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BARRY BAKER
Chief Executive Officer
August 8, 1995
Mr. Erskine Bowles
1st Floor, West Wing
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Erskine:
Harry Thomason and Lynda Dixon suggested I send send an invitation for the
President to speak at the Television Bureau of Advertisers convention directly
to you. As Chairman of the Television Bureau (TVB), our annual conference
is held in Las Vegas in conjunction with the National Assocation of
Broadcasters (NAB). In 1995 there were 80,000 attendees, many from the
engineering sector examining new technology. At the same time, television
and radio station General Managers including group CEO's attend several
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marketing sessions at our conference.
In previous years, the President of the United States gave a major address to
the NAB attendees on an almost yearly basis. A few years ago the tradition
stopped. THE broadcasting convention of the year is something the President
is always invited to attend. The opportunity to present President Clinton in *e
most positive tenns and in a very high proflle forum offers a unique
opportunity for the President, the broadcast community and the public in
general. The TVB conference, as part of the NAB, takes place on Monday
and Tuesday, April 17 and 18, 1996.
As Chairman, I know I speak for all our members in hoping for a positive
response from the Oval Office regarding this invitation.
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�THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
:MEMORANDUM
TO:
Distribution List
FROM:
Erskine Bowles
SUBJECT:
Message Meetings
DATE:
July 24, 1995
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While we are getting organized for the budget battle, it makes sense to me for us to meet
three days a week rather than only two. Therefore, I have reserved OEOB Room 180 for
2:00-3:00pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of each week for our message meeting.
·The first meeting will be tomorrow at 2:00pm.
I have also asked Ann Lewis to join us.
Distribution List:
Leon Panetta
Bill Curry
Mark Gearan
Pat Griffin
Harold Ickes
Dick Morris
Jack Quinn
Doug Sosnik
George Stephanopoulos
Melanne Verveer
Billy Webster
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�THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
:MEMORANDUM
TO:
Distribution List
FROM:
Erskine Bowles
SUBJECT:
Message Meetings
DATE:
July 21, 1995
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To enable the President to have both timely and consistent advice as it relates to message, the
following people are asked to convene at 2:00pm in Room 180 of the OEOB on Wednesday
and Thursday of each week:
Leon Panetta
Erskine Bowles
Harold Ickes
George Stephanopoulos
Melanne Verveer
Jack Quinn
Mark Gearan
Pat Griffin
Billy Webster
Bill Curry
Doug Sosnik
Dick Morris
Leon Panetta will chair these meetings. In his absence, Erskine Bowles will act on his
behalf.
The office of the Chief of Staff will from time to time arrange meetings for Dick Morris with
members of the administration. The office of the Chief of Staff will be solely responsible for
arranging such meetings.
Distribution List:
Bill Curry
Mark Gearan
Pat Griffin
Harold Ickes
Dick Morris
Leon Panetta
Jack Quinn
Doug Sosnik
George Stephanopoulos
Melanne Verveer
Billy Webster
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TO:
Erskine Bowles
FROM
Robert B. Reich
RE:
Presidential Event Ideas to Amplify Budget Message
DA'IE:
July 21, 1995
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As we have discussed, here are some ideas· for events that will enable the President to
illustrate powerfully and tangibly to the American people what is at stake in this
budget process - and that the Republicans are waging nothing short of a war on
workers..
IRAJNJNG
Wodcca WJO Lose Their .lJtB Can Keep Their Queers Trdad:
Messa&e: Job training pays off and helps people help themselves. lhe military is
downsizing. Cor:porations are downsizing.· In the new economy downsized workers can
make it, if they have a ladder to new opportunities. The President wants to build that
ladder; the Republicans want to pull it awd.y. The House Republicans propose cutting
dislocated worker training dollm:s by a third Under the Republican budget, 246,000
~ Americam who will lose their jobs ne;,tt, year - in mass layoffs, base closings
and natural disasters - would be able to receive the 1rdining they need Over the next
seven years, that nmnber jumps to 1.7 million. [See attached "Streamlined Argument
on Dislocated Worker Cuts"]
&ok: Budget message wrapped around the release of a Department of Labor. study
documenting the effectiveness of the training program that has served workers
affected by base closings. The study will docwnent the successful placement rate and
wages earned of workers enrolled in the job training programs. The DOL study will
be reinforced by an Inspector General audit that found thal 3/5 of individuals trained
with federal dollars erni up recmployoo in positions paying MORE than the job they
lost and nearly- six out of ten got new jobs they PREFERRED to their former.
EYmt:
Visit a base (or with workers here in Washirigton) affi::cted by a foaner round
of BRAC closings, where - with the same dollars the House Republicans want to
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slash - the workers have been successfully reti:ained and placed in new jobs. The
President would participate in a roundtable discussion or town hall with workers
whose personal stories will attest to the importance of the federal training dollars in
averting economic catastrophes in their lives. Some sites to consider:
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FL: Pensacola, FL Naval Air Sl.alion.
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tv1A: Ft. Devons Anny Base, Massachusetts
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SC: Charleston· Navy Shipyard, South Carolina
School to Work and Summer .lliB
Message: Education and training opens doors for our children; the GOP budget slams
it shut. If the House Republicans have their way, next summer more than 550,000
youth will be deprived the opportwtity to earn money and gain experience through the
federal summer jobs program. Between now and 2002 that number climbs to nearly
3.9 million kids. Since 1964, the swnmer jobs prowam - fueled by strong bipartisan
support - has reinforced the work ethic for some of America's most wlnerabte kids.
Similarly, the Republican budget would stop the School to Work movement dead in
its tracks. Half of the states will not receive federal venture capital grnnts.
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When the President is in Burlington. Vermont for the National Governors'
A.c;sociation meeting, he could do an event to highlight either School to Work or
Summer Youth. Burlington offers promising programs in both areas. For example:
o
Chitteruion County School to Work. Par1Jlcrsbip. An important component of
the state's S1W initiative is a summer program through which teachers spend
time at business settings so that they can more effectively integrate relevant
work based concq>ts into their teaching. The President could visit one of the
businesses currently hosting teJJchers. Teachers learning at a work-site presents
an excellent demonstration of School to Work's most important elements - the
integration of school and work-based learning.
o
WlPOQski Waste Water Pmeram. [I have visited this site and recommend it
highly.] Participants are learning about the opemtion of a waste water t:reaDnent
plant Skills training involves water tQ;ting and sampling, lab and computer
work, mechanics and repairs.
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Byr)jngton Health Care C)veer Magazine Project. Students are developing a
Careers in Ibltb Care magazine that will be used by lavning institutions
throughout Vennont The students are engaged in all ~pedS of bringing the
magazine to production - interviewing, researching, writing, and computer
desktop publishing.
o
AFr Speech: The President should usc the AFf speech as an opportunity to
�reintorce his committnent to litelong learning - as part of his overall budget
message around education and training. 1 understand tha1 the aurent thinking
is t.ha1. lhe message may be focussed arotmd education and family values. In
this regard. an important hook prcsenls itself: A countdown to the end Qf
Summer Youth (core value: work ethic). Two weeks from the time of the
speech - if the House budget is sustained - Summer Youth will end
permanently. This is the fust block to full in the Republiam war on workers
and education. He could then document all of the other education and 1raining
blocks 1hat will fiill. This .i$ a message that will resonate all across the country
a.~ commwlities take note that the Summer Youth program will cease to exist
NlRKER HFALDI AND SAFElY
Messa&e: The Home budget picks a fight with working families - stripping basic
worker projections even though combined, the cutq amount to sa.vin~ of only 1/10 of
one percent of the deficit. This isn't about reducing the deficit These ba~ic
protections - health, safety, pensions, colledive bargaining and job discrimination affect tens of millions working Americans. (8ee attached, ''Congress Wants to Slash
Worker Protections: Why Should We Care?")
Fur example, the House Conunittee cuts OSHA's enforcement budget by 1/3, shrinking
the nW11her of inspectors by up to 50o/o, with a projected impact, of 50,000 more
workplace iqjurics and deaths a year. Similarly, the House proposes deep cuts in the
Mine Safety and Health Administration, which would result in fewer mines being
inspected, exposing even more miners to injwy and death.
Hoole Analysis of Cumulative Impact of Recently Proposed Congressicmal Action.
Nc:»tt week OSHA will complete an analysis of the cumulative effect of the major
proposals pending on the Hill that will dramatically curtail America's safeguards to
ensure worker safety and health. The President could release this study or annotmce
that the Labor Department has just released it.
E~or
Sprn·b: VISit a worksite with a good health and safety record, joined by
workers 'Who have come within a hair of losing their lives, but who were saved due to
safety standards and by company exewtivcs who will testify to the importaru:e of
safety standards. We can construct this event locally or elsewhere arot.Dld the country.
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Tour DC Construction Worksite: The President could visit either the Georgia
Avenue metro worksite or the Hyman construction site neM Union Station.
Both of these arc examples of safe sites that are abiding by OSHA safety
standards. The President should be joined by workers from around the
country who would have lost their lives had it not been for OSHA regulations.
For example: (1) a worker in Olympic Stadium wearing a safety harness who
was saved when a light tower collapsed; (2) a bolter in Jaguar Stadium who
�fel192 feet, but was saved by his safety belt and harness; (3) two workers in
Cleveland who were saved from a scaffold collapse after an OSHA inspector
alerted the employer, and (4) a comector at a Shell Oanical Plant who fell
100 teet, but was saved by his safety harness.
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Exjde Battery Plant (Reading or Hamburg, PA). The CEO, Arthur Hawkins, is
very eager to "testify" to OSHA's worth in worker projection. All the plants in
Pennsylvania are unionized, represented by the Steelworkers. The company
would take the opportunity of a visit by the President to sign an agreement developed jointly with OSHA - )o lower lead levels -aniongworkcri aftheir -- - ~
plants nationwide.
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lht«lett Drip Casting. (Colchester, VT natr Burlington) Altcmat:ively, while
the President is at the NGA meeting in Burlington, 'he could do the above
mentioned event at Hazelett Drip Casting, a foundry and casting plant wid1 an
impressive safety and health story.
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Tour an Under;&round Mine (there are WldagroWld mines in 36 states). (See
attached scheduled request, submitted on July 10, 1995.)
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Mijor Speech: In the next two weeks, the ~idcnt could deliver a speech
about worker protection ~ satety at a nearby venue.
lABOR STANDARD.S
Messa&e: The Republican Budget willlU'ldercut basic worker standards that protect
ordinary Americans from unscrupulous employers. Most employers do the right thing,
but governrncnt plays an essential role in making sure people get what they have
earned - for example, overtime pay for eA1ra hours worked.
o
Roundtphle with Wor;kers The President could meet. with 8 to 10 workers to
hear their stories - testimony to the importance of labor standards. For
example, he could meet with: (1) a worker from Southern New England
telephone \\bo failed to receive wages for her hours worked during lunch; (2) a
worker from .Motwane's (New Orleans) who worked 16 hourR a day, 6 or 7
days a week, in aT-shirt shore without any breaks or aca:ss to toilet facilities,
and without receiving overtime pay; (3) a security guard or janitor who
receives cash tbr overtime pay at his regular rate, rather than overtime pay of
time and a half; (4) an a1gineering ~istant from Electric Boat who was
lU{Uirecl to inal:a8e his workweek from 40 to 45 hours to inaease productivity,
without receiving overtime pay; (5) a ~t woman who was illegally tired
from her job as a clerk for a bank in .Miami after she requested fiunily and
�m:dical leave to care for her newbom
Each of these workers is representative of thousands in similar siLuations.
I hope these ideas are useful. I will follow up quickly to discuss which of these you
think present the greatest opportunities and should be fleshed out in more detail·
�STREAMLINED ARGUMENT ON DISLOCATED WORKER CUTS
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The military is downsizing. This month, the· Base Closing Commission
recommended cutting or closing 132 military bases - which will disrupt
100,000 careers.
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· Corporations- are downsizing. In Jurie alone, U.S. corporations
announced more than 40,000 job cuts. Last year, ~ore than a halfmillion Americans lost their jobs to corporate downsizing. Even in an
economic recovery, companies like Lockheed-Manin, Chase Manhattan,
and Mobil have recendy announced large-scale job cuts.
•
In the new economy, downsized workers tan make it - if they have
a ladder to new opportunities. The evidence shows there are effective
ways to help workers make the transition from old work to new. For
example, an audit by the Labor Department's Inspector General found
that most laid-off workers who got adjustment assistance ended up reemployed; nearly six in ten got new jobs they preferred to their
previous jobs.
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But some in Congress want to kick away that ladder. These
t:l'!I.:..O'!rs propose slashing the assistance millions of downsized men and
women are using to learn new skills and land new jobs. They want to
cut funding for these initiatives by 34 percent - even though job search
assistance and long-term job training are proven ways to help ordinary
Americans lead better lives. And at the same time, what these members ·
cut from education and job training, they funnel to military pork
projects the Pentagon never requested and corporate subsidies for wellconnected special interests.
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As I've travelled the country talking with working families, I
haven't met anyone who voted for thii kind of change.
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�Congress wants to slash worker protections.
lAst week, rhe House Appropriations Labor/HHS subcomminee -- which fonds job
training. education, and worker protection - tried to reverse several deauies of pro~ress. Instead
offighting for working families, the subcommittee picked a fight wirh working families -stripping worker protections of every kind. The new leadership says that deep cuts are neassary
to reduce the federal deficit.. But whal they don 'r say is that J1 their worker protecrion cuts
combined would -reach only one-tenth of one percent of r.he deficit. This isn 'l about reducing the
deficit. - It's about -reducing basic protections -- on hca#h, safoty, pcr.sions, colk,tive bargaining.
and job discrimination. -·for tens nf millions of working Americans.
TOTAL WORKEk PROTECTION FUNDING{$
in millions)
FY9S
FY 96 House Mark
Decrease
1,010
826
- 170 (· 25%)
Here are five reasons we should care:
1. The health and safety of millions of working men and women will be
threatened.
OSHA FUNDING ($ in thousands)
FY 95
FY IJ6 House Mark
Decrease
312,500
263,985
- 48.515 (-15%)
THE IMPACT
50,000 more workplace injuries and deaths each year.
o Each day, some 6,000 American workers are injured on the job, which costs
American businesses some $112 billion each year. And work-related accidentS and
injuries exact an even greater annual toll: more lives than the total number of
Americans killed in battle during the entire Vietnanl War.
o Consider only one week this June- seven days on the job in America.
- Monday: a worker was crushed by ·a crane boom in Fruita, Colorado, a
construaion worker fell to his death off a balcony in Bellaire, Florida, and a worker
in Haven, Wisconsin was pulled into a metal press;
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�- Tuesday: a logger was run over by a skidder in Flatrock, Alabama, a construction
worker in Alexander, Arkansas was killed when he was struck by a trailer loading
ramp, and a worker was killed in Orrington, Maine when he became tangled in a
conveyor belt and was pulled through the 6-inch space between a roller and the
conveyor belt's frame;
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- Wednesday: a worker was elearocuted in Bradford, Pennsylvania, a worker
burned to death in a truck accident in Scott City, Missouri, and 3 asbestos removal
workers were injured by a chemical release in Savannah, Georgia;
- Thursday: a worker fell 15 floors to his death in an elevator shaft in Atlanta, three
workers were killed in a head-on collision of a durnp truck and a delivery truck, and
a worker was crushed by a skid loader in Davis City, Nebraska.
- Friday: a worker was electrocuted in Miami, and another died from a fall off a
ladder in Angston, Pennsylvania;
- Saturday: a worker was crushed to death underneath a forklift in Baton Rouge,
and a water line inspector was asphyxiated inside a manhole in Kansas City;
- Sunday: a worker wu electrocuted in St. Louis, another was elearo~ted in
Beaumont, Texas, and two workers were killed in a fuel Lank explosion in Wichita
Falls, Texas.
o But without OSHA's proteaive standards, the toll would have been far worse. Since
the agency's inception, the workplace fatality rate has declined 57 percent. And in
FY 94 alone, OSHA inspeaions helped make more than 40,000 workplaces safer for
more than 2 million workers. Research shows that establishments that OSHA
inspects subsequently reduce the number of accidents they experience.
o However, if th~ new Congress gets its way -·the $48 million cut they're now
proposing - OSHA would be forced to close half of its offices and shed half of its
inspectors. Without a credible OSHA enforcement program, America's workers
would suffer thousands more tragedies. For example, many more employers would
take short cuts at workers' expense- like a New Jersey plastics manufactUrer that
stripped safety guards off its machines to speed up production, causing 10 injuries in
13 months. And OSHA would have been unable to. prevent ·many accidents as it
did at a Cleveland construction site in 1994: four days after the agency found
workers 70 feet above the ground with no safety harnesses, and insisted they wear
belu, the scaffolds collapsed - and the workers were saved by the new equipment.
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America's miners will encounter deadly new risks.
MSHA FUNDING (S in millions)
FY95
FY 96 House Mark
Decrease
200.6
185.2
- 14.5 (-8%)
THF. IMPAc:r
Fewer mines will be inspected, exposing even more miners to injury and death.
o The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is charged with a vital
mission: protecting the lives and well-being of America's miners by encouraging
compliance with health and safety standards, issuing penalties, and investigating
accidents.
o Yet despite MSHA's vigorous efforts and decades of technological progress, mininga $54 billion, 360,000 worker industry - remains one of the most hazardous
industries in America. Since 1989, 30 miners have been killed in coal and dust
explosions. and 90 have been killed in roof falls. And between 1968 and 1990. some
55,000 miners died of black lung disease.
o Mines present dangers unlike those at any other worksite - but MSHA is making
them more safe. Largely because of MSHA's enforcement efforts, coal miners are
five times less likely to be killed on the job than they were in 1969, and metal
workers are twice less likely to die.
o Consider the fate of one miner just last month. Early one morning, he yelled that
the mine roof was about to collapse - and in five seconds, a section of the roof (six
feet thick, 20 feet wide, ·to feet long, and SO tons heavy) crashed toward the ground.
It completely covered the equipment in which he was working, and the miner was
trapped inside. But he was protected by a canopy that MSHA requires all
underground mines to install. Thanks to the canopy, the miner suffered only
bruises and a fractUred rib. Without it, he would have been killed
instantly.
o But if Congress imposes its deep cuts on MSHA, more miners will meet the fate of
the West Virginia underground coal miner who, in May, was crushed by a
collapsing roof. The reason? He violated a fundamental MSHA rule by working
under an unsupported roof.
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�3. Working families' hard-won pensions will be endangered.
PWBA FUNDING (Sin millions)
FY 95
FY 96 House Mark
Decrease
69.3
64.1
- 5.2 (-7.5%)
THE IMPACT
Working families wilrlose $100 million in pension benefits.
o Today, there are roughly 5.2 million private pension and health plans that cover
more than 200 million Americans and control more than $3 trillion in assets. Not
surprisingly, this mountain of money is an inviting target for quick-buck artists and
their Ponzi schemes, embezzlement plans, and derivative scams.
o Fnnunately, there's a watchdog guarding working families' hard-won rewards- the
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration. Last year, PWBA responded to
158,000 requests for assistance; its cases resulted in 141 criminal indictment~ and
restored $482 million in pension wealth to workers.
o And this watchdog is lean and mean. A recent Brookings Institution report
concluded that "PWBA is surely the most highly leveraged operation in the entire
government ... with just 621 employees." That's one person overseeing every $4.8
billion in assets.
o But if the Congress imposes its $5.2 million cut, here's what the const!quences would
be: $100 million that belongs to working families won't be recovered. One out of
five pension criminals the agency would have indicted will be able to commit fraud
with no repercussions. And 30.000 requests for information and assistance from
working families concerned about their health care and pension benefits won't be
answered.
4. It will be easier for unscrupulous employers to rip off our most
vulnerable workers.
ESA FUNDING (Sin thousands)
FY 95
FY 96 House Mark
Decrease
277,149
251,793
- 25,356 (-9%)
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�THE IMPACT
.35,000 workers will not recover $15 million in back wages that have been illegally
withheld.
o The Employment Standards Administration makes sure ordinary Americans get a
fair shake at the workplace - that people can exercise their legal right to time off
work to care for a sick relative or new child, that employers don't discriminate
against on the basis of race, sex, or national origin, that minors aren't pressed into
dangerous or illegal work, and that people who work overtime get paid what they
deserve.
o But if Congress has its way, the ability to ensure basic fairness in the workplace will
be impaired. For instance, when a Miami woman asked for rime oH to deliver her
baby, her employer fired her and cancelled her health insurance. But ESA stepped
in, advised the employer and employee of the law - and reinstated her health
insurance and recovered her lost wages. Taking those kinds of common sense
actions will become more difficult.
o So will actions like fining a New Orleans company $2.3 million for flagrantly
denying low-wage workers overtime they deserved - and securing for those workers
one-third of a million dollars in back pay. And so will measures like ESA's
investigation of a California fashion contractor that refused to pay its garment
workers the minimum wage - which ultimarely won workers back wages equal to
full pay at the minimum wage plus time-and-a-half for overtime.
o Or imagine the fate of a group farm workers in South Carolina. These low-paid
laborers were working and living in intolerable conditions - large piles of trash that
attracted flies and rodents, septic tanks overflowing with kitchen waste and human
refuse, facilities with no toilets or hot water. But ESA stepped in, slapped a large
fine on the company - and forced them to clean up their worksite and clean up
their act. H these cuts go into effecL, pasic standards of human decency could be
c.ompromised.
5. Working people will have a tougher time bargaining collectively for
higher wages and better benefits.
NLRB
FUNDING
($in millions)
FY 95
FY 96 House Mark
Decrease
176
123
-$53 (-30%}
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�THE IMPACT
Worker rights that have been an integral part of American law for more than a half.
century will be undermined.
o The National Labor Relations Board is the independent board that resolves disputes
between private sector employers and unionized ~mployees. One of the sturdiest
institutions in workplace policy, the NLRB guards ilgainst unfair labor practices
both by employers and employees, and protects the right of workers to organize.
o With President Clinton's appointments, the NLRB has been re-energized - issuing
more injunctions in the last six months than in the last six naa.
o The funding cuts of 30 percent and the legislative language restricting the NLRB' s
authority to use its enforcement tools is a direct attack on the basic right of
employees to organize unions.
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�July 14, 1995
MEMORANDUM FOR ERSKINE BOWLES
FROM:
LORETTA UCELLI, EPA
SUBJECT:
ABC INTERVI.EW ON IM.PACT OF REPUBLICAN BUDGET CUTS ON PUBLIC
HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
THRU:
GENE SPF.RLING AND MICHAEL WALDMAN
ABC World New.f: hmight is working on a segment scheduled to air .Wednesday, July 26, on the impact of
Republican budget cuts on public health and the environment. As you know, over the past two weeks.
ABC has devoted a considerable amount of air time to Republican efforts to roll back existing laws and
undennine Clinton Administration initiatives that protect public health and the environment.
An interview with the President for this segment would be an excellent opportunity for the President to
elevate an issue that is resonating with the American public. It would clearly demonstrate that the
President's plan for a balanced budget protects public health, safety and the environment for real people in
real communities -- in contrast to the Republican budget that dismantles those protections.
Peter Jennings' personal involvement was in pan responsible for the unprecedented amount of air time that
ABC gave to this issue.
Suggested talking points:
•
My plan balances the budget without sacrificing one ounce of public health or environmental
protection.
•
The Republican budget proposal cuts by one-third the environmental and health protection that
Americans now receive and place severe limits on both enforcing existing protections and creating
new ones.
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We need strong enforcement of our environmental laws to protect ·against unsafe tap water. raw
sewage on our beaches and contaminated food.
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Polluters, not the taxpayers, should pick up the tab for cleaning up the mess.
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Over the past 25 years, Members of Congress from both political parties -- under the leadership of
the last six Presidents -- have joined the American people in the finn belief that to safeguard our
health, we mus~ protect our air, our land and our water. Government has a responsibility to protect
those things that we all hold in common. The current Republican budget threatens to dismantle
that progress.
If you have questions or would like more information, please call me at 202/260-9828.
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July 24, 1995
MEMORANDUM TO ERSKINE BOWLES
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FROM:
BETSY MYERS
RE:
THE EFFECT OF HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS ON WOMEN AND
FAMILIES
As we proceed with the House appropriations process, it is clear that many of the proposed cuts
will have a serious negative impact on women and the programs they value for themselves, their
children and their families. Several areas threatened by budget cutbacks will clearly resonate with
this constituency, particularly if the Administration is successful in translating the proposed cuts
into real life stories and communicating them to women in a targeted manner.
Some of the issues, particularly violence against women and reproductive health, demonstrate
uncontrovertible differences between the President and House approach to the budget. These
issues draw a clear line between the Administration and the House. It is our opinion that
American women, for the most part, are on our side of the divide. A budget reflects the priorities
and policies of its drafters.
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Violence Against Women
In spite of the $40 million restored to the Commerce, Justice and State portion of the
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the Department of Justice is still $100 million
short of the amount that President Clinton set aside. Full funding of VAW A would have
no effect on the budget deficit and requires no new taxes. When it was passed in 1993,
VA W A had broad bipartisan support. A huge grassroots coalition came together originally
to pass VA W A, and would undoubtedly support the President in any attempt to defend
his original budget proposal (I have attached a statement from Bonnie Campbell which
discusses the effects of the cuts).
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Reproductive health
Elimination of Title X funding for family planning activities and block granting these
funds to the states without direction as to their use for family planing activities is one of
the most understandable signals that the House is rolling back a woman's right to choose
and compromising women's reproductive health. The President has staked out a consistent
position in opposition to any roll-out. Other proposals include: allowing states to deny
Medicaid funding for abortions for victims of rape and incest, prohibiting Federal
employees from obtaining abortions through their health insurance plans, prohibiting
women in the military stationed overseas from obtaining abortions in military hospitals
even with their own money, and denying funding for international family planning
organizations that provide abortions or abortion counseling with their own or non-federal
funds, as well as blocking RU-486 and fetal tissue research.
�Attached is the first draft of our research, demonstrating many different areas where the proposed
cuts impact women and their families from school lunch to drug free schools.
My recommendations:
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The Administration should release a repor:t, prepared by the Women's Office, on of the
effects that House budget proposals would have on women, kicking off a focused effort
to communicate to women the broad impact of these cuts.
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The Administration should use these cuts to demonstrate that the President has made
"good on his word," by providing funding for these important areas for FY 96 and that
he stands in opposition to the House proposals.
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A series of events should be planned with the President, Vice-President and Cabinet
which highlight the impact of the cuts on women. There is no shortage of material for
interesting and newsworthy events.
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To include a bullet in the "Dally Talking Point" that addresses the effect of the cuts on
women.
If by the end of the August, American women have some understanding how this budget will
negatively impact their lives, the President will have a stronger bargaining position in the budget
process this fall. The Administration will also have benefited by standing up for women and the
issues which concern them.
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Eliutbo\h Myors
White I Juu~c Offke of the
Deputy J\lililKluu\ tn the Prcaidon\
l>irector nf Women'& Initiative and Outreach
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I am ~tl haJ,PY And filled wilh hope thatl President Clinton appoinled you aa Dlr&-tor of
Women's Initiative and Outreach and that he ha'i formed an office in the White House
lllAA:ifi~.;ally to Kddrc.."A women's initlative11. 1 want to talk tn ynu fmm the heart and personally
inform ynu that J am a survivor of dt1mcstlc violence. 1 was so proud that the President
spearheaded the erron to pllllilli the \'iolen" against wamcn's aCI.. 1 am tick that these progrBm
are in jeopardy. I am a wmd proce&'IOr on the nisht shift with chUdren and 1 want you to know
how much I am behind ynu and the l'resident. J will do anything 1 wn to help you.
Very truly yours.
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�House Appropriations Committee Slashes Violence Against Women Funding
FACT:
The 1994 Crime Bill, as passed, authorizes $170 million for 1996 for the
Justice Department's portion of the VIolence Against Women Act grants.
FACT:
On July 19th, the House Appropriations Committee reneged on the
commitment to assist local anti-violence programs by slashing nearly $100
million of funding for the Justice Depar:~:::1t's Violence Against Women Act
program grants from the FY96 Commerce, justice, State Appropriations Bill.
BACKGROUND:
Less than one year ago, the House of Representatives made a bipartisan commitment
to the nation to address the crisis of violence against women when it passed the Violence
Against Women Act by a vote of 41 1.0. It was signed into law by President Clinton in
September, 1994, as part of the 1994 Crime Control Act. The Ad combines tough law
enforcement provisions with new federal funding for states and localities to assist in
prosecuting offenders and protecting women who have been, or are, at risk of being abused
or sexually assaulted. The Act also contains critical prevention initiatives aimed at stopping
violence against women before it occurs.
This year, over 55 states and territories have already received the first installment of
Department of Justice STOP Violence Against Women grants. For many grantees, the
federal government is the major, if not the only source of support. The STOP grant funds
provided to states must be divided 25% to law enforcement, 2Scyo to prosecution, and 2S«yo
to non-profit victim services. The remaining 25% may be allocated by the designated State
agency within the parameters of the Act. We must not tum back on our progress. ·
EFFECTS OF CUTS TO VIOLENCE ACAINST WOMEN PROGRAMS:
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Cuts to Violence Against Women Program funds threaten the full enforcement of the
Violence Against Women Act.
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The cuts reduce the ability of police to utilize advanced technology in fighting
domestic violence.
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The cuts undermine the efforts state and local law enforcement agencies, along with
victims services providers, have made based on the expedation that the Federal
government would live up to its commitments under the Violence Against Women
Act.
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Violence Against Women grants are concentrated at the local lev~!. These cuts will
be felt in local shelters, police stations, and courthouses, where they are desperately
needed.
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the pmgram eliminations approved by the Appopriadmm Subclommjtteo Oil Labor, Health 8Dd
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Appropriations Bills
President's Budget
Republican ;Cuts
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Services, Education
Appropriations Bill
Education for Disadvantaged Students:
Boosts funding by $302 million, to $7 billion,
to help states raise academic achievement of 6.4
million disadvantaged children.
Reduces funding by $1.1 billion. A freeze at
this level would, by 2002, cut 600,000 children
from the program.
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities: Provides funding at $500
million per year, for a safer, more drug-free
learning environments for 39 million children in
over 14,000 school districts.
Reduces funding to $200 million, a 60% cut
from the President's request, depriving over 23
million students of services next year.
Head Start: Increases 1996 funding by $400
million and adds 32,000 new Head Start slots
for children in 1996--and 50,000 new slots by
2002.
Cuts funding by $135 million from 1995 level,
shutting out 45,000-50,000 children from Head
Start in 1996.
Goals 2000: Provides $750 million in 1996 to
raise academic standards in 16,000 schools in
48 states.
Eliminates a11 funding for education reform.
School-to-Work: Boosts funds to $400
million, 60% increase over 1995, to support
states building school-to-work systems with 1year planning and 5-year implementation grants.
Cuts funds to $190 million, impairing efforts of
28 states to complete reforms begun in 1994
and 1995, and denying 22 states the chance to
implement their reform plans to raise student
skills and build a more competitive workplace.
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Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP): Provides $1.319 billion
in 1996, matching 1995 level.
Eliminates LIHEAP emergency fund.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Grants:
Roughly maintains 1995 level of $566 million.
Cuts 75%, or; $144 million, compared to the
President's plan, jeopardizing substance abuse
services for tens of
and mental
thousands of pregnant women and high-risks
youth.
Administration on Aging: Boosts funds by
$21 million, to $897 million. Maintains 1995
level for nutrition programs that include Meals
on Wheels.
Ends 7 of 12l elderly programs and cuts funds
for all othersl but 1. Organizations like Meals
on Wheels would be reimbursed for 5 million
fewer meals delivered to older Americans.
Violence Against Women Act: Increases
funding from $1 million to $61.9 million
Cuts $21.9 million, eliminating programs to
reduce sexud abuse of youth and providing
less funding for battered women's shelters.
Women's Health Office.
Cuts $400,000 or 15% of funding of the
women's hea.lth office.
Title X.
Abolishes the Title X family planning program
and rolls $200 million into a block grant to the
states. These funds do not have to be used for
family planning services.
Gag Rule.
Reinstates the "gag rule."
Fetal Tissue Research.
Reinstates the funding ban on fetal tissue
research.
Medicaid Funding.
Allows states the option to deny Medicaid
funding for 1victims of rape and incest
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Cuts 12% of the Wage & Hour enforcement
office which severely threatens the office's
ability to handle any enforcement of the
Family & Medical Leave Act.
Reduces the number of low-wage women (e.g.,
in garment sweatshops) whose minimum wage
and hour rights are protected (women account
for the majonty of minimum wage earners).
Office of Federal Contract Compliance.
Women's Bureau.
Commerce, Justice, & State, the
Judiciary Appropriations Bill
Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food & Drug
Administration Appropriations
Bill
Cuts 12% of the Labor Department's
affirmative action laws for federal contractors - affects women disproportionately.
·Cuts 7.5% of the Labor Department's Women's.
Bureau which affects Working Women Count
and other public education & outreach projects.
Violence Against Women Act: Increases
funding from $25 million to $175 million.
Cuts funding by $100 million to $75 million.
These cuts threaten the full enforcement of the
VA WA, where they are concentrated at the
local level. These cuts will be felt in local
shelter, police stations, and courthouses, where
they are desperately needed.
Small Business Administration's Office of
Women's Business Ownership: Provides $4
million for the Women's Demonstration Site
Program.
Cuts 50% of the funding to $2 million for the
Women's Demonstration Site Program.
Food Stamp Program.
Removes th·~ "benefit reserve cushion" of the
Food Stamp Program, a $2.5 billion
contingency fund which finances additional
benefits dur!ng downturns.
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Women, Infants, and Children Program
(WIC).
Erodes the pc:sitive impacts of the WIC
program by i:.nposing a participation cap on
WIC at the c·Jrrent 7.3 _million participants,
even if states find ways to provide benefits
more efficiently; and cut administrative funding
by $70 million below the Administration's
estimate of What's needed to provide health and
nutrition services.
School Meals Initiative.
Provides $5 million for the School Meals
Initiative, $21 million below the President's
request
Residency Training Programs for Abortion
Procedures.
Eliminates residency training programs in obgyn teaching abortion procedure.
RU-486.
Blocks RU-486 approval by the FDA.
Public Housing: Provides $8.1 billion in 1996
for public housing capital and operating funds,
enough to reduce a backlog of capital needs,
tear down or reconfigure the worst projects, and
prepare for a proposed transition to portable
assistance, giving choices to public housing
residents.
Cuts 1996 funding by 37%, or $3 billion.
These cuts will force public housing authorities
to under-maintain and abandon projects or cut
security and services.
Federal Employees' Health Benefits
Program.
Repeals the :-:-equirement that rents be set at
30% of a household's income. Many PHAs
would raise rents on poorest families, forcing
some into homelessness and others to use most
of their cast income for rent.
Preclude's Federal employees and their families
from purchasing health insurance coverage that
covers abortions.
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Abortion Services.
Bans privately funded abortion services at U.S.
military hospitals and other federal facilities to
women stationed overseas.
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MEMORANDUM FOR ERSKINE BOWLES
lAURA TYSON
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GEORGE SfEPHANOPOULOr
MICHAEL WALDMAN
·FROM:
SUBJECf:
Gene Sperling
Robert GOrdon
Jason Goldberg
Possible Budget Events
Listed below are some budget event ideas and topics that we have put together with the
respective groups -- with ideas from Jennings, Klein, Ucelli, Fiddler, Ben-Ami, Reich,
Waldman, Baer and others. We are going to push more today, but we wanted to give you what
we had now in case they are helpful for meetings going on this morning.
There has been conversation about using the first week in August to focus on the
environment, public health, and consumer safety (section I, below). There is also interest in
including in the next week a major speech on rewarding work. This theme would build off the
notion that this is an area where there has been historic common ground, yet they have now
moved from that with their EITC cuts, family leave, welfare reform and summer jobs.
There is clear agreement that we need to keep finding Medicare and senior health events. Lastly,
we have included some education events-- either for August, but also for a strong back-toschool strategy in September.
I. PUBLIC HEALTH, CONSUMER SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT
1. Selling out Clean water to the Special Interest. The environmental issues still seem to be
about only regulations to many people. Yet, the budget shows that the Republican Congress is
selling the common ground to the special interests. They are allowing those who break the rules
on the environment to de-fund those who enforce the rules so that the health of average families
is at risk. Republican appropriations bills include several provisions that will several increasing
the dangers of drinking waters. These include: (1) eliminating all loan funds to help states and
cities clean water of contaminants, (2) preventing enforcement to keep raw sewage out of
waterways, (3) lowering standards governing the discharge of toxics into waterways; and (4)
cutting EPA's entire enforcement budget by 50 percent. Special interests have fought hard for
every one of these provisions and will be the direct beneficiaries. Numerous event possibilities
surrounding clean water include the following:
Drinking Water/ Cryptosporidium event at Great Falls, MD: Republicans have cut
funding for the removal of toxic industrial pollutants from drinking water. These
cutbacks will increase the likelihood of outbreaks of deadly parasites such as
�cryptosporidium. The President could visit a water treatment site at Great Falls, MD (20
minutes from D.C.), highlighting the fact that if Republicans have their way, water at this
site may no longer be safe to drink.
Drinking Water I Cryptosporidium in Baltimore: Similar to above, except the site is an
aging, urban water-treatment facility that is in major need of repairs and upgrades -- as
much as $130 million worth. The GOP cuts would prevent much-needed improvements
in this facility.
Economic Development/ Cuyahoga River. Twenty-six years ago, the Cuyahoga in
Cleveland was so covered with oil and debris that it spontaneously burst into flames.
This led to the passage of the Clean Water Act, which the Republican budget would
defund and Republican amendments would gut. A visit to the now-thriving riverfront
area in Qeveland would underscore the need to move forward, rather than back, while
also showing that environmental protection and economic growth are complementary and
not in competition.
Recreation/ California Beach Closures: Last year, 900 beaches in California closed.
Under the Republican budget, these closures would likely increase as polluters were freed
to dump raw sewage on beaches and in waterways due to the gutting of EPA's
enforcement budget. Such beach closures not only interfere with recreation; they are a
public health hazard and a visible sign of the failure of environmental protections.
2. Opposing a Toxic PoUuter Bail-Out Act: The Republican budget cuts funding for cleanup of
hazardous waste sites by 33%, and shifts the burden for paying for cleanups from polluters to
taxpayers to the tune of over $1.5 billion.. There are hundreds of cities, including many near
Washington, where the President could illustrate the importance of public health protections that
Republicans are gutting. Indeed, one in four Americans lives near a Superfund site.
3. Putting Air Safety Last: Republicans have made a major deal of disputing what is a cut and
what is only a reduction in the rate of growth. We have tried to stress that the issue is what do
we need to keep and are we doing so. We determined, for example, that 253 new safety
inspectors were needed to maintain standards in light of increased air traffic. Yet, the
Republicans called for a slight increase in nominal funds in FAA operations that would not
allow for these new 253 safety inspectors. There is money to ensure whopping increases in tax
cuts for the most well-off, but not a little more to ensure air safety. As the FAA was forced to
. curtail services due to cuts, the airports likely to be hardest hit would be the smaller facilities
served by the commuter flights that have had serious problems recently. An event could pivot
off of these serious concerns about air safety on smaller flights.
4. (StiU Checking?) Coast Guard Search and Rescue (also possible drug hit): While the
Administration proposed a small cut in Coast Guard funding, the Republicans have gone $50
million below that level. Their cut will limit the ability of the Coast Guard to perform lifesaving search and rescue operations. It may also restrict Coast Guard's drug interdiction activities
--though we are not sure and are checking further.
�5. Maintaining Community Right to Know: In flat Rock, Michigan, community leaders used
information from the Toxic Release Inventory -- a right to know database expanded by the
Cinton Administration to identify Auto Alliances International corporation as the source of toxic
chemicals being released in the air. Republicans have cut funds used to provide the public with
information abOut toxic chemicals being emitted in America's communities. Without these
inventories, communities will not be able to identify polluters and work with them to prevent
dangerous emissions. The President could visit a community that has successfully worked with
a local industry to prevent pollution, and show that this would no longer be possible. Or we
could invite in people who protected their communities by doing their homework and make clear
that we want to empower people in their communities.
6. Worker Safety. The House has cut the OSHA enforcement budget by one-third, shrinking
the number of inspectors by one-half. The Department of Labor projects that as a result of the
reduced number of safety inspections, as many as 50,000 more workplace injuries and deaths
would occur. WWle the Administration is reforming OSHA sensibly, these cuts will
unacceptably endanger the lives and .safety of American workers.
7. aean Air Technology: Republicans have eliminated all funding to encourage businesses to
produce clean air technology and bring it to market ($127 million in the President's
Environmental Technology Initiative). These funds both increase American exports and reduce
pollution. The President could visit an industry or manufacturer that produces this technology
and show how both the jobs and the technology would be eliminated by Republicans.. ·
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17: Major Back-to-School Day in September: We need to decide if we want to choose a day
that groups would organize events in across the nation. A nation wide back-to-school day
could break through in the second week or first week of September with both national coverage
of the President's speech and local stories on the local event in that area.
18. Parental Involvement Programs: GOAlS 2000 includes efforts to encourage schools to get
parents involved in the classroom. Republicans want to zero it out. The President could meet
with parents and teachers -- including the two wonderful Teachers of
the Year at the Portland Conference -- and talk ·about the need for parental involvement and the
difficulties for parents who work.
19. On Site Sofe and Drug Free School Event: The President could go to a nearby school with
equipment or programs that have made schools safer or more drug free and specifically· examine
technology or programs that would now be cut out under the Republican proposal.
20. CEOs Supporting Goa!s 2000 and School to Work: Republicans have proposed eliminating
Goals 2000 and gutting School-to-Work. We could invite 15-20 CEOs to the White House to
discuss these programs, which many CEOs strongly support. We could do a roundtable with
these CEOs to discuss the role of public-private partnerships in education. Such an event would
· be especially powerful because it would undermine the Republican claim that the private sector
has the answer to everything; here would be leaders from the private sector saying they want
public support.
21. Roundtable with University Presidents and College Students in Direct Lending Program:
Republicans continue to support $10 billion student loan cuts and a severe cap on the President's
direct lending program. The entire higher education community is violently opposed to the cuts,
and many university Presidents strongly support direct lending. We could get a number of
university Presidents, including many of national reputation, to express their support with the
President.
22. Leaving Common Ground on Head Start: Do a Major Head Start Day. In terms of name
recognition and popularity, Head Start is right up there. Yet, the Republicans cut $135 million
from a program that even President Bush agreed we should significantly expand. This goes far in
the common ground and priorities message. Republican reductions would cut 50,000 children in
1996 alone; by 2002, the Republicans would cut 180,000 children while we would add 50,000-a gap totalling nearly a quarter million children. For an event, the President could visit a local
Head Start center, possibly with business leaders. The message would be that the President wants
to expand Head Start, and will accept no cuts. We could organize a big Head Start day around
the nation.
23. Kentucky School-to-Work Graduation: The President has expressed interest in this idea.
We need to get more information and will have some by the end of the day.
24. Common Ground and Educational Technology? Republicans have eliminated a number of
lower-priority education technology programs such as Star Schools, and while they have
increased our flagship program (Technology Learning Challenge), the increase still leaves
funding at one-third of the President's request ($25 million versus $80 million). They are
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e.g~, "We must bring technology into the classroom .... We are two generations behind in
introducing technology." As on School-to-Work, there is very strong private sector support here
on which we could capitalize.
25. AmeriCorp!_. Gradlllltion. Republicans have zeroed out AmeriCorps. According to a
Hartlfeeter poll of a few months ago, this cut is even less popular than the cuts in school
lunches. Several Republican CEOs from Fortune 500 companies are vigorously supporting
AmeriCorps, as an extremely positive Business Week story recently reported. The President
could attend a graduation ceremony for the first class of AmeriCorps, discussing his vision of
citizenship as service.
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To: Erskine; Fr: Dreyer- This has been sent but not acted upon.
Wednesda.t, August 02, 1995 6:29PM
To:
Subject:
Date:
Draft Scheduling Request
To:
BillyWebster
Fr:
Kitty Higgins
Request:
That the President reccgnize Rep. John
Baldacci and average citize:ns for their work
to reduce the national debt and to use this
event to continue the campaign for his budget
plan.
·
Background: John Baldacci (0-ME), a freshman, publicly
accepted President Clintori~s 1995 state of-the
Union challenge to tum bai:k gifts from lobbyists.
Baldacci has among other ~hings returned sports
tickets from lobbyists, a bh"'<hday cake fro"\
Sears, and an all-expenset: paid trip to Alaska
from the oil lobby. To com~liment his efforts,
Seattle radio talk show has: Dave Ross (KIRO-AM)
had the Congressman on t1is show for five minutes
on June 15th. In tribute to his ethical
leadership, Ross's listene~' sent Baldacci nearly
$600 to pay down the federal debt. Baldacci has
since turned this money ov.er to Treasury.
I
' ·an event honoring
Secretary Rubin recommeuds
Baldacci, Ross, and a sele~t group of
citizens who have recently rnade contributions
to Treasury to pay down th•~ debt (the U.S.
government averages $20 million in such
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�contributions annually). ThEj event would also
give the President a forum 1:0 advance his
message on the right way t•> reduce the
federal deficit. Finally, it wc~ld shine the
light of public attention on SJ moderate radio
talk show host.
·
Prev. Part.: During the 1993 effort til pass the economic plan,
·President Clinton accepted a cash donation for
deficit reduction from a teer:1ager who donated the
proceeds of his lawn cutting business.
Datemme:
Before the August rece. ss.
Duration:
15 minutes
Location:
Oval Office
Media:
Uh-huh
Attendees: POTUS, Rubin, Baldac:ci, ·Ross, and average citizens
identified and vetted by the Bureau of the Public
Debt.
Contact:
SyMa Mathews (622-19.06)
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Don Baer
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Office of Communications
Don Baer
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1994-1997
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Donald Baer was Assistant to the President and Director of Communications in the White House Communications Office. The records in this collection contain copies of speeches, speech drafts, talking points, letters, notes, memoranda, background material, correspondence, reports, excerpts from manuscripts and books, news articles, presidential schedules, telephone message forms, and telephone call lists.
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537 folders in 34 boxes
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2006-0458-F
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