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Clinton Presidential Records
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Speechwriting
Series/Staff Member:
Michael Waldman
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13658
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[Reemployment Act] Reich / Rubin Business Leaders Briefing
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�THE W H I T E H O U S E
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H I N GTO N
May 11, 1994
MEMORANDUM FOR BOB RUBIN
FROM:
PAUL DIMOND
SUBJECT:
REEMPLOYMENT ACT BRIEFING WITH BUSINESS LEADERS
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MEETING SCHEDULE. Under Alexis Herman's good auspices, you and Secretary
Reich will meet with approximately 30 Washington representatives of, major business firms
and interests. List attached. The meeting will be in Room 180, OEOB from 9:30 to 10:30.
Your job is to begin the conversation with business to convince them that the
Reemployment Act ("REA") is an integral part of the President's plan to promote U.S.
productivity, growth and competitiveness in the global economy. You will talk first about the
overall economic plan and how REA fits; Secretary Reich will cover the basics of REA (and
is prepared to answer any questions about the specifics of REA).
POSSIBLE TALKING POINTS. You know the basic economic plan and message
better than anyone. With that as a given, you may wish to consider two points of departure
for your remarks:
1. The concern of all the G-7 members with jobs, productivity and growth. From this
perspective, our economic plan is putting the U.S. in a better position on many relevant fronts
(deficit restraint as % of GDP, growth, jobs, productivity, investment, restraint of inflation).
We are moving in the REA to make sure we stay in front by addressing a basic economic
issue that confronts all G-7 nations — the impact of the long-term structural change in the
economy on firm restructuring and worker dislocation. The REA does so — like the other
components of our economic plan — by embracing rather than fighting such structural
change. In particular, the REA will:
(1) put productive workers more efficiently back to work in the millions of new jobs
that U.S. firms are creating at home;
(2) restrain inflation pressures through more efficient matching of labor supply with
firm demand; and
(3) retrain workers for the new jobs in the new economy.
This international context will give you an opportunity to remind business leaders that just as
our trade policies (i.e., NAFTA) seize opportunities for change and growth, so too must our
workforce policies. It is in the self-interest, and the national interest, for business to support
both.
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2. The importance of the President's lifelong learning agenda for long-term productivity and
giowlll. From this perspective, our economic plan is designed to help American firms and
workers to increase their productivity, which will promote greater competitiveness for
American firms and higher living standards for American families. Higher skill is the ticket
for American firms and workers to make this ride in the years ahead.
In the information age of the increasingly global knowledge economy, it doesn't take a
genius to figure out that continuous learning is the lever to higher earnings for American
firms, families and workers. With broad bi-partisan support and business leadership, Head
Start, Goals 2000, and School-to-Work will provide the basic building blocks to provide
such a foundation of learning for all American youth, the next generation of American
workers. With the support and leadership of American business, the Reemployment Act can
complete the foundation of lifelong learning for this generation of workers, who will still
make up over 80% of our workforce in the year 2000. With the help of business now in
passing REA, we can therefore ensure that lifelong learning becomes national policy to enable
the U.S. to thrive in the new dynamics of the postr--cold-War world in the turbulent years
ahead. This is an historic opportunity that no one in business can afford to miss.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS. Feel free to refer specific questions on the REA to
Secretary Reich. You may get questions on other issues, such as:
• Welfare Reform. Same basic economic principles concerning the importance of
getting back to work, learning, and better connection to changing job markets. In
terms of legislative calendar, REA is already introduced and will proceed apace in
front of welfare reform.
• Health Reform. With respect to substance, you know better than me what to say.
In terms of legislative timing, hearings are going forward on REA in Committees in
May and June so that REA can be acted upon after Health Care passes but before this
session ends.
• GATT. Given the political uncertainty about connecting these two issues, I
recommend avoid tieing REA to passage of GATT in any way for now, while urging
the importance of enacting both.
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Michael Waldman
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<p>Michael Waldman was Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting from 1995-1999. His responsibilities were writing and editing nearly 2,000 speeches, which included four State of the Union speeches and two Inaugural Addresses. From 1993 -1995 he served as Special Assistant to the President for Policy Coordination.</p>
<p>The collection generally consists of copies of speeches and speech drafts, talking points, memoranda, background material, correspondence, reports, handwritten notes, articles, clippings, and presidential schedules. A large volume of this collection was for the State of the Union speeches. Many of the speech drafts are heavily annotated with additions or deletions. There are a lot of articles and clippings in this collection.</p>
<p>Due to the size of this collection it has been divided into two segments. Use links below for access to the individual segments:<br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+1">Segment One</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+2">Segment Two</a></p>
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Michael Waldman
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1993-1999
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2006-0469-F
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Segment One contains 1071 folders in 72 boxes.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Office of Speechwriting
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