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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
001. email
WAVES Request for Zalesne [partial] (1 page)
7/13/1999
P6/b(6)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
Automated Records Management System
OPD (Creator: Cerda)
OA/Box Number: 250000
FOLDER TITLE:
[6/29/1999 - 7/13/1999]
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RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
PI National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRAJ
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P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office |(a)(2) of the PRA]
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRAJ
an agency |(b)(2) of the FOIA]
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financial information |(a)(4) of the PRAJ
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information |(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA|
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
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personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
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b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
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PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
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RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:29-JUN-1999 19:17:06.00
SUBJECT: Re: lautenberg
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
fyi...jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 06/29/99
07:18 PM
Bruce N. Reed
06/29/99 06:01:14 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
Re: lautenberg
Good options. Why don't you talk to Martha -- we may want to duck just
b/c of overall approps politics. I don't feel strongly, although it's
hard to explain why we'd oppose including alcohol.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 14:58:55.00
SUBJECT: Draft of POTUS letter to conferees -- For final review and expedited release ..jc3
TO: Mindy E. Myers ( CN=Mindy E. Myers/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: David R. Goodfriend ( CN=David R. Goodfriend/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Courtney O. Gregoire ( CN=Courtney O. Gregoire/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Janet Murguia ( CN=Janet Murguia/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Jennifer M. Palmieri ( CN=Jennifer M. Palmieri/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Sean P. Maloney ( CN=Sean P. Maloney/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Erica R. Morris ( CN=Erica R. Morris/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Joel Johnson ( CN=Joel Johnson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ UNKNOWN ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
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I
June 30, 1999
Dear Mr. Speaker/Majority Leader:
I understand that the House and Senate do not intend to appoint conferees to begin reconciling
differences between their juvenile crime bills until sometime after the Fourth of July recess. This
is a grave mistake. I urge you to reconsider this decision and appoint conferees before Congress
leaves town.
We owe it to the parents of the children who died in Littleton to do everything we can to keep
guns out of the hands of criminals and children. The common sense gun measures included in
the Senate-passed bill - especially closing the gun show loophole - would save lives. Congress
should make them the law of the land without further delay.
In the House, the gun lobby's cynical strategy of delay after delay helped block meaningful gun
legislation. Every day in America another 13 children die because of gun violence. I urge you to
put the safety of the American people ahead of the interests of the gun lobby, and move quickly
to enact a juvenile crime bill that strengthens our gun laws.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 20:34:42.00
SUBJECT: Re: Alcohol
TO: Charles A. Blanchard ( CN=Charles A. Blanchard/OU=ONDCP/O=EOP@EOP [ ONDCP 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD )
READ:UNKNOWN
Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Chuck:
Let's touch base on the letter first thing in the morning. I forwarded to
you a voice mail from Lautenberg's staff expressing their concerns that
your guys have prepared some pretty hard hitting talking points for the
R's. This may complicate things for tomorrow, and require more than a
letter...maybe a call from your boss...?
In any event, after speaking to some of the folks here, I re-worked your
letter a bit. What do you think?
Jose'
Dear Senator Lautenberg:
I want to clarify to you that ONDCP shares your concern with underage
drinking. Alcohol is the leading drug of choice among American youth, and
we support the development of a media campaign targeted against underage
drinking. To launch a serious underage drinking media campaign, however,
we will need to engage in the same type of rigorous planning that we did
with our Anti-Drug Youth Media Campaign. ONDCP supports -- and, in fact,
will soon initiate -- such an effort, with the goal of dedicating some of
the funds from our current media campaign for this purpose.
However, we are deeply concerned that the Senate will pass an
appropriations bill that puts new burdens on ONDCP's media campaign while
simultaneously cutting its funding by 50 percent. If this happens, ONDCP
will not be in a position to adequately address either the issue of youth
drug use or underage drinking. I urge you and your colleagues to support
full funding for the media campaign, and to work with us to make sure that
the important issue of underage drinking is addressed.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 18:56:27.00
SUBJECT: Re: Y2K- URGENT!
TO: Hema Magge ( CN=Hema Magge/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ UNKNOWN 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
All my important files are on my c drive in c:\work\wp
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 18:30:47.00
SUBJECT: Re: URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP -- Treasury/General Government
Approps Bill, FY00
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
No, I don't think so...sent you a separate e-mail on a proposed McCaffrey
letter clarify that we are not opposed to making alcohol part of the media
campaign it just needs to be done in the right way...jc3
Bruce N. Reed
06/30/99 06:20:31 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP, Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP --
Treasury/General Government Approps Bill, FY00
Any problems?
Forwarded by Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP on 06/30/99
06:19 PM
Sandra Yamin
06/30/99 06:06:54 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
cc:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
Subject:
URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP --
Treasury/General Government Approps Bill, FY00
Attached below for your sign-off is the final draft Senate Floor SAP for
the Treasury/General Government Approps Bill, FY00. This bill is
scheduled for Senate floor consideration Thurs morning, but may be brought
to the floor as early as tonight. Please provide your sign-off/comments
no later than 7:30PM tonight. We appreciate your quick turnaround. Thank
you!
Message Sent
To:
John Podesta/WHO/EOP@EOP
Gene B. Sperling/OPD/EOP@EOP
Martha Foley/WHO/EOP@EOP
Ron Klain/OVP@OVP
Joshua Gotbaum/OMB/EOP@EOP
Wesley P. Warren/CEQ/EOP@EOP
Jeffrey M. Smith/OSTP/EOP@EOP
Michelle Peterson/WHO/EOP@EOP
Maria Echaveste/WHO/EOP@EOP
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP
George T. Frampton/CEQ/EOP@EOP
Miles M. Lackey/NSC/EOP@EOP
Steve Ricchetti/WHO/EOP@EOP
Ann F. Lewis/WHO/EOP@EOP
Karen Tramontano/WHO/EOP@EOP
Lynn G. Cutler/WHO/EOP@EOP
Sally Katzen/OMB/EOP@EOP
Roger S. Ballentine/WHO/EOP@EOP
Message Copied
To:
Charles E. Kieffer/OMB/EOP@EOP
Mindy E. Myers/WHO/EOP@EOP
Melissa G. Green/OPD/EOP@EOP
Elizabeth Gore/OMB/EOP@EOP
Lisa Zweig/OMB/EOP@EOP
Judy Jablow/CEQ/EOP@EOP
Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OPD/EOP@EOP
Peter A. Weissman/OPD/EOP@EOP
Robert L. Nabors/OMB/EOP@EOP
Victoria A. Wachino/OMB/EOP@EOP
Rebecca L. Walldorff/WHO/EOP@EOP
Mark J. Tavlarides/NSC/EOP@EOP
Linda Ricci/OMB/EOP@EOP
Lisa M. Kountoupes/WHO/EOP@EOP
Dawn L. Smalls/WHO/EOP@EOP
Leslie Bernstein/WHO/EOP@EOP
William G. Dauster/OPD/EOP@EOP
Carolyn T. Wu/WHO/EOP@EOP
Sandra Yamin/OMB/EOP@EOP
Adrienne C. Erbach/OMB/EOP@EOP
James J. Jukes/OMB/EOP@EOP
Mara E. Rudman/NSC/EOP@EOP
Courtney O. Gregoire/OPD/EOP@EOP
Michele Ballantyne/WHO/EOP@EOP
Wendy E. Gray/NSC/EOP@EOP
Scott R. Hynes/OVP@OVP
Shannon Mason/OMB/EOP@EOP
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June
, 1999
(Senate
Floor)
S. 1282 - TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, FY 2000
(Sponsors: Stevens (R), Alaska; Campbell (R), Colorado)
This Statement of Administration Policy provides the Administration's views on the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Bill, FY 1999, as reported by the Senate
Appropriations Committee. Your consideration of the Administration's views would be
appreciated.
The Administration appreciates the Committee's efforts to accommodate many of the
President's priorities within the 302(b) allocation. Within the 302(b) allocation, the Committee
has made difficult choices to produce a balanced bill. The President's FY 2000 Budget proposes
levels of discretionary spending that meet important national needs while conforming to the
Bipartisan Budget Agreement by making savings proposals in mandatory and other programs
available to help finance this spending. Congress has approved and the President has signed into
law nearly $29 billion of such offsets in appropriations legislation since 1995. The
Administration urges the Congress to consider such proposals as the FY 2000 appropriations
process moves forward. In particular, with respect to this bill, the Administration urges the
Congress to consider our proposals for Customs user fees.
The following discussion highlights our specific concerns with the Committee-reported
bill. We look forward to working with you to resolve these issues as the bill moves forward.
Enforcement of Certain Anti-Terrorism Judgments
The Administration [strongly opposes (for discussion at 8:30AM staff meeting)] section
118 of the Committee-reported bill. This section substantially and materially changes existing
law with respect to sovereign immunity of the United States and attachment of assets of foreign
states and their agencies and instrumentalities. The section could cause the United States to
violate our international legal obligations under the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and
Consular Relations and the 1981 Algiers Accords, which resulted in the release of American
hostages from Iran. Additionally, the section could significantly impact the effective
administration of economic sanctions and cost the U.S. Treasury millions of dollars. The
Administration looks forward to working with the Congress to resolve this issue as the bill
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Cuts to Programs of the Treasury Department and Other Agencies
The Administration is very concerned that the Committee did not include $81.5 million
for Treasury to annualize the January 1999 pay raise. Without this funding, the Department
would need to cut 1,150 program positions. Because some program operations are relatively
non-discretionary (such as tax return processing and fee-funded trade compliance), these cuts
will be concentrated in a limited set of more discretionary activities (such as drug interdiction
and compliance services to taxpayers). The Administration is also very concerned about similar
cuts to the pay raise in other agencies' salaries and expense accounts elsewhere in the bill.
Treasury Law Enforcement
The Administration is concerned that the Committee-reported bill uses $48 million from
the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (TFF) Super Surplus to fund the base salaries and expenses
associated with the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program. The Administration
urges the Senate to reserve TFF resources for critical law enforcement needs identified in the
President's request. In addition, the Administration urges the Committee to fully fund the
President's request for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' (ATF) site acquisition for
a new headquarters in order to meet minimum security guidelines and thereby ensure adequate
security for ATF employees..
General Services Administration (GSA) Anti-Terrorism Initiatives
The Administration is concerned that $4.3 million was not provided for the demolition of
the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Recent terrorist activities directed at the building assets
of the United States around the world have highlighted security deficiencies at this location. A
secure workplace for employees representing the United States at the United Nations can only be
provided by construction of a new facility.
The Administration is concerned that the Committee did not include $32 million for a
glass fragment retention initiative for federal facilities. This initiative would protect Federal
employees and visitors from flying window glass fragments in the event of an explosion.
Federal Buildings Fund
The Committee bill would reduce the Rental of Space and Building Operations activities
by $59 million each. The Administration is concerned that such a reduction would impede
GSA's ability to operate and maintain Federal buildings under its control and to meet contractual
liabilities for its leased space, and urges that these funds be restored.
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
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The Administration opposes the Committee's provision of only $145 million for the
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, $50 million, or 25 percent, below the President's
request. Further, the Committee recommends that $49 million of the amount provided in FY
2000 not be available to ONDCP until the last day of Fiscal Year 2000. This action would
effectively limit the Media Campaign to $96 million in FY 2000, nearly 48 percent below FY
1999. This level would not be sufficient to implement the President's program of targeted
prevention messages to at-risk youth and their adult influencers, and it would cripple planning
efforts now underway for this important effort.
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
The Administration supports the Committee's exclusion of restriction on Federal
Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) coverage of abortions except in situations where
the life of the mother is endangered or the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest. The
Administration would strongly oppose an amendment that would restrict such coverage. While
the President believes that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare, Federal employees and their
families should not be precluded from choosing to purchase health insurance with broader
coverage.
The Administration supports the provision of the Committee bill (section 634) that
continues current law requiring coverage of prescription contraceptives by health plans
participating in the FEHBP and would oppose an amendment to strike it. We support
improvements in the basic health care coverage for women and the goal of the provision -- to
reduce unwanted pregnancies and the need for abortion.
The Administration supports the Committee's decision to not extend the one-year
moratorium enacted in last year's bill on the application of Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) to
experience-rated contracts awarded under the FEHBP. We believe a statutory moratorium is not
required as existing law provides for an administrative process that allows the CAS Board to
exempt or waive classes or categories of contractors from any or all CAS requirements.
Executive Office of the President Unanticipated Needs
The Committee-reported bill does not provide the requested $1 million to enable the
President to meet unanticipated needs in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense.
We urge the Senate to include this amount to ensure that the President has the same ability as
previous Presidents to meet such needs.
Morris K. Udall Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
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The Administration strongly urges the Committee to restore the requested level of
funding for the Morris K. Udall Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund. This fund provides
for the operation of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, as created by
Congress last year. The Institute is in its first year of operation, and the requested funding is
necessary for the continued operation of the Institute. The Institute has already begun mediation
cases with government entities, is establishing a Memorandum of Understanding with a Federal
agency to be available for case mediation, and has created national training for mediators and a
national conference regarding environmental dispute resolution issues. The ultimate goal of the
Institute is to become self-sustaining, but it is still in a start-up mode. Without the requested
funding level, it will be difficult for the Institute to continue its operations.
Separation of Powers
There are numerous provisions in the bill that purport to require congressional approval
before Executive Branch execution of aspects of the bill. Specifically, these provisions purport
to condition the spending of already appropriated funds on less-than-full legislative action. The
Administration will interpret such provisions to require notification only, since any other
interpretation would contradict the Supreme Court ruling in INS V. Chadha.
Whistleblower Protection
The Administration objects to section 622 of the Committee-reported bill which would
prohibit the use of funds to pay the salary of any official who interferes with communications by
other Federal employees with Congress. While the Administration strongly supports the
Whistleblowers Protection Act and the protections it affords Federal employees, this provision
raises substantial separation of powers concerns in depriving the President and his department
and agency heads of their ability to supervise the operations and communications of the
Executive Branch, including the dissemination of information affecting Executive Branch
confidentiality interests.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 18:10:17.00
SUBJECT: Alcohol
TO: Martha Foley ( CN=Martha Foley/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOF [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
BR, et.al.:
Do we think a letter from McCaffrey/ONDCP, along the lines of the text
below, would help clarify our position for Lautenberg -- without getting
us into any appropriations problems or incurring the wrath of MADD?
jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 06/30/99
06:06 PM
Charles A. Blanchard
06/30/99 05:53:30 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Janet L. Crist/ONDCP/EOP@EOP, Alan M. Levitt/ONDCP/EOP@EOP,
Michele A. Manatt/ONDCP/EOP@EOP, Francis X. Kinney/ONDCP/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
Alcohol
Senator Lautenberg has asked the White House for a statement of our
position on the Lautenberg Amendment. While the WH is still considering
whether we should provide such a statement or letter, we should decide
what we think. I think that we should provide such a statment. Here is
what I propose. What do you think?
We view the Lautenberg Amendment as an expression of congressional concern
with underage drinking -- a concern we fully share. The amendment would
remove existing legal barriers to adding underage drinking messages to the
publicly funded component of the Media Campaign, but not mandate their
inclusion. Alcohol is the leading drug of choice among American youth, and
we agree with the desirability of a media campaign targeted against
underage drinking. Because the amendment would give ONDCP the discretion
to include alcohol, and would not mandate that ONDCP include alcohol, we
do not oppose that amendment. We believe, however, that a serious
underage drinking media campaign requires a thorough planning process, and
it would be a serious mistake to simply add alcohol messages to the ONDCP
media campaign without significantly increasing the funds for the
campaign. We also believe that such a campaign needs a strategic planning
process--a process that ONDCP is willing to conduct.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 18:39:15.00
SUBJECT: URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP -- DC Approps Bill, FY00
TO: Paul J. Weinstein Jr. ( CN=Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
PJW:
Not too pressing just an observation jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 06/30/99
06:38 PM
Jose Cerda III
06/30/99 06:26:02 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Michael Deich/OMB/EOP@EOP, Martha Foley/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc: See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
Subject:
URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP -- DC
Approps Bill, FY00
Michael/Martha:
Are we so strongly opposed to an amendment ending parole in DC that we'd
put it in our SAP? I don't think it merits a mention. First, we're sure
to lose the vote. Second, by not imposing tougher parole conditions on DC
two years ago when we had the chance, we've arguably contributed to DC's
continuing -- and very serious -- problem supervising offenders. I know
OMB and DOJ have taken the lead on this as part of the DC initiative, so
it's not really my call, but I wouldn't want to be on the record opposing
tougher supervision for DC offenders.
Predictably,
Jose
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 06/30/99
06:16 PM
Courtney O. Gregoire
06/30/99 06:06:30 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Tanya E. Martin/OPD/EOP@EOP, Jonathan H. Schnur/OPD/EOP@EOP,
Bethany Little/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc: Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP, Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OPD/EOP@EOP
Subject:
URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP -- DC
Approps Bill, FY00
Please sign off on your appropriate topics. Thanks!
Forwarded by Courtney O. Gregoire/OPD/EOP on
06/30/99 06:04 PM
Sandra Yamin
06/30/99 06:02:34 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
cc: See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
Subject:
URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP -- DC
Approps Bill, FY00
Attached for your clearance is the final draft Senate Floor SAP for the DC
Appropriations Bill, FY00. Senate floor consideration of this begin will
begin following the Senate consideration of Treas/General Govt Approps
Bill, FY00 tomorrow morning. Please note that the draft SAP contains a
senior advisors veto recommendation on amendments related to Private
School Vouchers and Needle Exchange. Appreciate your sign-off/comments no
later than 7:30PM tonight. Thank you!
Message Sent
To:
John Podesta/WHO/EOP@EOP
Gene B. Sperling/OPD/EOP@EOP
Martha Foley/WHO/EOP@EOP
Ron Klain/OVP@OVP
Joshua Gotbaum/OMB/EOP@EOP
Wesley P. Warren/CEQ/EOP@EOP
Jeffrey M. Smith/OSTP/EOP@EOP
Michelle Peterson/WHO/EOP@EOP
Maria Echaveste/WHO/EOP@EOP
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP
George T. Frampton/CEQ/EOP@EOP
Miles M. Lackey/NSC/EOP@EOP
Steve Ricchetti/WHO/EOP@EOP
Ann F. Lewis/WHO/EOP@EOP
Karen Tramontano/WHO/EOP@EOP
Lynn G. Cutler/WHO/EOP@EOP
Sally Katzen/OMB/EOP@EOP
Roger S. Ballentine/WHO/EOP@EOP
Message Copied
To:
Charles E. Kieffer/OMB/EOP@EOP
Mindy E. Myers/WHO/EOP@EOP
Melissa G. Green/OPD/EOP@EOP
Elizabeth Gore/OMB/EOP@EOP
Lisa Zweig/OMB/EOP@EOP
Judy lablow/CEQ/EOP@EOP
Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OPD/EOP@EOP
Peter A. Weissman/OPD/EOP@EOP
Robert L. Nabors/OMB/EOP@EOP
Victoria A. Wachino/OMB/EOP@EOP
Rebecca L. Walldorff/WHO/EOP@EOP
Mark J. Tavlarides/NSC/EOP@EOP
Linda Ricci/OMB/EOP@EOP
Lisa M. Kountoupes/WHO/EOP@EOP
Dawn L. Smalls/WHO/EOP@EOP
Leslie Bernstein/WHO/EOP@EOP
William G. Dauster/OPD/EOP@EOP
Carolyn T. Wu/WHO/EOP@EOP
Sandra Yamin/OMB/EOP@EOP
Adrienne C. Erbach/OMB/EOP@EOP
James J. Jukes/OMB/EOP@EOP
Mara E. Rudman/NSC/EOP@EOP
Courtney O. Gregoire/OPD/EOP@EOP
Michele Ballantyne/WHO/EOP@EOP
Wendy E. Gray/NSC/EOP@EOP
Scott R. Hynes/OVP@OVP
Shannon Mason/OMB/EOP@EOP
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Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP
David J. Haun/OMB/EOP@EOP
Charles E. Kieffer/OMB/EOP@EOP
Caroline R. Fredrickson/WHO/EOP@EOP
Sandra Yamin/OMB/EOP@EOP
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June , 1999
(Senate Floor)
S. 1283 -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS BILL, FY 2000
(Sponsors: Stevens (R), Alaska; Hutchison (R), Texas)
This Statement of Administration Policy provides the Administration's views on S. 1283,
the District of Columbia Appropriations Bill, FY 2000, as reported by the Senate Appropriations
Committee. Your consideration of the Administration's views would be appreciated.
The Administration commends the Committee for producing a bill that provides the
requested funding for the Administration's priorities. However, the Administration continues to
be deeply concerned about a number of provisions of the Committee bill that would seriously
undermine local control. We urge the Senate to adopt a bill that addresses the Administration's
concerns.
The Administration views the following objectionable provisions contained in the bill as
unwarranted intrusions into the affairs of the District, and would support amendments, if offered,
to strike the provisions:
Abortion. The Administration strongly opposes section 129, which would prohibit the
use of both Federal and District funds to pay for abortions except in those cases where the
life of the mother is endangered or in situations involving rape or incest.
Domestic Partners Act. The Administration objects to a provision of the bill
prohibiting the use of Federal and local funds to implement or enforce the Health Care
Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (the Domestic Partners Act).
Limit on Attorneys' Fees in Special Education Cases. The Administration objects to
a provision of the Committee bill that would cap the award of plaintiffs' attorneys' fees in
cases brought against the District of Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In the long-run, this provision is likely to limit the
access of the District's poor families to quality legal representation, thus impairing their
due process protections provided by the IDEA.
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Restriction on City Council Salaries. The Administration objects to the restriction
contained in the Committee bill on the amount of salary that can be paid to members of
the District of Columbia Council.
Voting Representation. The Administration opposes section 145, which would prohibit
the use of Federal or District funds to provide assistance for petition drives or civil
actions which seek to require voting representation in Congress for the District of
Columbia.
Resident Tuition Support
The Administration appreciates the Committee's inclusion of funding for a tuition
assistance program for District of Columbia residents, which the Administration strongly
supports. However, the Committee bill does not address all of the Administration's concerns
regarding this important initiative. The Administration supports a tuition assistance program for
D.C. residents that provides grants equal to the difference between in-state and nonresident
tuition at public colleges and universities in Virginia and Maryland and that also provides grants
of up to $2,000 for D.C. residents attending private colleges and universities in D.C. and adjacent
counties. The proposal to include grant aid to private institutions is consistent with the support
that many States provide to private institutions. In addition, the Administration believes that the
resident tuition program should be administered by the Department of Education, in close
consultation with the Mayor, based on the Department's extensive experience in running student
aid programs and its relationships with institutions of higher education. Finally, we support a
program that prioritizes funding on the basis of financial need. As a discretionary program with
finite financial resources, the tuition support program should target funds to the neediest
students.
We understand that an amendment may be offered to eliminate funding for this program.
The Administration would strongly oppose such an amendment. The Administration considers
the establishment and funding of this program to be very important in providing D.C. residents
equal access to postsecondary education and in ensuring that D.C. has the educated workforce to
compete economically, thereby supporting the Mayor's efforts to revitalize D.C. We will
continue to work with Congress to ensure that funds are provided for this program.
Criminal Justice
The Administration understands that an amendment regarding parole policy may be
offered that would mandate changes in D.C. criminal law. The Administration is concerned
about the violent crime rate and the high rate of drug use among offenders in the District of
Columbia, and agrees that drug use cannot be tolerated by parolees. We believe that there is a
need for intermediate sanctions, which include limited periods of jail time and treatment, with
revocation and re-incarceration being the "ultimate" sanction. The U.S. Parole Commission,
which will be taking over the revocation function from the District as part of the Revitalization
Act, is currently working with the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to determine
what is the most effective method for addressing drug violations. With the long histories of
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dealing with community supervision that these two agencies have, we believe a policy that better
serves the District than the current policy will be in place by August, 2000 when the U.S. Parole
Commission takes over the revocation function.
Amendments related to Private School Vouchers and Needle Exchange
The Administration understands that amendments may be offered to provide for the use
of private school vouchers in the District and to prohibit the use of Federal and local funds for
needle exchange programs. If such amendments were adopted and included in the bill presented
to the President, his senior advisers would recommend that the President veto the bill.
We strongly oppose any legislation allowing the use of Federal taxpayer funds for private
school vouchers. Instead of investing additional resources in public schools, vouchers would
allow a few selected students to attend private schools and would draw resources and attention
away from the hard work of reforming public schools that serve the overwhelming majority of
D.C. students. Establishing a private school voucher system in the Nation's Capital would set a
dangerous precedent for using Federal taxpayer funds for schools that are not accountable to the
public.
The Administration strongly opposes legislation that would place a ban on the use of
funds for needle exchange programs. The Administration appreciates the fact that such a ban
has not been included in the District of Columbia Appropriations bill reported by the Committee,
and would strongly oppose efforts to restore the prohibition.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 14:26:50.00
SUBJECT: Juvie Letter
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
What do you think?
Dear Mr. Speaker/Majority Leader:
Press reports indicate that you do not intend to appoint conferees to
begin reconciling differences between the House and Senate juvenile crime
bills until sometime after the Fourth of July recess. I urge you to
reconsider this decision.
Since the shooting in Littleton, there has been a growing national
consensus that we should do much more to keep guns out of the hands of
criminals and children. The common sense gun measures included in the
Senate,s juvenile crime bill ) especially those to close the gun show
loophole) offer us a crucial opportunity to respond to the concerns of
the American people. We must threaten this opportunity with further
delays.
In the House, unnecessary delays before the last congressional recess
helped the gun lobby defeat meaningful gun legislation, and we must not
let that happen again. So I urge you to put the concerns of the American
people first, and appoint conferees to the juvenile crime bill as soon as
possible.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 15:39:19.00
SUBJECT: Re: Draft of POTUS letter to conferees -- For final review and expedited release jc3
TO: Mindy E. Myers ( CN=Mindy E. Myers/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Mindy:
You're getting this out right?...jc3
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda II1/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 15:10:53.00
SUBJECT: Re: Draft of POTUS letter to conferees -- For final review and expedited release ...jc3
TO: Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOF [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
CF:
I think Joel Johnson was going to try and get to Hill, and Janet was going
to put on paper.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD )
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 14:59:09.00
SUBJECT: Draft of POTUS letter to conferees -- For final review and expedited release jc3
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
fyi
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 06/30/99
02:59 PM
Jose Cerda III
06/30/99 02:59:51 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
cc:
Subject:
Draft of POTUS letter to conferees -- For final review and
expedited release .jc3
Message Sent
To:
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP
Janet Murguia/WHO/EOP@EOP
Joel Johnson/WHO/EOP@EOP
Caroline R. Fredrickson/WHO/EOP@EOP
Erica R. Morris/WHO/EOP@EOP
Courtney O. Gregoire/OPD/EOP@EOP
Sean P. Maloney/WHO/EOP@EOP
David R. Goodfriend/WHO/EOP@EOP
Jennifer M. Palmieri/WHO/EOP@EOP
Mindy E. Myers/WHO/EOP@EOP
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June 30, 1999
Dear Mr. Speaker/Majority Leader:
I understand that the House and Senate do not intend to appoint conferees to begin reconciling
differences between their juvenile crime bills until sometime after the Fourth of July recess. This
is a grave mistake. I urge you to reconsider this decision and appoint conferees before Congress
leaves town.
We owe it to the parents of the children who died in Littleton to do everything we can to keep
guns out of the hands of criminals and children. The common sense gun measures included in
the Senate-passed bill - especially closing the gun show loophole - would save lives. Congress
should make them the law of the land without further delay.
In the House, the gun lobby's cynical strategy of delay after delay helped block meaningful gun
legislation. Every day in America another 13 children die because of gun violence. I urge you to
put the safety of the American people ahead of the interests of the gun lobby, and move quickly
to enact a juvenile crime bill that strengthens our gun laws.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 16:39:39.00
SUBJECT: School Violence Conference Call
TO: Jennifer E. McGee ( CN=Jennifer E. McGee/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ UNKNOWN )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Jennifer:
When is this call? Let me know so I can coordinate w/our folks...jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 06/30/99
04:32 PM
Bruce N. Reed
06/30/99 04:32:20 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP, Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OPD/EOP@EOP,
Neera Tanden/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
School Violence Conference Call
can one of you do this?
Forwarded by Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP on 06/30/99
04:30 PM
Jennifer E. McGee
06/30/99 04:26:07 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Cathy R. Mays/OPD/EOP@EOP
Subject:
School Violence Conference Call
Barbara will be holding a conference call with the Surgeon General's
Office, Justice, ED and Labor regarding the School Violence. Please let me
know if you or a member of your staff would like to participate.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 18:25:13.00
SUBJECT: URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP -- DC Approps Bill, FY00
TO: Martha Foley ( CN=Martha Foley/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Michael Deich ( CN=Michael Deich/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB ])
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOF [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: David J. Haun ( CN=David J. Haun/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Sandra Yamin ( CN=Sandra Yamin/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB )
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Charles E. Kieffer ( CN=Charles E. Kieffer/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB ] )
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Michael/Martha:
Are we so strongly opposed to an amendment ending parole in DC that we'd
put it in our SAP? I don't think it merits a mention. First, we're sure
to lose the vote. Second, by not imposing tougher parole conditions on DC
two years ago when we had the chance, we've arguably contributed to DC's
continuing -- and very serious -- problem supervising offenders. I know
OMB and DOJ have taken the lead on this as part of the DC initiative, so
it's not really my call, but I wouldn't want to be on the record opposing
tougher supervision for DC offenders.
Predictably,
Jose
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 06/30/99
06:16 PM
Courtney O. Gregoire
06/30/99 06:06:30 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Tanya E. Martin/OPD/EOP@EOP, Jonathan H. Schnur/OPD/EOP@EOP,
Bethany Little/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc: Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP, Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OPD/EOP@EOP
Subject:
URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP -- DC
Approps Bill, FY00
Please sign off on your appropriate topics. Thanks!
Forwarded by Courtney O. Gregoire/OPD/EOP on
06/30/99 06:04 PM
Sandra Yamin
06/30/99 06:02:34 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
cc:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
Subject:
URGENT -- FINAL CLEARANCE -- Draft Senate Floor SAP -- DC
Approps Bill, FY00
Attached for your clearance is the final draft Senate Floor SAP for the DC
Appropriations Bill, FY00. Senate floor consideration of this begin will
begin following the Senate consideration of Treas/General Govt Approps
Bill, FY00 tomorrow morning. Please note that the draft SAP contains a
senior advisors veto recommendation on amendments related to Private
School Vouchers and Needle Exchange. Appreciate your sign-off/comments no
later than 7:30PM tonight. Thank you!
Message Sent
To:
John Podesta/WHO/EOP@EOP
Gene B. Sperling/OPD/EOP@EOP
Martha Foley/WHO/EOP@EOP
Ron Klain/OVP@OVP
Joshua Gotbaum/OMB/EOP@EOP
Wesley P. Warren/CEQ/EOP@EOP
Jeffrey M. Smith/OSTP/EOP@EOP
Michelle Peterson/WHO/EOP@EOP
Maria Echaveste/WHO/EOP@EOP
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP
George T. Frampton/CEQ/EOP@EOP
Miles M. Lackey/NSC/EOP@EOP
Steve Ricchetti/WHO/EOP@EOP
Ann F. Lewis/WHO/EOP@EOP
Karen Tramontano/WHO/EOP@EOP.
Lynn G. Cutler/WHO/EOP@EOP
Sally Katzen/OMB/EOP@EOP
Roger S. Ballentine/WHO/EOP@EOP
Message Copied
To:
Charles E. Kieffer/OMB/EOP@EOP
Mindy E. Myers/WHO/EOP@EOP
Melissa G. Green/OPD/EOP@EOP
Elizabeth Gore/OMB/EOP@EOP
Lisa Zweig/OMB/EOP@EOP
Judy Jablow/CEQ/EOP@EOP
Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OPD/EOP@EOP
Peter A. Weissman/OPD/EOP@EOP
Robert L. Nabors/OMB/EOP@EOP
Victoria A. Wachino/OMB/EOP@EOP
Rebecca L. Walldorff/WHO/EOP@EOP
Mark J. Tavlarides/NSC/EOP@EOP
Linda Ricci/OMB/EOP@EOP
Lisa M. Kountoupes/WHO/EOP@EOP
Dawn L. Smalls/WHO/EOP@EOP
Leslie Bernstein/WHO/EOP@EOP
William G. Dauster/OPD/EOP@EOP
Carolyn T. Wu/WHO/EOP@EOP
Sandra Yamin/OMB/EOP@EOP
Adrienne C. Erbach/OMB/EOP@EOP
James J. Jukes/OMB/EOP@EOP
Mara E. Rudman/NSC/EOP@EOP
Courtney O. Gregoire/OPD/EOP@EOP
Michele Ballantyne/WHO/EOP@EOP
Wendy E. Gray/NSC/EOP@EOP
Scott R. Hynes/OVP@OVP
Shannon Mason/OMB/EOP@EOP
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June , 1999
(Senate Floor)
S. 1283 -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS BILL, FY 2000
(Sponsors: Stevens (R), Alaska; Hutchison (R), Texas)
This Statement of Administration Policy provides the Administration's views on S. 1283,
the District of Columbia Appropriations Bill, FY 2000, as reported by the Senate Appropriations
Committee. Your consideration of the Administration's views would be appreciated.
The Administration commends the Committee for producing a bill that provides the
requested funding for the Administration's priorities. However, the Administration continues to
be deeply concerned about a number of provisions of the Committee bill that would seriously
undermine local control. We urge the Senate to adopt a bill that addresses the Administration's
concerns.
The Administration views the following objectionable provisions contained in the bill as
unwarranted intrusions into the affairs of the District, and would support amendments, if offered,
to strike the provisions:
Abortion. The Administration strongly opposes section 129, which would prohibit the
use of both Federal and District funds to pay for abortions except in those cases where the
life of the mother is endangered or in situations involving rape or incest.
Domestic Partners Act. The Administration objects to a provision of the bill
prohibiting the use of Federal and local funds to implement or enforce the Health Care
Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (the Domestic Partners Act).
Limit on Attorneys' Fees in Special Education Cases. The Administration objects to
a provision of the Committee bill that would cap the award of plaintiffs' attorneys' fees in
cases brought against the District of Columbia Public Schools under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In the long-run, this provision is likely to limit the
access of the District's poor families to quality legal representation, thus impairing their
due process protections provided by the IDEA.
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Restriction on City Council Salaries. The Administration objects to the restriction
contained in the Committee bill on the amount of salary that can be paid to members of
the District of Columbia Council.
Voting Representation. The Administration opposes section 145, which would prohibit
the use of Federal or District funds to provide assistance for petition drives or civil
actions which seek to require voting representation in Congress for the District of
Columbia.
Resident Tuition Support
The Administration appreciates the Committee's inclusion of funding for a tuition
assistance program for District of Columbia residents, which the Administration strongly
supports. However, the Committee bill does not address all of the Administration's concerns
regarding this important initiative. The Administration supports a tuition assistance program for
D.C. residents that provides grants equal to the difference between in-state and nonresident
tuition at public colleges and universities in Virginia and Maryland and that also provides grants
of up to $2,000 for D.C. residents attending private colleges and universities in D.C. and adjacent
counties. The proposal to include grant aid to private institutions is consistent with the support
that many States provide to private institutions. In addition, the Administration believes that the
resident tuition program should be administered by the Department of Education, in close
consultation with the Mayor, based on the Department's extensive experience in running student
aid programs and its relationships with institutions of higher education. Finally, we support a
program that prioritizes funding on the basis of financial need. As a discretionary program with
finite financial resources, the tuition support program should target funds to the neediest
students.
We understand that an amendment may be offered to eliminate funding for this program.
The Administration would strongly oppose such an amendment. The Administration considers
the establishment and funding of this program to be very important in providing D.C. residents
equal access to postsecondary education and in ensuring that D.C. has the educated workforce to
compete economically, thereby supporting the Mayor's efforts to revitalize D.C. We will
continue to work with Congress to ensure that funds are provided for this program.
Criminal Justice
The Administration understands that an amendment regarding parole policy may be
offered that would mandate changes in D.C. criminal law. The Administration is concerned
about the violent crime rate and the high rate of drug use among offenders in the District of
Columbia, and agrees that drug use cannot be tolerated by parolees. We believe that there is a
need for intermediate sanctions, which include limited periods of jail time and treatment, with
revocation and re-incarceration being the "ultimate" sanction. The U.S. Parole Commission,
which will be taking over the revocation function from the District as part of the Revitalization
Act, is currently working with the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to determine
what is the most effective method for addressing drug violations. With the long histories of
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dealing with community supervision that these two agencies have, we believe a policy that better
serves the District than the current policy will be in place by August, 2000 when the U.S. Parole
Commission takes over the revocation function.
Amendments related to Private School Vouchers and Needle Exchange
The Administration understands that amendments may be offered to provide for the use
of private school vouchers in the District and to prohibit the use of Federal and local funds for
needle exchange programs. If such amendments were adopted and included in the bill presented
to the President, his senior advisers would recommend that the President veto the bill.
We strongly oppose any legislation allowing the use of Federal taxpayer funds for private
school vouchers. Instead of investing additional resources in public schools, vouchers would
allow a few selected students to attend private schools and would draw resources and attention
away from the hard work of reforming public schools that serve the overwhelming majority of
D.C. students. Establishing a private school voucher system in the Nation's Capital would set a
dangerous precedent for using Federal taxpayer funds for schools that are not accountable to the
public.
The Administration strongly opposes legislation that would place a ban on the use of
funds for needle exchange programs. The Administration appreciates the fact that such a ban
has not been included in the District of Columbia Appropriations bill reported by the Committee,
and would strongly oppose efforts to restore the prohibition.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 16:58:30.00
SUBJECT: Re: School Violence Conference Call
TO: Jennifer E. McGee ( CN=Jennifer E. McGee/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ UNKNOWN ])
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I'll sit-in thanks jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 06/30/99
04:57 PM
Jennifer E. McGee
06/30/99 04:44:14 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
Re: School Violence Conference Call
I apologize, the conference call is tomorrow July 1st at 2:00PM in
OEOB260. Please let me know who will be participating. Thanks Jen
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:30-JUN-1999 18:15:50.00
SUBJECT: Re: Alcohol
TO: Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Actually, I agree and told ONDCP the same before they came up w/this
language. I have a call in to Martha to see how she feels about sending
any clarifying letter at all.
jc3
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 2-JUL-1999 10:25:48.00
SUBJECT:
TO: Courtney O. Gregoire ( CN=Courtney O. Gregoire/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
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California One-Gun-a-Month Legislation
July 2, 1999
Q: Does the Administration support the One-Gun-a-Month legislation that passed in the
California state legislature this week? Will you urge Governor Gray Davis to sign it?
A: The Administration strongly supports legislation to limit the sales of handguns to no more
than one per month. The one-gun-a-month laws in effect in Virginia and Maryland have made it
more difficult for gun runners -- and the "straw purchasers" they use -- to quickly divert large
number of handguns to the street. That is why the President proposed federal one-gun-a-month
legislation last April, and why he would urge Governor Davis to sign this important legislation.
Unfortunately, this is just one more example of how Washington - under the influence of the gun
lobby - is out of touch with the rest of the country when it comes to common sense gun laws.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 2-JUL-1999 11:54:38.00
SUBJECT: Re: Retry of earlier note
TO: [email protected]@INET@LNGTWY ([email protected]@INET@LNGTWY. [ UNKNOWN )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Adam:
I've floated the idea of a meeting w/your group on the 15th, and there's
considerable interest. I'll get back to you later today w/any
developments, but I think we might be able to pull something together.
I'll keep you posted final decision probably won't be made until next
week.
Jose'
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JUL-1999 18:07:56.00
SUBJECT: Re: Domestic Policy Agenda Briefing, Thursday, July 8 at 2 PM, OEOB room #450.
TO: Raynell K. Morris ( CN=Raynell K. Morris/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Let me check my schedule for whom is the briefing jc3
Raynell K. Morris
07/06/99 06:06:07 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP, Jonathan H. Schnur/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
Domestic Policy Agenda Briefing, Thursday, July 8 at 2 PM,
OEOB room #450.
IGA is putting together a Domestic Policy briefing on Thursday, July 8 at
2 PM, OEOB room 450. Mickey Ibarra would like to invite you both to be on
the agenda to provide an education and youth violence overview. You
would speak for approximately 10 minutes each. Jose if you would cover
school safety and Jon could cover education (school construction, class
size and accountability). The briefing is scheduled for 2 to 3:00. We
would really like you to do this and we are willing to work with your
schedule. Mickey Ibarra will do the introduction and moderate the
briefing, Ann Lewis will do the Domestic Policy Agenda overview and Jack
Lew has agreed to do the budget overview. We are also inviting Gene
Sperling to speak about economic development, including New Markets.
Please let me know at your earliest convenience if you will participate in
this briefing. If you have any questions please call me at 6-6581.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JUL-1999 16:24:43.00
SUBJECT: Re: pls respond asap. thnx
TO: Joshua S. Gottheimer ( CN=Joshua S. Gottheimer/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Josh:
We put in a call to Treasury to try and get confirmation on the AP story.
Regardless of whether or not it checks out, I wouldn't have the President
say something so specific. There's a good chance that the feds will be
involved in this case, and the President shouldn't be commenting on any of
the particulars and certainly not this early lots of other details may
come out that we can't currently foresee.
Jose
Joshua S. Gottheimer
07/06/99 04:16:21 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
pls respond asap. thnx
jose -- can i get you feedback on this idea?
blumenthal suggestion on the hate crimes topper this afternoon -- "i'm
disturbed to learn that the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco and
firearms reports that this suspect bought his guns from illegal gun
dealer "
then possibly a one/two-line sentence on our gun control legislation --
jose, should i send this to the plane-- do you think its a good idea?
Forwarded by Joshua S. Gottheimer/WHO/EOP on
07/06/99 03:56 PM
July 6, 1999
Illegal Gun Dealer Provided Suspect
Filed at 2:15 p.m. EDT
By The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) -- The white supremacist suspect in the deadly
two-state shooting spree got his guns last month from an illegal
gun
dealer, a federal agent said today.
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith bought the guns from an unlicensed gun
dealer
in the Peoria area, said Jerry Singer, a special agent for the
federal
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
The rampage, which included shootings of minorities in several
Illinois
cities and in Bloomington, Ind., ended Sunday with Smith, 21,
committing
suicide as police tried to arrest him in the southern Illinois
town of Salem.
Singer said Smith bought a Bryco .380-caliber semiautomatic
handgun
on June 26 days after he was turned away from a licensed gun
shop.
Then on June 29, Smith bought a .22-caliber pistol, Singer said.
Singer says the ATF had already been investigating the
unlicensed dealer
before Smith bought the guns. The person's name has been turned
over
to the U.S. attorney's office in Springfield for possible
charges, he said.
Skokie police Sgt. Michael Ruth, a spokesman for the task force
overseeing the case, said earlier today that investigators had
determined
that Smith tried to make a purchase at a Peoria Heights gun
dealer June
23. He said Smith was turned down because one of his
ex-girlfriends had
filed an order for protection against him.
Tony Schneider, owner of the shop, the Heights Gun and Hunter
Supplies, confirmed in a telephone interview that Smith was
there. He
said he tried to buy two 9 mm handguns, a shotgun and
ammunition. He
said Smith was calm when told he couldn't have the items.
Ruth also said today that a search Monday of an apartment Smith
rented
in Morton -- just outside of Peoria -- turned up receipts for
ammunition,
boxes for two guns and stacks of hate literature.
Smith, 21, was a member of the World Church of the Creator, a
white-supremacist organization, and distributed anti-minority
literature
while he was a student at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Ruth didn't know why Smith was living in Morton. The town is not
far
from East Peoria, where World Church of the Creator founder Matt
Hale lives.
Two people were killed during the drive-by spree: former
Northwestern
University men's basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong and a student in
Bloomington, Ind. At least eight others were wounded, one
seriously. All
the victims were black, Asian or Jewish.
Authorities said they believed Smith began his spree in Chicago
on
Friday by wounding six Orthodox Jews outside a synagogue. Within
an
hour, Byrdsong, who was black, was shot to death in nearby
Skokie and
two Asian-Americans were shot at, but not hit, while driving in
Northbrook.
The shooter also fired at Asians and blacks in two Illinois
cities,
Springfield and Urbana, on Saturday, seriously wounding one man.
On
Sunday, authorities said, he fatally shot of Indiana University
student
Won-Joon Yoon, 26, in Bloomington.
Authorities also believe the gunman wounded a black minister in
Decatur,
III., on Saturday, but they were waiting for ballistics tests to
confirm that.
In Salem, shattered glass, tire marks and a piece of orange
plastic from a
tail light are all that show where the chase ended.
Smith fatally shot himself Sunday night as he led police on a
chase that
was headed toward 2,000 people gathered for a Fourth of July
celebration.
"Our main target was to get him stopped before he got there, but
fortunately he did that for us," said Marion County sheriff's
deputy Todd
Garden.
Coroner Tom Nicolay said Monday he was treating Smith's death as
a
suicide, although an official inquest will be held.
Nicolay said Smith shot himself three times.
The first time was in the chin, and police believe that happened
after they
spotted the minivan Smith had carjacked at gunpoint at a gas
station in
Ina, about 35 miles south of Salem and 270 miles south of
Chicago. The
woman who was driving the van and her 13-year-old daughter were
not
hurt.
The minivan went off the road and into a culvert, hitting a
metal pipe and
causing the air bag to inflate. Smith refused officers' orders
to put his
hands up, so several entered the van.
As he struggled with five officers, Smith shot himself in the
chest and leg.
None of the officers fired and Smith didn't appear to shoot at
them,
police said.
He was still combative even after being handcuffed and put in an
ambulance but said nothing, police said. He bled to death from
the chest
wound a short time later in a hospital, authorities said.
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Jordan Tamagni/WHO/EOP@EOP
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda II1/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JUL-1999 16:00:56.00
SUBJECT: Re: two meetings
TO: Carolyn T. Wu ( CN=Carolyn T. Wu/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Carolyn:
I've added the Thursday/1 am meeting to my schedule. Also, I think we can
do the other meeting just before -- let's say at 10:30am. I don't think
we'll need a full hour or separate meeting.
Let me know what works best I'm also free at the other times you
mentioned. jc3
Carolyn T. Wu
07/06/99 11:24:25 AM
Record Type: Non-Record
To:
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
two meetings
Jose-
Karen will be meeting with Brian Stafford, Director of the Secret Service
on Thursday at 11 AM in her office, GDF/WW (Communications suite). They
will be discussing Uniformed Division labor issues. Karen would like to
invite you to attend.
She also mentioned you wanted to meet with her on a separate issue.
Thursday and Friday look like possibilities. Thursday at 10 AM and 3PM
work, or Friday most of the day. Let me know a good time.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JUL-1999 12:22:34.00
SUBJECT: Re: Wolf Trap, etc.
TO: [email protected]@INET@LNGTWY [[email protected]@INET@LNGTWYIWI
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Macol:
Let me get back to you on Wolf Trap, if that's alright, but count me in
for more of the Peter Lake
story...it's just as good the second time around.
Looking on the I-net for some fun tidbit about Helprin, I found these two
passages from the
Lord of the Rings instead. One is the rhyme on the many rings I couldn't
remember the other
day. The other is a description of Aragorn, the lead character from the
race of men. Though
he starts the story as a lowly, weather-beaten "ranger," we later learn he
is from a race of once
and future kings.
Enjoy, and thanks again for everything this weekend...jc3
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness
bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
He paused, and then said in a deep voice,
"This is the Master-Ring, the One Ring to rule
them all.
This is the One Ring lost many years ago,
to the great weakening of its maker's power.
Now, he greatly desires to have it again,
- but he must NOT get it"
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken:
The crownless again shall be king.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JUL-1999 14:23:30.00
SUBJECT: Re: constantine retirement letter
TO: Tracy F. Sisser ( CN=Tracy F. Sisser/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: debra d. alexander ( CN=debra d. alexander/OU=who/O=eop@eop [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: leanne a. shimabukuro ( CN=leanne a. shimabukuro/OU=opd/O=eop@eop [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
fine by me...jc3
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JUL-1999 17:23:43.00
SUBJECT: Re: Statement by Vice President Gore: Illinois, Indiana Shootings and Hate Crimes Legislation
TO: Nanda Chitre ( CN=Nanda Chitre/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ] )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
No, not a written statement, but POTUS is doing a topper when next he
speaks...at 6pm, I think.
jc3
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JUL-1999 12:39:39.00
SUBJECT: Okay, I found some Helprin goodies...all from Winter's Tale
TO: [email protected]@INET@LNGTWY [email protected]@INET@LNGTWY[WH )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Quotes to look forward to
"Every city has its gates, which need not be of stone. Nor need soldiers
be upon them or watchers
before them. At first, when cities were jewels in a dark and mysterious
world, they tended to be
round and they had protective walls. To enter, one had to pass through
gates, the reward for which
was shelter from the overwhelming forests and seas, the merciless and
taxing expanse of greens,
whites, and blues - wild and free - that stopped at the city walls.
In time, the ramparts became higher and the gates more massive, until they
simply disappeared and
were replaced by barriers, subtler than stone, that girded every city like
a crown and held in its
spririt. Some claim that the barriers do not exist, and disparage them.
Although they themselves can
penetrate the new walls with no effort, their spirits (which, also, they
claim do not exist) cannot, and
are left like orphans around the periphery.
To enter a city intact it is necessary to pass through one of the new
gates. They are far more difficult
to find than their solid predecessors, for they are tests, mechanisms,
devices, and implementations of
justice."
"Nothing is random, nor will anything ever be, whether a long string of
perfectly blue days that begin
and end in golden dimness, the most seemingly chaotic politcal acts, the
rise of a great city, the
crystalline structure of a gem that has never seen the light, the
distributions of fortune, what time the
milkman gets up, the position of the electron, or the occurrence of one
astonishingly frigid winter
after another. Even electrons, supposedly the paragons of
unpredictability, are tame and obsequious
little creatures that rush around at the speed of light, going precisely
where they are supposed to go.
They make faint whistling sounds that when apprehended in varying
combinations are as pleasant as
the eind flying through a forest, and thay do exactly as they are told. Of
this, one can be certain.
And yet there is a wonderful anarchy, in that the milkman chooses when to
arise, the rat picks the
tunnel into which he will dive when the subway comes rushing down the
track from Borough hall,
and the snowflake will fall as it will. How can this be? If nothing is
random, and everything is
predetermined, how can there be free will? The answer to that is simple.
Nothing is predetermined; it
is determined, or was determined, or will be determined. No matter, it
happened all at once, in less
than an instant, and time was invented because we cannot comprehend in one
glance the enormous
and detailed canvas that we have been given- so we track it, in linear
fashion, piece by piece. Time,
however, can be easily overcome; not by chasing the light, but by standing
back far enough to see it
all at once. The universe is still and complete. Everything that ever was,
is; everything thatever will
be,is- and so on, in all possible combinations. Though in perceiving it we
imagine that it is in motion,
and unfinished, it is quite finished and quite astonishingly beautiful. In
the end, or, rather, as things
really are, any event, no matter how small, is intimately and sensibly
tied to all others. All rivers run
full to the sea; those who are apart are brought together; the lost ones
are redeemed; the dead come
back to life; the perfectly blue days have begun and ended in golden
dimness continue, immobile and
accessible; and, when all is perceived in such a way as to obviate time,
justice becomes apparent not
as something that will be, but as something that is.
"Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they
were a thousand white
cats with whom he shared a one-bedroom apartment. (In fact, he did not
like cats, because they
could not talk and would not listen.)"
"To be mad is to feel with excrutiating intensity the sadness and joy of a
time which has not arrived
or has already been. And to protect their delicate vision of that other
time, madmen will justify their
condition with touching loyalty, and surround it with a thousand
distractive schemes. These schemes,
in turn, drive them deeper and deeper into the darkness and light (which
is their mortification and
their reward), and confront them with a choice. They may either slacken
and fall back, accepting the
relief of a rational view and the approval of others, or they may push on,
and, by falling, arise. When
and if by their unforgivable stubborness they finally burst through to
worlds upon worlds of
motionless light, they are no longer called afflicted or insane. They are
called saints."
"The world is a perfect place, so perfect that even if there is nothing
afterward, all of this will have
been enough."
"I'd much rather have the man who drives the sleigh than the man who is
driven in it."
Peter Lake cracked the whip; and they raced to the house on the lakeshore
under a sky of solid delft
azure. "Drive hard, Peter Lake, drive hard," said Beverly, holding the
child.
He had never had a family. But there he was, suddenly, almost a husband
and father. Small scenes
can be so beautiful that they change a man forever. He would never forget
that noontime on a lake of
ice, nor would he ever forget her words.
"Drive hard," she had said. He would. Things were different now. All he
wanted now was love.
"You don't have to believe me. It's all right if you don't. The beauty of
truth is that it need not be
proclaimed or believed. It skips from soul to soul, changing form each
time it touches, but it is what it
is, I have seen it, and someday you will, too."
"The horses were of both the inexplicable mystery that drew him to one
thing or another, and the
reality of flesh and blood. He seized upon them for the very sensible
reason that even if their appeal
to him was otherworldly, still, they could be seen pulling junk wagons or
transporting tourists around
the park. And it was easy, of course, to love horses, since they were
exceedingly beautiful and
exceedingly gentle."
"At first Harry Penn could not see his face. He knelt down, trembling, and
shielded his eyes from the
bright light of a lamp in a conical tin shade. And, then, he saw. He saw
what no man has the right to
expect to see even in a life of a hundred years. He saw the past arise. He
saw the past victorious. He
saw time and death beaten. He saw Peter Lake. "
"And then he saw a strange white cloud moving across the now golden face
of the city's cliffs in the
sunset. It changed shape and form as it flew about the towers like a
whimsical ghost. He realized
what it was - pigeons, millions of pigeons, in a cloud electrified by
reflection. They wheeled across
the skyline like particles of smoke in Brownian motion, caught brilliantly
in a dark chamber by a clear
stroke of light reverberating between a sky and floor of yellow brass.
Next to the bodies of the
buildings they were like mites, or snow, or confetti, or dust and yet
they were one single flight, rising
like a plume in the wind. Peter Lake knew from this that the city would
take care, for it was a
magical gate through which those who entered passed in innocent longing,
taking every hope,
showing touching courage - and for good reason. The city would take care.
There was no choice but
to trust the architect's dream that was spread before him as compact as an
engine, solid and sure,
shimmering over the glinting ice. He lay back, resigned until he saw her
again not to know the color
of her eyes.
And then he was suddenly overwhelmed. It was as if a thousand bolts of
lightning had converged to
lift him. All he could see was blue, electric blue, wet shining warm blue,
blue with no end,
everywhere, blue that glowed and made him cry out, blue, blue, her eyes
were blue."
"It would be vain to imagine we could be favored without effort. Miracles
come to those who risk
defeat in seeking them. They come to those who have exhausted themselves
completely in a struggle
to accomplish the impossible."
" Justice can sleep for years and awaken when it is least expected. A
miracle is nothing more than
dormant justice from another time arriving to compensate those it has
cruelly abandoned. Whoever
knows this is willing to suffer, for he knows that nothing is in vain."
'A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture and clean streets is like
a classroom of obedient
dullards, or a field of gelded bulls - whereas a city of anarchy is a city
of promise.'
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 6-JUL-1999 15:55:58.00
SUBJECT: FYI for upcoming speeches mentioning guns
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Check w/Beth Weaver to see if they have any confirmed info on
this they're thinking of having the President say somthing. I've
recommended not commenting on any of the details, including the guns...but
you know this place jc3
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03:54 PM
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07/06/99 03:26:03 PM
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Illegal Gun Dealer Provided Suspect
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By The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) -- The white supremacist suspect in the deadly
two-state shooting spree got his guns last month from an illegal
gun
dealer, a federal agent said today.
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith bought the guns from an unlicensed gun
dealer
in the Peoria area, said Jerry Singer, a special agent for the
federal
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
The rampage, which included shootings of minorities in several
Illinois
cities and in Bloomington, Ind., ended Sunday with Smith, 21,
committing
suicide as police tried to arrest him in the southern Illinois
town of Salem.
Singer said Smith bought a Bryco .380-caliber semiautomatic
handgun
on June 26 -days after he was turned away from a licensed gun
shop.
Then on June 29, Smith bought a .22-caliber pistol, Singer said.
Singer says the ATF had already been investigating the
unlicensed dealer
before Smith bought the guns. The person's name has been turned
over
to the U.S. attorney's office in Springfield for possible
charges, he said.
Skokie police Sgt. Michael Ruth, a spokesman for the task force
overseeing the case, said earlier today that investigators had
determined
that Smith tried to make a purchase at a Peoria Heights gun
dealer June
23. He said Smith was turned down because one of his
ex-girlfriends had
filed an order for protection against him.
Tony Schneider, owner of the shop, the Heights Gun and Hunter
Supplies, confirmed in a telephone interview that Smith was
there. He
said he tried to buy two 9 mm handguns, a shotgun and
ammunition. He
said Smith was calm when told he couldn't have the items.
Ruth also said today that a search Monday of an apartment Smith
rented
in Morton -- just outside of Peoria -- turned up receipts for
ammunition,
boxes for two guns and stacks of hate literature.
Smith, 21, was a member of the World Church of the Creator, a
white-supremacist organization, and distributed anti-minority
literature
while he was a student at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Ruth didn't know why Smith was living in Morton. The town is not
far
from East Peoria, where World Church of the Creator founder Matt
Hale lives.
Two people were killed during the drive-by spree: former
Northwestern
University men's basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong and a student in
Bloomington, Ind. At least eight others were wounded, one
seriously. All
the victims were black, Asian or Jewish.
Authorities said they believed Smith began his spree in Chicago
on
Friday by wounding six Orthodox Jews outside a synagogue. Within
an
hour, Byrdsong, who was black, was shot to death in nearby
Skokie and
two Asian-Americans were shot at, but not hit, while driving in
Northbrook.
The shooter also fired at Asians and blacks in two Illinois
cities,
Springfield and Urbana, on Saturday, seriously wounding one man.
On
Sunday, authorities said, he fatally shot of Indiana University
student
Won-Joon Yoon, 26, in Bloomington.
Authorities also believe the gunman wounded a black minister in
Decatur,
III., on Saturday, but they were waiting for ballistics tests to
confirm that.
In Salem, shattered glass, tire marks and a piece of orange
plastic from a
tail light are all that show where the chase ended.
Smith fatally shot himself Sunday night as he led police on a
chase that
was headed toward 2,000 people gathered for a Fourth of July
celebration.
"Our main target was to get him stopped before he got there, but
fortunately he did that for us," said Marion County sheriff's
deputy Todd
Garden.
Coroner Tom Nicolay said Monday he was treating Smith's death as
a
suicide, although an official inquest will be held.
Nicolay said Smith shot himself three times.
The first time was in the chin, and police believe that happened
after they
spotted the minivan Smith had carjacked at gunpoint at a gas
station in
Ina, about 35 miles south of Salem and 270 miles south of
Chicago. The
woman who was driving the van and her 13-year-old daughter were
not
hurt.
The minivan went off the road and into a culvert, hitting a
metal pipe and
causing the air bag to inflate. Smith refused officers' orders
to put his
hands up, so several entered the van.
As he struggled with five officers, Smith shot himself in the
chest and leg.
None of the officers fired and Smith didn't appear to shoot at
them,
police said.
He was still combative even after being handcuffed and put in an
ambulance but said nothing, police said. He bled to death from
the chest
wound a short time later in a hospital, authorities said.
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Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OPD/EOP@EOP
Jordan Tamagni/WHO/EOP@EOP
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 17:34:26.00
SUBJECT: FYI
TO: Paul J. Weinstein Jr. ( CN=Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Paul:
Here are the proposed new penalties you asked about
1. Firearms. Consistent w/our juvenile crime and gun bills, we shoud
increase penalties for adults who transfer guns to juveniles (from 1 to 5
years), for adults who transfer guns to juveniles knowing they will be
used in a crime (from 10 to 20 years), for persons who engage in the
business of selling firearms without a licence (from 5 to 10 years), for
persons who lie on their Brady background check forms (from I to 5 years),
and provide a sentencing enhancement for gun criminals who traffick in 50
or more firearms (by direction to the U.S. Sentencing Commission).
2. Child Sex Predators. Consistent w/the juvenile crime bills that
passed the House and Senate, we should support a "two strikes your out"
penatly for sex offenders who commit crimes against children (mandatory
life imprisonment for 2nd sex offense against a minor).
3. Children Exposed to Violence. Consistent w/our crime bill, we should
support a sentencing enhancement for violent crimes committed in the
presence of a child (by direction to the U.S. Sentencing Commission).
Is this enough?
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 14:46:21.00
SUBJECT: Re: Chicago Crime Speech - URGENT
TO: Ron Klain ( CN=Ron Klain/O=OVP@OVP [ UNKNOWN
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TEXT:
Ron:
Here's my two cents on this:
1. Overall crime speech. I disagree w/Trooper on the importance of the
urban/suburban or black/white angle. I think the most important thing is
for the VP to have a strong, focused crime message that speaks to
everyone fewer guns more community police and I guess you have to
say something on hate crimes.
2. Local shootings/context. The Mayor's office (Deputy Chief of Staff
Sarah Pang, 312-744-2728) will be able to give you a straight read as to
whether or not this will be an issue. I've put in a call to her, but
suggest your folks do the same. If I'm not mistaken, the recent shootings
took place on the far west side of the city, where there has been more
tension between the community and police. I would imagine that the
Mayor's office would be more interested in going to the Englewood
community on the south west side. There is very strong support for
Chicago's community policing program (CAPS) in this hard-hit,
African-American neighborhood. Either way, it seems to me that the events
of this past week overshadow any other recent news.
3. Guns, etc. Given the 4th of July shootings, won't the press play this
out as either a guns or hate crimes story? If you do guns, I'd think it's
better to do the event in the city push for a national policy of "no
background checks, no gun, no exceptions"; support tougher punishments and
more resources to crackdown on illegal gun traffickers; maybe some
other/new gun stuff; and call on Congress to make these policies the law
of the land. This would work well at a local CAPS site, like Englewood.
The gun store, though a good idea, is sure to give Treasury and Justice
some heartache. As you know, they don't want us commenting on any of the
pending litigation, and Chuck's Gun Shop is at the center of Chicago's
lawsuit.
If you do hate crimes, I'd defer to others for how best to handle.
However, doing something in the generally more progressive northern
suburbs, with a mix of folks from all walks of life, might make sense.
Hope this helps. jc3
Ron Klain@OVP
07/07/99 12:22:36 PM
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To:
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Subject:
Re: Chicago Crime Speech - URGENT
What do you think about all of this?
Forwarded by Ron Klain/OVP on 07/07/99 12:22 PM
Trooper Sanders
07/07/99 12:12 PM
To: Monica M. Dixon/OVP@OVP
cc: Dan J. Taylor/Ovp@Ovp, David W. Beier/Ovp@Ovp, Ron Klain/OVP@OVP,
Laura M. Quinn/OVP@OVP, Christopher S. Lehane/OVP@OVP
Subject: Re: Chicago Crime Speech - URGENT
You may want to send this to Jose Cerda in the DPC. He does crime for the
P. and is a Chicago native.
The suburban idea near the gun store sounds interesting. However, in his
speech and in the audience he needs to speak directly to urban black
people and their safety (as well as everyone else of course) to blunt
criticism that we only take crime seriously when it hurts white
suburbanites. He needs to talk about black kids getting slaughtered on
urban streets and cracking down on the criminals and cleaning up the
guns that cause it -- with the same passion as he/we have talked about
kids getting killed in suburban high schools.
The audience should have people from Chicago proper -- maybe the families
of black gun shot victims or public housing tenants who've become safety
advocates and work with the police.
On race, regardless of what happens with the shooting case, he should
tackle it dead on. People will use his visit to focus on it no matter
what. First he can honor the tough work of law enforcement and take
people who trash law enforcement to task, but then he needs to
acknowledge the real problems that exist. I don't know if he needs to be
as strong as his "DWI is a crime, DWB shouldn't be" that he used in the
Detroit NAACP speech, but he needs a good couple of lines that says "he
gets it". He could play the statesman and say that safety and security is
something that transcends race but there must be trust and respect, and
challenge everyone to work together to talk about the hard issues, tackle
the real problems, and build strong lines of communication and
cooperation.
Monica M. Dixon
07/07/99 11:52 AM
To: Dan J. Taylor/OVP@OVP, David W. Beier/OVP@OVP, Trooper Sanders/OVP@OVP
cc:
Subject: Chicago Crime Speech - URGENT
sorry, you should have been on the original email
Forwarded by Monica M. Dixon/OVP on 07/07/99 11:52
AM
Monica M. Dixon
07/07/99 11:51:23 AM
Record Type: Record
To: Ron Klain/OVP@OVP, Laura M. Quinn/OVP@OVP, Christopher S.
Lehane/OVP@OVP
cc: Matthew L. Bennett/OVP@OVP, Michael B. Feldman/OVP@OVP, Lisa A.
Berg/OVP@OVP
Subject: Chicago Crime Speech - URGENT
Just got off the phone with our Chicago politicos they have an idea to
set the speech in the suburbs (1- - we need to get there, and 2-Chicago has
a no handgun law and the biggest problem is guns bought in suburbs and
brought in to the city). More specifically, they suggest we go to a
school/community center near "Chuck's Gun Shop." Chuck's was cited in
Schumer's report of the most negligent gun stores in the country (it was
#2 with 1, .176 crimes traced back to guns bought in the shop -- #1 was
Milwaukee 1, 195 crimes traced to guns bought in that shop). In
addition, the city recently video taped customers going in and out of the
shop -- and actually got on tape someone handing a "youth" a gun he
purchased in the shop on the sidewalk just steps away from the door. The
city is using this tape as evidence in it's effort to sue gun
manufacturers for knowingly selling weapons to evade the cities gun
laws
I need thoughts on this asap so we can get going.
One major problem you need to have on your radar
about a month ago,
two African Americans were accidently shot by police officers in routine
traffic stops (one was a 22 year old Northwestern student, the other a
computer specialist). Lots of community outrage and the religious
community is pretty organized and focused. We have reason to believe that
decisions on potential indictments of the two police officers is likely to
be soon. Very soon. If this happens (and I should say, more accurately,
if the officers are NOT indicted) we could have a major problem. The
community plans protests, etc. We'll know more today on the timing.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 16:44:53.00
SUBJECT: LRM CJB85 - - Office of National Drug Control Policy Testimony on EDUCATION Draft Bill on Safe
and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(ESEA) Reauthorization)
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
You should probably take a look at this jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/07/99
04:44 PM
Constance J. Bowers
07/07/99 04:43:29 PM
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Subject:
LRM CJB85 - - Office of National Drug Control Policy
Testimony on EDUCATION Draft Bill on Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities Act (Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (ESEA) Reauthorization)
Please provide comments on this testimony by cob, Thursday, July 8th.
click here for testimony:
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07/07/99 04:43 PM
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1
TESTIMONY OF BARRY R. McCAFFREY
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY,
BUILDING A MORE EFFECTIVE SAFE AND DRUG-FREE
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH,
EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
JULY 13, 1999
Chairman Jeffords, Senator Kennedy, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to
discuss how we build a more effective Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Program.
Before discussing this issue, on behalf of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
allow me to thank the leadership and members of this Committee for the strong bipartisan
support you have provided to our National Drug Control Strategy.
With your help we are making substantial progress in reducing the threat of illegal drugs to our
nation. Overall drug use in the United States is now half what it was in the 1970s. During this
same period cocaine use has fallen by 75 percent. Drug-related murders have reached their
lowest point in over a decade.
We have begun to create federal anti-drug budgets that reflect the core goals of our National
Drug Control Strategy. The President's FY 2000 total federal drug-control budget request is
$17.8 billion -- an increase of $735 million (4.3 percent) over the FY 1999 regular appropriation.
With the support of Congress in passing our FY2000 counter-drug budget, we will increase
federal drug prevention funds by 55 percent over FY 1996. Your continued support for our drug
prevention efforts is critical to protecting our nation's children and will build upon our common
efforts to date. Our FY 2000 counter-drug budget requests $3.5 billion for drug treatment and
treatment research programs, representing a 5.5 percent increase over our FY 1999 budget.
Overall, assuming our FY 2000 request is appropriated in full, we will increase federal spending
on treatment by 25 percent over FY 1996.
Most importantly we are making progress with young people. Over the last two years, youth
drug use rates have leveled off and in many cases are now in decline. This shift marks a sharp
departure from the prior six years, which saw the number of our children doing drugs steadily
increase. We are also begining to see a strengthening of youth attitudes against drugs -- young
people increasingly see drug use as risky and socially unacceptable. Studies show that when
youth attitudes against drugs strengthen, youth drug use rates fall.
Our most important task is to build on these successes among young people. Educating our
nation's youth to reject illicit drug use remains literally goal one of our National Drug Control
Strategy. Under the leadership of Secretary Riley and the Department of Education, and with
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the support of Secretary Shalala and the Department of Health and Human Services, and
Attorney General Reno and the Department of Justice, school-based prevention programs have
and will continue to play a critical in our efforts to reduce drug use.
Part I of this testimony discusses the importance of prevention programs in reducing drug
use, and focuses specifically on the critical role of school-based programs. Part II of this
testimony provides an overview of the design flaws in the current Safe and Drug Free Schools
and Communities (SDFSC) Program, and discusses how these limitations hamper the
program's ability to help prevent youth drug use. Part III sets out the Administration's
proposal for improvements to the program that are currently before the Congress in the SDFSC
program reauthorization (which is part of the overall Elementary and Secondary Education Act
proposal). Lastly, part IV discusses the challenges that we must face together if we are to
create a truly effective program that can have a real impact on youth drug use and violence rates.
I. THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION
A.
THE IMPACT OF YOUTH DRUG USE ON AMERICA
Adolescent substance use takes its toll on our nation in direct and indirect ways, some of which
are quantifiable while others are not. Most often, marijuana use is part of a constellation of
destructive behaviors including use of other substances (alcohol, tobacco, over-the-counter
medications, inhalants, cocaine, heroin, and other illicit drugs), truancy, academic failure,
violence, theft, and risky sexual behavior. The likelihood of all the leading causes of death for
this age group -- motor vehicle crashes, homicide, injury, and suicide -- increases significantly
for those who are under the influence of psychoactive substances.
Drug use by adolescents accelerates their transition into adulthood, but does not give them the
opportunity to acquire the necessary skills and abilities for a successful transition. At the very
least, the time adolescents spend under the influence of drugs is wasted time -- a sort of hiatus
in normal development. At worst, drug use can lead to diminished economic opportunity,
incarceration, addiction, and even death.
Currently, 29 percent of all eighth graders report having used an illegal drug at least once in their
lives, 12.1 percent are current (past month) drug users. Among twelfth graders 54.1 percent
have tried an illegal drug one or more times in their lives, and 25.6 percent are current (past
month) drug users. The bulk of this youth illegal drug use is marijuana. However, a twelve
year-old who uses marijuana 85 times more likely to move on to cocaine use than a peer who
does not try marijuana. While our present research only allows us to express this relationship
between marijuana and other drug use as correlation, not causation, the linkage here is so great as
to be on par with other widely recognized health threats -- such as the correlation of the risk of
cancer and smoking.
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The immediate impacts of youth drug use are felt in homes, schools and communities across the
nation. A child (aged twelve to seventeen) who regularly uses marijuana is approximately six
times more likely to steal and three times as likely to destroy another person's property as a peer
who never used the drug. An analysis of juvenile detainees in the state of Maryland found that
40 percent were in need of substance abuse treatment -- of this 40 percent, 91 percent needed
treatment for medically diagnosed marijuana dependence. The 1996 National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse found that 13 percent of young people aged sixteen to twenty drove a car less
than two hours after drug use at least once during the past year. These young drivers are
generally unaware of the dangers they present to themselves and others. Among 16 to 20 year
olds who drove after marijuana use, 57 percent said they did so because they were not "high
enough to cause a crash."
The aggregate, longer-term impacts of youth drug use on our society are equally disturbing.
Each generation of youth drug users extends the social costs of drug use on our nation. We
estimate that drug use costs the United States $110 billion per year in increased social costs --
ranging from the toll of crime victimization to lost productivity within our economy. Each year,
approximately 50,000 Americans die from drug-related causes.
We estimate that there are roughly 4 million hardcore drug using addicts. These addicts
consume roughly two-thirds of all the drugs used in the United States, and commit
disproportionate amounts of our nation's crime. The National Institute of Justice's Arrestee and
Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program found that in twenty of twenty-three cities studied
more than 60 percent of adult male arrestees tested positive for drugs. Each youth that starts
taking drugs risks being swept up in this downward spiral of drugs, addiction, crime,
imprisonment and general despair.
B.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION IN REDUCING THESE HARMS
Preventing or delaying use of psychoactive drugs, alcohol, and tobacco among adolescents is a
critical, national public health goal. The simplest and most cost-effective way to lower the
human and societal costs of drug abuse is to prevent it in the first place. It is far easier -- and
much less expensive -- to prevent a drug addiction than to treat one. More than 255 million
Americans do not use illegal drugs. Some sixty-one million Americans who once used illegal
drugs have now rejected them; many suffered as a result of drug abuse. Accidents, addiction,
criminal involvement, damaged relationships, impaired judgement, and lost educational or
employment opportunities were common. Of the fourteen million Americans who currently use
illegal drugs, some four million are chronic abusers. Preventing America's sixty-eight million
children from using drugs, alcohol, and tobacco will help safeguard our society. Preventing
drug abuse is one of the best investments we can make in our country's future. Doing so is
preferable to dealing with the consequences of drug abuse through law enforcement or drug
treatment.
Prevention is most promising when it is directed at impressionable youngsters. Adolescents are
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most susceptible to the allure of illicit drugs. Delaying or preventing the first use of illegal
drugs, alcohol, and tobacco is essential. Not only does hazardous drug use put young people at
risk of negative short-term experiences, but those who do not use illegal drugs, alcohol, or
tobacco during adolescence are less likely to develop a chemical-dependency problem. Like
education in general, drug prevention is demonstrably most effective among the young. In
addition to deterring some initiations completely, drug prevention programs help people who use
drugs to use smaller quantities. Successful substance-abuse prevention leads to reductions in
traffic fatalities, violence, unwanted pregnancy, child abuse, sexually transmitted diseases,
HIV/AIDS, injuries, cancer, heart disease, and lost productivity.
Prevention programs are not vaccinations that inoculate children against substance abuse.
Sadly, significant numbers of young people who participate in the best programs will go on to
use drugs. The "no-use" message must be reinforced consistently by parents, teachers, clergy,
coaches, mentors, and other care givers. The effectiveness of prevention is difficult to measure
given the lag time from when a young person goes through a program and when he or she starts
using drugs. Historical data from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey, for example,
demonstrates that marijuana use among adolescents tends to change in inverse proportion to the
percentage of youths who disapprove of marijuana use or perceive such use to be risky.
According to MTF data, drug-usage rates change two years after attitudes. Prevention affects
the number of new and light users much more than it does the number or consumption patterns of
heavy users. Finally, since rates of drug use seem to spread in a manner similar to an epidemic,
prevention will be more effective when undertaken early in the cycle when use is proliferating
with existing users introducing others to drugs. At this time, enabling one person to abstain
can prevent other initiations. Rather than be reactive, prevention programs should be proactive
and reach each rising cohort.
C.
A UNIVERSAL APPROACH TO PREVENTION IS CRITICAL
The reality of youth drug use defies all stereotypes. Youth drug use rates are more or less
consistently high across all gender, racial and ethnic, income, and geographic boundaries. It is
critically important that primary prevention efforts address all young people as well as the adults
who influence them. Using newly emerging terminology in the field of drug abuse prevention,
this is termed a universal approach.
D.
THE CRITICAL ROLE OF SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION
School-based prevention is a vital link in our universal approach to drug education and drug use
prevention. School-based efforts can directly impact youth behaviors. Good junior high school
interventions affect knowledge and attitudes about drugs, use of cigarettes and marijuana, and
persist into the twelfth grade. Examples of Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
prevention successes are encouraging. A Cornell University study of six thousand students in
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New York state found that the odds of drinking, smoking, and using marijuana were 40 percent
lower among students who participated in a school-based substance-abuse program in grades
seven through nine than among their counterparts who did not. Similarly, an assessment of
Project STAR found that forty-two participating schools in Kansas City, Missouri reported less
student use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana than control sites.
According to the Department of Education's School-Based Drug Prevention Programs: A
Longitudinal Study in Selected School Districts final report [the "Longitudinal Study"]: "Positive
school experiences during the current school year and more time spent on academic activities in
general were associated with less drug use, more desirable attitudes towards drugs, and higher
self esteem." Moreover, studies regularly show that students with higher drug use rates are less
likely to succeed in school. For example, a child (age twelve and seventeen) who regularly uses
marijuana (past week) is approximately six times more likely to cut classes than a peer who has
never used the drug. According to the Longitudinal Study students who do not use drugs:
consistently report more positive school experiences, which translates into a better learning
environment; and spend more time on their homework and on academic projects. By
empowering young people to reject drugs not only do we achieve lower drug use rates and reduce
the impacts of drugs on our nation, but we also advance the primary purpose of educational
system: helping children learn.
School-based drug prevention efforts can also play a significant role in reducing youth violence,
which in the wake of recent in-school tragedies has shocked the nation. Studies show a high
correlation between youth drug use and youth anti-social behavior. For example, a young
person (ages twelve to seventeen) who regularly smokes marijuana (once weekly or more) is
roughly four times more likely to physically assault another person as a peer who does not use
marijuana.
Moreover, reaching young people during the school hours is vital to achieving the ubiquity and
repetition that are necessary to impact youth attitudes. Through the National Youth Anti-Drug
Media Campaign we are using the full power of the modern media -- from television to the
Internet to sports marketing -- to reach children with proven effective anti-drug education
messages. Through the Civic Alliance Against Drugs, the Drug Free Communities Program, our
Athletic and Faith Initiatives, we are reaching children through the other activities that make up
their day -- sports, church, community group programs, Boy Scout and Girl Scout meetings, and
the like. Our parenting initiatives, such as those within the Media Campaign, are helping
parents bring counter-drug education to the kitchen table.
However, young people still spend a large amount of their time in school. Our youth look up to
their teachers, coaches, school nurses, school counselors and principals and listen to what they
have to say. Educating children during these hours, and through these outstanding mentors, is
critical to reaching the saturation mark at which we can impact drug taking behaviors.
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II. THE CURRENT SDFSC PROGRAM:
A FLAWED FRAMEWORK
The lion's share of SDFSC monies are passed, by what are essentially block grants, to the
governors and state education agencies (SEAs). The bulk of these funds are, in turn, passed on
to local education agencies (LEAs) (e.g., local school districts).
Some states and localities have used these funds to develop or adopt outstanding drug prevention
programs. For example, over the last four years, the Harrison Colorado School District's
program has reduced alcohol and drug incidents by 26 percent, and fighting by 45 percent. A
Washington state program utilizing intervention specialists has helped 20,000 students to date --
resulting in a 23 percent reduction in marijuana use and a 44 percent drop in cocaine use.
However, when dealing with the future of our children, success for many is not good enough.
The current system has provided too much leeway for abuse. Safe and Drug Free Schools and
Communities monies have funded school assemblies that have been little more than an hour's
entertainment for their youth audiences, an ultrasonic firearms cleaner for a detective, tickets to
Disneyland, and even paid for tooth brushes. Because the program does not focus on need,
many schools receive so little funding that educators can often afford to run only band aid
programs. Equally troubling is that, at present, there is no requirement that states or localities
must demonstrate the effectiveness of their efforts to the public. The funds keep coming no
matter whether the programs have an impact or not.
The present framework is fraught with critical defects that hamper the program's ability to
effectively prevent drug use among our nation's children. Let me emphasize that in
overwhelming majority the problems set out below are design flaws -- given the program's
current framework there is little or nothing that the Department of Education can do to correct
the situation. For example, under the current law Education cannot require the use of
research-based, proven-effective programs.
Spending is not tied to achievement of objectives:
As applied to the block grant program, SDFSC goals are only loosely outlined in the
SDFSC legislation and in non-binding guidance.
Each SEA is free to set its own goals. The General Accounting Office, in its report Safe
and Drug Free Schools: Balancing Accountability With State and Local Flexibility,
described this problem as: " states do not have to use Education's indicators but may
develop and use their own indicators." Moreover, even with respect to these self-set
markers, little or no monitoring is done to tie funding to performance of even these
objectives.
Data to track performance is uniformly nonexistent -- the states set their own data
requirements and these vary widely, with few reaching the level of bare acceptability.
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The GAO report explains the overall predicament: " with no requirement that states
use a consistent set of measures, the Department [of Education] faces a difficult challenge
in assembling triennial reports so that a nationwide picture of the program's effectiveness
emerges."
There is no requirement that LEAs use programs that are proven to work. To the
contrary, the Longitudinal Study found that few schools adopt research-based, proven
programs. (Guidance from Education suggests that schools shift to such programs, but
nothing requires this.)
Spending is not adequately tracked:
There is no information available that breaks down how much SDFSC money went to
drug prevention programs versus violence prevention programs. (The lack of such data
has contributed to fears among drug prevention agencies, groups and organizations that
the focus of the program is shifting away from drugs to violence).
Similarly, there is no information available that shows the breakdown of what types of
state and local efforts were funded (for example, training versus curriculum).
Neither the LEAs nor SEAs even aggregate their funding by category. According to the
GAO: "Although states often require LEAs to report on their expenditures, the reported
data are seldom routinely aggregated to provide a statewide picture of Safe and Drug-Free
Schools spending. States do not aggregate expenditure data, they told [GAO], because
no reporting requirement exists for them to do so."
Monitoring varies widely, but in only rare cases is it remotely adequate:
According to the GAO, four (of the 50) states monitor only by approving applications for
money (i.e., they approve and look no more).
Only nine states specifically review documentation. However, the scope of information
reviewed varies widely (for example, many states do not even require spending vouchers
or receipts be submitted). In general oversight as to what funds are spent on is not
adequate.
Site visits are rare. On average SEAs only go to each LEA (district) once every 3-4
years). In 1995, only 1,900 site visits were conducted nationwide. However, this
number is inflated by the few states that do conduct more regular oversight; many states
do few or no visits.
According to the GAO report, only seven states use multiple forms of monitoring.
The Department of Education rarely reviews or audits beyond the state level. GAO
reports that only three audits that have gone to site level. In an effort to help bridge this
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information gap, Education is surveying LEAs to determine how money is used.
However, such a survey cannot replace the need for accounting, data and oversight
requirements.
Even at the SEA level, program monitoring is minimal. In 1996-97, Department of
Education visited 20 state offices to review program documents. However, as the SEA
documentation is so limited (see above) and varies widely, what can be gleaned from
these visits appears minimal.
Due to the lack of accountability, problems seem to abound:
In two of the three instances (noted above) where complaints led to fuller LEA level
audits of SDFSC spending irregularities were present. In 1992 and 1994, the
Department of Education conducted state visits to resolve concerns raised respectively
about the programs of West Virginia and Michigan. In both cases Education found
grounds for serious concerns:
The Michigan audit found, for example, "double dipping" and the purchase of
items not related to either drug or violence education (e.g., toothbrushes, dog
bones and bicycle pumps).
The West Virginia audit found that SEAs handed out money without even the
statutory minimum application information (e.g., what purposes funds were
sought for) and expenditures were not broken down between administration and
actual programs.
Despite the millions spent, local funding is often insufficient to provide effective programs:
The good and bad news is that the SDFSC program funds 97 percent of all the nation's
school districts -- the program is a mile-wide and not a micron deep. The average school
district gets roughly $5,000. Some schools receive as little as $50. Spending per child
is roughly $7.90 per year. However, as there is no way to determine what money
actually reached children, this estimate (total program expenditures divided by number of
children served) likely overstates the actual per child spending (for example, local
administrative costs are included that children never directly benefit from).
Because of the block grant framework, and its concomitant information and oversight
flaws, the SDFSC program spends millions ($550 million in actual spending in FY
1997) with little means to determine what has been achieved.
The low amounts of funding that LEAs and, in turn, the even lower dollar amounts that
each school and child see -- invite abuse and preclude effective programs. The GAO
study of the program found that "
one-time events, such as guest speakers, drug- and
alcohol-free social activities, such as a dance or picnic
were among the most
common types of programs offered by the majority of LEAs. While such one-time
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efforts may have merit independent of those of comprehensive drug prevention, they are
not likely to have a significant impact on youth drug use rates as a whole. Why do
schools fund such programs? The answer, in large measure, is because that is all they
can afford.
We cannot hand a school with hundreds of students -- our children -- $50 and expect the
school to run an effective drug prevention program. The money simply is not there for
the types of programs required to make a difference. Unable to buy what is required,
schools spend the money on what they think at the time is the best surrogate for such
programs.
These structural flaws allow SDFSC monies to be spent on state and local programs that
are not comprehensive prevention schemes:
Few LEAs and SEAs use SDFSC funds to adopt "strong" drug prevention programs.
The Longitudinal Study scored nineteen diverse and representative school districts on
what researchers determined were the four key indicia for "program strength," namely:
"Stability - length of time in existence, time devoted by the prevention program
coordinator in directing the program, existence of a program rationale to guide the
program;
Extensiveness - program activities for all students, amount of classroom
instruction, extent of program implementation, additional services such as support
groups, peer programs, and a student assistance program;
Staff training - number of staff trained, amount of training offered, ongoing nature
of training;
Parental and community support and involvement - degree to which the parents
and community demonstrated support for the program; includes involvement of
local police department in delivery of the D.A.R.E. program."
In each of these categories a high score of five points was awarded for programs that had
"extensive" inclusion of each parameter; I point was awarded for nonexistent or minimal
inclusion in the program.
The average total score of all districts against these measures was 11.6 points. Of the
nineteen districts rated only two scored 16 or above (or an average of four or greater for
each category); six scored 12 or above (or an average of 3 or greater). Eleven districts
scored 11 points or less, with eight scoring 9 or below (an average of 3 or less points in
each category). A score of 11 or below translates into a 55 or less on a 100 point scale --
clearly a failing mark.
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The ever-increasing demands on teachers and schools to better educate our young people
presents a challenge for prevention programs
Even within strong programs there are serious issues of consistency of delivery and the
priority given to prevention.
The Longitudinal Study found that: "Particularly in school districts with decentralized
administration of their prevention program, teachers received differing messages about
priorities and they used considerable discretion in how much and when to teach
classroom components of the program
Current experts in the field of drug prevention
say that inconsistent or incomplete delivery of the prevention curriculum is one of the
main reasons why even those approaches that have proven under test conditions may not
show positive results when implemented elsewhere. The theory is that 'incomplete
treatment' weakens the potential effectiveness of the prevention program."
III. BUILDING A MORE EFFECTIVE APPROACH
The inter-linked problems of drugs and violence are two of the greatest threats to the safety and
healthy development of our children -- the very future of our nation. It is incumbent upon all of
us in leadership -- at the federal, state and local levels -- to develop new approaches to these
problems that are more effective.
The President and Secretary Riley have presented to the Congress the Administration's proposal
for reauthorization of the program. ONDCP has worked closely with Secretary Riley and his
team in developing this proposal. We believe it makes important progress for our nation's
young people and families. On behalf of ONDCP I want to thank the Secretary for his
leadership in helping move us toward a more effective Safe and Drug Free Schools and
Communities Program.
If enacted, the Administration's proposal will provide the Department of Education, the
governors, and state and local educators and other leaders with a framework for success. Allow
me to briefly highlight the critical advances embodied in this proposal:
A.
FOCUSING ON PROGRAMS PROVEN TO WORK
At present Education has provided SDFSC program guidance that encourages governors, SEAs
and LEAs to implement programs that are research-based and proven effective. However,
Education's Longitudinal Study found that: "Few schools employed program approaches that
have been found to be effective in previous research."
In order for the SDFSC program to be effective nationally, the programs implemented at the state
and local levels must be effective. The Administration's proposal will for the first time require
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that SDFSC funded programs must be based on research or evaluations that provide evidence
that the programs will prevent or reduce drug use.
B.
TARGETING FUNDS TO MEET NEEDS
To preserve the sweeping scope of the SDFSC program and at the same time correct the flaws
inherent in its framework would require significant new spending. In this era of fiscal discipline
such significant expenditures are unlikely. Absent such new monies, to run an effective
program choices must be made: finite dollars must be targeted.
While the Administration's proposal generally leaves in place the broad formula by which the
amount of money to each state is allocated, the Administration proposes to target the SEA
component of state funds. Under the proposal states could use SEA funds to fund no more than
50 percent of the total number of LEAs in the state. States would determine which LEAs should
receive funds through a competitive process (see description below) that looks at both overall
need for such prevention programs (as demonstrated by objective data) and a series of criteria set
out in section 4113(c)(2)(B) of the proposal, including inter alia:
high rates of alcohol, tobacco, or drug use among youth;
high rates of arrest and adjudication of youth for violent or drug- or alcohol-related
delinquency;
high rates of referrals of youths to drug and alcohol abuse treatment and rehabilitation
programs;
high rates of referrals of youths to juvenile court;
the incidence of drug paraphernalia in schools;
high rates of drug-related emergencies or deaths;
high rates of drug distribution or sales on, or around, school grounds; and,
local fiscal capacity to fund such programs without Federal assistance.
The purpose of this requirement is to ensure that areas within a state that have the greatest needs
are provided prevention funds sufficient to make a real difference. It is clear that all children
have a need for drug prevention programs. It is, however, also clear from the research that
certain factors place some children at a greater risk of turning to drugs than others. The criteria
set out in section 4113(c)(2)(B) of the Administration's proposal seeks to target funds to risk -- to
focus prevention dollars on those children who are most at risk of turning to drugs.
At the same time, we recognize that not all states and communities are similarly situated. The
Administration's proposal provides that a SEA can make subgrants to more than 50 percent of
LEAs if the grants are of "sufficient size to support high-quality, effective programs and
activities that are designed to create safe, disciplined and drug-free learning environments in
schools
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This opt out clause will allow, for example, rural states with limited numbers of
LEAs to tailor the program to better meet their needs. However, even in such cases, the SEA
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still must ensure that schools are provided funding adequate enough to adopt programs that can
effectively prevent drug use and violence.
C.
SHIFTING TO COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS TO DRIVE RESULTS
Under the Administration's proposal, states will be required to conduct competitive processes to
determine grant awards under both the SEA and governor's components of the SDFSC program.
This shift is critical to the success of the program as a whole.
A competitive process is the best possible way to allocate finite funds: In order to ensure
that schools have the funds needed to make a difference in youth drug use and violence rates, we
need to provide them with funds adequate to the task. The SDFSC program's current budget
does not provide sufficient funds to fund all LEAs at the level required to adopt such state and
local programs. Given the current budget environment the future funding over the mid-term of
the SDFSC program is relatively fixed. Absent major cash infusions we are left re-dividing the
pie to ensure that the pieces that are passed along are of sufficient size to make a difference.
This is the backdrop of reality against which all decisions about the shape of this program must
be viewed. While not without its own limits, because of the advantages set out below a
competitive process is the best possible vehicle to make such funding decisions.
A competitive process will expand and reward programs that work: Through the
competitive processes states will be required to provide funds to those LEAs that have developed
programs that are based on science, adopt models that are proven effective, incorporate measures
of performance and that are accountable for how funds are spent.
Over the longer-term, as local programs begin to develop track records, we also expect to see
funding decisions tied to real results. LEAs that want to remain competitive and continue to
receive funds will effectively be required to show the public that they work.
A competitive process help ensure needs are met: Because the proposed legislation would
require all LEA efforts to be based on needs assessments, the competitive process will allow
states to target funds to those areas that not only have the greatest needs, but, as importantly,
have developed programs that will address those needs. Similarly, state-level programs will also
be required to be built upon a state-wide needs assessment. Moreover, properly done, these
local needs assessments will provide vital baseline data from which progress can be measured.
As this will be a competitive process, programs that do not adequately address real needs will not
be funded. Rather than focus programs on what we perceive problems to be, we will be able to
address the real threats and concerns with youth drug use and violence.
A competitive process will increase accountability: In order to fulfill the requirements to
compete, local programs will have to develop objective measures of performance and the
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mechanisms needed to track results against these measures, which must be publicly reported.
Under the proposed legislation both state and local programs would be required to develop the
measures of performance, a timetable for achieving these markers, and a mechanism to publicly
disseminate their results. By requiring LEAs to develop plans for both measuring performance
and tracking spending, the competitive process we have developed will strongly favor those
programs that are accountable. The competitive process will encourage and enable states to
weed out unaccountable programs; programs that do not meet these basic parameters of
accountability will simply not be funded.
A competitive process will stimulate innovation and the development of better programs:
The competitive process will provide LEAs and others with an incentive to constantly work to
improve performance. Under the current system, which just hands out monies, there is no
incentive for effectiveness (nor disincentive for ineffectiveness). The shift to competitiveness
will help ensure that our prevention programs remain cutting edge and evolve to meet needs.
D.
EASING TRANSITION TO A COMPETITIVE PROCESS
We cannot expect that all states and localities will immediately have the technical and other
capabilities necessary to effectively participate in a competitive process. For this reason the
proposed legislation provides a 10 percent set aside for one-time grants to LEAs that have a
demonstrated need but lack the capability to compete. In order to make a grant under this
exception, the state must commit itself to providing the LEA the technical assistance required to
run an effective program. Moreover, in order to soften the redirection of funds that is inherent
in a shift to competition, the proposed legislation specifically allows the governors to use monies
available under the governor's fund to fund additional LEAs over and above the 50 percent
cutoff discussed above.
E.
INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RESULTS
The proposed legislation will dramatically increase accountable at the federal state and local
levels. At the national level, the proposal will require the Secretary of Education to complete a
national evaluation of the program at a minimum every two years. Under the Performance
Measures of Effectiveness system that accompanies the National Drug Control Strategy,
working with the Congress, ONDCP and the Department of Education have established clear and
objective measures by which the success of our national effort will be measured.
At the state level, the governors and the SEAs will be required to publicly report on annual basis
their state's progress as measured against their respective state-generated measures of
performance. At the local level, LEAs will similarly be required to publicly report progress
against their locally developed measures of performance. (States and localities need not expend
great energies in developing measures of effectiveness. Surveys of risk and protective factors,
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which research suggests must play an important in tracking performance have already been
developed and are easy and inexpensive to administer. Moreover, many areas already survey
youth drug use rates, which are critical to tracking end state progress, namely: what was the
impact on youth drug use.)
By requiring each level of the program to establish the markers by which progress can be
measured, and then holding the entire system accountable for achieving this progress, we all can
be held accountable to the American people. Over the course of time this will allow us to
further determine what programs have the greatest impacts on drug use and to increasingly target
monies where they make the biggest difference.
F.
ENSURING INTEGRATION
An effective prevention program cannot exist in a vacuum. To ensure that our prevention
programs our coordinated with the full range of counter-drug expertise available in a state, the
Administration's proposal requires the governors to lay out how state programs will be
coordinated with law enforcement, health, mental health, and education programs. The proposal
also requires the governors to consult with the head of the state drug abuse agency, the heads of
the state health and mental health agencies, the head of the state criminal justice planing agency,
the head of the state child welfare agency, the head of the state board of education, and
representatives of parents, students and community-based organizations.
Similarly, our local schools both shape the communities around them and are shaped by their
neighborhood. Schools serve as community centers impacting the quality of life around them.
As the Longitudinal Study found, what goes on both within the school walls and beyond the
schoolyard have a profound impact on the development of our children. Community
involvement is critical to the success of reducing youth drug use and must play a vital role in any
successful school-based prevention program.
To ensure that the community plays an active role in local SDFSC programs, the
Administration's proposal requires local community participation in the design, development and
implementation of programs. Under the proposal local applications will be developed in
consultation with a local or regional advisory council that includes, to the extent possible,
representatives of local government, business, parents, teachers, pupil services personnel, mental
health providers, appropriate state-agencies, private schools, law enforcement, community-based
organizations, and other groups involved in drug and violence prevention. Specifically, local
applications are required to coordinate planned efforts under the SDFSC program with any
program under the Drug Free Communities Act. Moreover, the proposal allows monies to be
spent on efforts to further engage parents and the community in school drug and violence
prevention efforts.
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G.
BUILDING A PREVENTION INFRASTRUCTURE
The Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Coordinators Initiative, which Congress fully
funded in FY 1999 at $35 million, will be critical to implementing the strong reform agenda set
out in the proposed legislation. The corps of trained professionals now being sent out to
communities across the nation will assist LEAs in not only developing the types of programs
required for truly effective school-based prevention programs, but will also enable these
communities to develop the infrastructure required to sustain effective programs over the
long-term. We view these coordinators as playing a critical role in developing model LEA and
governor's programs and diffusing these models throughout their states and beyond.
The Administration's new Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative will also provide local
schools and communities with additional resources to build more effective programs. Through
this new initiative -- a joint effort by the Department of Education, the Department of Health and
Human Services and the Department of Justice -- LEAs will be eligible to receive competitive
grant awards ranging from up to $1 to up to $3 million dollars ($1 million for rural school
districts, $2 million for suburban school districts, and $3 million for urban school districts) for
programs that target youth development of social skills and emotional resilience needed to: avoid
drug use, avert violent behaviors, and establish safe, disciplined and drug-free school
environments. Local plans must demonstrate a comprehensive, community-wide strategy
encompassing six elements:
alcohol and drug and violence prevention and early intervention programs;
school and community mental health prevention and treatment intervention services;
school safety;
educational reform;
safe school policies; and,
early childhood psychosocial and emotional development programs.
These plans must be developed by a partnership compromising: the local education agency, the
local public mental health authority, local law enforcement, family members, students, and
juvenile justice officials.
IV. THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
Under Secretary Riley's leadership, the Department of Education has developed a Safe and Drug
Free Schools and Communities reauthorization proposal that will, if enacted significantly
improve the quality of school-based prevention programs nationwide. However, even with your
support -- and the enactment of this legislation -- we still face serious challenges that we will
need to continue to address:
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A.
TRANSITIONING TO A BETTER SYSTEM
The changes set out in the Administration's proposed legislation are significant. We cannot
rightfully expect states and localities to be ready and able to turn on a dime. We need to think
about ways to make this transition as smooth and painless as possible. For example, an
increased emphasis on technical assistance during this period of change will be necessary if we
are to achieve the progress we seek. The Department of Education, along with its inter-agency
partners, such as ONDCP, must work with the Congress, the governors, and state and local
agency leadership to craft a transition plan.
B.
MAINTAINING A DRUG FOCUS
The tragic incidences of school violence that have shaken our nation have left all of us wanting to
do more to protect our young people. However, we all must avoid knee-jerk responses to the
threat du jour and focus objectively on ensuring safe and successful futures for our children.
While youth drug use is generally speaking down, one-in-four twelfth graders and one-in-five
tenth graders are current drug users (past month). A young person (ages twelve to seventeen)
who regularly smokes marijuana (once weekly or more) is roughly four times more likely to
physically assault another person as a peer who does not use marijuana. Similarly, the same
regular marijuana using youngster is approximately six times more likely to cut classes.
As we implement a reauthorized SDFSC program it is vital that we maintain a balance between
drug and violence prevention programs. (In many instances, because youth drug use and
violence share common risk and protective factors, effective programs will address both of these
threats.) Assuming the program is reauthorized, ONDCP will work closely with Secretary Riley
and his team as we move forward implementing the new program as a whole. We will also
continue to work closely with the Department on the development of the national programs, such
as the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Coordinators Initiative.
However, as the majority of program and funding decisions will continue to be made at the state
and local levels, the challenge of maintaining balance between drug and violence programs must
focus on the states and LEAs. Such a balance will require the grassroots leadership of federal,
state and local elected officials parents, law enforcement, youth, community-groups and others.
We believe that the coordination and local reporting requirements of the Administration's
proposal, however, will greatly assist local communities play a role in shaping programs in their
schools.
C.
STRENGTHENING PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Studies, such as the Longitudinal Study, regularly cite the involvement of parents and
communities as critical to the success of school-based and other drug prevention programs.
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Through programs, such as the Drug Free Communities Program, we are working to bring the
strength of local communities to bear against youth drug use. We also need to greatly expand
the role that parents play in counter-drug education. As important as the school-based anti-drug
message is, parents remain the strongest voice in helping children stay drug-free.
D.
HELPING EDUCATORS EMPOWER AND EDUCATE YOUTH
Just as we need to balance the focus on drugs and violence, we also need to weigh the competing
demands on today's educators. Schools are increasingly being called upon to produce greater
results on strict measures of educational performance. The ranks of health and physical
education coaches and teachers -- traditionally key anti-drug educators -- are thinning as the
number of these courses. For teachers already struggling to "teach to the test" drug and violence
prevention can often be seen as simply lost class time where some math skill or vocabulary word
could have been taught. If our school-based prevention efforts are to be successful we need to
ensure that educators see them as a priority -- that healthy futures are on par with higher test
scores.
We also need to assist educators by better integrating our drug education efforts into core
curriculum and other learning experiences. For example, through ONDCP's National Youth
Anti-Drug Media Campaign we are developing a cub reporter news service to help student
newspaper reporters cover the drug issue like their adult counterparts -- giving them access to
real drug treatment professionals, helping them interview the stars of Disney and the WB
Network who are our partners in this effort, and providing story ideas. Through this program
not only will we educate these young reporters and their readers about drugs, but we will also
help them develop writing and other skills that fit core curriculum needs.
E.
DEVELOPING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT REALLY WORKS
The focus of a revamped SDFSC program must be on research-based programs that are proven
effective. We have made tremendous gains in understanding what works and we are making
these resources available to educators and the public. However, our objective research remains
to limited. A recent study entitled "Making the Grade: A Guide to School Drug Prevention
Programs" found that of fifty anti-drug curricula study, only fourteen had been subject to some
form of rigorous evaluation (extensive study, published in peer reviewed journal, that used pre
and post-test controls, measuring changes in drug using behavior). Of these fourteen programs
only four of the evaluations had been conducted by an outside, independent party (DARE,
Growing Healthy, Michigan Model, and Teenage Health Teaching Modules).
We can debate at length the merits of individual programs. However, any such debate must be
based on reliable information. We must be able to hold all of these programs up to the same
standards of evaluation and effectiveness.
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CONCLUSION
In the world of education it is hackneyed to discuss education's role in providing young people
with the knowledge upon which bright futures are built. However, education fails our youth if it
does not provide them the tools necessary to avoid the pitfalls of life that dim a future before it
can ever shine.
No matter what we teach our children about math or science, if they become addicted to drugs
their dreams of success are almost always squandered. All the civics education in the world
cannot undue the damage done to the United States through drug-related crime and the social
costs of drug use.
By educating our children to reject drugs we build better citizens, but we also nurture better
students. The research makes it clear that young people who use drugs get far less out of the
educational opportunities provided them -- they study fewer hours, cut classes more often, and
learn less. If we want to educate our children to have bright futures we must educate them to be
drug-free.
The support of this Committee, and of the Congress as a whole, for a new, more effective Safe
and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program is critical to the futures of this generation.
We look forward to working with the Congress throughout this re-authorization process and
beyond as we develop and implement a program that will protect our nation's children from
drugs and violence.
Thank you.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 14:52:03.00
SUBJECT: Re: meeting with Karen
TO: Carolyn T. Wu ( CN=Carolyn T. Wu/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I can do this anytime tomorrow except between 2 and 3pm. Let me know.
Also, I asked Lisa Gordon-Hagerty from the NSC to join us.
Jose'
Carolyn T. Wu
07/07/99 02:23:14 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
meeting with Karen
Can you and Karen meet after the Secret Service mtg at noon? She now has
a 10 o'clock. Please let me know. Thanks.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 13:58:30.00
SUBJECT: Re: VP in Chicago
TO: Trooper Sanders ( CN=Trooper Sanders/O=OVP@OVP [ UNKNOWN ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Crime's off?
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 19:12:06.00
SUBJECT: FYI
TO: Paul J. Weinstein Jr. ( CN=Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Here's another option -- totally new and not vetted. The others are
either in our crime/gun bills or in the House and Senate juvie bills.
New "two strikes" lifetime penalty for using a firearm to injure another
person during the commission of a federal crime.
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/07/99
06:49 PM
Jose Cerda III
07/07/99 05:34:18 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
FYI
Paul:
Here are the proposed new penalties you asked about
1. Firearms. Consistent w/our juvenile crime and gun bills, we shoud
increase penalties for adults who transfer guns to juveniles (from 1 to 5
years), for adults who transfer guns to juveniles knowing they will be
used in a crime (from 10 to 20 years), for persons who engage in the
business of selling firearms without a licence (from 5 to 10 years), for
persons who lie on their Brady background check forms (from 1 to 5 years),
and provide a sentencing enhancement for gun criminals who traffick in 50
or more firearms (by direction to the U.S. Sentencing Commission).
2. Child Sex Predators. Consistent w/the juvenile crime bills that
passed the House and Senate, we should support a "two strikes your out"
penatly for sex offenders who commit crimes against children (mandatory
life imprisonment for 2nd sex offense against a minor).
3. Children Exposed to Violence. Consistent w/our crime bill, we should
support a sentencing enhancement for violent crimes committed in the
presence of a child (by direction to the U.S. Sentencing Commission).
Is this enough?
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 16:48:06.00
SUBJECT: Crime Bill
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [OPD])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Do you have the electronic section-by-seciton of the crime bill handy? I
need to dig up some stuff for Paul ASAP.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 15:27:21.00
SUBJECT: Calif
TO: Ron Klain ( CN=Ron Klain/O=OVP@OVP [ UNKNOWN 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
fyi...jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/07/99
03:26 PM
Fred Duval 07/07/99 03:03:35 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
Calif
Gov Davis will sign One-A-Month on the 18th or 19th.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 17:43:25.00
SUBJECT:
TO: Paul J. Weinstein Jr. ( CN=Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ] )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Crimes against children ) The House and Senate bills include a combination
of three, tough new provisions to crackdown on crimes against children.
Aimee,s Law requires states responsible for releasing repeat murderers,
rapists, or sex offenders that go on to commit similar crimes in other
states to: (1) pay for the apprehension, prosecution, and imprisonment of
such repeat offenders; and (2) transfer $100,000 from their law
enforcement block grant funds to compensate each victim of such a repeat
offender. Mathew,s Law directs the sentencing commission to increase
penalties for violent crimes committed against children under the age of
13. And a &two strikes8 amendment provides for the mandatory life
imprisonment of sex offenders who commit crimes against children.
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUL-1999 14:47:25.00
SUBJECT: Re: Domestic Policy Agenda Briefing, Thursday, July 8 at 2 PM, OEOB room #450.
TO: Raynell K. Morris ( CN=Raynell K. Morris/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I can do this...do you have a specific time during the 2 to 3pm window?
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [OPD])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 8-JUL-1999 18:39:14.00
SUBJECT: Re: Briefing for Chicago Aldemen
TO: Maria E. Soto ( CN=Maria E. Soto/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
No, you'll want Tanya Martin or Jon Schnur for education let me know
when you have a list of participants jc3
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 8-JUL-1999 18:37:23.00
SUBJECT: School Violence Meeting
TO: Tanya E. Martin ( CN=Tanya E. Martin/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ] )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
LS/TM:
You may want to add this to your schedule I went last week it's about
Senator Specter's offer to work w/us on consolidating/coordinating school
safety/youth violence programs.
jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/08/99
06:35 PM
Jennifer E. McGee
07/06/99 10:12:44 AM
Record Type: Record
To:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
cc:
Subject:
School Violence Meeting
Barbara will be convening a School VIolence Meeting on Friday, July 9th at
3:30 PM in Room 260. Representatives from the Sugeon General's Office,
HHS. DOJ, DOL, ED, USSA/FNS and HUD will be in attendence. Please let me
know if you will be attending Jennifer x59136
Message Sent
To:
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
Michael Deich/OMB/EOP@EOP
Daniel N. Mendelson/OMB/EOP@EOP
Wayne Upshaw/OMB/EOP@EOP
Mary 1. Cassell/OMB/EOP@EOP
Leslie S. Mustain/OMB/EOP@EOP
Wei-Min C. Wang/OMB/EOP@EOP
Kenneth L. Schwartz/OMB/EOP@EOP
Patrick Aylward/OMB/EOP@EOP
Frank J. Seidl III/OMB/EOP@EOP
Cathy R. Mays/OPD/EOP@EOP
Douglas Pitkin/OMB/EOP@EOP
Gina C. Mooers/OMB/EOP@EOP
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 8-JUL-1999 19:18:41.00
SUBJECT: police and gun guidance
TO: Jennifer M. Palmieri ( CN=Jennifer M. Palmieri/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/08/99
07:18 PM
Courtney O. Gregoire
06/09/99 10:38:39 AM
Record Type: Record
To:
Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OPD/EOP@EOP, Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OPD/EOP@EOP
Subject:
police and gun guidance
Already been sent to press, here are your copies:
Strengthening Community- Police Relationships
Questions and Answers
June 9, 1999
Q:
Instead of simply collecting data, why didn,t the President ban
racial profiling outright?
A:
As the President said today, racial profiling is wrong.
Stopping or searching individuals on the basis of race is not consistent
with our commitment to equal justice under law and is not effective law
enforcement policy. For that reason, all federal law enforcement agencies
already repudiate racial profiling as a legitimate law enforcement tool.
The real need*at the federal as well as the state and local levels*
is to ensure that law enforcement officers act in accordance with their
broad policies against racial profiling. In order to truly solve this
problem, it is critical that we have the hard facts -- instead of mere
anecdotes -- about when and where it occurs. Having this data can guide
future proposals to combat this problem. That is why the President the
ordered the federal agencies to take leadership on this issue and start to
collect and report data on the race, ethnicity and gender of persons
stopped and searched by federal law enforcement agents.
Once the agencies have collected and reported on the data for a year, we
will review the recommendations, based on this data, on how we ensure
greater fairness in federal law enforcement,s procedures.
Q:
How does the Conyers legislation relate to the President,s
directive?
A:
The President,s directive will combat racial profiling by
instructing the federal law enforcement agencies to collect and report
data, the Conyers legislation seeks to assist state and local law
enforcement agencies (who comprise the vast majority of law enforcement in
this country) to collect and report similar data on traffic stops. The
data collected under both the President,s directive and the Conyers bill
will give us a better national picture of law enforcement stops and
searches, and the individuals who are subjected to them. In this sense,
the two complement each other* and indeed, one reason the President issued
his directive was to encourage states and localities to collect data about
racial profiling and to push Congress to enact legislation to support
there efforts. To best accomplish this goal, we do support some modest,
but important revisions to the Conyers bill to ensure that the data
collected is used for research purposes only -- and cannot be used in
future lawsuits against police departments.
Q:
Doesn,t the federal government engage in a form of racial
profiling right now*that is, doesn,t the INS stop drivers at the border in
part based on their ethnicity?
A:
The question in INS searches is a complicated one, because
national origin is an element of the criminal offenses that the INS
investigates and ethnicity is obviously related to national origin. It is
critical, however, that the INS take every precaution against stopping or
hassling drivers simply because they look Hispanic. We hope that the data
collection and reporting efforts that the President is directing today
will reveal whether and where INS officials have abused their stop and
search authority in ways that unfairly target Hispanic individuals.
NOTE: Do not go near this topic unless explicitly asked about it.
Q:
Do you have any comment on the Louima decision yesterday?
A:
We hope and believe that yesterday,s decision sends a strong
signal to abusive and corrupt cops that illegal behavior and excessive use
of force will not be tolerated.
The vast majority of law enforcement do their jobs fairly and with honor
-- which is why it is important for us to support these dedicated officers
and acknowledge our gratitude to them for their service. But as a
society, we must continue to send the message that we will not tolerate
those officers who breach the public,s trust by abusing their positions of
authority. Yesterday,s jury decision should have conveyed this message.
Q:
Your directive refers to the creation of &field tests8 to begin
to collect data. Does this mean that the federal agencies don,t have to
cover all of the law enforcement agencies under their control? Can they
exclude whole sub-agencies such as INS or Customs from the data collection
directive?
A:
The directive grants some discretion to the agencies in deciding
the exact scope of their data collection and reporting systems. But
agencies such as the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Drug
Enforcement Agency, and Customs Service all of which conduct stops and
searches of individuals as a matter of course clearly will be part of
the first &field tests8 implemented by the agencies.
Q:
Can you comment on the status of the Diallo case?
A:
The FBI, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
and the Justice Department,s Civil Rights Division continue to work
closely and actively with the Bronx District Attorney,s Office on this
investigation. However, given that this is still an active investigation,
we cannot say anything more.
Q:
In March, the President announced new initiatives to help build
trust between police and the communities they serve. What is the status
of these initiatives?
A:
These initiatives are part of the 21st Century crime bill
unveiled by the President last month. During consideration of the
juvenile crime bill, the Senate missed an important opportunity to move
forward on these important police integrity proposals. On a party line
vote, the Senate defeated an amendment by Senator Biden to authorize these
and other policing initiatives proposed by the President. We will
continue to urge the Congress to pass our police integrity proposals and
21st Century Policing Initiative as part of the appropriations process.
Q:
What is the Administration,s response to the juvenile crime/gun
bill unveiled by Republicans last night?
A:
Unfortunately, the Republican bill introduced last night
confirms our worst fears about how Republicans in the House intend to
proceed with juvenile crime and gun legislation. After pleading for more
time to allow the Judiciary Committee to fellow normal processes, the
House Leadership is now planning to bring a partisan bill directly to the
floor, with little or no opportunity for Democrats to debate the issues
and offer amendments. But even worse, the House Republicans seem to be
making whatever changes to the Senate bill that the NRA demands. The
Republican bill apparently will not cover many events at which hundreds of
guns are sold. It will not necessarily cover unlicensed sellers who walk
around at gun shows with &for sale8 signs on their backs. It will weaken
Brady background checks at gun shows. And it will make it more difficult
for law enforcement to trace many of the guns that are sold at gun shows
and later used in crimes. We oppose this &Lautenberg Lite8 version of
the bill, and will work to amend the bill when it reaches the House
floor. We should be strengthening the Senate-passed provisions, not
emasculating them in order to please the NRA.
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Strengthening Community- Police Relationships
Questions and Answers
June 9, 1999
Q:
Instead of simply collecting data, why didn't the President ban racial profiling
outright?
A:
As the President said today, racial profiling is wrong. Stopping or searching individuals
on the basis of race is not consistent with our commitment to equal justice under law and
is not effective law enforcement policy. For that reason, all federal law enforcement
agencies already repudiate racial profiling as a legitimate law enforcement tool.
The real need-at the federal as well as the state and local levels-is to ensure that law
enforcement officers act in accordance with their broad policies against racial profiling.
In order to truly solve this problem, it is critical that we have the hard facts -- instead of
mere anecdotes -- about when and where it occurs. Having this data can guide future
proposals to combat this problem. That is why the President the ordered the federal
agencies to take leadership on this issue and start to collect and report data on the race,
ethnicity and gender of persons stopped and searched by federal law enforcement agents.
Once the agencies have collected and reported on the data for a year, we will review the
recommendations, based on this data, on how we ensure greater fairness in federal law
enforcement's procedures.
Q:
How does the Conyers legislation relate to the President's directive?
A:
The President's directive will combat racial profiling by instructing the federal law
enforcement agencies to collect and report data, the Conyers legislation seeks to assist
state and local law enforcement agencies (who comprise the vast majority of law
enforcement in this country) to collect and report similar data on traffic stops. The data
collected under both the President's directive and the Conyers bill will give us a better
national picture of law enforcement stops and searches, and the individuals who are
subjected to them. In this sense, the two complement each other-and indeed, one
reason the President issued his directive was to encourage states and localities to collect
data about racial profiling and to push Congress to enact legislation to support there
efforts. To best accomplish this goal, we do support some modest, but important
revisions to the Conyers bill to ensure that the data collected is used for research purposes
only -- and cannot be used in future lawsuits against police departments.
Q:
Doesn't the federal government engage in a form of racial profiling right now-that
is, doesn't the INS stop drivers at the border in part based on their ethnicity?
A:
The question in INS searches is a complicated one, because national origin is an element
of the criminal offenses that the INS investigates and ethnicity is obviously related to
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national origin. It is critical, however, that the INS take every precaution against stopping
or hassling drivers simply because they look Hispanic. We hope that the data collection
and reporting efforts that the President is directing today will reveal whether and where
INS officials have abused their stop and search authority in ways that unfairly target
Hispanic individuals.
NOTE: Do not go near this topic unless explicitly asked about it.
Q:
Do you have any comment on the Louima decision yesterday?
A:
We hope and believe that yesterday's decision sends a strong signal to abusive and
corrupt cops that illegal behavior and excessive use of force will not be tolerated.
The vast majority of law enforcement do their jobs fairly and with honor -- which is why
it is important for us to support these dedicated officers and acknowledge our gratitude to
them for their service. But as a society, we must continue to send the message that we
will not tolerate those officers who breach the public's trust by abusing their positions of
authority. Yesterday's jury decision should have conveyed this message.
Q:
Your directive refers to the creation of "field tests" to begin to collect data. Does
this mean that the federal agencies don't have to cover all of the law enforcement
agencies under their control? Can they exclude whole sub-agencies such as INS or
Customs from the data collection directive?
A:
The directive grants some discretion to the agencies in deciding the exact scope of their
data collection and reporting systems. But agencies such as the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Drug Enforcement Agency, and Customs Service -- all of which
conduct stops and searches of individuals as a matter of course - clearly will be part of
the first "field tests" implemented by the agencies.
Q:
Can you comment on the status of the Diallo case?
A:
The FBI, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Justice
Department's Civil Rights Division continue to work closely and actively with the Bronx
District Attorney's Office on this investigation. However, given that this is still an active
investigation, we cannot say anything more.
Q:
In March, the President announced new initiatives to help build trust between police
and the communities they serve. What is the status of these initiatives?
A:
These initiatives are part of the 21 st Century crime bill unveiled by the President last
month. During consideration of the juvenile crime bill, the Senate missed an important
opportunity to move forward on these important police integrity proposals. On a party
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line vote, the Senate defeated an amendment by Senator Biden to authorize these and
other policing initiatives proposed by the President. We will continue to urge the
Congress to pass our police integrity proposals and 21st Century Policing Initiative as
part of the appropriations process.
Q:
What is the Administration's response to the juvenile crime/gun bill unveiled by
Republicans last night?
A:
Unfortunately, the Republican bill introduced last night confirms our worst fears about
how Republicans in the House intend to proceed with juvenile crime and gun legislation.
After pleading for more time to allow the Judiciary Committee to fellow normal
processes, the House Leadership is now planning to bring a partisan bill directly to the
floor, with little or no opportunity for Democrats to debate the issues and offer
amendments. But even worse, the House Republicans seem to be making whatever
changes to the Senate bill that the NRA demands. The Republican bill apparently will
not cover many events at which hundreds of guns are sold. It will not necessarily cover
unlicensed sellers who walk around at gun shows with "for sale" signs on their backs. It
will weaken Brady background checks at gun shows. And it will make it more difficult
for law enforcement to trace many of the guns that are sold at gun shows and later used in
crimes. We oppose this "Lautenberg Lite" version of the bill, and will work to amend
the bill when it reaches the House floor. We should be strengthening the Senate-passed
provisions, not emasculating them in order to please the NRA.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 8-JUL-1999 18:25:45.00
SUBJECT: Re: Briefing for Chicago Aldemen
TO: Maria E. Soto ( CN=Maria E. Soto/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Maria:
Which Aldermen? As you may know, I used to work for Mayor Daley and know
many of these folks personally...so I'd be happy to be part of your
briefing.
Jose'
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 8-JUL-1999 15:32:54.00
SUBJECT: FYI...jc3
TO: Irene Bueno ( CN=Irene Bueno/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Paul J. Weinstein Jr. ( CN=Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Ghostwriter on Clinton book loses his spirit
Delays in project on race frustrated author
By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff, 07/08/99
WASHINGTON - A ghostwritten draft of President
Clinton's book on
race relations has languished for months in his to-do
box. And the
chief writer, Christopher F. Edley Jr. a Harvard
University professor, is
moving on after recently quitting the project in
frustration.
Edley, one of Clinton's key advisers on matters of race
and racism, sent the
president a note yesterday telling him that he will
cooperate if Clinton needs
him to help finish the book, but he is "going ahead
with other projects in my
life."
"The basic message," Edley said in a telephone
interview, "is that the ball is
in his court."
The book, which Clinton considers a potential
cornerstone of his legacy on
race relations, had been scheduled for publication in
April. But the project
has stalled amid internal wrangling among White House
aides over issues as
politically incendiary as the prospects for affirmative
action in the 21st
century and as nettlesome as which passages of poetry
should be used to
underscore the president's positions.
For Edley, an ardent defender of affirmative action and
advocate for bolder
action on Clinton's race initiative, the talks dissolved
into an unproductive
stalemate.
"I didn't want to continue having policy debates with
the White House staff
that could go on interminably," he said. "I have
exhausted my patience with
that exercise."
Clinton, in a news conference last week, alluded to the
internal disputes over
Edley's draft for the book, tentatively titled, "One
America."
"Chris gave me his draft, then the staff looked at it
and talked about where it
was or wasn't consistent with present policies we are
pursuing," Clinton said.
In addition to the policy debates, Clinton said, he was
unable to devote
adequate time to the project because of the Kosovo
crisis. But he promised
to complete the book, which is seen as his final major
opportunity to make a
lasting statement on race relations.
Clinton's attempt to engage the country last year in a
national debate on
issues of race in American society fell far short of the
administration's
expectations. "I want to make sure that when we put
this document out it is
in the form of a book that can be useful and have
something to say, and
move the conversation and the efforts beyond where we
were in the
presidential initiative on race," Clinton said at last
week's news conference.
The bottom line, he said, is that "I simply haven't had
the time to give it the
effort that it deserves."
Edley was heartened by Clinton's commitment to finishing
the book,
particularly after several White House aides had
privately suggested the
project was dead. "I think any delay created by his
desire to invest more
personal time in the book is all to the good," Edley
said.
But Edley, who took a leave from Harvard in 1993 to
serve in several
positions in the White House, including special counsel
to the president and
associate director of the Office of Management and
Budget, remains wary
that Clinton's schedulers might aggravate the situation
by leaving him too little
time to work on the project.
Edley's draft, developed with former White House
speechwriter J. Terry
Edmonds, covers about 200 pages and a wide range of
complex social
issues.
"There is no shortage of staff who don't care about
this as much as the
president does," Edley said. "This is not something a
president can work
through in his spare time or at 3 a.m. It's a
significant scheduling challenge."
Edley said he plans to invest no more time on the book
unless Clinton asks
him. In addition to his work at Harvard, Edley is
advising Vice President Al
Gore in his campaign for the Democratic presidential
nomination.
This story ran on page A3 of the Boston Globe on
07/08/99.
, Copyright 1999 Globe Newspaper Company.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 8-JUL-1999 18:40:56.00
SUBJECT: Re: Briefing for Chicago Aldemen
TO: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Maria E. Soto ( CN=Maria E. Soto/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Tom/Mary:
Any of you Chicagoans want some face time w/some of the local Aldermen?
jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/08/99
06:39 PM
Maria E. Soto 07/08/99 06:37:03 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
Re: Briefing for Chicago Aldemen
Wonderful!
The organizers are in the process of faxing me a final list of the
officials that will be attending the briefing. I will forward it as soon
as I have it. Below you will find more information:
July 15
3:00- 4:00pm
Roosevelt Room
Issues: They are interested in school safety issues
...
I know you guys
lost Mike Cohen
do you also do education?
Who else is from Chicago that we should invite?
Thank you!
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JUL-1999 18:19:33.00
SUBJECT: Re: COPS job, etc.
TO: Robin J. Bachman ( CN=Robin J. Bachman/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
fyi...jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/09/99
06:19 PM
Laura K. Demeo
07/09/99 06:17:57 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Heather M. Marabeti/WHO/EOP@EOP, Patrick W. Henning/WHO/EOP@EOP
bcc:
Subject:
Re: COPS job, etc.
Jose,
Heather is the best person to talk to about the COPS jobs - she is
handling them for Bob. As for DEA, we are supportive of Tom Umberg and as
far as I know nothing has changed. However, Heather is the expert on that
position too so please double-check with her.
As for the Sched. C, Robin should contact Patrick Henning in our office to
let him know she is interested and send him her resume. He handles
Sched. C appointments at Justice.
Hope this helps!
Jose Cerda III
07/09/99 03:12:46 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Laura K. Demeo/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
COPS job, etc.
Laura:
Any developments here? I have a letter from the FOP on the DEA job that
I'm going to send down. Also, any truth to rumors I hear from some law
enforcement folks that we're backgrounding Chief John Farrell of PG County
for the DEA job? Let me know.
Jose'
One more thing: I told Robin in Communications to follow-up w/you about a
Schedule C opening in the COPS office. We'd love to see her there.
Anything we can do to help make it so?
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/09/99
03:08 PM
Jose Cerda III
07/01/99 04:48:48 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Bob J. Nash/WHO/EOP@EOP, Heather M. Marabeti/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP, Laura K. Demeo/WHO/EOP@EOP
Subject:
COPS job, etc.
Bob:
Some additional follow-up to Bruce's note on the COPS jobs, as well as the
DEA job:
(1) COPS Director. I understand that Tom Frazier, the Baltimore Police
Commissioner, is the candidate on your list most interested in the COPS
job, as well as the candidate who could fill the job most quickly
two
strong points. As the current president of one of the police chief
associations (PERF), he has pretty strong support from all of the law
enforcement organizations. He's a pretty ideal candidate, and I'd
encourage you to move on him as quickly as you can.
(2) Other COPS jobs. I also understand that COPS has three other
important openings in the Director's Office, and that we may want to
suggest some candidates. With respect to the 2 SES slots to oversee
management of the hiring/non-hiring grants, I want to check w/some of my
law enforcement friends and see if they have any good recommendations. If
so, I'll get back to you ASAP. With respect to an empty Schedule C slot,
which I understand will be filled w/a "special assistant" of sorts to the
Director, I strongly recommend our very own Robin Bachman in WH
Communications. I believe she's talking to COPS about the job, and would
be a good fit for the new Director.
(3) DEA Administrator. Finally, let me pass along some unsolicited
comments I've received from law enforcement groups about Constantine's
potential replacement. First, this is one of the top law enforcement
jobs, and our friends in law enforcement will expect to be consulted, and
will expect it be filled with a recognized law enforcement professional.
Two groups (HAPCOA, FOP) have spoken very favorably about the current head
of DEA's San Diego office -- Errol Chavez. I've only met him briefly, but
he seems like a strong candidate. Another group (the Troopers) have
written in support of the current Deputy and Acting Administrator Donnie
Marshall. It's my impression that most of the groups would prefer more of
a change from the Constantine regime. Lastly, several groups (including
the two largest) called after reading Tom Umberg's name in the Post the
other day. Although I know he's a big Administration supporter and is
looking for change, there are several concerns at least some in the law
enforcement community will have w/him: (i) he's viewed as political, not
career law enforcement; (ii) most of the law enforcement groups have a
terrible relationship with ONDCP, where he currently serves; (3) his and
ONDCP's role on Mexico recertification make him an easy target for
criticism (various police agencies in the Southwest have had high-profile
disputes with the Mexicans that make this a hot-button issue for them).
Please let me know if you want me to get any additional feedback --
official or unofficial - from the law enforcement organizations.
Jose'
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/01/99
04:15 PM
Bruce N. Reed
06/30/99 09:52:40 AM
Record Type: Record
To: Bob J. Nash/WHO/EOP@EOP, Heather M. Marabeti/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
COPS job
Thanks for your note. We'd be strongly supportive of Tom Frazier or
Dennis Nowicki to run the COPS office. (The other candidates were good
too.)
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [OPD])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JUL-1999 15:12:55.00
SUBJECT: COPS job, etc.
TO: Laura K. Demeo ( CN=Laura K. Demeo/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Laura:
Any developments here? I have a letter from the FOP on the DEA job that
I'm going to send down. Also, any truth to rumors I hear from some law
enforcement folks that we're backgrounding Chief John Farrell of PG County
for the DEA job? Let me know.
Jose'
One more thing: I told Robin in Communications to follow-up w/you about a
Schedule C opening in the COPS office. We'd love to see her there.
Anything we can do to help make it so?
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/09/99
03:08 PM
Jose Cerda III
07/01/99 04:48:48 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Bob J. Nash/WHO/EOP@EOP, Heather M. Marabeti/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP, Laura K. Demeo/WHO/EOP@EOP
Subject:
COPS job, etc.
Bob:
Some additional follow-up to Bruce's note on the COPS jobs, as well as the
DEA job:
(1) COPS Director. I understand that Tom Frazier, the Baltimore Police
Commissioner, is the candidate on your list most interested in the COPS
job, as well as the candidate who could fill the job most quickly two
strong points. As the current president of one of the police chief
associations (PERF), he has pretty strong support from all of the law
enforcement organizations. He's a pretty ideal candidate, and I'd
encourage you to move on him as quickly as you can.
(2) Other COPS jobs. I also understand that COPS has three other
important openings in the Director's Office, and that we may want to
suggest some candidates. With respect to the 2 SES slots to oversee
management of the hiring/non-hiring grants, I want to check w/some of my
law enforcement friends and see if they have any good recommendations. If
so, I'll get back to you ASAP. With respect to an empty Schedule C slot,
which I understand will be filled w/a "special assistant" of sorts to the
Director, I strongly recommend our very own Robin Bachman in WH
Communications. I believe she's talking to COPS about the job, and would
be a good fit for the new Director.
(3) DEA Administrator. Finally, let me pass along some unsolicited
comments I've received from law enforcement groups about Constantine's
potential replacement. First, this is one of the top law enforcement
jobs, and our friends in law enforcement will expect to be consulted, and
will expect it be filled with a recognized law enforcement professional.
Two groups (HAPCOA, FOP) have spoken very favorably about the current head
of DEA's San Diego office -- Errol Chavez. I've only met him briefly, but
he seems like a strong candidate. Another group (the Troopers) have
written in support of the current Deputy and Acting Administrator Donnie
Marshall. It's my impression that most of the groups would prefer more of
a change from the Constantine regime. Lastly, several groups (including
the two largest) called after reading Tom Umberg's name in the Post the
other day. Although I know he's a big Administration supporter and is
looking for change, there are several concerns at least some in the law
enforcement community will have w/him: (i) he's viewed as political, not
career law enforcement; (ii) most of the law enforcement groups have a
terrible relationship with ONDCP, where he currently serves; (3) his and
ONDCP's role on Mexico recertification make him an easy target for
criticism (various police agencies in the Southwest have had high-profile
disputes with the Mexicans that make this a hot-button issue for them).
Please let me know if you want me to get any additional feedback --
official or unofficial -- from the law enforcement organizations.
Jose'
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/01/99
04:15 PM
Bruce N. Reed
06/30/99 09:52:40 AM
Record Type: Record
To:
Bob J. Nash/WHO/EOP@EOP, Heather M. Marabeti/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
COPS job
Thanks for your note. We'd be strongly supportive of Tom Frazier or
Dennis Nowicki to run the COPS office. (The other candidates were good
too.)
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [OPD])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JUL-1999 18:21:22.00
SUBJECT: Re: COPS job, etc.
TO: Laura K. Demeo ( CN=Laura K. Demeo/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
thanks...jc3
RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JUL-1999 17:31:22.00
SUBJECT:
TO: 4605 ( 4605 @ WHCA [ UNKNOWN ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
paper looks fine. jose
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JUL-1999 14:30:16.00
SUBJECT: Re: weekly
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
cool.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JUL-1999 14:25:07.00
SUBJECT: Tour de France Trivia/Info
TO: [email protected]@INET@LNGTWY [email protected]@INET@LNGTWYT WHO )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Scoring the Tour de France
There Are Leaders, Followers and Winners Every
Day, But Only One Champion In The Long Run
By Don Cuerdon
First one across the finish line wins, right? Yes,
basically-but in the Tour de France, not exactly.
Remember this is a European sport brought to you by
the same people who gave us cricket, so you have to
expect that the overall objective is a little more
convoluted than your basic dash around the French
countryside for first prize. The nutshell version goes
like
this: The guy who gets to Paris with the lowest overall
time wins.
General Classification
Each rider is scored every day on how long it takes him
to get from point A to point B. This overall ranking is
called the "general classification" or "GC". Everyone
starts together each day, which is why you might see two
riders together, but the TV announcer is telling you that
one is way ahead of the other. It sounds like a simple
way to pick a winner, but there are some twists. For
example, it is entirely possible to win the Tour de
France
without winning a single stage, as long as the people
crossing the finish line first aren't doing so
consistently.
It's also possible for someone to win every stage but
one and not win the overall prize. Fortunately for us
race
fans, reality lies between those two extremes.
Keeping track of who's in first during the opening week
of the Tour is about as straightforward as Abbot and
Costello deciding who's on first. The early stages of the
Tour are traditionally run on France's flat northern
plains.
Such terrain favors big pack finishes (as opposed to the
small breakaway groups that form on mountain stages).
And big pack finishes favor the sprinters (traditionally,
guys with big legs and too many consonants in their
surnames). And when the pack finishes together,
everyone is awarded the same time. That's partly why
the whole shebang starts with a prologue time trial to
establish a leader going into the first stage. It's that
or
hand everyone a yellow jersey for the first week.
The First Week of the Tour
But the prologue is short, so the time gaps between
riders are only a few seconds. In the first week the
yellow
jersey tends to circulate among the top sprinters
because of the tight margins. Upsets can happen easily,
especially when intermediate time bonus sprints are
figured in. These are sprints contested enroute (usually
two or three per flat stage) and usually reward first,
second and third place with six, four and two seconds
taken off their overall time. Since everyone who finishes
in the pack is awarded the same time, the guy starting
twelve seconds down on the yellow jersey one morning
can finish dead last in the pack that afternoon and be
wearing the yellow jersey the next day because he
picked up two second places and a first (4+4+6) in the
time bonus sprints to put him in the lead by two
seconds. Cricket, anyone?
The bottom line is you shouldn't waste a lot of time
fretting over who's leading these early stages. Just root
for Postal Service rider George Hincapie, the most likely
American to win a stage or wear the leader's jersey in
the
opening week. The only thing the flat stages decide for
sure is who won't win the Tour. The high speeds and
close quarters guarantee a few debilitating crashes. And
a potential Tour victor often falls victim.
The Mountain Stages
The first day in the mountains rearranges the general
classification standings in a big way. The 135-pounders
come out of the cheap seats and into the overall lead
while the 185-pound sprint specialists suck much wind
and try to hold on for one last shot at glory-the final
sprint on the last day in Paris. The first week's stars
are
the second week's pack fodder. Once the race reaches
the mountains, the margins between riders expands to
minutes and the final order of finish begins to take
shape-although one bad day (like '97 Tour champ Jan
Ullrich learned last year) can drop the overall leader
out
of first in a heartbeat.
The Podium
But it ain't over in the mountains. The one who wins the
Tour is usually the one who can dodge all the crashes of
the first week, keep the climbing specialists within
reach
in the mountain stages, and simply crush everyone else
in the individual time trials. But not always. Marco
Pantani showed us last year that a devastating climber
who can hold his own in a time trial is perfectly capable
of wearing the yellow jersey on the podium in Paris.
GO TEAM!
That explains what goes on with the twenty or so team
leaders in the Tour. What about the other eight guys on
each team? What are they in the race for? Decoration?
Not hardly. Just like a football wide receiver who
catches
touchdown passes in the endzone, a Tour de France
team leader would have a near-impossible time getting
on the scoreboard without his team. The team's job is to
do whatever it takes to get their leader in the lead and
keep him there. Sometimes that means making
numerous trips back to the team car on a hot day to
shuttle cool drinks to the leader. Sometimes it means
stopping when the leader has a mechanical problem and
protecting him from exerting himself in the wind as they
chase down the main pack.
Other times it means riding hard at the front of the pack
to discourage a rival team from launching their team
leader into a GC-threatening breakaway. The Tour de
France is a war of attrition and the team rider's job is
to
sacrifice his energy to protect the leader's juice.
So don't sweat the details.
Just watch the thing every day and know that it's an
easier game to decipher than cricket-and way, way
harder to play.
Key to the
Jerseys
Yellow: Overall race
leader; shortest time
for total distance
covered. Most coveted
of all, if even for a
single day.
Polka dots: King of
the Mountains.
Points are awarded
for bagging
mountain tops. The
best climber wears
this jersey.
Green: The
sprinter,s jersey.
Similar to the
climber,s jersey,
but points are
awarded for
intermediate and
final sprints on flat
terrain.
TOUR FACTS
1999 is the
86th Tour
de France
Greg Lemond is
the
only American
to win
the tour
Five wins is
the most
for any rider
to date.
Four riders
have won
five times. Who
are
they?
3 time trials
2 rest days
6 mountain
stages
21 total days
of riding
3706 total
kilometers
2303 total
miles
20 teams
9 riders per
team
180 total
riders to start
First Tour was
held in
1903
First Tour
winner was
Maurice Garin
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CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JUL-1999 18:13:02.00
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TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JUL-1999 21:44:26.00
SUBJECT: some crime q's
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Crime Questions and Answers
July 12, 1999
New Tools to Combat Crime
Q: Exactly how will your proposal to bring special actions against gangs work? Aren't
you concerned that it will be challenged and overturned by the courts - as the Supreme
Court recently did with a similar anti-gang law in Chicago?
A: My anti-gang proposal will be tough, but it will also be targeted. It will focus on crime-
committing gang members, and it will meet constitutional standards. The proposal is modeled
on the innovative techniques that are being used by Los Angeles prosecutors to break-up
dangerous gangs and keep them off the streets. In Los Angeles, local prosecutors obtain
injunctions against members of specific gangs that have been tied to criminal activity. The
injunctions are used to impose curfews on gang members, prohibit them from associating with
each other, and stop them from wearing gang-related clothing. With these injunctions, law
enforcement and community residents are working to take back their streets from the gangs -
they are converting deadly gang turf into gang-free zones. My proposal will grant federal
prosecutors the same authority to crack down on crime-committing gangs.
Q:
You propose to add another 50,000 police officers through the COPS Program.
How much would this cost?
A:
Our budget and crime bill provide nearly $1.3 billion in each of the next five years for a
new 21st Century Law Enforcement initiative. About half of these funds - or $600
million -- will go primarily to hire and redeploy up to 50,000 more law enforcement
officers. A portion of the funds would also be used to help economically distressed
communities absorb the long-term costs of their new police hires, and for programs to
train, educate, and recruit police officers.
Q:
How would you make crime mapping technology available to more communities?
A:
Our 21st Century Law Enforcement initiative would provide $350 million per year to give
state and state and local enforcement agencies access to new technologies, including
crime mapping, that will allow them to communicate more effectively, solve more
crimes, and conduct comprehensive crime analysis.
Reforming the Criminal Justice System
Q:
You say you would hire more prosecutors, defenders and support staff - how would
you pay for this?
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A:
Our crime bill and budget already propose $200 million per year for five years to help
hire local prosecutors and other criminal justice personnel. The initiative builds on the
Administration's successful COPS program, which has helped fund 100,000 police
officers that are helping to bring down crime across the country. Like our COPS
Initiative, localities would provide matching funds and commit to retain the prosecutors
once the federal grant expires. Providing these added resources to localities will go a
long way toward a more effective administration of justice, but we can do even more - by
similarly providing resources for the rest of the system.
Q:
Can you explain your "Stay Clean Stay Out" policy?
A:
In 1997, more than three-quarters of the nation's prisoners reported past drug use, and one
in six committed their crimes so they could purchase drugs. The Stay Clean Stay Out
policy would address this problem by providing funds to states to put in place policies
that require individuals under criminal justice supervision to stay off drugs if they don't
want to lose their freedom. Probationers, parolees and others on pretrial release would be
subject to regular drug tests, and if they tested positive for drugs, they would be sent back
to jail or prison. States such as Maryland have already begun to implement such policies
for their probation and parole populations.
Q:
Specifically, what would you do to encourage greater minority representation on
police forces and other criminal justice offices?
A:
I want to help make sure police departments reflect the diversity of the communities they
represent, and we can do that by providing them with funds for innovative outreach and
recruitment initiatives. For example, police could work with community organizations to
develop targeted police recruitment efforts, and we can forge partnerships between high
schools, local colleges and police departments. All of these things could be funded
through the Administration's 21st Century Law Enforcement Initiative. Unfortunately,
congressional Republicans have voted to oppose these proposals and zero out their funds.
Q: How do you propose to ban racial profiling?
A: Stopping or searching individuals on the basis of race is not consistent with our commitment
to equal justice under law, and it is not effective law enforcement policy. It is simply
wrong. That is why, as President, I would sign an executive order to ban racial profiling
altogether. I would also work with all levels of law enforcement to improve officer
training, to collect more data on traffic stops, and to do everything else necessary to make
sure we do away with racial profiling once and for all.
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Q:
Doesn't the federal government engage in a form of racial profiling right now-that
is, doesn't the INS stop drivers at the border in part based on their ethnicity?
A:
The question in INS searches is a complicated one, because national origin is an element
of the criminal offenses that the INS investigates and ethnicity is obviously related to
national origin. It is critical, however, that the INS take every precaution against stopping
or hassling drivers simply because they look Hispanic. And it is critical that we not allow
the INS to abuse its stop and search authority in ways that unfairly target Hispanic
individuals.
Common Sense Gun Measures
Q: With the overwhelming majority of criminal cases resulting in some type of plea
bargain, how will end plea bargaining for gun criminals?
A: Ending plea bargaining for gun criminals won't be easy and will cost some money, but it
should be done. America continues to have far too much gun-related crime and violence, and we
need to do everything we can to prevent and punish its perpetrators. Of course, that means we
need to enact common-sense gun laws that will keep guns out of the hands of criminals and
children, and that is why I support requiring Brady background checks at gun shows and other
measures. But it also means that we must enforce our gun laws to the fullest extent possible. It
means we must arrest more gun criminals, ensure that they get the tough punishment they
deserve, and not let them off the hook. That is why I want to work with state and local law
enforcement to develop tough, new strategies for prosecuting more gun criminals and relying less
on plea bargains. This should be something on which gun owners and gun control advocates
agree.
Q: How will your gun licensing proposal work?
A: Under my licensing proposal, anyone wanting to purchase a handgun would be required to
obtain a license similar to a driver's license. The license would be issued by states, but federal
law would establish minimum standards. An applicant would be checked for criminal history
records in the FBI and state databases, and applicants would be required to undergo a course in
firearms safety. This system would give us the ability to do better background checks and
guarantee that all handgun owners receive some type of safety training. There is simply no good
reason why require licenses for cars, but not for handguns. I want to change that.
Q: What are "junk guns," and how would you ban them?
A: "Junk guns" - or "Saturday Night specials," as they are also referred to -- are cheaply made
handguns that can be easily concealed. Tracing data confirm that they are usually the most likely
guns to be recovered at crime scenes. Under current law, we can stop these handguns from being
imported into the country, but they are perfectly legal to manufacture and sell domestically.
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Today I am proposing that same restrictions apply to all "junk guns" - whether they're
manufactured here or abroad.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 9-JUL-1999 16:48:18.00
SUBJECT: Re: Follow-up re: Meeting on visit with Littleton students
TO: Ann C. Hertelendy ( CN=Ann C. Hertelendy/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: leanne a. shimabukuro ( CN=leanne a. shimabukuro/OU=opd/O=eop@eop [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
yep.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:11-JUL-1999 14:15:28.00
SUBJECT:
TO: 3149670 ( 3149670 @ SkyTel [ UNKNOWN 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Bob Walker's phone (703) 660-9486, and pager (800) 465-0329.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 09:28:30.00
SUBJECT: Crime Accomplishments
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Can you see what you and/or Robin have for Todd on this request. Also,
make sure we have a room for the 3:30 w/DOJ as well as a list of
attendees, etc. jc3
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/12/99
09:27 AM
Todd A. Bledsoe
07/12/99 08:52:21 AM
Record Type: Record
To:
Deborah Akel/WHO/EOP@EOP, Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
Crime Accomplishments
Do either of you have a one-page summary on the Administration's success
in combatting crime?
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 15:26:18.00
SUBJECT: Radio Address Pitch
TO: Karin Kullman ( CN=Karin Kullman/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
BR/KK:
Here's a quickie outline for the possible radio address for Saturday.
Leanne and I are still double checking all of the announcements
On Saturday, the President could hit the Congress for zeroing out his COPS
program and make the following announcements:
1. More prosecutors 40 new federal prosecutors to take DC's community
prosecution program citywide...and $5 million to launch community
prosecution projects in another 10 to 20 cities. Since DC started its
community prosecution program in '96, homicides have dropped 38% in
participating neighborhoods and only 2% throughout the rest of the city.
2. More cops...200 new cops for DC...400 for Chicago...and a couple of
hundred more for a smattering of small cities.
[3. New crime numbers new half-year crime stats showing that the crime
rate continues to drop nationwide.]
The President could do this at the 5th Police Precinct in DC (NE), where
community prosecution and cops have helped cut the crime rate...or at the
WH with representatives from all of the law enforcement organizations in
attendance, as well as Biden, Schumer, and some other COPS supporters.
jc3
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 14:11:21.00
SUBJECT: Re: COPS for DC
TO: James Boden ( CN=James Boden/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Jim:
I'm fine if this is what it takes (i.e., no extra prison money, etc.).
One question though: Will the proposed amendment/reprogramming lead to
any controversy w/our FY 2000 request? I don't want to get in a fight
w/the appropriators on who can be tougher on DC offenders w/COPS
money We've already got our work cut out for us on COPS approps this
summer.
jc3
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CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 12:53:07.00
SUBJECT: Q/A -- BR: Are you fine w/this?
TO: Courtney O. Gregoire ( CN=Courtney O. Gregoire/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP OPD ])
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July 12, 1999
Question and Answer
Q:
Does President Clinton support the checking of proof of I.D.
in registering guns? And does he support the Vice President,s proposal to
require proof of identification before obtaining a license to purchase
handguns?
A:
Last April, the President proposed common sense gun
legislation to help keep guns out of the hands of criminals and children
-- especially by closing the gun show loophole. He has repeatedly urged
the Congress to pass these measures as part of the juvenile crime
legislation they are considering, and he will continue to do so throughout
the summer. As the President has previously indicated, however, he is
focused on the life-saving steps we can take now -- before the end of this
congressional session. Gun registration and other issues raised by the
Vice President are good ideas that should be considered, but they will
simply take more time to get passed.
Overall, the Vice President has put forward a strong anti-crime
plan. It builds on the many successful proposals put forward by the
Clinton/Gore Administration over the last 7 years. The Vice President's
plan also puts forth a number of bold new ideas, including new proposals
on guns and gang, that will take the next steps to keep crime coming down
into the 21st Century. The Vice President's plan contains many good
initiatives, and we support his efforts as he begins to make his case to
the American public for his new anti-crime agenda.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda II1/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 20:35:52.00
SUBJECT: Radio Address Pitch
TO: Setti D. Warren ( CN=Setti D. Warren/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Setti:
FYI -- I think will be pitching this to communications tomorrow for the
radio address. I've mentioned it briefly to COPS and the DAG's and AAG's
offices. Haven't said anything to Ann Harkins, but she has a call on to
me...so I'll raise it w/her.
jc3
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08:33 PM
Jose Cerda III
07/12/99 03:26:18 PM
Record Type: Record
To:
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP@EOP, Karin Kullman/OPD/EOP@EOP, Leanne A.
Shimabukuro/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
Radio Address Pitch
BR/KK:
Here's a quickie outline for the possible radio address for Saturday.
Leanne and I are still double checking all of the announcements.
On Saturday, the President could hit the Congress for zeroing out his COPS
program and make the following announcements:
1. More prosecutors 40 new federal prosecutors to take DC's community
prosecution program citywide. and $5 million to launch community
prosecution projects in another 10 to 20 cities. Since DC started its
community prosecution program in '96, homicides have dropped 38% in
participating neighborhoods and only 2% throughout the rest of the city.
2. More cops 200 new cops for DC...400 for Chicago and a couple of
hundred more for a smattering of small cities.
[3. New crime numbers. new half-year crime stats showing that the crime
rate continues to drop nationwide.]
The President could do this at the 5th Police Precinct in DC (NE), where
community prosecution and cops have helped cut the crime rate...or at the
WH with representatives from all of the law enforcement organizations in
attendance, as well as Biden, Schumer, and some other COPS supporters.
jc3
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 19:35:31.00
SUBJECT: New Dems
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Can you follow-up w/Mindy on this let's chat about some miscellany
then and then let's blow this clam bake before too late jc3
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07:34 PM
Mindy E. Myers
07/12/99 07:01:38 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP, Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject: New Dems
Podesta is meeting with the New Dems tomorrow. We would like to provide
one or two talking points for him on guns; Larry asked me to go to you for
the substance. Can you provide just one or two talking points? (McCarthy
is part of the New Dems group)
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 15:05:24.00
SUBJECT: Re: COPS meeting
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Yeah, we need to do this...I'll call her after the 3:30pm...looks like
we're on for the radio address.
jc3
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 13:09:25.00
SUBJECT: Small edits
TO: Heather M. Riley ( CN=Heather M. Riley/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Erica S. Lepping ( CN=Erica S. Lepping/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP OPD
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP OPD ])
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TEXT:
July 12, 1999
Question and Answer
Q:
Does President Clinton support the checking of proof of I.D.
in registering guns? And does he support the Vice President,s proposal to
require proof of identification before obtaining a license to purchase
handguns?
A:
Yes. Last April, the President proposed common sense gun
legislation to help keep guns out of the hands of criminals and children
-- especially by closing the gun show loophole. He has repeatedly urged
the Congress to pass these measures as part of the juvenile crime
legislation they are considering, and he will continue to do so throughout
the summer. As the President has previously indicated, however, he is
focused on the life-saving steps we can take now -- before the end of this
congressional session. Gun licensing and other issues raised by the Vice
President are good ideas, but they will simply take more time to get
passed.
Overall, the Vice President has put forward a strong anti-crime
plan. It builds on the many successful proposals put forward by the
Clinton/Gore Administration over the last 7 years. The Vice President's
plan also puts forth a number of bold new ideas, including new proposals
on guns and gang, that will take the next steps to keep crime coming down
into the 21st Century. The Vice President's plan contains many good
initiatives, and we support his efforts as he begins to make his case to
the American public for his new anti-crime agenda.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [OPD])
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 14:37:20.00
SUBJECT: Re:
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
thanks
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 14:37:02.00
SUBJECT: Qs
TO: Alejandro G. Cabrera ( CN=Alejandro G. Cabrera/O=OVP@OVP [ UNKNOWN ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Alejandro:
Here are the 2 qs I mentioned. The first one is a bit broader than what
you asked, but the details and gist are essentially the same. The second
is a bit weak, but we're pretty constrained in commenting on the specific
lawsuits I think, though, perhaps you should shift the focus to what's
in your policy paper. opposing, as a matter of policy, state or federal
legislation that shields gun manufacturers from liability that's
consistent w/our liability position overall and not a specific comment
about the facts in any of the pending lawsuits.
Gun Lawsuits
Q:
Do you support the lawsuits being filed by New Orleans, Chicago,
Atlanta and other cities against gun manufacturers? Are you planning to
take a strong position on this issue as you did in the tobacco litigation?
A:
We are watching closely all of the pending lawsuits against the
gun industry. The President has previously expressed particular concern
about allegations -- such as in Chicago -- that some gun dealers are
selling guns illegally -- helping purchasers evade firearms laws and even
selling guns to persons who say they intend to break the law. These are
serious charges which, if proven true, would demonstrate that some in the
gun industry are helping to promote an illegal market in firearms. Such
disrespect for the law endangers our citizens, and if the evidence shows
in any of these cases that federal firearms laws have been violated, we
will take vigorous enforcement action.
The President,s new bill will crack down on those gun dealers involved in
the illegal gun trade, by allowing for more inspections of federal
firearms licensees (from 1 to 3 per year), tougher penalties for serious
violations that interfere with trafficking investigations, and suspension
of a gun dealer,s license for willful violations of the Gun Control Act.
In the meantime, we will continue to work closely with state and local law
enforcement to trace crime guns back to their source, and to prevent
illegal gun sales -- especially to criminals and juveniles.
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Guns/Juvenile Crime
Questions and Answers
June 24, 1999
Gun Legislation
Q:
Mr. President, you've criticized the Congress for failing to pass a real gun law last
week - even though it was primarily Democrats who voted against the bill. Exactly
what must be in a gun bill for you to sign it?
A:
As I have said time and again, we cannot allow the gun lobby to rewrite our laws and
undermine our values. The Congress must meet its obligation to the American people
and pass real legislation that will strengthen our gun laws, not weaken them. Real
legislation must apply to all gun shows - not one that lets criminals turn flea markets and
parking lots into gun bazaars. Send me legislation that gives law enforcement enough
time to run real background checks - not one that lets more criminals slip through the
cracks. Unfortunately, the House bill that was voted down last week failed to meet these
simple, common sense standards.
But the Congress has another opportunity to meet its obligation to the American people. I
urge the House and Senate leadership to act quickly and appoint conferees to the juvenile
crime bill - and pass a final bill with the strong gun provisions that passed in the Senate
to close the deadly gun show loophole once and for all.
Q:
Isn't a modest gun bill better than no bill at all?
A:
Not if it weakens current law, as the House bill did. Any real effort to close the gun show
loophole or pass other common sense gun legislation must ultimately strengthen, not
weaken, our gun laws. The bill that was defeated didn't meet this simple standard.
Instead, it chipped away at the gun laws already on the books. Let me give you a few
examples:
-
The bill would have weakened Brady background checks. It would have
shortened from 3 business day to 24 hours the amount of time law enforcement
has to complete a background check - not just for new checks completed by
unlicensed sellers at gun shows - but for all of the checks that federal gun dealers
already perform at gun shows. According to the FBI, if this new 24-hour limit
were applied to current gun sales conducted by our Instant-Check System, an
estimated 17,000 criminals would have been able to purchase guns over the past 6
months alone.
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The bill would have re-established the pawnshop loophole. It would have
exempted certain pawnshop redemptions from background checks. Not only is
that a reversal of current law, it's a big mistake. We already know that pawnshop
redemptions are more than 4 times as likely to involve an illegal gun sale than gun
store sales.
-
The bill would have overturned the District of Columbia's ban on handguns,
undermining the gun laws adopted by its residents.
In the end, not only did the House bill not close the gun show loophole; it was riddled
with all sorts of new loopholes as well. That is why most Democrats voted to oppose
these amendments, and that is why most Democrats voted to oppose the House
leadership's phony gun bill.
Juvenile Crime Legislation
Q:
Although the House rejected gun legislation, it passed some tough measures to crack
down on juvenile crime, including a McCollum amendment to make it easier to
prosecute juveniles as adults, and increase penalties for kids who bring guns to
school. Do you support this House bill?
A:
I have always supported taking a comprehensive approach to combat the problem of
youth crime and violence. Which is why I've worked to address youth violence on all
fronts - from the media, to the gun industry, to parental responsibility.
There are some good bipartisan measures in the juvenile crime bill that will promote
graduated sanctions for young offenders and give needed resources to combat juvenile
crime at the local level. And I'm pleased that the House overwhelmingly passed strong
prevention initiatives to help keep our kids out trouble in the first place. However, I do
have some concerns with particular provisions in the bill that would treat certain younger
juveniles prosecuted in the federal system too harshly. We will work with the Congress
to address on these concerns as the bill proceeds to conference.
But what is obviously missing from the House bill are the strong gun measures passed in
the Senate to keep kids and criminals from getting guns. Common sense gun reforms
must be a part of any final package that addresses the critical youth violence issue.
Federal Prosecution of Gun Crimes
Q:
If the Brady Law has helped to detect and block over 400,000 illegal gun sales, how
many of these persons who tried to buy guns illegally have you prosecuted? The
gun lobby and its supporters say that if you really wanted to strengthen the Brady
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Law, you would focus on putting all of these criminals behind bars. What is your
response?
A:
We do focus on putting gun criminals behind bars. Since the NICS was implemented 6
months ago, the FBI has been actively referring cases to ATF and state and local law
enforcement for further investigation and potential prosecution. Ultimately, we won't
take every case, but we have asked Congress for more funds to hire ATF agents and
federal prosecutors to do the best follow-up possible. I would also note that, prior to the
NICS' implementation, Brady denials were the responsibility of designated state and local
law enforcement officials. With the NICS now up and running, we expect to take more
Brady-related cases.
Unfortunately, some have been taking the gun lobby at its word, and have not gotten the
full story on this issue. Let's review the facts:
The Brady Law has stopped over 400,000 illegal gun sales. Prior to Brady background
checks, guns were bought and sold on the honor system.
Two-thirds of the illegal gun sales we stop involve persons who have been previously
convicted or are currently indicted for a felony crime.
Gun crimes are down by virtually every measure. FBI crime statistics confirm that, since
1993, gun-related crime is down by more than 25 percent. The overall number of violent
crimes is down, and so too is the percentage of violent crimes committed with guns.
The number of gun criminals doing time in state and federal prisons is up by 25 percent
since 1992 (from 20,681 to 25,186), and the number of serious gun criminals (those
serving sentences of 5 or more years) in federal prison is up by nearly 30 percent. This is
because we work more closely with state and local law enforcement - who investigate
and prosecute most gun crimes - to vigorously enforce gun laws.
This Administration has increased funding for state and local law enforcement by more
than 500 percent, helped local law enforcement trace a record number of crime guns,
proposed increased funds for new ATF agents and federal prosecutors, and more. We
need these resources to investigate and prosecute more gun cases. Unfortunately, the gun
lobby and critics of our enforcement record have not backed up their tough talk with
resources.
Ten Commandments
Q.
Will the President support the amendment passed by the House to let schools post
the 10 Commandments?
A.
My administration has worked hard to promote character education, expand religious
liberty, and make religious expression easier in the workplace and in the schools,
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consistent with the First Amendment. We developed guidelines on religious expression
for every school, and I signed an executive order on religious expression in the federal
workplace. But the Supreme Court struck down a law just like this one in Kentucky. If
Congress were serious about reducing youth violence, they'd pass common-sense
measures to keep guns out of the wrong hands instead of feel-good measures they know
will be struck down in court.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUL-1999 19:22:28.00
SUBJECT: Can you work from these points and Q/A...jc3
TO: Mindy E. Myers ( CN=Mindy E. Myers/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1)
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The Dingell-Hyde-McCollum Gun Shows Legislation
June 18, 1999
Last night, instead of closing the deadly gun show loophole, the House of Representatives voted
to let criminals keep buying guns at gun shows. By the light of day, most Americans will wonder
why the House simply did not pass the same common-sense measures as the Senate. Although
nearly 80 percent of House Democrats voted to close the gun show loophole, over 80 percent of
House Republicans supported the gun lobby's phony reforms, including:
-
A narrow definition of gun shows. The House bill narrows the definition of "gun
show," allowing flea markets -- where hundreds of guns are regularly bought and sold
- to continue to operate without having to do background checks. On the other hand,
the Senate bill covers any transaction between 2 or more people that involves 50 or
more firearms.
-
Parking lot sales. The House bill's background check requirement only applies to
offers that are "accepted" at gun shows, creating a new loophole for sales that
originate - but that are not completed -- at gun shows. The Senate bill's background
check requirement applies to any gun "offered" for sale at a gun show.
-
Abbreviated Brady background checks. The House bill reduces the amount of time
law enforcement has to complete a Brady background check at gun shows. Although
more than 70 percent of background checks are completed within minutes, and nearly
95 percent within a 2-hour period, the remaining 5 percent take longer for a reason:
they are much more likely to turn up a problem and result in a denial. If the 24-hour
time limit imposed by the House bill were applied to the Brady background checks we
do now, the FBI estimates that 17,000 prohibited persons would have been able to
buy guns over the past six months - or about 40 percent of the total denials during
that period. The Senate bill preserves law enforcement's ability to take up to 3
business days to complete a check if necessary.
-
Safe harbor for criminals. The House bill undermines law enforcement efforts to
trace guns that are later used in crime. It creates a new class of "instant check
registrants" to do background checks at gun shows that do not have to keep the same
records as federal gun dealers, and who do not have to cooperate fully with law
enforcement authorities - or risk losing their license. Under the House bill, criminals
will know that guns bought and sold at gun shows will continue to be untraceable by
law enforcement. The Senate bill simply applies the same rules that apply to all
federal gun dealers to all gun show sales.
-
Interstate gun sales. The House bill sets aside the 30-year prohibition in our gun laws
that prohibits gun dealers from selling guns to private persons across state lines, and
undermines the ability of states to control the flow of guns across their borders. The
Senate bill does not tamper with our gun laws.
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CNN/ Monday Press Conference
Questions and Answers
June 19, 1999
Gun Legislation
Q:
Mr. President, in you have said you want Congress to pass a real gun law - one that
applies to all gun shows, and one that doesn't make it easier for criminals to get
guns. Exactly what must be in a gun show bill for you to sign it. And isn't a modest
gun bill better than no bill at all?
A:
No, not necessarily. Any real effort to close the gun show loophole or pass other
common sense gun legislation must ultimately strengthen, not weaken, our gun laws. The
bill that was defeated didn't meet this simple standard. Instead, it chipped away at the
gun laws already on the books. Let me give you a few examples:
-
The bill would have weakened Brady background checks. It would have
shortened from 3 business day to 24 hours the amount of time law enforcement
has to complete a background check - not just for new checks on unlicensed
sellers at gun shows - but for all of the checks that federal gun dealers already
perform at gun shows. According to the FBI, if this new 24-hour limit were
applied to current gun sales an estimated 17,000 criminals would have been able
to purchase guns over the past 6 months alone.
-
The bill would have re-established the pawnshop loophole. It would have
exempted certain pawnshop redemptions from background checks. Not only is
that a reversal of current law it's a big mistake. We already know that pawnshop
redemptions are more than 4 times as likely to involve an illegal gun sale than gun
store sales.
-
The bill would have overturned the District of Columbia's ban on handguns,
undermining the gun laws adopted by its residents.
In the end, not only did the House bill not close the gun show loophole, it was riddled
with all sorts of new loopholes as well. That is why most Democrats voted to oppose all
of these amendments, and that is why most Democrats voted to oppose the House
leadership's phony gun bill.
Juvenile Crime Legislation
Q:
Although the House rejected gun legislation, it passed some tough measures to crack
down on juvenile crime, including a McCollum amendment to make it easier to
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prosecute juveniles as adults, and increase penalties for kids who bring guns to
school. Do you support this House bill?
A:
I have always supported taking a comprehensive approach to take on problem of youth
crime and violence. Which is why the I've worked to address youth violence on all fronts
- from the media to the gun industry to parental responsibility.
There are some good measures in the juvenile crime bill that had bipartisan support - to
promote graduated sanctions for youthful offenders and give needed resources to states to
combat juvenile crime. And I'm glad that the House overwhelmingly passed some
strong prevention initiatives to help keep our kids out trouble in the first place. However,
we do have some concerns with particular provisions in the bill that would treat certain
younger juveniles prosecuted in the federal system too harshly. And I'm disappointed
that the House missed an opportunity to reauthorize our COPS program - one of the best
tools we've given communities to keep their kids and residents safe. We will work with
the Congress to address on these concerns as the bill proceeds to conference.
But what is obviously missing is from the House bill are the strong gun measures passed
in the Senate to keep kids and criminals from getting guns. Common sense gun reforms
must be a part of any final package if we want to address all sides of the youth violence
issue.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-JUL-1999 16:18:00.00
SUBJECT: RE: News on JJ Conferees
TO: Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: broderick johnson ( CN=broderick johnson/OU=who/O=eop@eop [ WHO 1)
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CC: bruce n. reed ( CN=bruce n. reed/OU=opd/O=eop@eop [ OPD 1)
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TEXT:
Caroline, et.al.:
I understand from Handgun Control that Julian has worked up a general
motion to instruct conferees that would insist on that the juvie bill
include a provision to stop felons, fugitives, etc., from buying guns at
gun shows. I'm getting the language and will send it around. Handgun
said that Julian thought it would pass, probably by Thursday. Handgun
believes the R's want to get the vote out of the way before the CO kids
hit the Hill.
Are you and Brod hearing the same? Brod, do we know who/when will the
motion be offered for sure?
jc3
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CREATION DATE/TIME:13-JUL-1999 09:13:33.00
SUBJECT: Re: Radio Address Pitch
TO: Setti D. Warren ( CN=Setti D. Warren/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO D
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Haven't set up the COPS meeting yet, but we do have a crime meeting at
10am Wednesday in room 211...jc3
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SUBJECT: CA gun legis -- forgot to attach story...jc3
TO: David W. Beier ( CN=David W. Beier/O=OVP@OVP [ UNKNOWN ])
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Tuesday, July 13,
1999
Legislature OKs Tough Controls on Assault Weapons
Firearms: Davis is expected to sign what may be nation's
broadest measure.
It bans the manufacture and sale of guns that hold more than
10 bullets or are
easy to conceal.
By DAN MORAIN, Times Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO--With lawmakers citing the horrors of gun
violence, the Legislature gave final approval
Monday to a bill
toughening California's law against assault
weapons and sent
it to Gov. Gray Davis, who has promised to sign it.
The bill passed the Assembly by a 46-23 vote
and the Senate by
26-13 margin, largely along partisan lines. But a
handful of
Republicans bolted from their party's position to
support the legislation
and a smattering of Democrats, whose party controls
both houses,
voted against it.
The bill, SB 23, by Sen. Don Perata
(D-Alameda), would ban
semiautomatic weapons that hold more than 10 bullets
or can be
readily concealed and easily maneuvered while
firing. It also would
make it a crime for any person to manufacture,
import, sell or give
away in California any magazine that holds more than
10 rounds.
People who own guns covered by the measure
would have a year
to register their weapons with law enforcement, or
face penalties of
up to $500 for first-time offenders. Repeat
violators could face felony
charges.
"The longer we debate this, the longer people
will be at risk," said
Perata, who carried similar legislation last year
that was vetoed by
then-Gov. Pete Wilson and has pushed for
prohibitions on the
military-style firearms for more than a decade.
Anti-gun groups were quick to praise the
legislation.
Luis Tolley of the Washington-based
organization Handgun
Control said the bill goes farther than federal
prohibitions on the guns,
and will give California "the toughest ban on
assault weapons and
rapid-fire ammunition magazines in the country.
"We are going to rid our streets of these
weapons of war once
and for all," Tolley said.
Federal law prohibits the manufacture--but not
sale--of
large-capacity magazines and guns that fit the
federal definition of
assault weapons.
Perata's bill would ban not just the
manufacture but also the sale
of such weapons and magazines. Additionally, his
bill imposes a
stricter definition of assault weapons than current
federal law and
includes a larger number of weapons.
The number of weapons affected by the
legislation is not known.
"Anybody who gives you a number is making it
up," Tolley said.
"Nobody knows how many.
But it is very, very
significant. There
won't be any more rapid-fire weapons sold in
California."
Perata's measure defines assault weapons as
semiautomatic rifles
or pistols that hold more than 10 rounds.
Semiautomatic firearms also
would be illegal if they can accept detachable
magazines and have
various accessories--such as pistol grips, second
handgrips, or folding
stocks--that make them easier to maneuver or conceal.
Additionally, semiautomatic weapons would not
be permitted to
have threaded barrels that would allow them to
accept silencers,
extra handgrips, flash suppressors or grenade
launchers. Nor would
semiautomatic rifles be permitted to be less than 30
inches long.
Semiautomatic shotguns would be prohibited from
having folding or
telescoping stocks.
Pro-gun organizations and their allies in the
Legislature tried but
failed to derail the bill, contending that the
measure would cover huge
numbers of currently legal weapons, and that it is
filled with loopholes
that will lead to court fights.
"This bill is theater," said Assemblyman
Roderick Wright (D-Los
Angeles), insisting that the legislation will do
little to remove
firepower from the streets. "Why is there never
enough time to do it
right? But there's always enough time to do it over
again."
The National Rifle Assn. passed out leaflets
titled "The one
minute fix for a rifle 'banned' by SB 23." One
showed a man turning
an illegal gun into a supposedly legal one simply by
sawing off a pistol
grip.
Assemblyman Jim Battin (R-La-Quinta) contended
that the
measure will be flouted. That prompted Assemblyman
Alan
Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) to say he was "appalled
that [legislators]
are talking about how to get around the bill."
Perata said that if gun owners find ways around
the bill's
restrictions, he will return with new legislation.
In fact, Democrats
recognize that their support of gun control is a
popular issue with the
electorate. They would be quite content to return
next year, an
election year, with a new spate of anti-gun bills in
another attempt to
embarrass Republicans.
Some Republicans, however, sided with Democrats
on the issue.
"They are weapons of war; they shouldn't be on
the streets," said
freshman Assemblyman Abel Maldonado of Santa Maria,
one of four
Assembly Republicans who voted for the legislation.
"California wants to get rid of assault
weapons," added
Assemblywoman Charlene Zettel of Poway, another
first-term
Republican.
In 1989, after the massacre of five children at
a Stockton
elementary school, the Legislature, led by
then-state Sen. David A.
Roberti and Assemblyman Mike Roos, approved a ban on
dozens of
specific firearms. At the time, Perata was on the
Alameda County
Board of Supervisors, and worked with Roberti and
Roos on their
measure.
Manufacturers responded to the passage of the
1989 law by
simply changing minor features and renaming their
weapons, while
gun owners and their advocates tied up aspects of
the law in court.
Some of those cases continue to this day.
But some legislators pushed to expand the law
by creating a
generic definition of the targeted guns, finally
approving one last year
before Wilson vetoed it.
This year, the assault weapons bill has taken
on greater
significance because Davis, Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer
and most other
Democrats were swept into office last year on
campaigns that
included opposition to such weapons.
Several other gun bills have passed the
Legislature, including one
that would limit gun buyers to one purchase a month.
Another bill that
is pending would ban small, cheap handguns.
In other action Monday, the Assembly approved
by a 46-25 vote
legislation that would protect workers over 40 from
layoffs.
The bill, which seeks to overturn a 1997
California Appellate
Court decision, would prohibit employers from using
higher salaries as
a reason to fire or lay off employees if that
decision has a
disproportionately higher impact on employees over
40. The
legislation by Sen. Martha Escutia (D-Whittier) must
return to the
Senate for a final vote.
Copyright Los Angeles Times
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01:16 PM
Jose Cerda 111
07/13/99 01:16:20 PM
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Subject:
CA gun legis
Ron, et. al.:
FYI -- I believe Gray Davis is bundling these bills up for signature first
thing next week. Should we being doing any statements or trying to
piggyback on the story any other way?
jc3
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Can one of you see that BR glances at this and is okay? jc3
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Barry:
I wouldn't mention INS not just because of what we spoke about but it
already looks like the TX folks are trying to spin this as more their work
than ours...we shouldn't play any favorites and give this any legs.
Also, I agree w/dropping the mention by name now we should just make
sure WH Counsel and DOJ are okay w/my last sentence. I sent a copy to
Carol and the DAG's office at DOJ. You should check w/Chuck... jc3
Barry J. Toiv
07/13/99 03:28:52 PM
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I made a couple minor changes, including taking out the name of the
suspect. Justice had expressed interest in specifically mentioning INS,
but based on what we talked about earlier, perhaps individual agencies
shouldn't be mentioned. What do you think?
I want to thank all of the state, local, and federal law enforcement
officials whose hard work led to the surrender and capture of the
suspected railway killer earlier today. As a result of their determined
efforts, and of the cooperation of the Mexican authorities, the suspect is
now in custody in the United States. Americans who have been haunted by
the knowledge that a dangerous killer was on the loose can rest easier
knowing that the alleged killer is behind bars ) and that our law
enforcement authorities will bring the full force of the law to bear in
this case.
Jose Cerda III
07/13/99 03:20:46 PM
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Statement by the President
-- DRAFT-
I want to thank all of the state, local, and federal law enforcement
officials whose hard work led to the surrender and capture of the
suspected railway killer earlier today. As a result of their determined
efforts, and of the cooperation of the Mexican authorities, Rafael
Resendez Ramirez is now in custody in the United States. Americans, who
have been haunted by the knowledge that a dangerous killer was on the
loose, can rest easier knowing that the alleged killer is behind bars)
and that our law enforcement authorities will bring the full force of the
law to bear in this case.
Barry J. Toiv
07/13/99 02:34:45 PM
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Mays/OPD/EOP@EOP
Subject: statement on capture of railway killer suspect
I checked with Justice, who thought a POTUS statement on capture --
thanking law enforcement and Mexico -- would be a good idea. Jose is ok
with it and is drafting something. Does anybody object to this? If so,
pls let me know now.
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House GOP Blocks Gun Control Efforts
By David Espo
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, July 13, 1999; 5:07 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats renewed their push
for gun
control on Tuesday but their efforts to attach fresh
restrictions to a routine
spending bill were blocked by Republicans.
However, House GOP Whip Tom DeLay said Republican
leaders were
preparing to begin formal House-Senate compromise talks
on gun control
by next week, and all but promised that some of the
Democratic
proposals would be part of a final compromise on
separate legislation.
"I'm almost positive," he said as he labored to keep
the spending bill free
of gun-related amendments.
The proposals, defeated by the House Appropriations
Committee, would
have required safety devices to be sold with handguns
and banned the
importation of certain high-capacity ammunition clips.
Both provisions
were approved by the House earlier this year, but died
when the
underlying measure was defeated.
The third defeated Democratic amendment would have
expanded
requirements for background checks for sales at gun
shows. It was
rejected by the full House in the earlier debate.
Gun control was propelled to the top of the political
agenda in the wake of
the April shootings at a Colorado high school.
"Many of us feel so strongly about this issue that
we're going to use every
avenue available to us," said Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y.,
as she and two
other Democrats sought to attach the provisions to a
bill funding the
Treasury Department, the Postal Service and other
agencies.
Passage of the bill by the committee came on a voice
vote, but only after
Republicans pushed through $240 million in cuts to meet
the demands of
conservatives.
On another issue, passage signaled a desire by lawmakers
of both parties
to raise the current congressional salary of $136,700 by
$4,600 annually,
beginning next year.
Under federal law, congressional pay rises annually
unless the increase is
blocked by legislation. Historically, the spending bill
for the Treasury
Department has been used as a vehicle for blocking the
increases. The
issue never arose during the day's drafting session at
the Appropriations
Committee, meaning the way remains clear for the
increase.
The companion Senate measure is likewise silent on the
issue.
The gun control amendments were doomed from the start,
but were
advanced by Democrats as part of a strategy to press
Republicans as
often as possible on an issue that polls well with the
public.
White House-backed gun control legislation cleared the
Senate earlier in
the year. It failed in the House when Democrats rejected
the legislation as
too weak, and Republicans opposed it for being too
restrictive on guns.
DeLay, R-Texas, a member of the Appropriations
Committee, attended
the panel's drafting session only long enough to
participate in the debate
related to guns. He departed as soon as it was clear his
side would
prevail.
He said that despite delays, House and Senate leaders
would begin formal
negotiations soon.
Democrats said they weren't backing down.
``I believe we have an opportunity to take common sense
steps to protect
children from gun violence," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro,
D-Conn., arguing
for passage of the provision relating to safety locks.
The proposal for background checks was rejected on a
vote of 24-35.
The two other proposals fell on generally party-line
votes of 24-34.
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Statement by the President
--DRAFT--
I want to thank all of the state, local, and federal law enforcement
officials whose hard work led to the surrender and capture of the
suspected railway killer earlier today. As a result of their determined
efforts, and of the cooperation of the Mexican authorities, Rafael
Resendez Ramirez is now in custody in the United States. Americans, who
have been haunted by the knowledge that a dangerous killer was on the
loose, can rest easier knowing that the alleged killer is behind bars)
and that our law enforcement authorities will bring the full force of the
law to bear in this case.
Barry J. Toiv
07/13/99 02:34:45 PM
Record Type: Record
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cc: Edward F. Hughes/WHO/EOP@EOP, Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP, Cathy R.
Mays/OPD/EOP@EOP
Subject: statement on capture of railway killer suspect
I checked with Justice, who thought a POTUS statement on capture --
thanking law enforcement and Mexico -- would be a good idea. Jose is ok
with it and is drafting something. Does anybody object to this? If so,
pls let me know now.
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To:
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Jennifer M. Palmieri/WHO/EOP@EOP
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CREATION DATE/TIME:13-JUL-1999 15:42:55.00
SUBJECT: Shoudl we get this for the weekly?
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Legalized Pot Said a Danger to Kids
By Jim Abrams
Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, July 13, 1999; 2:41 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Young people who smoke marijuana are
far
more likely than nonusers to move on to harder drugs, a
substance abuse
research group concludes in a report that opposes
efforts to legalize or
decriminalize nonmedical marijuana.
"Teen experimentation with marijuana should not be
considered a casual
rite of passage," said Joseph Califano, chairman and
president of the
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at
Columbia
University.
"Teens who smoke marijuana are playing a dangerous game
of Russian
roulette," he said.
The center's report was released as the House Government
Reform
Committee held a second hearing today on pros and cons of
decriminalizing drugs. Testifying were former Drug
Enforcement
Administration head Thomas Constantine and advocates of
relaxed laws
on marijuana use.
``Marijuana stands convicted as a gateway drug,"
Califano concluded,
citing conclusions in the report that youngsters 12 to
17 years old who
smoke marijuana are 85 times more likely to use cocaine
than those who
do not.
Other studies have drawn different conclusions about the
linkage between
marijuana and more potent drugs. The National Institute
of Medicine, in a
study last March on the medical uses of marijuana, said
that while the drug
can cause respiratory disease, there is no evidence that
it leads to other
drug use.
The Califano report, which focuses on nonmedical use of
marijuana, said
the drug is especially dangerous for teens, impairing
short-term memory,
stunting intellectual and emotional growth and
increasing the likelihood of
unprotected sex as well as leading to other drugs such
as cocaine or
heroin.
It said that of 182,000 teens and children who entered
treatment in 1996
for substance abuse, nearly half, 48 percent, were
admitted for marijuana
abuse or addiction.
That compared to 19 percent for alcohol and a secondary
drug, 12
percent for alcohol alone, 3 percent for smoked cocaine,
2.4 percent for
methamphetamines and 2.3 percent for heroin.
The report concluded that decriminalization or
legalization of marijuana
would surely increase use among teen-agers and children.
But it also
opposed mandatory sentences for possession of small
amounts of
marijuana, saying prosecutors and judges should be given
wide discretion
in order to encourage teens to stop using the drug.
``Mandatory sentences are particularly insidious where
teens convicted of
possession of marijuana are concerned," Califano said.
The report said that 70 million Americans have tried
marijuana, making it
the nation's most commonly used illegal substance. In
1998, almost 23
percent of 12th graders said they had smoked marijuana
within the past
month, and just under one-half had tried marijuana
during their lives.
Copyright 1999 The Associated Press
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Statement by the President
-- DRAFT-
I want to thank all of the state, local, and federal law enforcement
officials whose hard work led to the surrender and capture of the
suspected railway killer earlier today. As a result of their determined
efforts, and of the cooperation of the Mexican authorities, Rafael
Resendez Ramirez is now in custody in the United States. Americans, who
have been haunted by the knowledge that a dangerous killer was on the
loose, can rest easier knowing that the alleged killer is behind bars )
and that our law enforcement authorities will bring the full force of the
law to bear in this case.
Barry J. Toiv
07/13/99 02:34:45 PM
Record Type: Record
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cc: Edward F. Hughes/WHO/EOP@EOP, Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP@EOP, Cathy R.
Mays/OPD/EOP@EOP
Subject: statement on capture of railway killer suspect
I checked with Justice, who thought a POTUS statement on capture --
thanking law enforcement and Mexico -- would be a good idea. Jose is ok
with it and is drafting something. Does anybody object to this? If so,
pls let me know now.
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Jennifer M. Palmieri/WHO/EOP@EOP
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take a peek at this
Forwarded by Jose Cerda III/OPD/EOP on 07/13/99
12:14 PM
Renee Sagiv
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clearance of letter
I have drafted a POTUS response to a letter about a violent death in the
writer's neighborhood. The letter contains language about various
anticrime policies. Would you take a look? I'd be grateful for any
comments/suggestions. My director, Debi Alexander, has asked to see a
draft by Friday. I will be out of town Thursday and Friday, so any
comments or clearance can be directed to Debi on those days. Please feel
free to call me (x- 65519) if you have any questions. Thanks!
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1
Thank you for your letter and for sending the articles about the death
of Brandie Collins. I am deeply shocked and saddened to learn of this
terrible tragedy.
For more than six years now, my Administration has worked hard to
fight crime and protect our children. Crime prevention is better, and
penalties are tougher. We have worked with Congress to pass laws
aimed at tracking, and safeguarding young people from, sexually
violent offenders, and we have worked with Congress to pass the Crime
Act, the Brady Act, and other tough legislation as part of our
comprehensive anticrime strategy.
These have been important accomplishments, but we must do more. One
of the most urgent lessons of recent acts of violence is that to keep
our children safe, we simply must do more to keep guns away from young
people and out of the hands of criminals. That is why I proposed
common-sense gun legislation that would close the deadly gun show
loophole, ban large ammunition clips for assault weapons, and ban
violent juveniles from owning handguns as adults. Sadly, while the
Senate passed this legislation, the House of Representatives did not.
They offered, instead, a bill that would weaken the current law by
letting criminals store their guns at pawnshop and protecting felons
wanting to purchase illegal guns, instead of protecting our children,
in other ways.
I believe Americans deserve better. We cannot permit another
generation of Americans to live in constant fear in unsafe
neighborhoods, schools, and communities. Working together, we can
create safer streets in our towns and cities and a brighter, more
secure future for ourselves and our children. The community spirit I
witnessed when I visited Tucson, and that the people of Brandie's
community exhibited by banding together to help her family pay the
funeral expenses and to offer emotional support, are invaluable
in this endeavor.
I have only to look so far as the senseless deaths of children like
Brandie -- young people with good hearts and so much to give the world
-- to know that fighting violence against children needs to remain a
top priority. As we continue to take every measure to protect our
children, I'm glad to know I can count on your support. Thanks for
taking the time to write.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-JUL-1999 15:43:16.00
SUBJECT: Re: crime meeting
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
yep.