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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS TO THE PEOPLE OF MONROE
MONROE, MICHIGAN
August 15, 2000
Thank you, Mayor Cappuccilli. The history books tell us that this town was named for
President James Monroe. Today, as I look out and see all those flags and signs, and all the
cheering people, I know one thing for sure: this is President Gore country!
More than eight years ago, I ran for President to restore the American dream. I knew I
would need a strong partner in the fight to build. a better future, and I asked AI Gore to be that
man. It was one of the best decisions I've ever made.
In 1992, we had a roadmap. Now we have results. We see that all across America, all
across Michigan, and right here in Monroe. We are in the midst of the longest economic
expansion in American history. More than 22 million new jobs- 600,000 of them in Michigan.
The lowest unemployment in 30 years- and 2.2 percent unemployment here in Monroe County.
That's just a quarter of what it was in 1993. People are building new homes and buying new
cars. And there are "Help Wanted" signs for good jobs out all over town.
This didn't happen by accident. Americans in places like Monroe did the hard work.
And we made the hard choices necessary to bring down the national debt. Now we're on track to
be debt-free by 2012- for the first time since Andrew Jackson was President. Paying off the
debt means lower interest rates when you buy a home or a car - or take out loans to pay for
college. So a family with a $100,000 mortgage on one of the new homes being built all over
Monroe County could expect to save about $2,000 a year on interest payments.
We said we would invest in people, and we did. We've increased funding for Head Start
by more than 70 percent. We helped Michigan hire almost 1300 good teachers to cut class size
for our children. We've demanded more accountability from our schools- and they are rising to
the challenge. And through HOPE Scholarships and more Pell Grants, expanded work-study and
increased job training, we're sending more Americans on to higher education than ever before.
Monroe Community College is a great example. Its enrollment is higher than it has ever been,
and it's expanding its programs in nursing and technology, to train its students to succeed in the
21st century.
We said we would cut crime, and we did - with tougher enforcement of existing laws, a
ban on assault weapons, and more than 100,000 new police officers in places like Monroe and all
across the country. Crime across the nation is at its lowest in a quarter-century - and violent
crime in Michigan is down 21 percent.
�We said we could grow the economy and clean up our environment, and we did. We've
cleaned up 42 toxic waste sites in Michigan alone. That's five times as many as the two previous
Republican administrations. We have helped clean up the Great Lakes - so that the skippers
sailing charter boats from Monroe can still call this Walleye Capital ofthe world. We're
working with the automakers to develop new cars that get 70 or 80 miles to the gallon. And we
want to build them right here in Michigan.
Now, all those statistics are great. But in the_end, success isn't measured in numbers or
charts, but in the real lives of real people, on Main Street, in places like Monroe, Michigan. ·
Have we made our cities and communities better places to raise a family? Have we given more
people the tools to lift their lives, and the chance to fulfill their dreams? Here in Monroe, and
across America, there can be no doubt - the answer is yes.
Now Americ~ faces another choice, every bit as momentous as the one we made eight
years ago. Last night, I had the chance to tell America why I believe the best is still out there and why AI Gore is the right man to take all of us along for the ride into this new century as one
great nation.
I've been proud to have AI Gore as my Vice President- and he has been an exceptional
leader. In the most challenging moments, when we faced the most difficult issues, he was
always there. Always ready to tell me what he thought was right. More than anyone else I've
known in public life, AI Gore understands the future how sweeping changes affect Americans'
daily lives. He and Joe Lieberman will keep our prosperity going by paying down the debt,
· investing in education and healthcare, moving more people from welfare to work, and providing
family tax cuts that we can afford. Today I am proud to introduce him, not as my Vice President,
but as your next President.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
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MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
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JOHN PODESTA.
FROM:
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STEPHANIE STREET
MINYON MOORE
SUBJECT:
LOCATION OF AUG. 15TH EVENT WITH VICE PRESIDENT
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Based-on extensive discussions with the Vice President's campaign, we have narrowed
down travel options for your joint event on August 15th. The campaign had originally wanted to
visit a site along the 1992 post-convention bus tour. bu~ now would· like to focus on a site in
Michigan. They want to both highlight the enormous prosperity e"perienced in Michigan since
1992 and to position the Vice President as the candidate who can be counted on to continue that
prosperity. An event in Michigan also would allow the campaign to reach a significant amount
of persuadable voters as well as mobilize the traditional Democratic base.
Below are descriptions of three cities- Monroe, Wyandotte and Lansing- that provide good venues for the high-energy, large crowd event we are trying to create, and symbolizes the
progress we've achieved as a nation over the last 8 yeats. If you approve ofthese sites, we
would like to propose them to the Vice President's campaign for a final decision. Please note that
you will have to depart your hotel at ·6!00 AM in order to make press filing deadlines in
Michigan.
MONROE,MI
Monroe, a medium-sized city of2l,OOO people, is located in the southeastern comer of Michigan
along the coast of Lake Erie and at the mouth of the River Raisin. It is about 35 miles from
Detroit. 15 miles from Toledo, Ohio, and 35 miles from Ann Arbor. Monroe. the largest city of
the "downriver" communities south of Detroit, is located in Rep. John Dingell's district. Monroe
is being targeted by the Stabenow Senate campaign and the Michigan House Democratic Caucus.
Since 1993, Monroe has enjoyed significant economic growth, indicated by a drop in the
unemployment rate for Monroe County from 8.8% to 2.2% as of May 2000. The median
household income grew from $39, 671 to $49, 068 in Monroe County, well above the national
average of$40,525.
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Monroe, Michigan's second oldest city. has the look of a typical American to\\in.with storefronts
and a town square. It was named after President James Monroe. and was the site of a battle and
massacre during the War of 18l2 and is know for its rich history. Monroe is supported by a
diverse economy. including the auto and steel industries, paper products and agrkulture. It is ihe
childhood home of General George Armstrong Custer. Given Monroe's proximity to rnajor
cities such as Detroit and Toledo, we would be able to draw a large. energetic crowd for the
event.
WY ANDOTIE. MI
Wyandotte, a medium-sized city of 31,000 people, is located in Wayne County just outside of
Detroit. A city of 13 parks along.the Detroit River, Wyandotte is represented by Congressman
John Dingell. Mayor Lawrence Stec. a non-partisan, is very supportive of your Administration.
In 1996, you attended a large rally at the Wyandotte town library and gained significant national
press when you read '·The Little Train That Could" to a local youth.
Over the last 8 years, Wayne County's economy has significantly improved, and a number of
communities in the county have flourished, with increasing wages and improved economic
opportunities. Unemployment in Wayne County is down from 10% in 1993 to a low 3.3% in
May 2000. In addition, Wayne County has experienced dramatic improvements in the quality of
its environmental resources. From the Rouge River clean-up to the designation of the Detroit
River as a ••Heritage River," the Administration's commitment to both protecting the
environment and growing the economy is well evident in Wayne County.
Given its proximity to Detroit. we would be able to draw a large, energetic crowd to Wyandotte.
Further, according to recent polling, an event in the Detroit media market, specifically Wayne
County, would reach almost a half million persuadable voters: .
LANSING,MI
Lansing, a city of 173,000 people located in the south central part of Michigan, is represented by
Congresswoman Debbie Stabenow, a Senate candidate. It is slightly more diverse than other
Michigan cities, with an 11% African American and 5% Hispanic population. The mayor. David
Hollister, is a Democrat and very supportive of your Administration.
Since 1992, the economy has surged in Lansing, with a drop in the unemployment rate
from 6.4% in 1993 to 2.6% in May, 2000. It recently :underwent a number of major downtown
economic development ptojectst including the renovation of its "Old To-wn" area of the city.
Historically an auto town, Lansing's economy is becoming increasingly diversified. As you
know, Lansing is home to Michigan State, this year's NCAA men's basketball champions.
Over the last 8 years, the Clinton~Gore Administration bas bad a strong presence in Lansing,
with a number of trips there by both you snd the Vice President. Your Administration has also
done much to improve quality of life in Lansing, including providing over $2.7 ~illion to the
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Lansing School District to prevent gun violence, cleaning up 2 Superfund sites. and funding 6
COPS officers and 12 Americorps programs.
Given that Lansing was the site of one of our largest crowd events during the 1992 campaign, we
feel we could easily create a large, energetic event to both mobilize the Democratic base and
reach out to undecided voters.
Which of the 3 do you prefer?
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�MONROE, MICHIGAN <MONROE COUNTYl
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Mayor: Al Cappuccilli .
CD: John Dingell (D-16), won in 1998-67%
POTUS 1996, Monroe County: 49.6% W
POTUS 1996, 16th District: 54% W
POTUS 1992, 16lh District: 43% W
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Population (Monroe city): 21,981
Population (Monroe County): 143,499
Race (Monroe CoWl.ty): 99.4% Whlte, .1% Black, .2% Hispanic
Social Security beneficiaries (Monroe County): 22,750 (160 per 1,000 residents)
Medicare enrollees (Monroe County): 18,038
Veterans (Monroe County): 14,286
Housing (Monroe County): 21.9% renters; 62.8% owner with a mortgage; 0.6% condos
--National housing: 34.8% renters, 65.4% owner with a mortgage, 4.4% condos
Economy:
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Unemployment (Momoe County): January 1993, 8.8%; May 2000,2.2%
--National unemployment rate: 1992, 7.5%; June 2000, 4.0%
Poverty rate (Monroe County): 1993, 9.4%; 1995, 8.1%
-National poverty rate (1998): 1993, 15.1%; 1998, 12.7%
--Michigan poverty rate: 1993, 15.4%; 1998, 10.6%
Median income (Monroe County): 1993, $39,671; 1998, $49,068
--National :r.ned.ian family income: 1993, $41,691; 1998, $46,737
Jobs: 607,800 new jobs created in Michigan since 1993 ~an average of82,882 per year,
compared to an ·average of just 22,125 jobs per year during the previous adnrinistration.
Education level in Monroe County:
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Completed College Four or more Years: 10.5%
--National level: 20.7%
One to Three Years of College: 27.0%
--National level: 25.2%
Completed High School: 36.8%
--National level: 29.7%
One to Three Years ofHigh School: 16.7%
-- Nationa11eve1: 14.0%
Completed Elementary School: 8.9%
-National level: 10.1%
Median Years of School Completed: 12.7
-- National level: 12.9
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funded through $128 million in federal grants and is investigating sources ofwater pollution
in a urbanized watershed. In 1.997, SEMI funded nine individual grant projects totaling
$350,000 in the areas of water quality, land use, toxic contaminant reduction, air quality,
indoor air, Brownfields redevelopment, habitat restoration, and pollution prevention.
Great Lakes Initiative: 13 rivers in Michigan have been designated Great Lakes areas. of
concern: Clinton River, Deer Lake, Detroit River, Kalamazoo River, Manistique River,
Muskegon River, . . . . Rouge River, Saginaw River/Bay, St. Clair River, St. Mary's River,
Torch Lake and White J.ake_ The Great Lakes Injtiative is helpmg restore the beauty and
livability ofthe nation's C'11'eat Lakes. The EPA's FY 2000 budget includes $17 million for
research; demonstration projects and other efforts to support Great Lakes cleanup.
ROUSING/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
• Community Development Block Grant Funding to Monroe County: Between 1993 and
1999, Momoe County has received over $2.5 million in CDBG funding.
• Rousing: The Federal Housing Administration has provided over $142.9 million in single
family mortgage insurance to help middle income working families become homeowners.
• Public Housing Assistanee: Between 1993 and 1999, the Monroe Housing Commission
received $3.5 million for rehabilitation of public housing units. In 2000, the Momoe
Housing Commission will receive over $255,000 in rental assistance to landlords.
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Partnenbip for .a New Generation of Vehicles: President Clinton and Vice President Gore
and the chief executives of the Big Three automakers launched PNGV in 1993. Federal
laboratories arc collaborating with Daimler-Chrysl~, Ford and General Motors with the goal
of developing cars with up to triple the fuel efficiency of today's midsize models with no
sacrifice in safety, affordability or performance. This will strengthen America's energy
security and reduce green.housc gas emissions - and constitutes a major investment in
Michigan•s economy.
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VETERANS:
• Total expenditures by Veterans Administration in Monroe County: $7.8 million (FY98)
• Veterans' health care: There are five VA Medical Centers in Michig~ including the John
D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit. There are also 14 Veterans Health Administration
outpatient clinics throughout the state.
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EDUCATION:
• Total education grants to Monroe County: $4.8 million (FY98)
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• Teachers: llsti.matcd Momoe County allocation for Class Size Initiative during 1999-2000
school year, $544~868
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Total nutrition and family weHare grants to· Monroe County: $15 million (FY98)
Total Medicaid and other bealth~related grants to Monroe County: $28.7 million (FY98}
Health care: Camp Health Aide Program in Monroe was named a "Model That Works" by
.HHS in November 1996. The HHS Models that Work program is a public/privale
partnership that promotes replication of grassroots programs which have provided better,
lower cost health care for people with few options, and made a posjti.ve economic and social
impact in their communities. The Camp Health Aide Program trains rrrigrant and seasonal
fannworkers as health aides to provide health education, first aid and other health and social
services to their peers, and to train health care providers in cultural sensitivity. Encourages
and assists aides to complete nursing or medical assistant training programs.
AIDS grants: The Detroit metropolitan area received $6.5 million in Decemb~ 1998, and
another $7.2 million in January 2000, through Tjtle I of the Ryan White CARE Act to help
fund primary health care and support services for low-income people in areas hardest hit by
the IDV/AIDS epidemic.
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PUBLIC SAFETY:
• COPS: 3 officers funded in Monroe city, 7 in Mo:nroe County
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To:dc Releases: Reported releases of 199sv(ore chemicals in Monroe County dropped from
2.4 million pounds in 1993 to 2.1 millioi;~~ds :in 1998.
Brownfields: The Downriver Community Conference, which includes the Cities ofMomoe,
Dearborn, Riverview, Romulus, Taylor and Trenton. and the Port of Monroe, was selected a
Brownfields pilot project. In Momoe alone, about 65% of the available industrial property is
brownfields. The Downriver Area Brownfields Consortium's objective is to create a ·
collaborative process for small cities to sb,are financial and technical assistance and achieve
their brown.fields redevelopment objectives. The Downriver Area Brownfield& Consortium
received an initial grant of $75,000 in September 1996, and in March 2000 received
$150,000 supplemental assistance and $50,000 greenspace funding. On receiving the first
grant. the cities involved in the project had already secured a commitment of more than $11
million in private and public :fim.ding for environmental clean-up and infras1ructure
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Southeast Michigan Environmental Initiative (SE:Ml): SEMI covers 8 counties, including
Monz:oe, in and around Detroit and includes five Area of Concern (AOC) watersheds
designated under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The EPA is working with state
and local agencjes to provide a coordinated effort to address problems· such as combined
sewer overflow, nonpoint source pollution, sediment contamination. and urban air pollution.
Among the projects initiated by SEW: a major soil sampling effort in the vicinity of a
municipal waste combustor; a "Good Neighbor" project with several General Motors
facilities in Pontiac, MI; and the Rouge River Wet Weather Demonstration Project, which is
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PRESIDENT CLINTON AND VICE PRESIDENT GORE'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Michigan
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
• Unemplovme1rt Down to 3.2%: The unemployment rate in Michigan has declined froin 7.4%
to 3.2% since 1993.
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607,800 New Jobs: 607,800 new jobs have been created in Michigan since 1993- an average
of 82,882 jobs per year, compared to an average ofjust 22,125 jobs per year during the
previous administration.
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561.000 New Private Sector Jobs: Since 1993, 561,000 new private sector jobs have been
created in. Michigan-an average of76,500 jobs per year; compared to an average of just
16,425 private sector jobs per year in the previous administration.
59.900 New Manufacturing Jobs: 59,900 manufacturing jobs have been created in Michigan
since 1993 --an average of8,168 jobs per year. In contrast, an average of 18,600 ·
manufacturing jobs were lost each year during the previous administration.
61.800 New Constl'uction Jobs: 61,800 construction jobs have been created in Michigan
since 1993- an average of8,427 jobs peT year. ln contrast, an average ofl,175 construction
jobs were lost each year during the previous administration.
380.000 Have Received a Raise; Approximately 142,000 Michigan workers benefited from
an increase in the minimurn wage-from $4.25 to $4.75 - on October 1, 1996. They, along
with about 238~000 more received an additional raise-from $4.75to $5.15 --on September
1, 1997. President Clinton and Vice President Gore have called on Congress to raise the
minimum wage by an additional $1.00 over two years.
Po11ertyHas Fallen: Nationally, the poverty rate has fallen from 15.1% in 1993 to 12.7% in
1998. In Michigan, the poverty rate has fallen from 15.4% in 1993 to 10.6% in 1998-- down
4.8% under President Clinton. [Census Bureau]
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Cbild.,en: To help make it easjer for
families to raise their children, the balanced budget included a $500 per-child tax credit fOT
children under 17. Thanks to President Clinton, the Balanced Budget delivers a chlld tax
credit to 982,000 fa.nUlies in Michigan.
Business Failures Down 7.5%; Business failures in Michigan have dropped an average of
7.5% per year since 1993, after increasing 12.3% per year during the previous twelve years.
[Oct. 98 data]
Ifomeownership Has Increased in Michigan: Homeownership in Michigan has increased
from 72.6% to 76.5% since 1993.
Home Building Up 4.8%: Home building in Michigan has increased by an average of 4.8%
per year since 1993, after falling by over 4. 7% per year during the previous administration.
Michigan's Families Reap Benefits ofDeOciJ Reduction: Public debt is on track to be $2_4
trillion lower in 2000 than was projected in 1993. Debt reduction brings real benefits for the
American PeoPle -- a family in Michigan with a home m.ortgage of $100,000 might expect to
save roughly $2,000 per year in mortgage payments. Reduced debt also means lower interest
rates and reduced payments on car loans and student loans.
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4.2% Growth in Total Ba.Jtk Loans a11d Leases: Michigan has seen a 4.2% average growth
rate in total bank loans and leases per year since 1993.
7.1% Gr()wth in Commercial and Industrial Loans and Leases: Since 1993 7 Michigan has
experienced a 7.2% annual growth rate in commercial and industrial loans and leases.
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EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION
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Over 33,400 Children ill Head Start: 33,422 Michigan children were enrolled in Head Start . '7~
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in 1999. In FYOO, Michigan wjll receive $190.3 million in Head Start funding, an increase of TVll
$82.6 million over 1993.
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• More High-O•ttllitv Teachel's With Smallel' Class Sizes for Michigan's Schools: Thanks to
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the Class Size Reduction Initiative, Michigan received $50.3 million in 1999 to hire about
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1,293 new, well-prepared public school teachers and reduce class size in the early grades.
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• $18 .Million in Goals 2000 Funding: This year [FYOO], Michigan receives $18 million in
Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic
standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use of
computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional
development. [Education Departrilent, 1.2/3/99] ·
• $17.4 Million tor Technology Literacv: This year [FYOO], Michigan receives $17.4 million
for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which helps communities and the private sector
ensure that every student is equipped with the computer literacy skills needed for the 21't
century.
• $342. 7 Millio11 tpr Students Most in Need: Michigan receives $342.7 million in Title I
Grants (to Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most
in need, particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low"
income families [FYOO]. This includes $5.8 million in accountability grants, to help states
and school districts tum around the worst perfonning schoo]s and hold them accountable for
results.
• $210.7 Million i11. Pell Grants: This year [FYOO], Mjcbigan will receive $210.7 million in
Pell Grants for low-income students going to college, benefiting 114,942 Michigan students.
• Expanded Work-Studv To Help More Students Work Their Wav Through College: The
FYOO budget includes a significant expansion of the Federal Work Study program. Michigan
will receive $27.2 million in Work~Study funding in 2000 to help Michigan students work
their way through college.
• Nearly 3,300 HtzVe Served in Michigan through AmeriCol'ps: Since the National Service
program began in 1993, 3,274 Ameri.Corps participants have earned money for college while
working in Michigan's schools, hospitals, neighborhoods or parks. [through 2/00]
• Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote Lifelong
Lettl'ning: The balanced budget included both President Clin,ton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship
to help :make the first two years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working
Americans pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be
applied to the first $5,000 oftuition and fees through 2002 and to the first $10,000 thereafter.
226,000 students in Michigan will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to
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Sl,SOO. 277,000 students iD Michigan will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.
[fully phased-in FY2000 estimate]
Exptmdttd Job Training to Michigan's Dislocated Workers: President Clinton's FY 2001
budget would triple funding for the dislocated workers program over 1992 levels. Michigan
received $21.6 million in 1999 to help 12,790 dislocated workers get the training and
reemployment services they need to return to work as quickly as possible. In FY 2000,
Michigan will receive over $22.1 million to provide job training for dislocated workers.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE
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Violent Crime Falls 21% in Michigan: Under the Clinton-Gore Administration, America
has experienced the longest continuous drop in crime on record. Since 1992, serious crime in .
Michigan has fallen 9%. Violent crime and property crime have also declined 21% and 7%
respectively. In Michigan's cities, between 1992 and 1997. serious crime, as indicated by the
crime index, has declined 15% in Flint and 17% in Grand Rapids. In addition, murder has
declined 21% in Detroit, with a 33% drop in robbery. In Flint, murder has dropped 63% with
robbery decljning 16%. [1992 and 1997 Unifonn Crime Reports]
.Juvenile A"ests Down i11. Michigan: Michigan's juvenile murder arrests have decreased
47% between 1992 and 1997. [FBI, Uniform Crime Report. 1992 and 1997]
3,421 More Police: The Presidenes 1994 Crime Bill has funded 3,421 new police officers to
date in communities across Michigan. [through 7/00]
:Flint and Muskego" Will Receive Targeted Fu11di11g to Hire More Communitv Police:
Flint and Muskegon were selected as pilot cities for the President's new effort to target high
crime neighborhoods. The pilot program will provide full funding fo:r new officers by
waiving the usual matching requirements. Flint and Muskegon will deploy new officers to
help meet the unique needs of their communities, such as combating gangs or targeting drug
"hot spots."
Reducing Crime witlt Drug Courts: Working to reduce drug-related crime in Michigan, the
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Clinton Administration has awarded Drug Court grants to the communities of Charlotte,
Detroit, Kalamazoo and Eaton. The Administration had previously awarded grants to the
Michigan communities ofMt. Clemens and Sault Ste. Marie. Drug courts use the coercive
power of the criminal justice system to combine drug ~esting, sanctions, supervision and
treatment to push nonviolent, drug-abusing offenders to stop using drugs and committing
crillles.
$24.8 Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act,
Michigan has received $24.8 million in federal funds since FY95 to establish more women's
shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution and victims' seJVices. And in October
1999, Michigan State University was awarded nearly $420,000 to help address sexual assault,
domestic violence, and stalking on campus. [through FY99]
$2.1 Million in Grants fOr Battered Women and Children: In FY99, Michigan received
nearly $2.1 niillion in HHS' s Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women
and children fleeing domestic abuse.
$16.8 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out ofMichigan 's Schools: Michigan receives
$16.8 million in FYOO for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school
security and drug prevention programs.
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�MOVING MICIDGAN RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK
• 441.735 Fewer PefJple on Welfare: There are 441,735 fewer people on welfare in Michigan
now than there were at the beginning of 1993 --a 64% decrease. [through 6/99]
• Child Support CfJllectiDns Up 47%: Child support collections have increased by more than
$369 million-or 47%-- in Michigan since FY92. [through FY98]
• Encourar:ingRespfJnsible ChfJices-Preventing Teen Pregna11cy in Miclaigan: Since 1993,
President Clinton and Vice President Gore have supported innovative and promising teen
pregnancy prevention strategies, with significant components of the strategy becoming law in
the 1996 Personal Responsibility Act. The law requires unmarried minor parents to stay in
school and live at home or in a supeJVised setting; encourages "second chance homes" to
provide teen parents with the skills and support they need; and provides $50 million a year in
new funding for state abstinence education activities. Efforts are making a difference,
adolescent pregnancy rates and teen abortion rates are declining. And between 1991 and
1997, teen birth rates declined 25.6% in Michigan.
• $69.3 Million for Mic/Jigan Welfare-to-Work: In 1998, Michigan received $42.2 million· in
Federal welfare-to-work state formula grants (the state matched $21.1 million in funding).
helping Michigan welfare recipients get and keep jobs. In addition, $5.3 million in
competitive grants were awarded to Michigan localities to support innovative welfare-towork strategies and Native American tribes in Michigan received $733,000 in Federal
funding. Part ofthe President's comprehensive efforts to move recipients from welfare to
work, this funding was included in the $3 billion welfare to work fund in the 1997 Balanced
Budget Act.
• Helping .People Get to Work: Through the Access to Jobs initiative, the Clinton-Gore
Administration is working with communities across the country to design transportation
solutions to help welfare recipients and other low-income workers get to and from work.
Statewide, Michigan has received $851,190 this year to fund innovative transit projects. In
addition to this funding, Detroit has received $1.38 million for these transportation projects.
INVESTING IN MICIDGAN'S HEALTH
• Health Care tor Over 26.600 Uninsured Michigtm Children: In 1997, President Clinton
passed the largest single investment in health care for children since 1965 -- an
unprecedented $24 billion over five years to cover as many as five million children
tb'toughout the nation. This investment guarantees the full range of benefits that children
need to grow up strong and healthy. Two million children nationwide have health care
coverage thanks to the President's plan, including 26,652 in Michigan. [llliS, Health Care
Financing Administration, FY99 SCHIP enrollment data]
• Helping NearlY. 215,000 Michigan Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton
Adn:rinistration is committed to full funding in the Special Nu1rition Program for Women,
Infants and Children (WIC). In FY99, Michigan received $115.2 million in total WIC grant
funding, helping 214,752 women, infants and children in need receive health and food
assistance, 10,000 more than in 1994. [through 8/99]
• More Toddlers Are Being ]Jnmunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers received the most critical doses
of each of the routinely recommended vaccines in 1996. 1997, and again in 1998surpassing the President's 1993 goal. In Michigan in 1998, 92% of two-year olds received the
vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 90% received the vaccine for polio; 91% receiv~
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the vaccine for measles~ and 92% received the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B, the
bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
Fundi11g for IHV/AIDS Assistance Programs: In FY 20007 Michigan will receive over $4
million in Ryan White Title II formula grants. This funding provides people living with HIV
and AIDS medical and support services. Also through the Ryan White Act~ Michigan will
receive nearly $7.8 million for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), which help
those without insurance obtain much needed prescription drugs. There has been a tenfold
increase in ADAP funding in the last four years 7 up :from.$52 million in 1996 to $528 million
in 2000. [IDIS 7 Health Resources and Services Administration, 417 /00]
Tobacco Pla1• Will Cut Smoking and Premature Deaths bl34% in Miclligah: The Clinton
Administration's tobacco proposal, combined with the recently enacted state tobacco
settlements, will cut youth smoking and resulting premature deaths 34% in Michigan by
2004. Between 2000 and 20047 114,500 of Michigan's youth will be kept from smo~ and
36,600 will be spared a premature tobacco-related death. [Treasury Dept., 2/99]
5,320.000 Americans in Miclzigan Can11.ot Be Assured They Have Patie11t Protecticms:
Even if Michigan enacted all the protections in the Patients' Bill of Rights, 5,320,000 people
in Michigan cannot be assured they have the comprehensive patient protections
recommended by the President's Advisory Commission. This is because the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) may preempt state-enacted protections. That is
why the President has called on Congress to pass a federally enforceable patients' bill of
rights so that everyone enrolled in managed care may have a basic set of protections.
Notably, 2,560,000 Michigan women are in ERISA health plans and are therefore not
necessarily protected. Women are particulady vulnerable without these protections because
they are greater users ofhealth care services they make three-quarters of the health care
decisions for their families, and they have specific health care needs addressed by a patients'
bill of rights.
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PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
• Brown(ields-Revitalizing Communities in Michigan: As part of the Clinton-Gore
Administration •s efforts to clean up Brownfields, the EPA has awarded grants to counties and
communities in Michigan-Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Ypsilanti~ St. Joseph,
Benton Harbor, Benton Charter Township, Chippewa County, Kinross Township, and Wayne
County for environmental clean-up and economic revitalization. In addition, the Downriver
Community Conference, including the communities of Monroe, Trenton, and Riverview~ Win
benefit from a Brownfields grant. These projects are intended to jump-start local clean-up
efforts by providing funds to return unproductive, abandoned, contaminated urban properties
to produ~tive use.
• 42 Toxic Waste Sites Cle(UI.ed Up: Since 1993, the EPA has completed 42 Superftm.d toxic
waste cleanups in Michigan more than any other state except Pennsylvania. This is mote
than five times the number of sites cleaned up in Michigan during the previous twelve years~
[through 3/1/00]
• $22.8 MiUion in Safe Drinking Water Funding: This year [FYOO), thanks to President
Clinton, Michigan will receive $22.8 million for the Drinking Water State Revolving
Funds to p.rovide low-interest loans to municipaH.ties to build, improve, and prevent
pollution of drinking water systems.
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�SPEARHEADING URBAN RENEWAL EFFORTS
• Revitalizing Michigan's Communities: Detroit was designated an Empowerment Zone in
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December, 1994 and was awarded $100 million to create more jobs, housing, and economic
opportunity. Similarly in 1994, Muskegon, Flint, and Lake County were each named
Enterpri.se Communities. In 1999, Harrison was designated a Rural Enterprise Community.
Expanding the Low-l11come Housing Tax Credit Will Help Develop 5.600 To 6, 700 New ·
Af(ot'dable Housing Units in Michigan Over the Nat 5 vears: Last year, the President and
Vice President pushed for a 40-percent expansion in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.
This year, the President and Vice President will try again to enact tax incentives to develop
affordable housing. In Michigan alone, this proposal would mean an additional 5,600 - 6, 700
quality rental housing units for low~ income American families during the next five years.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF
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$112.4 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance; Since 1993, Michigan has received
$112.4 million in disaster relief. This includes $32 million in aid to the damage caused by
severe storms and straight line winds in 1998. [FEMA, 2/29/00]
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT
• Ove'T $2.4 Billion in Federal HighwavAid: Since 1993, Michigan has reeeived over $2.4
billion in federal highway aid, including $600,000 for emergency relief in response to natural
disasters and $200,000 for scenic byways. These funds have helped generate 101,122 jobs.
[through FY99]
• Over $362.8 MiUion in Aviation Funds: From FY93-FY99 Michigan reeeived over $362.8
million in Airport Improv:e.ment Program funds to help build and renovate airports, an~ when
necessary, to provide funds for noise abatement to improve the quality of life for residents
who live near airports.
• Over $531.9 Million iJJ Transit Funds: Michigan has received over $531.9 million in
Federal Transit funds since 1993 to support mass transportation in Michigan. The funds have
been used to replace and repair the state's bus system and upgrade facilities. .
• Saving Lives and Propertv: In 1999, the United States Coast Guard saved 99 lives an.d over
$25.5 million of property in Michigan.
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HEADLINE: Remarks to the Community in Quincy, Illinois
BODY:
Thank you very much. I think I should begin by thanking you all for waiting in this cold weather all
morning. Your welcome to me has been so warm, I don't care what it's doing outside; inside, it still
feels like Florida to me here. I thank you very much.
I want to begin by thanking your mayor, who flew in here with me today; and your fine
Congressman, Lane Evans; our two United States Senators, Senator Durbin and Senator Fitzgerald;
Congressman Shimkus; Congressman Hulshof; thank you all for being here. Let's give them a big
hand here today. [Applause] Didn't Kayt do a good job? [Applause] All I can tell you is that when I
was her age, I could not have given a speech anywhere near that good; so she's well on her way.
I want to thank all the people that gave us our music: the Quincy High School B~nd, the Quincy
Park Band, the Quincy Notre Dame Marching Band. Thank you all very much. I want to thank all the
people who are here today who represent State and local government and the people of this.
community, the police officers,· business leaders, day care providers, AmeriCorps members, and other
public servants, the students, the teachers, all represented up on this stage today. And, of course,
. "Mr. Quincy" there. Thank you very much, sir, for being here.
Ladies and gentlemen, last night when I gave the State of the Union Address, I was fulfilling a
requirement of the United States Constitution that requires the President to report every year on the
state of the Union. Then, I wanted to come out today to the heartland of America to say what that
was all about. Maybe we ought to change the Constitution, Senators and Congressman, to require the
President to come to Quincy the day after the State of the Union Address every year.
You know, I never will forget the night I actually did talk to the mayor and Senator Paul Simon, who
was not pretending to be me, and you were going through that horrible flood, and I monitored your
progress, and this community became a symbol of hope and what people can do when they pull
together. I loved hearing the mayor today again recount the rich heritage of your city, the
Lincoln-Douglas debate, the Underground Railroad, the sanctuary offered so long ago to those fleeing
religious persecution.
I loved driving here from the airport today and remembering the bus tour that Vice President Gore
and Hillary and Tipper and I took in 1992 through so much of this part of America, and I saw so
many of the same pictures all along the way: young children out with their signs; people saying, "My
birthday's August the· 19th, too"; some people like my do·g; some people like my cat; some people
like them and don't like the President very much. The whole day was wonderful. It was a wonderful
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And I think that what you show here today and every day is that when we join hands and join hearts,
we can climb any mountain and turn back any tide. That is what our Nation has proved these last 7
years. And as I look out here on all of you, I see fresh evidence of what I said last night, folks: The
state of our Union today is the strongest it has ever been, thanks to you.
If you saw the speech last night, you know that I quoted President Theodore Roosevelt, one of my
favorite predecessors. He's the last sitting President to come to Quincy. I don't know what the others
were thinking about. [Laughter] But Roosevelt had a great quote at the dawn of the last century,
which was a time that has a lot of parallels to our present-day experience. He reminded us that "a
growing nation with a future must always take the long look ahead." And what that means is, you
know, when you folks were worried about the flood taking your town away, everybody concentrated
and went to work. And then when you had all the problems and you needed the ferry and the mayor
said the river was 6 miles wide, everybody concentrated and went to work. Sometimes people get in
trouble not when times are tough, but when times seem 'to be so good people think they don't have
to do anything, they don't have to worry, they don't have to work together.
And what I want to tell you is, never in my lifetime have we had the combination of economic
prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis or external threat, and I know from my
experience that we should be using this time wisely to deal with the long-term challenges and seize
the long-term opportunities that the children of Kayt's generation will have to deal with in the new
century; and that's what I want the American people to support.
I want you to support us in saying we made a mistake to quadruple the debt of the country. Now
we're paying off the debt; let's stay at the job until America is debt-free for the first time since 1835.
The number of people over 65 is going to double in 30 years. I hope to be one of them. The baby
boomers must not-- we must not-- impose the burden of our enormous numbers in retirement on
our children. That means we need to take the interest savings from paying down the debt, put it in
the Social Security Trust Fund, take it out to 2050, then the baby boomers' retirement will not
impose a burden on our children and our children's ability to raise our grandchildren.
We need to make sure every child in this country starts school ready to learn and graduates ready to
succeed and has access to a college education. Now, I just want to mention one of your schools,
because I hear people all the time saying, "Aw, the President acts like we can turn schools around;
that's not true." Well, it is true. I believe all children can learn. I believe all schools can work.
Washington Elementary School, here in Quincy, a few years ago was in trouble; today, it's one of the
best-performing schools in your school district because you've got a good principal, community
involvement; you've got money from our program to reduce class size with more teachers, to expand
after-school programs, and now you've got a successful situation. I'm telling you, I only wish
Washington, DC, worked as well as Washington Elementary School. And I want to thank the principal,
Terry Mickle, for being with us today. Let's give her a hand. [Applause]
So, what I've asked the Congress to do is to invest more in Head Start, invest more in these
after-school and summer school programs, invest more in helping more schools turn themselves
around, and to give the American people, for the first time, a tax deduction for the cost of college
tuition, to open the doors of college.
The other thing that I hope we can do is to give more families the tools to succeed at home and work
-- to lengthen the life of Medicare for 25 years; to give people on Medicare the right to a voluntary
prescription drug program -- too many of our senior citizens need this medicine and cannot afford it;
it's the difference in what kind of life they can have. And I hope you will support our efforts to
achieve that.
There's just one other issue I want to mention today, because it affects a lot of people in this
neighborhood. A few years ago, before I ran for President, I had the honor of coming to southern
Illinois, to Senator Simon's hometown of Makanda, because I was head of something called the Lower
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had unemployment rates as high as they did in the Mississippi Delta and the South, where I came
from.
One of the things tha·t really bothers me about this astonishing economic recovery of ours is that not
everybody has participated in it. And I think all Americans will support us in saying that this is the
best time we'll ever have-- with unemployment low and growth high-- to go into these inner cities,
into these small rural towns, into these Native American reservations, and help turn their economies
around, and give people who are doing well incentives to invest there, to start businesses there, to
put people to work there. If we don't do this now, we will never get around to it. We can bring free
enterprise and hope to people who have never had it.
We also have to recognize, as I said last night -- and I want to emphasize here, in this part of
America-- that the farmers of this country by and large have not participated in this economic
recovery, because they've had floods, they've had droughts, and after the economies in Asia
collapsed, farm prices went in the cellar. And for the last 2 years, we have seen in Washington at the
end of every congressional session, everybody scurrying around trying to come up with enough
money to give to the farmers to keep thousands upon thousands upon thousands from going out of
business.
The freedom to farm bill, in bad times-- the so-called freedom to farm bill could become a freedom
to fail bill if we don't make some changes in it. And so I say here, in a town where most people are
not farmers, but where we're in a part of America where most people come from farming stock, I
want you to support us in trying to change the farm law in Washington so that farmers in America
who work hard and are the most efficient in the world can make a decent living out here. And I hope
you'll help us.
We have to provide income assistance when farm prices and farni incomes fall. We have to stay, and
keep, with the same loan rates for the USDA commodities at the 1999 levels, so we won't drive them
down even lower. We've got to make it easier for farmers to help build up our environment. You
know, if they conserve land, we ought to help them do that. And when prices are low, that's a good,
cheap way to guarantee they can make a decent living, and we don't drive them even lower with
overproduction.
We ought to give them a better crop insurance program, which increases the subsidy we give to help
people buy crop insurance. You know, a lot of times when you see at the end of the year, and
Congress has to give a lot of money to farmers, it's because they can't buy insurance the same way
businesspeople up and down this street can buy insurance against theft, or the building burning
down. And we need to help farmers with that.
So I want to ask you to support our efforts to help the farmers. If we're going to be one community
here, we have to reach across -- rac;:ial lines, yes, and religious lines, yes, but also to people who
don't do what we do for a living, don't live like we do every day -- they live in rural areas; we live in
towns; they live in big cities. We've got to understand that we're a strong country when we all work
together and we give everybody a c:hance to rise.
I remember when you were going through this flood here. I would go to big cities on the east coast or
the west coast, and I would say, "They need your help. It's going to cost a lot of money. It's going to
be partly your money; they're part of your country." And people in cities that couldn't find Quincy on
a map would cheer, because they knew they were part of your American family. If we can keep that
attitude in good times, America is going to do fine.
But I ask you -- it's getting cold, and I want to let you go, but you just remember -- if you don't
remember anything else I said today, you remember how you were in the flood. And remember that
when you have the chance of a lifetime to do good, you cannot be lulled into complacency.
You have a chance-- we all do-- to give our children a debt-free America, with world-class
education, that takes care of our seniors, that brings opportunity to people who haven't had it; that
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seizes the challenges of a new era. And we ought to take that opportunity. We owe it to children who
will follow us 50 years from now. And I will do all I can to honor the spirit, the values that I have
seen in this wonderful park today.
Thank you, and God bless you.
NOTE: The President spoke at 2:55p.m. in Washington Park. In his remarks, he referred to Mayor
Charles W. Scholz of Quincy; Quincy Junior High School freshman class president Kayt Norris, who
introduced the President; community activist/philanthropist Joe Bonansinga, known as "Mr. Quincy";
and former Senator Paul Simon. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate
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