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21st Century Law Enforcement and Public Safety Act Event
Questions and Answers
May 12, 1999
100,000 COPS
Q:
Today you announced the funding of 100,000 officers_ How many of these officers
are actually on the street? And why the discrepancy between how many are on the
streets as opposed to how many are funded?
A:
Of the 100,000 officers funded, more than 50,000 officers are already on the beat helping
to fight crime. The rest will join them shortly: recruiting, screening, hiring and training
new officers takes between 12-18 months, and many officers we've funded are currently
in the pipeline.
Q:
Isn't it true that some police departments have misused their COPS funds and not
used them to hire new officers?
A:
Over 11,300 state and local law enforcement agencies across the country receive COPS
funding. Only about one percent of these jurisdictions have been found to misspend the
money, and the COPS Office is working with every local agency to resolve outstanding
issues to make sure that funds are spent properly. Also, it should be noted that use of a
portion of COPS money for purposes other than hiring new officers -- such as buying new
technology to allow current officers to get out on the street -- is completely appropriate.
Q:
How do you know that the COPS Program is actually helping to drive down the
crime rate?
A:
There is no question that the COPS Program is helping to reduce crime and improve
public safety across the nation. Numerous police chiefs can attest to the positive impact
the COPS Program has had in helping them fight crime and bring the violent crime rate
down to its lowest level in a quarter of a century. Crime is down in all categories and in
every region of the country. And community members, mayors, and other elected
officials will tell you the same thing: COPS has made a difference.
And while the COPS Program is certainly not the sole reason for the drop in our nation's
crime rate, it has been an important part of our overall crime strategy -- along with
keeping guns off the street and out of the hands of criminals, tougher punishment for
hardened criminals, and smarter prevention for our young people to avoid crime in the
first place.
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Q:
Can you explain how the President's 21st Century Policing Initiative is different
from the current COPS Program?
A:
The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program created in the 1994 Crime
Act authorized $8.8 billion over six years to help communities hire and redeploy 100,000
officers to our nation's streets and to promote community policing in other ways. To
date, COPS has awarded over $5.9 billion in grants to more than 11,300 state and local
law enforcement agencies -- helping to fund more than 100,000 officers. As these
numbers suggest, for the most part the current COPS program has focused on hiring new
officers and redeploying veteran officers to the streets.
The President's bill builds on the success of the original COPS program, but it also takes
a giant step forward by giving law enforcement the tools and partners it needs to keep
crime coming down well into the 21 st Century. First, the 21 st Century Policing Initiative
will help communities to hire, redeploy, and retain police officers. Second, the
initiative provides significant new funds to give law enforcement access to the latest
crime-fighting and crime-solving technologies -- improved police communications, crime
mapping, laptop computers, crime lab improvements, and more. And third, the initiative
makes an unprecedented commitment to engage the entire community in the hard work of
preventing and fighting crime -- by funding new community-based prosecutors, and
partnerships with probation and parole officers, school officials, and faith-based
organizations.
International Crime/Bioterrorism
Q:
The provisions you are proposing to crack down on bioterrorism sound pretty
tough. Will implementing these provisions to control dangerous biological agents
have a "chilling" effect with respect to ongoing research?
A:
While the bill significantly tightens controls over dangerous biological agents to prevent
them from getting into the wrong hands, it also preserves the scientific community's
ability to conduct legitimate research with certain biological agents so that we can
continue to develop new vaccines and more. The President has made scientific research
to protect against biological and other public health threats a high Administration priority,
and we will continue to consult with the scientific community on this matter.
Drugs/Zero Tolerance Drug Supervision
Q.
You've talked about a "zero tolerance" policy for prisoners and drugs before, as
well as requiring states to drug test and treat offenders. What does the proposal in
your bill do that is different?
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The President's crime bill will take us a step further in accomplishing comprehensive
testing and treatment for offenders in two significant ways. First, the bill authorizes a
new $100 million initiative for states to carry out their own plans to test and treat
prisoners and parolees. And second, these funds can be used, for the first time, to begin
to test and treat the over 3 million adult probationers -- two-thirds of which have serious
substance abuse problems.
Victims/Elder Crime
Q:
What will the bill do to address nursing home abuse?
A:
The President's bill will provide the Departments of Justice and Health and Human
Services with new authority to impose civil and criminal penalties on substandard
nursing home facilities and chains. This includes new criminal sanctions for
organizations or individuals who knowingly abuse or neglect residents; civil
penalties that could be imposed on individuals, facility chains, or management
companies if they harm residents; and new injunctive authority that will allow the
Federal government to order facility chains and individual nursing homes to put an
immediate stop to neglectful or abusive behavior.
Q:
Can you cite examples of problems that justify this legislation for nursing homes?
A:
Most nursing homes do an excellent job and provide high quality care to their
residents. However, recent reports by the General Accounting Office and the HHS
Office of the Inspector General indicated that almost 2S percent of the nation's
nursing homes have severe quality infractions that often go unpunished, even
though the conditions jeopardize the health and safety of residents. For example,
one nursing home chain was cited for violations in Washington, Maine, Missouri,
Texas, and California -- and only received a rme. We feel strongly that these new
actions are necessary to protect the vulnerable elderly who depend on these homes
for their daily care.
Miscellaneous
Q:
Why aren't there any gun proposals in this bill?
A:
Two weeks ago, the President unveiled his comprehensive gun legislation, the Youth
Crime Gun Enforcement Act. The President's proposal expands the successful Brady
Law, extending Brady background checks to all gun show sales, as well as to the
purchase of explosives. Second, his proposal further restricts youth access to guns
by raising the age of the current youth handgun ban from 18 to 21 years of age, and
banning youth possession of all semiautomatic assault rifles and large capacity
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ammunition clips. And fmally, the President's legislation cracks down on illegal
gun traffickers by limiting handgun sales to no more than one per month per
person, helping law enforcement to trace more crime guns to their source, and
creating new tools to go after gun dealers involved in illegal gun trafficking. So,
while these provisions are technically separate from the crime bill introduced today, the
President's gun proposal is an important part of his overall anti-crime strategy -- and we
expect Congress to act on both of these bills.
Q:
The Senate is currently considering juvenile crime legislation. Do you have
a position on the Senate Republican bill?
A:
The Congress has an historic opportunity to ensure community safety into the 21 sl century
by continuing and expanding on the successful programs put into place by the 1994
Crime Act. While we commend the Senate for addressing the important issue of juvenile
crime, we believe the legislation fails to address a number of other areas critical to
addressing the overall crime problem. We support a broad-based approach to crime, and
would support Senate passage of S. 254 if it were to provide a more comprehensive
strategy to fighting and preventing crime, such as common sense measures to keep guns
out of the hands of kids and criminals, and resources to improve overall public safety
through more police and community crime prevention efforts -- to deter and combat both
adult and juvenile crime.
Q:
The Senate Democrats held their own crime bill event earlier today. Are your bills
similar? Do you support their legislation?
A:
The Senate Democratic crime bill contains many of the same provisions as the President's
bill, and it certainly emphasizes the same crime-fighting priorities. For example, both
bills: (1) extend the COPS program; (2) reauthorize a series of successful initiatives from
the 1994 Crime Act (Violence Against Women, drug courts, prison funds, etc.); (3)
incorporate key provisions of the President's Anti-gang and Youth Violence Strategy; and
(4) include measures to boost our international crime control efforts. The most
important point, however, is that congressional Democrats generally agree with the
President on the key elements of 21 st Century crime legislation -- and that we will be
working together to pass these measures into law.
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CREATOR: Edward W. Correia ( CN=Edward W. Correia/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 12-MAY-1999 09:29:02.00
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11:30 in 180 OEOB? Canady has a hearing on it today, and we will have a
better sense of where things are headed by then.
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Bruce will be having an education conference call tomorrow, May 13, at
10:00 a.m.
You may call in at 456-6777; the Conference Code will be
7213 .
Folks invited to participate on this call are:
Bruce Reed
Elena Kagan
Barbara Chow
Mike Cohen
Nancy Zirkin
Bill Taylor
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS FOR 21ST CENTURY CRIME BILL EVENT
THE ROSE GARDEN
May 12, 1999
Acknowledgments: AG Reno; Senators Leahy, Biden, Specter;
Representatives Conyers and Stupak; Mayor Rendell Officer Jonathan Hall;
representatives of police forces and law enforcement organizations. Dep.
AG Holder; Assoc. AG Fisher, Treasury Undersecretary for Enforcement Jim
Johnson, and COPS Office Director Joe Brann.
Good afternoon and welcome to the White House. Five years ago
this summer, after a remarkable bipartisan effort in Congress -- and with
the support of many of the people here with us today -- I signed into law
a Crime Bill that was the first of its kind.
A comprehensive crime bill
that funded local solutions to local problems and embraced the promising
practice of community policing. A bill that took on the gun lobby -banning assault weapons and requiring waiting periods for handgun
purchases -- and demanded tougher punishments for the toughest criminals.
Above all, it was a crime bill that brought our laws back in line
with our oldest values -- requiring all of us to take responsibility, at
every level of government, in every community in America, to prevent crime
and protect our families.
Today, we know our strategy is working. Thanks to the efforts of
law enforcement and local residents, our success has been nothing short of
remarkable. The murder rate is down to its lowest level in 30 years.
Violent crime has dropped by 20% in the last six years alone. And in many
smaller ways -- reducing crimes like vandalism and littering that
undermine our quality of life -- we are beginning to repair our social
fabric and restore civility to our everyday lives.
There are many reasons for our success. One of the biggest
factors has been the Brady Bill, which has stopped over 250,000 illegal
handgun sales to felons and fugitives. The assault weapons ban has
So have tougher penalties and the waning of the devastating crack
helped.
epidemic.
But police chiefs, politicians, and people on the street will all
tell you that the most important factor in our progress has been community
policing.
Where police officers used to cruise anonymously through the
streets, community police officers walk the beat.
They
become
involved in the lives of the people they protect -- and involve those
people in the fight against crime.
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community policing has worked miracles in places like Boston,
Chicago, and San Diego, where violent crime was out of control and law
abiding citizens mistrusted police as much as they feared drug gangs.
Now, in those cities and communities allover the country, residents work
together with police, forming neighborhood watches, banding together
against drug dealers, and building the connections that are the core of
community life and the heart of civil society.
When I signed the Crime Bill,
I pledged to help communities all
over America fund 100,000 community police officers by the year 2000
and today, we are fulfilling that pledge.
Since 1994, our COPS program has funded 99,000 new police officers
-- and over half are already on the beat. Today, I am pleased to announce
the latest COPS grants -- over $96 million to more than 500 communities
bringing us to over 100,000 community police officers funded, ahead of
schedule and under budget.
The results are in: More police and fewer guns equals less
crime. By funding 100,000 community police, we have made the thin blue
line thicker, and America is safer as a result.
But you and I know that our job is far from finished.
Last week,
I sent new legislation to Congress that will close the loopholes in our
gun laws, raise the age of handgun ownership from 18 to 21, and hold
adults liable for recklessly keeping guns and ammunition within the reach
of children.
Today, I will send to Congress a new Crime Bill for the 21st
Century. This bill builds on the successes of the 1994 Crime Bill -- and
focuses new efforts in areas that will be increasingly important in the
years to come.
First, and most important, my bill will expand the remarkably
successful COPS program, helping communities hire up to 50,000 more police
officers -- especially those communities hardest hit by crime.
It will
also help them to hire local prosecutors who work much as community police
officers do -- in the neighborhoods where they make the biggest
difference.
My bill will also give police the 21st Century tools they
need to fight criminals who are increasingly using technology to commit
crimes and avoid capture.
And my bill will provide grants to help communities engage
schools, faith-based groups, and citizens themselves in restoring peace to
our neighborhoods.
School districts can use these grants to prevent the
tragedies that have shaken communities from Jonesboro to Littleton.
Second, this will crack down on youth gangs and violent young
people, with tougher penalties for gang members who intimidate witnesses,
anti-truancy programs and other initiatives to prevent youth crime.
Third, my bill will help break the cycle of crime and drugs.
Three out of four people in our criminal justice system have drug
problems.
If we can get at their drug problem, we can cut the crime rate
dramatically. My crime bill says to says to prisoners:
If you stay on
drugs, you have to stay behind bars. And to those on parole:
If you want
to keep your freedom, you must stay free of drugs.
Fourth, my crime bill will do more to protect our most vulnerable
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citizens. It will punish retirement rip-off artists, nursing home
operators who abuse and neglect their residents, and telemarketers who
prey on older Americans.
It will toughen penalties for people who commit
violent crimes in the presence of children, anq reauthorize the Violence
Against Women Act.
Finally, my crime bill will strengthen our efforts to combat
international crime and terrorism.
The threat of biological weapons and
other weapons of mass destruction is real and increasing in an age of new
technologies and open borders. My bill will make it a federal crime to
possess the agents used in such weapons without a legitimate, peaceful
purpose.
This is the kind of comprehensive approach that has brought the
crime rate down for six years in a row -- and this is the kind of tough,
smart approach we need in the 21st Century.
I am pleased that so many
Democratic members of Congress are committed to move this agenda forward
this year -- and I look forward to working with members of both parties to
protect our families and make our communities safe.
Now, as you all know, this is Police Week, the time of year we
pay tribute to the courage and commitment of our nationD,s law enforcement
officers -- and the time of year we mourn the loss of those who gave
their lives in the line of duty.
In 1998, 61 police officers made th'at
ultimate sacrifice - 13% fewer than last year.
But even one death is too
many.
That is why we must renew our pledge to honor the lives of those
fallen officers. To protect our nationD,s police officers, we must give
them the tools to protect themselves -- and my 21st Century Crime Bill
will do exactly that. We cannot allow their sacrifice to have been in
vain.
And now, I would like to introduce Officer Jonathan Hall from the
Wilmington, Delaware Police Department.
Officer Hall was a 5th grade
teacher when he decided to become a police officer, but he still finds
time to be a mentor to at-risk young people, and he takes every chance he
can to talk to children about how they can protect themselves from crime.
Ladies and gentleman, a community police officer for the 21st Century -Officer Jonathan Hall.
[Following the program, the President will return to the podium to
conclude]
I hope that what we have heard today sends a loud message to every
corner of America: We will work together to do whatever it takes to fig~t
crime and keep our families safe. Thank you all for coming.
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CREATOR: Constance J. Bowers ( CN=Constance J. Bowers/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 12-MAY-1999 11:34:49.00
SUBJECT:
Heads up: ED letter on Ashcroft (IDEA) amendment to S. 254 Juvenile Crime
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TEXT:
We expect to receive shortly for clearance from ED a draft letter strongly
opposing a possible Ashcroft amendment to S. 254, the Juvenile Crime bill
that is now on the Senate floor.
Accordingly, ED's letter must be sent to
the Senate today.
A copy will be faxed to you shortly for your quick
review.
The Ashcroft amendment was also introduced as S. 969.
It would permit
school personnel to unilaterally suspend or expell from school children
with disabilities for unlimited periods of time, without any educational
services, for carrying or possessing a weapon, or threatening to carry or
possess a weapon, to or at a school or school function. We expect the ED
letter to oppose the amendment as contrary to the IDEA, which currently
provides schools with effective tools to discipline students with
disabilities involved in gun related incidents.
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CREATOR: Jeffrey L. Farrow ( CN=Jeffrey L. Farrow/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-MAY-1999 11:57:45.00
SUBJECT:
ESEA transmittal
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will you have me kept in the loop on our ESEA transmittal so we can try to
get the maximum benefit from our Puerto Rico Title I proposal? Thanks.
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CREATOR: Todd Stern ( CN=Todd Stern/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-MAY-1999 12:24:07.00
SUBJECT:
profiling
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After the terrific job Jose did in meeting with Chris yesterday on the
Crime chapter, I wanted to follow up on the one policy piece on crime that
is still unresolved.
Until the profiling issue is settled, we won't be
able to get this chapter put to bed.
So I'm playing the role of pest here
to urge you guys to schedule the meeting you're planning to have, figure
out what kind of memo needs to move forward to the President, and then get
it there.
If I can be helpful in any way, please let me know.
And if you
could let me know when you do schedule the meeting, I'd appreciate it.
Many thanks.
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CREATOR: Constance J. Bowers ( CN=Constance J. Bowers/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-MAY-1999 13:57:46.00
SUBJECT:
Clearance Needed on Ashcroft amendment to youth crime bill ASAP!
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ED reports that Sen. Ashcroft's IDEA amendment is expected to be
considered by the Senate TODAY. We faxed you ED's draft letter strongly
opposing the amendment.
Please let me know as quickly as possible if you
have a problem with ED transmitting this letter.
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To:
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Heads up: ED letter on Ashcroft (IDEA) amendment to S. 254
Subject:
Juvenile Crime for quick clearance
We expect to receive shortly for clearance from ED a draft letter strongly
opposing a possible Ashcroft amendment to S. 254, the Juvenile Crime bill
that is now on the Senate floor.
Accordingly, ED's letter must be sent to
the Senate today.
A copy will be faxed to you shortly for your quick
review.
The Ashcroft amendment was also introduced as S. 969.
It would permit
school personnel to unilaterally suspend or expell from school children
with disabilities for unlimited periods of time, without any educational
services, for carrying or possessing a weapon, or threatening to carry or
possess a weapon, to or at a school or school function.
We expect the ED
letter to oppose the amendment as contrary to the IDEA, which currently
provides schools with effective tools to discipline students with
disabilities involved in gun related incidents.
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CREATOR: Irene Bueno ( CN=Irene Bueno/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-MAY-1999 15:53:23.00
SUBJECT:
H2A Accomplisments document
TO: Maria Echaveste ( CN=Maria Echaveste/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO]
READ: UNKNOWN
)
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CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO]
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TEXT:
Attached for your review is a draft of the H2A accomplishments document
that OMB drafted in consultation with DPC and Labor.
NEC and WH Leg
Affairs are also reviewing this document.
please let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Thanks.
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Administration Progress on H-2A Reform
May 12, 1999
Fann workers are among the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. Average annual
earnings of farm worker families are only about $6,500 and farm workers are employed on
average only about 26 weeks per year.
The H-2A "guest worker" program admits temporary nonimmigrant agricultural workers to
provide farmers with an adequate supply oflaborers during the peak periods in the growing
season. There is no capon the number ofH-2A visas granted annually. Currently, there are 1.6
million hand-harvest farm workers in the U.S. of which it is estimated that approximately
600,000 are undocumented, 1 million are legal (citizens or authorized resident labor), and 35,000
are in the H-2A program.
Employer Obligations
Under the current program, in order to hire H-2A workers, an employer must demonstrate
to the Department of Labor (DOL) that:
(a) there are not sufficient U.S. workers able, willing, qualified and available to
perform the services; and,
(b) there will be no adverse effect on the wages and working conditions of
similarly-employed U.S. workers.
To meet these criteria, employers are required to:
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pay workers the higher of the minimum wage, locally prevailing wage, or an
"adverse effect wage rate" (AEWR), determined by the average wage paid to
non-managerial agricultural workers in the state;
provide free housing to workers coming from outside the commuting area;
reimburse workers' inbound transportation if they complete half the
contract, outbound also if they complete the contract; and,
guarantee 3/4 ofthe hours of the contract the grower offers; and,
hire any qualified U.S. worker who applies during the first half of the work
contract.
Administration Principles on Reform
The H-2A program has been heavily criticized by the GAO, DOL's IG, and the Hill primarily
due to the administrative burdens placed on growers and its failure to adequately protect workers.
As a result, Congress has proposed many different bills to restructure the H-2A program.
The Administration has acknowledged problems with the program and is working
administratively (through administrative actions and the regulatory process) to reengineer and
streamline the H-2A program to ease adjudication burdens while maintaining strong worker
protections. The Administration does not believe that legislation is necessary or appropriate at
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The Administration's guiding principles in reforming the H-2A program are designed to create a
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with procedures that are simple and the least burdensome for growers;
which assures an adequate labor supply for growers in a predictable and timely manner;
that provides a clear and meaningful first preference for u.s. farm workers and that
diminishes the reliance on foreign workers;
which avoids the transfer of costs and risks from businesses to low wage workers;
that encourages longer periods of employment for legal u.s. workers; and,
which assures decent wages and working conditions for domestic and foreign farm
workers, and that normal market forces work to improve wages, benefits, and working
conditions.
The Administration is committed to improving the H-2A program to assure growers of an adequate,
predictable labor supply while protecting U.S. farm workers who are among the poorest and most
vulnerable in our society.
FY 2000 Budget Initiative
The President's pending Budget requests $10 million to fund America's Agricultural Labor
Network ("AgNet") that would benefit growers and workers by having an efficient alternative
mechanism to match workers with employment opportunities. AgNet would serve as an
information broker through an electronic system that allows both growers to find workers and
workers to find employment opportunities that meet their needs (e.g., location, duration, type of
crop, etc.).
H-2A Regulatory Reform
DOL will soon publish a final regulation that will complete an earlier proposal to:
-reduce the length of time that employers must file an H-2A application from 60 to 45 days
before the date when employees are needed;
-reduce the deadline for when employer-provided housing must be available for inspection
before the date of need; and,
-modify the requirement that certified H-2A employers provide notice of the exact date on
which H-2A employees have departed for the place of employment.
INS will soon issue a final regulation that will complete an earlier proposal to delegate H-2A
petitioning authority to DOL. This proposed change would significantly reduce the burden to
growers when filing for H-2A workers by removing an entire step from the current process.
DOL has also made additional administrative changes to the H-2A program such as
modifications to the positive recruitment requirement. DOL intends to consistently meet the
existing 20 day deadline to issue approved certifications for growers.
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CREATOR: Fred DuVal ( CN=Fred DuVal/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-MAY-1999 16:28:57.00
SUBJECT:
AGs tobacco
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Mickey Ibarra ( CN=Mickey Ibarra/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TO: William H. White Jr.
READ:UNKNOWN
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TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
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READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I just talked to Tom Miller who will call Christine Greggiore and urge a
conf call tomorrow with the AGs to see if they will join us on a deal that
will "get this done". He was, he was quick to remind me, one of the four
AGs who did not sign the AGs "no strings attached" letter.
He thinks 15%
is the bare minimum.
I told him he had friends here but needed to work
his colleagues . .
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CREATOR: Cathy R. Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 12-MAY-1999 17:36:56.00
SUBJECT:
Weekly Health Care Strategy Meeting
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We will be having the weekly Health Care Strategy Meeting tomorrow, May
13, at 4:00 p.m. in Bruce Reed's office.
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CREATOR: Cathy R. Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-MAY-1999 17:38:11.00
SUBJECT:
Weekly Education Strategy Mtg
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CC: Joseph D. Ratner ( CN=Joseph D. Ratner/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
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CC: Iratha H. Waters
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TEXT:
We will be having our weekly Education Strategy Meeting tomorrow, May 13,
at 5:15 p.m. in Bruce Reed's office.
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CREATOR: Nicole R. Rabner ( CN=Nicole R. Rabner/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1
CREATION DATE/TIME: 12-MAY-1999 17:48:01.00
SUBJECT:
foster care wire story
TO: Christopher C. Jennings
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=Christopher C. Jennings/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/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: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
This is on the wire tonight.
tomorrow on the
introduction of the bill.
We plan to put out a POTUS statement
Aging Foster Kids,510
GOP backing bill to aid aging foster kids
WASHINGTON (AP)
Republican leaders are promising a vote by
next month on legislation to help some of the 20,000 foster
children abruptly dropped from state care when they turn 18.
The bipartisan bill is being introduced in the House on
Thursday, where it will get high-powered backing from Rep. Torn
DeLay, R-Texas, the GOP whip and a foster father.
The bill, which would cost about $500 million over five years,
would double funding for a program that helps these young adults
. make the transition to independence. It would also allow states to
extend Medicaid to them through age 21. The package is similar to
one proposed by President Clinton in his budget.
"These kids really have been woefully neglected,"
said Rep.
Nancy Johnson, R-Conn. "The money's never been there."
Johnson, who chairs the Ways and Means human resources
subcommittee, said GOP leaders have promised a vote in June. The
legislation is expected to clear the Ways and Means Committee by
the end of May. DeLay, along with experts in the field, will
testify at a subcommittee hearing Thursday.
Abused and neglected children who are removed from their
parents' care are supported with government money until they turn
18. Federal and state dollars pay for their expenses in foster
homes, treatments in group facilities and medical care.
But that support ends at age 18
even when they have not
finished high school and no matter how prepared they are to. enter
the world.
.
Congressional Republicans are generally hostile to new social
spending
particularly spending measured in the hundreds of
millions of dollars. But, like other efforts to improve the
adoption and foster care system, this measure appears to have
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_ bipartisan backing.
Michael Kharfen, a spokesman for the Department of Health and
Human Services, noted that congressional Republicans have opposed
other administration requests for increased domestic spending.
"We have a track record on child welfare where there's been
bipartisan support, " Kharfen said.
The legislation being introduced by Johnson and Rep. Ben Cardin,
D-Md., would:
Double funding for the Independent Living Program, which
teaches foster kids life skills such as how to plan a budget or
look for an apartment. The $70 million program would grow to $140
million per year, and states could, for the first time, use some of
this money to help the young adults pay for housing.
Allow states to extend Medicaid to these young people. The
administration proposed mandatory Medicaid for them, but House
experts said that would be too expensive
about $400 million over
five years. Instead, the House bill would allow states to extend
the coverage if they want to, which could cost $200 million.
Tighten rules in the Supplemental Security Income program,
which serves poor Americans with disabilities. This is expected to
save money that could be used for the foster child program.
Make minor changes in reimbursement rates to state child
support programs, saving additional dollars.
APWR-05-12-99 1658EDT
Copyright (c) 1999 The Associated Press
Received by NewsEDGE/LAN: 5/12/99 5:04 PM
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CREATOR: Fred DuVal ( CN=Fred DuVal/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 12-MAY-1999 18:05:06.00
SUBJECT:
tobacco
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: Loretta M. Ucelli ( CN=Loretta M. Ucelli/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP
READ: UNKNOWN
OPD 1 )
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Mickey Ibarra ( CN=Mickey Ibarra/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: William H. White Jr.
READ:UNKNOWN
( CN=william H. White Jr./OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
TEXT:
One thing we might consider - depending where things are on the Hill
negotiations - is having the President address tobacco while in Seattle
friday.
He will be with a Governor (Locke) who will have - that very
morning - just signed his state budget which puts 100 mil into smoking
cessation and who is fully behind a federal menu ( and would even call on
the President to veto the budget supp over this if we thought it was
helpful), and the state Atty Gen who lead the national negotiations and
who will also support a smoking cessation set aside. It is a very
attractive place to make a statement and get validation.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda I I I ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-MAY-1999 19:50:42.00
SUBJECT:
THE 51-47 ROLL CALL BY WHICH THE SENATE VOTED TO REJECT
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: Broderick Johnson ( CN=Broderick Johnson/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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BR/EK:
tough vote, eh? jc3
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To: Leanne A. Shimabukuro, Jose Cerda I I I
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Subject: THE 51-47 ROLL CALL BY WHICH THE SENATE VOTED TO REJECT
Date: 05/12/99 Time: 18:10
SThe 51-47 roll call by which the Senate voted to reject
The 51-47 roll call by which the Senate voted to reject
mandatory background checks on private sales at gun shows.
On this vote, a "yes"
vote was a vote to reject mandatory
background checks on private sales at gun shows and a "no"
vote
was a vote to support the background checks.
Voting "yes" were 2 Democrats and 49 Republicans.
Voting "no" were 41 Democrats and 6 Republicans.
DEMOCRATS YES=
Baucus, Mont.; Cleland, Ga.
DEMOCRATS NO=
Akaka, Hawaii; Bayh, Ind.; Biden, Del.; Bingaman, N.M.; Boxer,
Calif.; Breaux, La.; Bryan, Nev.; Byrd, W.Va.; Conrad, N.D.;
Daschle, S.D.; Dodd, Conn.; Dorgan, N.D.; Durbin, Ill.; Edwards,
N.C.; Feingold, Wis.; Feinstein, Calif.; Graham, Fla.; Harkin,
Iowa; Hollings, S.C.; Johnson, S.D.; Kennedy, Mass.; Kerrey, Neb.;
Kerry, Mass.; Kohl, Wis.; Landrieu, La.; Lautenberg, N.J.; Leahy,
Vt.; Levin, Mich.; Lieberman, Conn.; Lincoln, Ark.; Mikulski, Md.;
Murray, Wash.; Reed, R.I.; Reid, Nev.; Robb, Va.; Rockefeller,
W.Va.; Sarbanes, Md.; Schumer, N.Y.; Torricelli, N.J.; Wellstone,
Minn.; Wyden, Ore.
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DEMOCRATS NOT VOTING=
Inouye, Hawaii; Moynihan, N.Y.
REPUBLICANS YES=
Abraham, Mich.; Allard, Colo.; Ashcroft, Mo.; Bennett, Utah;
Bond, Mo.; Brownback, Kan.; Bunning, Ky.; Burns, Mont.; Campbell,
Colo.; Cochran, Miss.; Collins, Maine; Coverdell, Ga.; Craig,
Idaho; Crapo, Idaho; Domenici, N.M.; Enzi, Wyo.; Frist, Tenn.;
Gorton, Wash.; Gramm, Texas; Grams, Minn.; Grassley, Iowa; Gregg,
N.H.; Hagel, Neb.; Hatch, Utah; Helms, N.C.; Hutchinson, Ark.;
Hutchison, Texas; Inhofe, Okla.; Jeffords, Vt.; Kyl, Ariz.; Lott,
Miss.; Mack, Fla.; McCain, Ariz.; McConnell, Ky.; Murkowski,
Alaska; Nickles, Okla; Roberts, Kan.; Roth, Del.; Santorum, Pa.;
Sessions, Ala.; Shelby, Ala.; Smith, N.H.; Smith, Ore.; Snowe,
Maine; Specter, Pa.; Stevens, Alaska; Thomas, Wyo.; Thompson,
Tenn.; Thurmond, S.C.
REPUBLICANS NO=
Chafee, R.I.; DeWine, Ohio; Fitzgerald, Ill.; Lugar, Ind.;
Voinovich, Ohio; Warner, Va.
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CREATOR: Todd Stern ( CN=Todd Stern/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-MAY-1999 20:40:28.00
SUBJECT:
nagging
TO: Elena Kagan
READ:UNKNOWN
CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
TEXT:
I need you to look at civil Rights chapter. Staff Secretary has the May
11 version if you need that. Also, are you ok with the part of the
Education chapter that essentially endorses the dozen or so lawsuits that
are challenging property tax method of school funding?
tds
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CREATOR: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-MAY-1999 09:45:15.00
SUBJECT:
What happened last night on tobacco recoupment
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: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Devorah R. Adler ( CN=Devorah R. Adler/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Christopher C. Jennings ( CN=Christopher C. Jennings/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Jeanne Lambrew ( CN=Jeanne Lambrew/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: J. Eric Gould ( CN=J. Eric Gould/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I couldn't put all the details in my pages last night, but here in a
nutshell is what happened.
Despite our urging none of our allies (Harkin, Specter, Obey) put forward
an amendment that could have won. Working with Martha we worked all three
offices at several levels (staff directors, tobacco staff, approps staff)
but clearly to no avail.
First Specter proposed that the Senate recede to the House and (10 and
behold) this all or nothing approach failed.
Then Rogers proposed to have the House recede to the Senate and Obey
offered his long complicated version of 40 percent of the settlement for
health coverage plus tobacco. There was much parliamentary manuvering and
lucky for us it was decided the Obey vote would happen first. And,
surprise surprise, the amendment failed.
In the meantime Martha Foley persuaded Young to prevent a vote on Rogers.
Young asked Rogers to withdraw his amendment and he did. We had a
temporary reprieve.
The GOP committee chairs then met behind closed doors. Around 10 the
conference re-convened and in their first order of business Young proposed
to have the House recede to the Senate and the motion passed by voice
vote.
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CREATOR: Edward W. Correia ( CN=Edward W. Correia/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-MAY-1999 10:12:25.00
SUBJECT:
RLPA
TO: Andrew J. Mayock ( CN=Andrew J. Mayock/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Maureen T. Shea ( CN=Maureen T. Shea/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Deborah B. Mohile ( CN=Deborah B. Mohile/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Reminder -- we're going to discuss the status of RLPA at 11:30
this morning in 180 OEOB.
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CREATOR: Jennifer M. Luray ( CN=Jennifer M. Luray/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-MAY-1999 15:54:41.00
SUBJECT:
Schumer FACE Amendment Letter
TO: Elena Kagan
READ: UNKNOWN
CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Ann F. Lewis ( CN=Ann F. Lewis/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
FYI -- No need for either of you to act on this letter regarding the
Schumer clinic violence amendment to the bankruptcy bill but wanted to be
sure you were aware.
---------------------- Forwarded by Jennifer M. Luray/WHO/EOP on 05/13/99
03:47 PM ---------------------------
Joel K. Wiginton
05/13/99 03:43:35 PM
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Record Type:
To:
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See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
Subject:
Schumer FACE Amendment Letter
Attached is a draft of the letter to Schumer regarding his FACE
amendment. This version has been cleared by Sarah, Jenny, and myself.
Justice -- please take a close look at this.
Although I do not think it's
inconsistent with your position as outlined by Ken, I want to make sure
you're okay with this.
OMB -- If you could put this in "quick clearance" that would be quite
helpful.
As noted above, it's already been seen and edited by many folks.
Sarah -- You wanted me to remind you to tell Gene that we were sending
this up.
Everyone -- we still haven't decided who would sign.
Thanks, Joel
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sonyia matthews/opd/eop@eop
ronald e. jones/omb/eop@eop
jennifer m. luray/who/eop@eop
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david w. beier/ovp@ovp
mark.mcclellan@do.treas.gov
kenneth.l.chernof@usdoj.gov
karen.l.wilson@usdoj.gov
pam.j.smith@usdoj.gov
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Dear Senator Schumer,
The Administration is deeply concerned by the incidents of violence, vandalism, and harassment
committed against family planning clinics. Some of these acts have resulted in the deaths and,
maiming of innocent people. The Administration believes that these unlawful activities must not
be tolerated, and that when they are committed, those found liable should be held accountable
under the law.
The Administration has a strong record of supporting efforts to end clinic violence. The Freedom
of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act of which you were the principal House sponsor, and
which the President signed into law, provides federal protection against unlawful and violent
actions while it protects the right to engage in peaceful picketing and protest unaccompanied by
force or physical obstruction. Violators of FACE are subject to criminal penalties of
imprisonment, a fine or both. In addition, the court may also assess civil penalties for a
particularly egregious offense or against a repeat offender. State clinic access laws and state and
federal anti-racketeering laws are additional tools used to prosecute clinic violence. Yet, if
offenders are able to escape the damages assessed under these laws, then they will gradually lose
their effectiveness.
.
Unfortunately, some defendants found liable for clinic violence are abusing the bankruptcy
system in an effort to shield themselves from civil monetary penalties assessed under these laws.
More specifically, these defendants are filing for Chapter 7 to discharge their obligations to the
victims of their clinic violence and to escape responsibility for their actions. In order to stem the
tide of clinic-related violence by ensuring that penalties for these acts are strictly enforced, we
support your amendment that would make court-ordered fines and debts resulting from clinic
violence nondischargeable.
The Administration's general position has been to oppose the expansion of non dischargeable
debt unless there is an overriding public policy objective to be protected and no other way to
achieve that objective. Consistent with this position, we view your amendment as a necessary
tool in our current efforts to end clinic violence.
Certainly, one could argue that damages awarded for all intentional torts should be
nondischargeable. Indeed, this is largely the case under the "willful and malicious injury"
exception contained in Section 536(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code. Some damages resulting from
.clinic-related violence, however, are not protected under this exception. This was made clear in
the Supreme Court's recent decision in Geiger v. Kawaauhau, 523 U.S. 57 (1998). In Geiger the
Court held that the word "willful" "modifies the word 'injury' indicating that nondischargeability
takes a deliberate or intentional injury, not merely a deliberate or intentional act that leads to
injury ..." Although some clinic-related violence is committed with the direct intention to
inflict injury, some such violence indirectly results in injury. Take for example a family planning
clinic which is bombed at night. The perpetrator may not know that some of the clinic's
employees are working late and still in the building. The bomb, nonetheless, still injures these
employees. Should damages awarded to victims such as these be any less protected simply
because the bomber did not intentionally intend to injure them with his or her bomb?
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In addition, there is another compelling reason to create a specific nondischargeability carve-out
for clinic-related violence damages. There are reports of those who have been found liable for
such acts blatantly - even enthusiastically - announcing how they are going to escape
responsibility for their actions by filing for Chapter 7. Indeed, such abuse ofthe bankruptcy
system appears to be part of a concerted plan on the part of these individuals to perpetuate their
acts of violence and intimidation.
Parties on both sides of the issue of abortion agree that violence against clinics should not be
tolerated. This is why we have laws in place designed to deter such activity. We must not permit
those who have committed odious acts of violence to escape responsibility for their actions. Your
amendment goes a long way toward achieving this goal.
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CREATOR: Fred DuVal ( CN=Fred DuVal/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 13-MAY-1999 16:05:45.00
SUBJECT:
Provider Taxes
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/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: Christopher C. Jennings ( CN=Christopher C. Jennings/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: William H. White Jr.
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=William H. White Jr./OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
CC: Mickey Ibarra ( CN=Mickey Ibarra/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Gov Carnahan will be in DC on May 24 and wants to see both HHS and WH
officials on the provider tax issue.
I think he would be satisfied with
an HHS mtg only if it was senior (Shalala or Thurm ).
I think we can't say no to this .... but I also don't sense that we know
specifically what we will say to him.
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CREATOR: Cathy R. Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-MAY-1999 16:25:36.00
SUBJECT:
Education Meeting
TO: Mike_Cohen@ed.gov ( Mike_Cohen@ed.gov @ inet [ UNKNOWN 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Broderick Johnson ( CN=Broderick Johnson/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: Barbara Chow ( CN=Barbara Chow/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Iratha H. Waters ( CN=Iratha H. Waters/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
Emma_Harrell@ed.gov ( Emma_Harrell@ed.gov @ inet [ UNKNOWN 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC:
TEXT:
Bruce will be having an Education Meeting on Monday, May 17, at 9:00 a.m.
in his office.
Invited:
Bruce Reed
Barbara Chow
Elena Kagan
Barbara Chow
Michael Cohen
Wade Henderson
Nancy Zirkin
Bill Taylor
Ceclia Munoz
Charles Kamasaki
Janelle Byrd
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CREATOR: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-MAY-1999 18:11:42.00
SUBJECT:
Ideas about supplemental signing statement
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: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: J. Eric Gould ( CN=J. Eric Gould/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Bruce you raised yesterday the issue of what we would say about tobacco if
we fail to remove Hutchison provision from the final bill.
It seems to me
that the President could either:
.
1) voice his continued opposition to this provision and pledge to keep
working for federal legislation that ensures every state funds a program
to prevent youth smoking; or
2) focus attention on the states, urging them to use their new flexibility
to ensure a new generation does not take up smoking, perhaps vowing to
seek legislation in the future if states fail to act.
We may also want to take the opportunity to have him urge Congress to
appropriate $20 million for a federal tobacco lawsuit. DOJ wants to come
talk to us about developing a plan to make this happen.
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CREATOR: Christopher C. Jennings ( CN=Christopher C. Jennings/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:13-MAY-1999 20:11:19.00
SUBJECT:
EPICC memo
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jennifer M. Luray ( CN=Jennifer M. Luray/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ] )
READ:UNKNOWN
;
TO: Daniel N. Mendelson ( CN=Daniel N. Mendelson/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
For your comment
-~
OMB ] )
please call with questions.
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May 11,1999
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
.FROM:
?
SUBJECT:
Impending Introduction of Contraceptive Coverage Legislation
Within the next two weeks, the Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act
(EPICC) is expected to be introduced. The legislation would require health plans to .cover
prescription contraceptive coverage and is generally consistent with the measure you signed into
law last year extending this coverage to all plans participating in the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Plan (FEHBP). This memorandum provides background information on this issue and
seeks guidance from you as to whether you want to explicitly endorse the bill when it is introduced.
BACKGROUND
Current Coverage Status. While well over 80 percent of private insurance plans cover
prescription drugs in general, only about one-third cover the costs of oral contraceptives (the most
commonly used birth control method). HMOs provide slightly better oral contraceptive coverage
but only 39 percent reportedly cover all five leading methods. According to the Kaiser Family
Foundation, three out of every four women say that cost is an important factor when choosing
between a birth control method that is covered and one that is not. Moreover, women of
childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs then men do, although
there is no specific breakout as to what percentage is for contraception.
EPICC Legislation. EPICC was first introduced in the last Congress by Senators Reid and Snowe
and Representatives Lowey and Greenwood. When it became clear that this legislation could not
be passed last year, EPICC's sponsors' focused their attention on working on encouraging the
Congress to extend these protections to FEHBP plans. After a lengthy fight over "conscience
clause" language, Congresswoman Lowey -- with the help of the Administration -- secured passage
of the FEHBP provision in the Omnibus Appropriations measure you signed into law last Fall.
Leading women's groups and pro-choice community hailed this as a major victory.
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Choice groups and the same group of supportive Members are now turning their attention to
winning contraceptive coverage for those in all private plans. The new legislation requires
insurance plans, which provide a prescription drug benefit, to cover all FDA-approved prescription
contraceptive methods. Similarly, health plans which cover outpatient medical services would also
be required to provide outpatient contraceptive services (such as exams and fittings).
The pro-choice community believes that the EPICC bill represents a legislative vehicle that
provides them with an all too rare opportunity to proactively promote a positive agenda. Better
contraceptive coverage means fewer unintended pregnancies, which means fewer abortions. For
this reason, EPICC is now a top legislative priority for many of the leading women's organizations.
In addition to Federal legislation, over 30 bills have been introduced in 19 states in the last two
years, with Maryland recently becoming the first state to enact a contraceptive coverage law.
Mandates and Potential Impact on Cost/Coverage. There clearly are strong political and policy
reasons to endorse EPICC. However, we generally have avoided endorsing bills that legislate
insurance coverage requirements -- particularly when they are initially introduced. We have taken
this position for two reasons: (I) To avoid the criticism by the business and some within the policy
community that such "rifle shot" requirements increase premiums and, in tum, potentially
contribute to the increasing problem of the uninsured and (2) To avoid increasing the pressure on .
you and the rest of the Administration to support other insurance requirements.
As you know, you are already supporting the Patients' Bill of Rights legislation (which, although is
mostly made up of process and not coverage requirements, is projected by CBO to increase
premiums by about 4 percent). In addition, you have been asked to support legislation to provide
for mental health parity, chemical and substance abuse parity, and to endorse a I percent premium
assessment on private plans to help finance the cost of training physicians in teaching hospitals and
academic health centers. Although the EPICC bill is projected to add only I percent to average
private sector premiums, the accumulation of these policy initiatives could make us vulnerable to
criticisms that we are insensitive to the insurance affordability issue.
Conscience Clause Issue. On notable shortcoming of the current EPICC bill is that it does not
include a "conscience clause" for those plans that have religious objections to providing
contraceptive coverage. Although the bill's sponsors and many within the pro choice community
recognize that this issue will have to be addressed before any bill reaches your desk, they oppose
including any "conscience clause" language at the time of introduction. They are taking this
position for two main reasons. First, they rightly point out that access to coverage of FDA
approved contraceptives is a substantively different issue than coverage of abortions. Second, they
are uncomfortable with almost any conscience clause legislation because they believe it could leave
too many women without access to contraceptives and they do not want to hastily draft a position
that - before any negotiation takes place - weakens their hand politically and substantively.
Although we understand the advocates' views on the conscience clause issue, we disagree with
their assumptions and conclusions. We believe it is important to signal an explicit commitment up
front that such a provision will be necessary and is advisable. To do otherwise, weakens the
advocates' hand because it unnecessarily places them on the defensive on an issue they will lose
under any credible scenario. It makes the bill supporters vulnerable to the "double-standard"
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charge; they are willing to support conscience clause language when it applies to the Congress and
federal health plans, but unwilling to do so when it applies to health plans in the private sector.
We question this strategy and believe it will take away the possibility of a "clean" win on this
otherwise fairly appealing issue. Notwithstanding our views on this matter, the pro-choice
community and Senator Snow have rejected our advice.
OPTIONS
The following represents what we believe are the most viable options for your consideration:
(1) Issue statement of support for the new legislation, but do it in a manner that highlights
in a quiet and subtle manner - our support for a conscience clause. Under this scenario, you
would release a statement at the time of introduction that points out you supported "similar"
legislation last year and hope that the Congress can come together again on this high priority issue.
Such a statement would imply your support for a conscience clause (since last year's bill had one),
but would not offend the pro-choice community at the time of introduction.
(2) Not endorse this legislation, but work behind the scenes to get legislation passed with an
appropriate conscience clause. Under this approach, you would take no fonnal position at the
time of introduction, but advise the pro-choice community that we will provide technical and
strategic support to pass this bill on Capitol Hill. Such an approach 'will allow you to avoid
criticism of being insensitive to insurance mandate cost concerns (before it becomes clear the bill
has a chance of moving) and also allow us to develop a workable conscience clause compromise
with the Congress and the groups.
Agency and White House Positions on These Options. DPC and the Women's Office supports
option one. Although strongly believing that the pro-choice community is making a significant
strategic error by not including a conscience clause provision in the bill at the time of introduction,
these offices believe it is not worth losing out an opportunity to positively respond to the women's
community request for your support on their number one policy priority. The Treasury Department
believes option two is a much preferable alternative because it does not get us on the record on
another insurance mandate until and unless it is necessary and advisable to do so. HHS believes
the decision on whether to choose option one or two depends on whether you believe you are going
to endorse other insurance coverage requirement bills in the near future (like mental health parity);
if you are, they would advise against endorsing EPICC because the cumulative impact of doing so
will undennine our credibility on the cost/coverage issue.
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CREATOR: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 13-MAY-1999 21:03:00.00
SUBJECT:
ratings on concerts -- a thought
TO: Elena Kagan
READ: UNKNOWN
CN=E1ena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I'm not advocating, I just came upon this:
"Would Ratings Work?: The head of the organization representing the
nation's
leading concert promoters said Monday that proposed mandatory ratings
systems
for music performances--akin to movie ratings--would be "unworkable" and
"unenforceable.'" "I'm not opposed to anything that would help people
decide to
go to concerts if it's something that reassures parents and it's
workable," says
Cynthia Wallace, director of the North American Concert Promoters Assn. "I
just
can't imagine how it would be enforced . . . . Suppose controversial singer
Marilyn Manson says, 'Yeah, I'll do a PG show,' and it turns out to be R,
what
are the sanctions?" Ideas for various concert rating systems are being
raised by
several state legislators around the nation. under fire from parents
groups and
legislators in the late '80s, the music industry voluntarily adopted a
program
affixing warning stickers to recordings with explicit lyrics, though no
laws
were enacted restricting sales of such material."[Los Angeles Times,
12/2/97)
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CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 00:04:41.00
SUBJECT:
POSSIBLE DEPARTURE STATEMENT ON GUNS
TO: Loretta M. Uce1li@eop ( Loretta M. Ucelli@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Lawrence J. Stein@eop ( Lawrence J. Stein@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Dawn L. Smalls@eop ( Dawn L. Smalls@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Steve Ricchetti@eop ( Steve Ricchetti@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Joseph P. Lockhart@eop ( Joseph P. Lockhart@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan@eop ( Elena Kagan@eop [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Maria Echaveste@eop ( Maria Echaveste@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Michael Waldman@eop ( Michael Waldman@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jordan Tamagni@eop ( Jordan Tamagni@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Douglas B. Sosnik@eop ( Douglas B. Sosnik@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jeffrey A. Shesol@eop ( Jeffrey A. Shesol@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed@EOP ( Bruce N. Reed@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Sara M. Latham@eop ( Sara M. Latham@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Joshua S. Gottheimer@eop ( Joshua S. Gottheimer@eop [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jose Cerda III@eop ( Jose Cerda III@eop [ OPD J )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS ON SENATE GUN LEGISLATION
THE WHITE HOUSE
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It is now clear that the tragedy in Littleton has helped create a
broad, common sense consensus that we must act to keep guns out of the
hands
of criminals and away from our children. The question is whether the
Congress will write that national vision into law 0) or seek to block it.
Thus far, the answer given by the Senate is not promising.
I am pleased that on Wednesday, a bipartisan majority in the
Senate
backed two important measures I introduced [two] weeks ago.
First, they
agreed to ban the import of high capacity ammunition clips that are used
to
evade the 1994 ban on assault weapons.
Second, they agreed to ban
juvenile
possession of semi-automatic assault rifles and large capacity magazines
weapons designed only for mayhem.
There is no good reason for a child to
own an AK-47. And there is no good reason for anyone to use a 15 round
ammo
clip.
I applaud the Senate for taking these two steps. However, on
Wednesday, a narrow Republican majority squandered an important
opportunity
to close the gun-show loophole through which tens of thousands of guns are
sold each year without background checks. Yesterday,' I called on the
Senate
to reconsider this vote.
It makes absolutely no sense to let criminals
continue to use legitimate gun shows as a convenience store for their
weapons.
Today, the Senate will vote again on a measure purporting to
address
this issue. But the Senate Republican is riddled with high caliber
loopholes.
It won't stop criminals from buying guns at gun shows.
And at
the same time, it will let them buy guns at their local pawn shop.
That's
worse than current law.
I simply cannot believe that the Senate is going
to
make the same mistake twice.
So, once again, I calIon the Senate to
reject
this phony proposal and to pass real legislation that prevents criminals
from
buying guns at gun shows.
This should be a moment for national unity.
I was very pleased
today
to receive a letter from the major gun manufacturers supporting our
efforts
to pass a real, enforceable, mandatory background checks at gun shows.
They
recognize that law abiding citizens don't need a gun show loophole; only
criminals do.
For six years, America has made strong and steady progress in the
fight against crime. We have done so by elevating results over ideology.
Today, we have a chance to put aside the partisanship, political
divisions,
and raw special interest power that has dominated the debate on guns for
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Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999
FACT SHEET
The President today sent to the Congress the "Educational Excellence for All Children Act of
1999," his proposal to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(ESEA). This legislation reaffirms the critical role of the Federal Government in working with
schools, school districts, and States to promote educational excellence for all children. Every
child, every parent, every grandparent, and every taxpayer deserves high quality public schools
in their communities.
More specifically, the proposal would build on the 1994 ESEA reauthorization, which
established as a core principle the idea that disadvantaged children should achieve to the same
challenging academic standards as their more fortunate peers, by helping States, communities,
school districts, and teachers get high standards into the classroom.
Background
In 1994, Congress and the Clinton Administration began the transformation of the Federal role in
education by passing the Improving America's Schools Act, which reauthorized the ESEA, and
the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, which supported State and local school reform efforts
based on challenging academic standards and assessments linked to those standards. Prior to
1994, our education system had for too long condoned low expectations and low standards for
poor children, and Federal programs often reflected those expectations. The 1994 laws
established the clear expectation that all children-including disadvantaged and minority
children-can and should reach high standards.
The two laws were built on the principle that students and schools rise to the expectations and
standards we set for them. Therefore, Federal resources were focused on helping States to
develop and implement challenging State standards for all children and to use those standards to
improve learning through a coherent and aligned system of curricula and assessments.
The 1994 laws complemented and accelerated reforms already underway in many States and
school districts, while providing a catalyst for change in States that had not yet begun setting
high academic standards. In fact, in a recent study by the General Accounting Office, many
States reported that Goals 2000 has been a significant factor in promoting their education reform
efforts. Similarly, according to the National Assessment of Title I, about half of poor school
districts across the Nation report that Title I is "driving standards-based reform in the district as a
whole." With 48 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia having completed the
development of State content standards for all children, it is clear that higher standards are taking
hold nationwide.
More importantly, there is strong evidence that where States have implemented standards-based
reform over a period of time-together with accountability mechanisms linked to those
standards-students have benefited. For example, North Carolina and Texas made greater gains
in math and reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) than any other
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State between 1992 and 1996. Texas also showed significant progress in closing the
achievement gap between minority and white students. A recent study by RAND researchers
concluded that the most plausible explanation for these gains is the effort by both States to align
. their systems of standards, curriculum, and assessments, and to hold schools accountable for the
improvement of all students.
In developing its 1999 ESEA reauthorization proposal, the Administration drew on the
experience of implementing the 1994 Act, efforts to measure program perfonnance under the
Government Perfonnance and Results Act, and a review of Congressionally mandated
evaluations of Title I and other programs. These efforts also were infonned and enriched by
conversations with hundreds of teachers, principals, parents, community activists, and State and
local officials nationwide. Four themes emerged again and again during this process, and these
same themes are found throughout the Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999:
(1) a finn commitment to high standards in every classroom, (2) improving teacher and principal
quality to ensure quality instruction for all children, (3) strengthening accountability for results
coupled with flexibility, and, (4) ensuring safe, healthy, disciplined, and drug-free school
. environments where all children feel connected, motivated, and challenged to leam and where
parents are welcomed and involved.
High Standards in Every Classroom
The next step in education improvement is to take the high standards set at the Statehouse and
move them to schools and classrooms. The Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999
renews the Federal commitment to high standards for all children and promotes this next stage of
standards-based refonn by helping States, districts, schools, and teachers use challenging State
standards to guide classroom instruction and student assessment. The bill also supports high
standards by helping children to read well and by providing extra resources to help all students
succeed. The proposal would:
•
Raise student perfonnance by increasing academic standards. The proposal would support
implementation of challenging standards and aligned assessments in every State. Title Iof
the ESEA would continue to focus on high expectations for all children, retaining the current
statutory requirement that States establish content standards, student perfonnance standards,
and assessments aligned with the standards by the 2000-01 school year. Title II includes a
specific authorization to help States and school districts align instruction, curriculum,
assessments, and professional development to challenging academic standards.
•
Implement continuous improvement and accountability based on challenging standards.
States will hold all school districts accountable, and school districts will hold schools
accountable, for continuous and substantial gains in overall student performance and in the
perfonnance ofthe lowest-perfonning students.
•
Provide teachers with up-to-date training and support through a new Teaching to High
Standards initiative. States have made great strides in developing standards, but only
36 percent of teachers report that they feel very well prepared to teach to high standards. The
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Teaching to High Standards initiative would help schools and school districts give teachers
the tools and training they need to help students reach high standards.
•
Put useful technology into schools and classrooms to help teachers teach to high standards.
The Technology for Education initiative would help teachers, particularly in high-poverty
districts, use technology to better teach students to challenging' State standards, for instance
by using distance learning to get challenging subject matter into all classrooms.
•
Strengthen the teaching of reading and reduce class size. The bill would continue the ClassSize Reduction initiative, which seeks to reduce class size in the first through third grades to
a nationwide average of 18 students, to ensure that all students receive the individual
attention they need to read well and independently by the end of the third grade. It would
continue the Reading Excellence Act, which focuses on professional development, extended
learning time, and family literacy. Improvements in the Even Start family literacy program
would increase the intensity and quality of family literacy services, while a new initiative in
Title II would provide professional development for early childhood educators.
•
Emphasize math and science education by earmarking the first $300 million ofthe Teaching
to High Standards grants under Title II for professional development in those subjects. In
particularly, these funds would help States and school districts take full advantage of new
research and curricular materials aimed at improving the teaching and learning of
mathematics. The bill also would reauthorize the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for
Mathematics and Science Education and the Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science
Education Consortia.
•
Improve foreign language instruction by setting a national goal that 25 percent of all public
elementary schools offer high-quality, standards-based foreign language programs by the
year 2005, rising to 50 percent by 2010. The bill would help States and districts meet this
goal by supporting the development of foreign language standards and assessments,
expanding the pool of elementary school foreign language teachers through improved
recruitment and professional development efforts, and encouraging the use of educational
technology in foreign language instruction.
•
Focus on promoting equity, excellence, and public school choice options for all students.
Recognizing that no one school or program can meet the unique needs of every student,
public school choice provides students with the flexibility to choose among public schools
and programs that differ with respect to educational settings, pedagogy, and academic
emphasis. Title V will support programs that can enhance options for students and parents,
including the Magnet Schools Program, the Public Charter Schools Program, and a new
authority that will fund innovative options for public school choice.
Strengthen Teacher and Principal Quality
Qualified teachers are critical to improving student achievement, yet too many teachers are not
provided with on-going high-quality professional development to help them improve and build
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on their teaching skills. In addition, many teachers leave the profession in their first three years,
and far too many teachers are teaching in a field in which they were not trained. In Title I
schools, an increasing number of unqualified teacher aides are providing direct instruction
without supervision by a certified teacher. To address these problems and help ensure that every
child in America has a talented and dedicated teacher who is prepared to help all children reach
high standards, the President's bill would:
•
Help teachers teach to high standards. The Title II Teaching to High Standards
initiative would support State and local efforts to: (1) help teachers and principals
align curricula and assessments with challenging State and local content standards;
(2) provide teachers with sustained and intensive high-quality professional
development in core academic content areas; (3) support new teachers during their
first three years in the classroom; and, (4) help ensure that all teachers are proficient
in content knowledge and teaching skills. This new initiative takes the place of and
incorporates the most successful elements of three current State grant programs:
Goals 2000, Eisenhower Professional Development, and Title VI Innovative
Education Program Strategies.
•
Expand recruitment and retention efforts to help meet the need for 2.2 million new teachers
over the next decade. The Teaching to High Standards initiative would support State and
local efforts to recruit and retain high-quality teachers in high-need areas. These efforts
would include, for example, the creation of a national job bank and encouraging portability
oflicensure and other teaching credentials. The Teaching to High Standards initiative also
would include a priority for school districts that support teachers in their first three years of
teaching, a period when many good teachers leave the classroom. The Transition to
Teaching initiative would expand the existing Troops to Teachers program to help nonmilitary (as well as military) mid-career professionals become teachers, particularly in highpoverty school districts and high-need subject areas.
•
Require certification for new teachers in Title I schools. Our proposal would require all new
teachers in programs supported with Title I funds to be fully certified in the subject they
teach. Two years after enactment of the bill, paraprofessionals with less than two years of
college would be limited to non-instructional duties, while those with two or more years of
college could provide instructional support and tutoring only under the supervision of a
certified teacher. A new set-aside for professional development in Title I would help create a
career-long professiqnalleaming environment for teachers in Title I schools.
•
Strengthen the State teacher certification process. States would be required to ensure that,
within four years, at least 95 percent of their teachers are either (1) fully certified,
(2) working toward full certification through an alternative route, or (3) fully certified in
another State and working toward meeting any State-specific requirements. States will also
be required to ensure that at least 95 percent of secondary school teachers have academic
training or demonstrated competence in the subject area in which they teach.
•
Help future teachers use advanced technology to improve classroom instruction. The
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund would support sustained and intensive high quality
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professional development in school districts to increase teacher capacity to create improved
learning environments through the integration of technology into instruction. The Preparing
Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology initiative would support consortia of public and
private entities to train new teachers to use technology to prepare students to achieve to
challenging State and local standards.
•
Train early childhood educators to prepare disadvantaged students for school. This Title II
proposal would provide grants to partnerships of professional development providers,
community-based early childhood programs, and school districts to provide high-quality
professional development to early childhood providers. The emphasis would be on researchbased approaches to professional development in language acquisition, literacy, and reading
development.
•
Train classroom teachers to teach students with limited English proficiency (LEP). Because
LEP students are found in more and more classrooms, the reauthorized Title VII Bilingual
Education program would support teacher education programs that develop the ability of
regular classroom teachers to teach LEP students.
Strengthen Accountability for Student Performance
The 1994 laws provided States and districts with increased flexibility to coordinate, modify, and
combine program funding and activities in exchange for greater accountability for improved
educational achievement. States, districts, and schools have begun to take advantage of this
increased flexibility, but too often without the necessary implementation of effective
accountability mechanisms. Early research suggests, however, that it is precisely those States
with the most comprehensive and effective accountability systems that are making the most
progress in increasing expectations and standards for students and schools and improving student
achievement.
The President's reauthorization proposal would retain the ESEA flexibility provisions included
in the 1994 law, including the expansion of schoolwide programs, consolidation of
administrative funds, and waiver procedures for regulatory and statutory provisions that stand in
the way of innovative reform efforts. The bill also would retain and update the provisions of the
Education Flexibility Act of 1999, which expanded eligibility for ED-Flex authority to all States.
To help ensure that this enhanced flexibility leads to improved student achievement, the
President is proposing several new accountability measures:
•
Strengthen accountability for districts and schools. Our proposal would encourage States to
develop one rigorous accountability system for all schools, including Title I schools, that
requires them to make annual, substantial gains in student performance until every student is
mastering challenging standards. States will be provided with flexibility by being able to use
either a model outlined in the statute or an alternative that is at least as rigorous and effective.
States without a single statewide accountability system would be required to develop one for
its Title I schools.
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Increase accountability to parents and the public through school report cards. States and
school districts receiving ESEA funds would be required to produce and distribute annual
report cards for each school, school district, and State. The report cards would include
information on student achievement, teacher qualifications, class size, school safety,
attendance, and graduation rates. Where appropriate, student achievement data would be
broken out by demographic groups to identify any gaps between disadvantaged students and
their peers.
•
End the traditional practices of social promotion and retention, after a four-year transition
period during which States would put in place educational practices targeting students who
need additional help to meet State promotion standards. Such practices include early
identification and intervention strategies, smaller classes with well-prepared teachers, highquality professional development, greater family involvement, and extended learning time.
Following the transition period, States and districts would require students to meet academic
performance standards before being promoted at key transition points (e.g., fourth and eighth
grade) or graduating from high school. State policies would use multiple measures,
including an assessment valid for these purposes, to determine if a student has met the
standards.
•
Tum around low-performing schools. School districts would be required to identity publicly
the lowest-performing schools that have not improved over two years and to implement
interventions and provide technical assistance in these schools. Initial interventions could
include implementing extended learning opportunities, proven school reform models, and
extensive teacher training. If there is no satisfactory improvement in student performance
within three years, districts would be required to take corrective actions, such as
reconstituting the school by making wholesale staff changes or closing the school down
entirely and reopening it with new staff or as a charter school. States would be required to
reserve 2.5 percent of their Title I LEA Grant funds (increasing to 3.5 percent in fiscal year
2003) to support interventions in failing schools, and would provide 70 percent of these
funds to school districts to help them turn around low-performing schools.
Support Safe, Healthy, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Learning Environments
A critical prerequisite for achieving quality and excellence in education is a safe, healthy,
disciplined, and drug-free learning environment that provides ample opportunities for each
student to make connections with caring adults that support learning and personal development.
Notwithstanding the recent tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, survey data show that
schools continue to be safe places in America's communities. However, similar survey data
show that drug and alcohol use remain disturbingly high in middle and high school, discipline
appears to be a growing problem, and more and more children are leading lifestyles involving
little or no physical exercise.
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Parents playa critical role in creating and maintaining a healthy learning environment, and the
Educational Excellence for all Children Act of 1999 would retain and strengthen the emphasis on
parent involvement first established by the 1994 Act.
The following provisions would support State and local efforts to create safe, healthy,
disciplined, and drug-free learning environments in all of our schools:
•
Help support and expand the connections between adults and students that are necessary for
effective learning and healthy personal development through a Secondary School Reform
initiative. This new initiative would provide resources to help transform 5,000 high schools
into places where students receive individual attention, are motivated to learn, are provided
with challenging courses, and are encouraged to develop and pursue long-term higher
education and career goals. Participating schools would serve as models to guide reform in
all secondary schools.
•
Require every school district and school to have a sound discipline policy. Our proposal will
require States to hold school districts and schools accountable for having discipline policies
that focus on prevention, are consistent and fair, and are developed with the participation of
the school community.
•
Emphasize parent involvement policies at the school and district levels and continue
implementation of parent-school compacts.
•
Improve the Parent Information and Resource Centers by focusing on high-poverty
communities, encouraging the use of research-based models for increasing parent
involvement, and emphasizing early literacy development.
•
Expanding access to information through technology by supporting community technology
centers that make online education and training resources available to parents and other
community members in high-poverty areas.
•
Strengthen the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act by concentrating funds on
districts which have significant need for drug- and violence-prevention and which are
developing and implementing research-based prevention programs of proven effectiveness.
•
Create a new School Emergency Response to Violence program (Project SERV) that would
provide rapid assistance to school districts that have experienced violence or other trauma
that disrupts the learning environment.
•
Modify the Gun-Free Schools Act to require an assessment of any student who brings a gun
to school to determine if the student poses an imminent threat of harm and, in the case of
students who are suspended or expelled from school, provide for appropriate supervision,
counseling, and educational services.
•
Promote physical fitness and lifelong healthy habits through demonstration projects.
Exemplary physical education programs can promote life-long healthy habits, provide
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 10:06:32.00
SUBJECT:
TO: ELENA (Pager) #KAGAN ( ELENA (Pager) #KAGAN [ UNKNOWN 1 )
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TEXT:
i'm on my way to ueelli's ofe. see you there. --jeff
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CREATOR: Irene Bueno ( CN=Irene Bueno/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 10:30:48.00
SUBJECT:
INS Restructuring Briefing
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
Irene Bueno ( CN=Irene Bueno/OU=OPO/O=EOP [ OPO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Doris Meissiner would like to brief senior White House staff and Labor and
State Dept. staff on the INS restructuring proposal next Friday, 5/21
preferably at 1:30 pm but is open to other times on that date.
The
contact person is Meissiner's office is Cathy St. Denis 514-8195.
Other invitees I would recommend are the following or their designate:
- Janet Murguia
- Maria Echavetse
- Michael Deich
- Barbara Chow
- Eric Schwartz
Micky Ibarra
Mary Beth Cahill
- Representative from Dept. of Labor and State - I am not sure who but can
find out.
please advise.
Thanks.
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 10:48:10.00
SUBJECT:
are we likely ...
TO: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/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:
to comment specifically either way on what happens to this Schumer bill on
Internet sales?
And any new thoughts on the Hatch vote, which just happened?
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CREATOR: MaryEllen C. McGuire ( CN=MaryEllen C. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 14-MAY-1999 12:04:07.00
SUBJECT:
AmeriCorps Call
TO: Jennifer M. Palmieri ( CN=Jennifer M. Palmieri/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
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READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Stacie Spector ( CN=Stacie Spector/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
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READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Andrew J. Mayock ( CN=Andrew J. Mayock/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: JGompert@cns.gov ( JGompert@cns.gov @ inet [ UNKNOWN 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Thurgood Marshall Jr ( CN=Thurgood Marshall Jr/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: Anne E. McGuire ( CN=Anne E. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1
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TO: Ann F. Lewis
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( CN=Ann F. Lewis/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa ( CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/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
CC: Carolyn T. Wu ( CN=Carolyn T. Wu/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Our bi-weekly AmeriCorps Conference Call will" be held this coming Monday,
May 17th at 4:00pm. please call 757-2100 code 4129.
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 14-MAY-1999 12:33:54.00
SUBJECT:
draft radio address 5/14 12:30pm -- please comment to Jeff Shesol ASAP 6-2
TO: Mckenzie K. Davis ( CN=Mckenzie K. Davis/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TO: Leslie Bernstein ( CN=Leslie Bernstein/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TO: Maria Echaveste ( CN=Maria Echaveste/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TO: Sara M. Latham ( CN=Sara M. Latham/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Cathy R. Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jose Cerda III
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Lawrence J. Stein ( CN=Lawrence J. Stein/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Loretta M. Ucelli ( CN=Loretta M. Ucelli/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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cc:
Michael Waldman ( CN=Michael Waldman/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TEXT:
Draft 05/14/99 12:30am
Jeff Shesol
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON VIOLENCE AND
THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
May 14, 1999
Good morning.
In the past few weeks, our nation has been united
in grief with the people of Littleton.
Today, I want to talk to you about
the ways we must unite in action to keep our children safe.
Since that terrible day, people across America have searched their
souls and searched for solutions to prevent this kind of tragedy from
happening again. And last week, at our White House strategy session on
children and violence, representatives of every sector of society agreed
on one fundamental fact: making progress requires taking responsibility.
That responsibility begins at home.
Parents have a duty to guide
children as they grow, staying engaged, staying involved in their lives.
The most important influence on a child is a parent.
Here in Washington, we have a responsibility to keep guns out of
the hands of criminals and children.
There is a broad national consensus
on that point -- everywhere, it seems, except the U.S. Senate. Last week,
the Senate twice passed a phony proposal instead of a real law that would
close the deadly gun show loophole, through which tens of thousands of
guns are sold each year without background checks.
Even worse, the Senate
bill is riddled with new loopholes -- permitting convicted felons to get
guns at pawn shops, no questions asked; and making it harder, not easier,
for law enforcement to trace guns used in crimes.
If the Senate says it wants to fix the problem, it should fix the
problem.
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CREATOR: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 12:56:05.00
SUBJECT:
passing along Leiberman office request
TO: Elena Kagan
READ: UNKNOWN
CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/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
TEXT:
FYI. Leiberman's press guy called to ask that the Senator get some
recognition for the work he's done on entertainment and violence.
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 14:18:20.00
SUBJECT:
new operative paragraph
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Those who say they can do nothing about this are wrong.
By
changing the way they do business.
. by making programs, CDs, and video
games as if their own children were watching . . . members of the
entertainment community can make a big difference.
Today, I am issuing a
challenge to the entire entertainment industry -- to stop showing guns in
any ads and previews children might see.
Secon~, I challenge theater
owners across America to enforce more strictly the age requirements on the
movies they show. No theater owner should turn the other way as a child
walks unchaperoned into an R-rated movie.
And third, I challenge the
movie industry to re-evaluate its ratings system -- specifically, the
PG-13 rating, to determine whether it is allowing gratuitous violence in
movies viewed by children. Our administration is fighting to do
everything we can to protect our children.
The entertainment industry
should do the same.
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 14:22:52.00
SUBJECT:
operative paragraph redux
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Those who say they can do nothing about this are wrong.
By
changing the way they do business . . . by making programs, CDs, and video
games as if their own children were watching . . . members of the
entertainment community can make a big difference.
Today, I am issuing a
challenge to the entire entertainment industry -- to stop showing guns in
any ads and previews children might see.
Second, I challenge theater
owners across America to enforce more strictly the age requirements on the
movies they show. Theater owners should check IDs, not turn the other way
as a child walks unchaperoned into an R-rated movie. And third, I
challenge the movie industry to re-evaluate its ratings system -specifically,'the PG-13 rating, to determine whether it is allowing
gratuitous violence in movies viewed by children.
Our administration is
fighting to do everything we can to protect our children.
The
entertainment industry should do the same.
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 14:57:50.00
SUBJECT:
final draft -- radio address
TO: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Joshua S. Gottheimer ( CN=Joshua S. Gottheimer/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Ann C. Hertelendy ( CN=Ann C. Hertelendy/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Karen Tramontano ( CN=Karen Tramontano/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Julianne B. Corbett ( CN=Julianne B. Corbett/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: Loretta M. Ucelli ( CN=Loretta M. Ucelli/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Final 05/14/99 2:30pm
Jeff Shesol
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON VIOLENCE AND
THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
May 15, 1999
Good morn"ing.
In the past few weeks, ever since that terrible day
in Littleton, people across America have searched their souls and searched
for solutions to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again.
Last
Monday, at our White House strategy session on children and violence,
representatives of every sector of society agreed on one fundamental fact:
making progress requires taking responsibility.
That responsibility begins at home.
Parents have a duty to guide
children as they grow, staying engaged, staying involved in their lives.
The most important influence on a child is a parent.
Here in Washington, we have a responsibility to keep guns out of
the hands of criminals and children. There is a broad national consensus
on that point -- everywhere, it seems, except the U.S. Senate. Last week,
the Senate twice passed a phony proposal instead of a real law that would
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close the deadly gun-show loophole, through which tens of thousands of
guns are sold each year without background checks.
Even worse, the Senate
bill is riddled with new loopholes -- permitting convicted felons to get
guns at pawn shops, no questions asked; and making it harder, not easier,
for law enforcement to trace guns used in crimes.
If the Senate says it wants to fix the problem, it should fix the
problem.
It should not make the problem worse. The American people
deserve -- and have demanded -- better. They know that law-abiding
citizens donO,t need loopholes in our gun laws.
Only criminals do.
I
strongly hope that in the coming weeks, the Senate will step up to its
responsibility and do the right thing by our children.
I have always said that the entertainment industry must also do
its part.
In 1993, shortly after I became President, I traveled to
Hollywood and spoke to members of the community about their
responsibility.
I said: O&You have the capacity to do good -- to help
change the way we behave, the way we think of ourselves . . . Examine what
together you might do to help us rebuild the frayed bonds of community, to
give children nonviolent ways to resolve their frustrations.OB
Today, the entertainment industry is helping parents limit
childrenO,s exposure to violence -- working with the administration on a
voluntary ratings system for television and parental screening for the
Internet. But there is still too much violence on our nationO,s screens,
large and small. There are too many creators and purveyors of violence
who say there is nothing they can do about it. And there are too many
vulnerable children who are steeped in this culture of violence -becoming desensitized to it and, as studies show, more capable of
committing it themselves.
By age 1B, the typical American will see 40,000
dramatized murders. All in the name of entertainment.
Those who say they can do nothing about this are wrong.
By
changing the way they do business . . . by making movies, music, TV
programs and video games as if their own children were watching.
members of the entertainment industry can make a big difference. And
today, I want to issue three specific challenges to the entertainment
industry. First, the whole industry should stop showing guns in any ads
or previews children might see.
Second, I challenge theater owners across
America to enforce more strictly the age requirements on the movies they
show. Theater owners should check IDs, not turn the other way as a child
walks unchaperoned into an R-rated movie.
And third, I challenge the
movie industry to re-evaluate its entire ratings system -- especially the
PG-13 rating, to determine whether it is allowing gratuitous violence in
movies viewed by children. Our administration is fighting to do all we
can to protect our children. The entertainment industry should do
everything in its power, too.
Across America, people are coming together and saying, yes, we can
change this culture of violence.
I believe that we can -- and that we
will
build in its place a culture of values which we will be proud to.
pass on to future generations. Thank you.
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CREATOR: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 15:38:14.00
SUBJECT:
California making progress to statewide child support system
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena
READ: UNKNOWN
Kagan/OU=OP~/O=EOP
@ EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Ernmett/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
TEXT:
---------------------- Forwarded by Cynthia A. Rice/OPD/EOP on 05/14/99
03:39 PM ---------------------------
Andrea Kane
05/14/99 03:22:20 PM
Record Type:
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To:
J. Eric Gould/OPD/EOP, Cynthia A. Rice/OPD/EOP, Eugenia
Chough/OPD/EOP, Michele Ahern/OMB/EOP
cc:
CA child support
Subject:
In case you haven't seen this yet (it's in today's HHS clips)
Copyright 1999 Times Mirror Company
Los Angeles Times May 14, 1999, Friday
SENATE MOVES TO END D.A.S' ROLE IN CHILD SUPPORT
and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
BYLINE: GREG KRIKORIAN
In a stunning bipartisan rebuke, the state Senate on Thursday
overwhelmingly approved a bill to strip California's district attorneys of
their responsibility for collecting child support.
The bill by
(D-Burbank) to
passed 29 to 1
Burton accused
President Pro Tern John Burton and Sen. Adam Schiff
create a new statewide network of child support offices
after an emotional speech on the Senate floor in which
district attorneys of scuttling -past reforms.
Calling the current system "a disgrace," Burton argued that if
lawmakers treated district attorneys as if they were "a county coroner,
tax collector or a county dogcatcher, we would take their responsibilities
away from them in a heartbeat."
"As crazy as it sounds," Burton said later, "right now district
attorneys are getting extra money for not accomplishing what they're
supposed to in collecting child support."
Though it may have the toughest laws in the nation, California is
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considered to have one of the worst child support systems, with as much as
$ 8 billion owed to single-parent families. And with 3 million children,
most of them on welfare, relying on the program, it affects more children
than any state program but public schools.
Critics say a key problem is that district attorneys collect child
support at the county level, creating a fragmented network in which it can
take months to get money from a debtor parent in one county to a family in
another.
But prosecutors, who argue that collections are steadily improving and
that they should keep the mammoth program--and the millions of dollars in
federal grants that come with it--vowed to fight on to retain
jurisdiction.
"It is important to bear in mind that the process is not over," said
Larry Brown, executive director of the California District Attorneys Assn.
A spokesman for Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Gil Garcetti, whose
office runs the state's largest and, by most standards, worst child
support program, said Garcetti believes prosecutors "can do this job
better than anyone else."
Jim Provenza, a lobbyist for the district attorney, added, "But if the
state wants to set up a separate county agency, Garcetti will not stand in
the way."
As a parallel Assembly bill steamed toward a floor vote, the district
attorneys association this week took what it acknowledged was an
unprecedented step and hired former Assemblyman Phil Isenberg as lobbyist.
Isenberg, who will be paid $ 8,000 a month plus expenses, is close to Gov.
Gray Davis, who has not taken a formal position on the child support
bills.
Davis' office did not return a call for comment Thursday, but
Democratic leaders say they believe the governor recognizes the problems
in the system. Yet some advocates remain wary of the district attorneys'
political clout.
"The real work is just beginning," said Leora Gershenzon of the
National Center for Youth Law. "The closer we get, the harder the fight is
going to be."
But Schiff, the coauthor of the Senate bill, said he believes momentum
is on the side of reform.
"I don't underestimate the influence the D.A.s have with the
Legislature, but by the same token, I don't underestimate the profound
dissatisfaction of the public," Schiff said. "I frankly think those voices
are a whole lot louder than the district attorneys, and those are the
voices I am listening to and the ones, I believe, the governor will listen
to. "
Added Nora O'Brien of the Assn. of Children for the Enforcement of
Support: "There's more families owed support than there are D.A.s."
Low Rate of Collections
The influential California District Attorneys Assn. for years has
killed efforts to remove child support from prosecutors' offices. But
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after a Times report last year showed how Los Angeles' program was both
the state's largest and its worst, failing to collect money nine times out
of 10 and annually billing thousands of men erroneously, legislators
pledged wide reform.
Those efforts have leapt onto the fast track in Sacramento, as
lawmakers have tried to outmaneuver district attorneys and restructure the
program to lay the foundation for the state's third stab at building a
statewide child support computer.
Two previous efforts to build the federally mandated system failed,
with some critics blaming prosecutors for refusing to unify behind a
single design. Federal penalties that began accruing this year could reach
$ 4.7 billion, and legislators argue that building a unified computer
first requires an overhaul of the state's fragmented child support
network.
Burton has been pushing hard for his bill, killing an alternative
proposal to keep the program with district attorneys and moving his
proposal to the floor Thursday morning with surprising speed.
An Assembly bill by Assemblywoman Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) that
would also strip child support from prosecutors cleared its final
committee Wednesday and backers are optimistic that it will pass the lower
house next week.
"The bad news for the district attorneys of California is that there is
absolutely no support for them keeping the program, except from
themselves," Kuehl said.
She added that she believed prosecutors are trying to make an
unworkable system work. "It's not just a critique of Gil" Garcetti, she
said.
Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Los Angeles), who is
supporting Kuehl's bill, said Thursday that he believes the differences
between the Assembly and Senate bills can be ironed out.
Both bills call for the creation of a state department to oversee child
support, and for offices to be established in each county, though it has
not been finalized whether those offices would be run by the state or the
counties. District attorneys would still prosecute debtor parents who fail
to pay support--now a last-ditch collection strategy.
A blizzard of other child support measures, which would do everything
from creating a way to appeal a child support billing to making it easier
for erroneously billed parents to clear their cases, are also moving
through the Legislature. But the restructuring bills have generated the
most attention.
On the Senate floor, Burton called the district attorneys' performance
in collecting child support "embarrassing and a disgrace," claiming that
"they get money for not accomplishing anything."
He was joined by a parade of lawmakers from both parties who heaped
criticism on the state's child support program. Although prosecutors have
been lobbying aggressively to kill the bill, no speaker defended their
performance.
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Some even specified their complaints, "Los Angeles County is the
biggest disaster," state Sen. Cathie Wright (R-Simi Valley) said.
Ten senators either abstained or skipped the vote, and the only "no"
vote was cast by Sen. William Morrow (R-Oceanside), who said he feared the
bill could worsen the child support problem by creating a new bureaucracy.
Soon after becoming one of eight Republicans to vote for the bill, GOP
floor leader Sen. Ross Johnson (R-Irvine) said that child support is a
bipartisan issue.
"I support the district attorneys in a great many areas, but I think
there's a·sense of frustration," Johnson said. "It's not a Democratic or
Republican issue."
Times staff writer Carl Ingram in Sacramento contributed to this story.
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CREATOR: Broderick Johnson ( CN=Broderick
Johnson/OU=WHO/O~EOP
[ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 16:07:19.00
SUBJECT:
Black Press and Social Promotion
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: Beverly J. Barnes ( CN=Beverly J. Barnes/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:
I talked to Beverly Barnes regarding outreach to black commentators (e.g.
Clarence Page, William Raspberry) so that we can give them our side of the
social promotion story and try to generate pro-Administration commentaries
ASAP.
Beverly suggested the possibility of gathering some of them for an
informal briefing next Tues or Wed. She also suggested a regional group
of reporters as perhaps the most reachable group.
She will get in touch
with me on Monday morning with a suggested plan and target list. Thanks
Beverly.
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CREATOR: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
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There have been numerous studies and surveys showing parentsD, desires for
a content-based ratings system.
Such a system would give parents the
opportunity to know whether or not to view a movie or television program
according to their own values and their own assessment of their kids
needs.
In fact, a 1996 National PTA survey showed that 80% of parents
prefer a ratings system that identifies program content rather than the
age group it is intended for. Eighty percent of the parents surveyed also
want separate ratings for sex, violence, and language content, not a
single summary rating for a show or movie.
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DDOCrime Juvenile Crime/Guns:O As part of its consideration of juvenile crime
legislation, the Senate voted on a number gunrelated amendments:
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ling with gun shows this week. After voting to table the Lautenberg amendment
to require background checks at all gun shows (5147), the Senate passed a Craig
amendment establishing a system of voluntary background checks for unlicensed
sellers at gun shows. After considerable criticism, Republicans tried to stren
gthen their gun shows amendment the next day by making background checks mandat
ory for some gun sales at gun shows. However, the Republicans' revised amendme
nt would remains problematic. Here is why:
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arms at pawnshops are more than 3 times as likely to be a prohibited purchaser
under law.
(c) It would undermine federal law enforcement by not requiring a new class of
persons allowed to conduct background checks or "special registrants" to assi
st law enforcement in tracing firearms, and by not allowing federal law enforce
ment to require gun show sellers to certify that they are in compliance with st
ate and local gun laws.
(d) It would weaken the Brady Law by requiring background checks at gun shows t
o take place within a 24hour period (not a business day). Under the Brady Law,
the FBI has up to 3 business days if necessary to clarify arrest records, and
it requires additional time in about 20 to 30 percent of the background checks.
Thus, a background check conducted Saturday morning at a gun show would have t
o be completed by Sunday morning, even though the state court officer where rna
ny criminal records are kept would be closed.
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y a 4847 vote (with 4 Democrats not voting).
This amendment also included $50
million for enhanced federal firearms prosecutions, increased penalties for cri
minals who use firearms, a watered down version of juvenile Brady, and an expan
sion of the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative.
(2) Assault weapons: The Senate passed versions of two proposals included in t
he Administration's gun legislation. The Senate passed an Ashcroft amendment t
o' bar juvenile possession of assault rifles and large capacity ammunition clips
Unlike the Administration's proposal, however, the Ashcroft ban contains num
erous exemptions that track those for handguns in the Youth Handgun Safety Act
(e.g., hunting, ranching, etc.), and it only bans possession through age 18. T
he Administration's bill would have banned assault weapons and clips in every i
nstance and for all persons under the age of 21. The Senate also passed the Fe
instein amendment to bar the importation of all large capacity ammunition magaz
ines.
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round checks for firearms sold on the Internet.
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oOOCrime 1998 FBI Crime DataO:
On Sunday, the FBI will release the preliminar
y 1998 Uniform Crime Report, which shows that overall crime fell by 7 percent f
rom 1997. Between 1997 and 1998, both violent and property crime decreased by
7 percent. Violent crime: murder dropped by 8 percent, rape and assault fell
by 5 percent each, and robbery fell by 11 percent.
Property crime:
larceny the
ft fell 6 percent, burglary and arson down 7 percent each, and motor vehicle th
eft declined by 10 percent. Crime decreased in all regions, with the West repo
rting the largest drops in violent crime (9 percent) and the Midwest reporting
the smallest decreases (4 percent).
Serious crime fell in cities of all sizes,
with large cities (populations from 250,000999,999) and suburban cities (50,00
o to 99,999) reporting the largest decreases (8 percent each) and smaller citie
s with populations of less than 10,000 reporting the smallest decreases (4 perc
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ult battle on tobacco recoupment during the conference on the supplemental spen
ding bill. Regardless of our clear opposition to this proposal negotiators acc
epted a provision in the Senate bill to let states keep all tobacco settlement
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funds without any commitment to spend funds to reduce youth smoking.
Despite 0
ur requests, none of our allies offered a simple alternative along the lines of
a proposal we were discussing with Democratic governors ensuring each state h
as a basic antiyouth smoking program by requiring each state to spend funds equ
al to a certain percent of their ye·arly settlement payments on such programs.
Senator Specter offered an all or nothing motion to drop the Senate provision a
ltogether, which failed.
Later, Representative Obey offered a complicated amen
dment requiring that 40 percent of the settlement be spent on health care and t
obacco prevention, which also failed.
We do, however, believe that the major p
ublic health groups know how hard we fought to get this provision out.
If we a
re unsuccessful in removing this provision from the final bill, we believe that
in any bill signing statement you may want to either 1) voice your continued 0
pposition to this provision and pledge to keep working for federal legislation
that ensures every state funds a program to prevent youth smoking; or 2) focus
attention on the states, urging them to use their new flexibility to ensure a n
ew generation does not take up smoking, perhaps vowing to seek legislation in t
he future if states fail to act.
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ing of the World Health Assembly in Geneva next week, pledging U.S. support for
the World Health Organizations plans to develop a framework convention on toba
cco control. This convention would establish a multilateral framework to reduc
e tobacco use worldwide. The framework is expected to take several years to de
velop and ratify and may be followed by negotiated protocols which would addres
s specific obligations. The State Department has authorized HHS to lead the ne
gotiating team for the framework convention which would include representatives
from the State Department and other interested agencies. We will operate an i
nteragency process to coordinate these efforts. You may recall that during las
t years consideration of the McCain legislation, some members of Congress wante
d to include provisions which would have imposed U.S. laws overseas, which the
State Department and USTR strongly opposed and which was removed from the bill
at our urging.
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or Graham and Florida State Attorney General Bob Butterworth will join represen
tatives of HHS and DOJ to announce $2 million for a new multiagency enforcement
facility in the state of Florida. The facility will be used to house multidis
ciplinary case teams to jointly review the reams of records necessary to identi
fy and root out fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare program. Notably, for
the first time ever, the actuaries have reported a decrease in Medicare spendin
g as a result of our aggressive fraud and abuse prevention activities. Not onl
y have enforcement activities achieved awards and settlements for the program,
bur our practices are apparently affecting provider behavior in the long run.
Since 1993, the Administrations multidisciplinary efforts have saved taxpayers
more than $38 billion, with health care fraud convictions increasing by more th
an 240 percent, and clearly demonstrates that collaboration between law enforce
ment officials and health care providers is essential to effective fraud fighti
ng efforts.
DHealth Care Innovative Nutrition/Lifestyles Demonstration Approved: OWe have
informed Dean Ornish that the Health Care Financing Administration, pending fi
nal and expected OMB clearance, will be setting up a Medicare demonstration for
his nutrition/lifestyle program.
It will be designed exclusively for benefici
aries who have heart disease, which government researchers and the advocates of
this program believe would best measure the cost effectiveness of this program
. The only remaining issue is determining appropriate reimbursement rates for t
he program.
However, this is not expected to be a major hurdle and the demo sh
ould be up and running by late summer.
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OHealth Care Closing Loopholes in the KennedyKassenbaum Health Insurance Porta
bility and Accountability Act (HIPAA): OWe continue to receive reports that in
dividuals moving from the group to the individual insurance market who are elig
ible for the HIPAA protections are subject to significant increases in premiums
sometimes up to 400 percent of the standard rate. Although this is currently
permissible under the statute, it clearly causes significant access problems a
nd certainly undermines the spirit of the law.
In order to address this issue,
we have been working with HHS, DOL, and Treasury to develop a legislative prop
osal to limit the premium rates charged to HIPAA eligibles to 150 percent of th
e standard rate of insurance. Although the insurance industry would no doubt 0
ppose this measure, charging that it will lead to significant premium increases
, our actuaries estimate that the increase in premiums will be no more than thr
ee to five percent. This legislation would also include provisions to ensure t
hat workers losing their insurance are informed of their rights under HIPAA in
enough time to insure that they have the opportunity to enroll in insurance bef
ore they lose. their eligibility for the HIPAA protections. We are also contemp
lating administrative actions designed to improve consumers understanding of th
eir rights under HIPAA and how best to access insurance. We have been informed
that GAO is likely to be releasing a report on HIPAA implementation and enforc
ement issues in early June, which validates the need for additional efforts to
educate beneficiaries about their rights under HIPAA.
If you are interested in
pursuing these options, which are expected to have strong consumer support, fi
11 a clear hole in the HIPAA legislation, and receive widespread attention, we
may want to contemplate holding an event on this legislation in early June.
OHealth Care Market Oriented Approaches to Medicare are being Rejected by Insu
rers and Providers:D In 1997, the Administration successfully secured demonstr
ation authority to test market oriented approaches to purchase health care in t
he Medicare program.
Specifically, we were given the authority to engage in co
mpetitive bidding for managed care, durable medical equipment, and other limite
d services provided by the program.
Having received this authority, we worked
with HHS to set up demonstrations in Florida, Arizona, and Kansas.
Ironically,
the same industry representatives and members of Congress who frequently criti
que the program as being inefficient strongly oppose this demonstration authori
ty.
In every case, providers have balked and done everything possib.1e to stop
these demonstrations, either by lobbying Congress to urge HCFA to delay or with
draw their plans, or through appealing to the courts to block our efforts.
Hea
Ith policy analysts have largely validated our efforts. On Friday, the Wall St
reet Journal quoted Ira Loss, a leading equities researcher, as saying that Med
icare providers are interested in the free market only if it means that the go
vernment is getting away from bothering them.
But when it comes to the governm
ent actually forcing them to compete for business, they are unhappy about it. T
his development points to the challenge we will have to enacting more nationall
y oriented competitive purchasing mechanisms as we unveil our Medicare reform p
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Nancy Johnson (RCT) and Ben Cardin (DMD) introduced legislation to provide enh
anced support to the approximately 20,000 young people who age out of the fost
er care system each year. Like your budget request, the Foster Care Independen
ce Act of 1999 includes significant new investments to provide these young peop
Ie with access to the health care, skills, and education they need to prepare f
or life on their own. You issued a statement lauding the bill as an important
step forward.
Rep. Tom Delay (RTX) , a foster parent, has pledged to ensure spe
edy passage of the legislation, which is expected to clear the House Ways and M
eans Committee by the end of May.
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DlmmigrationD ONew Regulations: 0 Over the next few weeks, the Department of J
ustice (DOJ) is expected to promulgate three regulations concerning immigration
issues. The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997 (NA
CARA) provided Nicaraguan and Cubans with a right to become lawful permanent re
sidence but did not provide similar benefits to Haitians and other Central Amer
icans including Salvadorans and Guatemalans.
In response to this inequity and
at the strong urging of the Administration, Congress enacted the Haitian Refug
ee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (HRIFA) to allow certain nationals of Haiti
to become lawful permanent residents.
On May 11,
DOJ issued an interim rule
to establish procedures to implement HRIFA.
On May 20, DOJ plans to issue the
final rule implementing NACARA. This final rule sought to address the inequiti
es created by NACARA for Salvadorans and Guatemalans but DOJ was legally unable
to address fully the inequities in this regulation. Consistent with your stat
ements during your recent trip to Central America, we are preparing legislation
that would address these inequities.
Lastly, DOJ plans to issue a proposed ru
Ie to clarify that immigrants who receive Medicaid, Children Health Insurance P
rogram (CHIP), and a variety of other benefits will not face immigration penalt
ies.
The Vice President is interested in announcing this proposed regulation 1
ater this month.
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President released the first round of grants funded under your Access to Jobs i
nitiative which was enacted as part of last years transportation bill. A total
of $71 million will go to 179 urban, suburban and rural communities in 42 stat
es to help welfare recipients and other lowincome workers get to where the jobs
are. The Indianapolis Public Transit agency received a $500,00 grant on behal
f of a consortium of transportation providers including the organization that e
mployed Elaine Kinslow, the welfare to work success story you praised in last y
ears State of the Union.
uWelfare Linking WelfaretoWork and CensusO 02000: 0 On Friday, the Department
of Labor announced the availability of $20 million in welfaretoWork funds for a
competitive project to employ welfare recipients as Census 2000 enumerators an
d to connect these individuals with permanent jobs once the Census work ends.
This collaborative effort between Labor and Commerce builds on the Census Burea
us success in hiring over 4,700 welfare recipients. This initiative will provi
de approximately 10,000 welfare recipients with wellpaying, flexible temporary
employment near their homes, while helping to improve the Census count in low-i
ncome neighborhoods. We plan to explore announcement opportunities when a gran
tee is selected this summer.
uWelfare Guide for Using TANF Funds: 0 HHS has released a helpful guide Helpi
ng Families Achieve SelfSufficiency: A Guide on Funding Services for Children a
nd Families Through the TANF Program to illustrate how states may use TANF fun
ds to support working families and address the needs of families with the great
est challenges. We believe that the flexibility provided in the TANF rule you
announced on April 10th and the additional examples in this guidance will inspi
re states and communities to use TANF funds in creative and constructive ways t
o promote work and responsibility.
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DCommunity Empowerment Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC): 0279 Members of
House of Representatives have now signed on as cosponsors of H.R. 175, the bill
to expand the LIHTC. This legislation, which mirrors your proposal, has achie
ved wide bipartisan support. The companion bill in the Senate, introduced by S
enators Mack and Graham, has 45 cosponsors. We expect both bills will have str
onger bipartisan support, in terms of cosponsors, than any other tax issue.
Th
e Senate and House are expected to take up tax legislation in July. We are wor
king to insure that this bill is included in any final package, including the p
ossibility of getting the proposal included in the Chairmans mark in the Senate
The biggest roadblock remains Chairman Archer of the House Ways and Means Co
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.mmittee, who tried to sunset the LIHTC in 1995 and last year kept the LIHTC out
of the Ways and Means tax bill.
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CREATOR: Tanya E. Martin ( CN=Tanya E. Martin/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 17:07:07.00
SUBJECT:
ED Revised Transmittal Message on ESEA
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TEXT:
Attached is the draft transmittal letter for ESEA.
I wanted to check in
with you and see whether you are comfortable with highlighting the fact
that we are phasing in eqaul treatment for Puerto Rico in the ESEA funding
formulas.
(ED does not want this in the letter, but Jeff Farrow (IGA) is
pushing hard to include the language below) .
"My proposal for reauthorizing Title I, for example, would require States
to hold districts and schools accountable for student performance against
State standards, including helping the lowest-performing students
continually improve. The bill also would continue to target Federal
elementary and secondary education resources on those students furthest
from meeting State and local standards, with a particular emphasis on
narrowing the gap in achievement between disadvantaged students and their
more fortunate peers.
In this regard, my proposal would also phase-in.
equal treatment of Puerto Rico in ESEA funding formulas, so that poor
children in Puerto Rico are treated the same as those in the rest of the
country for the purpose of formula allocations."
I am also giving OMB some comments on other portions of the letter e.g.,
the section on the need for safe, disciplined and drug-free schools
focuses on the new high school reform initaitive -- before a much shorter
description of how we are strengthening the
Safe and Drug-Free Schools
program.
OMB needs comments back tonight.
---------------------- Forwarded by Tanya E. Martin/OPD/EOP on 05/14/99
04:51 PM ---------------------------
Constance J. Bowers
05/14/99 09:42:54 AM
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To follow is a revised version of the transmittal message.
It has been
shortened to conform to the general guidelines for such a document.
please provide any final comments on this document by 2:00 p.m., today,
Friday, May 14th. Thanks.
Message Sent
To: _________________________________________________________________
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Barry White/OMB/EOP
Barbara Chow/OMB/EOP
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TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
I am pleased to transmit today for your immediate consideration the "Educational
Excellence for All Children Act of 1999," the Administration's proposal for reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) and other elementary and secondary
education programs.
My proposal builds on the positive trends achieved under current law. The Improving
America=s Schools Act of 1994, which reauthorized the ESEA five years ago, and the Goals
2000: Educate America Act gave States and school districts a framework for integrating Federal
resources in support of State and local reforms based on high academic standards. In response,
48 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have adopted State-level standards. ' Recent
results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show improved performance
for the economically disadvantaged and other at-risk students who are the primary focus of ESEA
programs. NAEP reading scores for nine-year olds in high-poverty schools have improved
significantly since 1992, while mathematics achievement has also increased nationally. Students in
high-pov~rty schools and the lowest-performing students-the specific target populations for the
ESEA Title I program-have registered gains in both reading and math achievement.
I am encouraged by these positive trends, but educational results for many children
remain far below what they should be. My proposal to reauthorize the ESEA is based on four
crosscutting themes reflecting both lessons from research and the experience of implementing the
1994 Act.
First, we would continue to focus on high academic standards for all children. The
underlying purpose of every program within the ESEA is to help all children reach challenging
State and local academic standards. States have largely completed the first stage of
standards-based reform by developing content standards for all children.
My bill would
support the next stage of reform by helping States, districts, schools, and teachers use these
standards to guide classroom instruction and assessment.
My proposal for reauthorizing Title I, for example, would require States to hold districts
and schools accountable for student performance against State standards, including helping the
lowest-performing students continually improve. The bill also would continue to target Federal
elementary and secondary education resources on those students furthest from meeting State and
local standards, with a particular emphasis on narrowing the gap in achievement between
disadvantaged students and their more fortunate peers. In this regard, my proposaJ would also
phase-in equal treatment of Puerto Rico in ESEA funding formulas, so that poor children in Puerto
Rico are treated the same as those in the rest of the country for the purpose offormula allocations.
Second, my proposal responds to research showing that while qualified teachers are
critical to improving student achievement, far too many teachers are not prepared to teach to high
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standards. Teacher quality is a particular problem in high-poverty schools, where it is often
exacerbated by the use of paraprofessionals in instructional roles.
My bill addresses teacher quality by holding States accountable for stronger enforcement
of their own certification and licensure requirements, while at the same time providing substantial
support for State and local professional development efforts. The Teaching to High Standards
initiative in Title II would help move challenging educational standards into every classroom by
providing teachers with sustained and intensive high-quality professional development in core
academic subjects, supporting new teachers during their first three years in the classroom, and
ensuring that all teachers are proficient in relevant content knowledge and teaching skills.
The Technology for Education initiative under Title III would expand the availability of
educational technology as a tool to help teachers implement high standards in the classroom,
particularly in high-poverty schools. The bill also would extend, over the next seven years, the
Class-Size Reduction initiative, which aims to reduce class sizes in the early grades by helping
districts to hire and train 100,000 teachers. And the Title VII Bilingual Education proposal
would help ensure that all teachers are well trained to teach limited English proficient students,
who are found in more and more classrooms with each passing year.
Third, my bill would increase support for safe, healthy, disciplined, and drug-free learning
environments for all students. The recent tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton,
Colorado, reminds us that we must be ever vigilant against the risks of violence and other
dangerous behaviors in our schools. Our reauthorization bill includes several measures to help
mitigate these risks.
My High School Reform initiative would support innovative reforms to improve student
achievement in high schools, such as expanding the connections between adults and students that
are necessary for effective learning and healthy personal development. Particularly in our large
high schools, students too often feel nameless and faceless due to a lack of regular contact with a
caring adult in the school. This new initiative would provide resources to help transform 5,000
high schools into places where students receive individual attention, are motivated to learn, are
provided with challenging courses, and are encouraged to develop and pursue long-term
educational and career goals.
We would strengthen the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act by
concentrating funds on districts with the greatest need for drug- and violence-prevention
programs, and by emphasizing the use of research-based programs of proven effectiveness. A
new School Emergency Response to Violence program would provide rapid assistance to school
districts that have experienced violence or other trauma that disrupts the learning environment.
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Fourth, in response to clear evidence that standards-based reforms work best when States
have strong accountability systems in place, my proposal would encourage each State to establish
a single, rigorous accountability system for all schools. The bill also would require States to end
social promotion and traditional retention practices, to phase out the use of teachers with
emergency certificates and the practice of assigning teachers "out-of-field," and to implement
sound discipline policies in every school. Finally, the bill would give parents an important new
accountability tool by requiring State, district, and school-level report cards that will help them
evaluate the quality of the schools their children attend.
The Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999 provides a solid
foundation-based on high standards for all students, high-quality professional development for
teachers, safe and disciplined learning environments, and accountability to parents and
taxpayers-for raising student achievement and narrowing the achievement gap between
disadvantaged students and their more advantaged peers. More importantly, it will help prepare
all of our children, and thus the Nation, for the challenges of the 21 st century. I urge the
Congress to take prompt and favorable action on this proposal.
WILLIAM
THE WHITE HOUSE
May 19,1999
J.
CLINTON
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 17:07:12.00
SUBJECT:
Disney
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MAY 14, 16:01 EDT
Disney Pulls Video Games From Park
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) 0* Disneyland is pulling the plug on 30 violent video
arcade games in the amusement park and two Disney-owned hotels in
response to the school massacre in Colorado.
All of the games were to be unplugged by Friday and then removed by a
vendor, the park said. Disneyland did not provide a list of titles.
The new policy distinguishes between games in which humans are targets and
those that are simple accuracy contests.
"We just don't think there's any place for violent video games at
Disneyland," park spokesman Ray Gomez said. "This has probably been
under consideration for a while, but the events in April brought it to the
forefront of our thinking.' ,
On April 20, two teen-agers at Columbine High in Littleton, Colo., shot
and
killed 12 fellow students and a teacher before committing suicide.
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CREATOR: Edward W. Correia ( CN=Edward W. Correia/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 17:49:40.00
SUBJECT:
RLPA
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Were you able to set up a meeting with members of the religious
coalition?
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CREATOR: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 14-MAY-1999 17:55:26.00
SUBJECT:
clarification
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I think you know this, but to clarify -- The PTA study was about ratings
in general, not just movies. They were asking about tv as well in regards
to the content issue, so I don't want to cast the survey as totally about
movies. We could just be vague on this point.
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CREATOR: Janet Murguia ( CN=Janet Murguia/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-MAY-1999 19:04:29.00
SUBJECT:
Border Patrol/Rep. Reyes
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Michael Deich ( CN=Michael Deich/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN.
CC: Martha Foley ( CN=Martha Foley/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Broderick Johnson ( CN=Broderick Johnson/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Mickey Ibarra ( CN=Mickey Ibarra/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Charles M. Brain ( CN=Charles M. Brain/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Maria Echaveste ( CN=Maria Echaveste/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
Erica R. Morris
READ: UNKNOWN
Mindy E. Myers
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=Erica R. Morris/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
( CN=Mindy E. Myers/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
TEXT:
Congressman Reyes would like to meet with you next week to discuss the
Border Patrol funding issue. As you may know, he and 59 other bipartisan
Members and Senators signed a letter to the President this week
expressing deep disappointment at the lack of compliance with the
congressional mandate to increase the Border Patrol by 1,000 agents per
year.
He's already met with INS and Justice and now wants to meet with
the relevant folks at the White House, he specifically mentioned OMB.
What do you recommend? Please advise.
(I will fax you a copy of the
letter in case you haven't seen it).
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CREATOR: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:15-MAY-1999 13:46:36.00
SUBJECT:
AP Story
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Only wish they did this after the radio address ...
---------------------- Forwarded by Neera Tanden/WHO/EOP on 05/15/99 01:45
PM ---------------------------
Ruby Shamir
05/14/99 06:38:33 PM
Record Type:
Record
To:
Neera Tanden/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
AP Story
Disney Pulls Video Games From Park
ANAHEIM, Calif.
(AP) -- Disneyland is pulling
the plug on 30
violent video arcade games in the amusement park
and two
Disney-owned hotels in response to the school
massacre in
Colorado.
All of the games were to be unplugged by Friday
and then
removed by a vendor, the park said. Disneyland
did not
provide a list of titles.
The new policy distinguishes between games in
which humans
are targets and those that are simple accuracy
contests.
"We just don't think there's any place for
violent video games
at Disneyland, "
park spokesman Ray Gomez said.
"This has
probably been under consideration for a while,
but the events in
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April brought it to the forefront of our
thinking. ' ,
On April 20, two teen-agers at Columbine High in
Littleton,
Colo., shot and killed 12 fellow students and a
teacher before
committing suicide.
O#AP-NY-05-14-99 1601EDT
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Elena Kagan
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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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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System
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
Domestic Policy Council
First Lady's Office
White House Office of Records Management
Chief of Staff
White House Office for Women's Initiative and Outreach
Automated Records Management System
Tape Restoration Project
Security Office
Presidential Personnel
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1995-1999
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2945 folders
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[05/12/1999 – 05/15/1999]
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WHO
Automated Records Management System
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2009-1006-F
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Email Received by Elena Kagan
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6/18/2010
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