uncertain. The Senate may continue consider-
time agreement was reached on the GRAHAM,
ation of S 1150 if action was not completed late in the evening
D-Fla. and MACK, R-Fla., amendment no.
on Thursday. If action was completed on S 1150 the Senate
1646, and that on conclusion or yielding back of
likely will not be in session.
time, there be a vote on or in relation to the
perfecting amendment followed, without any
intervening action or debate, by a vote on or in
Outlook
relation-to the GRAHAM/MACK amendment
no. 1646, as amended, if amended
GRAHAM, D-Fla., and MACK, R-Fla.,
Following action on the education bill (S 1150) the Senate
amendment no. 1646, to protect the coastal
is expected to take up the conference report on a bill (HR 2212)
environment of the state of Florida, as amended,
regarding the extension of most-favored-nation treatment to
agreed to by voice vote
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By Richard Morin
bated by the willingness of some of
Washington Post Staff Writer
its sponsors to violate the spirit, if
not the terms, of their agreement
The final returns are in from
not to release results or pick win
New Hampshire and the people who
ners before the polls closed in New
conduct the most widely reported
Hampshire.
exit poll are trying to explain the
"There was an awful lot of char
results.
acterizing the outcome of the elec:
Specifically, Voter Research and
tion," before most of the polls
Surveys, the organization that pro-
closed at 7 p.m., Mitofsky said, not
vides the television networks and
ing that his former employer, CBS,
other clients with information on
and its chief competitor ABC, were
why votes are cast, is looking for an
among the guilty. "That's a change
explanation of why the final VRS
in attitude by the networks. Every-
exit poll showed President Bush
body agreed that they weren't go-
with only a 6-point lead over Pat-
ing to do that, and I was surprised
rick J. Buchanan. Bush ended up
that they did it."
beating Buchanan by 53 to 37-a
Those early characterizations,
16-point margin.
largely based on early exit poll re-
"There was a terrible skew in the
sults showing Bush and Buchanan
Republican race," Warren Mitofsky,
deadlocked, painted what turned out
executive director of VRS, acknowl-
to be an exaggerated view of how
edged yesterday.
close their race was.
The exit poll results on the Dem-
The first results of the polling,
ocratic side were virtually identical
based on about 600 interviews with
to the election outcome. But the fi-
voters as they left selected polling
nal poll results for the GOP primary
places, were available at 2 p.m. for
had VRS "understating Bush by 5
the four network sponsors and at
percentage points and overstating
2:30 for the other news organiza
Buchanan by 5 points. That's a 10-
tions that had bought the survey, in
point margin; I've never done any-
cluding The Washington Post.
thing that bad," said Mitofsky, who
On the Democratic side, the race
previously directed surveys and exit
was shaping up as predicted, with
polls for CBS.
former Massachusetts senator Paul
Mitofsky speculated that the dis-
E. Tsongas holding a 10-
crepancy was a result of "a bunch of
percentage-point margin over Gov.
strongly committed Buchanan vot-
Bill Clinton of Arkansas. But the
ers" among the 1,848 Republicans
GOP numbers showed Bush and Bu-
who were interviewed and who
chanan deadlocked, each with 49
were more willing to participate in
percent of the projected vote. And a
the poll than Bush supporters.
subsequent update showed the
"Bush people going to the polls
same thing: a tie.
seemed to be ashamed of what they
That early perception helped
were doing," he said.
shape interpretation for much of
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BUSH CAMPAIGN RETHINKS STRATEGY TOWARD BUCHANAN
President May Rely On Aura of Office
In another sign of the internal debate over how best to deal
with the conservative challenge of Patrick Buchanan, President Bush
and his senior aides Thursday had second thoughts about a tentative
decision Wednesday to take on Buchanan directly in an intensive
campaign across the South
The debate over strategy was reopened, with the argument
against it being it would deprive Bush of his greatest weapon
the authority of his office.
"It is just suicidal to put the President down in the mud with
Buchanan and chasing after him across the country,' said one
adviser opposed to the strategy. "It puts the President in the
same category as Buchanan, just another candidate. It is a
fundamental misreading of New Hampshire to say we are running
against Buchanan. That was a protest vote Most of the Buchanan
voters did not want Buchanan What they didn't want was us. We
are running against ourselves." If
The likely compromise, officials said Thursday, is that Bush
will leave the defining of Buchanan to surrogates and perhaps
television advertising if needed, and will remain above the fray
to retain his "presidentiality:
A House Republican said Thursday, "The President is not giving
the voters a reason to vote for him. This is an election in which
the voters are saying, 'What are you going to do for me tomorrow,
not What did you do for me yesterday. Talking about his R and
D initiative doesn' do it." (Ann Devroy, Washington Post, A1)
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BUSH'S ALLIES ARE TOLD NOT TO ATTACK BUCHANAN
IN GEORGIA, THE NEXT BATTLEGROUND
President Bush's reelection strategists told their Georgia
operatives Thursday to refrain from attacking Patrick Buchanan,
even as the White House signaled that it would make Buchanan's
record a campaign issue.
The move in Georgia hinted at indecision among the strategists
as to whether Bush can secure his party's nomination quickly
without using negative political tactics that would anger
Buchanan's conservative backers.
It also suggested that they remain confident that the
President's major campaign themes that he cares about economic
problems and has the best program to cure them -- need little
tinkering in the aftermath of Tuesday's strong showing by Buchanan
in New Hampshire.
(Michael Wines, New York Times, A14)
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Friday, February 21, 1992 -- A-2
BUCHANAN SLASHES BUSH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION
Law Said To Foster 'Reverse Discrimination"
In a slashing attack on President Bush that married the
resentments of race and class, Patrick Buchanan pointed his
presidential campaign squarely toward the upcoming primaries in the
South by charging the President with signing a civil rights bill
that would lead to "reverse discrimination. "
Speaking to a receptive audience at the annual meeting of the
Conservative Political Action Conference, Buchanan used the highly
charged rhetoric familiar to supporters of George Wallace and David
Duke to assail the well-born, Yale educated Bush for signing the
1991 civil Rights Act.
Arguing that the law would result in racial quotas, Buchanan
declared: "NOW, if you belong to the Exeter-Yale GOP club, that's
not going to bother you greatly, because as we know, it is not
their children who get bused out of South Boston into Roxbury, it
is not their brothers who lose contracts because of minority set-
asides, it is not the scions of Yale and Harvard who apply to
become FBI agents and construction workers and civil servants and
cops, who bear the onus of this reverse discrimination.
Turning his attention to another country, Buchanan dismissed
critical remarks about him from Prime Minister Miyazawa, suggesting
that Bush and the Japanese are so close that "a. Bush-Miyazawa
ticket" may be in the making. (E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, A8)
BUCHANAN WELCOMES BUSH'S NEW CAMPAIGN
Patrick Buchanan welcomes President Bush's decision to "take
off the gloves" in their Republican presidential campaign and is
attacking one of the President's strongest points -- Desert Storm.
Buchanan mentioned Thursday a published report that Bush had
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a political television spot extolling his leadership in the Persian
Gulf War but did not use it. Buchanan said he heard Bush did not
want to make it an issue, so, "Let's make it an issue right here.
Addressing a friendly audience, Buchanan said "as commander
in chief, George Bush was excellent. But then he ticked off a
list of areas where he said Bush failed in Desert Storm. He said
there was no democracy in Kuwait; the U.S. is becoming involved in
more entanglements in the Middle East; while the U.S. defenses are
being made smaller, Iran is building up its military; and Muslim
fundamentalism is on the rise because of America's involvement in
the area.
(David Wiessler, UPI)
BUCHANAN CRITICIZES BUSH FOR SOUTER NOMINATION
Patrick Buchanan stepped up his attacks on President Bush and
the federal government Thursday, criticizing Bush's nomination of
Justice Souter and the National Endowment for the Arts for using
tax money to support controversial works
Buchanan called Souter "a nice man, but said Bush had chosen
the New Hampshire jurist because he was a relative unknown without
trail of paper to document his principles.
Buchanan promised, if elected, to keep nominating
conservatives to the court -- even if the Senate turned them down
one by one after they had proclaimed their hard-line views as
instructed.
(John Mashek, Boston Globe)
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POLL: BUSH SLIPS, BUT WOULD WIN
President Bush's approval rating has hit a new low, but he'd
still win if the election were held now, shows a USA
Today/CNN/Gallup Poll.
Taken after the New Hampshire primary the poll shows Bush"s
approval at 39 percent, down from 47 percent early this month
Only 42 percent say Bush deserves reelection, a drop from 51
percent three weeks ago. But most still prefer Bush over Bill
Clinton and Paul Tsongas. The finding suggests the Democrats have
yet to convince a majority they offer a better alternative to Bush.
(Richard Benedetto, USA Today, 1A)
LOSING THE 'REAGAN DEMOCRATS IS
BUSH'S BIGGEST THREAT, ANALYSTS SAY
Even though President Bush is stomping around the political
arena like a wounded bull, snorting fire at Patrick Buchanan, his
real peril is not the right wing of the Republican Party.
The biggest threat to Bush's reelection hopes this fall is the
potential loss of millions of swing voters -- the so-called "Reagan
Democrats" who abandoned the Democratic Party a quarter-century
ago and put Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Bush in the White
House
"They re gone, predicted Ed Rollins. "You start with the
premise that if they re still registered Democrats, they want to
vote for a Democrat. And in this economic environment if Bill
Clinton doesn' drive 'em away, they're lost to us.
"The real conservatives feel betrayed, said Merle Black, a
political scientist at Emory University "They re essential, but
they re not enough to win Bush also has to get the swing voters
the conservative Democrats and moderate independents. He's not
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getting enough of those to win.
David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union,
agreed that conservative Democrats are essential to a Bush victory.
"The so-called Reagan Democrats are the key to the Republicans'
winning national coalition,' said Keene. "George Bush has
alienated a lot of those people because they have not seen in him
either the concern for values they feel so strongly about or the
leadership they admired in Ronald Reagan.
(Robert Boyd, Knight-Ridder)
CONDUCTOR OF EXIT POLL TRIES TO EXPLAIN RESULTS
The final returns are in from New Hampshire and the people who
conduct the most widely reported exit poll are trying to explain
the results. Specifically, Voter Research and Surveys, is looking
for an explanation of why the final VRS exit poll showed President
Bush with only a 6-point lead over Patrick Buchanan.
"There was a terrible skew in the Republican race, If Warren
Mitofsky executive director of VRS, acknowledged Thursday
Mitofsky speculated that the discrepancy was a result of "a bunch
of strongly committed Buchanan voters" among the 1, 848 Republicans
who were interviewed and who were more willing to participate in
the poll than Bush supporters. "Bush people going to the polls
seemed to be ashamed of what they were doing," he said.
(Richard Morin, Washington Post, A8)
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EVANGELICALS PRESS BUSH
Leaders of the nation's largest Protestant groups have written
President Bush a letter warning that he is veering from the pro-
family agenda he promised evangelical voters. The Southern Baptist
Convention" missive was triggered by a Feb. 13 meeting between
Robert Mosbacher and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
'Mr. Bush is in trouble to the degree that evangelicals who
gave him their vote perceive him as failing to deliver on their
agenda, said Ralph Reed, head of the Christian Coalition, an
educational outgrowth of Pat Robertson 1988 bid for the
presidency.
(Larry Witham, Washington Times, A1)
PRESIDENT 8 TEXAS ADDRESS OPENS BANKRUPTCY CASE
For Bush, There No Place Quite Like Home
Two days after the New Hampshire primary evidenced public
concern that President Bush is too insulated from Americans
economic woe, owners of the Houston hotel that he calls home
brought reality to his front door Thursday. They filed for
bankruptcy. Thus, an issue that has dogged Bush for most of his
adult life rose anew -- where is he from?
"Although the Houstonian's bankruptcy won't make Bush
homeless, for the sake of the nation, hopefully the personal
experiences he has gone through will finally get the message
across It's going to take more than election-year gimmicks to turn
the economy around," said Ed Martin, the state party's executive
director
In Maine, some of Bush's neighbors expressed unhappiness
because Bush pays no state income tax. "What Bush is doing is not
illegal, but we think it's sleazy, said George Christie, executive
director of the Maine People's Alliance. "People are calling up
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and saying, I voted for Bush, but this isn right. He's a very
wealthy man, and he can afford to pay this He chooses not to. 11,
(Christopher Daly, Washington Post, A9)
HOUSE DEMOCRATS SCUTTLE CORPORATE INCOME TAX CUT
House Democratic leaders Thursday scrapped a proposal to
reduce the corporate income tax rate by one percentage point in a
move to reassure Democrats who are uncomfortable with their party's
$90 billion tax proposal and say it does too much for the wealthy.
For the second day in a row, House Democrats complained to
Rep. Foley and other leaders about the details of the middle-class
tax relief and economic growth package, which will be sent to the
floor for a vote next week.
Foley predicted that the bill would be approved, despite
grumbling within the Democratic caucus and nearly unanimous
opposition from Republicans. However, some Democrats complained
that the capital gains tax provisions are more generous to the
wealthy than President Bush's proposal and that the package does
more to advance the party's political agenda than to help the
economy or hold down the deficit
Meanwhile, Sen. Bentsen announced that he has abandoned his
proposal to pay for middle-class tax relief and economic growth
measures by shifting money from the defense budget.
(Eric Pianin, Washington Post, A4)
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ECONOMY TO BE ON MEND BY NOVEMBER
But Strength of Pre-Election Recovery Is Debated
The saw about laying all economists end to end and their still
not reaching a conclusion isn't true this election year. While
they differ over the exact strength of a recovery, most economists
say that President Bush will have the economic wind at his back
come Nov. 3
"By the time Americans head for the ballot box, the debate
won't be as it is now -- over whether the economy will recover,
but over how robust and lasting the recovery will ultimately turn
out to be, predicts Robert Eggert, an economic consultant in
Sedona, Ariz. who surveys 50 leading forecasters each month.
In his latest survey -- his first since President Bush
unveiled his proposals to spur the economy -- the forecasters
expect on average that the gross domestic product, adjusted for
inflation, will rise at an annual rate of 3. 1 percent in the third
quarter and 3.3 percent in the fourth. They also foresee a jobless
rate of 6.9 percent in the third quarter and 6.8 percent in the
fourth.
(Alfred Malabre, Wall Street Journal, A2)
DOW RISES 50 TO 11TH RECORD IN '92
NEW YORK -- Blue-chip stocks rocketed to new highs Thursday,
after seemingly minor news items rekindled faith in the possibility
of a robust economic recovery by midyear The Dow Jones industrial
average jumped 50 32 points to a record high 3280.64. It was the
11th closing high this year, surpassing the previous record of
3276 83 set Feb. 12.
(News Services, Washington Post, F2)
RESEARCH SPENDING IS DECLINING IN U.S. AS IT RISES ABROAD
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American spending on research an development has begun to fall
for the first time since the 1970s, even as foreign rivals increase
their investments in research, a federal science agency said
Thursday The National Science Board, in its biennial report
on the health of the nation' research enterprise, said overall
spending on research by the federal government, industry and
universities and private patrons slowed during the second half of
the 1980s and began to fall in 1989, ending an era of extraordinary
growth.
(William Broad, New York Times, A1)
PANEL BACKS MARKETING OF IMPLANTS
FDA Urged To Limit Availability, Monitor Breast Device Safety
An advisory panel of the FDA recommended unanimously Thursday
that silicone breast implants remain on the market, but with
substantial new restrictions on their use.
After a marathon three-day review of data on the safety of the
devices the panel recommended limiting access to the implants for
purposes of cosmetic breast enlargement, while maintaining
unlimited availability to women seeking the devices because of
breast cancer surgery or severe deformation.
Moreover, the panel advised any woman receiving an implant for
either reason should be registered and monitored in long-term
studies to assess the devices' safety.
(Malcolm Gladwell, Washington Post, A1)
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EXPORT SURGE PUSHED 91 TRADE DEFICIT TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE '83
Pushed by record growth in overseas sales of American-made
computers, planes and machinery, the government reported Thursday
that the U.S. trade deficit dropped 35 percent last year to $66.2
billion, its lowest level since 1983. Although the improvement
was welcomed, the report sent a mixed message on the state of the
U.S. economy.
The record level of exports, up 7.2 percent over the year, to
$421 9 billion, provided the only real bright spot in the economy
last year. Also on the plus side, exports of manufactured goods
jumped 9 3 percent, which acting Commerce Secretary Schnabel hailed
as a sign of 'improved U.S. competitiveness."
But the drop-off in U.S. purchases of foreign-made products
was seen as a further indication that the recession was continuing.
While the U.S. still had a sizable merchandise trade deficit last
year, most of that red ink was offset by a surplus in sales of
services such as banking, insurance and engineering, estimated by
Commerce at $44 billion last year
(Stuart Auerbach, Washington Post, F1)
TRADE ACCORD GUARANTEEING STEEL MARKET
TO U.S., CANADIAN FIRMS TO EXPIRE
President Bush plans to let expire next month a multilateral
trade accord that has guaranteed at least 80 percent of the U.S.
steel market to American and Canadian producers.
Congress may force Bush to change his plans, however. Fearing
a flood of cheap foreign steel, particularly value-added goods such
as stainless steel, members of Congress are hustling to pass
legislation to try to compel Bush to extend the import quotas
another 2.5 years.
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To beat the March 31 expiration date of the current steel
trade pact, House Democrats have quietly arranged to attach their
measure to the tax package they pledged to send to the President
before his March 20 deadline. (Michael Arndt, Chicago Tribune)
HOUSE PANEL APPROVES HALT IN HAITIAN REPATRIATIONS
The House Judiciary Committee brushed aside a veto threat by
President Bush and voted 21-12 Thursday for a six-month halt to
repatriations of Haitian boat people now encamped on the U.S. Navy
base at Guantanamo Bay
Rep. Mazzoli, who introduced the bill said he did not
necessarily believe reports of reprisals by the military
government, but said they should be studied
But Attorney General Barr, in a letter Thursday to Rep.
Brooks, said the Administration "strongly objects to the bill" and
indicated Bush would veto it.
(Al Kamen, Washington Post, A3)
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Blakemore continues: They cut 9,000 school bus stops -- kids have
to walk a little further -- they ve delayed building a school plan
for this site and made do for another year with temporary trailer
units But the recession is also threatening the kind of reforms
that can make a difference, like this new middle school program in
which all the teachers collaborate to help their students learn
better. It may be cut if the recession does not end. The
recession has had one advantage: It's helped cut down some top
heavy bureaucracies. Virginia' central office, which administers
all these schools, was trimmed by one-fifth -- 140 positions --
saving $7 million. The good news is that Americans are now so
concerned with the need to improve the schools that even under the
pressure of the recession, budget planners have tried to make
schools the last place they cut. But the belt-tightening has now
been done and is beginning to get painful, threatening America's
schools and dreams for reform with serious damage.
(ABC-12)
HATE CRIMES
Jennings: From the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
today, a report that hate crimes against Arab-Americans from
physical violence to threatening phone calls went up dramatically
in 1991. The organization attributes it to anger over the Gulf
War. And a survey by the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai
B'rith finds a similar rise in attacks against Jews, which it also
attributes to the war in the Gulf.
(ABC-8, CBS-3)
SOUTH AFRICA
Jennings: In South Africa, what may turn out to be a serious
setback in the process of ending the system of racial segregation.
The ruling National Party has lost an important election for a seat
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in Parliament which it has held for 40 years. The National Party
has lost to the Conservative Party, which is committed to
preserving white power.
ABC Don Kladstrup reports that President DeKlerk told white
members of Parliament he would hold a referendum as soon as
possible to let white voters decide whether he should move ahead
with his plans to share power with blacks. On national television
he vowed to resign if the vote went against him.
(ABC-9, NBC-7, CBS-2)
CIA FILES
Brokaw: NBC News has learned that Sen. Boren will draft a
resolution to open the CIA files on the Kennedy assassination. And
congressional sources also tell NBC News that the CIA, on its own,
will announce the opening of its files on major events of
historical and political importance.
(NBC-6)
JAPANESE ACQUISITIONS IN THE U.S.
ABC's Gary Sheppard reports a survey released today says new
Japanese investment in American real estate plummeted to only $5
billion last year from $13 billion in 1990. With less Japanese
demand, it may be years before real estate values return to their
once-lofty levels.
(ABC-4)
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CHARLES L. BARTLETT
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THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036
Memo to the President
From Charley Bartlett
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I am enclosing a taped coverage of a short talk that Ed
Rollins made to the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday It is a
calm cool assessment of the situation and it seems to me to
convey a lot of wisdom I really think that you will gain from
taking 15 minutes or so to hear what he has to say You will find
that he has immensely positive things to say about you The tape
is set to the right place.
of this ugly stuff to rest by standing up in the East Room in the
My own thought continues to be that you can lay a lot
evening is and letting the press corps belt you with a lot of what
being said. It is the best and most immediate way to reassert
the force of your identity. The more the media folks grandstand
the better you look. People will like you for getting hammered
with some tough questions. People want their President to talk
to them and not merely with scripted speeches. These televised
barely utilized
press conferences are a major tool of leadership that you have
It is certainly a time for new techniques and one idea
that instead of stump speeches in these primary states you could
suggested to me by one of your New York fans, Adam Walinsky is
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gain drama, good TV coverage and appeal by participating in
focus sessions The participants would be cross sections of the
populace SO that people could get off their complaints and
deas No press in the room - just a couple of TV cameras. You
would make the point that you really are in touch what better
way to show that you really do care.
I am hearing a lot of adverse sentiment on the notion
said that you may spend 17 of the next 21 days campaigning As a lady
not to John Coleman at dinner in Lake Forest last night, "It"s
presidential If I really agree
CB
February 20, 1992
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ADDRESS TO SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
FEBRUARY 21, 1992
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN CHARLESTON. GOVERNOR
CAMPBELL, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY, AND FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP AS ONE OF OUR NATION'S FINEST
GOVERNORS.
THIS IS A REAL STAR-STUDDED EVENT. I WANT TO
SALUTE THE GOVERNORS HERE TODAY -- PAST AND PRESENT;
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE KEY MEMBERS OF OUR
POLITICAL TEAM: RICH BOND AND JEANNIE AUSTIN, AS WELL
AS CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN, MARTHA EDENS [EE-DENS].
MARTHA, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA -- HOST FOR
THE FIRST TIME, BUT I'M SURE NOT THE LAST TIME -- OF
THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
FOUR YEARS AGO THE SOUTH LED OUR PARTY TO A GREAT
VICTORY ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY. THIS YEAR THE SOUTH
WILL LEAD US TO A VICTORY IN NOVEMBER, 1992.
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AND JUST TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR ABOUT IT, I AM
CONFIDENT OF WINNING THE PRESIDENCY FOR FOUR MORE
YEARS.
I'LL NEED YOUR SUPPORT. WE'VE MUCH TO DO THESE
NEXT FEW MONTHS, BECAUSE WE'VE MUCH TO DO THESE NEXT
FEW YEARS. TOGETHER WE CAN FINISH WHAT WE'VE STARTED
AND MOVE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD.
LET ME OPEN WITH A TRUE STORY ABOUT THE OLD
DAYS .....
MIDLAND, TEXAS -- 1956 -- TRYING TO ORGANIZE A
REPUBLICAN PARTY. I WAS A POLL JUDGE AT PRIMARY
ELECTION TIME -- THE FIRST REPUBLICAN PRIMARY EVER HELD
IN MIDLAND COUNTY. BARBARA AND I VOTED REPUBLICAN. WE
REPRESENTED TWO-THIRDS OF THE REPUBLICAN VOTE THAT
YEAR. THE ONLY OTHER GUY WHO VOTED ALL DAY LONG WAS A
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DRUNK WHO THOUGHT HE WAS VOTING IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY.
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YOU REMEMBER THOSE DAYS -- SOMETIMES IF YOU TRIED
TO REGISTER REPUBLICAN THEY'D TELL YOU NOT TO BOTHER
-- BECAUSE THERE WERE NO REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR IN
PRIMARY ELECTIONS. OR TIMES OF OUT-AND-OUT
INTIMIDATION -- OR EVEN VIOLENCE.
WE WENT THROUGH A LOT BACK THEN. IN FACT, I'M SURE
MANY OF YOU CAN SHARE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES. WHY DID WE
DO IT? WHY DID WE BUILD A REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE
SOUTH?
WE DID IT BECAUSE WE WANTED CHANGE. WE DID IT
BECAUSE WE BELIEVED IN SOME FUNDAMENTAL VALUES: FAITH
AND FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT -- COMMUNITY
AND COUNTRY.
WE DID IT BECAUSE WE SAW OUR GOVERNMENT GETTING TOO
BIG, GETTING INTO OUR POCKETS AND INTO EVERY CORNER OF
OUR LIVES. WE DID IT BECAUSE WE WORRIED ABOUT OUR
FAMILIES AND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
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WE DID IT BECAUSE OUR TAXES ALWAYS SEEMED TO GO UP
AT THE SAME TIME AMERICA'S PROBLEMS GOT WORSE. EACH OF
US, IN OUR OWN SMALL WAY FINALLY SAID, ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH.
WE WERE UPSTARTS AND MAVERICKS. WE CHALLENGED THE
STATUS QUO -- CHALLENGED THE COURT HOUSE CROWD -- THE
CLOSED-DOOR, ONE-PARTY RULE OF THE DEMOCRATS. WE DID
IT BECAUSE WE KNEW REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES WERE RIGHT.
AND THEY FOUGHT US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
BUT WE FOUGHT HARD -- AND WE FOUGHT FAIR. WE TOOK
OUR MESSAGE OF SMALLER GOVERNMENT -- BETTER GOVERNMENT
-- TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CAROLINAS, AND VIRGINIA, AND
MISSISSIPPI, AND FLORIDA, AND THE REST OF THIS GREAT
REGION OF AMERICA. AND WE STARTED WINNING -- AT FIRST
A HOUSE SEAT HERE, A SENATE RACE THERE. BUT OUR
MOMENTUM GREW AND GREW.
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WE OWE A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO OUR STANDARD-
BEARERS IN THOSE EARLY DAYS -- -- HOWARD BAKER AND THE
LATE JOHN TOWER, THE BO CALLAWAYS AND BILL BROCKS, BILL
DICKINSON AND JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT AND OF COURSE THE
PHENOMENAL FAVORITE SON OF SOUTH CAROLINA, STROM
THURMOND.
THEY PAVED THE WAY. THEY INSPIRED A GENERATION OF
TALENT THAT TRANSFORMED THE NATION'S POLITICAL
LANDSCAPE. I'M THINKING NOW OF ANOTHER SOUTH
CAROLINIAN, A GOOD MAN AND A GOOD FRIEND -- LEE
ATWATER. WE MISS HIM STILL. [IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE
SALLY FLYING DOWN WITH ME TODAY.]
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TODAY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE FORCE FOR
POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE NEW SOUTH, AND I AM PROUD TO
HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN ITS SUCCESS.
OUR MESSAGE THEN
AND OUR MESSAGE NOW IS SIMPLE: WE BELIEVE GOVERNMENT
IS TOO BIG AND SPENDS TOO MUCH. WE BELIEVE IN GOOD
SCHOOLS AND SAFE STREETS -- AND A GOVERNMENT WORTHY OF
THE PEOPLE'S RESPECT. so WE BELIEVE IN LESS
GOVERNMENT, LOW TAXES, AND A STRONG DEFENSE.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE PUT AMERICA FIRST WHEN WE PUT
AMERICA'S FAMILIES FIRST. so WE BELIEVE THAT PARENTS,
NOT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE THE BIG DECISIONS.
PARENTS, NOT GOVERNMENT, SHOULD CHOOSE THEIR CHILDREN'S
SCHOOLS.
PARENTS, NOT GOVERNMENT, SHOULD DECIDE THE FAMILY'S
HEALTH CARE -- AND PARENTS SHOULD CHOOSE WHO CARES FOR
THEIR CHILDREN -- NOT SOME BUREAUCRAT IN WASHINGTON
D.C.
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AND YES, WE BELIEVE IT OUGHT TO BE OKAY TO HAVE
VOLUNTARY PRAYER FOR CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOM.
THOSE ARE OUR BELIEFS -- THOSE ARE WHY WE BUILT A
PARTY IN THE SOUTH AND WHY WE CONTINUE TO BUILD IT
TODAY. THOSE BELIEFS DON'T CHANGE FROM ONE ELECTION TO
THE NEXT. THEY STILL GUIDE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US,
EACH AND EVERY DAY.
NOW WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA IN
AMERICA'S HISTORY. THE COLD WAR IS OVER AND AMERICA
WON. THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSED AND IMPERIAL COMMUNISM
IS FINISHED FOR GOOD. AMERICAN LEADERSHIP CHANGED THE
WORLD. REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP WILL CHANGE AMERICA.
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I AM CONFIDENT ABOUT OUR FUTURE. BUT WE'VE GOT A
LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
ARE SIMPLY ON THE WRONG TRACK IN OUR COUNTRY. TAKE OUR
COURTS, FOR EXAMPLE. WHEN FATHERS STOP COACHING LITTLE
LEAGUE BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF LIABILITY LAWSUITS,
SOMETHING'S WRONG. WHEN DOCTORS STOP DELIVERING BABIES
BECAUSE THEY FEAR A MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT, SOMETHING'S
WRONG. OR WHEN PEOPLE STOP VOLUNTEERING TO HELP EACH
OTHER BECAUSE THEY FEAR AMBULANCE-CHASING LAWYERS,
SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG. THESE DAYS A SHARP LAWYER
WOULD TELL THE GOOD SAMARITAN KEEP ON WALKING.
WE'VE PROPOSED REFORMS TO OUR COURT SYSTEM TO
ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS AND THAT'S A
GOOD STEP. BUT THE REAL ANSWER FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS IS
FOR AMERICANS TO START HELPING EACH OTHER AND STOP
SUING EACH OTHER.
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THEN I THINK ABOUT OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PROVIDES THE HIGHEST QUALITY
CARE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. BUT IT'S NOT PERFECT. WE
ALL KNOW THAT.
TOO MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH
INSURANCE. TOO MANY PEOPLE WORRY THAT THEY'LL LOSE
THEIR COVERAGE IF THEY CHANGE JOBS OR WORSE STILL, IF
THEY LOSE THEIR JOB. AND ANYBODY WHO'S HAD EVEN MINOR
SURGERY KNOWS THAT HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE GOING THROUGH
THE ROOF.
THE ANSWER ISN'T TO GO DOWN THE ROAD OF SOCIALIZED
MEDICINE, WITH ITS LONG LINES AND FACELESS, IMPERSONAL
SERVICE. IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED WE'D PUT OUR DOCTORS
AND NURSES TO WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
VEHICLES. MY APPROACH IS TO REFORM OUR HEALTH SYSTEM:
MAKE INSURANCE AVAILABLE TO ALL. KEEP THE QUALITY
HIGH, THE BUREAUCRACY LOW --AND PRESERVE CHOICE.
THAT'S VITAL. THE LAST THING WE WANT IS THE GOVERNMENT
STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR.
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THEN THERE'S AMERICA'S SORRY WELFARE SYSTEM. IT'S
PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT THE SYSTEM NOW TOO OFTEN
PERPETUATES DEPENDENCY WHEN IT SHOULD PROMOTE
INDEPENDENCE AND INITIATIVE. WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE
INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS THROUGH PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
THE DIGNITY OF A JOB. so I'VE ASKED MY DEPARTMENTS AND
AGENCIES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT TO REFORM THE SYSTEM -- REFORM POLICIES THAT
PROMOTE BROKEN FAMILIES. WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK
-- GO AFTER DEAD-BEAT FATHERS WHO RUN OUT ON THEIR
CHILDREN -- TO MAKE RECIPIENTS WORK OR STUDY -- AND TO
KEEP FAMILIES WHOLE.
BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE ON THE
MINDS OF ALL AMERICANS IS -- IT'S THE ECONOMY. IT'S
PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR JOBS -- PROVIDING FOR THEIR
FAMILIES, MEETING THE EVERYDAY CHALLENGES OF PAYING THE
BILLS, PROVIDING A HOME, TEACHING OUR KIDS AND PUTTING
ASIDE FOR OUR RETIREMENT.
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- YOUR NEIGHBORS -- WANT THIS
ECONOMY FIRED UP AGAIN. so DO I. IN MY STATE OF THE
UNION ADDRESS, I PUT FORWARD A TWO-PART PLAN -- THE
FIRST PART GETS BUSINESS GROWING AGAIN RIGHT NOW --
UPGRADING PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AGAIN -- HIRING WORKERS
AGAIN. IT USES INCENTIVES LIKE AN INVESTMENT TAX
ALLOWANCE AND YES, IT IS CLEARLY TIME FOR CONGRESS TO
WAKE UP AND CUT THE TAX ON CAPITAL GAINS.
AND TO GET HOUSING BACK ON ITS FEET I PUT FORTH
SEVERAL COMMON SENSE PROPOSALS TO GET PEOPLE BUYING AND
BUILDING HOMES. PERHAPS THE MOST EASILY UNDERSTOOD
PROPOSAL IS A $5,000 TAX CREDIT FOR FIRST-TIME
HOMEBUYERS. WITH OUR PLAN, YOUNG PEOPLE ALMOST ABLE
TO BUY THAT FIRST HOME COULD DO IT WITH THE EXTRA $5000
IN THEIR POCKET. THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS' PLAN GIVES THEM
NOTHING.
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A WORD ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS' CURRENT PLAN. I SAY
"CURRENT" BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO CHANGE JUST ABOUT EVERY
HOUR AS THEY CHANGE IT TO BUY VOTES. THAT'S WHY IT'S
REALLY NOT A PLAN, IT'S SIMPLY A BAD DEAL. IT SMACKS
OF CLASS WARFARE. LISTEN TO THE TRADE-OFF IN THEIR
DEAL: 25 CENTS A DAY IN TEMPORARY TAX RELIEF FOR TWO
YEARS -- PAID FOR -- TRUE TO FORM FOR THE DEMOCRATS --
BY A LARGE PERMANENT TAX INCREASE.
NOW SOME DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE WANT TO MAKE THAT
TEMPORARY TAX RELIEF PERMANENT -- GET A BIDDING WAR
GOING. BUT TO PAY FOR THAT THEY'D HAVE TO HIKE TAX
RATES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS -- PEOPLE MAKING $35,000 A
YEAR. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE TEACHERS, FACTORY WORKERS,
EVERYDAY AMERICANS. THEY WON'T TELL YOU THAT ABOUT
THEIR SORRY PLAN BUT THAT'S THE ESTIMATE I'VE BEEN
GIVEN BY OUR EXPERTS.
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THEIR PLAN ALSO ADDS MORE THAN $30 BILLION TO THE
DEFICIT, AND THE JOBS IT CREATES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE
FOR MORE TAX COLLECTORS. I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HAVE ABOUT HAD IT WITH TAX AND SPEND THINKING.
WE DREW A LINE IN THE SAND IN THE PERSIAN GULF
AND KEPT OUR WORD. I'LL DRAW ANOTHER LINE IN THE SAND
HERE: IF THE DEMOCRATS SEND ME THIS NONSENSE THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT NOW, I'LL SEND IT RIGHT BACK. I WILL
VETO IT THE MINUTE IT HITS MY DESK.
I SENT THEM A PLAN -- A GOOD PLAN -- THAT'S WHAT
THEY OUGHT TO WORK ON -- -- NOT SOME PHONY PARTISAN
MANEUVER THAT THEY KNOW WON'T FLY. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN
TO THE CONGRESS -- HERE'S THE DEADLINE MARCH 20.
IF WE ACT BY THEN WE CAN SEE SOME RESULTS THIS SPRING.
NO MORE GAMES, NO MORE EMPTY GESTURES, JUST PASS MY
PLAN AND GET THIS ECONOMY GOING AGAIN.
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I SAID THE PLAN HAD TWO PARTS. THE SECOND PART IS
A LONG-TERM PLAN TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY COMPETITIVE AND
VIGOROUS. IT'S A. ROAD MAP FOR COMPETING AND LEADING
AMERICA IN THE FAST-CHANGING WORLD OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
OUR PLAN REVOLUTIONIZES AMERICA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM.
OUR PLAN GETS THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF CUTTING
EDGE GOVERNMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO THE HANDS
OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESSES AND WORKERS -- FASTER
THAN EVER BEFORE. THAT HELPS US GET A REAL RETURN ON
YOUR TAX DOLLARS INVESTMENT -- HELPING TO CREATE NEW
PRODUCTS AND NEW JOBS. OUR PLAN PROVIDES TAX RELIEF TO
STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY. WE RAISE THE TAX DEDUCTION FOR
CHILDREN BY $500 DOLLARS -- THAT'S NOT AS MUCH AS I'D
HAVE LIKED, BUT IT'S A START. MAKE NO MISTAKE, I WANT
THIS PLAN PASSED IN THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS. //
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BUT A CENTRAL IDEA BEHIND OUR APPROACH IS THAT TO
SUCCEED ECONOMICALLY AT HOME, WE HAVE TO LEAD
ECONOMICALLY ABROAD. THAT MEANS JOBS RIGHT HERE IN
AMERICA BY OPENING MARKETS FOR OUR EXPORTS ALL OVER THE
WORLD. I AM GOING TO FIGHT HARD IN EVERY FOREIGN
MARKET TO DO JUST THAT.
SOME PEOPLE WISH THE REST OF THE WORLD WOULD JUST
GO AWAY. THAT'S NAIVE AND DEFEATIST. THEY'RE SAYING
THAT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD ISN'T LEVEL ENOUGH -- THAT
AMERICAN INGENUITY, AMERICAN KNOW-HOW, AND THE AMERICAN
CAN-DO SPIRIT, ARE SIMPLY A BUNCH OF HACKNEYED PHRASES.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT. AND NEITHER DO YOU. AMERICA IS
NOT GOING TO CUT AND RUN -- EVER.
BEFORE I FINISH TONIGHT I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
ABOUT THIS PRIMARY CAMPAIGN. OF COURSE THIS CAMPAIGN
IS IMPORTANT -- NOT JUST TO ME, BUT TO YOU, AND TO OUR
COUNTRY. FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COUNTRY, WE MUST NOT TURN
OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR COUNTRY TO THE DEMOCRATS.
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP MUST CONTINUE.
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FOR EIGHT YEARS, RONALD REAGAN AND I LED THIS
COUNTRY. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS I HAVE STOOD BETWEEN
OUR PRINCIPLES AND A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS THAT WOULD
UNDERMINE THEM. WITH THE HELP OF OUR REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP ON CAPITOL HILL, TWENTY-FIVE TIMES OUR
PRINCIPLES WERE UPHELD. AND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF
AMERICAN HISTORY ARE JUST TOO IMPORTANT TO ENTRUST TO
AMATEURS.
THAT BRINGS ME TO THIS PRIMARY CAMPAIGN. I DON'T
BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTIVE FOR OUR PARTY, OR OUR
COUNTRY. IT'S BEEN NEGATIVE, IT'S BEEN EXTREME, AND
IT'S BEEN NASTY. IT HAS NOT BEEN CONSERVATIVE.
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I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT
HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS OUR COUNTRY'S CHALLENGES --
HOW WE CAN UNITE OUR PEOPLE -- AND CREATE MORE
OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE FOR OUR ALL AMERICANS. I BELIEVE
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR SOLUTIONS, NOT JUST A
LOT OF TALK THAT RUNS THIS COUNTRY DOWN. AND FRANKLY,
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT SOMETIMES SOMEBODY'S GOT TO STAND
UP AND SAY WHAT'S RIGHT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. LET'S NOT LISTEN TO THE GLOOM AND DOOM FROM
THE TALKING HEADS. WE ARE NUMBER ONE -- MAKE NO
MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
YOU AND I, WE BELIEVE IN AMERICA. WE ARE
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ITS FUTURE. AND WE BELIEVE IN OUR
PARTY. I AM TREMENDOUSLY FORTUNATE TO SERVE AS YOUR
PRESIDENT AT THIS MOST EXCITING TIME IN OUR NATION'S
HISTORY. THESE NEXT PRIMARIES ARE CRITICAL: I NEED
YOUR HELP TO KEEP OUR PARTY STRONG AND UNITED SO WE CAN
WIN IN THIS FALL.
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YES, WE HAVE MUCH TO DO. BUT I GUARANTEE YOU WE
WILL GET THE JOB DONE. YES, WE HAVE MANY CHALLENGES
BEFORE US. AND I GUARANTEE YOU, WE WILL MEET THEM --
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. YES, THERE'S AN ELECTION
IN NOVEMBER - -- AND I GUARANTEE YOU, WE WILL WIN IT. I
WANT TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS,
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
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