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Thomas Freedman to Elena Kagan et al. Subject: Crime, Food, and
Iowa [partial] (I page)
09/25/1998
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002. email
Lynn Cutler to Elena Kagan and Maria Echaveste. Re: thanks. (I
page)
09/2811998
P61b(6)
003. email
Maria Echaveste to Elena Kagan. Re: thanks. (I page)
09/28/1998
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CREATOR: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TlME:24-SEP-1998 09:12:14.00
SUBJECT:
TO: ELENA (Pager) #KAGAN ( ELENA (Pager) #KAGAN [ UNKNOWN 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Jose doesn't have hard number, but DOJ estimates about 40 states have to
change sentencing laws
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CREATOR: Julie A. Fernandes ( CN=Julie A. Fernandes/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TlME:24-SEP-1998 09:35:38.00
SUBJECT:
H1B deal
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/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
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Cathy R. Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
It remains unclear whether the compromise bill is going to the House floor
today.
Peter spoke with Abraham last night to try to get him to pull the
bill from consideration today.
We just (a few minutes ago) received a
copy of the legislative language, though Ceci said that it may be
incomplete.
I have put together a draft SAP that Peter is reviewing.
Once I get his comments, I will get it to you and Gene/Sally for review.
I have also spoken to OMB about trying to move this as quickly as possible
once we get your sign-off on the SAP and the final legislative language.
Thanks.
Julie
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CREATOR: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:24-SEP-1998 09:55:02.00
SUBJECT:
FYI--NEC 2 pager on Census data for today
TO: Cynthia Dailard ( CN=Cynthia Dailard/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Andrea Kane
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READ: UNKNOWN
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READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Christopher C. Jennings
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TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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READ: UNKNOWN
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READ: UNKNOWN
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READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jeanne Lambrew ( CN=Jeanne Lambrew/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Michael Cohen ( CN=Michael Cohen/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
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READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
---------------------- Forwarded by Cynthia A. Rice/OPD/EOP on 09/24/98
09:54 AM ---------------------------
Jonathan Orszag
09/24/98 09:25:53 AM
Record Type:
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To:
Andrea Kane/OPD/EOP, Cynthia A. Rice/OPD/EOP
cc:
Subject:
Not final ... embargoed until lOAM
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�KEY FACI'S on CENSUS INCOME AND POVERTY REPORT
September 24, 1998
TODAY, THE CENSUS BUREAU RELEASED THEIR ANNUAL REPORT ON INCOME AND
POVERTY IN AMERICA FOR 1997. HERE ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS:
Broad-Based Income Gains:
•
Typical Household Income Up 1.9 Percent in 1997. Income for the median household
rose $699, from $36,306 in 1996 to $37,005 in 1997, adjusted for inflation.
•
Typical Family Income Up $3,517 Since 1993. Another measure of income -- family
income, which excludes single individuals and counts only related members in any
household -- shows a similar trend. Last year, the median family's income, adjusted for
inflation, increased 3.0 percent (or $1,297) -- the fourth consecutive annual rise. Since
President Clinton's Economic Plan passed in 1993, median family income has increased
from $41,051 in 1993 to $44,568 in 1997 -- that's a $3,517 increase in income, adjusted
for inflation. From 1988 to 1992, median family income kif $1,835, adjusted for
inflation.
•
Under President Clinton, The Typical African-American Household's Income Is Up $3,354. The
median income of African-American households rose 4.3 percent (or $1,029) last year. And
since 1993, the median income of African-American households has increased from $21,696
to $25,050 -- that's $3,354 or a IS-percent increase, adjusted for inflation, between 1993 and
1997.
•
Income of Typical Hispanic Household Up $2,553 in Past Two Years. In 1997, the
income of the median Hispanic household, adjusted for inflation, increased from $25,477
in 1996 to $26,628 in 1997 -- that's an increase of $1,151 or 4.5 percent. Over the past
two years, the income of the typical Hispanic household has risen $2,553 -- or nearly II
percent -- the largest two-year increase in Hispanic income on record.
•
After Rising Sharply for 20 Years, Inequality Has Stabilized After rising for nearly 20
years, income inequality has not changed significantly over the past four years. Since
1993, every income group -- from the most well-off to the poorest -- experienced a real
increase in their income.
•
Earnings for Typical Workers Up. Last year, the earnings of the median full-time,
year-round male rose 2.4 percent, from $32,882 in 1996 to $33,674 in 1997 and the
earnings of the median full-time, year-round female rose 3.0 percent, from $24,254 in
1996 to $24,973 in 1997. This means that the female-to-male ratio remained at 74
percent -- its all-time high.
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Reductions in Poverty:
•
Poverty Rate FeU To 13.3 Percent in 1997 -- Down from 15.1 Percent in 1993. In 1997, the
poverty rate dropped to 13.3 percent from 13.7 percent the year before. Since President
Clinton signed his Economic Plan into law, the poverty rate has declined from 15.1 percent in
1993 to 13.3 percent last year. That means that there are 3.7 million fewer people in poverty
today than in 1993. (In 1997, the poverty threshold was $16,400 for a family of four.)
•
The African-American Poverty Rate Down To Its Lowest Level on Record. While the
African-American poverty rate is still far above the poverty rate for whites, it declined
from 28.4 percent in 1996 to 26.5 percent in 1997 -- that's its lowest level recorded since
data were first collected in 1959. Since 1993, the African-American poverty rate has
dropped from 33.1 percent to 26.5 percent -- that's the largest four-year drop in
African-American poverty in more than a quarter century (1967-1971).
•
Last Year, Largest Hispanic Poverty Drop In Two Decades. Last year, the Hispanic
poverty rate dropped from 29.4 percent to 27.1 percent -- that's the largest one-year drop
in Hispanic poverty since 1978. While there is still more work to do, since President
Clinton took office, Hispanic poverty has dropped from 30.6 percent to 27.1 percent.
•
Under President Clinton, Largest Four-Year Drop in Child Poverty Since 1960s. While the
child poverty rate remains high, in 1997, it declined from 20.5 percent to 19.9 percent.
Under President Clinton, the child poverty rate has declined from 22.7 percent to 19.9
percent -- that's the biggest four-year drop in nearly 30 years (1965-1969).
•
Elderly Poverty Rate As Low As It's Ever Been. In 1997, the elderly poverty rate dropped
to 10.5 percent, from 10.8 percent in 1996. The elderly poverty rate is now as low as it's
ever been -- it was also 10.5 percent in 1995.
•
Child Poverty Among African-Americans Down To Lowest Level on Record. In 1997, the
African-American child poverty rate fell from 39.9 percent to 37.2 percent -- its lowest level on
record (data collected since 1959). Since 1993, the child poverty rate among
African-Americans has dropped from 46.1 percent to 37.2 percent -- that's the biggest
four-year drop on record.
•
Hispanic Child Poverty Dropped More Last Year Than Any Year on Record. In 1997, the
Hispanic child poverty rate dropped from 40:3 percent to 36.8 percent -- that's the largest
one-year drop on record (data collected since 1976). Since 1993, the child poverty rate
among Hispanics has declined from 40.9 percent to 36.8 percent.
•
4.3 Million People Lifted Out of Poverty By EITC -- Double The Number in 1993.
In 1993,
�President Clinton expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, providing a tax cut for
low-income working families. In 1997, the EITC lifted 4.3 million people out of poverty -that's double the number of people lifted out of poverty by the EITC in 1993. . In 1997, the
EITC lifted 2.2 million children, 1.1 million African-Americans, and nearly 1.2 million
Hispanics out of poverty.
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CREATOR: Andrea Kane ( CN=Andrea Kane/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 24-SEP-1998 09:57:44.00
SUBJECT:
Re: What new CPS numbers tell us about employment of welfare recipients
TO: Laura Emmett
READ: UNKNOWN
CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
TO: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
meant to reply to all
---------------------- Forwarded by Andrea Kane/OPD/EOP on 09/24/98 09:57
AM ---------------------------
Andrea Kane
09/24/98 09:55:48 AM
Record Type:
Record
To:
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP
cc:
Subject:
Re: What new CPS numbers tell us about employment of
welfare recipients
Yes, there's a 28% increase form 3/96 to 3/98 using the new series, but
unfortunately, that's no better than the one-year increase from 3/97 to
3/97 using the old series -- that we already announced in early August.
We don't yet have the updated number this translates into -- HHS is still
working on applying the new % of prior year welfare recipients working to
an udpated caseload number. I think they are close, but I suspect it will
be smaller rather than larger than the 1.7 since the base of people the p
ercentage applies to has gone done due to caseload declines.
I think the best point to make, if asked, is:
"Since the President took office, the percentage of people who were on
welfare in one year and working the following year increased by nearly 60
percent (from 21.5% in 3/93 to 33.8% in 3/98). And, these strong gains
continue even while welfare caseloads continue their historic declines."
Cynthia and I both think it would be best to use this number ONLY if
asked, i.e. we can do a Q&A for Gene.
It would be tough to work it into
NEC's public paper, which is already done (attached below). We're afraid
this would get buried in all the other good news and it would be better to
save this for a separate event.
Do you agree?
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KEY FACTS on CENSUS INCOME AND POVERTY REPORT
September 24,1998
TODAY, THE CENSUS BUREAU RELEASED THEIR ANNUAL REPORT ON INCOME AND
POVERTY IN AMERICA FOR 1997. HERE ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS:
Broad-Based Income Gains:
•
Typical Household Income Up 1.9 Percent in 1997. Income for the median household
rose $699, from $36,306 in 1996 to $37,005 in 1997, adjusted for inflation.
•
Typical Family Income Up $3,517 Since 1993. Another measure of income -- family
income, which excludes single individuals and counts only related members in any
household -- shows a similar trend. Last year, the median family's income, adjusted for
inflation, increased 3.0 percent (or $1,297) -- the fourth consecutive annual rise. Since
President Clinton's Economic Plan passed in 1993, median family income has increased
from $41,051 in 1993 to $44,568 in 1997 -- that's a $3,517 increase in income, adjusted
for inflation. From 1988 to 1992, median family income fell $1,835, adjusted for
inflation.
•
Under President Clinton, The Typical African-American Household's Income Is Up $3,354. The
median income of African-American households rose 4.3 percent (or $1,029) last year. And
since 1993, the median income of African-American households has increased from $21,696
to $25,050 -- that's $3,354 or a 15-percent increase, adjusted for inflation, between 1993 and
1997.
•
Income of Typical Hispanic Household Up $2,553 in Past Two Years. In 1997, the
income of the median Hispanic household, adjusted for inflation, increased from $25,477
in 1996 to $26,628 in 1997 -- that's an increase of $1,151 or 4.5 percent. Over the past
two years, the income of the typical Hispanic household has risen $2,553 -- or nearly 11
percent -- the largest two-year increase in Hispanic income on record.
•
After Rising Sharply for 20 Years, Inequality Has Stabilized. After rising for nearly 20
years, income inequality has not changed significantly over the past four years. Since
1993, every income group -- from the most well-off to the poorest-- experienced a real
increase in their income.
•
Earnings for Typical Workers Up. Last year, the earnings of the median full-time,
year-round male rose 2.4 percent, from $32,882 in 1996 to $33,674 in 1997 and the
earnings of the median full-time, year-round female rose 3.0 percent, from $24,254 in
1996 to $24,973 in 1997. This means that the female-to-male ratio remained at 74
percent -- its all-time high.
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Reductions in Poverty:
•
Poverty Rate Fell To 13.3 Percent in 1997 -- Down from 15.1 Percent in 1993. In 1997, the
poverty rate dropped to 13.3 percent from 13.7 percent the year before. Since President
Clinton signed his Economic Plan into law, the poverty rate has declined from 15.1 percent in
1993 to 13.3 percent last year. That means that there are 3.7 million fewer people in poverty
today than in 1993. (In 1997, the poverty threshold was $16,400 for a family of four.)
•
The African-American Poverty Rate Down To Its Lowest Level on Record While the
African-American poverty rate is still far above the poverty rate for whites, it declined
from 28.4 percent in 1996 to 26.5 percent in 1997 -- that's its lowest level recorded since
data were first collected in 1959. Since 1993, the African-American poverty rate has
dropped from 33.1 percent to 26.5 percent -- that's the largest four-year drop in
African-American poverty in more than a quarter century (1967-1971).
•
Last Year, Largest Hispanic Poverty Drop In Two Decades. Last year, the Hispanic
poverty rate dropped from 29.4 percent to 27.1 percent -- that's the largest one-year drop
in Hispanic poverty since 1978. While there is still more work to do, since President
Clinton took office, Hispanic poverty has dropped from 30.6 percent to 27.1 percent.
•
. Under President Clinton, Largest Four- Year Drop in Child Poverty Since 1960s. While the
child poverty rate remains high, in 1997, it declined from 20.5 percent to 19.9 percent.
Under President Clinton, the child poverty rate has declined from 22.7 percent to 19.9
percent -- that's the biggest four-year drop in nearly'30 years (1965-1969).
•
Elderly Poverty Rate As Low As It's Ever Been. In 1997, the elderly poverty rate dropped
to 10.5 percent, from 10.8 percent in 1996. The elderly poverty rate is now as low as it's
ever been -- it was also 10.5 percent in 1995.
•
Child Poverty Among African-Americans Down To Lowest Level on Record. In 1997, the
African-American child poverty rate fell from 39.9 percent to 37.2 percent -- its lowest level on
record (data collected since 1959). Since 1993, the child poverty rate among
African-Americans has dropped from 46.1 percent to 37.2 percent -- that's the biggest
four-year drop on record.
•
Hispanic Child Poverty Dropped More Last Year Than Any Year on Record In 1997, the
Hispanic child poverty rate dropped from 40.3 percent to 36.8 percent -- that's the largest
one-year drop on record (data collected since 1976). Since 1993, the child poverty rate
among Hispanics has declined from 40.9 percent to 36.8 percent.
•
4.3 Million People Lifted Out of Poverty By EITC -- Double The Number in 1993. In 1993,
�President Clinton expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, providing a tax cut for
low-income working families. In 1997, the EITC lifted 4.3 million people out of poverty -that's double the number of people lifted out of poverty by the EITC in 1993. In 1997, the
EITC lifted 2.2 million children, 1.1 million African-Americans, and nearly 1.2 million
Hispanics out of poverty.
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CREATOR: Lisa M. Jones ( CN=Lisa M. Jones/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:24-SEP-1998 10:28:32.00
SUBJECT:
OTAG SIP Call Heads Up Memo
TO: Mickey Ibarra ( CN=Mickey Ibarra/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Michael Waldman ( CN=Michael Waldman/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Gene B. Sperling ( CN=Gene B. Sperling/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Minyon Moore ( CN=Minyon Moore/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Ann F. Lewis ( CN=Ann F. Lewis/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Ron Klain ( CN=Ron Klain/O=OVP@OVP [ UNKNOWN 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Rahm I. Emanuel ( CN=Rahm I. Emanuel/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: T J. Glauthier ( CN=T J. Glauthier/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Janet L. Yellen ( CN=Janet L. Yellen/OU=CEA/O=EOP@EOP [ CEA 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Barry J. Toiv ( CN=Barry J. Toiv/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: John Podesta ( CN=John Podesta/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Sally Katzen ( CN=Sally Katzen/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Thurgood Marshall Jr ( CN=Thurgood Marshall Jr/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Lawrence J. Stein ( CN=Lawrence J. Stein/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Maria Echaveste ( CN=Maria Echaveste/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Alan S. Polasky ( CN=Alan S. Polasky/OU=CEA/O=EOP@EOP [ CEA 1 )
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MEMORANDUM FOR ERSKINE BOWLES
THROUGH:
Jack Lew
FROM:
Don Arbuckle
SUBJECT:
Heads Up Memo --EPA's OTAG SIP Call
On Thursday, EPA will announce its final rule for the Ozone Transport Assessment
Group (OTAG) State Implementation Plan (SIP) Call. The rule will address the interstate
transport of pollutants associated with elevated ozone levels in many of the nation's major cities.
This initiative was identified as a key next step in the President's memo ofJuly 16, 1997 to EPA
on the implementation of the revised ambient air quality standard for ozone.
The OTAG SIP Call will require 22 eastern States and the District of Columbia to prepare
State Implementation Plans to obtain substantial additional reductions in NO x emissions in order
to meet EPA-specified State NO x budgets. EP A has structured this regulatory initiative to focus
on reductions in the NO x emissions from fossil-fired --especially coal-fired-- electric utility
plants. EP A estimates the rule will impose costs of roughly $1.7 billion per year; electric
utilities would incur costs of $1.4 billion per year. EP A reports estimated benefits for the rule
ranging from one billion to four billion dollars per year. We completed our review Tuesday
evening and the Administrator plans to sign the package (and make a press announcement)
Thursday afternoon.
This is a controversial rulemaking. EP A is using for the first time its authority under
Clean Air Act Section 110 to require States to control emissions that "significantly contribute" to
nonattainment problems in downwind States. Because of the importance of this rule, we expect
that some of the Midwestern and Southern States (&&, West Virginia, North and South Carolina,
Kentucky) and electric utilities operating in these areas will criticize the rule and challenge it in
Court. We understand that EPA has been reaching out to the Midwestern and Southern
governors and utilities over the last several weeks. They believe that they have succeeded in
tempering the response to the final rule. Some States (Georgia, Tennessee) will support the final
rule whiie other States in this area will remain neutral. The Northeast States strongly support
the rule.
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We have revised the 3rd paragraph on pg. 1 (senior advisers
added); took out the veto under FDA (already stated above);
the Disaster Assistance language.
Please review the letter
other language is the same as previously circulated to you)
comments/clearance by 3:30pm today.
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The Honorable Bob Livingston
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
This letter provides the Administration's views on H.R. 4101, the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 1999, as passed by the House and by the
Senate. As the conferees develop a final version of the bill, your
consideration of the Administration's views would be appreciated.
The Administration welcomes copgressional efforts to accommodate
the President's priorities within the 302(b) allocation. The President's
FY 1999 Budget proposes levels of discretionary spending for FY 1999 that
conform to the Bipartisan Budget Agreement by providing savings through
user fees and certain mandatory programs to help finance discretionary
spending.
In the Transportation Equity Act, Congress -- on a broad,
bipartisan basis -- took similar action in approving funding for surface
transportation programs paid for with mandatory offsets.
In addition,
this year, as in the past, such mandatory offsets have been approved by
the House and Senate in other appropriations bills. We want to work with
the Congress on mutually-agreeable mandatory and other offsets that could
be used to increase high-priority discretionary programs in this bill.
In
addition, we urge the Congress to consider again the user fee proposals
included in the President's budget, either adopting or modifying them to
enable more resources to be directed to important initiatives such as
those proposed for food safety, nutrition programs, rural development,
agriculture research, and conservation.
It is our understanding that the conferees intend to include
emergency agricultural disaster assistance in this bill.
It is essential
that the conferees approve income based assistance consistent with the
PresidentO,s September 22nd proposal and the Daschle/Harkin plan. We also
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strongly urge the conferees to disapprove the unacceptable House provision
that would prohibit FDA from using funds for the testing, development, or
approval of any drug for the chemical inducement of abortion. If the bill
presented to the President includes the unacceptable FDA language and
disaster assistance that is inadequate and inconsistent with the
principles of the PresidentO,s proposal, his. senior advisers would
recommend that he veto the bill. We look forward to working with you to
resolve these concerns.
Food and Drug Administration
The Administration strongly opposes the unacceptable House-passed
provision that would prohibit FDA from using funds for the testing,
development, or approval of any drug for the chemical inducement of
abortion.
The determination of safety and effectiveness is the
cornerstone of the consumer protection established by the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act and must continue to be based on the scientific
evidence available to FDA.
Prohibiting FDA from reviewing applications
for particular products could deprive patients of new therapies that are.
safer and more effective than those currently approved.
Additionally,
this provision could conceivably put women at risk because it might allow
clinical trials of such drugs to proceed without FDA supervision.
In addition, the Administration strongly urges Congress to provide
the full $1,251 million in resources to fund the program level proposed
for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the President's budget. The
Administration is deeply disappointed and concerned that neither the House
nor the Senate has funded the President's request for FDA's tobacco
enforcement activities. This funding is vital to the Administration's
plan to reduce youth smoking. Failure thus far to pass comprehensive
tobacco legislation should not prevent the Congress from providing
adequate resources for these critical public health activities.
Food Safety Initiative
The Administration is deeply concerned that neither the House nor
the Senate has fully funded the President's request for Food And Drug
Administration (FDA) and USDA activities to enhance food safety, providing
only $16.8 million and $68.9 million, respectively, of the $96 million the
President has requested for these activities. American consumers enjoy
the world's safest food supply, but too many Americans get sick, and in
some cases die, from preventable food-borne diseases.
The President's
initiative would expand food safety research, risk assessment
capabilities, education, surveillance activities, and food import
inspections.
The Administration will work with Congress to explore
options to offset the additional cost needed to fully fund the President's
request.
Disaster Assistance
It is of critical importance that the Federal Government provide
emergency funds to farmers facing the worst agricultural crisis in a
decade.
On September 22nd, the Administration submitted its request for
$2.3 billion in emergency assistance, including supplemental crop
insurance indemnity payments, additional farm operating loans, and other
vitally important programs.
In addition to this request, Secretary
Glickman communicated the AdministrationO,s support for income assistance
to farmers for low commodity prices through Senators Daschle and HarkinO,s
proposal to remove the cap on marketing loan rates for 1998 crops. This
is clearly the superior approach for providing emergency assistance to
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those facing crashing commodity prices this year. The Administration
strongly urges the Congress to provide sufficient and appropriate
assistance to address this urgent crisis.
Women, Infants, and Children
The President requested a funding increase in the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) , to
reflect inflation adjustments and projected increases in participation.
Based on new data indicating declining food package costs and stable WIC
participation, it now appears that the Senate or lower House funding level
will be sufficient to support the revised 7.4 million year-end
participation level going into FY 1999. We commend the House and Senate
for their hard work on this issue and if the conferees approve the House
level, we urge that the additional resources in the Senate bill be
reallocated to priorities detailed in this letter.
Civil Rights
The President is personally committed to righting any wrongs
committed by USDA employees in years past. Therefore, the Administration
strongly supports the provision passed in both the House and the Senate
that waives the statute of limitations for individuals who have previously
filed a discrimination claim against USDA.
The Administration prefers the
Senate version because it applies to both USDA farm and housing loans.
However, in a number of areas, the House and Senate have reduced
funds to assist the most needy farmers and residents of rural
communities. Neither the House nor the Senate has provided the requested
increase for the Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers program,
which was a key recommendation of the USDA Civil Rights Action Team (CRAT)
report last year. With the additional $7 million requested, USDA could
support 35 projects to assist 10,000 small family farms and stem the
decline in the number of minority farmers and ranchers.
We urge the
conferees to provide the full request.
The CRAT report also recommended increasing the amount of farm
ownership loans, a portion of which are targeted to minority and beginning
farmers.
The Administration urges the conferees to provide an additional
$3 million requested for this program by the President, which would permit
another 290 limited-resource farmers to finance real estate purchases.
Rural Development Funding
The Administration strongly objects to the provision in both bills
that blocks FY 1999 spending in the mandatory Fund for Rural America. The
Fund provides additional resources for rural development and innovative
agricultural research that are vitally needed to improve the quality of
life in rural America and increase the productivity of U.S. farmers.
Congress created the Fund in 1996 to boost the overall Federal investment
in these activities, not as a source of savings to offset discretionary
spending. Moreover, Congress recently extended the authority for the Fund
and increased its resources.
The Administration urges the conferees to
strike this provision.
In addition, the Senate bill does not fully fund the President's
request for the Rural Community Advancement Program (RCAP) , under-funding
direct loans for water and wastewater and for community facilities.
These
loans provide the community infrastructure to improve the quality of life
of rural Americans, and they often finance the vital ingredient for
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diversifying the rural economy. The Senate bill would fund 35 fewer water
and wastewater facilities, serving 50,000 rural residents, as well as
fewer rural health clinics, police and fire stations, and health care
facilities than the President's request. We urge the conferees to adopt
the House position, but to strike the House language that would limit the
flexibility of USDA to transfer funds among programs, in order to allow
the program to operate as intended and permit resources to be tailored to
meet unique local needs.
Agriculture Research
Both the House and Senate have included over $50 million in
unrequested earmarks for low-priority research while funding competitive
grants through the National Research Initiative (NRI) at $30 million and
$35 million, respectively, below the President's request.
Rejecting
additional funds for competitive research grants for national and regional
priorities in favor of earmarked grants for local interests fails to
support the highest priority needs of American agriculture and consumers,
and the Administration urges the conferees to reverse this policy. We
also believe that the conferees should reduce the unrequested increases in
the Agricultural Research Service's buildings and facilities program and
redirect these resources to higher priority programs.
The Administration strongly objects to the House's elimination of
the $120 million in competitively-awarded research funds authorized in the
Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998. These
funds would finance vital investments in food and agricultural genome
research, food safety and technology, human nutrition, and agricultural
biotechnology. We urge the conferees to support these important research
efforts by restoring funds to the level requested.
Climate Change and Clean Water Initiatives and Conservation Programs
Neither the House nor the Senate has provided the $7 million
increase requested for research to support the Administration's Climate
Change Technology Initiative. These funds would support high-priority
research to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by agricultural
practices, develop improved feedstocks that can generate energy, and
improve techniques to convert agricultural products to biofuels. The
Administration urges the conferees to restore funding to the requested
level.
In addition, neither the House nor the Senate has included the
Administration's requested increase of $23 million for the Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to implement the President's Clean
Water Action plan to help State and local organizations hire watershed
coordinators, document baseline conditions, and target resources to
farmers requesting assistance. The Plan, developed by USDA and EPA,
outlines a strategy on how to correct water quality problems, including
polluted run-off, across the Nation. The Administration urges the
conferees to provide these necessary funds to the NRCS.
The Administration strongly opposes House and Senate actions
reducing or eliminating funding for several key mandatory USDA
conservation programs, including the Environmental Quality Incentives
Program, Wetlands Reserve Program, wildlife Habitat Incentives Program,
and Conservation Farm Option. These programs are essential for enhanced
water quality, wildlife habitat, and soil conservation on American farms
and throughout rural America and should be adequately funded.
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Language Provisions
The Administration strongly objects to the House provision that
would provide funding for research on nutrition programs within the
Economic Research Service.
Research on nutrition programs should occur in
the context of the program's administration, and the Administration urges
the conferees to provide funding for these activities within the Food and
Nutrition Service, as requested and as included in the Senate bill.
The Senate bill purports to prohibit USDA personnel from preparing
or submitting appropriations language regarding unenacted user fees unless
the budget also identifies additional spending reductions should the user
fees proposals not be enacted by an identified time.
The Justice
Department advises that this provision would violate the Recommendations
Clause of the Constitution under which Congress can neither require nor
prohibit that the President make legislative or policy recommendations to
Congress. Because the funding restriction would undermine the President's
ability to fulfill his constitutional duty under the Recommendations
Clause, it would be unconstitutional.
The Administration objects to the provision in the House and
Senate versions of the bill that would limit Executive Branch review of
USDA responses to congressional inquiries. The Administration urges the
conferees to delete these provisions.
The Administration objects to a Senate provision that would
prohibit the FDA from consolidating laboratory operations. The proposed
consolidation offers the opportunity for better efficiency and mission
coordination, and it is part of FDA's overall streamlining goals. The
Senate provision would force FDA to spend funds on infrastructure that
could otherwise be used more directly to protect public health. The
Administration urges the conferees to drop this provision.
The Administration objects to section 741 of the House-passed bill
that would allow Federally tax-exempt financing in conjunction with rural
multi-family housing guarantees. Guarantees of tax-exempt obligations are
an inefficient way of allocating Federal credit. Assistance to borrowers,
through the tax exemption and the guarantee, provides interest savings to
the borrower that are smaller than the tax revenue loss to the Government,
and the cost to the taxpayer is, therefore, greater than the benefit to
the borrower.
The Administration objects to the addition of Title XI to the
Senate bill, would amend the alternative-fuel provisions of the Energy
Policy Act of 1992. The amendment makes numerous changes to definitions
and compliance credits, with the nominal intent of increasing demand for
"biodiesel" -- a fuel derived from oil seeds such as rapeseed.
The real
effect, however, would be to gut most of the existing alternative-fuel
requirements and policies. The amendment creates loopholes that would
allow Federal agencies and other fleet operators to ignore, effectively,
most alternative fuels, such as ethanol, natural gas, and electric
vehicles. These loopholes would be easier for Federal agencies to exploit
than for many private or State fleets.
If the Energy Policy Act is to be
amended, such action should be pursued through the energy authorization
committees.
Other Issues
The Administration urges the conferees to provide additional funds
for the farm labor housing program to improve the living conditions of
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many farm labor families.
The House and Senate levels, $20 million and
$16 million, respectively, are more than 35 percent below the
Administration's request and would result in at least 230 fewer housing
units being built compared with the request.
The Administration urges the
conferees to increase funding to assist these needy members of our society.
The House reduces by $10 million and the Senate by $20 million
the President's request for the mandatory Emergency Food Assistance
Program (TEFAP), which purchases commodities for individuals greatly in
need of assistance. Given reported increases in need for food assistance
through food banks and soup kitchens, the Administration is concerned that
this reduction from the authorized level would mean less food will reach
the most vulnerable Americans.
In addition, food rescue and gleaning is a
priority area that deserves additional funding in the USDA budget. The
budget proposes $20 million for this initiative to encourage greater
private sector and community based involvement in food rescue.
Under the 1996 Food Quality and Protection Act, USDA has added
responsibilities to assist EPA with its re-registrations of pesticides and
to develop new technologies for integrated pest management systems. Both
bills fail to provide the requested additional funding to meet these
urgent needs and, as a result, re-registrations may be based on incomplete
understanding of actual pesticide use and exposure, jeopardizing the
continued viability of current crop production patterns.
The House has provided only $2 million of the requested $22
million increase for the Inspector General as part of the Administration's
law enforcement initiative, and the Senate has not provided any of the
requested funds.
The USDA initiative would save taxpayers millions of
dollars lost through fraud in the food and nutrition programs as well as
in USDA disaster, multi-family housing, and other programs. The
initiative would also improve the integrity of many USDA programs. The
Administration urges the conferees to increase funds for this important
initiative.
We look forward to working with the conferees to address our
mutual concerns.
Sincerely,
Jacob J. Lew
Director
Identical Letter Sent to The Honorable Bob Livingston,
The Honorable David R. Obey, The Honorable Joseph Skeen,
and The Honorable Marcy Kaptur, The Honorable Ted Stevens,
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, The Honorable Thad Cochran,
and The Honorable Dale Bumpers
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON CANCER
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
September 26,1998
Good morning. Cancer, as everyone knows, is the cruelest of fates; and it strikes nearly
every family. It struck mine, and I lost my mother to this devastating disease. Stories like these
are the reason why thousands of Americans are coming together today, on the National Mall in
Washington, DC, with one, common purpose: to focus our nation's attention on cancer.
Gathering today are patients and survivors; families and friends; doctors and Americans from all
walks oflife. The Vice President, who has long helped lead the charge in the struggle against
cancer, will join their ranks, and will speak about the specific steps we are taking to win that
fight.
This morning, I want to talk to you about our overall vision of cancer care and research as
we approach the 21 st century. This is a time of striking progress, of stunning breakthroughs.
With unyielding speed, scientists are mapping the very blueprint of human life, and expectations
of the Human Genome Project are being exceeded by the day. We are closing in on the genetic
causes of breast cancer, colon cancer and prostate cancer. New tools for screening and diagnosis
are rewriting patients' medical histories, returning to many the promise of a long and healthy life.
It is no wonder the scientists say we are turning the comer in the fight against cancer.
Six years ago, when I committed my administration to help conquer this terrible disease, I
knew there was much to be done. Since then, we have helped cancer patients to keep coverage
when they change jobs. We have accelerated the approval of experimental cancer drugs, and are
working to make them easier for patients to access. We have dramatically increased funding for
cancer research, and, as part of our balanced budget, strengthened Medicare to make the
screening, prevention and detection of cancer more available and more affordable.
Still, we know that we must build on our progress and never stop searching for the best
means of prevention, the most accurate diagnostic tools, the most effective and humane
treatments -- and, someday soon, a cure. To that end, there are four steps we must take.
First, I am issuing a challenge to the scientific community: to develop, by the year 2000,
new diagnostic techniques for every kind of cancer. As we unravel the secrets of the human
genome, we must apply that knowledge to the detection of disease. Second, to facilitate new
and better treatments, we must enroll more cancer patients in cutting-edge clinical trials. That is
why we have expanded Medicare to cover the fair costs of those trials for older Americans who
need them most; and that is why I am directing the National Cancer Institute to develop a
national network on clinical trials -- a simple, accessible resource for doctors and patients across
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�the nation. Third, we must remember that a doctor has no greater resource than the patients
themselves. My administration is committed to having cancer patients fully involved -- not only
in helping shape their own treatment, but in setting research priorities. I am, therefore, directing
the NCI to fully integrate patients and advocates into the policy process and to give due attention
to their unique and critical perspective on the disease. Finally. Congress must pass a Patients'
Bill of Rights, one that ensures privacy, access to specialists and the continuity of care not just to
cancer patients but to all Americans.
New technological tools; new networks of information; new research priorities: all are
part of our overall approach to health care that puts the patient first. On this day, as Americans
renew our national fight against cancer, we do well to remember that we are doing more than
curing a disease. Weare curing the ills that disease may cause -- the stigmas, the myths, the
barriers to quality care. The concerned citizens on the Mall today show that we are overcoming
those barriers, one by one, and at the same time building a stronger and healthier America.
Thank you for listening.
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Today at 12 pm at the National Press Club Betty Friedan. Pat Ireland/NOW,
Eleanor Smeal/Feminist Majority, Dorothy Height/NCNW, Susan Bianchi
-Sand/National Council, Delores Huerta/UFW, Sheila Coates/BWUFA, Kathy
Rodgers/NLDEF, Jane Smith/NCNW, Lina Frescas Dobbs/WOW, Yvonne
Scruggs-Leftwich/Black Leadership Forum, Karen Narasaki/Nat'l Asian
Pacific Legal Consortium and Donna Allen/Women's Institute for Freedom of
the Press joined together to deliver a united statement in support of
POTUS, "Women Leaders Take Action to Stop Impeachment, Warn What's at
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Stake for Women".
The statement is very strong and supportive. I have faxable copies in our
office may have it on e-mail this afternoon which we will circulate. Let
me know if you want a hard copy.
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CREATOR: Kevin S. Moran ( CN=Kevin S. Moran/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TlME:24-SEP-1998 13:18:35.00
SUBJECT:
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Thanks again for helping me get an answer to Graham's letter.
In case you
don't have it, here is the part of the letter that I need your help on:
" ... As you know, in August 1997, the State of Florida settled a lawsuite
with the tobacco industry for over eleven billion dollars. Governor
Chiles has begun to use these funds to implement anti-tobacco programs and
to fund the largest children's health insurance expansion in the State's
history.
Unfortunately, by laying claim to settlement funds as federal
Medicaid dollars, the Health Care Financing Administration threatens to
scuttle Governor Chiles' initiatives and leave hundreds of thousands of
Florida's children uninsured.
It is my hope that with the
Administration's support, we can clarify legislatively that settlement
funds belong to the settling state, not to the federal government.
In
fact, the National Governors Association ranks this issue as its top
priority for the remainder of the session.
I would very much appreciate
the opportunity to work together with you to solve this critical problem.
Again, if at all possible, I'd love to get this by 3pm.
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CREATION DATE/TIME:24-SEP-1998 13:35:44.00
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:24-SEP-1998 14:34:49.00
SUBJECT:
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Jeff Shesol
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON CANCER
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
September 26, 1998
Good morning. Cancer, as everyone knows, is the cruelest of
fates; and it strikes nearly every family.
It struck mine, and I lost my
mother to this devastating disease.
Stories like these are the reason why
thousands of Americans are coming together today, on the National Mall in
Washington, DC, with one, common purpose: to focus our nationD,s attention
on cancer. Gathering today are patients and survivors; families and
friends; doctors and Americans from all walks of life. The Vice
President, who has led our administrationD,s struggle against cancer, will
join their ranks, and will speak about the specific steps we are taking to
win that fight.
This morning, I want to talk to you about our overall vision of
cancer care and research as we approach the 21st century. This is a time
of striking progress, of stunning breakthroughs. With unyielding speed,
scientists are mapping the very blueprint of human life, and expectations
of the Human Genome Project are being exceeded by the day. We are closing
in on the genetic causes of breast cancer, colon cancer and prostate
cancer.
New tools for screening and diagnosis are returning to many
patients the promise of a long and healthy life.
It is no wonder the
scientists say we are turning the corner in the fight against cancer.
For six
conquering this
health coverage
of cancer drugs
years now, my administration has made a top priority of
terrible disease. We have helped cancer patients to keep
when they change jobs. We have accelerated the approval
while maintaining safe standards. We have increased
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funding for cancer research, and, as part of our balanced budget,
strengthened Medicare to make the screening, prevention and detection of
cancer more available and more affordable.
Still, we know that we must never stop searching for the best
means of prevention, the most accurate diagnostic tools, the most
effective and humane treatments -- and, someday soon, a cure. To that
end, there are several steps we must take.
First, to build on our remarkable progress, I have proposed an
unprecedented multi-year increase in funding for cancer research. As
studies proceed, we must remember that patients, as much as scientists,
have a critical perspective to add to any research program. That is why,
by next year, all federal cancer research programs will fully integrate
patients and advocates into the process of setting research priorities.
Next, as we continue to unravel the genetic secrets of cancer, we must
apply that knowledge to the detection of this disease.
I am, therefore,
issuing a challenge to the scientific community: to develop, by the year
2000, new diagnostic techniques for every major kind of cancer. Also, we
should give more patients access to cutting-edge clinical trials, so they
-- and researchers -- can get faster results.
That is why I am directing
the National Cancer Institute to speed development of a national clinical
trials system -- a simple, accessible resource for health care providers
and patients across the nation.
I have also asked Congress to pass my
proposal to cover the costs of those trials for Medicare beneficiaries,
who need them most.
New technological tools; new networks of information; new research
priorities: all are part of our overall approach to health care that puts
the patient first.
On this day, as Americans renew our national fight
against cancer, we do well to remember that we are doing more than curing
a disease. We are curing the ills that disease may cause -- the stigmas,
the myths, the barriers to quality care. The concerned citizens on the
Mall today show that we are overcoming those barriers, one by one, and at
the same time building a stronger and healthier America.
Thank you for listening.
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CREATOR: Michael Waldman ( CN=Michael Waldman/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:24-SEP-1998 15:11:08.00
SUBJECT:
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Michaer Waldman/Jake Siewert
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS UPON SIGNING THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION
THE WHITE HOUSE
September 25, 1998
Good morning. A few moments ago, I signed stopgap legislation
that will keep the government open and running at the start of a new
fiscal year.
This legislation is a regrettable sign that the Republican
majority in Congress has chosen partisanship over progress, and has failed
to address the urgent priorities of the American people.
There is only one week left in the fiscal year.
Yet thus far the
Congress has passed only one of fourteen appropriations bills to fund the
operations of the United States government.
This is a stark and
regrettable abdication of the CongressD, fundamental duty to tend to the
needs of the American people.
By failing to meet its most basic
governing responsibility, the Republican majority in Congress has its
priorities wrong -- choosing partisanship over progress.
Moreover, on key national goals -- improving education, providing
affordable child care, expanding health care coverage, protecting our
environment, and stabilizing the international economy -- the House of
Representatives is moving in the wrong direction.
For example, at a time
when opportunity depends on education more than ever before, the House is
preparing to deny funding for smaller classes, after-school programs,
technology in the classroom, and summer job programs. At the same time,
some lawmakers have attached controversial and unrelated provisions
guaranteed to mire these bills in unnecessary delay.
For six years, our new economic strategy of fiscal responsibility,
investing in our people, and expanding trade has spurred lower interest
rates and created the conditions for the strongest economy in a
generation. We are about to enter a new and promising era of budget
surpluses. We should use this time of prosperity to meet the challenges
facing our nation.
I have laid out a concrete plan of how we can continue
on that course -- make smart investments while maintaining the fiscal
discipline that has helped fuel our prosperity.
And I have reached out to
Members of Congress of both parties to work together toward this end.
ItO,s time for Congress to buckle down, send me the measures to
keep the government open and invest in education, health care, and the
other needs of the American people, and put progress over partisanship.
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Women Leaders Press Statement
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Attached is the press statement released today at the Women Leaders Press
Conference in support of POTUS.
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CREATOR: Michael Waldman ( CN=Michael Waldman/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
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CREATOR: Kate P. Donovan ( CN=Kate P. Donovan/OU=OMB/O=EOP
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CREATION DATE/TIME:24-SEP-1998 17:13:19.00
SUBJECT:
2nd revision of Agriculture letter
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---------------------- Forwarded by Kate P. Donovan/OMB/EOP on 09/24/98
05:10 PM ---------------------------
Kate P. Donovan
09/24/98 05:12:08 PM
Record Type: Record
To: See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
cc:
Subject: 2nd revision of Agriculture letter
The veto statement in the 3rd paragraph was revised as an outcome of
today's meeting on the Hill.
Please make sure this is okay with you (the
rest of the text is identical to previous versions circulated). We aim to
send the letter by 7pm tonight.
Thank you.
The Honorable Bob Livingston
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
washington, D.C.
20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This letter provides the Administration's views on H.R. 4101, the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 1999, as passed by the House and by the
Senate. As the conferees develop a final version of the bill, your
consideration of the Administration's views would be appreciated.
The Administration welcomes congressional efforts to accommodate the
President's priorities within the 302(b) allocation. The President's FY
1999 Budget proposes levels of discretionary spending for FY 1999 that
conform to the Bipartisan Budget Agreement by providing savings through
user fees and certain mandatory programs to help finance discretionary
spending.
In the Transportation Equity Act, Congress -- on a broad,
bipartisan basis -- took similar action in approving funding for surface
transportation programs paid for with mandatory offsets.
In addition,
this year, as in the past, such mandatory offsets have been approved by
the House and Senate in other appropriations bills. We want to work with
the Congress on mutually-agreeable mandatory and other offsets that could
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be used to increase high-priority discretionary programs in this bill.
In
addition, we urge the Congress to consider again the user fee proposals
included in the President's budget, either adopting or modifying them to
enable more resources to be directed to important initiatives such as
those proposed for food safety, nutrition programs, rural development,
agriculture research, and conservation.
It is our understanding that the conferees intend to include emergency
agricultural disaster assistance in this bill.
It is essential that the
conferees approve income based assistance consistent with the PresidentD,s
September 22nd proposal and the Daschle/Harkin plan. We also strongly
urge the conferees to disapprove the unacceptable House provision that
would prohibit FDA from using funds for the testing, development, or
approval of any drug for the chemical inducement of abortion. If the bill
presented to the President includes the unacceptable FDA language, and
agricultural disaster provisions that provide inadequate indemnity
assistance or are inconsistent with the Daschle/Harkin proposal, his
senior advisers would recommend that he veto the bill. We look forward to
working with you to resolve these concerns.
Food and Drug Administration
The Administration strongly opposes the unacceptable House-passed
provision that would prohibit FDA from using funds for the testing,
development, or approval of any drug for the chemical inducement of
abortion. The determination of safety and effectiveness is the
cornerstone of the consumer protection established by the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act and must continue to be based on the scientific
evidence available to FDA.
Prohibiting FDA from reviewing applications
for particular products could deprive patients of new therapies that are
safer and more effective than those currently approved. Additionally,
this provision could conceivably put women at risk because it might allow
clinical trials of such drugs to proceed without FDA supervision.
In addition, the Administration strongly urges Congress to provide the
full $1,251 million in resources to fund the program level proposed for
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the President's budget. The
Administration is deeply disappointed and concerned that neither the House
nor the Senate has funded the President's request for FDA's tobacco
enforcement activities.
This funding is vital to the Administration's
plan to reduce youth smoking.
Failure thus far to pass comprehensive
tobacco legislation should not prevent the Congress from providing
adequate resources for these critical public health activities.
Food Safety Initiative
The Administration is deeply concerned that neither the House nor the
Senate has fully funded the President's request for Food And Drug
Administration (FDA) and USDA activities to enhance food safety, providing
only $16.8 million and $68.9 million, respectively, of the $96 million the
President has requested for these activities. American consumers enjoy
the world's safest food suppiy, but too many Americans get sick, and in
some cases die, from preventable food-borne diseases.
The President's
initiative would expand food safety research, risk assessment
capabilities, education, surveillance activities, and food import
inspections. The Administration will work with Congress to explore
options to offset the additional cost needed to fully fund the President's
request.
Disaster Assistance
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It is of critical importance that the Federal Government provide
emergency funds to farmers facing the worst agricultural crisis in a
decade.
On September 22nd, the Administration submitted its request for
$2.3 billion in emergency assistance, including supplemental crop
insurance indemnity payments, additional farm operating loans, and other
vitally important programs.
In addition to this request, Secretary
Glickman communicated the AdministrationO,s support for income assistance
to farmers for low commodity prices through Senators Daschle and HarkinO,s
proposal to remove the cap on marketing loan rates for 1998 crops. This
is clearly the superior approach for providing emergency assistance to
those facing crashing commodity prices this year.
The Administration
strongly urges the Congress to provide sufficient and appropriate
assistance to address this urgent crisis.
Women, Infants, and Children
The President requested a funding increase in the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) , to reflect
inflation adjustments and projected increases in participation.
Based on
new data indicating declining food package costs and stable WIC
participation, it now appears that the Senate or lower House funding level
will be sufficient to support the revised 7.4 million year-end
participation level going into FY 1999. We commend the House and Senate
for their hard work on this issue and if the conferees approve the House
level, we urge that the additional resources in the Senate bill be
reallocated to priorities detailed in this letter.
Civil Rights
The President is personally committed to righting any wrongs committed by
USDA employees in years past.
Therefore, the Administration strongly
supports the provision passed in both the House and the Senate that waives
the statute of limitations for individuals who have previously filed a
discrimination claim against USDA.
The Administration prefers the Senate
version because it applies to both USDA farm and housing loans.
However, in a number of areas, the House and Senate have reduced funds to
assist the most needy farmers and residents of rural communities. Neither
the House nor the Senate has provided the requested increase for the
Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers program, which was a key
recommendation of the USDA Civil Rights Action Team (CRAT) report last
year. With the additional $7 million requested, USDA could support 35
projects to assist 10,000 small family farms and stem the decline in the
number of minority farmers and ranchers. We urge the conferees to provide
the full request.
The CRAT report also recommended increasing the amount of farm ownership
loans, a portion of which are targeted to minority and beginning farmers.
The Administration urges the conferees to provide an additional $3 million
requested for this program by the President, which would permit another
290 limited-resource farmers to finance real estate purchases.
Rural Development Funding
The Administration strongly objects to the provision in both bills that
blocks FY 1999 spending in the mandatory Fund for Rural America. The Fund
provides additional resources for rural development and innovative
agricultural research that are vitally needed to improve the quality of
life in rural America and increase the productivity of U.S. farmers.
Congress created the Fund in 1996 to boost the overall Federal investment
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in these activities, not as a source of savings to offset discretionary
spending. Moreover, Congress recently extended the authority for the Fund
and increased its resources. The Administration urges the conferees to
strike this provision.
In addition, ·the Senate bill doe~ not fully fund the President's request
for the Rural Community Advancement Program (RCAP) , under-funding direct
loans for water and wastewater and for community facilities.
These loans
provide the community infrastructure to improve the quality of life of
rural Americans, and they often finance the vital ingredient for
diversifying the rural economy. The Senate bill would fund 35 fewer water
and wastewater facilities, serving 50,000 rural residents, as well as
fewer rural health clinics, police and fire stations, and health care
facilities than the President's request.
We urge the conferees to adopt
the House position, but to strike the House language that would limit the
flexibility of USDA to transfer funds among programs, in order to allow
the program to operate as intended and permit resources to be tailored to
meet unique local needs.
Agriculture Research
Both the House and Senate have included over $50 million in unrequested
earmarks for low-priority research while funding competitive grants
through the National Research Initiative (NRI) at $30 million and $35
million, respectively, below the President's request. Rejecting
additional funds for competitive research grants for national and regional
priorities in favor of earmarked grants for local interests fails to
support the highest priority needs of American agriculture and consumers,
and the Administration urges the conferees to reverse this policy. We
also believe that the conferees should reduce the unrequested increases in
the Agricultural Research Service's buildings and facilities program and
redirect these resources to higher priority programs.
The Administration strongly objects to the House's elimination of the
$120 million in competitively-awarded research funds authorized in the
Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998. These
funds would finance vital investments in food and agricultural genome
research, food safety and technology, human nutrition, and agricultural
biotechnology. We urge the conferees to support these important research
efforts by restoring funds to the level requested.
Climate Change and Clean Water Initiatives and Conservation Programs
Neither the House nor the Senate has provided the $7 million increase
requested for research to support the Administration's Climate Change
Technology Initiative. These funds would support high-priority research
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by agricultural practices,
develop improved feedstocks that can generate energy, and improve
techniques to convert agricultural products to biofuels. The
Administration urges the conferees to restore funding to the requested
level.
In addition, neither the House nor the Senate has included the
Administration's requested increase of $23 million for the Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to implement the President's Clean
Water Action Plan to help State and local organizations hire watershed
coordinators, document baseline conditions, and target resources to
farmers requesting assistance. The Plan, developed by USDA and EPA,
outlines a strategy on how to correct water quality problems, including
polluted run-off, across the Nation. The Administration urges the
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conferees to provide these necessary funds to the NRCS.
The Administration strongly opposes House and Senate actions reducing or
eliminating funding for several key mandatory USDA conservation programs,
including the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Wetlands Reserve
Program, wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, and Conservation Farm
Option. These programs are essential for enhanced water quality, wildlife
habitat, and soil conservation on American farms and throughout rural
America and should be adequately funded.
Language Provisions
The Administration strongly objects to the House provision that would
provide funding for research on nutrition programs within the Economic
Research Service. Research on nutrition programs should occur in the
context of the program's administration, and the Administration urges the
conferees to provide funding for these activities within the Food and
Nutrition Service, as requested and as included in the Senate bill.
The Senate bill purports to prohibit USDA personnel from preparing or
submitting appropriations language regarding unenacted user fees unless
the budget also identifies additional spending reductions should the user
fees proposals not be enacted by an identified time.
The Justice
Department advises that this provision would violate the Recommendations
Clause of the Constitution under which Congress can neither require nor
prohibit that the President make legislative or policy recommendations to
Congress.
Because the funding restriction would undermine the President's
ability to fulfill his constitutional duty under the Recommendations
Clause, it would be unconstitutional.
The Administration objects to the provision in the House and Senate
versions of the bill that would limit Executive Branch review of USDA
responses to congressional inquiries. The Administration urges the
conferees to delete these provisions.
The Administration objects to a" Senate provision that would prohibit the
FDA from consolidating laboratory operations. The proposed consolidation
offers the opportunity for better efficiency and mission coordination, and
it is part of FDA's overall streamlining goals.
The Senate provision
would force FDA to spend funds on infrastructure that could otherwise be
used more directly to protect public health. The Administration urges the
conferees to drop this provision.
The Administration objects to section 741 of the House-passed bill that
would allow Federally tax-exempt financing in conjunction with rural
multi-family housing guarantees. Guarantees of tax-exempt obligations are
an inefficient way of allocating Federal credit. Assistance to borrowers,
through the tax exemption and the guarantee, provides interest savings to
the borrower that are smaller than the tax revenue loss to the Government,
and the cost to the taxpayer is, therefore, greater than the benefit to
the borrower.
The Administration objects to the addition of Title XI to the Senate
bill, would amend the alternative-fuel provisions of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992. The amendment makes numerous changes to definitions and
compliance credits, with the nominal intent of increasing demand for
"biodiesel" -- a fuel derived from oil seeds such as rapeseed.
The real
effect, however, would be to gut most of the existing alternative-fuel
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requirements and policies. The amendment creates loopholes that would
allow Federal agencies and other fleet operators to ignore, effectively,
most alternative fuels, such as ethanol, natural gas, and electric
vehicles. These loopholes would be easier for Federal agencies to exploit
than for many private or State fleets.
If the Energy Policy Act is to be
amended, such action should be pursued through the energy authorization
committees.
Other Issues
The Administration urges the conferees to provide additional funds for
the farm labor housing program to improve the living conditions of many
farm labor families.
The House and Senate levels, $20 million and $16
million, respectively, are more than 35 percent below the Administration's
request and would result in at least 230 fewer housing units being built
compared with the request. The Administration urges the conferees to
increase funding to assist these needy members of our society.
The House reduces by $10 million and the Senate by $20 million the
'President's request for the mandatory Emergency Food Assistance Program
(TEFAP), which purchases commodities for individuals greatly in need of
assistance. Given reported increases in need for food assistance through
food banks and soup kitchens, the Administration is concerned that this
reduction from the authorized level would mean less food will reach the
most vulnerable Americans.
In addition, food rescue and gleaning is a
priority area that deserves additional funding in the USDA budget. The
budget proposes $20 million for this initiative to encourage greater
private sector and community based involvement in food rescue.
Under the 1996 Food Quality and Protection Act, USDA has added
responsibilities to assist EPA with its re-registrations of pesticides and
to develop new technologies for integrated pest management systems.
Both
bills fail to provide the requested additional funding to meet these
urgent needs and, as a result, re-registrations may be based on incomplete
understanding of actual pesticide use and exposure, jeopardizing the
continued viability of current crop production patterns.
The House has provided only $2 million of the requested $22 million
increase for the Inspector General as part of the Administration's law
enforcement initiative, and the Senate has not provided any of the
requested funds. The USDA initiative would save taxpayers millions of
dollars lost through fraud in the food and nutrition programs as well as
in USDA disaster, multi-family housing, and other programs. The
initiative would also improve the integrity of many USDA programs. The
Administration urges the conferees to increase funds for this important
initiative.
We look forward to working with the conferees to address our mutual
concerns.
Sincerely,
Jacob J. Lew
Director
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON CANCER
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
September 26, 1998
Good morning. Cancer, as everyone knows, is the cruelest of fates; and it strikes nearly
every family. It struck mine, and I lost my mother to this devastating disease. Losses like these
are the reason why tens of thousands of Americans are coming together today, on the National
Mall in Washington, DC, with one, common purpose: to focus our nation's attention on cancer.
Gathering today are patients and survivors; families and friends; doctors and Americans from all
walks oflife. The Vice President, who has led our administration's struggle against cancer, will
join their ranks, and will speak about the specific steps we are taking to win that fight.
This morning, I want to talk to you about our overall vision of cancer care and research as
we approach the 21 st century. This is a time of striking progress, of stunning breakthroughs.
With unyielding speed, scientists are mapping the very blueprint of human life, and expectations
of the Human Genome Project are being exceeded by the day. We are closing in on the genetic
causes of breast cancer, colon cancer and prostate cancer. New tools for screening and diagnosis
are returning to many patients the promise of a long and healthy life. It is no wonder the
scientists say we are turning the corner in the fight against cancer.
For six years now, my administration has made a top priority of conquering this terrible
disease. We have helped cancer patients to keep health coverage when they change jobs. We
have accelerated the approval of cancer drugs while maintaining safe standards. We have
increased funding for cancer research, and, as part of our balanced budget, strengthened Medicare
to make the screening, prevention and detection of cancer more available and more affordable.
Still, we know that we must never stop searching for the best means of prevention, the
most accurate diagnostic tools, the most effective and humane treatments -- and, someday soon, a
cure. To that end, there are several steps we must take.
First, to build on our remarkable progress, I have proposed an unprecedented multi-year
increase in funding for cancer research. As studies proceed, we must remember that patients, as
much as scientists, have a critical perspective to add to any research program. That is why I am
announcing that all federal cancer research programs will, by next year, fully integrate patients
and advocates into the process of setting research priorities. Next, as we continue to unravel the
genetic secrets of cancer, we must apply that knowledge to the detection of this disease. I am,
therefore, issuing a challenge to the scientific community: to develop, by the year 2000, new
diagnostic techniques for every major kind of cancer so we catch it at its earliest and often most
treatable stage. Also, we should give more patients access to cutting-edge clinical trials, so they
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-- and researchers -- can get faster results. That is why I am directing the National Cancer
Institute to speed development of a national clinical trials system -- a simple, accessible resource
for health care providers and patients across the nation. I am also urging Congress to pass my
proposal to cover the costs of those trials for Medicare beneficiaries, who need them most.
Finally, we are fighting against the leading cause of preventable cancer by doing
everything we can to stop kids from smoking. America needs a Congress that has the courage to
finish the job and pass comprehensive tobacco legislation.
New technological tools; new networks of information; new research priorities: all are
part of our overall approach to health care that puts the patient first. On this day, as Americans
renew our national fight against cancer, we do well to remember that we are doing more than
curing a disease. Weare curing the ills that disease may cause -- the stigmas, the myths, the
barriers to quality care. The concerned citizens on the Mall today show that we are overcoming
those barriers, one by one, and at the same time building a stronger and healthier America.
Thank you for listening.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON AND VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCE HISTORIC EFFORTS
TO RENEW THE WAR ON CANCER
September 26, 1998
Today, the President and Vice President launched a new series of initiatives to redouble our efforts in the
war against cancer. The President outlined these new steps in his weekly radio address on cancer and the
Vice President delivered the keynote speech to tens of thousands of Americans at the March to Conquer
Cancer on the National Mall. They announced a series of initiatives to step efforts to renew the war on
cancer, including:
ADVANCING COMMITMENT TO HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH
Called on the Congress to pass the President's historic multi-year commitment to cancer
research. While scientists have made important strides in cancer,experts believe that we are at the
cusp of important new breakthroughs in the war against cancer. Today, the President and Vice
President called on Congress to pass the Administration's historic five-year, 65 percent increase in
cancer research at the National Institutes of Health, as an important down payment. This
multi-year investment would assure that our nation's scientists can conduct more extensive and
fruitful research, secure in the knowledge that the research will not be counterproductive and
inefficiently interrupted as a result of funding lapses.
Announced that Federal cancer research programs will fully integrate patients and
advocates into their research and agenda setting process within a year. Cancer advocates
and patients provide a unique and critical perspective to setting the cancer research agenda.
Building on unprecedented efforts to integrate patients in the Department of Defense cancer
research program and ongoing innovative efforts at NCr, the President and Vice President
announced that by next year patients and advocates will be fully integrated activities such as
reviewing grant proposals and planning policy at NCr.
USING NEW PROGRESS IN GENETICS TO ADVANCE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
FOR CANCER
Announced that, in the first year of the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP), scientists
have identified twice as many genes and gene sequences as expected. In 1996, the Vice
President unveiled the CGAP, a comprehensive effort to profile genes in precancerous and
cancerous cells, making it possible to unravel the genetics of cancer. The President and Vice
President announced that in the first year of this historic effort, the project has already identified
more than 300,000 DNA sequences and 12,000 new genes, doubling initial expectations by the
NCr.
Issued historic challenge to scientists to use the CGAP· to develop new diagnostic techniques
for every major cancer in the next two years. Efforts to unravel the genetics of cancer should
be used to make unprecedented progress in improving detection and treatment for cancer patients.
The President and the Vice President issued a challenge to scientists to use new knowledge about
genetics to develop new diagnostic strategies for major cancers in the next two years, so that
doctors can pinpoint cancers in their earliest and often most treatable stages.
Challenged Congress to pass bipartisan legislation preventing genetic discrimination.
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According to one report, 63 percent of Americans would not take a genetic test if their health
insurers or employers could get access to the results. The President and Vice President renewed
their call for Congress to pass bipartisan legislation, similar to legislation introduced by Rep.
Slaughter and Senator Snowe, to prohibit health plans and employers from using genetic
screening to discriminate against individuals.
APPLY AND EXPEDITE THE NUMBER OF RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS BY
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ENROLLED IN NEW NATIONAL CLINICAL
TRIALS SYSTEM.
Directed NCI to fully operationalize its new computer-based clinical trials system for breast,
prostate, and colon cancers by next spring. The President and the Vice President directed NCI
to fully implement the new system to better enable physicians to enroll patients in trials. He
. directed them to complete this system for breast, colon and prostate cancer by next spring and to
expedite this simplified system for other cancers as well. This historic effort will ensure that
physicians are informed about cutting edge cancer clinical trials and will allow them to enroll
patients on the spot. This effort will gives tens of thousands of cancer patients improved access
cutting edge cancer clinical trials and also speed up answers on the efficacy of new treatments.
Challenged Congress to pass a bipartisan initiative that authorizes coverage of cancer
clinical trials for Medicare beneficiaries. Americans over the age of 65 make up half of all
cancer patients, and are 10 times more likely to get cancer than younger Americans. However,
older Americans frequently cannot participate in cutting edge cancer clinical trials because
Medicare does not pay for patient costs for cancer clinical trials. The President and Vice
President renewed the call on Congress to pass a proposal, similar to legislation supported by
Senators Mack and Rockefeller, that authorizes coverage of clinical trials for Medicare
beneficiaries without harming the Trust Fund.
NEW STEPS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND
SURVIVORS
Renewed call on Congress to pass a strong enforceable bipartisan patients' bill of rights that
would assure cancer patients high quality care. The President and the Vice President urged
Congress to stop delaying and pass a strong enforceable patients' bill of rights. The patients' bill of
rights would provide many critical protections for patients with cancer including access to the
specialists they need and continuity of care protections that prevents patients from having abrupt
changes in care in the middle of treatment.
Unveiled groundbreaking research grants to examine how to prevent cancer recurrence,
understand the lifelong impact of cancer treatment, and other quality of life issues for cancer
survivors. The Vice President announced that the NCI is releasing $15 million in new cancer
survivorship grants to fund top-of-the-line research to examine the impact of this disease on
patients and their families. Specifically, researchers will examine the long-term effects of
treatments, how to prevent reoccurrence, the impact of cancer on families, and new strategies to
improve the quality of life for cancer survivors and their families.
APPROVING NEW CUTTING EDGE DRUGS THAT PATIENTS CAN ACCESS.
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Announced that FDA has approved a record number of cancer drugs and that cancer
patients and their advocates are fully integrated in the FDA. In 1996, the President launched
the FDA Initiative on Reinventing the Regulation of Cancer Drugs. Since that time, the FDA
Division of Oncology Drug Products has approved more than twice as many new therapies as in
the three years prior to the initiative.
Urged Congress to confirm Jane Henney, the first woman oncologist nominated as FDA
Commissioner. The President and Vice President urged the Senate not to adjourn without
confirming Dr. Jane Henney, the first woman oncologist to be nominated as FDA Commissioner.
USING NEW TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO FIGHT CANCER
Issued nationwide challenge for new technological approaches to fight cancer. Winning the
war against cancer requires innovative, out-of-the-box approaches that have never been considered
to prevent, detect, treat, and one day cure this disease. Today, the Director ofNCI is issuing an
$48 million challenge to utilize new technologies, ranging from military defense to interplanetary
probes to engineering to computer technology, to prevent, detect, and treat cancer.
URGING CONGRESS TO PASS COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO LEGISLATION
The President and Vice President are fighting against the leading cause of preventable
cancer -- tobacco. Today they reminded Americans that they need a Congress that has the
courage to pass comprehensive tobacco legislation to stop kids from smoking.
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Kevin asked me to forward you a quick note on tomorrow's managed
care briefing by Donna Shalala and her staff.
Tomorrow, HHS will brief you on threats by a number of major Medicare
Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) to pullout of the program and
stop coverage to perhaps hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries.
The HMOs are citing concerns about "undercompensation and over-regulation"
as the underlying rationale for their decisions.
The American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) -- the trade organization
that represents numerous HMOs -- just held a press conference today to
advise the media that a number of health plans will announce that they are
pulling out of the program before next week's October 1st Medicare plan
participation deadline.
We are aware that, at the very least, the Wall Street Journal will have an
article on this issue tomorrow.
AS of this writing, it is unclear how many HMOs will choose to drop out of
the Medicare program. We know that Aetna, Prudential, Humana, and Cigna
has already indicated that they are pulling out of some Medicare markets.
We understand that PacificCare, United Health and some state Blue
Cross/Blue Shield plans are seriously contemplating leaving the program.
Although these plans represent many HMOs participating in Medicare, it is
important for you to know that they are selectively choosing which
Medicare markets they want to stay in depending on the level of their
regional payment rates and how large their markets are. As a consequence,
the number of beneficiaries affected represents a relative small
percentage (5-7 percent) of the 5-6 million beneficiaries participating in
Medicare HMOs.
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new contracts HCFA has received for new Medicare HMO business.
Having
said this, 5-7 percent of the current contracts who are threatening to
leave still would mean that between 100,000 and 500,000 beneficiaries
would be forced to opt for either a new HMO or return to traditional
Medicare fee-for-service coverage.
There are two reasons why these large plans can withdraw from the program
with very little impact on the number of beneficiaries served.
First,
only 16 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in managed care in
the first place.
And second, the HMOs appear to be keeping their
contracts with Medicare in those markets in which they have a large market
share and, conversely,
tending to drop those markets in which they serve
very small populations.
(Large market share protects plans from
unexpected, unwanted and expensive risk selection problems; they also
cover up the fact that most HMOs do not manage care very efficiently.)
Tomorrow's meeting will give HHS the opportunity to provide you with their
analysis of the Medicare HMO situation.
It will also give us the chance
to develop an Administration strategy around how best to respond to the
news.
(One quick final thought: I believe that most key Republicans on
the Hill, independent analysts, and the aging advocates will be fairly
skeptical about the HMOs' rationale behind their decisions to drop out of
Medicare; as a result, we need to make sure that we conclude on a strategy
that uses them all as allies so as to avoid making this an
Administration-only vs. HMO conflict.
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Event on Telemarketing and Elder Abuse. Next week you are scheduled to participate in
an event on elder abuse. At this event, we are announcing a new study which concludes
that elder abuse is a major problem, as more than 500,000 Americans aged 60 and over were
the victims of abuse of neglect in their own homes during 1996. In addition, fraudulent
telemarketers continue to target frail and vulnerable older Americans as their primary victims.
You are taking a number of actions to crack down on combat elder abuse and fraud, including:
(1) announcing the creation of a new national center on elder abuse that will train officials to
better detect and respond to abuse and neglect; (2) calling on Congress to reauthorize the Older
Americans' Act, that helps states prevent elder abuse, counsel seniors on their rights, and
coordinate legal services for those who can not afford representation; (3) launching a new
partnership between the Justice Department and AARP to create Elder Fraud Prevention Teams;
and (4) releasing $3 million to combat telemarketing scams and other forms of fraud against
the elderly.
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CREATOR: Christopher C. Jennings ( CN=Christopher C. Jennings/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-SEP-1998 10:46:04.00
SUBJECT:
weekly and info around it
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Ernmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Attached are my two final inserts for the weekly. The insert on the
Medicare HMO pUll-out is no doubt too long, but I am too close to it to
determine what is not important enough to not give to him.
That is why we
have you, right?j
One last point. You need to know that on Tuesday, the press will report
on the Census Bureau's finding that the number of uninsured increased by
1.7 million to 43.4 million. Jeanne Lambrew has an insert that I am
reviewing/editing that she feels that she needs to give to Gene Sperling
for his weekly.
She continues to get criticized for not submitting health
care inserts for Gene and continues to be put in a very uncomfortable
position. As you know, my primary interest is to make sure the POTUS has
the information, but I know it is also very important that DPC gets more
than its share of the credit for the work.
The release of the uninsured data is obviously an important development
because some of the liberals and the media will be quick to jump on the
welfare reform bill as the reason. Although there may be some
justification for citing the law's unintended effects (which, by the way,
the law was explicitly designed to address) as being one of a number
factors, we do not have enough back-up data to really get a good picture
of all the reasons.
(In fact, it should be noted -- and it will in the
insert we are drafting -- that the finding could be an arguably favorable
result of welfare reform; Americans previously on welfare are now earning
higher wages in an improved economy; unfortunately, their incomes are
getting so high -- over 100 percent of poverty that they are no longer
qualifying for Medicaid and they are entering the part of the job market
that frequently offers no or poor coverage)
I think we s.hould move fairly quickly to develop an Administration
response to this issue.
Otherwise, HHS will -- on an off the record basis
-- confirm some of the problems, perhaps in a not too flattering light.
How do you want to proceed?
cj
I will fax the draft uninsured insert over to you for your review.
If you
feel strongly that we should also have an insert, I could do an
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HMOs Dropping Out ofMedicare. A number of major HMOs currently participating in
the Medicare program are seriously contemplating pulling out of the program prior to the
October 1st plan enrollment deadline. As of this writing, it appears that plans serving between
100,000 and 500,000 Medicare beneficiaries may terminate their contracts with the program.
These numbers represent a relatively small percentage (5-7 percent) of the 5-6 million
beneficiaries participating in Medicare HMOs and do not even include the beneficiaries that
would be served by the over 40 contracts HCFA has recently received for new Medicare HMO
business. Having said this, if plans follow up on their threat and there is any significant
dislocation, this development will no doubt receive a good deal of attention. The HMOs blame
inadequate payment rates and excessive regulation. Health economists are generally dubious
about "sky is falling" arguments and believe that some companies are simply extracating
themselves from some markets from which they cannot make immediate profits.
In practice, these HMOs are "cherry picking" the regional payment rates that are generous and
dropping those regions that are less lucrative and/or that have relatively small HMO market
share. Few experts accept the excessive regulation argument either, as most of these plans
comply with extremely similar rules in the private sector. To make the market more attractive
and (perhaps) increase the chances some of these plans stay in the program, the industry is
asking to be able to cost-shift onto beneficiaries by increasing premiums, co-pays or reducing
benefits, particularly drug coverage. Although beneficiaries have chosen to come into these
plans precisely because of the marketing of these benefits, the plans correctly argue that Medicare
has never guaranteed them. We are currently evaluating whether any of these options would
have any real impact on HMO participation in the program and, if so, whether they are worth
any serious consideration. We also need to start contemplating the implications of managed care
market trends on the upcoming Medicare reform debate. HHS will be briefing Erskine and
White House staff on our choices on Monday. In the meantime, we are developing alernatives
and alliances with members of the Committees of jurisdiction of both parties, as well as the aging
advocates (like AARP), to develop a common position. To date, few are very sympathetic to
the objections and proposals raised by HMOs. We will keep you apprised with developments.
FDA Commissioner Update. Jane Henney, your nomination for FDA, was reported out by voice
vote out of the Labor and Human Resources Committee this last week. Although we remain
concerned that one or more of the conservative Republicans (like Nickles) will object to bringing
her up for even a vote, this Committee action was extremely encouraging and has brought a
sense of optimism that -- with some work and horse trading -- Dr. Henney has a shot of being
confirmed this year. We will re-engage Senator Domenici, her homestate Senator and ally, in
pushing some of his Senate Republican colleagues. During the Vice President's Cancer March
speech on Saturday, he will challenge to Congress to confirm the first oncologist and the first
woman to serve as FDA Commissioner.
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CREATOR: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPO/O=EOP [ OPD I )
CREATION DATE/TlME:25-SEP-1998 11:31:24.00
SUBJECT:
Crime, food and Iowa
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPO/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD I )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPO/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPO I )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD I )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO I )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
PS/(b)(S)
"A new survey, released this week in Des Moines, shows that Americans are
more concerned about food safety than about crime prevention or even water
quality. Their principle food safety concern was E. coli 0157-H7, with
91% of them saying they were J&concerned,08 or O&very concerned,08 about
this pathogen.
Illnesses from this organism have been linked to a number
of different fresh fruit and vegetable products, both domestically and
internationally. Consumers expect the government and industry to respond
to these concerns."
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CREATOR: Peter A. Weissman ( CN=Peter A. Weissman/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-SEP-1998 12:06:11.00
SUBJECT:
1:15 TODAY CONFERENCE CALL
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jonathan A. Kaplan ( CN=Jonathan A. Kaplan/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Melissa G. Green ( CN=Melissa G. Green/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Sandra Yamin ( CN=Sandra Yamin/OU=OMB/O=EOP @ EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Chantell S. Long ( CN=Chantell S. Long/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Sandra L. Via ( CN=Sandra L. Via/OU=OMB/O=EOP @ EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Broderick Johnson ( CN=Broderick Johnson/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Charles R. Marr ( CN=Charles R. Marr/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Robert M. Shireman ( CN=Robert M. Shireman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Michael Cohen ( CN=Michael Cohen/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Janet L. Graves ( CN=Janet L. Graves/OU=OMB/O=EOP @ EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Cathy R. Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jessica L. Gibson ( CN=Jessica L. Gibson/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Today from 1:15-1:30 pm there will be a conference calIon Education
Budget! Strategy.
7-2104 code 3939
please reply to this e-mail as to your ability to join the call. Sorry for
the short notice.
Thanks,
Pete 6-5804
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CREATOR: Peter A. Weissman ( CN=Peter A. Weissman/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-SEP-1998 12:37:28.00
SUBJECT:
1:15 TODAY CONFERENCE CALL- TOPIC CHANGE
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jonathan A. Kaplan ( CN=Jonathan A. Kaplan/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Sandra Yamin ( CN=Sandra Yamin/OU=OMB/O=EOP @ EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Chantell S. Long ( CN=Chantell S. Long/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Sandra L. Via ( CN=Sandra L. Via/OU=OMB/O=EOP @ EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Broderick Johnson ( CN=Broderick Johnson/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Charles R. Marr ( CN=Charles R. Marr/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Melissa G. Green ( CN=Melissa G. Green/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Robert M. Shireman ( CN=Robert M. Shireman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Michael Cohen ( CN=Michael Cohen/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Janet L. Graves ( CN=Janet L. Graves/OU=OMB/O=EOP @ EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Cathy R. Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jessica L. Gibson ( CN=Jessica L. Gibson/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Subject change- the 1:15 pm conference call will now be on the Higher
Education Act.
thanks
Also, at 5:30 pm we will hold a second conference calIon a different
topicOverall Education Budget Strategy.
thanks
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To:
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cc:
Subject:
1:15 TOOAY CONFERENCE CALL
Today from 1:15-1:30 pm there will be a conference call on Education
Budget/Strategy.
7-2104 code 3939
please reply to this e-mail as to your ability to join the call. Sorry for
the short notice.
Thanks,
Pete 6-5804
Message Sent
To: _____________________________________________________________
Jessica L. Gibson/WHO/EOP
Broderick Johnson/WHO/EOP
Cathy R. Mays/OPO/EOP
Elena Kagan/OPO/EOP
Janet L. Graves/OMB/EOP
Sandra L. Via/OMB/EOP
Michael Cohen/OPO/EOP
Chantell S. Long/OPO/EOP
Robert M. Shireman/OPO/EOP
Sandra Yamin/OMB/EOP
Melissa G. Green/OPO/EOP
Jonathan A. Kaplan/OPO/EOP
Charles R. Marr/OPO/EOP
Laura Emmett/WHO/EOP
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CREATOR: Michael Cohen ( CN=Michael Cohen/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TlME:25-SEP-1998 13:52:51.00
SUBJECT:
new item for weekly
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO]
READ: UNKNOWN
)
TEXT:
I believe this captures where we are at present:
Education Event Next Week: We are working with Sen. DaschleO,s and Rep.
GephardtD,s offices to plan an education event next week, that will
showcase Democratic unity around your education agenda and challenge the
Republicans to (bring your agenda up for a vote before Congress leaves) or
(ensure that the final appropriations bill meets your overall funding
request for education and specifically includes funding for class size
reduction) or (ensure that the final appropriations bill meets your
overall funding request for education and specifically includes funding
for class size reduction, and school construction).
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Robinson/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TlME:25-SEP-1998 14:38:52.00
SUBJECT:
Elder Abuse Event tentatively scheduled for Oct. 5
TO: Julie A. Fernandes ( CN=Julie A. Fernandes/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jeanne Lambrew ( CN=Jeanne Lambrew/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Essence P. Washington ( CN=Essence P. Washington/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Michael Cohen ( CN=Michael Cohen/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Christopher C. Jennings ( CN=Christopher C. Jennings/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Tanya E. Martin ( CN=Tanya E. Martin/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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TEXT:
The President will most likely travel to Florida on Tuesday, and therefore
the Elder Abuse and Fraud Event is definitely cancelled for Tuesday.
It
will most likely be rescheduled for October 5 but that will not be
definite until Monday. Thanks.
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CREATOR: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-SEP-1998 16:17:05.00
SUBJECT:
draft weekly on food safety
TO: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
REAP: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
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FOOD SAFETY STUDY AND NEWS STORY
USDA has prepared data on the effectiveness of your science-based food safety program, Hazard
Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), which shows an almost 50 percent reduction in the
frequency of salmonella in broiler chickens and an almost 40 percent reduction in the frequency
of salmonella 'in swine. These data, while preliminary, indicate that HACCP is already having a
significant impact on the safety of food American families eat. The DPC provided this data to
the Washington Post which plans to use it in a story this Sunday or Monday. We are using this
study to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Administration program and to urge Congress to
provide full funding for your Food Safety Initiative. It appears that the Agricultural
Appropriations conference will meet formally early next week, and we hope this study influences
their deliberations.
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CREATOR: Kate P. Donovan ( CN=Kate P. Donovan/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-SEP-1998 18:51:16.00
SUBJECT:
Draft Interior/Ag letter on Omnibus Parks bill
TO: Elizabeth Gore ( CN=Elizabeth Gore/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Judy Jablow ( CN=Judy Jablow/OU=CEQ/O=EOP@EOP [ CEQ 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Roger S. Ballentine ( CN=Roger S. Ballentine/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Linda Lance ( CN=Linda Lance/OU=CEQ/O=EOP@EOP [ CEQ 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Doris Parker ( CN=Doris Parker/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Kevin S. Moran ( CN=Kevin S. Moran/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Paul J. Weinstein Jr.
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=Paul J. weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Jessica L. Gibson ( CN=Jessica L. Gibson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Lisa M. Kountoupes ( CN=Lisa M. Kountoupes/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Wesley P. Warren ( CN=Wesley P. Warren/OU=CEQ/O=EOP@EOP [ CEQ 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Next week, the House is expected to take up H.R. 4570 - Omnibus National
Parks and Public Lands Act of 1998.
Please review the joint
Interior/Agriculture letter with the position: Secretaries of Interior &
Agriculture and Chair of CEQ would recommend veto. We aim to release the
letter Monday afternoon in order to make an impact on the Hill.
If the
bill makes it to the House floor, it is likely that we will convert the
letter into a SAP.
Please provide comments/clearance by noon, Monday
(9/28). Thank you.
Honorable Don Young
Chairman
Committees on Resources
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
We are writing to you regarding H.R. 4570, the "Omnibus National Parks and
Public Lands Act of 1998." H.R. 4570 is a compilation of many separate
bills that have, for the most part, been the subject of hearings and
markups in your Committee.
Over the course of the 105th Congress the Administration has expressed its
support for many provisions now included in H.R. 4570. These provisions
should be broken out and presented to the President as free standing
bills. Currently, this bill contains many provisions that the
Administration previously has made clear that it strongly opposes. These
provisions would cause serious damage to our natural resources by, among
other things, removing land from wilderness and other protective status to
facilitate road building, motorized access, and airport construction.
Indeed, we, along with the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality,
have previously informed the Committee that we would recommend to the
President that he veto several of the provisions of this bill, such as
those involving San Rafael Swell (Utah), congressional review of National
Monument designations, and a road easement for the Chugach Alaska
Corporation.
Morever, H.R. 4570 also includes provisions of H.R. 3830, a bill
introduced by Rep. Hansen, to ratify an exchange agreement between the
Department of the Interior and the State of Utah.
As you know, the
Admimistration strongly supports enactment of H.R. 3830. However, the
Secretary of the Interior made it clear in his testimony of May 19, 1998,
that
"Administration support [for H.R. 3830] is contingent on the passage of a
clean bill, with no amendments, riders, other objectionable legislation
attached. While I believe this is a good deal for the environment, the
taxpayers, and the school trust of Utah, I will have no hesitation about
recommending a veto if any objectionable provisions are attached in this
Congress."
Since this bill is now combined with other provisions that we cannot
support, we must inform you that the Administration is strongly opposed to
the enactment of H.R. 4570 and, if the bill is presented to the President
in its current form, we and the Chair of the Council of Environmental
Quality will recommend that he veto this legislation.
Sincerely,
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
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MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION
FROM:
STACIE SPECTOR
SUBJECT:
STATE OF THE UNION AMPLIFICATION MATERIALS
Attached are electronic versions of the State of the Union amplification
materials.
These materials are final and may now be widely disseminated.
(NOTE: The three page SoTU talking points has been updated.
It is VERY
IMPORTANT to use this version, rather than the hard copy distributed last
night.)
Again, thank you to ,the Research and Policy shops for all their
work on these materials -- and please let them now when you see them, how
much we appreciate their hard work.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PROPOSAL:
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CHILD CARE THAT STRENGTHENS AMERICAN FAMILIES
"I am proud to propose the single largest ch!'ld care investment in the history of our nation. It is a comprehensive
and fiscally-responsible plan to make child care more affordable and accessible, to raise the quality and assure the
safety of care for millions of American I8milies. This is an issue that touches nearly every I8mily, one that should
rise above politics and partisan interests."
President Bill Clinton
January 7, 1998
President Clinton announced an historic initiative to improve child care for America's working families.
The initiative proposes $21.7 billion over five years for child care, to help working families pay for child
care, build a good supply of after-school programs, improve the safety and quality of care, and promote
early learning.
ENSURING AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, SAFE CHILD CARE. The President's child care initiative responds to the
struggles our nation's working parents face in finding child care they can afford, trust and rely on. The new
initiative:
Makes child care more affordable for working families. To help working families struggling to meet the
costs of child care, the initiative invests $7.5 billion over five years to double the number of children
receiving child care subsidies to more than two million by the year 2003. The initiative also invests
$5.2 billion over five years to increase tax credits for child care for three million families and provides a
new tax credit for businesses that offer child care services to their employees.
Increases access to and promotes early learning and healthy child development. To improve
learning, the initiative includes $3 billion over five years to establish an Early Learning Fund that
local communities improve the quality and safety of child care for children ages zero to five.
initiative also increases investment in Head Start and doubles the number of children served by
Head Start to 80,000.
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up enforcement of state health and safety standards in child care settings, facilitates background checks
on child care providers, increases scholarships and training for child care providers, and invests in child
care research and evaluation.
Expands access to safe after-school care.
To help create safe, posltlve learning environments for
American school-age children who lack adult supervision during a typical week, the initiative increases
the 21st Century Learning Center Program by $800 million over five years to provide after-school care
for up to half a million children a year. The initiative will also improve coordination of federal
after-school initiatives to help communities.
Child Care Block Grant Increase
Child and Dependent Tax Credit Reform
Tax Credit for Businesses
After-School Program
Early Learning Fund
Head Start Increase
Standards Enforcement Fund
Child Care Provider Scholarship Fund
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PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PROPOSALS:
HEALTH CARE THAT STRENGTHENS AMERICA'S FAMILIES
Passing Comprehensive Bipartisan Tobacco Legislation That Reduces Teen Smoking and Changes
the Way Tobacco Companies Do Business. Every day 3,000 young people start smoking and 1,000
of them will die prematurely from a tobacco-related disease. The President called on Congress to
pass comprehensive national bipartisan legislation that includes five key principles: (1) it must
mandate the development of a comprehensive plan to reduce teen smoking, including raising the
cost of cigarettes by $1.50 per pack over the next 10 years as necessary to meet youth smoking
targets; (2) it must affirm the FDA's full authority to regulate tobacco products; (3) it must include
measures to hold tobacco companies accountable, especially for marketing products to children; (4)
it must include concrete measures to improve public health, from investing in research to reducing
second-hand smoke to expanding smoking cessation; and (5) it must protect the financial well-being
of tobacco farmers and their communities from the loss of income caused by our efforts to reduce
smoking.
Protecting Patients Through a Consumer Bill of Rights and Genetic Screening Protections. The
President called on Congress to pass federally enforceable consumer health care protections before
it adjourns this fall. This Health Care Bill of Rights should contain a range of protections,
including guaranteed access to needed health care specialists to ensure that patients are provided
appropriate high quality care --a particularly important protection for people with disabilities, access to
emergency room services when and where the need arises, an assurance that medical records are
confidential, and access to a meaningful internal and external appeals process for consumers to resolve
their differences with their health plans and health care providers. The nation's health care system has
changed dramatically, with more than 100 million Americans now in managed care plans. This legislation
will ensure that whether Americans have traditional health insurance or managed care, they are assured
quality care. And to ensure that new advances in genetics are used to improve health rather than to
discriminate, the President has called for legislation prohibiting the use of genetic screening to discriminate
in health insurance and employment.
Providing Ncw Options for Americans Ages 55 to 65 to Obtain Health Insurance, Including Buying
Into Medicare. Americans ages 55 to 65, particularly those with disabilities or preexisting
conditions, are one of the most difficult-to-insure populations: they have less access to and a greater
risk of losing employer-based health insurance; and they are twice as likely to have health problems
as the population generally. The President's proposal gives this vulnerable population three new
ways to gain access to health insurance by: (1) allowing Americans ages 62 to 65 to buy into
Medicare, through a premium that ensures that this policy is self-financed; (2) assisting vulnerable
displaced workers 55 and over by offering those who have involuntarily lost their jobs and health
care coverage a similar Medicare buy-in option; and (3) giving Americans 55 and over who have
lost their retiree benefits access to their former employers' health insurance.
Creating a Historic "21st Century Research Fund" With Unprecedented Increases in Biomedical
Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Scientists are on the cusp of important new
breakthroughs in biomedical research, which could revolutionize the way medical experts
understand, treat, and prevent some of our most devastating diseases. To promote this progress,
the President's budget contains a historic upfront investment in biomedical research -a 1.15 billion
increase in FY 1999 --and proposes an increase in NIH funding of more than 50 percent over the
�next five years. Under the President's proposal, the NIH will devote over $20 billion to biomedical
research in 2003.
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TALKING POINTS
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
January 26, 1998
THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS IS A CONCRETE PLAN OF ACTION
THAT IDENTIFIES OUR PRIORITIES AND APPROACHES TO KEY ISSUES
•
We have a unique moment in time to prepare America for the 21st Century. Under
President Clinton's leadership, America has achieved an unprecedented period of
peace and prosperity:
-- the strongest economy in a generation;
-- the first balanced budget in a generation;
-- crime rates at their lowest levels in 24 years;
-- welfare rolls down by 4.3 million people;
-- unemployment at its lowest level in more than two decades;
-- deficit cut by more than 90 percent;
-- unrivaled world leadership.
•
This is an opportunity for action. The President's State of the Union address will
challenge us to use this unique moment in time as an opportunity to prepare for the
next century. It builds on the new kind of government President Clinton is creating
-- a leaner, more flexible government. One that does not try to do everything. One
that gives Americans the tools and conditions needed to make the most of their own
lives.
•
At the center of President Clinton's vision for a stronger America are three goals:
-- an economy that honors opportunity;
-- a society rooted in responsibility;
-- and, a nation that lives as a community.
HERE IS HOW THESE GOALS FIT INTO PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISION OF
A STRONGER AMERICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
•
An Economy that offers more opportunity. The President will outline a plan for
building a stronger, more prosperous America. Central to his strategy is:
•
Driving the budget deficit down to O. During the first 5 years -- by making
tough choices and fiscally responsible policies -- President Clinton took the
nation's budget deficit down from $290 billion to $23 billion. This year,
President Clinton will make history and give the American people their first
balanced budget in 30 years.
•
Reserving any budget surplus until Social Security is reformed. President
Clinton is deeply committed to ensuring that Social Security remain a viable,
�effective program, providing retirement security for all Americans in the 21st
century. That is why he is calling on Congress to secure Social Security for
future generations as a first priority.
•
•
•
Investing in the American people through education and training. Education
is the key to opportunity. Tomorrow, President Clinton will ask us to make
our public elementary and secondary schools the best in the world -- by
raising standards, raising expectations and raising accountability. He will
call for:
-- voluntary national testing;
-- 100,000 new teachers in grades 1-3;
-- a School Construction Tax Cut to help rebuild, modernize, and build new
schools;
-- a mentoring program;
-- continued college access expansion, so that every American who wants to
can go to college.
.
Tearing down trade barriers to open new markets for American products
and workers. The President's plan seeks to renew his. negotiating authority
to open even more foreign markets to American goods and services. When
countries hurt by economic instability are willing to undertake serious efforts
to put their own economic houses in order, the President's plan calls for
responsible action to give them a chance to implement their reforms. It also
includes initiatives to enable all Americans to share in the prosperity of the
global marketplace. Building on the funding for training we have provided
to dislocated workers, the President will challenge Congress to pass the GI
Bill for Workers to give workers a simple grant so they can move more
quickly to newer, better jobs.
A Society that Acts Responsibly. The President is intent on helping create a
society that acts responsibly. To enforce this commitment, the President's plan will:
•
Continue moving people from welfare to work. Challenge thousands
more businesses to join the 3000 companies already in our
welfare-to-work partnership.
•
Health Care Consumer Bill of Rights. The President called on Congress
to pass federally enforceable consumer health care protections before it
adjourns this year. This Health Care Bill of Rights should contain a
range of protections, including guaranteed access to needed health care
specialists to ensure that patients are provided appropriate high quality
care and access to emergency room services when and where they need it.
•
Access to affordable, quality health care. Providing new options for
Americans ages 55 to 65 to obtain Health Insurance, including
opportunities to buy into Medicare.
•
An historic child care initiative. To improve child care for America's
working families the President is proposing approximately $20 billion
over five years for child care, including elements to help working families
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pay for child care, build a good supply of after-school programs, improve
the safety and quality of care, and promote early learning.
Fighting juvenile crime and drugs. With murder, robbery, assault and
burglary down all across the nation, President Clinton is calling for a
special focus on addressing juvenile crime -- providing more resources to
crack down on gangs, guns, and drugs. When coordinated with the
support provided by the largest anti-drug budget in history and with the
outstanding leadership General McCaffery brings to our national drug
policy, these new efforts are sure to keep drug use on decline.
Ensure our commitment to world leadership. The President is committed
to keeping America strong by maintaining our role as the world's
indispensable nation. This incudes:
-- building an undivided, democratic Europe by expanding NATO;
-- remaining a force for peace throughout the world;
-- moving strongly against new threats to our security;
-- reducing the threat of weapons of mass destruction.
Strengthening Our Communities. The President's plan helps strengthen
America's communities by:
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Protecting the environment, ensuring a cleaner, healthier planet for our
children. The President's plan invests:
-- through $6 billion in tax cuts to businesses and individuals, the
President's Climate Change Plan finds a way to grow the economy and
reduce greenhouse emissions at the same time;
-- large increases in research and development so we can find more and
more innovative ways to continue cleaning the environment while keeping
the economy strong.
•
•
Investing in our cities, giving them the tools and opportunities they need
to continue an urban renaissance. President Clinton firmly believes that
the best community development program, the best anti-poverty program,
and the best jobs program is a growing economy. The President's plan
helps our inner cities by:
-- helping bring private enterprise into the inner city;
-- increasing funding for empowerment zones;
-- increasing funding for community development banks, to spur more
investment and loans;
-- providing tax incentives to develop affordable low income housing.
Helping the country become One America for the 21st Century. The goal
of the President's Initiative on Race is to create a more just and fair
society that underscores our shared strengths, instead of focusing on our
differences. President Clinton is determined to continue his commitment
with the Race Initiative in 1998 -- emphasizing that our national diversity
is our greatest strength.
Preparing for the Millennium. In conclusion, the President will talk of the
importance of the Millennium and the opportunity it presents us to honor the past,
�and imagine the future.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PROPOSALS:
STRONGER MORE ACCESSmLE EDUCATION FOR ALL
President Clinton is proposing new initiatives that will drnmatically strengthen elementary and secondary
education. These proposals will help ensure that all students start out in a small class with a good teacher, in
a safe, modern school. They will also help ensure that students, especially in high poverty urban and rural
~reas, attend schools where high standards are taken seriously and kids are given the help they need to
succeed. The President's proposals will dramatically expand access to safe havens for after-school learning,
and ensure that low-income students receive the support and encouragement to finish school and continue on
to college.
Reducing Class Size in Grades 1-3 to a Nation-Wide Average of 18. President Clinton is proposing a $12.4
billion initiative over 7 years ($7.3 billion over 5 years) to help local schools provide small classes with
qualified teachers in the early grades. This initiative will help ensure that every child receives personal
attention, learns to read independently, and gets a solid foundation for further learning. The new initiative
will reduce class size in grades 1-3 to a nationwide average of 18, providing funds to help local school districts
hire an additional 100,000 well-prepared teachers. The initiative will also provide funds to states and local
school districts to test new teachers, develop more rigorous teacher testing and certification requirements,
and train teachers in effective reading instruction practices. School districts will be accountable for
demonstrating gains in reading achievement. These steps will help ensure that first through third grade
students are receiving high-quality reading instruction in smaller classes from competent teachers.
Modern School Buildings to Improve Student Learning. For students to learn, schools must be
well-equipped and able to accommodate smaller class sizes. To address these and other critical needs,
President Clinton is proposing federal tax credits to pay interest on nearly $22 billion in bonds to build and
renovate public schools. This initiative provides more than double the assistance proposed last year --half
the interest on an estimated $20 billion in bonds. The tax credits will cost the Treasury $5 billion over 5
years and more than $10 billion over ten years. Of the $22 billion in bond authority, nearly $20 billion is for
new School Modernization Bonds. Half of this bond authority will be allocated to the 100 school districts
with the largest number of low-income Children, and the other half will be allocated to the States. In
addition, the President is proposing a more than $2.4 billion expansion of Qualified Zone Academy Bonds,
school-business partnerships that will include funding for school construction and renovation.
Education Opportunity Zones: Helping Students in Poor Communities Reach High Standards. This
initiative will strengthen public schools and help students master the basics where the need is the greatest: in
high poverty urban and rural communities where low expectations, too many poorly prepared teachers, and
overwhelmed school systems create significant barriers to high achievement. The Education Department will
select approximately 50 high poverty urban and rural school districts that agree to: (1) use high standards
and tests of student achievement to identify and provide help to students, teachers and schools who need it;
(2) prevent students from falling behind by ensuring quality teaching, challenging curricula, and extended
learning time; and (3) end social promotion and turn around failing schools. Added investments in these
communities will accelerate their progress and provide successful models of system-wide, standards-based
reform for the nation. The President's initiative will invest $200 million in FY99, and $1.5 billion over 5
years, to raise achievement and share lessons learned with school districts around the country.
Expanding Access to Safe After-School Care. To help create safe, positive learning environments for
American school-age children who lack adult supervision during a typical week, the President has proposed
to expand the 21st Century Learning Center Program to reach half a million children annually by investing
$1 million over five years. The program will support sChool-community partnerships that expand or
establish programs providing after-school care.
Early Intervention to Promote College Attendance. President Clinton will soon announce a long-term
effort to make college opportunity real for children in high-poverty areas by giving their families early
information about financial aid and academic preparation, and using mentors and other support services to
help the children stay on track through high school graduation and into college.
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Supporting Women and Families
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES:
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Passed the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Family and Medical Leave enables
workers to take up to 12 weeks unpaid leave to care for a new baby or ailing family member
without jeopardizing their job. Twelve million families have already benefited from FMLA
since its enactment. And the President proposed expanding the Family & Medical Leave Act to
allow workers up to 24 hours per year of unpaid leave for parent-teacher conferences or routine
medical care for a child.
Cut taxes for 15 million working families by extending the Eamed Income Tax Credit.
Increased the Minimum Wage from $4.25 to $5.15, giving 6 million women a raise.
Narrowed the wage gap. Last year, the median earnings of women working full-time increased
2.4%. In 1996, the median earnings of women represented 74% of the median earnings for men,
the narrowest gap ever.
Highest home ownership rate in history. There are 67.1 million American families,
including 15.2 million households headed by women, who own homes, nearly 6 million new
homeowners since the President took office.
MAKING OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES SAFER:
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Putting 100,000 more police on the streets. Because of President Clinton's Crime Bill, over
70,000 officers are already keeping our neighborhoods and communities safe, on the way to
100,000. And violent crime has dropped five years in a row - the longest period of decline in 25
years.
Signed the Assault Weapons Ban into law as well as the Brady Bill, which has already kept
guns out of the hands of300,000 felons, fugitives and individuals under restraining orders related
to domestic harassment. The President also signed into law an extension of the Brady Law,
which prohibits anyone convicted of a domestic violence offense -- misdemeanor or felony -from owning or possessing a firearm.
Signed Megan's Law allowing community-notification of sex offenders.
Championed the Violence Against Women Act, the cornerstone of the President's efforts to
fight domestic violence, and created an office at the Department of Justice dedicated to
combating violence against women.
More than tripled funding to domestic violence shelters and instituted new penalties against
men who stalk, threaten or abuse women across state lines.
Established nationwide 24-hour domestic violence hotline. The hotline ( 1-800-797-SAFE)
provides immediate crisis intervention, counseling and referrals for those in need. Since the
. hotline opened, there have been over 140,000 calls from all 50 States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
INVESTING IN EDUCA TION AND TRAINING:
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Providing early education to more than 830,000 children with Head Start. 200,000 more
children are enrolled in Head Start today than in 1992.
Promoted national service and educational opportunities through AmeriCorps.
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Striving for excellence with national education standards and signed Goals 2000 establishing
world-class educational standards.
Fought for passage of education tax breaks to promote lifelong learning. Representing the
largest single increase in higher education since the OJ. Bill, the Balanced Budget includes a
$1 ;500 Hope Scholarship to make the first two years of college universally available, and a
20-percent tuition tax credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students, and working
Americans pursuing lifelong learning.
CARING FOR OUR CHILDREN:
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Held First-Ever White House Conference on Child Care and White House Conference on
Early Child Development and Learning. In April 1997, the President and First Lady held the
White House Conference on Early Child Development and Learning to highlight the benefits of
early nurturing by parents. And in October 1997, the White House Conference on Child Care
began a dialogue on the child care challenges facing parents today -- availability, affordability,
and assuring safety and quality.
Proposed the largest single investment in child care in the nation's history. Between FY93
and FY97, federal funding for child care has increased by nearly 79%, providing child care
services for over one million children. The President's new $20 billion child care proposal will
double the number of children receiving child care subsidies to more than two million and
increases tax credits for three million working families to help them pay for child care.
Extended health care to millions of children with the Children's Health Initiative, the single
largest investment in Health Care for children since 1965. The President fought to ensure that the
Balanced Budget included $24 billion to provide meaningful health care coverage to millions of
uninsured children.
Fought for and won $500 child tax credit for 27 million families with 45 million children
under age 17. Thirteen million children from families with income below $30,000 will receive
the child tax credit as a result ofthe President's efforts.
Signed Landmark Adoption and Safe Families Act. This law will help thousands of children
waiting in foster care move more quickly into safe and permanent homes.
Signed the Comprehensive Childhood Immunization Initiative. Thanks to President
Clinton, immunization rates among two-year-olds have reached historic highs.
Launched new strategies to reduce the high rate of teen pregnancies. Teen births have
fallen six years in a row, by 7.4 percent from 1991 to 1996.
Imposed strict measures to keep cigarettes out of the hands of our children by restricting
youth-targeted advertising; and the FDA made 18 the minimum age to purchase tobacco products
nationwide, requiring photo I.D.s for anyone under the age of27.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE:
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Protected Medicare. Protected, modernized and extended the Medicare trust fund for at least a
decade while offering new options for patient choice and preventive care.
Increased funding for breast cancer research by 86% -- from $276 million in FY93 to $513
million in FY97 -- and implemented the Mammography Quality Standards Act to ensure the
quality of mammograms.
Ended drive-thru deliveries. Proposed and signed into law legislation requiring insurers to
cover at least 48 hours of a post-natal hospital stay (72 hours for a Cesarean).
Fought for greater health security for America's families. The President signed into law the
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which includes important new protections
for an estimated 25 million Americans who move from one job to another, who are
self-employed, or who have pre-existing medical conditions.
Endorsed legislation that would ban drive-thru mastectomies, allowing women to stay in the
hospital at least 48 hours following a mastectomy. And the President has also endorsed
legislation that will prevent health plans from discriminating on the basis of genetic
information.
PROMOTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR WOMEN:
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Reversed the "Gag Rule" limiting the information federally funded family planning clinics
could give to women.
Increased Funding for Title X. The President's FY99 proposal will increase Title X Family Planning
grants by $15 million -- a 46% increase since FY92.
Signed the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, establishing a safety-zone around
women's health clinics.
GENERATING MORE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN:
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Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of all businesses. There are nearly 8 million
women-owned businesses in the U.S., generating nearly $2.3 trillion in sales. The Small
Business Administration's Office of Women's Business Ownership is working to foster this
growth.
Tripled the Number of Small Business Loans to Women Entrepreneurs. Between 1993 and
1997 the SBA approved nearly 50,000 loans to women entrepreneurs under the 7(a) and 504 loan
programs. Last year alone, the Small Business Administration granted more than 10,000 loans,
worth $1.67 billion, to women small business owners, triple the number of loans granted in 1992.
Conducted a survey over 250,000 working women to learn more about their workplace
experiences.
WOMEN AS PARTNERS IN DECISION MAKING:
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41 percent of Administration appointees are women, by far the highest percentage appointed
by any previous President. And women hold 29 percent of the top positions requiring Senate
confirmation (PAS).
Appointed the first women ever to serve as Attorney General, Janet Reno, and Secretary of
State, Madeleine Albright. Including the Attorney General and Secretary of State, women make
up 27 percent of the Clinton Cabinet: Alexis Herman, Secretary of Labor; Donna Shalala,
Secretary of Health and Human Services; Carol Browner, Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency; Janet Yellen, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors; and Charlene
Barchevsky, United States Trade Representative.
A third of all judicial nominees are women, the highest proportion ever.
Nominate the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. During his first year in office,
President Clinton nominated Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the United States Supreme Court. Justice
Ginsburg is only the second woman to serve on the nation's highest court.
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Working on Behalf of the Hispanic Community
ECONOMY
Balanced the Federal budget -- The President's FY99 budget will be thefirst balanced budget
in a generation, after inheriting a record $290 billion deficit in 1992.
Over 14 million new jobs created. The economy has created more than 14 million new jobs
during the Clinton Administration -- a faster annual rate of job growth (2.5 percent per year) than
any Republican Administration since the Roaring 1920s.
Declining unemployment. The unemployment rate for Hispanics in December 1997 was 7.1
percent, down from 11.3 percent when President Clinton first took office.
Keeping inflation in check. Inflation has averaged 2.6 percent since President Clinton took
office -- compared to 4.2 percent in the twelve years before the President took office.
Strong private sector growth. Over the past year, the private sector grew an impressive 4.6
percent. Since taking office, private sector has grown 3.6 percent per year under President
Clinton.
Minimum wage increase. The President raised the minimum wage to $5.15 an hour -- directly
benefitting more than 1.6 million Hispanic workers.
Two and a half times more small business loans to Hispanic entrepreneurs. Between 1993
and 1997 the SBA approved nearly 15,000 loans to Hispanic entrepreneurs under the 7(a) and
504 loan programs. Last year alone, the Small Business Administration granted more than 3,300
loans, worth $615 million, to Hispanic small business owners, two and a half times the number
of loans granted in 1992.
Expanded investment in urban and rural areas. Created over 120 Empowerment Zones and
Enterprise Communities and expanded access to capital through Community Development Banks
and Financial Institutions.
FIGHTING FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Building One America. The President is leading the nation in an effort to become One
America in the 21 st Century: a place where we respect others' differences and, at the same time,
embrace the values that unite us. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Linda Chavez-Thompson
serves on the Advisory Board to the President's Initiative on Race, which the President charged
with overseeing this effort.
An Administration that looks like One America. Appointed the most diverse Cabinet and
�Administration in history. 12 percent of the Clinton Cabinet are Hispanics, including: Secretary
of Energy Federico Pena; Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson; and Small
Business Administrator Aida Alvarez.
Judicial appointments. Seven percent of all judicial appointments are Hispanics including Jose
Cabranes, Judge, Second Circuit U.S. Circuit Court; David Briones, Judge Western Texas U.S.
District Court; and Jorge Rangel, Judge-designee Fifth Circuit U.S. Circuit Court.
Senior level Administration appointments. Appointed more Hispanics to senior level
positions than any President in American history, including U.S. Ambassador to Belize Carolyn
Curiel, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) President George Munoz; Assistant to
the President and Director of Public Liaison at the White House Maria Echaveste; Assistant to
the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House Mickey Ibarra;
Director of the United States Marshals Service Eduardo Gonzalez; and Commissioner of Bureau
of Reclamation Department of Interior Eluid Levi Martinez. Significantly, many of these
appointments are outside what had been considered the "traditional" Hispanic areas of interest.
Assessment of affirmative action programs. Ordered a comprehensive review of the
government's affirmative action programs which concluded that affirmative action remains an
effective and important tool to expand education and economic opportunity to all Americans.
Opposed California Prop 209. Filed amicus briefs opposing California Proposition 209,
which would prohibit state affirmative action programs.
Election fairness. Prevented election day discrimination against minority voters and voter
intimidation and harassment by monitoring polling place activities in a record number of states
and counties. Continued enforcement efforts to ensure that citizens who rely on Spanish have
the same opportunities to participate in voting-related activities as English-speaking voters.
Expanded voting rights. The Administration argued in federal court to expand the Voting
Rights Act and defended racially fair redistricting plans. The National Voter Registration Act or
"Motor Voter" law has registered at least nine million new voters and made voting easier for
more than 20 million Americans.
Opposed California Prop 187. Opposed California's Proposition 187, which would have made
illegal immigrants ineligible for public school education at all levels and ineligible for
public health care services, because of its detrimental impact on children and its threat to
public health.
Investigated discrimination. Authorized investigations into discrimination practices by
lenders and property insurers to help end discrimination in the provision of home mortgages.
EDUCATION
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�Largest investment in education in 30 years. Maintaining his longtime commitment to
education, the President enacted the largest investment in education in 30 years -- and the largest
investment in higher education since the OJ. Bill -- by signing the 1997 Balanced Budget Act.
Increased funding for Hispanic-serving colleges. Last year, enacted an 11 % increase for
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), colleges with at least 25% Hispanic enrollments.
Hispanic advisory commission. Established an advisory commission to oversee the
improvement in education for Hispanics and to ensure that Hispanic-serving institutions will
have more input regarding educational goals and issues of concern to Hispanics. The
Commission's report identified contributing factors impacting attainment of educational
excellence, corrective policy actions, and plans for program development and funding.
(Executive Order on Educational Excellence for Hispanics)
Student Diversity Partnership Program. Partnered with Hispanic Association of Colleges
and Universities, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, an Indian
Science and Engineering Society and the. Center for the Advancement of Hispanics in Science
and Engineering Education to implement the Student Diversity Partnership Program. This
program will ensure an adequate supply of diverse and qualified scientists and engineers for the
21 st century.
AmeriCorps college support. Since 1993, more than 100,000 people have had the opportunity
to serve through AmeriCorps, with Hispanics comprising 13 percent of all participants (1996
data). This year alone, nearly 50,000 young people will take advantage of the opportunity to
serve and will earn an award of up to $4,725 to pay for college or repay student loans.
Increased bilingual education by 35%. Last year, enacted a 35% increase in bilingual and
immigrant education secured by the President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. The bilingual
education funding will help school districts teach English to more than a million limited English
proficient children, as well as provide some 4,000 teachers with the training they need to do their
jobs better. The Immigrant Education program will help more than a thousand school districts
provide supplemental instructional services to 875,000 recent immigrant students.
Helping more children in elementary and secondary schools. In 1994, President Clinton
reformed Title I -- the major elementary and secondary program for disadvantaged
children -- clearing away barriers that had prevented limited-English proficient children
from getting help. Now Hispanics are 32% of the children served in Title I, the largest
share of all communities.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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�Focused health efforts. Established the Office of the Minority Health Research and
Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Helped communities develop
culturally-competent systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbances through
the Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Children and Families program. Negotiated
agreements with hospitals and nursing homes to eliminate barriers to equal access for minorities
based on language.
Increasing home ownership. Launched a program to increase the home ownership rate of
Hispanics in the U.S. through advertising, education and counseling programs and working with
lending institutions to better serve the Hispanic community. Progress has been made, 3.7
million Hispanics, or 43.3 percent, now own their homes.
FIGHTING CRIME
White House Conference on Hate Crimes. President Clinton announced the first White
House Conference on Hate Crimes, which examined laws and remedies that can make a
difference in preventing hate crimes, highlighted solutions that are working in communities
across the country, and continued the frank and open dialogue needed to build One America.
Enhanced penalties for hate crimes. As part of the historic 1994 Crime Act, the President
signed the Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act which provides for longer sentences where
the offense is determined to be a hate crime. In 1996 alone, 27 cases received enhanced
sentences.
SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
Environmental justice and redevelopment. Issued an Executive Order on Environmental
Justice, ensuring that low income citizens and minorities do not suffer a disproportionate burden
of industrial pollution. Identified pilot projects to be undertaken across the country to redevelop
contaminated sites in low-income communities and tum them into useable space, creating jobs
and enhancing community development.
IMMIGRATION
Fairness for immigrants. The President worked with Congress to correct the most egregious
impacts of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. As a
result, almost a million people will be able to proceed with legalizing their immigration status
under the former standards of immigration law and not the new, stricter and more burdensome
standards enacted last year.
Restored benefits to legal immigrants. When the President signed the 1996 Welfare Reform
Law, he pledged to go back and change provisions he opposed regarding the cutting off of
benefits to legal immigrants. Critics said the changes would never be made. However, in 1997,
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�the President followed through on his pledge -- and won most of the changes he sought in the
1996 law. The President fought for and won $11.5 billion in SSI and Medicaid benefits for legal
immigrants. He won changes that protect those immigrants now receiving assistance, ensuring
that they will not be turned out of their apartments or nursing homes or otherwise left destitute.
And immigrants in this country as of August 22, 1996, but not receiving benefits who
subsequently become disabled will be eligible for SSI and Medicaid.
Naturalization. Made naturalization a top priority of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service in order to continue fostering legal immigration while combating illegal immigration.
Naturalized over one million individuals in 1996. The Administration continues to work to
streamline and improve the naturalization process so that eligible individuals who have played by
the rules can become full partners in America.
Defended immigrant rights. The Administration defeated legislative efforts which would have
significantly eroded health care for immigrants. The bipartisan agreement strengthened the
sponsorship requirement while preserving the basic ability of families to reunify.
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP
Democracy for Cuba. Increased efforts to promote a peaceful, democratic transition in Cuba
by toughening sanctions after the brutal shoot down of U.S. civilian aircraft over international
waters and signing the Helms-Burton Act to penalize those who traffic in confiscated properties
in Cuba. Awarded a landmark $500,000 grant to Freedom House to assist human rights activists
in Cuba.
Support our closest neighbors. Took decisive action in assembling a financial support package
for Mexico. The President's leadership prevented a prolonged financial crisis in Mexico and its
spread to other Latin American countries.
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ECONOMY
Balanced the federal budget -- The President's FY99.budget will be theftrst balanced budget
in a generation, after inheriting a record $290 billion deficit in 1992.
Over 14 million new jobs created. The economy has created more than 14 million new jobs
during the Clinton Administration -- a faster annual rate of job growth (2.5 percent per year) than
any Republican Administration since the Roaring 1920s.
Keeping inflation in check. ·Inflation has averaged 2.6 percent since President Clinton took
office -- compared to 4.2 percent in the twelve years before the President took office.
Strong private sector growth. Over the past year, the private sector grew an impressive 4.6%.
Since taking office, private sector has grown 3.6% per year under President Clinton.
Tripled the number of small business loans to Asian and Pacific American entrepreneurs.
Between 1993 and 1997 the SBA approved nearly 17,000 loans to Asian and Pacifi'c American
entrepreneurs under the 7(a) and 504 loan programs. Last year alone, the Small Business
Administration granted more than 4,500 loans to Asian and Pacific American small business
owners, nearly triple the number of loans granted in 1992.
Opening doors to trade. Secured commitments from Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation
leaders to eliminate barriers to open trade in the Asian Pacific region in 2020. Negotiated 240
separate trade agreements, tearing down trade barriers to U.S. goods, helping to increase exports
by nearly 50% over the past five years and creating 1.7 million export-related jobs. Notably,
thirty percent of U.S. exports go to Asia and this country exports more goods to Asia than
Europe.
High Tech exports soar. Under President Clinton: exports of semi conductors have grown 139
percent; telecommunications exports have grown 113 percent; and exports of computers and
computer-related goods have grown 54 percent.
EDUCATION
Largest investment in education in 30 years. Maintaining his longtime commitment to
education, the President enacted the largest investment in education in 30 years -- and the largest
investment in higher education since the G.I. Bill -- by signing the 1997 Balanced Budget Act.
Foreign language. Restructured Foreign Language Assistance Programs to assist local schools
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�in establishing programs in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Strongly opposed legislation to
make English the official language of the United States which would have jeopardized services
and programs for non-English speakers and jeopardized assistance to the tens of thousands of
new immigrants and others seeking to learn adult English.
Addressing minority needs. Hosted Asian Pacific American Education Forums to address the
needs of Asian Pacific American students and their teachers.
AmeriCorps college support. ·Since 1993, more than 100,000 people have had the opportunity
to serve through AmeriCorps, with Asian and Pacific American comprising 3% of all participants
{I 996 data}. This year alone, nearly 50,000 young people will take advantage of the opportunity
to serve and earn an award of up to $4,725 to pay for college or repay student loans.
Increased bilingual education by 35%. Last year, enacted a 35% increase in bilingual and
immigrant education secured by the President in the Balanced Budget Agreement. The bilingual
education funding will help school districts teach English to more than a million limited English
proficient children, as well as provide some 4,000 teachers with the training they need to do their
jobs better. The Immigrant Education program will help more than a thousand school districts
provide supplemental instructional services to 875,000 recent immigrant students.
Helping more children in elementary and secondary schools. In 1994, President Clinton
reformed Title I -- the major elementary and secondary program for disadvantaged
children -- clearing away barriers that had prevented limited-English proficient children
from getting help.
Opposed Gallegly Amendment. The Administra~ion opposed the Gallegly Amendment which
would have ended the guarantee of public education for all children. It would have shifted
immigration enforcement from the borders and work sites to classrooms and made children
susceptible to gangs and violence.
PROMOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Building One America. The President is leading the nation in an effort to become One
America in the 21 st Century: a place where we respect others' differences and, at the same time,
embrace the values that unite us. Angela Oh serves on the Advisory Board to the President's
Initiative on Race, which the President charged with overseeing this effort.
An Administration that looks like One America. Appointed the most diverse Cabinet and
Administration in history. The Clinton Administration has more than twice as many Asian and
Pacific American appointees as the previous Administration including Bill Lann Lee, Acting
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Department of Justice; Nancy Ann-Min Deparle,
Administrator of the Health Care Finance Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services; and Robert Gee, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Program Evaluation,
Department of Energy.
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�Judicial appointments. Nominated more Asian and Pacific Americans to the federal bench
than any other Administration, including A. Wallace Tashima, Judge U.S. Ninth Circuit Court.
Opposed California Prop 209.
Filed amicus briefs opposing California Proposition 209 which
would prohibit state affirmative action programs.
Election fairness.
Prevented election day discrimination against minority voters and voter
intimidation and harassment by monitoring polling place activities in a record number of states
and counties. Continued enforcement efforts to ensure that citizens who rely on Asian
languages have the same opportunities to participate in voting-related activities as
English-speaking voters.
Focused health efforts. Established the Office of the Minority Health Research and
Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Helped communities develop
culturally-competent systems of care for children with serious emotional disturbances through
the Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Children and Families program. Negotiated
agreements with hospitals and nursing homes to eliminate barriers to equal access for minorities
based on language.
FIGHTING CRIME
White House Conference on Hate Crimes. President Clinton announced the first White
House Conference on Hate Crimes, which examined laws and remedies that can make a
difference in preventing hate crimes, highlighted solutions that are working in communities
across the country, and continued the frank and open dialogue needed to build One America.
Enhanced penalties for hate crimes. As part of the historic 1994 Crime Act, the President
signed the Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act which provides for longer sentences where
the offense is determined to be a hate crime. In 1996 alone, 27 cases received enhanced
sentences.
SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
Environmental justice and redevelopment. Issued an Executive Order on Environmental
Justice, ensuring that low income citizens and minorities do not suffer a disproportionate burden
of industrial pollution. Identified pilot projects to be undertaken across the country to redevelop
contaminated sites in low-income communities and turn them into useable space, creating jobs
and enhancing community development.
IMMIGRATION
Naturalization. Made naturalization a top priority of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service in order to continue fostering legal immigration while combating illegal immigration.
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�Naturalized over one million individuals in 1996. The Administration continues to work to
streamline and improve the naturalization process so that eligible individuals who have played by
the rules can become full partners in America.
Responsible immigration reform. Worked to enact responsible immigration reform legislation
by properly focusing on immigration enforcement and opposing severe reductions in legal
immigration which were not consistent with pro-family, pro-worker and pro-naturalization
principles.
Defended immigrant rights. The Administration defeated legislative efforts which would have
significantly eroded health care for immigrants. The bipartisan agreement strengthened the
sponsorship requirement while preserving the basic ability of families to reunify.
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Working on Behalf of African Americans
ECONOMY
Balanced the Federal budget -- The President's FY99 budget will be theftrs! balanced budget
in a generation, after inheriting a record $290 billion deficit in 1992.
Over 14 million new jobs created. The economy has created more than 14 million new jobs
during the Clinton Administration -- a faster annual rate of job growth (2.5 percent per year) than
any Republican Administration since the Roaring 1920s.
Declining Unemployment. The unemployment rate for African Americans has dropped from
14.1 % in January 1993 to 9.9% today -- that's the lowest the African American unemployment
rate has been in 24 years.
Keeping inflation in check. Inflation has averaged 2.6 percent since President Clinton took
office -- compared to 4.2 percent in the twelve years before the President took office.
Strong private sector growth. Over the past year, the private sector grew an impressive 4.6
percent. Since taking office, private sector has grown 3.6 percent per year under President
Clinton.
Family income up. After falling by almost $2,000 between 1988 and 1992, African American
median family income rose by nearly $3,000 between 1992 and 1996.
Poverty down. The poverty rate for African Americans fell from 33.4 percent in 1992 to 28.4
percent in 1996 -- the lowest level since the published data begin in 1959.
Minimum-Wage increase. The President raised the minimum wage to $5.15 an hour -- directly
benefitting 1.3 million African American workers.
Two and a half times more small business loans to African American entrepreneurs.
Between 1993 and 1997 the SBA approved more than 9,000 loans to African American
entrepreneurs under the 7(a) and 504 loan programs. Last year alone, the Small Business
Administration granted 1,900 loans, worth $286 million, to African American small business
owners, two and a half times the number of loans granted in 1992.
Increasing home ownership. There are 67.1 million American families, including 5.5
million African Americans, who own homes, nearly 6 million new homeowners since the
President took office.
FIGHTING FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
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�Building One America. The President is leading the nation in an effort to become One
America in the 21st Century: a place where we respect others' differences and, at the same
time, embrace the values that unite us. Dr. John Hope Franklin, Advisory Board Chair,
and Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook serve on the Advisory Board to the President's Initiative on
Race, which the President charged with overseeing this effort.
An Administration that looks like One America. Appointed the most diverse Cabinet and
Administration in history. Members of the Clinton Cabinet include four African Americans:
Rodney Slater, Secretary of Department of Transportation; Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans
Affairs; Alexis Herman, Secretary of Labor; and Franklin Raines, Director of Office of
Management and Budget. Thirteen percent of Clinton Administration appointees are African
American, which is twice as many African Americans as any previous administration. These
appointees include: Bob Nash, Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel
at the White House; Thurgood Marshall, Assistant to the President and Director of Cabinet
Affairs at the White House; and Cheryl Mills, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy
Counsel at the White House.
Judicial Appointments. Clinton has named II African Americans as U.S. Attorneys and 12
African Americans as U.S. Marshals. Over 54 African Americans have been nominated by
Clinton to the Federal bench, which is 17 percent of his total Federal bench nominations. These
appointees and nominees include: Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General Department of Justice
and Eric Clay, Judge, Sixth Circuit at the U.S. Circuit Court.
Tuskegee Apology. President Clinton apologized to the victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis
Experiment and their families, and directed Health and Human Services Secretary, Donna
Shalala, to issue a report about how best to involve communities, especially minority
communities, in research and health care. HHS will award a planning grant to Tuskegee
University to help it establish a center for bioethics in research and health care.
Assessment of Affirmative Action programs. Ordered a comprehensive review of the
government's affirmative action programs which concluded that affirmative action is still an
effective and important tool to expand educational and economic opportunity to all Americans.
Opposed California Prop 209.
Filed amicus briefs opposing California Proposition 209, which
would prohibit state affirmative action programs.
Election fairness.
Defended racially fair redistricting plans against claims that they were
unconstitutional; prevented election day discrimination against minority voters and voter
intimidation and harassment by monitoring polling place activities in a record number of states
and counties.
Defended fairness. Filed more cases between 1993 and 1997 to enforce fair housing laws than
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�any other Administration (more than 500 cases). Desegregated a Vidor, Texas public housing
complex; ordered a Mississippi bank to implement remedial lending plans for minority customers
once denied loans by the bank.
Eliminated discriminatory "redlining" practices .. Negotiated agreements with health care
agencies to eliminate discriminatory "redlining" practices denying home health care services
based on residential location.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Focused Health Efforts. Established the Office of the Minority Health Research and
Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Helped communities develop
culturally-competent systems for care for children with serious emotional disturbances through
the Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Children and Families program.
EDUCATION
Largest investment in education in 30 years. Maintaining his longtime commitment to
education, the President enacted the largest investment in education in 30 years -- and the largest
investment in higher education since the G.I. Bill-- by signing the 1997 Balanced Budget Act.
African American advisory board. Established the President's Board of Advisors for
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBeUs) to strengthen the capacity of historically
black colleges and universities to provide quality education. Advised on ways to increase the
private sector's role in these institutions.
Increased funding and grants for HBCUs. Increased funding for Historically Black Colleges
by nearly $250 million between FY92 and FY97, an almost 25% increase. Increased Fulbright
grant awards to HBCUs in FY96 by almost 50% over the amount reported in FY95.
Enrollment. A record percentage of African Americans were enrolled in post-secondary
education in 1994 -- 35.6% of African American graduates.
AmeriCorps college support. Since 1993, more than 100,000 people have had the opportunity
to serve through AmeriCorps, with African Americans comprising 20 percent of all participants
(1996 data). This year alone, nearly 50,000 young people will take advantage of the opportunity
to serve and earn an award of up to $4,725 to pay for college or repay student loans.
FiGHTING CRIME
White House Conference on Hate Crimes. President Clinton announced the first White
House Conference on Hate Crimes, which examined laws and remedies that can make a
difference in preventing hate crimes, highlighted solutions that are working in communities
across the country, and continued the frank and open dialogue needed to build One America.
Enhanced penalties for hate crimes. As part of the historic 1994 Crime Act, the President
�signed the Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act which provides for longer sentences where
the offense is determined to be a hate crime. In 1996 alone, 27 cases received enhanced
sentences.
Action Against Church Burnings. Focused the nation's attention and resources to help stop
the rash of church burnings across the country, prosecuted those responsible, and sped the
rebuilding process.
SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
Environmental justice and redevelopment. Issued an Executive Order on Environmental
Justice to ensure that low income citizens and minorities do not suffer a disproportionate burden
of industrial pollution. Identified pilot projects to be undertaken across the country to redevelop
contaminated sites in low-income communities, tum them into useable space, create jobs and
enhance community development.
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP
Democracy for Haiti. Restored democracy to Haiti and enabled the first transfer of power from
one democratically elected president to another in Haitian history.
Democracy for South Africa. Assisted South Africa's transition to democracy by providing
support for elections and development.
Promoting democracy in Africa. Hosted the first White House Conference on Africa in July
1994. Recognizing the valuable role that Africa plays in global affairs, President Clinton
created the position of Special Envoy for the President and the Secretary of State for the
promotion of democracy in Africa and appointed Reverend Jesse Jackson to serve in this role.
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�President Clinton and Vice President Gore:
A Vision for the 21st Century
Restoring the American Dream, Reinforcing American Leadership,
Renewing the American Constitution
In the last five years President Clinton and Vice President Gore have led America in preparing
for the 21 st Century with a new vision of government -- a government that does not attempt to do
everything, nor a government that withdraws to the sidelines. The accomplishments of the
Clinton-Gore Administration are giving Americans the tools to realize our potential; providing
opportunity while demanding responsibility; and building One America in which all are
challenged to serve.
Economv: the Strongest Economy in a Generation
Balanced the Federal Budget -- The President's FY99 budget will be the first balanced budget
in a generation, after inheriting a record $290 billion deficit in 1992.
Over 14 Million New Jobs Created -- in last two years, over two-thirds in high-paying job
categories.
Lowest Unemployment in a Quarter Century -- down from 7.5% in 1992 to 4.7% today.
Typical Family Income Up $2,169 -- as adjusted for inflation, median family income has
increased three years in a row since 1993.
Highest Home Ownership Rate in History -- there are nearly 6 million new homeowners
since the President took office.
Families: Strengthening America's Working Families
$500 Per-Child Tax Credit -- 27 million families with 45 million children will receive the $500
per-child tax credit.
Tax Cuts for Working Families -- 15 million working families receive tax reliefthrough the
President's expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Increased the Minimum Wage from $4.25 to $5.15 per hour -- increasing wages for 10 million.
Protecting Families -- Family Medical Leave allows workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid
leave to care for family members without fear of losing their jobs. More than 12 million families
have taken leave since its enactment.
Signed Landmark Adoption and Safe Families Act -- this law will help thousands of children
waiting in foster care move more quickly into safe and permanent homes.
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�Promoting Family Values -- put in place first-ever plan to protect our children from tobacco.
Required the installation of V-chips in all new TVs. Encouraged schools to adopt school
uniform policies to deter school violence and promote discipline. Produced guidelines on
religious expression in public schools.
Education: Largest Investment in Education in 30 Years
Making 13th & 14th Grades as Universal As High School -- making the first two years of
college universally available with $1500 HOPE Scholarship credits.
Expanding College Opportunity with Tuition Tax Credits, Education IRAs, and Largest
Increase in Pell Grants in 20 Years -- 20% tax credit helps offset tuition costs for college or
lifetime learning. The expanded IRA allows penalty and tax-free withdrawals for education.
Nearly 4 million students will receive a Pell Grant of up to $3,000, 30% larger than when the
President took office.
Making College More Affordable -- cut student fees and interest rates on all loans, expanded
repayment options including income contingent repayment, and improved service through the
Direct Loan Program.
Teaching Every Child to Read by the 3rd Grade -- the America Reads Initiative will provide
tutors after school, improve teaching, and help parents help their children learn to read.
Striving for Excellence with .National Education Standards -- on track for first-ever national
test of 4th grade reading, 8th grade math.
Expanding Choice and Accountability in Public School-- supported increase ofpubJic
charter schools, from only one charter school in the nation in 1993 to nearly 1,000 charter
schools by the end of 1998 .
. Paying for College Through Community Service -- this year, nearly 50,000 young people will
take advantage of the opportunity to pay for college (or repay student loans) by performing
community service through AmeriCorps.
Providing Early Education to More than 830,000 Children with Head Start -- 200,000 more
children enrolled in Head Start today than in 1992.
Preparing for the 21st Century with Greater Education Technology -- Created the
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund to help connect every classroom to the Internet by 2000,
increase the number of multimedia computers in the classroom, provide teachers with technology
training, and promote the development of high-quality educational software. Secured an e-rate
(discounts worth over $2.5 billion every year) for schools, libraries, rural health clinics and
hospitals to connect to the Internet.
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�Crime and Drugs: Longest Period of Decline in Violent Crime in 25 Years
100,000 New Police on the Street -- already more than 70,000 new officers have been funded.
300,000 Felons, Fugitives and Stalkers Denied Guns -- since the President signed the Brady
Bill into law.
Banned 19 of the Deadliest Assault Weapons and Their Copies -- keeping assault weapons
off our streets.
Developed Comprehensive Anti-Drug Strategy Including $195 Million Anti-Drug Youth
Media Campaign -- appointed four-star General Barry McCaffrey Drug Czar. Overall drug use
is trending down.
Health Care: Increasing Access for Millions of Americans
Protected Medicare -- protected, modernized and extended the Medicare trust fund for at least a
decade while offering new options for patient choice and preventive care.
Enacted Single Largest Investment in Health Care for Children since 1965 -- the $24 billion
Children's Health Care Initiative will provide health care coverage for five million children.
Passed Meaningful Health Insurance Reform -- signed the Kassebaum/Kennedy Health Care
Bill which limits exclusions for pre-existing conditions, makes coverage portable and helps
individuals who lose jobs maintain coverage.
Raised Immunization Rates to All Time High -- 90% of toddlers in 1996 received the most
critical doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines -- surpassing the President's 1993
goal.
Ensuring Safe Food for Our Families -- issued new standards to prcvent E. coli bacteria
contamination in meat and signed the Food Quality Protection Act with special safeguards for
kids.
Welfare Reform and Community Empowerment: Largest Drop in the Welfare Rolls in
History
More than 3.8 Million Fewer People Are on Welfare Today than 1992 -- a 26% decrease and
the largest decline in the welfare rolls in history. The President signed the landmark welfare
reform law to require work, impose time limits, and dramatically expand child care spending.
More than 50% Increase in Child Support Collections -- signed into law the toughest child
support crackdown in history.
New Incentives to Move People from Welfare to Work -- the Balanced Budget includes a tax
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�credit for employers and $3 billion to move long-term welfare recipients into jobs.
Expanded Investment in Urban and Rural Areas -- by creating over 120 Empowerment Zones
and Enterprise Communities and expanding access to capital.
Environment: New Standards to Protect Our Environment for the Future
Toughest New Air Quality Standards in a Generation -- new air quality standards for smog
and soot will provide new health protections for 125 million Americans including children and
the elderly.
Cleaning Up Toxic Waste Sites and Redeveloping Brownfields -- cleaned up more toxic
waste dumps in President Clinton's first four years than were completed in the previous twelve.
The Brownfields tax incentive will help redevelop more than 10,000 industrial sites.
Signed the Safe Drinking Water Act -- ensuring clean drinking water for our families by
protecting against contaminants.
Negotiated an International Treaty to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- the historic
agreement establishes a realistic framework to reduce the threat of global warming in an
environmentally strong and economically sound way.
Protecting Our Natural Treasures -- preserving millions of acres of scenic park land and
defending precious natural areas such as Yellowstone and the Everglades.
Foreign Policy: World's Strongest Force for Peace, Freedom and Prosperity
Brokered Dayton Peace Accords -- ending four years of bloodshed in Bosnia.
Leading the Way on NATO Expansion and Russian Integration -- helping to ensure a more
stable, democratic Europe.
Ended Military Dictatorship in Haiti -- stopped the flow of refugees to the U.S. and restored
democracy.
Persuaded North Korea To Freeze its Dangerous Nuclear Program.
Leading Force for Peace -- including continued efforts in the Middle East, Northern Ireland,
and on the Korean Peninsula.
Renewed Bipartisan Consensus for Engagement with China -- to advance U.S. interests and
draw the world's most populous nation more fully into the international community.
Led International Efforts Against Terrorism -- including signing anti-terrorism legislation
that ensures strong penalties for convicted terrorists.
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�Secured Bipartisan Senate Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Start
II Treaty -- the convention bans the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons.
Start II, together with Start I, will reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals two-thirds from their
Cold War heights.
Meeting Emerging Threat of Biological Weapons -- by strengthening our ability to respond to
an attack, vaccinating our troops and seeking tough inspection to enforce international treaty.
Led Efforts to Rid the World of Land Mines -- eliminating non self-destructing mines from
our arsenals, seeking alternatives to self-destructing mines by 2006, and devoting more resources
to removing existing mines than the rest of the world combined.
Negotiated Over 220 Separate Trade Agreements -- tearing down trade barriers to U.S. goods,
helping to increase exports by nearly 50% over the past five years and creating 1.7 million
export-related jobs.
Science and Technology: Leading America into the Next Millennium
Historic Investments in Biomedical Research -- increased funding for the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) in critical research areas, such as cancer, the Human Genome Project, HIV/AIDS
and heart disease.
Building the Next Generation Internet -- now connecting more than 100 universities at speeds
that are 100 to 1,000 times faster than today's Internet and developing the next generation of
applications, such as telemedicine.
Ensuring U.S. Leadership in Space, Science and Technology -- increasing investments in
science and technology for five years in a row, while bringing down the deficit. Continuing to
support exploration of space including the Mars Pathfinder mission.
Ensuring the Nation's Security -- Instituted a science-based program to maintain the safety and
reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent without the need for nuclear testing, enabling the
President to be the first world leader to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
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�THE MILLENNIUM PROGRAM:
HONORING THE PAST -- IMAGINING THE FUTURE
We stand at the convergence ofa new century and the next millennium -- a milestone in human
history. Five months ago the President and the First Lady created the White House Millennium
Council, to set some themes, engage the federal agencies and invite all Americans to participate
in meaningful activities through the year 2000.
Honor the past; imagine the future. The overall theme of the White House millennium
programs is "Honor the past; imagine the future." The President is inviting all Americans to
"give gifts to the future," to participate in projects that will enhance future generations.
Imagining the future. One of the best ways to imagine the future is to preserve what we value
of our past for the new millennium. Our history and culture are literally disintegrating in our
libraries, museums, archives, and at our historic sites and monuments.
Cherishing our past. That is why our Fiscal '99 Budget includes funds for some urgent
preservation needs: for the Smithsonian Institution to restore the Star Spangled Banner -- the
flag that flew over Fort McHenry and inspired Francis Scott Key's poem -- and for the National
Archives to re-encase the Declaration ofIndependence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
before those precious founding documents are endangered.
A national effort. But all over the Nation, in states and communities, there is a pending loss -from Revolutionary War monuments, to the papers and laboratory of Thomas Edison (in West
Orange, New Jersey) to other artifacts and sites that comprise our heritage.
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The President is proposing a Millennium fund -- $50 million in each of the next three
fiscal years -- to stimulate a national effort to "Save America's Treasures." The fund
would be administered through the Department of Interior. Half would be allocated for
the most urgent preservation projects of regional and national significance, identified by
the federal agencies and institutions. Halfwould go to the states, through the Divisions
of Historic Preservation.
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The federal program should stimulate private efforts to raise money from corporations,
foundations and individuals. The National Trust for Historic Preservation will create a
high-level advisory committee that will direct funds to the urgent preservation needs
identified at the national level and by the states.
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The "Save America's Treasures" program should be a bipartisan effort, to come together
on something that will be good for the country -- and truly give a gift to the future.
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�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S PROPOSALS:
FIGHTING JUVENILE CRIME AND DRUG USE
«Now, we must work together to do more, to protect our children from the scourge of violent crime
and especially from crimes committed by other young people. This is now my highest law
enforcement priority. We must provide fOr more prosecutors and probation officers, tougher
penalties, and also better gang prevention efforts, induding after school programs, so that young
people have something to say yes to and some way of staying out of trouble. JJ
--President Clinton, October 9, 1997
While overall crime rates have been declining, juvenile crime and drug use remain serious
problems. Juvenile gun murders have quadrupled, teenage drug use has risen, and youth
gangs have spread to large cities and rural towns throughout America. In the State of the
Union, the President again challenged Congress to confront this issue and pass his Anti-Gang
and Youth Violence Strategy. Specifically, his strategy and budget call for:
Targeting Gangs and Violent Juveniles. To help state and local prosecutors crackdown
on gang members and violent juveniles, the President has proposed $100 million to hire
new prosecutors and expand anti-gang task forces; $60 million to establish juvenile gun
and drug courts that ensure swift and certain punishment for youthful offenders; and
tough new penalties and prosecutorial tools.
Cracking Down on Guns and Gun Traffickers. To keep violent juveniles from buying
guns as adults, the President's strategy also proposes to ban violent juveniles from
buying guns on their 21st birthdays. His strategy also increases penalties for selling
handguns to juveniles and other offenses, and includes $28 million to expand the Youth
Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (yCGII), which helps local law enforcement trace
illegal firearms to their source.
Keeping Kids In School, Off Drugs and Out of Trouble. To ensure that kids are
supervised from 3 to 8 p.m. --the time when most violent juvenile crimes are
committed --the President's strategy proposes $95 million for the Justice Department to
help keep schools open later and to promote anti-truancy initiatives and curfews. The
President's Child Care Initiative also quadruples funding for Department of
Education-sponsored after school programs, and his Drug Strategy includes new funds
for Safe and Drug-Free schools.
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�ONE AMERICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
THE PRESIDENT'S INITIATIVE ON RACE
"1 ask the American people to join me in a great national effort to perfect the
promise of America for this new time as we seek to build our more perfect union ... That is
the unfinished work of our time, to lift the burden of race and redeem the promise of
America."
President Bill Clinton
June 14, 1997
The President is leading the nation in an historic effort to build a stronger, mote just and unified America -- a place
where we respect one anothers' differences and, at the same time, embrace the values that unite us. Drawing on our
diversi\}'" as a source of strength, this One America will offer opportunity and fairness to all Americans.
A NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION. The President's Initiative on Race is America's initiative on race. President
Clinton is asking all Americans to take part in this important opportunity by participating in efforts that foster
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constructive dialogue and positive action. At the same time, the President's plan is:
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. Continuing to develop policies that ensure opportunity and fairness for all Americans. At the
recommendation of his Race Advisory Board, the President is focusing on developing policy actions that
will enhance educational and economic opportunity for all. Already; a number of policy actions have been
announced, including the creation of: education empowerment zones, programs to increase quality teaching
in undeserved areas, and tougher enforcement policies to stop discrimination in housing.
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Engaging Americans in a broad and constructive dialogue on race. The President is encouraging
communities across the country to talk openly and constructively about race. He is asking them to use the
opportunity not only to stand against discrimination, but also to build greater understanding across racial
lines, to fmd resolutions to honest differences, and to enact solutions to identified problems.
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Highlighting PromiSing Practices that are working. In communities across the country, people are
working to bridge racial divides and to create equal opportunity for all. The Race Initiative staff is
identifying and creating a compilation of these efforts, named "promising practices," so that others may
participate in them or replicate them in their own communities, schools, businesses and religious
organizations.
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Recruiting Leaders. The President is reaching out to leaders in several areas of American life with a
special emphasis on recruiting youth, education, religious and business leaders. "One America" leaders are
those people who take up the President's call by organizing efforts in their communities or professions.
Through their leadership, the President's Initiative on Race will reach communities throughout the nation.
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Focusing on the youth of America. The Initiative has a special focus on youth. Recognizing that young
Americans are the future leaders of our country and that they possess a unique creativity and energy, the
President is working to actively engage youth in all aspects of the Initiative.
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Working with the Race Advisory Board. The President appointed a small, diverse group of individuals
who advise and assist him in outreach efforts and consultations with experts. They were chosen based on
their outstanding leadership on this issue and their contributions to America's ongoing dialogue about race
and reconciliation.
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Preparing a report from the President. The President will issue a report in which he will: 1) present his
vision of One America, including an assessment of the growing diversity of our nation; 2) reflect the work
that has occurred during the Initiative; and 3) provide recommendations and solutions that enable
individuals, communities, businesses, public and private organizations and government at all levels to
�address difficult issues and build on our best possibilities.
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It's restuctured to
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
Bruce Reed
SUBJECT:
Minority Welfare Caseloads
You asked us to evaluate recent reports that African American and Hispanic families are
leaving welfare more slowly than whites, and to consider what more we could do to ensure all
welfare recipients are making the successful transition from welfare to work. Below we
summarize the trends (a more detailed analysis is attached) and describe the new ideas we are
developing for consideration in your FY 2000 budget.
Trends
We have worked closely with NEC, CEA, OMB, HHS, and the Census Bureau to
examine the most recent welfare caseload data (generally through 1997). As detailed in the
attached analysis, the data show:
1.
While the number of families receiving welfare has dropped for all groups (whites,
blacks, and Hispanics) since 1994, the rate of decline for whites (26 percent) has far out
paced that of blacks (18 percent) and Hispanics (9 percent). (See Table 1).
2.
Despite these different rates of caseload decline, the composition of the welfare case10ad
has remained relatively constant since 1994, with whites declining from 37 to 35 percent
of the caseload, blacks increasing from 36 to 37 percent, and Hispanics growing from 20
to 23 percent. (See Table 2.)
3.
Most of the changes in the welfare caseload can be attributed to changes in the
composition of the population as a whole -- specifically, population growth explains
nearly two-thirds of the difference in caseload decline between Hispanics and whites and
nearly half the difference between blacks and whites. When population growth is taken
into account, the difference in the caseload feduction figures, which had ranged from 9
percent for Hispanics to 26 percent for whites before adjusting for population, narrows to
20 to 26 percent. Changes in welfare caseload composition have in fact roughly
mirrored overall demographic changes over the last 25 years. (See Table 3.)
4.
Welfare dependency is declining for all populations. For example, 1.4 percent of whites
were on welfare in 1997, a drop of26 percent from 1994; the percentage for blacks
dropped 21 percent, from 10.9 to 8.6, and for Hispanics by 20 percent, from 7.0 to 5.6.
(See Table 4.)
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Minorities on welfare are more likely to have characteristics that make it harder to leave
the rolls. Compared with whites, blacks and Hispanics on welfare tend to have lower
educational levels, marriage rates, and larger families. Hispanics also have less recent
work history than whites or blacks. However, the most striking difference may be the
geographic disparities -- blacks and Hispanics are more than twice as likely to live in
areas of concentrated poverty and in central cities where there are fewer job opportunities.
Overall, minorities are more likely to be long-term recipients. (See Table 5.)
6.
There is encouraging evidence that the employment rates of minority welfare recipients is
catching up with the employment rate for whites. Between 1996 and 1998, the
percentage of all prior year welfare recipients who were employed in the next year
increased by 28%. The increase was highest for Hispanics (49%), followed by blacks
(44%) and whites (5%). (See Table 6.)
7.
The trends in marriage rates and births to unmarried women could contribute to an
increasing proportion of minority families on welfare. While the proportion of
never-married single mothers is increasing for the entire population, the rate of increase is
largest for Hispanic women. Also, the birth rate to unmarried teenagers remains much
higher for blacks and Hispanics than for whites and is increasing for Hispanics while
declining for whites and blacks. (See Table 7.)
8.
The fact that child only cases -- which are decreasing more slowly than others -- are
disproportionately minority may contribute to the increasing proportion of minorities on
the rolls. (See Table 8.)
Given these data, we believe many of the initial reports about these caseload trends
exaggerated their significance, primarily by ignoring the extent to which they were related to
overall population trends. However, these data do underscore that many blacks and Hispanics
on the welfare rolls face greater obstacles to independence. Below we discuss the initiatives we
already have underway to assist those who may need more help in moving from welfare to work,
and some new ideas we are currently developing.
Current Initiatives
As you know, several of our current initiatives are targeted at the hardest to serve welfare
recipients and those living in concentrated areas of poverty. These initiatives were implemented
in 1998, too late to influence 1994-1997 trends outlined above.
•
The $3 Billion Welfare-to-Work Fund you fought for in the Balanced Budget Act is
designed specifically to help long-term welfare recipients living in high poverty areas, and
the fathers of their children, obtain jobs and move up a career ladder. While it is too
early to have demographic data on the individuals served by these funds, the factors in the
distribution formula and the individual eligibility criteria are likely to result in most of
these funds being spent on minorities. The first of these funds were awarded in January
1998 and are just now starting to provide individual services.
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The Welfare to Work Transportation Funds enacted in the TEA-21 transportation
reauthorization bill will help welfare recipients and low income workers get to where the
jobs are, often in suburban areas not served by public transportation. The law guarantees
$50 million this coming year, and we're urging the appropriators to provide a total of
$100 million.
•
The Welfare-to-Work Housing Vouchers we've'proposed will help families in isolated
urban or rural areas move closer to job opportunities. While the HUDN A appropriations
bill is still in conference, we believe they will at least fund the House level of 18,000
vouchers (far short of our 50,000 request, but a decent first step).
•
Community Empowerment Initiatives. The Administration's Community Empowerment
initiatives to spur economic development and job creation in distressed neighborhoods
will also help address the geographic isolation faced by minorities on welfare.
New Initiatives
As part of the FY 2000 budget development process, we are considering options to
further address the particular challenges faced by minorities in making a successful transition
from welfare to work including:
•
Increasing investments in English-language and literacy training. This could be done by
expanding existing Department of Education adult education programs and/or by
dedicating Welfare-to-Work funds for job-related literacy and ESL programs, provided
either in the workplace or at community organizations preparing individuals for
employment.
•
Expanding work-focussed drug treatment. Since many of those remaining on welfare
suffer from drug or alcohol dependencies, we are exploring ways to tie drug treatment
efforts to work and increase their availability.
•
Ensuring Welfare-to-Work funds are targeted to the toughest areas. While the current
Welfare to Work formula favors high poverty areas, we are going to examine whether the
funds could be even more targeted.
•
Increasing work and child support among noncustodial fathers. We are examining ways
to increase the employment and child support payments of noncustodial parents.
In sum, we recognize the critical importance of ensuring that all individuals on welfare
have the tools they need to make the transition to the workforce, and intend to continue to devise
strategies which, while not explicitly targeted at minorities, are aimed at those barriers
disproportionately faced by minorities on the welfare rolls.
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Minority Case10ads Analysis
Table I: Rate of Caseload Decline
The number of families receiving welfare has dropped for whites, blacks and Hispanics since
1994 (when caseloads peaked nationally), but the rate of decline for whites has far out paced that
of others, particularly Hispanics.
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T abl e 1 N urnb ero fF amITles on AFDC/TANF b y RaceIE thmClty
Race/Ethnicity
1994
1997*
Percent Change
White
1.9 million
1.4 million
-26%
Black
1.8 million
1.5 million
-18%
Hispanic
1.0 million
.9 million
-9%
* We do not yet have more recent data, or state-specific data, that we consider accurate. In July, The New York
Times reported more recent data provided by some states, but HHS believes that data, particularly for New York and
California, may contain significant reporting errors due to states implementation of the new T ANF data reporting
system.
[NOTE to BRfEK: still tlying to get data from H HS to back out child only cases for 1994]
Table 2: Overall Composition of Caseload
Despite these different rates of case10ad decline, the composition of the welfare caseload has
remained relatively constant, at least on a national basis.
. .
Tabl e 2 C omposltIon 0 f AFDCIT ANF C aseI oad b R aceIE th mClty
'y
Race/Ethnicity
1994
1997
White
37 percent
35 percent
Black
36 percent
37 percent
Hispanic
20 percent
23 percent
ASians, Native Amencans, and those deSIgnated "Unknown" compnse the rest of the case load.
Table 3: Effects of Changes in Overall Population
There are a number of factors that appear to contribute to the different rates at which caseloads
are declining for different racial and ethnic groups. The most important appears to be the
disparate rates of population growth for the different racial and ethnic groups. Controlling for
population trends greatly diminishes the difference between the welfare caseload declines for
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minorities and whites. Specifically, between 1994 and 1997, population growth explains nearly
two-thirds of the difference in caseload decline between Hispanics and whites and nearly half the
difference between blacks and whites. In other words, if all three groups had experienced the
same rate of population growth, their rate of welfare caseload decline would have been much
more similar. Adjusted for population growth, the Hispanic case10ad drop would have been 20
percent rather than 9 percent, and the black rate would have been 21 percent rather than 18
percent.
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T abl e 3 Percent Ch angem veraII PopuIafIOn b y R aceIEthn"
lClty 1994 1997
Race/Ethnicity
AFDCITANF cases
Population
Aged 15-49*
Population-Adjusted
(CaseslPopulation)
White
-25.8%
-0.1%
-25.7%
Black
-17.6%
4.4%
-21.1 %
Hispanic
- 9.1%
13.0%
-19.5%
Total
-19.1%
1.9%
..
-20.6%
* The trends III population aged 15-49 IS used here because IS thiS IS the age group most hkely to be a welfare head
of household, whose race/ethnicity would be counted when tallying the case demographics.
The racial/ethnic composition of welfare caseloads has been changing gradually over the last 25
years,roughly mirroring overall demographic trends. Whites gradually declined from 38 percent
to 35 percent in 1997. The proportion of blacks has generally declined, from 46 percent in 1973
to 37 percent in 1997. The most significant trend is the increase in the Hispanic portion ofthe
caseload, from 13 percent in 1973 to 23 percent in 1997.
Table 4: Welfare Dependency
While minorities are more likely to be on welfare, this rate has dropped significantly for alLthree
groups since 1994. Again, the rate of decline is fastest for whites and slowest for Hispanics.
Table 4: AFDCITANF Cases as Percent of Population by Race/Ethnicity (ages 15-49)
Race/Ethnicity
1994
1997*
Percent Change
White
1.91
1.42
-25.7%
Black
10.93
8.63
-21.1%
5.61
-19.5%
Hispanic
6.97
* These data are only available through June 1997.
'Table 5: Characteristics of Minorities on the Caseload
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Minorities on welfare disproportionately share characteristics that make it harder to leave the
rolls. Compared with whites, blacks and Hispanics on welfare tend to have lower educational
levels, marriage rates, and larger families. Hispanics also have less recent work history than
whites or blacks. However, the most striking difference may be the geographic disparities -blacks and Hispanics are more than twice as likely to live in areas of concentrated poverty and in
central cities where there are fewer job opportunities.
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T abl e 5 CharactenstIcs 0 f AFDC/TANF R eClplents b R aceIE thn·ICltyO
>y
TOTAL
WHITE
BLACK
HISPANIC
% without HS diploma
43%
30%
43%
64%
% never married
47%
33%
69%
43%
> 2 children
29%
20%
33%
39%
Worked during the year
45%
49%
48%
33%
Live in area wi poverty
rate> 20%
48%
29%
67%
58%
Live in central city
49%
29%
68%
60%
. . of recIpients In 1997 .
. .
°These data are from the March 1998 Current Population Survey, shoWIng charactenstlcs
Minorities are more likely to be long-term welfare recipients. For example, in 1997 20 percent
of blacks on welfare have been on the rolls for at least five continuous years, compared to 19
percent for Hispanics and 14 percent for whites (data are for the first nine months of 1997).
Table 6: Employment Rate of Welfare Recipients
There is encouraging evidence that the employment rates of minority welfare recipients (people
on welfare in one year who were working the following year) is catching up with the employment
rate for whites.
Table 6: Employment Rate of Welfare Recipients
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Race/Ethnicity
1996
1998
Percent Change 96-98
White
36.4%
38.2%
5%
Black
23.1 %
33.2 %
44%
Hispanic
19.4 %
28.9%
49%
All Recipients
26.5%
33.8%
28%
Table 7: Trends in Marriage Rates and Births
The trends in marriage rates and births to unmarried women could contribute to an increasing
proportion of minority families going on welfare. While the proportion of never-married single
mothers is increasing for the entire population, the rate of increase is largest for Hispanic women.
% Change
1992
% of all single mothers who were never
married
1997
30%
35%
17%
Never-married single mothers by race/ethnicity:
White
17%
21%
24%
Black
51%
55%
8%
Hispanic
33%
42%
27%
Also, the birth rate to unmarried teenagers remains much higher for blacks and Hispanics than
for whites. While the rate is decreasing for blacks and slightly for whites, it continues to
increase for Hispanics. For example, between 1991 and 1996, the rate of births to unmarried
teenagers decreased 18% for blacks and 4% for whites, but increased 3% for Hispanics.
Table 8: Child Only Cases
One of the factors which could contribute to the increasing proportion of minorities on the
caseload is the fact that minorities are disproportionately represented in child-only cases, which
are decreasing more slowly than cases headed by adults.
FY96
Child-onl
y
FY97+
Child-o
nly
Percent
Change
7
FY96
Adult-hea
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FY97+
Adult-hea
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cases
cases
TOTAL (All Races)
978,300
915,500
Percent White
28%
Percent Non-White
72%
-6.4%
3,575,00
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3,107,23
3
27%
38%
37%
73%
62%
63%
-13.1%
* These data are only available through June 1997.
Between 1996 and 1997, the rate of decline for cases headed by an adult was at least twice that
for child-only cases (Note: this understates the rate of decline because it is an average monthly
figure based on only the first nine months of 1997, the most recent available data). Child-only
cases are those in which the parent or adult is not part of the caseload for one of several reasons:
e.g., adult is not a citizen but the child is; child is being cared for by a relative who is not part of
the case (kinship care), etc. Child-only cases are not expected to decline due to welfare to work
efforts.
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SUBJECT:
Good News re: ABC is interested in the child support story
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Ethridge Breakfast
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Erskine is going to drop by a breakfast tomorrow that is being thrown for
Bobby Ethridge by a variety of pharmaceutical companies. Are there any
pending pharmaceutical issues that Erskine should be aware of? Kevin
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SUBJECT:
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you're fab
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SUBJECT:
Elder Fraud and Abuse
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READ: UNKNOWN
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READ: U1'!KNOWN
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TEXT:
The event is scheduled for the East Room at 11:30am on Monday, October 5.
The press office would like to leak the HHS Report on the problem of elder
abuse to the NYT or USA Today and to the morning shows. They would also
like Shalala to go out that morning on the shows.
The audience will be 150 seniors, advocates, and State AGs.
Lynn Cutler
suggested we invite Kirk Douglas to be in the front row. Does that, sound
okay to you all?
The VP is not confirmed yet, but will likely participate. The outstanding
question is whether or not the Reno and Shalala should speak. I f they all
speak, the messages could be:
VP - Administration Accomplishments
Shalala - Overview of problem of elder abuse (from the report)
Reno - Overview of problem of elder fraud, specifically telemarketing fraud
Victim of telemarketing fraud - tells her story
POTUS - Outlines his commitment/federal role and makes his announcements
(1. Call for reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, 2. Creation of
National Center on Elder Abuse, 3. Announce DOJ/AARP partnerships to crack
down on elder fraud, 4. Announce new DOJ grants on elder fraud)
Let me know if you think it's better not to have the Cabinet speak. Thanks.
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CREATION DATE/TlME:28-SEP-1998 19:27:19.00
SUBJECT:
Alien smuggling
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Elena,
I attended an NSC meeting this afternoon re: alien smuggling and, in
particular, how we (the federal government) can better handle situations
where boat loads of Chinese are found off the western coast. These
migranst sometimes head for Mexico (from where they will be smuggled to
the U.S.) and sometimes head for the U.S.
Thus, it is a law enforcement
issue for both countries.
The only immigration issue discussed was whether INS's expedited removal
procedures could be adapted to better handle boat loads of Chinese. Under
the current system, a person who arrives in the country without proper
immigation papers is immediately deported, unless that person can make a
threshold claim of asylum. The DOJ and INS have worked hard to make this
process as fair as possible and have erred on the side of making the
threshold showing fairly low. The DOJ believes that , in general, the use
of a low threshold works well to carry out its mandate to deport easy
cases and detain for investigation border-line cases. DOJ and INS
strongly support how expedited removal is being implemented.
However, b/c of this low threshold and a recent change in the law that
allows credible fear of persecution to be established based on the birth
control policies of the mirgrant's home country, more than 90% of Chinese
who arrive on boats are able to make the necessary threshold showing;
thus, only a small percentage are quickly deported.
The State Department has asserted that our credibility in asking for
greater cooperation from Mexico on this issue requires that we take
greater steps to make the necessary changes in our laws so that the
Chinese can be repatriated expeditiously from the U.S.
However, DOJ does
not think that there are regulatory or legislative changes that they would
recommend.
However, DOJ is going to take a stab at it. They are preparing an options
paper on what regulatory changes could be made to make expedited removal
work better for Chinese arriving on boats, without making it worse for the
vast majority of immigrants to whom it applies. We should get this in a
couple of weeks.
Julie
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CREATION DATE/TIME:28-SEP-1998 19:39:33.00
SUBJECT:
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Attached is a draft letter to Jim Graham, Commissioner of the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture. The letter concerns declining tobacco
quota and tobacco exports. Tom and Dallas Smith at USDA have looked this
over. Do you want to look this over? Would Erskine want to look it over
given his interest in NC and since Graham has already called him? I will
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Draft 9-28-98
The Honorable James A. Graham
Commissioner
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 27647
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Dear Commissioner Graham:
Thank for your recent letter concerning the future of tobacco farmers in the South and for your
suggestions on policy options the Administration should consider.
I share your concern for the tobacco farmers and their communities. Last September, I included
protections for farmers and their communities as one of my five key principles for tobacco
legislation. I remain committed to working with all parties to make sure we reduce youth
smoking while also protecting farmers, tobacco workers, and the communities in which they live.
I am please that you contacted my chief of staff, Erskine Bowles. Recently, Mr. Bowles and
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman met with members of Congress from tobacco states,
representatives of state governments, growers' representatives, and others to explore possible
alternatives to the projected cut in next year's poundage quota if the current marketing trends
continue throughout the 1998 marketing season. I am forwarding your list of policy options to
Secretary Glickman and his staff so that we can consider them fully.
As you may know, it is my Administration's policy, in light of the serious health consequences of
tobacco use, to not promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products. At the same time,
we will continue to insist that all U.S. commodities, including tobacco, are treated fairly in any of
our trade agreements or market access negotiations. The overall objective is to ensure equal
access to a shrinking global market for tobacco.
Thank for sharing your concerns, and I look forward to working with you on ideas to bring more
certainty and stability to the future of tobacco farmers.
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CREATION DATE/TIME:28-SEP-1998 19:49:46.00
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CREATION DATE/TIME:28-SEP-1998 19:56:06.00
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CREATOR: Kate P. Donovan ( CN=Kate P. Donovan/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:28-SEP-1998 20:46:36.00
SUBJECT:
C/J/S; INTERIOR; DC APPROPS LETTERS
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Below are draft conferees letters for three appropriations bills: 1)
C/J/S; 2) Interior; and 3) District of Columbia. We aim to send all three
letters by cob Tuesday, 9/29.
Please review & provide comments by 1pm,
Tuesday. Thank you very much.
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The Honorable Bob Livingston
Chainnan
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chainnan:
This letter provides the Administration's views on the Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 1999, as passed by the House and by
the Senate. As the conferees develop a final version of the bill, your consideration ofthe
Administration's views would be appreciated.
The Administration appreciates the Congress' support for many of the President's
priorities within the 302(b) allocation. For example, we appreciate the funding levels provided
by both the House and the Senate for law enforcement programs in general and the COPS
program in particular. Funding COPS at the requested level of $1.4 billion is consistent with the
Balanced Budget Agreement and would enable us to achieve the goal of hiring 100,000
additional police officers by the year 2000.
However, the allocation is simply insufficient to make the necessary investments in other
critical programs funded by this bill. The only way to achieve the appropriate investment level
is to offset discretionary spending by using savings in other areas. The President's FY 1999
Budget proposes levels of discretionary spending for FY 1999 that confonn to the Bipartisan
Budget Agreement by making savings in mandatory and other programs available to help finance
this spending. In the Transportation Equity Act, Congress -- on a broad, bipartisan basis -- took
similar action in approving funding for surface transportation programs paid for with mandatory
offsets. We want to work with the Congress on mutually agreeable mandatory and other offsets
that would be used to increase high-priority discretionary programs, including those funded by
this bill. In addition, we hope that the Congress will reduce funding for lower priority and
unrequested discretionary programs, and redirect funding to programs of higher priority.
The Administration has very serious concerns, discussed below, with the Congress'
inadequate funding of a number of priority programs, as well as with objectionable language
provisions. If the bill presented to the President does not address these issues, the President's
senior advisers would recommend that he veto the bill.
Legal Services Corporation
The Administration appreciates the funding level of $300 million provided for the Legal
Services Corporation (LSC) in the Senate bill. While we acknowledge the House amendment to
increase funding above the House Committee level, the resulting House funding level for LSC
remains unacceptable. The House version of the bill would fund LSC at $250 million, $33
million below the FY 1998 level and $90 million below the President's request of$340 million.
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the Government's commitment to ensure that all Americans have access to the judicial system.
In addition, the Supreme Court's recent ruling that interest on lawyer trust accounts cannot be
used to generate resources for civil legal services eliminates a funding source that provided LSC
programs with more than $57 million last year. We urge the conferees to fully fund the
President's request.
Department of Commerce
Decennial Census. The language in the House bill that would release funds for only the
first half of FY 1999 is unacceptable. It is critical that the Congress provide full-year funding
for the Decennial Census without any restrictions on the use of statistical sampling. Delays or
disruptions would unacceptably complicate the management of this massive operation. We
strongly urge the conferees to remove the onerous House language restrictions and provide
funding that will allow the Census Bureau to implement its current plan. This plan was
developed by statistical experts and is based on recommendations from the National Academy of
Sciences, which found that regardless of the resources committed, the methodologies employed
in the past could not achieve satisfactory accuracy. The statistical methods incorporated in the.
Bureau's plan would produce the most accurate census possible and virtually eliminate the large
undercounts of minorities, children, and other groups that occurred in the 1990 census.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Administration urges Congress
to fully fund priority programs, including: the Clean Water Initiative, including the Coastal
Non-point program, to protect coastal communities; the GLOBE program, to promote scientific
discovery and student achievement; Endangered Species Act and Magnuson-Stevens Act
implementation; the Global Change Program, to understand the implications of extreme weather
events such as EI Nino; and, the National Weather Service, to improve services that inform
communities of severe weather.
The Administration objects to language in the House-passed bill that would impose
severe personnel and funding limitations on NOAA's executive direction and central
administrative support areas. These restrictions would result in a loss of accountability in the
management of NOAA's operations.
The Administration urges the conferees to restore funding necessary to maintain existing
contracts, particularly for geostationary spacecraft procurement and polar instrument
development. Both the House and Senate bills fail to include adequate funding to fulfill contract
obligations for the converged polar satellite program and the recently-awarded geostationary
follow-on contract. Renegotiation ofthese contracts would jeopardize satellite continuity for
both civilian and military weather operations and increase costs.
National Institute for Standards and Technology. The Administration is disappointed by
reductions to the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), which fosters cutting-edge research.
We urge the conferees to provide the President's request for new awards and to drop bill
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language placing restrictions on new awards that reduce ATP' s ability to manage carryover
balances effectively. Also, the Administration is concerned that Congress' exclusion of the
requested advance appropriation for the Advanced Measurement Laboratory would increase costs
and delay completion of the facility by at least a year.
Statistics Initiatives. The Administration is concerned that both the House and Senate
bills do not include adequate funding for high-priority statistical initiatives, particularly the
improvement of National Account measures, the Poverty Measure initiative, and the Continuous
Measurement program, which will provide annual demographic information on the population
and eliminate the need for the "long form" in the 2010 Census.
National Information Infrastructure Program. The Administration urges· the conferees to
fully fund the President's request for the National Information Infrastructure Grants Program,
which provides seed money for innovative projects that deploy, use, and evaluate advanced
information technology.
Economic Development Administration (EDA). The Administration is concerned about
the funding level for EDA in the Senate-passed bill. EDA assists distressed communities in
dealing with the burdens imposed by industry downsizing and international trade agreements and
has achieved significant results in creating jobs, leveraging private sector dollars, and increasing
local tax bases.
Agricultural Guest Workers
The Administration strongly urges the conferees to delete provisions in the Senate-passed
bill that would create a new agricultural guest worker program. We believe that the Agricultural
Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act of 1998 is likely to increase illegal immigration to
the U.S., reduce job opportunities for legal U.S. farm workers, and depress wages and work
standards for U.S. farm workers. These provisions, therefore, are unacceptable. Consistent with
the findings and recommendations of two bi-partisan commissions -- the Commission on
Immigration Reform and the Commission on Agricultural Workers -- the President opposes a
new guest worker program. However, the Administration shares the goal of assuring an
adequate, predictable labor supply of farm workers and will work with the Congress to develop
reforms to the current program to ensure that it responds to agricultural needs while protecting
U.S. farm workers.
Small Business Administration
The Administration strongly objects to the funding levels for Small Business
Administration (SBA) disaster loans and operating expenses. We urge the conferees to restore
funding so that SBA may continue to provide vital services to the Nation's small business
community and assistance to the victims of natural disasters.
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The House's funding level for SBA's Salaries and Expenses account regular operating
expenses represents a 29-percent reduction from the President's request and includes a
requirement that all of the reduction be taken from headquarters functions. This funding level
would require a reduction in staff of more than 1,300 staff years through severe
reductions-in-force. Not even the elimination of all headquarters employees would satisfy the
House Report's requirement that all reductions be taken solely from non-district Offices.
The Senate mark of $94 million to administer the Disaster Loan Program is a 43-percent
reduction from the President's request. Such a drastic reduction in funding to originate and
service disaster loans would result in the cessation ofloans and services to the victims of natural
disasters by the beginning of calendar year 1999.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Administration strongly urges the conferees to fully fund the President's request of
$279 million for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), $18.5 million above
the House level and $25.4 million above the Senate level. The additional resources are essential
and would allow EEOC to reduce the backlog of pending complaints and implement
much-needed reforms in the way all complaints are managed, including an enhanced alternative
dispute resolution program. We look forward to working with the Congress to provide funding
for EEOC and other programs included in the President's civil rights enforcement initiative.
Department of Justice
The Administration appreciates the Congress'continued support for law
enforcement and other Department of Justice activities. However, as discussed below, we
are concerned about Congress' action in a number of areas.
Imposition of State Ethics Rules. The House-passed bill includes unacceptable
language that would impose State ethics rules on Federal attorneys and establish an
independent board that could fire Federal agents, prosecutors, and civil law enforcement
attorneys. These provisions would undermine Federal law enforcement by subjecting
Department of Justice attorneys to multiple and inconsistent State rules of conduct,
transferring to the States the authority to regulate the conduct of Federal attorneys in the
performance of their Federal law enforcement duties. For example, this legislation would
hamper investigations of drug operations across State lines as well as other
multi-jurisdiction investigations such as the Oklahoma City bombing investigation.
Brady Act Implementation. The Senate bill contains unacceptable language that
would undermine implementation of the Brady Act and the National Instant Check
System. The Administration urges the conferees to reject this language and to continue to
work with the Administration to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, the mentally
unstable, and other prohibited purchasers.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service Examination and User Fees. The Senate
bill inappropriately diverts $166 million in receipts from the Immigration and
Naturalization Service's (INS's) Immigration Examination and User Fee accounts for
expenses not directly related to the immigration services for which they are assessed. In
addition, the Department of Justice has forwarded a reprogramming action for $171
million to address a funding shortfall in the Examination Fee account and provide
necessary resources to reduce the citizenship application backlog and implement
management reforms. The Senate recommendation would exacerbate this funding
shortfall. The Administration urges the conferees to ensure that immigration fees are used
to reduce the backlog of pending citizenship applications, as well as to approve the
reprogramming of departmental resources for naturalization process reengineering and
application backlog reduction.
Winstar. The Justice Department critically needs resources to fund the Winstar
litigation, in which the Department is defending against $20 to $30 billion in claims against
the Government. The Administration appreciates the Senate's willingness to fund
Winstar, but opposes the Senate's approach to funding for Wins tar, which would require
substantial reductions to the litigating divisions' other activities, including Civil Rights,
Civil, Criminal, and other legal divisions.
Title V -- At-Risk Children's Grant Program. The Administration urges the conferees to
provide the $95 million requested for the At-Risk children's proposal. The At-Risk proposal
supports community programs that prevent young people from becoming involved in the criminal
justice system, including mentoring, truancy prevention, and gang intervention.
Drug Testing and Intervention. The Administration urges the conferees to provide the
$85 million requested for the drug testing and intervention program. Systematic drug testing is a
proven, cost-effective means of using the coercive power of the criminal justice system to move
non-violent offenders into drug treatment programs.
Protection Against Chemical and Biological Weapons. We appreciate the Congress'
support of the Administration's efforts to combat terrorism, particularly the use of chemical and
biological weapons. However, we encourage the conferees to fully fund all of the items
requested by the Administration, and, in particular, detection equipment for State and local bomb
squads.
Protection Against Attacks on Critical Infrastructure. The Administration urges the
conferees to provide the full $34 million requested for expenses related to protection of the
Nation's critical infrastructure, including funding for potential transfer to the Department of
Commerce's Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office and for the FBI's National Infrastructure
Protection Center. Failure to provide requested funding for these initiatives would endanger the
Government's efforts to fight cybercrime.
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Indian Country. While the Senate mark for Indian Country criminal justice assistance is
preferable to the House level, we urge the conferees to fully fund the Administration's request,
including FBI and U.S. Attorneys resources. This initiative seeks to provide much-needed funds
to address a serious public safety crisis.
International Affairs Programs
On September 22nd, the President transmitted an FY 1998 emergency supplemental
funding request to address urgent needs relating to the terrorist bombings of the U.S.
embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. In consultation with Congress,
the Administration has prepared this request and looks forward to working with Congress
to enact this proposal as quickly as possible. We are encouraged by the strong bipartisan
support and commitment to protect U.S. citizens and U.S. interests around the world
including our overseas official presence. In this regard, the Administration urges support
for the FY 1999 request for various operating accounts, which are needed in addition to the
Emergency Supplemental to support our overseas presence and provide the annual funds
for security programs and other activities.
State Department Operations. The Administration appreciates the Congress' support for
the Department of State's Diplomatic and Consular Programs and Salaries and Expenses
accounts. However, both versions of the bill include reductions to, or unrequested earmarks in,
these accounts totaling over $30 million. Such reductions would prevent the Department from
meeting expected wage and price increases, covering critical overseas staffing gaps, and
addressing other infrastructure shortfalls. Further, the exclusion of $38 million from the
House-passed bill for information technology improvements in the Capital Investment Fund
would jeopardize the Department's effort to achieve Y2K compliance. In addition, the
administration supports the Senate's permanent extension of the Machine Readable Visa
authority and opposes the cap on this authority in the House-passed bill. The House version
would limit the Department's ability to execute the President's Border Security Program.
International Organizations and Peacekeeping. The Administration is concerned that
funding reductions and earmarks, especially in the Senate version, for the Contributions to
International Organizations (CIO) and Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities
(CIP A) accounts would increase arrears and impair the ability of the United States to address
foreign policy interests through the mechanism of U.N. peacekeeping. Given uncertainties in
the Balkan region and elsewhere, the Administration urges that the CIP A request level be
provided. The Administration is also concerned that the CIO account be crafted in a
manner that allows sufficient payments to be made to the United Nations before December
31st in order to avoid a loss of vote by the United States in the U.N. General Assembly.
The Administration appreciates the steps the Congress has taken to fund the request for
arrearage payments this year. We want to work with the Congress to ensure that these funds are
available in a timely fashion to retain our influence in these organizations and to identify reform
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measures that further U.S. interests. However, we strongly oppose the authorization
requirement in both versions of the bill that is intended to subject this important foreign policy
measure to the unrelated issue of family planning policy.
The Administration strongly believes that activities relating to the Comprehensive
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty should be funded at the $29 million level, as requested in the
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs account. We oppose the
House-passed bill's proposal to provide up to $15 million for these needs by transfer from the
CIO account without any increase in funding.
United States Information Agency. The Administration is very concerned about
reductions to the United States Information Agency (USIA), which both the House and Senate
fund below the President's request, by $30 million and $68 million, respectively. Given that the
USIA request is virtually at the FY 1998 level, any reductions would hurt core public diplomacy
activities, Year 2000 compliance, critical broadcasting activities, including broadcasting to
Africa, and important grant programs. The Senate-passed version of the bill is partiCUlarly
problematic because it severely underfunds international information programs by $35 million
(most of which is due to the bill's omission of funding for overseas administrative costs) and
broadcasting programs by $46 million. For broadcasting, the reduction would require a personnel
reduction-in-force, eliminate broadcast language services, and defer necessary capital and
technical radio modernization improvements.
Jerusalem. The Administration strongly objects to provisions in the Senate bill
concerning Jerusalem that would intrude impermissibly upon the President's constitutional
authority to conduct diplomacy and determine recognition and would undermine ongoing efforts
to promote a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The Administration strongly opposes the House provision
that seeks to curtail funding for U.s. participation in the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty's Standing
Consultative Commission (SCC). The Administration has made clear that the 1997
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) referred to in the House language will be sent to the
Senate for advice and consent as soon as Russia ratifies START II; while we will continue to
meet with other states in the SCC to discuss Treaty-related issues, the MOU will not be
implemented without Senate approval. (Twice-yearly meetings of the SCC are required under
the Treaty, which was ratified by the Senate in 1972 by a vote of 96 to 3. The SCC deals with
Treaty related issues and works to resolve disputes and ensure compliance.)
Property Claims. The Administration strongly opposes language in the House-passed
bill that would prevent intervention by the Justice Department and other agencies in certain U.S.
court proceedings to seize property of foreign governments designated as state sponsors of
terrorism. Such a measure likely would result in seizures of property in direct violation of U.S.
statutory and treaty law and in giving priority to certain U.S. claimants over long-standing,
legitimate claims by other U.S. citizens. It could also lead to costs incurred by the United States
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in the event of judgments for foreign governments, retaliation against U.S. diplomatic properties
abroad, and seizure of property where the United States is claiming an interest in actual
ownership of the property. Moreover, this provision would undermine the Administration's
ability to protect the interests ofthe United States in U.S. courts.
International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The Administration opposes language
in the Senate-passed bill that would limit the President's ability to impose sanctions under the
International Emergency Economics Powers Act. The provision would interfere with the
President's authority to target sanctions in specific situations, restricting and important foreign
po Ii cy too I.
Vietnam and Haiti. The Administration is concerned that language in both versions of
the bill regarding Vietnam would unconstitutionally constrain the President's authority with
respect to the conduct of diplomacy. In addition, language in the Senate-passed bill regarding
Haiti purports, in some circumstances, to limit the President's unfettered constitutional authority
to "receive ambassadors and other public ministers."
Federal Communications Commission
The Administration is concerned that both versions of the bill exclude funding for the
Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) scheduled move to the Portals complex, and
that the House bill provides none of the FCC's requested increases. Denial of funding for
Portals would impair the FCC's ability to implement the mandates of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996 and carry out critical mission operations. The House's overall level could require an
agency-wide furlough or reduction-in-force.
Internet Regulation
The Administration strongly supports the objectives of provisions in the Senate-passed
bill regarding Internet regulation. However, the Administration has concerns about the
provisions as currently drafted ahd urges the conferees to delete them. Instead, we look forward
to working with Congress to develop legislation that will address our mutual goals through the
authorization process. Specifically, the Administration supports legislation that would require
every school and library using the e-rate to certify that it has developed a plan to protect its
schoolchildren from inappropriate content. Such legislation cannot follow a "one-size-fits-all"
approach that could interfere with local judgments about how to best address the problem. In
addition, while we share the important goal of empowering parents and teachers to protect
minors from harmful material that is distributed commercially over the World Wide Web,
imposing Federal criminal penalties for such distribution is inadvisable at this time. Such a new
criminal statute could divert investigative and prosecutorial resources from combating hard core
traffickers in child pornography. Moreover, because such a provision could be subject to serious
constitutional challenge, it is important to carefully address the constitutional questions before
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enacting any Internet content regulation. Given the progress that the private sector has made
and is continuing to make in empowering parents and teachers to protect minors from harmful
material, there is no need to rush an appropriations rider now without due consideration of these
issues.
Year 2000 Computer Conversion
In the FY 1999 Budget, the President requested more than $1 billion for Year 2000
(Y2K) computer conversion. In addition, the budget anticipated that additional requirements
would emerge over the course of the year and included an allowance for emergencies and other
unanticipated needs. On September 2nd, the President transmitted to the Congress a request
for $3.25 billion in FY 1998 contingent emergency funding for Y2K computer conversion
activities. This supplemental request would create a funding mechanism that is consistent with
both the needs anticipated in the President's budget and the Senate's action creating a $3.25
billion contingent emergency reserve to provide the resources and the flexibility necessary to
respond to critical unanticipated Y2K-related requirements. It is essential to make Y2K funding
available quickly and flexibly. Efforts to defer action on the emergency fund in the Treasury
and General Government appropriations bill are very troubling, particularly in light of the fact
that several appropriations bills -- including the House version of Commerce, Justice, State -- do
not include funding for base Y2K requests.
Additional Administration concerns are contained in the enclosure. We look forward to
working with the conferees to address our mutual concerns.
Sincerely,
Jacob J. Lew
Director
Identical Letter Sent to The Honorable Bob Livingston,
The Honorable David R. Obey, The Honorable Harold Rogers,
The Honorable Alan Mollohan, The Honorable Ted Stevens,
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, The Honorable Judd Gregg,
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Enclosure
(Conference)
ADDITIONAL CONCERNS
H.R. 4276 -- DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE,
THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, FY 1999
(AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND BY THE SENATE)
Department of Commerce
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Minority Business Development Agency. Management reforms at the Minority Business
Development Agency (MBDA) have improved delivery of programs and technical
assistance, and MBDA has emerged as a stronger, more focused agency. The
Administration objects to the reduction to MBDA's base made by both the House and the
Senate and requests restoration of$2.8 million.
Department of Justice
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Bureau of Prisons/Abortion. The Administration urges the conferees to strike language
that would prohibit the Bureau of Prisons from funding abortions except in cases of rape
or where the life of the mother is endangered.
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Iuvenile Iustice Block Grant. The Administration is concerned that the Juvenile Justice
Block Grant program, funded at $250 million in the House-passed bill and $100 million
in the Senate-passed bill, may authorize a broad and unfocused range of spending. We
urge the Congress to provide funding for more targeted activities, including direct funds
for local prosecutors to address juvenile and quality of life crimes.
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Narrowband Communications. , The Administration is disappointed that neither version
of the bill would provide the $86 million requested to establish a fund for the
consolidation and coordination of the Department's conversion to narrowband
communications systems. We urge the conferees to establish such a fund and to restore
the $24 million in base resources.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Administration asks that the conferees
provide the $50 million requested for the FBI's Information Sharing Initiative (lSI).
The House level, $20 million below the request, would prevent the FBI from
improving its electronic case file information, thereby increasing the effectiveness
and efficiency of the FBI's investigations. Furthermore, the House reporting
requirement on lSI would impede the FBI's ongoing efforts to provide critical
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INS Border Management Strategy. The Administration appreciates Congress'
support for the Administration's border control initiative. However, both the
House and Senate marks are insufficient to support our comprehensive, bipartisan
border management and enforcement strategy. We urge the conferees to fully fund
the President's request for the border infrastructure and technology, detention
support, and interior enforcement initiatives.
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Counterdrug Strategy. The Administration strongly opposes Senate Report
language that would direct the Attorney General to create a new interagency
counterdrug strategy. The Director of National Drug Control Policy is mandated
by statute to perform this function; it should not be transferred to the Attorney
General. However, we understand from a colloquy on the Senate floor that the
intent of this language is to encourage the Justice Department to work closely with
ONDCP on implementing the National Drug Control Strategy and ONDCP's
Performance Measures of Effectiveness. The Report language should be dropped
or clarified consistent with the colloquy.
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Controlled Substances Act. The Administration has serious concerns about
sections 118 and 119 ofthe Senate-passed bill, which would weaken the Drug
Enforcement Administration's authority to regulate the flow of drugs classified as
controlled substances. The provisions would allow relief for recordkeeping and
reporting violations. Careless, negligent, or unknowing violations, which are
properly subject to misdemeanor penalties under current law, create an opportunity
to divert drugs to illicit channels just as do knowing or intentional violations.
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Antitrust Division. The Administration opposes the Senate-passed bill's provision
prohibiting Antitrust Division personnel from traveling abroad to encourage a foreign
country to take an antitrust action. This provision would infringe upon the President's
constitutional authority to conduct the foreign relations of the United States.
•
Resources for Combating Terrorism. Section 117 of the Senate bill sets forth
requirements for reporting resources devoted to combating terrorism. The
Administration is pleased to provide data on these very important efforts. However, the
bill proscribes a format and detail that will be difficult and burdensome to provide. In
addition, there are other statutory requirements for reporting resources devoted to
combating terrorism. Flexibility is essential in order to develop a meaningful report that
can satisfy multiple requirements.
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Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas
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The Administration opposes the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1998,
which has been included in the Senate-passed bill. This legislation is unnecessary, since
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no national nursing shortage exists; it duplicates currently authorized employment visa
programs; and, it fails to provide adequate protections for U.S. workers. We urge the
conferees to drop this objectionable provision.
Environmental Riders
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The Administration objects to a provision of section 619 of the Senate bill that would
require certain Exxon Valdez settlement funds to be spent only for grants for marine
research and community and economic restoration. This language is contrary to the
Clean Water Act and a court-ordered consent decree that require that the State and
Federal natural resource trustees determine how these funds should best be used. In
addition, section 208 ofthe Senate bill would create an executive committee within the
North Pacific Research Board. The Board does not include a representative from the
Department of the Interior. The Administration believes that the Department should be a
member of the executive committee because of its major program responsibilities within
the State of Alaska.
Department of State
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Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service. The Administration prefers
the House version of the Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service and
Representation Allowances accounts over the Senate version, which would transfer
funds from the Emergencies account into the Representation Allowances account.
•
Personnel Details. The Administration opposes language in the Senate report purporting
to limit the detail of personnel by the Department of State. These details serve a variety
of interests, including obtaining information on threats to U.S. missions abroad, recruiting
of talented persons to the Foreign Service, and providing expertise to other agencies and
offices in the U.S. Government that address foreign policy matters.
•
U.N. Budget Certification. The Administration opposes the House version's
semi-annual U.N. budget certification, which withholds $100 million of the $297 million
payment to the U.N. which is funded in the CIO account. The withholding requirement
is excessive and it exacerbates our funding problems with the U.N. The provision also
ignores extraordinary requirements and is inconsistent with the U.N. budget process.
•
Certification on International Organizations. The Administration opposes the
certification process contained in the Senate report regarding the overhead costs of
international organizations. The most critical work of many of these organizations
is to support meetings of technical and policy experts from member states. This
certification process could have the effect of creating additional arrears and
detracting from the' ability of the United States to achieve meaningful reforms. The
Administration would consider an annual certification patterned after that
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Office of the United States Trade Representative
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The Administration urges the conferees to provide the Senate level -- full funding of the
President's request -- for the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
and to restore bill language giving USTR no-year funding availability for up to $2.5
million of the appropriation. In addition, we request that the conferees and strike the
Senate provision directing four USTR employees to study the Canadian Wheat Board.
Other International Programs
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The Administration urges the conferees to provide the Senate-passed level for the Anns
Control and Disannament Agency and is concerned about potential reductions for the
Asia Foundation, the American Institute in Taiwan, and the International Commissions.
Such reductions would place a disproportionate burden on the operating budgets of these
small agencies.
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The Honorable David R. Obey
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Representative Obey:
The Honorable Harold Rogers
Chairman
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
State, and Judiciary Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Honorable Alan Mollohan
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
State, and Judiciary Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Representative Mollohan:
The Honorable Ted Stevens
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd
Committee on Appropriations
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Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Byrd:
The Honorable Judd Gregg
Chainnan
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
State, and Judiciary Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chainnan:
The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
State, and Judiciary Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Hollings:
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The Honorable Bob Livingston
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The purpose of this.letter is to provide the Administration's views on H.R. 4193 and S.
2237, the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 1999, as
passed by the House and as reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee, respectively. As
the conferees develop a final version of the bill, your consideration of the Administration's views
would be appreciated. Due to inadequate funding levels for priority programs and at least 30
objectionable language riders, discussed below, the President's senior advisers would recommend
that he veto the bill if it were presented to him as approved by the House and as reported by the
Senate Committee.
The Administration appreciates efforts by the House and Senate to accommodate certain
of the President's priorities within the 302(b) allocation. However, the allocation is simply
insufficient to make the necessary investments in programs funded by this bill. The only way to
achieve the appropriate investment level is to offset discretionary spending by using savings
in other areas.
The President's FY 1999 Budget proposes levels of discretionary spending for FY
1999 that conform to the Bipartisan Budget Agreement by making savings in mandatory
and other programs available to help finance this spending. In the Transportation Equity
Act, Congress -- on a broad, bipartisan basis -- took similar action in approving funding
for surface transportation programs together with mandatory offsets. In addition, this
year, as in the past, such mandatory offsets have been approved by the House and Senate
in other appropriations bills. The Administration urges the conferees to consider such
mandatory proposals for other priority discretionary programs, including those funded
through this bill.
The Administration's specific concerns with funding and language provisions of the
House-passed and Senate Committee-reported bills are discussed below. The
Administration recognizes that negotiations are ongoing, and that some of these issues may
be resolved prior to conference.
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Departments of the Interior and Agriculture
The Administration strongly objects to inadequate funding provided by the
House-passed and Senate Committee bills for high priority programs within these two
departments, including:
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Everglades restoration and other land acquisition funding from the Land
and Water Conservation Fund;
•
the Clean Water Action Plan to clean up America's ground and surface
waterways;
•
the Disaster Information Network providing enhanced data to protect
Americans and reduce economic loss;
•
BIA education operations and school construction, the Indian Country law
enforcement initiative, and the land consolidation pilot project;
•
Indian Trust System reforms under BIA and the Office of Special Trustee;
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the Endangered Species Programs, including landowner incentive grants;
•
key Forest Service natural resource protection, road maintenance, and
general administration programs, while increasing the timber program by
$12 million in the House-passed bill and $20 million in the Senate Committee
bill; and,
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finally, specific earmarks for many unrequested construction and land
projects that would limit the land management agencies' ability to allocate
funds for high priority needs.
The Administration urges the conferees to report a clean bill that does not attempt
to roll back environmental protections and circumvent the public hearing process by
attaching riders to appropriation bills. Unfortunately, the House-passed bill and Senate
Committee bill contain at least 30 objectionable riders, 28 in bill language and two in report
language. The Administration strongly objects to such language, including provisions in both
bills that would:
•
unwisely tertninate the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
covering parts of six Northwest States;
•
transfer the jurisdiction over the valued Land Between The Lakes National
Recreation Area from the Tennessee Valley Authority, where it has been
successfully managed for over 35 years, to the U.S. Forest Service, a
disruptive change that would involve additional transition costs without
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improving service; and,
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establish specific tenns and conditions for the abolishment of purchaser road
credits, including the requirement to calculate payments to States based on the
value of the road.
The Administration strongly objects to provisions of the House-passed bill that would:
•
remove 75 acres in Florida from the coastal barrier protection system, providing
taxpayer subsidies for private development of environmentally fragile barrier
islands;
•
impose a road easement across the Chugach National Forest in Alaska that is
inconsistent with the 1982 agreement reached between the Government and the
Chugach Alaska Corporation, thereby preventing the Government from making
modifications to protect the environment while authorizing environmentally
damaging management practices and undennining an ongoing discussion to
detennine road access options based on the latest survey and environmental
analysis;
•
shift $67 million from the General Administration to Wildland fire suppression
operations;
•
prohibit improvements -- even planning or design of improvements -- to
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House; and,
•
prevent the BIA and the Indian Health Service from entering into any new or
expanded self-detennination ("638") contracts or self-governance compacts with
tribes, contrary to our government-to-government policy.
The Administration commends the Senate for addressing many of the problems with
section 129 concerning Tribal Priority Allocations but strongly objects to provisions of the
Senate Committee bill that would:
•
establish an unprecedented easement for the community of King Cove for a road
and utilities across a wilderness area in Alaska in the Izembek National Wildlife
Refuge;
•
mandate a high timber offer level on the Tongass National Forest in Alaska,
regardless of environmental impacts, other resource priorities, and the ongoing
public process for finalizing the Tongass Forest Plan;
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continue to delay rules that would establish the fair market value for Federal
and Indian oil leases, costing the Treasury $64 million a year in underpaid
royalties;
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delay implementation of needed regulatory improvements of hardrock
mining on public lands to protect the environment and the Federal treasury;
•
amend an authorizing statute, the 1992 Elwha Act, to change significantly the
congressionally approved plan for restoring Elwha River and Olympic
National park and leave the National Park Service owning two
non-compliant dams without the funds to remove tIiem;
•
hinder efforts to restore endangered and threatened Pacific salmon runs in
the Columbia and Snake Rivers;
•
require the Forest Service to maximize commercial wood harvesting before
the agency conducts prescribed burning projects, effectively stopping most
prescribed burns and endangering lives and property;
•
prohibit Grizzly Bear reintroduction into the Selway-Bitteroot area of Idaho
and Montana;
•
prohibit the Secretary from promulgating and implementing regulations to provide
procedures for class III casino operations on Indian lands and also prohibit the
initiation of any new rule making (Senate floor amendment 3592);
•
amend, in two different provisions, the National Forest Management Act, to
prohibit forest plan revisions, thus requiring continued use of inadequate
and dated forest plans -- even beyond their statutory 15 year lifespan;
•
prohibit Park Service regulation of commercial fishing in Glacier Bay
National Park in Alaska;
•
place unnecessary limits on Federal land acquisitions in Alaska;
•
prevent the Forest Service from charging fair market value for summer
vacation homes in an Idaho national forest, undermining the current effort to
reappraise all such leases nationwide;
•
require the Forest Service to trade timber in return for restoration practices;
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require unauthorized four-wheel-drive roads to be obliterated before any
other type of road can be decommissioned, virtually preventing work on
regular roads that pose serious environmental and safety risks;
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waive environmental laws and automatically extend the term of grazing
leases that are undergoing review by the Bureau of Land Management even
though authority already exists to protect lease holders from termination of
leases undergoing review;
•
undermine the CFO Act and the responsibilities of USDA top management
by encouraging the Forest Service to select and implement a financial
computer system that is independent of the Department of Agriculture;
•
force the Forest Service to sell all Alaskan timber sales using an outdated,
impracticable appraisal method that undermines the public return on
national forest management; and,
•
prohibit the Department of the Interior from using FY 1999 funds to transfer
land into trust status in Minnesota, setting a precedent for limitations on
trust land acquisition.
In addition, the Senate Committee Report includes objectionable language,
including language that would:
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require timber sale offers from national forests to be 3.8 billion board feet rather
than the 3.4 billion board feet assumed in the FY 1999 Budget; and,
•
direct the National Park Service to maintain aviation access to. a gravel
airstrip within the Denali National Park, effectively overturning a 1997
Environmental Impact Statement calling for eventually closing the airstrip
and relying on a paved airstrip 10 miles away.
Land and Water Conservation Fund
The House-passed and Senate Committee bills have underfunded land acquisitions to
protect our national parks, forests, refuges, and public lands. The House-passed bill provides
only $139 million of the $270 million requested, with Everglades land acquisition funds cut by
half. The Senate Committee has provided $233 million of the $270 million requested. This
reduction in funding would prevent the Administration from making significant land acquisitions
such as Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia and West Eugene Wetland in Oregon.
The Administration urges the conferees to provide full funding ofthis important priority.
The Administration objects to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees'
continued inaction in not yet approving the release of a substantial portion of the FY 1998 Title
V priority land acquisition funds. We would like to work with you to resolve this expeditiously.
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Millennium Program
The Administration is concerned that the House-passed bill does not provide any of the
$50 million requested for the Millennium Program. The Administration appreciates very much
the $13 million provided by the Senate Committee to the National Park Service and the
Smithsonian Institution for Millennium Program projects. We strongly urge the Senate to
provide full funding with maximum flexibility and discretion for allocation in order to preserve
other important cultural and historic treasures for the next millennium that are in danger of
deteriorating beyond repair. Many of these projects are time-sensitive and cannot be delayed.
Department of Energy
The Administration objects to cuts to the request for Energy Conservation made by
the House and by the Senate Committee -- $177 million and $162 million, respectively.
These cuts would be damaging to progress in partnerships with industry on improved
industrial energy efficiency, development of more efficient autos and trucks, and designs
and materials for more efficient buildings.
The President's budget requests $36 million for payment to the State of California
for the Retired Teachers System associated with the sale of Elk Hills, which is not included
in either the House or Senate bill. The Administration prefers that this payment be
appropriated consistent with the FY 1996 Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 104-106).
The Administration would like to work with the conferees to restore funding to
these important Department of Energy programs.
Indian Health Service
The Administration is concerned that the House-passed and Senate Committee bills do
not include funding for many requested programs. In particular, neither the House nor Senate
Committee bills include the $4 million increase requested for an alcohol and substance abuse
initiative, nor a $10 million increase requested as a part of an HHS-wide effort to reduce health
disparities in minority populations. In addition, the Senate Committee bill does not include the
funding increase requested for first-year construction of the Fort Defiance Health Facility. We
urge the conferees to provide the request levels for these activities.
The Administration strongly objects to the House and Senate's inclusion of
authorizing language, without hearings or tribal consultation, that requires contract
support costs to be distributed to tribes on a pro-rata (proportional) basis.
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Cultural Agencies
The Administration appreciates the House and Senate's support for the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA). We urge the conferees to provide funding for NEA and the
National Endowment for the Humanities at the President's requested level of $136 million each
and for the Institute for Museum and Library Services at the requested level of$26 million.
Likewise, the Administration appreciates the House and Senate's support for the other
cultural agencies funded by this bill, including the full request for the National Gallery of Art.
However, the Administration urges the conferees to fully fund the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. The
Administration also urges the conferees to provide the full $40 million request for repair and
restoration in the Smithsonian Institution and the requested funding for digitization of the
Smithsonian collections.
We look forward to working with the conferees to address our mutual concerns.
Sincerely,
Jacob 1. Lew
Director
Identical Letter Sent to The Honorable Bob Livingston,
The Honorable David R. Obey, The Honorable Ralph Regula,
The Honorable Sidney R. Yates, The Honorable Ted Stevens,
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, and The Honorable Slade Gorton
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The Honorable David R. Obey
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Representative Obey:
The Honorable Ralph Regula
Chairman
Subcommittee on Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Honorable Sidney R. Yates
Subcommittee on Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Representative Yates:
The Honorable Ted Stevens
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
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The Honorable Slade Gorton
Chainnan
Subcommittee on Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chainnan:
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Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The purpose of this letter is to provide the Administration's views on H.R 4380 and S.
2333, the District of Columbia Appropriations Bill, FY 1999, as passed by the House and as
reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee, respectively. As the conferees develop a
final version of the bill, your consideration of the Administration's views would be appreciated.
The Administration commends the Senate for producing a bill that is consistent with the
goals of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 and
that is free of extraneous micromanagement provisions that would impose the will of Congress
on the Government of the District of Columbia. Regrettably, the House-passed bill contains
numerous instances of congressional micromanagement, provides insufficient funding for the
D.C. economic development initiative, and includes three highly objectionable provisions. We
urge the conferees to adopt a bill that addresses these concerns.
Objectionable Provisions
The House-passed bill contains three provisions that would seriously undermine local
control. If these provisions were included in the bill presented to the President, his senior
advisers would recommend that the President veto the bill. These unacceptable provisions are:
•
A provision to provide for the use of private school vouchers in the District. The
Administration would 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.
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A provision that would prohibit adoptions in the District by couples that are unmarried or
not related by blood. The Administration supports section 149 of the Senate Committee
bill, The District of Columbia Adoption Improvement Act of 1998. This legislation
would provide much needed administrative and management reforms in the D.C. Child
�and Family Services Agency, including requiring Family Services to contract with private
service providers to perform adoption and recruitment services and eliminating all
administrative barriers to adoption.
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A provision that would prohibit the use of Federal and local funds for needle exchange
programs and would prohibit private agencies from supporting needle exchange programs
if they receive Federal or local funds (even ifthe funds used for the needle exchange
programs are their own).
Economic Development Initiative
The House-passed bill does not contain funding for critically needed management
reforms or funding to capitalize the locally-chartered National Capital Revitalization Corporation
(NCRC). The Senate Committee bill provides $500,000 to conduct a study and prepare a report
on the feasibility of an economic development corporation in the District and $25 million in
support of management reforms. Like the House, the Senate has not provided any of the $50
million requested in the FY 1999 Budget to capitalize the NCRC. The Administration believes
that an independent economic development corporation is essential in order to ensure effective
management coordination and oversight of projects in the District. Further, we believe that it is
critical to the District's economic future to capitalize the NCRC in FY 1999. The
Administration strongly urges the conferees to allocate additional resources for economic
development.
D.C. Charter Schools
The Administration appreciates the House's full support of charter schools and public
schools in the District and supports the appropriation of$32.6 million for D.C. charter schools.
We are concerned that the Senate Committee bill does not provide sufficient funding to support
educational services for all the students who wish to attend charter schools and other public
schools in the District of Columbia. We look forward to working with the conferees and with
D.C. Public Schools to ensure that there are adequate resources to allow all eligible charter
schools and their students to receive sufficient funding.
Abortion
The Administration strongly opposes the language included in both the House-passed and
Senate Committee-reported bills that would prohibit the use of Federal and local funds to pay for
abortions in the District except in those cases where the life of the mother is endangered or in
situations involving rape or incest. The Administration continues to view the prohibition on the
use of local funds as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of the District and would support
striking this provision.
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Chairman
Subcommittee on District
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Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Honorable James P. Moran
Subcommittee on District
of Columbia Appropriations
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Representative Moran:
The Honorable Ted Stevens
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
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Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
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The Honorable Lauch Faircloth
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United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Honorable Barbara Boxer
Subcommittee on District
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Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
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<p>Elena Kagan worked as Associate White House Counsel from 1995-1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999.</p>
<p>During her work at the White House Justice Kagan worked on many topics including, but not limited to: AIDS, budget appropriations, campaign finance reform, education, health, labor, race, tobacco, Native Americans, and welfare.</p>
<p>In 1999 President Clinton nominated Kagan to the U.S. District Court of Appeals, no hearing was ever scheduled and she was thereby never confirmed.</p>
<p>Note: These records were made available in response to a <a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/freedom-of-information-act-requests">Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)</a> request, FOIA 2009-1006-F. This collection contains both records created by Elena Kagan and records concerning Elena Kagan. </p>
<p><strong>Descriptions of the Sub Collections:</strong></p>
<ul><li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+White+House+Counsel+Files&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">White House Counsel Files</a></strong><br /> These records consist of files created and received by Elena Kagan when she served as Associate Counsel to President Clinton from 1995 to 1996. The files include but are not limited to records concerning Amtrak, campaign finance reform, gaming/gambling (especially as it relates to Native Americans), timber, regulatory reform, and welfare. The records include memoranda, notes, correspondence, articles, reports, executive orders, bills, and directives.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+Domestic+Policy+Council+Files&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Domestic Policy Council Files</a></strong><br />These records contain files created and received by Elena Kagan when she served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999. The files include records concerning domestic policy topics such as AIDS, budget appropriations, campaign finance reform, education, health, labor, race, tobacco, and welfare. The records include memoranda, correspondence, articles, and reports.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=White+House+Staff+%26+Office+Files+re+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">White House Staff Files re Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />These records are compiled from a variety of staff office files including the Chief of Staff, Personnel, Office of First Lady, Counsel, and DPC and include correspondence, memorandum, forms, and reports all concerning or having to do with Elena Kagan.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=White+House+Office+of+Records+Management+Files+re+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">White House Office of Records Management Files (WHORM)</a></strong><br />These records are from the White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) subject file series. The Clinton Presidential Library inherited a document-level index maintained by WHORM during the Clinton Administration which tracked some incoming correspondence and other documents as they were circulated throughout the White House and filed by WHORM. The records contain files created and received by Elena Kagan that were tracked by the WHORM Subject File index. The files include records related to a variety of topics such as memoranda, correspondence, and Domestic Policy Council weekly reports. The records are tracked by an alpha/numeric code, and are listed as such.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+1999+Nomination+to+U.S.+Court+of+Appeals&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Elena Kagan's 1999 Nomination to U.S. Court of Appeals</a></strong><br />After serving as the Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Elena Kagan was nominated to serve on the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) in1999. Her nomination expired in 2000 without Senate action. The files in this opening contain records from the White House Staff and Office Files, Counsel’s Office and Presidential Personnel, concerning her nomination. The records consist of Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaires, correspondence, law review files, news articles, briefs, and press briefings.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Email+Received+by+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Email Received by Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />These records consist of email received by Elena Kagan during her time as Associate White House Counsel from 1995-1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999. In addition to the email proper, these messages include forwards, reply chains, and attachments. The attached documents include notes, memorandum, articles, reports, executive orders, bills, and directives. These email concern a myriad of topics including but not limited to Amtrak, campaign finance reform, gaming/gambling (especially as it relates to Native Americans), timber, regulatory reform, welfare and domestic policy topics such as AIDS, budget appropriations, education, health, labor, race, and tobacco.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Email+Sent+by+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Email Sent by Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />These records consist of email sent by Elena Kagan during her time as Associate White House Counsel from 1995-1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999. In addition to the email proper, these messages include forwards, reply chains, and attachments. The attached documents include notes, memorandum, articles, reports, executive orders, bills, and directives. These email concern a myriad of topics including but not limited to Amtrak, campaign finance reform, gaming/gambling (especially as it relates to Native Americans), timber, regulatory reform, welfare and domestic policy topics such as AIDS, budget appropriations, education, health, labor, race, and tobacco.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+Records+re+Native+Americans&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Elena Kagan's Records re Native Americans</a></strong><br />These records were created or received by Elena Kagan during her service as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (1997-99). These ten folders were previously opened as part of a Freedom of Information Act request related to Native Americans (FOIA case <a href="http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/Documents/Finding-Aids/2006/2006-0197-F%28seg%203%29.pdf" target="_blank">2006-0197-F</a>).These records consist of memoranda, emails, reports, notes, and clippings.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Additional+Materials+re+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Additional Materials re Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />These records were taken from the files of Elena Kagan. They include memos to, from, and relating to Elena Kagan’s work on Domestic Policy issues. The records include some memos from Elena Kagan to President Clinton.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Federal+Email+re+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Federal Email re Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />The federal email re: Elena Kagan consists of 114 email messages that were part of the Federal side of the Clinton White House. The email generally consists of summaries of meetings or telephone conversations in which Elena Kagan was a participant.</li>
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2009-1006-F
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Office of the Counsel to the President
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1995-1999
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2945 folders
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[09/24/1998 – 09/29/1998]
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WHO
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Email Received by Elena Kagan
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Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System
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