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THE WHITE HOUSE
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For Immediate Release
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REMARKS BY THE
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AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
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Franklin Hall, ,
The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7:30P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Come on up, Congressman
give
Congressman Borski a hand for going to his daughter's soccer game. Give l:lim a hand.
(Applause.)
One of the things 'you need to know if your in p~blic life is how to m~ke a proper
entrance. (Laughter.) And Bob just qualified. Actually, I saw hirri this morning. We were
both out running at Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C., and he said he'd be here tonight. And
I thank him for keeping his word..
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Th~Ilk you, Congressman Chaka Fattah, foLthat powerful introduction and for your great
service. Thank you, Congressman Tom Foglietta, for your friendship and your support. Thank.
you Gussie, and thank you, Mina Baker Knoll, and thank you, Joe Kahn.
Thallk you, Mr. Chairman Fowler, for all these endless nights that you go back and forth .
across America in search of the magical chemistry of victory, not just for our party and. our ·
candidates, but for the kind of America we're fighting for. And thank you, Mr. Mayor, for
proving that the Democratic Party can be the party of the futur~ and the party of all the people
--(applause) --Jhe part,y ofcoinpassion and competence, the party of the mind, and the party
ofthe heart:. Thaiuc you, all.
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Ladies and ge:p.tlemen, I am deeply moved by this large outpouring.. As President
Kennedy used to. say:;. I am deeply touched, but not So deeply' touched as you are tonight. ·
(Laughter and applause.) I than}c you foryour support, and I thank you for your comniithient .
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�· to your city, 'y9ur state _and your country. Pennsylvania.and Philadelphia hav'e qeen very, very
good to me., And as all of you know, this state and this part of our state has special place· in
my wife's heart and her family hi~tory. And we're delighted always, either one ofus; to have .·
a chance to come.
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J think you know why we're here, or ·ydti wouldn't be here. But let me just say again
very briefly>, when I nm for President iri 1992 and the. state of.Pennsylvania gave Bill Clinton
and AI Gore its electoral votes, when Philadelphia gave our ticket a larger margin than President
Kelmedyreceived here in 1960, we ·had a very straightforward vision for our country, a vision .
for what we wanted America .to· look like in the 21st century and what·we wanted Amerita to
be. like for all the children that are ·here.
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First, we· wanted a country where every people whn is willing to work for it, without.
regard to their race, their income, or their background, could have. a 'ehance to live out their
dreams .. Second, we wanted a country that was coming together, not being driven apart; that
was reaching across the racial and other lines that divide us to find strength in our diversity and··
our.shared values. Third, I wanted to see our ,country continue tQ be the world's strongest force
for peace and freedom and prosperity and security,: so that we could build a framework for the
21st c~ntury that would free o~r children of the worrie~ that two world wars and the Cold War
imposed upon generation after generation after generation of Americans in the 20th century.
iri short, I really. believed that if we did the. right thing, the global economy could. open
up the greatest age ,of possipility our ·people have ever known. i still believe that. And what
I come to you to· say is that we have a record that we can be proud of.· Together we've done
·what we said we'd do in 1992. But it is a record to build on, not a record to sit on. It is a
record to go fo~ward from; and not a' record to take a radical tum away. from. ·That is what is
at stake here.
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The American people in a way ,are fortunate in this election year. In 1992, there was a ·
big'debate about change or the statusrquo. That's not what is at stake in·1996. In 1996, there
are two Very different visions of change that offer us two roads into the 21st centUry. · Arid the . ·
next four years, ,like it or no't, aregoing to take us. right into the next century. The question is,
which road are we going to walk into the 21st century? "fhat is the question the American· ·
people will determine.
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Will we walk the road of those who say that government is the problem in America and
· the only thing we need to db is to .giv~ the American people· freedom from their governme~t?
Or will we. walk with those of us who believe that we need a smaller
and less bureaucratic
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'government, but government has a role to play ·to make sure that every American has a chance
to make it; that every family has a chance to make it, that every neighborhood and every
·community has a chance to live up to the fullest of their . God-given
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I think those of us who want to go forwat;d together will prevail in 1996 because of you,
and I know that you know that-'- (applause.) Artd we don't have .to guess about what will
happen. Youknow where I am·and what I will,do. You know where they are and what they
will do. You know that our approach produced a. de. fie it that is less than half
of what it was in
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1992 when we took office, 8.5 million more jobs, a real crime bill iristead of six years of talking
._ about it. 1t's putting 100;000 police on the street and helping communities to drive the crime
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rate down to make our streets safer. 'You know that it produced new and innovative· approaches to protect the environment
while growing the economy. You know that it produced a new .commitment to- the education
of all our children from expanding the Head .Start progra~ to expanding the availability of
affordable: college loans, to the national service program that your fom1er Senator, Harris
:·Wofford, had today. You know what we will do, and you know they oppose all those things.
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(Applause.) ·
You also know that I have ,done my best to reach across party lines to work with
Republicans of goodwill; that I think this intense partisanship_-- the idea that everybody who is
not in your party is the enemy of your future and the enemy of your country -- is crazy; the idea
that you· should never work with people even if you agree with them on a speCific issue becaus(;!
. there might be some, God forbid, benefit to somebody in the other party is wrong .. That is not
what made "America great. There are enough differences· that are honest without that kind· of
accepted partisanship. (Applause.)
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And today I fituilly signed, seven months late, a budget for this year that' I would have
signed seven months ago. Why? It continues the reduction of the deficit; 'it continues to cut
spending; but it ·protects education, it protects the protection of the environnient, it protects
Medicare, it protects Medicaid, it protects our investment in new technologies, in the growth
. of jobs, and it protects the 100,000 police and the 'AmeriCorps program _:: all things that the
other party tried in an intensely completely partisa11 way to do away witl{ . That was wrong.
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But when we came back and rolled up our sleeves and worked together, we did -what we
should have done.--' keep that defic'it coming' down, contipue to reduce the size of unn'ecess_ary
government, but protect our future and protect our children and protect the things that bring us
together instead of driving us apart. That is the way we ought to do th~ngs_
A couple of days ago I signed an Antiterror~sm Bill .,.-the same thing, passed in a·
completely bipartisan way to give us the tools to fight the kind of terrorism that we have seen
in Oklahoma City, at the World T:t;ade Center, in Japan, in the Middle East, indeed, alt'ovet.the
world, the use of murder of iruiocent civilians to achieve a political end. ·We did that in a
bipartisan ·way by putting America ·first. That is what I represent and that.' s what our party will.
represent as long as 'I am the President of the United States, and that is what we ought to do .
. (Applause.) .· ·
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. S() I ask yoU: to keep these things ·in mind. This is an inter~sting world we're living i~.
It's full of unpredictable events. Just in the last few weeks we've seen the heartbreaking deaths
of my friend, the Commerce
Secretary, · Ron Brown, and some of our finest young public
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servants, and some of our finest business leaders going to Bosnia to try to put the powerpf the
American economy behind saving the peace and tell those people,' you have no future if you-hate
· each other because of your religion or your ethnic background. f.-rid we are determined now
to make something positive happen out of that, to use it to strengthen our ability to stand for .
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�peace.
We were afraid that the peace was being .shattered in the, Middle East with the fighting
in southern Lebanon and nohhem Israel. But, thank God, today they reached an agreement to
· restore the cease:-fire and td monitor violations and not to resort to that kind of killing again.·.
And yesterday the Palestinians took out of their constitution the provision that required them to
be against the very existeJ;Ice ofthe State of Isdtel. This was· a good day, a good week for peace
in the Middle East and mov'ing forward ·again. (Applause.)
And on the trip I took to Korea and Japan and Russia, let me remind you, it may seem
like a long way away, but when I took offiCe the number one ihreat to America's security was
·said to be the development Of a nuclear program by North Korea and the prospe~t that they
would have nuclear weapons that could be used and could be sold to otheF countries. Now that
headlines
anymore because they're
keeping their word to build down their
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nuclear program.· And we are committed to that.
In Japan, we've had 21 separate trade agreements with Japan-- 21. And in those areas,
everything from auto parts to cellular telephone to autos to rice, in all those areas our exports
to Japan are up 85 percent and our trade ·deficit is g()ing down. We are creating jobs with free
. and fair trade, doing the right thing by the American people and maintaining our security
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partnership with Japan. (Applause.)
Let rn:e tell you why I went to Russia and how it affects you; Because of the work that
has been done with Russia as a democracy in the last three years, for the first time since the
dawn of the nuclear age there is not a single, solitary nuClear missile pointed at an American
child tonight. And I am proud of that and you should be proud of that. (Applause.)
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But, unfortunately, hot all the dangers of the nuclear age are, behind us.· We have more
. work to do to reduce nuclear weapons. further .. And the_ waste that is left behind -- the waste that
is left behind could be used to make: small bombs with many times the destructive power of the
bomb that blew up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. So we have to work with them to./
make sure that all that is safe, that it cannot be stolen, that terrorists cannot get a hold of it.
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So even these things that happen so far from home affect the way your children live on
their streets and their neighborhoods and their schools and their futur~. That is why I say again,
we have to do three things. Every person without regard to their race, their gender, tl}eir station
in life has got to have chance if they)e willing to work for it. We have got -- we have got
. to -- fight these impulses. that are dividing people all over the world by race, by religion, by
ethnic groups and· say, no, ho, that's not what America is; AI]1erica is leading our challenges
together. by sharing our values and working together.
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And we've got to continue to be .the force for peace and freedom and security iri the .
world that only America can be. And we have to do it by saying this is what the Democ.rats ·
stand for-- not big goverriim!nt solving all the problems, but a new, smaller, less bureaucratic
government, the smallest' in 30 years, but one still strong enough'to help citizens and families·
and communities make the most 6f their ownlives.
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That is tomorrow's progressivism. That's what we stand for. And if any Republicans
_ or independents want to help us, we are not going to be blindly partisan,' we'regoing to say
come on aboard, grab us by the hand and walk into the future together.
.-Thank you, and God bless you all. Thank you.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 26, 1996
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE RECEPTION
Franklin Hall
The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7:30P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Come on up, Congressman -- give
Congressman Borski a hand for going to his daughter's soccer game. Give him a hand.
(Applause,)
One of the things you need to know if your in public life is how to make a proper
entrance. (Laughter.) And Bob just qualified. Actually, I saw him this morning. We were
both out running at Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C., and he said he'd be here tonight. And
I thank him for keeping his word.
Thank you, Congressman Chaka Fattah, for that powerful introduction and for your great
service. Thank you, Congressman Tom Foglietta, for your friendship and your support. Thank
you Gussie, and thank you, Mina Baker Knoll, and thank you, Joe Kohn.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman Fowler, for all these endless nights that you go back and forth
across America in search of the magical chemistry of victory, not just for our party and our
candidates, but for the kind of America we're fighting for. And thank you, Mr. Mayor, for
proving that the Democratic Party can be the party of the future and the party of all the people
-- (applause) -- the party of compassion and competence, the party of the mind, and the party
of the heart. Thank you, all.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am deeply moved by this large outpouring. As President
Kennedy used to say, I am deeply touched, but not so deeply touched as you are tonight.
(Laughter and applause.) I th~nk you for your support; and I thank you for your commitment
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to your city, your state and your country. Pennsylvania and Philadelphia have been very, very
good to me. And as all of you know, this state and this part of our state has a special place in
my wife's heart and her family history. And we're delighted always, either one of us, to have
a chance to come.
I think you know why we're here, or you wouldn't be here. But let me just say again
very briefly, when I ran for President in 1992 and the state of Pennsylvania gave Bill Clinton
and Al Gore its electoral votes, when Philadelphia gave our ticket a larger margin than President
Kennedy received here in 1960, we had a very straightforward vision for our country, a vision
for what we wanted America to look like in the 21st century and what we wanted America to
be like for all the children that are here.
First, we wanted a country where every people who is willing to work for it, without
regard to their race, their income, or their background, could have a chance to live out their
dreams. Second, we wanted a country that was coming together, not being driven apart; that
was reaching across the racial and other lines that divide us to find strength in our diversity and
our shared values. Third, I wanted to see our country continue to be the world's strongest force
for peace and freedom and prosperity and security, so that we could build a framework for the
21st century that.would free our children of the worries that two world wars and the Cold War
imposed upon generation after generation after generation of Americans in the 20th century.
In short, I really believed that if we did the right thing, the global economy could open
up the greatest age of possibility our people have ever known. I still believe that. And what
I come to you to say is that we have a record that we can be proud of. Together we've done
what we said we'd do in 1992. But it is a record to build on, not a record to sit on. It is a
record to go forward from, and not a record to take a radical turn away from. That is what is
at stake here.
The American people in a way are fortunate in this election year. In 1992, there was a
big debate about change or the status quo. That's not what is at stake in 1996. ·In 1996, there
are two very different visions of change that offer us two roads into the 21st century. And the
next four years, like it or not, are going to take us right into the next century. The question is,
which road are we going to walk into the 21st century? That is the question the American
.people will determine.
Will we walk the road of those who say that government is the problem in America and
the only thing we need to do is to give the American people freedom from their government?
Or will we walk with those of us who believe that we need a smaller and less bureaucratic
government, but government has a role to play to make sure that every American has a chance
to make it, that every family has a chance to make it, that every neighborhood and every
community has a chance to live up to the fullest of their God-given capacities?
I think those of us who want to go forward together will prevail in 1996 because of you,
and I know that you know that -- (applause.) And we don't have to guess about what will
happen. You know where I am and what I will do. You know where they are and what they
will do. You know that our approach produced a deficit that is less than half of what it was in
�1992 when we took office, 8.5 million more jobs, a real crime bill instead of six years of talking
about it. It's putting 100,000 police on the street and helping communities to drive the crime
rate down to make our streets safer.
You know that it produced new and innovative· approaches to protect the environment
while growing the economy. You know that it produced a new commitment to the education
of all our children from expanding the Head Start program to expanding the availability of
affordable college loans, to the national service program that your former Senator, Harris
Wofford, had today. You know what we will do, and you know they oppose all those things.
(Applause.)
You also know that I have done my best to reach across party lines to work with
Republicans of goodwill; that I think this intense partisanship --the idea that everybody who is
not in your party is the enemy of your future and the enemy of your country --is crazy; the idea
that you should never work with people even if you agree with them on a specific issue because
there might be some, God forbid, benefit to somebody in the other party is wrong. That is not
what made America great. There are enough differences that are honest without that kind of
accepted partisanship. (Applause.)
And today I finally signed, seven months late, a budget for this year that I would have
signed seven months ago. Why? It continues the reduction of the deficit; it continues to cut
spending; but it protects education, it protects the protection of the environment, it protects
Medicare, it protects Medicaid, it protects our investment in new technologies, in the growth
of jobs, and it protects the 100,000 police and the ArneriCorps program -- all things that the
other party tried in an intensely completely partisan way to do away with. That was wrong.
But when we carne back and rolled up our sleeves and worked together, we did what we
. should have done --keep that deficit corning down, continue to reduce the size of unnecessary
government, but protect our future and protect our children and protect the things that bring us
together instead of driving us apart. That is the way we ought to do things.
A couple of days ago I signed an Antiterrorism Bill --the same thing, passed in a
completely bipartisan way to give us the tools to fight the kind of terrorism that we have seen
in Oklahoma City, at the World Trade Center, in Japan, in the Middle East, indeed, all over the
world, the use of murder of innocent civilians to achieve a political end. We did that in a
bipartisan way by putting America first. That is what I represent and that's what our party will
represent as long as I am the President of the United States, and that is what we ought to do.
(Applause.)
So I ask you to keep these things in mind. This is an interesting world we're living in.
It's full of unpredictable events. Just in the last few weeks we've seen the heartbreaking deaths
of my friend, the Commerce Secretary, Ron Brown, and some of our finest young public
servants, and some of our finest business leaders going to Bosnia to try to put the power of the
American economy behind saving the peace and tell those people, you have no future if you hate
each other because of your religion or your ethnic background. And we are determined now
to make something positive happen out of that, to use it to strengthen our ability to stand for
�peace.
We were afraid that the peace was being shattered in the Middle East with the fighting
in southern Lebanon and northern Israel. But, thank God, today they reached an agreement to
restore the cease-fire and to monitor violations and not to resort to that kind of killing again.
And yesterday the Palestinians took out of their constitution the provision that required them to
be against the very existence of the State of Israel. This was a good day, a good week for peace
in the Middle East and moving forward again. (Applause.)
And on the trip I took to Korea and Japan and Russia, let me remind you, it may seem
like a long way away, but when I took office the number one threat to America's security was
said to be the development of a nuclear program by North Korea and the prospect that they
would have nuclear weapons that could be used and could be sold to other countries. Now that
is not even in the headlines anymore because they're keeping their word to .build down their
nuclear program. And we are committed to that.
In Japan, we've had 21 separate trade agreements with Japan-- 21. And in those areas,
everything from auto parts to cellular telephone to autos to rice, in all those areas our exports
to Japan are up 85 percent and our trade deficit is going down. We are creating jobs with free
and fair trade, doing the right thing by the American people and maintaining our security
partnership with Japan. (Applause.)
Let me tell you why I went to Russia and how it affects you. Because of the work that
has been done with Russia as a democracy in the last three years, for the first time since the
dawn of the nuclear age there is not a single, solitary nuclear missile pointed at an American
child tonight. And I am proud of that and you should be proud of that. (Applause.)
But, unfortunately, not all the dangers of the nuclear age are behind us. We have more
work to do to reduce nuclear weapons further. And the waste that is left behind -- the waste that
is left behind could be used to make small bombs with many times the destructive power of the
bomb that blew up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. So we have to work with them to
make sure that all that is safe, that it cannot be stolen, that terrorists cannot get a hold of it.
So even these things that happen so far from home affect the way your children live on
their streets and their neighborhoods and their schools and their future. That is why I say again,
we have to do three things. Every person without regard to their race, their gender, their station
in life has got to have a chance if they're willing to work for it. We have got -- we have got
to -- fight these impulses that are dividing people all over the world by race, by religion, by
ethnic groups and say, no, no, that's not what America is; America is leading our challenges
together by sharing our values and working together.
And we've got to continue to be the force for peace and freedom and security in the
world that only America can be. Apd we have to do it by saying this is what the Democrats
stand for-- not big government solving all the problems, but a new, smaller, less bureaucratic
government, the smallest in 30 years, but one still strong enough to help citizens and families
and communities make the most of their own lives.
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That is tomorrow's progressivism. That's what we stand for. And if any Republicans
or independents want to help us, we are not going to be blindly partisan; we're going to say
come on aboard, grab us by the hand and walk into the future together.
Thank you, and God bless you all. Thank you.
END
7:45 P.M. EDT
�DRAfT
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS TO THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS
CLEVELAND, OHIO
JUNE 22, 1996
Acknowledgments: Mayor Rice for introduction. I want to congratulate Mayor Rice
for a great year as president. I look forward to working with. your in-coming president~ my
good friend Mayor Daley. I also want to congratulate your in-coming vice president, my
good Republican friend, Mayor Helmke of Fort Wayne. And I would like to recognize
Mayor Bob Lanier of Houston, who has just been appointed the new chair of the Rebuild
. America Coalition, an important program of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
I also want to thank Mayor White and the City of Cleveland for your great
hospitality. In the late 70s, Cleveland was teetering on the brink of disaster. Today, it
stands as a model of the new American city. But what is more impressive than the bustling
development that is taking place all over town is the revitalized spirit that is evident in the
people of this great city. I only wish I had more time to spend here. But at least I can go
back to Washington with the.answer to a question that has been on the minds of millions of
Americans. Elvis is alive in Cleveland. And he is really packing them in at the Rock and
Roll Hall of Farne.
The people of Cleveland decided to pull themselves up by pulling together. That is
what every American city must do if we are going to succeed in the 21st century. I am
convinced we are moving into an age of enormous possibility as we move from the. Industrial
Age to the Information Age ... and as we leave the Cold War behind for a new global society.
The people of America now have more opportunities to live out their dreams than at any
other period in human history.
When I ran for President in 1992 my vision for America was that we would enter the
21st century as a nation that offered opportunity for every citizen who was willing to take
responsibility for making the most of his or her God-given abilities. I wanted us to remain
the world's strongest force for peace and freedom. And I wanted us to renew America's
sense of community .. to be a nation coming together around our basic values again. I am
still committed to fulfilling that mission and you have played a major role in helping make it
a reality.
Together we have made tremendous progress in expanding opportunities for hard
working families. We cut the deficit to less than half of what itwas when I took office. We
have produced 9.7 million new jobs. We have 1.3 million fewer people on welfare. We
fought for and passed the Family and Medical Leave Law. And we expanded the Earned
Income Tax Credit that has reduced taxes for our hardest-pressed working families, so they
do not have to raise their children in poverty. We also signed a real crime bill that has
helped us reduce crime in our major cities and all across this country for four years in a
row. I will say more about our efforts to fight crime later.
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But we are still bedeviled by some old problems. This past Wednesday, I met with a
bipartisan group of governors and Members of Congress to talk about how we must redouble
our efforts to not only catch the people who are burning these houses of worship, but also
reach into the heart of America to prevent these acts from occurring. Let me say that while
most of these cases involve the burning of African American churches, at least one mosque
has been torched and some white churches have also been set on fire. There has been a big
upsurge in overall burnings of religious institutions in the last 18 months. And while most of
them have happened in rural areas, our larger cities have not been immune. Churches have
been burned in Sacramento, California .. .ih Tucson, Arizona. Just last week, the Pine Lake
Baptist Church right outside Atlanta was added to the list of suspicious fires. As a nation
that values religious freedom more deeply than any other nation in human history, we must
all stand together to say to those who are perpetrating these crimes -- you will not win. We
will catch and prosecute you. We will protect our houses of worship. And we will rebuild.
Today, I want to talk with you about how we must work together to rebuild our
cities ... to create jobs and opportunities for our people ... and to restore a sense of peace and
security to every neighborhood in every city in this country.
I have tried to forge a new partnership between Washington, the private sector and
local communities, where we work together to create greater opportunity for everyone who is
willing to accept res'ponsibility in return. The centerpiece of this approach has been our
Community Empowerment Agenda. I want thank Vice President Gore for heading up this
effort. Our approach is based on three principles. First, private sector involvement is
essential, because in America, the private sector, not government is the engine of economic
opportunity. Second, there must be bottom-up, commnnity-based solutions that bring people
together. And third, government at all levels must improve the way it serves communities.
Our Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Initiative has been at the heart of this
agenda. It is bringing new hope to distressed neighborhoods and millions of families and
children. Today, the 105 communities that have qualified for this program are undergoing a
remarkable transformation. New partnerships have been formed on the local level bringing
together for the first time, businesses, citizens, churches and local government. They are
working to bring businesses into distressed neighborhoods and create jobs and hope for the
people who live there. In Cleveland, dozens of new businesses are moving into or expanding
in this city's Empowerment Zone. One of them is Bearings, Inc, a Fortune 1000 company
which will build a new $28 million world headquarters and employ more than 300 workers.
Mayor White has taken action to ensure that local workers will be trained for these and other
jobs in the zone. Last week, he announced the formation of a unique coalition involving
local businesses, universities and community-based organizations who have pledged to help
train and place people for specific jobs.
We must build on our success. That is why I have proposed that Congress help us
expand this effort by creating a second round of empowerment zones, as well as a new $2
billion tax incentive to encourage the cleanup and redevelopment of abandoned industrial
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�sights, or Brownfields, in all distressed communities. As we have learned during the first
round of empowerment zones, these Brownfields have been a significant obstacle to urban
redevelopment.
Cleveland's own Louis Stokes has been a leader in these effort. I also want to thank
Senator Carol Moseley-Braun and Congressman Charlie Rangel who will be introducing this
community empowerment legislation next week. I call on every mayor in this room to rally
for its passage.
I also want to recognize another important public/private partnership that is bringing
hope to our cities. I am pleased to announce that last year, corporate America, through the
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, invested a record $410 million for the development of
affordable housing throughout the country. This will create 12,000 construction jobs and
more than 8,000 units of low-income housing.
But we must do more to connect disadvantaged communities and their residents to
economic opportunity. As I said last July, there are places in our country where the free
enterprise system simply isn't working to provide jobs and opportunity. I said the
government must become a better partner for people in those areas. That is why I recently
signed two executive orders. The first one created a new empowerment contracting
program, which will offer special incentives for government contracting awards for
companies that do business in distressed communities in all parts of this country. This
effort is a supplement, not a replacement for affirmative action. It is an attempt to create
opportunity in isolated pockets of economic distress that the private sector has not been able
to reach. I also just signed an executive order, directing federal agencies that are building
facilities or relocating, to give first priority to our central cities.
But, we all know that the only way businesses and people will thrive in our cities is if
we create safe and secure neighborhoods. Since I took office, we have worked to combat the
crime and violence that has become too familiar to too inany Americans. We passed a
sweeping Crime Bill in 1994 against steep opposition from partisan politicians and special
interest pressure groups. We're putting 100,000 new police officers on America's streets in
community policing; nearly half are already funded. We banned deadly assault weapons.
The Brady Bill has stopped over 60,000 felons, fugitives, and stalkers from buying a gun.
We're helping communities give children something to say yes to, so they stay away from
. crime and trouble in the first place.
These laws are making a difference across our country. We have finally begun to
push crime back. In city after city and town after town, crime rates are finally coming
down. But we have a long way to go. And as we move forward, we have to remember
that we're not just fighting against crime -- we're fighting for something. We're fighting for
peace of mind; for the freedom to walk around the block at night and feel safe; for the
security of neighborhoods that aren't plagued by drugs, where you can leave your doors
unlocked and not worry about your kids playing in the yard. We're fighting to restore the
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�sense of community people my age grew up with. But most of all, we're fighting for our
children; we're fighting for their future.
Nothing we do could ever be more important than keeping our children safe. And
my Administration has taken decisive steps to help families protect their children -- especially
from the dangerous criminals who have made a dark habit of preying on them. Study after
study shows that sex offenders are likely to commit these crirnes again and again. And we
have all read too many tragic stories about young people victimized by repeat offenders.
That's why, in the Crime Bill, we required every state in the country to compile a registry of
sex offenders, and gave states the power to notify communities about child sex offenders and
violent sex offenders that move into their neighborhoods.
But that wasn't enough. So last month, I signed Megan's Law --to insist that states
tell a community whenever a dangerous sexual predator enters its midst. Too many children
and their families have paid a terrible price because parents didn't know about the dangers
hidden in their own neighborhood. Megan's Law -- named after a seven year old girl taken
so wrongly at the beginning of her life -- will help prevent these terrible crimes.
Today, I am directing the Attorney General to report back in 60 days with a plan to
develop a National Registry so we can track sexual offenders and child molesters across the
country. Megan's Law gives parents information they need to protect their children. I am
acting today to make sure police officers can get the information they need to track sexual
offenders down and bring them to justice when they commit new crimes. We have to make
sure that every bit of information we have about the people who commit these horrible
crimes is available to law enforcement wherever and whenever they need it.
The Crime Bill laid the foundation for this National Registry by requiring states to
track sexual offenders within their borders. Megan's Law makes sure that parents get this
information so they can take steps to watch out for their kids. Now I want the Attorney
General to work with the states, link this information together, and make it available to law
enforcement at every level. Police officers will be able to prevent more crimes and catch
more criminals if they can share and compare the latest information we have.
We respect people's rights. But there is no right greater than a parent's right to raise
a child in safety and in love. If you dare to prey on America's children, the law will follow
you wherever you go, state to state and town to town. And that's the way it should be.
We will never be able to el_iminate crime completely. But as long as crime is so
commonplace we don't even look up when horror after horror leads the evening news, we
know we have a long way to go. I want our cities to be places of Opportunity. I want them
to be places that are safe for businesses to locate and citizens to live. If we work together, I
know we can make that America real. Thank you and God' bless you alL
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�PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
DNC GALA HOUSTON TEXAS
J.W. MARRIOTT HOTEL
JUNE 21, 1996
Acknowledgments: Don Fowler; Ann Richards; Garry Mauro; Lloyd Bentsen; State Party Chair
Bill White; Reps. Ken Bentsen, Sheila Jackson Lee, Gene Green; Former Governors Dolph
Briscoe, Mark White; Former Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes; Lyle Lovett
My vision: In 1992, my vision for America: nation would offer opportunity, America would take
responsibility; a world where America remained the strongest force for peace, freedom; and a
renewed American community where all Americans come together around our basic values again.
Critical election: In 1992, the question was whether we would continue to drift along aimlessly
or whether we would change the course of America. In this year's election, as everyone has seen
over the last year, the choice is between two very different paths of change. And the choice is
very clear.
Our approach: We cut the deficit to less than half of what it was when I took office. Produced
9.7 million new jobs-- 839,500 in TX, more than in the entire previous administration. Signed a
real crime bill w/ I 00,000 community police [2277 more cops on the street in TX], assault
weapons ban, Brady bill, and crime is coming down across the country-- murders are down 16%
in Houston. Renewed our commitment to education of all our children, from Head Start to
affordable college loans. Came up with new ways to protect our environment and grow the
economy: expanded Right to Know, cutting toxic air pollution by 90%, working in partnership w/
business and communities to see that our children breathe clean air, drink safe water, eat good
food. Promoting values and rewarding work, V -Chip, tobacco, EITC, Family Leave. REGO:
govt. smallest it's been since 1965, got rid of 16,000 pages of regulations. Stood by affirmative
action. Turned toward, not away from, the world: Haiti, Bosnia, Middle East, Northern
Ireland, N AFT A, GATT.
The Republican Way: Over the last year, GOP made clear its priorities. They would: Cut funds
for 100,000 police; slash education; eliminate national service; roll back 25 years ofbipartisan
commitment to protecting environment; place children and elderly in jeopardy. Time and again,
we stopped the Republicans from having their way. Our work is paying off: The 1996 budget
agreement I signed gives our country its fourth straight year of deficit reduction while protecting
education, the environment, Medicare and Medicaid.
More to do: This is a record to build on, not to sit on. We face stiff challenges. Only way we can
meet them is by working together.
�Working together: This is a campaign year. But that's no excuse for not coming together to do
the nation's business. When we have worked in bipartisan fashion, we have done great things: a
bold telecommunications bill, strong anti-terrorism legislation, honest lobbying reform. I want
Congress to work together and pass Kassebaum-Kennedy bill ... an increase in the minimum
wage ... and real welfare reform.
Goals for the future. And we have real challenges to bring our country into the 21st Century.
We should make the 13th and 14th year of education as standard as the first 12 are now-- so
$1500 tax credit to make typical community college free. Computers in schools -- 1 Million new
citizens patrols. If we give opportunity and demand responsibility, then the 21st Century can be
our greatest century for all our people.
It's going to be a tough fight: We have much to celebrate tonight. But let's remember that
we've got some long days and hard nights ahead. I am counting on you to stand with me-- for the
Democratic party and for our beloved country. If we work hard and keep our minds on what's
best for America, if we continue to stand for what Americans believe in, I'm confident that both
the Democratic Party and our country will see its best days yet.
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�PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
PRIVATE DINNER
HOUSTON, TEXAS
JUNE 21, 1996
Acknowledgments: Neil and Marcia Strauss, Arthur Schecter, Lloyd Bentsen
Critical election: In 1992, the question was whether we would continue to drift along aimlessly
or whether we would change the course of America. In this year's election, as everyone has seen
over the last year, the choice is between two very different paths of change. And the choice is
very clear.
My vision: In 1992, my vision for America: nation would offer opportunity, America would take
responsibility; a world where America remained the strongest force for peace, freedom; and a
renewed American community where all Americans come together around our basic values again
We've come a long way, but we have much more to do. You know what we've done; you
helped us to do it. But I want you to know that this is not a record to rest on, It's a record to
build on. We have real challenges meet as we move into the future, and we have to meet them
together.
America & TX. Unemployment rate has dropped from 7.6% to 6.1%. Added 839,500 new
private sector jobs -- more than the entire previous administration. 2277 new cops on the street in
TX -- and murders have decreased by 16%.
Don't stop. I won't be satisfied until we have created the opportunity for every American who
will work for it to make the most of his or her own life, and we have given every child in this
country a better future. And you shouldn't be either.
Goals for the future. And we have real challenges to bring our country into the 21st Century.
We should make the 13th and 14th year of education as standard as the first 12 are now-- so
$1500 tax credit to make typical community college free. Computers in schools -- 1 Million new
citizens patrols. Ifwe give opportunity and demand responsibility, then the 21st Century can be
our greatest century for all our people.
So we've got our work cut out for us, my friends. This is going to be a tough fight, and I'm
counting on you. But if we set our sights on the future, and keep our minds on what's best for
America, I'm confident we will prevail. Thank you and God bless you.
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�PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
SAXOPHONE CLUB-- ELDORADO RANCH
HOUSTON, TEXAS
JUNE 21, 1996
Acknowledgments: Ann Richards, Saxophone Club Co-chair William Paul Thomas
Critical election: In 1992, the question was whether we would continue to drift along aimlessly
or whether we would change the course of America. In this year's election, as everyone has seen
over the last year, the choice is between two very different paths of change. And the choice is
very clear.
My vision: In 1992, my vision for America: nation would offer opportunity, America would take
responsibility; a world where America remained the strongest force for peace, freedom; and a
renewed American community where all Americans come together around our basic values again
We've come a long way, but we have much more to do. You know what we've done; you
helped us to do it. But I want you to know that this is not a record to rest on, It's a record to
build on. We have real challenges meet as we move into the future, and we have to meet them
together.
America & TX. Unemployment rate has dropped from 7.6% to 6.1 %. Added 839,500 new
private sector jobs -- more than the entire previous administration. 2277 new cops on the street in
TX -- and murders have decreased by 16%.
Don't stop. I won't be satisfied until we have created the opportunity for every American who
will work for it to make the most of his or her own life, and we have given every child in this
country a better future. And you shouldn't be either.
Goals for the future. And we have real challenges to bring our country into the 21st Century.
We should make the 13th and 14th year of education as standard as the first 12 are now-- so
$1500 tax credit to make typical community college free. Computers in schools-- 1 Million new
citizens patrols. Ifwe give opportunity and demand responsibility, then the 21st Century can be
our greatest century for all our people.
So we've got our work cut out for us, my friends. This is going to be a tough fight, and I'm
counting on you. But ifwe set our sights on the future, and keep our minds on what's best for
America, I'm confident we will prevail. Thank you and God bless you.
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�MAKING OHIO A BETTER
PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK
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America Is Moving In the Right Direction Under President Clinton
•
Stronger Economy. The combined rate of unemployment and inflation is at its lowest level since 1968.
•
9.7 Million New Jobs. The economy has created more than 9.7 million new jobs under President Clinton.
Private sector job growth rate nearly 8 times greater than during previous Administration.
•
Renewed Growth in Key Industries. After a decade of enormous job losses in construction, manufacturing,
and autos, these industries have made a remarkable recovery -- more than one million new jobs combined
under President Clinton.
•
Deficit Cut in Half. The President's economic plan will cut the deficit for four years in a row for the first
time since Harry Truman was President -- the largest reduction in history.
•
Keeping Guns Away from Criminals. More than 60,000 fugitives and felons blocked from buying handguns
because President Clinton fought to pass the Brady Bill.
•
Safer Communities. The crime rate is down, violent crime fell 4 percent in 1995 -- the largest decline in
more than a decade, and the number of murders decreased 8 percent -- one of the largest drops in three
decades.
•
Stronger Families. Teen pregnancy is falling, the poverty rate is decreasing, and the number of people on
welfare is declining.
Ohio Is Moving In The Right Direction Under President Clinton
•
Unemployment Rate in Ohio Has Declined from 7.0% to 4.5% .
• 413,800 New .Jobs in 39 Months -- Over 3 112 Times As Many As the Previous Administration .
•
Consumer Confidence Is Up 81 'Yo, After Dropping During the Prior Four Years .
•
Crime Is Down. In Cincinnati, the number of reported crimes fell 8% in 1995. In Columbus, the number of
reported murders dropped 22%.
• $15,000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four in Ohio. The President's economic plan is
reducing the federal debt for each family of four by about $15,000.
• 509,774 Working Families Receive a Tax Cut. The President's expanded Earned Income Tax Credit is
helping 509,774 working families make ends meet.
•
1,405 New Police Officers in Ohio. The President's Crime Bill puts 1,405 new police officers on the street,
strengthens drug courts helping keep adult and juvenile offenders from cycling through the legal system, and
helps protect women and children from domestic violence and sexual offenders.
• 1,987,000 Workers Protected by Family and Medical Leave. The Family and Medical Leave Act allows
workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth of a child or to care for a sick family member.
This law covers about 1,987,000 workers in Ohio.
June I 0. 1996
�ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN OIDO UNDER PRESIDENT CLINTON
President Clinton's strategy to strengthen the economy is based on reducing the federal budget deficit, lowering trac
barriers, and empowering workers, families, businesses and communities to succeed. Here are some of the results for the
nation and Ohio after the first 40 months of the Clinton Administration:
Improved Economic and Fiscal Conditions in the United States:
• Under the Clinton Economic Plan, the deficit will be lowered by more than $1 trillion over 7 years -- the deficit will be
cut for four years in a row for the first time since Harry Truman was President.
• 9.7 million new jobs created. Combined rate of unemployment and inflation at lowest level in 27 years.
• Federal government workforce will drop by 272,900 -- creating lowest workforce since the Kennedy Administration.
Improved Economic Conditions in Ohio:
• The unemployment rate has dropped from 7.0% to 4.5%.
• Over 4 1/2 times as many new jobs per year-- 127,323 vs. 26,750 average during the previous 4 years.
• Almost 7 times as many new private sector jobs per year-- 121,723 vs. 17,800 average during previous 4 years.
• 39,500 new manufacturing jobs added in 39 months -- after 78,400 lost during the previous 4 years.
• Business failures have dropped 6% per year-- after increasing 17% per year during the previous 12 years.
• Bankruptcy filings have decreased 6% per year-- after increasing 8% per year during the previous 4 years.
• Consumer confidence has increased 81%, after dropping 39% during previous 4 years.
Wit at President Clinton's Accomplishments Have Achieved for tile People of Ohio:
SlS,OOO OF REDUCED FEDERAL DEBT FOR EVERY FAMILY OF FOUR IN OHIO: The national debt will be
more than $1 trillion lower over 7 years than was projected before the passage of the President's economic plan. That's
about $15,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of four in Ohio.
11 TIMES MORE OHIO FAMILIES RECEIVE A TAX CUT THAN A TAX INCREASE: As a result of the
expanded Earned Income Tax Credit 509,774 working families in Ohio will receive a tax cut. . This compares to an increase
in the income tax rate for only the 46.217 wealthiest taxpayers in Ohio.
TAX CUT FOR 50,143 SMALL BUSINESSES IN OHIO: The President helped entrepreneurs. proprietors, and other
small businessmen and women by expanding the annual expensing allowance from $10,000 to $17,500. About 50.143 small
businesses in Ohio are likely to benefit from the expansion of the expensing allowance this year alone and many more will
benefit over the coming years.
1,987,000 OHIO WORKERS PROTECTED BY FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT: The Family and Medical
Leave Act allows workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth of a child, to care for a sick family member,
or if they become too sick to work. This law covers about I ,986,799 workers in Ohio, and protects the jobs of 119,356
workers in Ohio who are likely to use unpaid leave this year alone.
977,900 STUDENTS AND FORMER STUDENTS IN OHIO WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM STUDENT
LOAN REFORMS: Approximately 977,900 Ohio borrowers -- 684,500 current borrowers and 293,400 new borrowers in
the next few years -- can take advantage of the new direct student loan program by participating directly in the program or
bv consolidatina guaranteed loans into direct loans. Some will benetit from lower interest rates. and all will benefit from
more repaynient options. including income contingent repayment.
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�MAKING TEXAS A BETTER
PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK
America Is Moving In the Right Direction Under President Clinton
•
Stronger Economy. The combined rate of unemployment and inflation is at its lowest level since 1968.
•
9.7 Million New Jobs. The economy has created more than 9.7 million new jobs under President Clinton.
Private sector job growth rate nearly 8 times greater than during previous Administration.
•
Renewed Growth in Key Industries. After a decade of enormous job losses in construction, manufacturing,
and autos, these industries have made a remarkable recovery -- more than one million new jobs combined
under President Clinton.
•
Deficit Cut in Half. The President's economic plan will cut the deficit for four years in a row for the first
time since Harry Truman was President -- the largest reduction in history.
•
Keeping Guns Away from Criminals. More than 60,000 fugitives and felons blocked from buying handguns
because President Clinton fought to pass the Brady Bill.
•
Safer Communities. The crime rate is down, violent crime fell 4 percent in 1995 -- the largest decline in
rtiore than a decade, and the number of murders decreased 8 percent -- one of the largest drops in three
decades.
•
Stronger Families. Teen pregnancy is falling, the poverty rate is decreasing, and the number of people on
welfare is declining.
Texas Is Moving In The Right Direction Under President Clinton
•
Unemployment Rate in Texas Has Declined from 7.6% to 6.1 %.
•
839,500 New Jobs in 39 Months -- More Than the Entire Previous Administration.
•
Consumer Confidence Is Up 74%, After Dropping During the Prior Four Years.
•
Crime Is Down. In Dallas, the number of reported robberies fell 17% in 1995. In Houston, the number of
reported murders dropped 16%.
•
$15,000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four in Texas The President's economic plan is
reducing the federal debt for each family of four by about $15,000.
•
1,441,104 Working Families Receive a Tax Cut. The President's expanded Earned Income Tax Credit is
helping 1,441, 104 working families make ends meet.
•
2,27,7 New Police Officers in Texas. The President's Crime Bill put 2,277 new police officers on the street,
strengthens drug courts helping keep adult and juvenile offenders from cycling through the legal system, and
helps protect women and children from domestic violence and sexual offenders.
•
2,812,000 Workers Protected by Family and Medical Leave. The Family and Medic~l Leave Act allows
workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth of a child or to care for a sick family member.
This law covers about 2,812,000 workers in Texas.
June 10, 1996
�ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN TEXAS UNDER PRESIDENT CLINTON.
President Clinton's strategy to strengthen the economy is based on reducing the federal budget deficit, lowering
trade barriers, and empowering workers, families, businesses and communities to succeed. Here are some of the results
for the nation and Texas after the first 40 months of the Clinton Administration:
Improved Economic and Fiscal Conditions in the United States:
• Under the Clinton Economic Plan, the deficit will be lowered by more than $1 trillion over 7 years --the deficit will
be cut for four years in a row for the first time since Harry Truman was President.
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• 9.7 million new jobs created. Combined rate of unemployment and inflation at lowest level in 27 years.
• Federal government workforce will drop by 272,900 -- creating lowest workforce since the Kennedy Administration.
Improved Economic Conditions in Texas:
• The unemployment rate has dropped from 7.6% to 6.1 %.
• 69% more new jobs per year-- 258,308 vs. 152,550 average during the previous 4 years.
• Almost twice as many new private sector jobs per year-- 222,215 vs. 112,200 average during the previous 4 years.
• I 0 times as many new manufacturing jobs per year -- 18,585 vs. I ,825 average during previous 4 years.
• Home building has increased 17% per year.
• Consumer confidence is up 74%.
• Bankruptcy filings have dropped 35% per year-- after increasing I4% per year during the previous 12 years.
What President Clinton's Accomplishments Have Achieved for the People of Texas:
$15,000 OF REDUCED FEDERAL DEBT FOR EVERY FAMILY OF FOUR IN TEXAS: The national debt will
be more than $1 trillion lower over 7 years than was projected before the passage of the President's economic plan.
That's about $15,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of four in Texas.
16 TIMES MORE TEXAS FAMILIES RECEIVE A TAX CUT THAN A TAX INCREASE: As a result of the
expanded Earned Income Tax Credit, 1,441,104 working families in Texas will receive a tax cut. This compares to an
increase in the income tax rate for only the 90, Ill wealthiest taxpayers in Texas.
TAX CUT FOR 98,643 SMALL BUSINESSES IN TEXAS: The President helped entrepreneurs, proprietors, and
other small businessmen and women by expanding the annual expensing allowance from $I 0,000 to $17,500. About
98,643 small businesses in Texas are likely to benefit from the expansion of the expensing allowance this year alone and
many more will benefit over the coming years.
2,812,000 TEXAS WORKERS PROTECTED BY FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT: The Family and
Medical Leave Act allows workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth of a child, to care for a sick
family member, or if they become too sick to work. This law covers about 2,812,390 workers in Texas, and protects the
jobs of 168,953 workers in Texas who are likely to use unpaid leave this year alone.
1.09 MILLION STUDENTS AND FORMER STUDENTS IN TEXAS WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM
STUDENT LOAN REFORMS: Approximately 1.09 million Texas borrowers -- 760,000 current borrowers and
330,000 new borrowers in the next few years -- can take advantage of the new direct student loan program by
participating directly in the program or by consolidating guaranteed loans into direct loans. Some will benefit from
lower interest rates, and all will benefit from more repayment options, including income contingent repayment.
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dangers hidden in their own neighborhood. Megan's
Law-- named after a seven year old girl taken so
wrongly at the beginning of her life --will help prevent
these terrible crimes.
Now we must take the next step. Senator Biden and
Senator Gramm have introduced bipartisan leiglsation to
develop a National Registry to track sexual offenders
and child molestors across the country. They're on the
right track, but we have to move forward now.
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Today, I am directing the Attorney General to
report back in 60 days with a plan to guarantee our
police officers can get as much information as possible,.
right away. We must make sure police officers in
every state can get the information they need from any:
state to track sex offenders down and bring them to
justice when they commit new crimes. A police officer
in Cleveland should be able to get information on all
known sex offenders in Cleveland -- whether they
committed their crimes in Los Angeles or New York.
Every bit of information we have about the people who
commit these horrible crimes should be available to law
enforcement wherever and whenever they need it.
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parents get this information so they can take steps to
watch out for their kids. Now I want the Attorney
General to work with the states and Congress, link this
information together, and make it available to law
enforcement at every level, in every state. Police
officers will be able to prevent more crimes and catch
more criminals if they can share and compare the latest
information we have.
We respect people's rights. But there is no right
greater than a parent's right to raise a child in safety
and in love.
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If you dare to prey on America's children, the law will
follow you wherever you go, state to state and town to
town. And that's the way it should be.
We will never be able to eliminate crime
completely. But as long as crime is so commonplace
we don't even look up when horror after horror leads
the evening news, we know we have a long way to go.
I want America to be a place where people who see a
report of a serious .crime are shocked -- not numb. I
know we can make that America real.
If we work
together, if we put our children first, we surely can.
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But that wasn't enough. So last month, I signed
Megan's Law -- to insist that states tell a community
whenever a dangerous sexual predator enters its midst.
Too many children and their families have paid a
terrible price because parents didn't know about the
dangers hidden in their own neighborhood. Megan's
Law -- named after a seven year old girl taken so
wrongly at the beginning of her life -- will help prevent
these terrible crimes.
Now we must take the next step. Senator Biden and
Senator Gramm have introduced bipartisan leiglsation to
develop a National ~egistry to track sexual offenders
and child moles tors across the country. They're on the
right track, but we have to move forward now.
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Today, I am directing the Attorney General to
report back in 60 days with a plan to guarantee our
police officers can get as much information as possible,
right away. We must make sure police officers in
eyery state can get the information they need from ~
state to track sex offenders down and bring them to
justice when they commit new crimes. A police officer
in Cleveland should be able to get information on all
known sex offenders in Cleveland -- whether they
committed their crimes in Los Angeles or New York.
Every bit of information we have about the people who
commit these horrible crimes should be available to law
enforcement wherever and whenever they need it.
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The Crime Bill laid the foundation for this National
Registry by ~equiring states to track sexual offenders
within their borders. Megan's Law makes sure that
parents get this information so they can take steps to
watch out for their kids. Now I want the Attorney
General to work with the states and Congress, link this
information together, and make it available to law
enforcement at every level, in every state. Police
officers will be able to prevent more crimes and catch
more criminals if they can share and compare the latest
information we have.
We respect people's ·rights. But there is no right
greater than a parent's right to raise a child in safety
and in love.
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If you dare to prey on America's children, the law will
follow you wherever you go, state to state and town to
town. And that's the way it should be.
We will never be able to eliminate crime
completely. But as long as crime is so commonplace
we don't even look up when horror after horror leads
the eveni.ng news, we know we have a long way to go.
I want America to be a place where people who see a
report of a serious crime are shocked -- not numb. I
know we can make that America real.
If we work
together, if we put our children first, we surely can.
Thanks for listening.
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Office of Speechwriting
James (Terry) Edmonds
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1995-2001
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Terry Edmonds worked as a speechwriter from 1995-2001. He became the Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting in 1999. His speechwriting focused on domestic topics such as race relations, veterans issues, education, paralympics, gun control, youth, and senior citizens. He also contributed to the President’s State of the Union speeches, radio addresses, commencement speeches, and special dinners and events. The records include speeches, letters, memorandum, schedules, reports, articles, and clippings.
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