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�T H E FIRST YEAR O F PRESIDENT CLINTON'S 2ND TERM:
A Strong Record Of Accomplishment
A Comprehensive Accounting of
Progress Made on State of the Union Initiatives
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Foreign Policy
Crime and Drugs
Science and Technology
Government Reform
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�T H E F I R S T Y E A R O F P R E S I D E N T CLINTON'S 2ND T E R M :
A Strong Record Of Accomplishment
"Tonight I issue a call to action—action by this Congress, by our states, by all our people, to prepare
America for the 21st century."
- President Clinton, State of the Union Address, 2/4/97
On February 4, 1997, President Clinton laid out an ambitious "call to action" in the first State of
The Union of his second term. As Congress adjourns this November, the record is clear. President
Clinton drove the Congressional agenda this year and accomplished almost everything he set out to do ten
months ago.
BALANCED BUDGET & TAX RELIEF
ACTION:
Balance the Budget
"/ will propose a detailed plan to balance the budget by 2002. "
•
ACCOMPLISHED: Signed the First Balanced Budget in a Generation
On August 5, 1997, President Clinton signed H.R. 2015, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
and H.R. 2014, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, implementing the first balanced budget
since 1969.
ACTION:
Provide Tax Relief for Working Families
"In two days I will propose a detailed plan to balance the budget by 2002....It will balance
the budget and provide middle-class tax relief...to help to raise a child... "
•
ACCOMPLISHED: Approx. 27 Million Families Get $500 Per Child Tax Credit
The Balanced Budget Act includes a $500 per-child tax credit for approximately 27 million
families with 45 million children under age 17. For the typical American family with two
kids, this child tax credit will mean $1,000 more per year in take-home pay. The new
Child Tax Credit is in addition to the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Credit for Child
and Dependent Care Expenses.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ACTION:
#1 Priority - Ensure That All Americans Have the Best Education in the World
"Now, looking ahead, the greatest step of all — the high threshold of the future we now
must cross — and my number one priority for the next four years is to ensure that all
Americans have the best education in the world.... My balanced budget makes an
unprecedented commitment to these goals — $51 billion next year. "
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�ACCOMPLISHED: President Clinton's commitment to education is now the law. With
the signing of Balanced Budget Act, President Clinton secured the largest investment in
education in 30 years and the largest investment in higher education since the G.I. Bill.
The Balanced Budget along with the appropriations bills commits at least $51 billion to
education spending for FY 98.
ACTION:
Make the First Two Years of College Universal with the Hope Scholarship
"...we must make the 13th and Nth years of education -- at least two years of college —
just as universal in America by the 21st century as a high school education is today, and
we must open the doors of college to all Americans. To do that, I propose America's HOPE
Scholarship, based on Georgia's pioneering program -- two years of a $1,500 tax credit
for college tuition, enough to pay for the typical community college. "
•
ACCOMPLISHED: The President's America's HOPE Scholarship is now. law. The
Balanced Budget Act includes a scholarship of 100% on the first $1,000 of tuition and fees
and 50% on the second $1,000 - which will make the 13th and 14th grades as universal as
a high school diploma is today.
ACTION:
Help Every American Who Works Hard Have the Chance to Go to College with
Tuition Tax Deductions, an Expanded IRA and Increased Pell Grants
"/ also propose a tax deduction of up to $10,000 a year for all tuition after high school, an
expanded IRA you can withdraw from tax free for education, and the largest increase in
Pell Grant scholarship in 20 years. "
•
ACCOMPLISHED: Thanks to President Clinton, the Balanced Budget included a 20%
tuition tax credit for up to $5,000 of tuition and required fees through 2002, and $10,000
thereafter, for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans pursuing
lifelong learning to upgrade their skills; savings incentives that allow taxpayers to
contribute $500 each year to an education Individual Retirement Account (IRA), earnings
would accumulate tax-free in the account, and no taxes will be due upon withdrawal for an
approved purpose; and the largest Pell Grant increase in two decades ~ boosting the
maximum 1998 Pell Grant from $2,700 to $3,000. Approximately 3.7 million students
will receive a $300 increase and an additional 220,000 low- and moderate-income families
that were not previously eligible will receive Pell Grants.
ACTION:
Launch the America Reads Initiative
"fWJe must do more to help all our children read.... That's why we have just launched the
America Reads initiative, to build a citizen army of one million volunteer tutors to make
sure every child can read independently by the end of the third grade. "
ACCOMPLISHED: The Department of Education's America Reads program received
nearly $300 million in new funding. The education funding bill also provides a total of
$46 million for teacher and tutor training in reading and family literacy as well as an
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�advance appropriation of $210 million for the child literacy legislation that the President
insisted on as part of the Bipartisan Balanced Budget Agreement.
ACTION:
Involve AmeriCorps Volunteers in the America Reads Initiative
"We will use thousands of Americorps volunteers to mobilize this citizen army. "
ACCOMPLISHED: AmeriCorps received $64 million in increases of funding for
America Reads. The Corporation for National and Community Service won more than a
10 percent increase in its budget to fund AmeriCorps members who will recruit and
coordinate tutoring efforts, to provide children with the extra practice they need to read
well and independently by the end of third grade. (This increase is in stark contrast to the
31 percent cut in the earlier House versions of the bills that fund National Service.)
ACTION:
Involve College Students in the America Reads Initiative
"We want at least 100,000 college students to help. And tonight I'm pleased that 60 college
presidents have answered my call, pledging that thousands of their work-study students
will serve for one year as reading tutors. "
•
ACCOMPLISHED: Over 800 colleges and universities have joined President Clinton's
America Reads Initiative, mobilizing tens of thousands of college students as reading tutors
through their college work-study programs.
ACTION:
Challenge the Nation to Adopt High Education Standards and Embrace Voluntary
National Testing of 4th Graders in Reading and 8th Graders in Math
"...Tonight I issue a challenge to the nation. Every state should adopt high national
standards, and by 1999, every state should test every fourth grader in reading and every
eighth grader in math to make sure these standards are met. "
•
ON TRACK: The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill the President signed on
November 13, 1997, fully funds ($16 million) the Administration's voluntary national
testing program and allows for development and pilot testing of thefirst-evernational 4th
grade reading and 8th grade math tests. Thus far, fifteen of the nation's largest urban
school districts, as well as six states and the Department of Defense Schools have joined
the President's effort.
ACTION:
Expand School Choice
"We should also make it possible for more parents and teachers to start charter schools,
schools that set and meet the highest standards and exist only as long as they do. Our plan
will help America to create 3,000 of these charter schools by the next century, nearly seven
times as there are in the country today, so that parents will have even more choices in
sending their children to the best schools. "
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ON TRACK: The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the President signed on
November 13, 1997 increases funding for charter schools by 57 percent, from $51 million
to $80 million. And while there was only one charter school in the nation when President
Clinton took office, there will be nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools supported
by the Department of Education by the end of 1998 - accelerating progress towards the
President's goal of 3,000 by early next century.
ACTION:
Expand Head Start to One Million Children by 2002
"We already know we should start teaching children before they start school. That's why
this balanced budget expands Head Start to one million children by 2002. "
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ON TRACK: Under the Clinton Administration, funding for Head Start has increased
$374 million, or 57%, to nearly $4.4 billion in 1997. As a result, Head Start now serves
180,000 more children and their families - 836,000 children overall. The balanced
budget continues the expansion of Head Start toward the President's goal of serving
one million children in 2002.
ACTION:
Recognize 100,000 More Master Teachers
"My budget will enable 100,000 more to seek national certification as master teachers.
We should reward and recognize our best teachers. And as we reward them, we should
quickly and fairly remove those few who don't measure up, and we should challenge more
of our finest young people to consider teaching as a career. "
•
ON TRACK: The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill the President signed on
November 13, 1997, provides $18.5 million in support of the President's plan to help
100,000 teachers nationwide seek certification as Master Teachers by the National Board
for Professional Teaching Standards. President Clinton has also proposed a 5-year
initiative to attract nearly 35,000 talented people of all backgrounds into teaching at lowincome urban and rural schools across the nation, and to dramatically improve the quality
of training and preparation given to our future teachers. The President's initiative will help
recruit and prepare teachers nationwide to help our neediest students succeed in the 21st
century.
ACTION:
Pass the G.I. Bill for America's Workers
"My GI bill for America's workers will transform the confusing tangle offederal training
programs into a simple skill grant to go directly into eligible workers' hands. For too long
this bill has been sitting on that desk there, without action. I ask you to pass it now. Let's
give more of our workers the ability to learn and to earn for a lifetime. "
•
PROGRESS MADE: The G.I. Bill For America's Workers did not pass this year.
However, the Balanced Budget Act fully funds the President's training budget - including
the Job Corps and a 20 percent Tuition Tax Credit. The credit is available for college
juniors, seniors and graduate students ~ and for working Americans pursuing lifelong
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�learning to upgrade their skills. The 20 percent credit will be applied to the first $5,000 of
qualified education expenses through 2002 and to the first $10,000 thereafter.
ACTION:
Help Communities Finance School Construction
"...we cannot expect our children to raise themselves up in schools that are literally falling
down. With the student population at an all-time high, and record numbers of school
buildings falling into disrepair, this has now become a serious national concern.
Therefore, my budget includes a new initiative: $5 billion to help communities finance $20
billion in school construction over the next four years. "
•
PROGRESS MADE: The Balanced Budget included two provisions which address school
construction. The first, Public School-Business Partnerships, provides $800 million
through 1999 and allows states to use Federal tax credits as payments in lieu of interest on
bonds for certain expenses - including school construction and renovation. The second,
allows school districts to invest the proceeds from school construction bonds until the
funds are needed to pay construction and renovation expenses - allowing them to keep
more of the interest income and reducing the cost of borrowing.
HEALTH CARE
ACTION:
Extend Health Care to Five Million Children
"fMJy balanced budget will extend health coverage to up to 5 million of those children. "
•
ACCOMPLISHED: The Balanced Budget that President Clinton signed into law on
August 5, 1997 included $24 billion for the President's Children's Health Initiative ~ the
single largest investment in health care for children since passage of Medicaid in 1965.
The $24 billion will provide meaningful health care coverage to up to five million
currently uninsured children - including prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental
health services. [H.R. 2015, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and H.R. 2014, the Taxpayer
Relief Act of 1997, 8/5/97]
ACTION:
Reform Medicare
"My Medicare plan modernizes Medicare, increases the life of the trust fund to 10
years.... "
•
ACCOMPLISHED: The bipartisan Balanced Budget the President signed on August 5,
1997, extended the life of the Medicare Trust Fund at least a decade - saving $115 billion
over five years and $400-$450 billion over ten years. The President ensured that any
Medicare savings came, not from arbitrary cuts, but from thoughtful, long-term
improvements to prepare Medicare for the 21st century. The Presidents reforms included
$4 billion over five years for new Medicare preventive benefits — expanded coverage for
mammograms, colorectal screening, influenza shots and improved self management of
diseases like diabetes.
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�ACTION:
Expand Family and Medical Leave
"I believe we must expand family leave so that workers can take time o f f f o r teacher
conferences and a child's medical checkup. We should pass flex time so workers can
choose to be paid for overtime in income or trade it in for time off to be with their
families. "
•
PROPOSED: In June 1996, President Clinton proposed to expand FMLA to allow
workers to take up to 24 unpaid hours off each year for school and early childhood
education activities, routine family medical care, and additional activities related to caring
for an elderly relative. In April 1997, the President asked Federal agencies to implement
his expanded leave policy immediately for Federal workers. Congress did not pass a
family and medical leave expansion this year.
ACTION:
Establish a Bipartisan Process to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
"[W]e should balance the budget now. And then.... [W]e must agree to a bipartisan
process to preserve Social Security and reform Medicare... "
•/
ACCOMPLISHED: The Balanced Budget created a 17-member Medicare Commission to
examine the long-term needs ofthe program so that Medicare will be prepared for the
retirement of the baby boomers. The Commission will contain eight Democrats and eight
Republicans and a Chair who will be selected jointly by the President and the
Congressional leadership. The President will announce his four appointments for the
Medicare Commission on December 1, 1997. The Commission will release a report in
1999 and require an 11 of 17 majority to ensure that its recommendations are bipartisan. In
addition, the President has asked his economic team to create a strategy for moving
forward in a bipartisan way to address Social Security. How the process is structure is an
important element of the success ofthe effort - so the President's economic advisors are
working hard to make sure that there is a sensible, bipartisan approach to the process.
ACTION:
Commitment to Developing an AIDS Vaccine
"Remember that every year, every year we move up the discovery of an AIDS vaccine we'll
save millions of lives around the world. We must reinforce our commitment to medical
science."
•
PROGRESS MADE: On May 18, 1997, President Clinton challenged the nation to
commit itself to the goal of developing an AIDS vaccine within the next ten years. The
President also announced a number of important initiatives to help fulfill this commitment,
including high-level international collaboration, a dedicated research center for AIDS
vaccine research at NIH, and outreach to scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and patient
advocates to maximize the involvement of both private and public sectors in the
development of an AIDS vaccine. [HHS, 9/29/97]
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�ENVIRONMENT
ACTION:
Toughest New Air Quality Standards in a Generation
"We must protect our environment in every community. "
•
ON TRACK: This year, at the President's direction, the Environmental Protection Agency
set new air quality standards for smog and soot, the toughest in a generation, providing
new health protections for 125 million Americans, including children and the elderly. EPA
will work with state and local governments to assure maximum flexibility in implementing
the new rules.
ACTION:
Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Ban the Worst Toxic Chemicals
"We must also protect our global environment, working to ban the worst toxic chemicals
to reduce the greenhouse gases that challenge our health even as they change our
climate.''''
•
ON TRACK: Based on a firm scientific consensus, and after extensive consultation with
industry, environmentalists, labor and the public, the President outlined a bold strategy in
October to achieve international agreement to significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse
gases. The President's plan calls forflexible,market-based approaches to assure the
reductions can be achieved in a way that creates new economic opportunities. Later this
year, President Clinton will attend a conference in Kyoto, Japan where the United State
will play a leading role in negotiating an international treaty on reducing greenhouse gas
emissions world-wide.
ACTION:
Clean Up 500 More Toxic Waste Sites
"In the last four years, we cleaned up 250 toxic waste sites, as many as in the previous 12.
Now we should clean up 500 more so that our children grow up next to parks, not poison.
I urge to pass my proposal to make big polluters live by a simple rule: If you pollute our
environment, you should pay to clean it up. "
•
PROGRESS MADE: The Clinton Administration has cleaned up more sites in four years
than Presidents Reagan and Bush combined. This Administration has cleaned up more
toxic waste dumps (290) in its first four years than were done in the previous 12 (155).
Congress did appropriate the FY 98 funds that the Administration needs to achieve its goal
of 500 additional sites by the year 2000. However, current funding allows the
Administration to clean up 250 sites over the next three years. [OMB, 10/97]
ACTION:
Designate 10 American Heritage Rivers this Year
'Wow we must be as vigilant with our rivers as we are with our lands. Tonight I announce
that this year I will designate 10 American Heritage Rivers to help communities alongside
them revitalize their waterfronts and clean up pollution in the rivers, proving once again
that we can grow the economy as we protect the environment. "
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�PROGRESS MADE: The President signed an Executive Order establishing the creation
of the American Heritage Rivers Initiative, which will help restore and revitalize
America's rivers and river communities. The American Heritage Rivers Initiative will
integrate the economic, environmental and historic preservation programs and services of
federal agencies to benefit communities engaged in efforts to protect their rivers. In the
initiative's first year, ten rivers will be designated as American Heritage Rivers. Cities and
communities working to restore and develop their rivers can apply for American Heritage
River designation. This initiative will also provide technical assistance to local
communities who have received such designation and will streamline existing programs
offered by various agencies to restore the nation's rivers.
•
WELFARE
Action:
Restore Fairness in the Welfare Law
"And we must join together to do something else, too, something both Republican and
Democratic governors have asked us to do: to restore basic health and disability benefits
when misfortune strikes immigrants who came to this country legally, who work hard, pay
taxes, and obey the law. To do otherwise is simply unworthy of a great nation of
immigrants."
•
ACCOMPLISHED: The President won nearly every change he sought in the 1996
welfare law. The Balanced Budget Act restores $11.5 billion in SSI and Medicaid benefits
for legal immigrants. And the law now protects those immigrants now receiving
assistance, ensuring that they will not be turned out of their apartments or nursing homes or
otherwise left destitute. Immigrants in the country as of August 22, 1996, but not receiving
benefits at that time who subsequently become disabled will also be fully eligible for SSI
and Medicaid benefits. [H.R. 2015, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and H.R. 2014, the
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, 8/5/97]
ACTION:
Moving More People from Welfare to Work
"Now each and every one of us has to fulfill our responsibility, indeed our moral
obligation, to make sure that people who now must work can work. And now we must act
to meet a new goal: two million more people off the welfare rolls by the year 2000. Here is
my plan: tax credits and other incentives for businesses that hire people off welfare;
incentives for job placement firms in states to create more jobs for welfare recipients;
training, transportation and child care to help people go to work... I challenge every
religious congregation, every community nonprofit, every business to hire someone off
welfare."
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ACCOMPLISHED: Since February 1997, welfare caseload numbers have decreased by
770,000 recipients - well on track to meeting the President's goal of 2 million additional
people off the welfare rolls by the year 2000.
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�Expanded Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Created the $3 Billion Welfare To Work
Job Challenge Fund: The Balanced Budget Law includes a tax credit for employers who
hire long-term welfare recipients equal to 35 percent ofthe first $10,000 in wages in the
first year of employment and 50 percent of the first $10,000 in the second year to
encourage retention. The President also succeeded in including $3 billion to create his
Welfare to Work Job Challenge Fund -- to assist states and communities in moving longterm welfare recipients into lasting, unsubsidized jobs.
Challenging Communities to Move People from Welfare to Work: Responding to the
President's challenge, the Welfare to Work Partnership was launched to lead a private
sector effort to move people from welfare to work. Begun with 100 businesses, the
Partnership is aiming for 1,000 businesses within six months. Vice President Gore also
reached out, creating the Welfare to Work Coalition to Sustain Success - a coalition of
civic groups committed to helping former welfare recipients stay in the workforce and
succeed.
Fighting for Transportation Assistance... President is fighting to pass proposed
transportation legislation that includes welfare-to-work transportation grants to assist states
and local communities in moving individuals from welfare-to-work - including helping
parents with small children obtain transportation to their jobs and to child care. [H.R. 2015,
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and H.R. 2014, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, 8/5/97]
URBAN AGENDA
ACTION:
Double the Number of Empowerment Zones
"We should double the number of empowerment zones. They've already brought so much
hope to communities... "
ACCOMPLISHED: The balanced budget triples the number of Empowerment Zones
(EZs). The President won inclusion of twenty new Empowerment Zones into the balanced
budget - 15 urban and 5 rural EZs. The 20 new EZs will benefit from a different blend of
tax credits from thefirst-roundEZs. They will be eligible for the Brownfields tax
incentive, special expensing of business assets, and qualification for private-activity bonds.
The budget also includes an additional two EZs that have the same tax credits as the 1994
EZs. With the 22 new EZS, the total number of Empowerment Zones created by President
Clinton climbs to 31. [National Economic Council; H.R. 2015, the Balanced Budget Act of
1997 and H.R. 2014, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, 8/5/97]
ACTION:
Expand Community Development Banks
"We should expand the network of community development banks. "
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�ACCOMPLISHED: This Administration is creating a network of community
development banks and financial institutions in low- and moderate-income communities.
The Community Development Banks and Financial Institutions Fund has awarded a total
of $75 million in investments to 78 CDFIs, including community development banks, loan
funds, credit unions, venture capital funds, and microenterprise loan funds. And in FY98,
the Administration secured $80 million for community development banks, a 63% increase
over FY97. [National Economic Council; H.R. 2015, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and
H.R. 2014, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, 8/5/97]
ACTION:
Restore Contaminated Urban Sites
"We should restore contaminated urban land and buildings to constructive use. "
•
ACCOMPLISHED: The President fought for and won the inclusion ofthe Brownfields
tax incentive in the balanced budget, the Brownfields tax incentive will clean up 14,000
contaminated, abandoned Sites in economically distressed areas. This initiative reduces
costs by permitting clean-up costs to be deducted immediately for tax purposes, thereby
encouraging redevelopment of these areas. The Treasury Department estimates that this tax
incentive will leverage more than $6 billion for private sector cleanups nationwide,
allowing redevelopment of 14,000 Brownfields.
ACTION:
Renew Washington, D.C.
"fTJogether, we must pledge tonight that we will use this empowerment approach,
including private sector tax incentives, to renew our capital city so that Washington is a
great place to work and live — and once again the proud face America shows the world!"
•
PROGRESS MADE: As the President said in his statement on H.R. 2014, the Balanced
Budget, "It has been an important goal of my Administration to encourage employment of
disadvantaged residents of the District of Columbia and to revitalize those areas of the
District where development has lagged. I am pleased that H.R. 2014 includes tax
incentives for the District of Columbia." The Balanced Budget: creates an enterprise zone
that includes most of the nation's capital; includes a zero-percent capital gains rate on sales
of business property (in most areas) if the property is held for at least five years; and
includes a $5,000 credit forfirst-timehome buyers with incomes under $70,000 for single
filers. [Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, 8/5/97; CO Weekly. 9/27/97]
FOREIGN POLICY
ACTION:
Ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention
"Now we must rise to a new test of leadership - ratifying the Chemical Weapons
Convention. "
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ACCOMPLISHED: After an intense lobbying effort by President Clinton, on April 24,
1997, the Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention. [New York Times. 4/25/97]
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�ACTION:
Pursue Deeper Dialogue with China
"We must pursue a deeper dialogue with China for the sake of our interests and our ideals.
An isolated China is not good for America. A China playing its proper role in the world is.
I will go to China, and I have invited China's president to come here — not because we
agree on everything, but because engaging China is the best way to work on our common
challenges, like ending nuclear testing, and to deal frankly with our fundamental
differences, like human rights. "
•
PROGRESS MADE: Kicking off the first U.S. - Sino Summit in eight years, on October
28, 1997, President Clinton formerly welcomed Chinese President Jiang Zemin to the
White House. The summit concluded with agreements on a broad range of security,
economic, environmental and law-enforcement issues. [Washington Post. 10/30/97]
President Clinton also successfully lobbied Congress to extend normal trading relations
with China. Following the House vote extending MFN to China, Clinton said, "Today's
vote was a vote for America's interests. It makes clear that the right way to encourage
further progress in China is not to cut China off but to draw China in."
ACTION:
Expand NATO by 1999
"When Europe is stable, prosperous, and at peace, America is more secure. To that end,
we must expand NATO by 1999, so that countries that were once our adversaries can
become our allies. At the special NATO summit this summer, that is what we will begin to
do."
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PROGRESS MADE: On July 8, 1997, at the Madrid NATO Summit, three nations Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary ~ were offered membership in NATO. President
Clinton has pledged to "ask the United States Senate to ratify changes to the treaty
governing NATO so that we can bring in the new members by the 50th anniversary of
NATO in 1999."
ACTION:
Strengthen NATO's Partnership for Peace
"We must strengthen NATO's Partnership for Peace with non-member allies. And we must
build a stable partnership between NATO and a democratic Russia. "
•
PROGRESS MADE: During its Madrid Summit, NATO took important steps to
strengthen the successful Partnership for Peace. On May 27, 1997, President Clinton, the
leaders of the 16 other NATO nations, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the
NATO-Russia Founding Act in Paris. Through the Act, NATO and Russia will work
together to strengthen stability in all of Europe - consulting regularly and, where
appropriate, acting jointly, as in Bosnia.
ACTION:
Take Care of U.S. Military Personnel
"And we must take good care of our men and women in uniform.
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PROGRESS MADE: The President's Fiscal Year 1998 budget contains a number of
provisions to support the quality of life of America's men and women in uniform. Topping
the list is the request for a 2.8% pay raise. The budget also includes increased funding for
such quality of like programs as child care facilities, barracks for single members, tuition
assistance for off-duty education, the Defense Health Program, housing and cost-of-living
allowances, and Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs.
ACTION:
Increase Weapons Modernization
"We must increase funding for weapons modernization by the year 2000. "
•
PROGRESS MADE: The President's FY98 budget reflects a commitment to modernizing
U.S. military hardware. The budget proposes that procurement funding grow, in real
terms, by more than 40% from 1998 to 2002. The Report of the Quadrennial Defense
Review (5/97) concurs saying, "To modernize the force, the Department established a goal
of increasing procurement funding to roughly $60 billion by FY2001." [OMB]
ACTION:
Advance Peace with North Korea
"Together with South Korea, we must advance peace talks with North Korea and bridge
the Cold War's last divide. And I call on Congress to fund our share of the agreement
under which North Korea must continue to freeze and then dismantle its nuclear weapons
program."
•
PROGRESS MADE: In August 1997, President Clinton and South Korea President Kim
Young Sam started four-party preparatory talks (among the United States, North and South
Korea, and China) to set-up peace negotiations for formally ending the Korean War.
President Clinton renewed his commitment to peace between North and South Korea
during Chinese President Jiang Zemin's official state visit in October 1997.
The United States is funding its share of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development
Organization (KEDO), the international organization overseeing the arrangement in which
North Korea agreed tofreezeits covert nuclear weapons program in exchange for receiving
two light-water nuclear reactors. Because of the President's leadership, a ground breaking
ceremony occurred in August 1997 on the reactor project in North Korea.
ACTION:
Pay Our Debts to World Bank and U.N.
"We must also renew our commitment to America's diplomacy and pay our debts and dues
to international financial institutions like the World Bank — and to a reforming United
Nations. "
•
PROGRESS MADE: Addressing the United Nations on September 22, 1997, President
Clinton announced he had made it a priority to pass an agreement he reached with
Congress (including Senator Jess Helms) on a package to pay off U.S. arrears to the U.N.
and other international organizations. The President also called on the U.N. to pass a
refonn plan designed to streamline and strengthen the organization.
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Pass Fast Track Trade Authority
"That is why we need the authority now to conclude new trade agreements that open
markets to our goods and services even as we preserve our values."
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PROGRESS MADE: President Clinton's lobbying efforts on behalf of Fast Track
legislation resulted in a clear majority of support from the Democratic mayors and
governors and a majority in the Senate. However, a vote on Fast Track has been postponed
in the House so the President can continue to build a majority of support in that body.
CRIME AND DRUGS
ACTION:
Include the Largest Anti-drug Effort Ever in the Budget
"This balanced budget includes the largest anti-drug effort ever — to stop drugs at their
source; punish those who push them ; and teach our young people that drugs are wrong,
drugs are illegal, and drugs will kill them. I hope you will support it. "
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ACCOMPLISHED: President Clinton has proposed the largest anti-drug budgets ever.
Between 1996 and 1998, resources for drug control increased by 19%, from $13.5 billion
in FY 1996 to the President's proposed budget of $16 billion in FY 1998. For example,
resources increased for domestic law enforcement by 14% and interdiction by 22%.
ACTION:
Finish Hiring 100,000 Police
"We must finish the job ofputting 100,000 community police on the streets of the United
States. "
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ON TRACK: The Clinton Administration has funded over 64,000 police officers to date
— officers who are now, or will soon be, helping keep our neighborhoods and communities
safe. And the Balanced Budget Act protects the funding (and the 100,000 police officers
goal) for the COPS Initiative.
ACTION:
Pass the Victim Rights Amendment
"We should pass the Victims' Rights Amendment... "
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ON TRACK: The Victims' Rights Amendment has been introduced as S.J. Res. 6 and
H.J. Res. 71. Hearings have been held in both the Senate and the House on these
resolutions. The Attorney General has testified on behalf of the Amendment.
ACTION:
Make it a Felony to Cross State Lines Fleeing from Child Support
'Wow we should go further and do better by making it a felony for any parent to cross a
state line in an attempt to flee from this, his or her most sacred obligation. "
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PROGRESS MADE: Billions of dollars in support is owed to children whose parents
have crossed state lines and failed to pay. The Justice Department is investigating and
prosecuting cases where parents cross state lines to avoid payment under the Child Support
Recovery Act. At President Clinton's direction, the Attorney General submitted legislation
that strengthens the Child Support Recovery Act by establishing felony violations and
prosecuting more parents who take egregious actions to avoid paying child support. A bill
sponsored by Sen. Kohl that meets the President's challenge, S. 1371, passed in the Senate.
A similar bill, H.R. 2503, sponsored by Rep. Hoyer, has yet to pass the House. [HHS Fact
Sheet on Child Support Enforcement, 11/14/96; Department of Justice]
ACTION:
Pass the Juvenile Justice Bill
"...I ask you to mount a full-scale assault on juvenile crime, with legislation that declares
war on gangs with new prosecutors and tougher penalties, extends the Brady bill so violent
teen criminals will not be able to buy handguns, requires child safety locks on handguns to
prevent unauthorized use, and helps to keep our schools open after hours, on weekends
and in the summer so our young people will have someplace to go and something to say
yes to."
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PROGRESS MADE: The President's Juvenile Justice legislation did not get far on
Capitol Hill this year, but is expected to be voted on early next Spring. Meanwhile, the
President used his executive power to make progress on some of the central initiatives in
his legislation. For example, the President's legislation called for handguns to be sold with
a child safety lock. President Clinton signed a directive to all Federal agencies requiring
child safety locks be issued with every handgun. And the Administration reached an
agreement with 8 major handgun manufacturers who agreed to provide child safety locks
with each handgun sold.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ACTION:
Connect Every Children's Hospital to the Internet
"Now we should connect every hospital to the Internet so that doctors can instantly share
data about their patients with the best specialists in the field. I challenge the private sector
tonight to start by connecting every children's hospital as soon as possible so that a child
in bed can stay in touch with school, family, and friends. A sick child need no longer be a
child alone."
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PROGRESS MADE: In October 1997, President Clinton and Vice President Gore joined
Steven Speilberg and Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf in launching Starbright World -- an online computer network that enables seriously ill children to meet, play and communicate
with one another. Thanks to the Starbright Foundation, 100 children's hospitals will be
connected to the Internet in 1998, giving thousands of children the tools they need to keep
their spirits up and better cope with the often painful realities of hospital stays.
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�In addition, the President's 1996 "e-rate" plan, part of the Telecommunications Act of
1996, was approved by the FCC in May 1997. The President's plan will make discounts
worth over $2.5 billion available every year for schools, libraries, and rural health clinics
and hospitals to connect to the Internet.
ACTION:
Build the Next Generation of the Internet
"We must build the second generation of the Internet so that our leading universities and
national laboratories can communicate in speeds a thousand times faster than today to
develop new medical treatments, new sources of energy, new ways of working together. "
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ON TRACK: President Clinton has launched an initiative to connect more than 100
universities at speeds that are 100 to 1,000 times faster than today's Internet, and to
develop the next generation of applications, such as telemedicine. This will ensure that the
United States remains at the cutting-edge of Internet technology.
ACTION:
Press on with the Mars Probes and the International Space Station
"We must continue to explore the heavens, pressing on with the Mars probes and the
International Space Station, both of which will have practical applications for our
everyday living."
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ACCOMPLISHED: On July 4, 1997, the Mars Pathfinder Mission successfully landed a
probe on the surface of Mars - the first landing on the surface of Mars in over 20 years. In
addition, the Mars Global Surveyor, our third mission to Mars entered the red planet's orbit
this November and is preparing to map the red planets surface in preparation for more
detailed reconnaissance in 1998, 2001 and 2003, and finally a 2005 mission to return a
sample from the surface to Earth.
The U.S. goal of putting a permanent presence in space is on track. The first station
element, the U.S.-funded, Russian-built Functional Cargo Block and the U.S. Node 1 are
on track for a launch in June 1998. Modifications to the module began earlier this year
have been completed. In addition, all ofthe partners reported they were on schedule with
their contributions to the station.
GOVERNMENT REFORM
ACTION:
Enact Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform
"...Our second piece of unfinished business requires us to commit ourselves tonight, before
the eyes of America, to finally enacting bipartisan campaign finance reform... "
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PROGRESS MADE: In the fall of 1997, President Clinton's lobbying efforts on behalf of
the McCain-Feingold campaignfinancerefonn legislation resulted in three unsuccessful
Senate votes to block a GOP-led filibuster of the bill. Both House Speaker Newt Gingrich
and Senate Majority Leader have agreed tq consider the legislation in the Spring of 1998.
[Washington Post. 11/3/97]
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ACTION:
Ban Advertising and Marketing of Cigarettes
"...we must also protect our children by standing firm in our determination to ban the
advertising and marketing of cigarettes that endanger their lives. "
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PROGRESS MADE: The President has cracked down on youth access to tobacco. As a
part of the President's comprehensive strategy, on February 28, 1997, the FDA made 18
the minimum age to purchase tobacco products nationwide and required photo I.D.s for
anyone under the age of 27. The strategy was launched on August 10, 1995, when the
President Clinton announced broad executive action to protect our nation's young people
from the dangers of tobacco by sharply restricting the advertising, promotion, distribution,
and marketing of cigarettes to teenagers. The President authorized the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to initiate these steps. One year later, on August 23, 1996, the
President's program was launched with the unveiling ofthe FDA final rule on tobacco and
children. The FDA's actions are aimed at reducing the appeal of tobacco products to
teenagers. In the next congressional session, the President will fight to pass
comprehensive tobacco legislation that will build on his efforts and the efforts ofthe
nation's attorneys general, who helped create an historic opportunity for progress in
reducing smoking, especially by youth.
NATIONAL SERVICE
ACTION:
Mobilize Millions to National Service
"Our national service program, AmeriCorps, has already helped 70,000 young people to
work their way through college as they serve America. Now we intend to mobilize millions
of Americans to serve in thousands of ways. "
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ACCOMPLISHED: As co-chair ofthe President's Summit for America's Future,
President Clinton helped bring businesses, nonprofits, states, communities, and volunteer
groups to Philadelphia in April 1997 to focus on service and to ensure that every child in
America has five key resources — a caring adult, a safe place, a healthy start, a marketable
skill, and a chance to serve. President Clinton announced the National Service Scholars
program this summer as an opportunity for schools and communities to recognize young
people for outstanding volunteer service while helping them continue their education. This
initiative offers a matching $500 scholarship for one high school junior or senior selected
by each principal. Scholars receive $1000 or more which is intended for college tuition.
For next year, the Clinton Administration has secured funding that will allow the program
to expand to 10,000 high schools - close to half of all high schools in the nation. In
addition, the President has started the AmeriCorps Scholarship initiative give scholarships
to a nonprofit charity or religious organization, but expects that organization to pick up the
living expenses of the volunteer. At the Service Summit, the President announced that the
Administration would provide 50,000 of these new AmeriCorps scholarships over the next
5 years to organizations that offer young people the chance to serve. In June, 8,900
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�scholarships were approved, well ahead of the Administration's first-year plan for 5,000
scholarships. [Corporation for National Service, 10/97]
ONE AMERICA
ACTION:
Building One America
"We may not share a common past, but we surely do share a common future. Building one
America is our most important mission, the foundation for many generations of every other
strength we must buildfor this new century. "
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PROGRESS MADE: President's Initiative on Race. Over the past year, President
Clinton has worked to articulate his vision of a just, unified America. To that end.
President Clinton established the President's Initiative on Race to develop a national
dialogue on race. The Initiative's Advisory Board have met twice this year, and a third
meeting focused on higher education has been scheduled. A national town hall meeting on
race will be held on December 3, 1997 in Akron, Ohio. On September 25, 1997, the
President delivered the keynote address at the ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the
integration of Little Rock Central High School.
CULTURE
ACTION:
Prepare for the America 2000 Celebration
"We should challenge all Americans in the arts and humanities to join with their fellow
citizens to make the year 2000 a national celebration of the American spirit in every
community, a celebration of our common culture in the century that is past and in the new
one to come in a new millennium so that we can remain the world's beacon not only of
liberty but of creativity long after the fireworks have faded. "
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PROGRESS MADE: On August 15, 1997, the President announced the creation ofthe
White House Millennium Program. As he said, it "will guide and direct America's
celebration of the millennium by showcasing the achievements that define us as a nation ~
our culture, our scholarship, our scientific exploration." [President's Remarks, 8/15/97]
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Working Families Are Top Priority
As Congressional Session Ends, President's Accomplishments Are Clear. As
Congress wraps up its work this week and heads home, one thing is clear. President
Clinton's agenda -- as laid out in his February State of the Union speech - drove the
congressional agenda this year. The President accomplished almost everything he set out
to do ten months ago.
Major, Historic Accomplishments On Budget, Education, Environment &
Children's Health. Among the most significant of President Clinton's accomplishments
during the first year of his second term:
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The First Balanced Budget In A Generation
A Middle Class Tax Cut For 27 Million Families With Children
The Largest Investment In Education In 30 Years
The Largest Increase In Pell Grants In 20 Years
The Single Largest Investment In Children's Health Care Since 1965
The Toughest New Air Quality Standards In A Generation
American Economy Is The Best It Has Been In A Generation. Under President
Clinton and Vice President Gore's leadership the American economy is the strongest it
has been in a generation. We have the highest home ownership rate in American history,
unemployment is the lowest in 24 years, and over 13.5 million new jobs have been
created. The fiscal responsibility they have enforced has cut the deficit by 92%.
Working To Help Families Balance The Demands Of Work And Home. President
Clinton and this Administration have made taking care of families and helping create
bright futures for children more achievable by; providing tax cuts for working families,
implementing National Standards to help our children succeed, creating Hope
Scholarships and increases in Pell Grants, expanding Head Start, ftmding the America
Reads initiative, limiting youth access to tobacco, and providing health insurance for up
to 5 million uninsured children.
More Work To Be Done Next Year. While this has been a year of great progress, there
is still more work to be done on President Clinton's 1997 agenda. We need to pass fasttrack trade authority so that the President can tear down foreign barriers to American
goods. The President will also push Congress to pass meaningful campaign finance
reform — which is scheduled for have clean up-or-down vote early next year. In addition,
the President will also work to enact the his Juvenile Justice legislation and school
construction initiative.
�The First Year Of President Clinton's Second Term:
A Strong Record Of Accomplishment
Friday, November 14, 1997
"Tonight I issue a call to action—action by this Congress, by our states, by all our people,
to prepare America for the 21st century."
On February 4, 1997, President Clinton laid out an ambitious "call to action" in thefirstState of the
Union of his second term. As Congress adjourns this November, the record is clear. President Clinton drove
the Congressional agenda this year, accomplishing most everything he set out to do ten months ago.
BALANCED BUDGET & TAX CUTS:
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First Balanced Budget In A Generation
Middle Class Tax Cut For 27 Million Families With Children
EPUCATION:
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Largest Investment In Education In 30 Years
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HOPE Scholarship Makes 13th & 14th Grades As Universal As A High School Diploma
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20% Tuition Tax Credit Worth Up To $10,000 For College Or Lifetime Learning
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Largest Increase In Pell Grants In 20 Years
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America Reads Initiative To Ensure Every Child Can Read By The 3rd Grade
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On Track For First-Ever National Test Of 4th Grade Reading, 8th Grade Math
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57% Increase For Public Charter Schools
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Head Start Expanded Toward Goal Of 1 Million Children By 2002
HEALTH CARE:
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Single Largest Investment In Children's Health Care Since 1965
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Medicare Protected, Modernized And Trust Fund Extended At Least A Decade
ENVIRONMENT:
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Toughest New Air Quality Standards In A Generation
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Developed A Bold, Market Based National Strategy To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
WELFARE:
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Restored Basic Health And Disability Benefits To Legal, Law-Abiding Immigrants
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New Incentives And Community Efforts To Move 2 Million More People Off Welfare
URBAN AGENDA:
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Tripled The Number Of Empowerment Zones
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63% Expansion of Community Development Banks
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Brownfields Tax Incentive Will Redevelop 14,000 Contaminated Sites
FOREIGN POLICY:
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Ratified The Chemical Weapons Convention
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Secured Passage Of China MFN, Hosted First US-Sino Summit In 8 Years
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NATO Expansion
WHERE WE CAME UP SHORT:
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Renewal Of Fast Track Authority
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Passage Of Campaign Finance Reform
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Enactment Of The Juvenile Justice Proposal
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Enactment Of School Construction Proposal
�The First Year Of President Clinton's Second Term:
A Strong Record Of Accomplishment
Friday, November 14, 1997
"Tonight I issue a call to action—action by this Congress, by our states, by all our people,
to prepare America for the 21st century."
On February 4, 1997, President Clinton laid out an ambitious "call to action" in the first State of the
Union of his second term. As Congress adjourns this November, the record is clear. President Clinton drove
the Congressional agenda this year, accomplishing most everything he set out to do ten months ago.
BALANCED BUDGET & TAX CUTS:
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First Balanced Budget In A Generation: After cutting the deficit bv 63 percent in his first term,
from $290 billion to $107 billion. President Clinton promised in his 1997 State of the Union speech
to "propose a detailed plan to balance the budget by 2002. " On August 5, 1997, the President
signed an historic, bipartisan bill to balance the budget for the first time since 1969.
Middle Class Tax Cuts For 27 Million Families With Children: In addition to balancing the
budget, President Clinton promised in his State of the Union to "provide middle class tax relief..to
help raise a child. " On August 5, 1997, the President signed into law a $500 per-child tax credit that
will benefit approximately 27 million families with 45 million children under 17. For the typical
family with two kids, this child tax credit will mean $1.000 more per year in take-home pay.
EDUCATION:
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Largest Investment In Education In 30 Years: In his February State ofthe Union, the President
said his "number one priority" was to ensure that "all Americans have the best education in the
world. " The President said his balanced budget would reflect this commitment. Now, that
commitment is the law. The bipartisan Balanced Budget Act includes the largest investment in
education in 30 vears - and the largest investment in higher education since the G.I. Bill.
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HOPE Scholarship Makes 13th & 14th Grades As Universal As A High School Diploma: In his
February 1997 State of the Union, President Clinton called for passage of his America's HOPE
Scholarship proposal in order to "make the 13th and Nth years of education...just as universal in
America by the 21st century as a high school education is today. " Today, the HOPE Scholarship is
law, providing a 100 percent tax credit on the first $1.000 of tuition and fees and 50 percent on the
second $ 1.000 — enough to pay for the typical community college.
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20% Tuition Tax Credit for College Juniors, Seniors, Graduate Students And Working
Americans Pursuing Lifelong Learning To Upgrade Their Skills: The President's State of the
Union address included a proposed "tax deduction of up to $10,000 a year " for post high school
tuition. The President's proposal is now law. The 20 percent tuition tax credit will be applied to the
first $5,000 of qualified education expenses through 2002, and to the first $10,000 thereafter.
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Largest Increase In Pell Grants In 20 Years: President Clinton pledged during the State ofthe
Union that his balanced budget would include "the largest increase in Pell Grant Scholarship in 20
years. " Now, that commitment is the law. On November 13, 1997, the President signed the LaborHHS-Education Appropriations Bill which included his proposal to increase the maximum Pell Grant
to $3,000 ~ the largest increase in two decades. Approximately 3.7 million students will receive the
$300 increase, and an additional 220,000 low- and moderate-income families that were not previously
eligible will receive Pell Grants.
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America Reads Initiative To Ensure Every Child Can Read By The 3rd Grade:
Noting that "wt? must do more to help all our children read" during his 1997 State ofthe Union,
President Clinton called on Congress to pass his America Reads Initiative. The Labor-HHSEducation Appropriations Bill the President signed on November 13, 1997, included nearly $300
million in new funding towards the President's comprehensive literacy strategy. As a result: 3000
new Americorps members and thousands of senior volunteers will recruit more than 100,000
volunteer reading tutors; state teacher training and family literacy efforts receive an additional $41
million; and an advance appropriation of $210 million is provided for pending legislation based on
the President's America Reads Initiative.
In addition, more than 800 colleges have answered the President's State of the Union call, pledging to
have thousands of their work-study students "serve for one year as reading tutors. "
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On Track For First-Ever National Test Of 4th Grade Reading, 8th Grade Math: President
Clinton issued a "challenge to the nation" during his State of the Union speech, calling on every state
to "adopt high national standards " and "test every fourth grader in reading and every eighth grader
in math to make sure these standards are met. " The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the
President signed on November 13, 1997, fully funds ($16 million) the Administration's voluntary
national testing program and allows for development and pilot testing of the first-ever national 4th
grade reading and 8th grade math tests.
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57% Increase For Public Charter Schools: Continuing his lifelong commitment to improving and
reforming America's public schools, President Clinton called for a dramatic increase in the number of
public charter schools in his 1997 State of the Union "so that parents will have even more choices in
sending their children to the best schools. " The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the
President signed on November 13, 1997, increases funding for charter schools bv 57 percent, from
$51 million to $80 million. And while there was only one charter school in the nation when President
Clinton took office, there will be nearly 1,000 locally-designed charter schools supported by the
Department of Education by the end of 1998 — accelerating progress towards the President's goal of
3,000 by early next century.
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Head Start Expanded Toward Goal Of 1 Million Children By 2002: Stating that "we already
know we should start teaching children before they start school, " President Clinton proposed a
balanced budget that "expands Head Start to one million children by 2002 " in his 1997 State of the
Union address. The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill the President signed on November
13, 1997 includes $4.4 billion for Head Start, a $374 million increase - and a 57 percent increase
since 1993. Head Start will serve 836,000 children and their families in 1998 and is on track meeting
the President's goal of reaching one million by 2002.
HEALTH CARE:
Single Largest Investment In Children's Health Care Since 1965: President Clinton pledged in
his 1997 State of the Union that his balanced budget would "extend health coverage to up to five
million...children. " Now, that commitment is law. The Balanced Budget that President Clinton
signed into law on August 5, 1997 included $24 billion for the President's Children's Health
Initiative ~ the single largest investment in health care for children since passage of Medicaid in
1965. The $24 billion will provide meaningful-health care coverage to up to five million currently
uninsured children ~ including prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health services.
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Medicare Protected, Modernized And Trust Fund Extended At Least A Decade:
President Clinton promised during his 1997 State of the Union that his balanced budget plan would
modernize Medicare and increase the life ofthe Medicare Trust Fund to ten years. These promises
are now law. The bipartisan Balanced Budget extended the life of the Medicare Trust Fund at least a
decade -- saving $115 billion over five years and $400-$450 billion over ten years. The President
fought to prevent any damaging changes that would have undermined Medicare, and instead worked
to enact structural reforms to prepare it for the 21st century. These reforms included more choices
among health care plans, changes to the annual Medigap enrollment and restructuring specific
payment systems so that rates are set in advance. Also included is $4 billion over five years for new
Medicare preventive benefits — expanded coverage for mammograms, colorectal screening, and
improved self management of diseases like diabetes.
ENVIRONMENT:
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Toughest New Air Quality Standards In A Generation: The President pledged to "protect our
environment in every community" in his State of the Union address. This year, at the President's
direction, the Environmental Protection Agency set new air quality standards for smog and soot, the
toughest in a generation, providing new health protections for 125 million Americans, including
children and the elderly. EPA will work with state and local governments to assure maximum
flexibility in implementing the new rules.
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Developed A Bold, Market Based National Strategy To Reduce Greenhouse Gases: President
Clinton pledged in the 1997 State of the Union to "protect our global environment" and "work to
reduce the greenhouse gases. " Based on a firm scientific consensus, and after extensive consultation
with industry, environmentalists, labor and the public, the President outlined a bold strategy in
October to achieve international agreement to significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
The President's plan calls for flexible, market-based approaches to assure the reductions can be
achieved in a way that creates new economic opportunities.
WELFARE:
Restored Basic Health And Disability Benefits To Legal, Law-Abiding Immigrants: When the
President signed the 1996 Welfare Reform Law, he pledged to go back and change provisions he
opposed regarding the cutting off of benefits to legal, law abiding immigrants. Critics said the
changes would never be made. However, in 1997, the President followed through on his pledge and won mo?t pf the changes he sought m thg 1996 law. The President fought for and won $11-5
billion in SSI and Medicaid benefits for legal immigrants. He won changes that protect those
immigrants now receiving assistance, ensuring that they will not be turned out of their apartments or
nursing homes or otherwise left destitute. And immigrants in this country as of August 22, 1996 but
not receiving benefits who subsequently become disabled will be eligible for SSI and Medicaid.
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New Incentives And Community Efforts To Move 2 Million More People Off Welfare: During
his first term, President Clinton's lifetime of experience and innovative approach to welfare reform
lead to the largest decline in welfare rolls in history. In his 1997 State of the Union, the President set
out a plan including government incentives and private sector challenges to reach another goal: "two
million more people off the welfare rolls by the year 2000. "
Expanded Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Created the S3 Billion Welfare To Work Job
Challenge Fund: The Balanced Budget Law includes a tax credit for employers who hire long-term
welfare recipients equal to 35 percent of the first $10,000 in wages in the first year of employment
and 50 percent of the first $10,000 in the second year to encourage retention. The President also
succeeded in including $3 billion to create his Welfare to Work Job Challenge Fund - to assist states
and communities in moving long-term welfare recipients into lasting, unsubsidized jobs.
�Challenging Communities to Move People from Welfare to Work: The President challenged "every
religious congregation, every community nonprofit, every business to hire someone off welfare."
Responding to the President's challenge, the Welfare to Work Partnership was launched to lead a
private sector effort to move people from welfare to work. Begun with 100 businesses, the
Partnership is aiming for 1,000 businesses within six months. Vice President Gore also reached out,
creating the Welfare to Work Coalition to Sustain Success -- a coalition of civic groups committed to
helping former welfare recipients stay in the workforce and succeed.
URBAN AGENDA:
Tripled The Number Of Empowerment Zones: President Clinton called for doubling the number
of empowerment zones and enterprise communities in his 1998 budget. The Balanced Budget Law
the President Clinton signed actually triples the number of EZs, adding 20 new EZs (15 urban and 5
rural second round zones and 2 morefirst-roundzones) ~ bringing the total number created to 31.
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63% Expansion of Community Development Banks: President Clinton called for an expansion of
Community Development Banks in his State of the Union speech. The Balanced Budget Law the
President signed in August included $80 million for Community Development Financial Institutions
in FY 1998 ~ a 63% increase over FY 1997. These entities make investment capital and other
financial products and services available in low- and moderate-income communities.
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Brownfields Tax Incentive Will Redevelop 14,000 Contaminated Sites: The President called for
restoring "contaminated urban land and buildings to constructive use " through his Brownfields tax
incentive program. Brownfields were part of the Balanced Budget Law the President signed. The tax
incentives will leverage more than $6 billion for private sector cleanups nationwide according to the
Treasury Department ~ and allow for the redevelopment of 14.000 contaminated, abandoned sites in
economically distressed urban areas.
FOREIGN POLICY:
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Ratification Of The Chemical Weapons Convention: President Clinton challenged Congress
during his State of the Union speech to "rise to a new test of leadership" and "pass the Chemical
Weapons Convention. " And after an intense lobbying effort by the President, the Senate ratified the
Convention on April 24, 1997.
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Secured Passage Of China MFN, Hosted First US-Sino Summit In 8 Years: President Clinton
challenged the country to "pursue a deeper dialogue with China for the sake of our interests and our
ideals. " The President successfully lobbied Congress to extend normal trading relations with China
on June 24, 1997. And the first U.S.-- Sino State Visit in eight years, hosted by President Clinton at
the White House in October, resulted in agreements on a broad range of security, economic,
environmental and law enforcement issues.
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NATO Expansion: President Clinton called for expanding NATO membership by 1999 "so that
countries that were once our adversaries can become our allies. " On July 8, 1997, at the Madrid
NATO Summit, three nations - Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary ~ were offered membership in
NATO. President Clinton has pledged to lobby the Senate to ratify these changes "so that we can
bring in the new members by the 50th anniversary of NATO in 1999. "
�'WHERE WE CAME UP SHQRT:
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Renewal Of Fast Track Authority: President Clinton's lobbying efforts on behalf of renewed "fast
track" trade authority resulted in majority support in the United States Senate. A clear majority of
Democratic governors and mayors supported the President's position. In the House of
Representatives, however, the vote had to be postponed when it became clear that opposition by
Democratic lawmakers ~ and the linking of the trade vote to international family planning by House
Republicans ~ would derail the legislation.
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Passage Of Campaign Finance Reform: Despite intense lobbying efforts by President Clinton,
Republican Congressional leaders killed the McCain-Feingold/Meehan-Shays campaign finance
reform legislation this year. Campaign finance reform enjoyed universal Democratic support in the
Senate and strong Democratic support in the House. The President continues to support passage of
the bill and is encouraged that Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle was able to extract a pledge
from Majority Leader Trent Lott to have a clean up-or-down vote on the measure before March 6,
1998. Speaker Gingrich has also promised to hold a March campaign finance reform vote.
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Enactment Of The Juvenile Justice Proposal: The President's Juvenile Justice legislation did not
get far on Capitol Hill this year. However, the President used his executive power to make progress
on some of the central initiatives in his legislation. For example, the President's legislation called for
handguns to be sold with a child safety lock. President Clinton signed a directive to all Federal
agencies requiring child safety locks be issued with every handgun. And the Administration reached
an agreement with 8 major handgun manufacturers who agreed to provide child safety locks with
each handgun sold.
•
Enactment Of School Construction Proposal: President Clinton proposed an initiative to invest $5
billion over four years to finance $20 billion in school construction projects. The initiative was not
included in the Balanced Budget the President signed.
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Alaska
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL•
17 000 New Jobs: 17,000 new jobs have been created in Alaska since 1993 ~ an average of
3,643 jobs per year.
•
9.000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 7,000 Alaska workers benefitedfroman increase in
the minimum wage - from $4.25 to $4.75 on October 1, 1996. They, along with about 2,000
more received an additional raise --from$4.75 to $5.15 ~ on September 1, 1997.
•
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for families
to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for children under
17. Thanks to President Clinton, the balanced budget delivers a child tax credit to 87,000
families in Alaska.
•
Homebuilding Up 18.5%: Homebuilding has increased an average of 18.5% per year since
1993, compared to an average annual increase of just 8.3% during the previous administration.
•
Highest Home Ownership Ever for Alaska: Home ownership in Alaska has increased from
70.3% to 70.5% since 1992 and its now the highest on record.
•
Over UP. O P of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four. The national debt will be
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more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President
Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of four
in Alaska.
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EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
OveriS Million in Head Start Funding: This year [FY98], Alaska receives over $8 million for
Head Start, an increase of $246,000 over 1997.
•
S2 Million in Goals 2000 Funding This year [FY98], Alaska receives $2 million in Goals 2000
funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic standards,
increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use of computers and
technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional development.
•
$2.1 Million for Technology Literacy : This year [FY98], Alaska receives $2.1 million ~ doubling
its funding over FY97 — for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which helps communities and
the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the computer literacy skills needed for
the 21st century.
•
$17 Million for Students Most in Need: Alaska will receive $17 million in Title I Grants (to
Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need,
particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income
famiUes [FY98].
•
ltf.7 Million in Pell Grants: Alaska received $6.7 million last year in Pell Grant funding,
helping Alaska's low-income students go to college [FY97].
•
Nearly 1000 Have Served in Alaska through AmeriCorps: Last year, 95 AmeriCorps participants
served their communities while earning money for college by working in Alaska's schools,
hospitals, neighborhoods and parks. Since the National Service program began in 1993, almost
1000 members have served Alaska in 67 different programs [through FY97].
•
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote Lifelone
Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship to
help make thefirsttwo years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a Lifetime
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�Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans
pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be applied to the first
$5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000 thereafter. 12,000 students in
Alaska will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500. 15,000 students in Alaska
will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit
INVESTING IN ALASKA'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single investment
in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 - an unprecedented $24 billion
overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children throughout the nation. This investment
guarantees the full range of benefits -fromcheckups to surgery - that children need to grow up
strong and healthy. It ensures that prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage
now offered at the state level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health
coverage to 9,000 uninsured children in Alaska the balanced budget provides $5.6 million in
1998. This compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have
denied health care coverage to 9,300 children in Alaska.
•
Helping Alaska Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration is committed to full
funding in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
Today in Alaska, 7,947 more women and children in need are receiving health and food assistance
than in 1994.
•
More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high. According
to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most critical doses of
each of the routinely recommended vaccines ~ surpassing the President's 1993 goal. In
Alaska in 1996, 90% of two-year olds received the vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis;
88% received the vaccine for polio; 85% received the vaccine for measles, and 8 % received
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the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls in Anchorage: Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 5 in Anchorage [1996 data].
%
•
144 More Police: The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 144 new police officers to date in
communities across Alaska [through 10/97].
•
S73lt 000to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act, Alaska
will use $738,000 in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish more women's shelters and
bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. Alaska received more than
$711,000 under VAWA in FY96.
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$400,000 in Grants for Battered Wmn and Children: In 1998, Alaska will receive a
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estimated $400,000 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women and
children fleeing domestic abuse.
52.6 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out ofAlaska's Schools: Alaska receives $2.6 million in
FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school security and drug
prevention programs.
MOVING ALASKA RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
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Landmark Welfare Reform Bill: In 1996, President Clinton signed a landmark welfare reform
bill which promises to move thousands of Alaska residents from welfare to work.
Child Support Collections Up 66%: Child support collections have increased by $23.4 million - or 66% -- in Alaska since FY92 [through FY96].
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
Superfund Clean-up in Fairbanks: In March 1993, the EPA completed toxic waste site cleanup in Fairbanks, Alaska.
•
Brownfields Pilot in Ketchikan Gateway Borough: The EPA has awarded a national
Brownfields Demonstration Pilot in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, which is intended to jumpstart local clean-up efforts by providing funds over a two year period to return unproductive,
abandoned, contaminated urban properties to productive use.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
$93 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Alaska has received $93 million in
disaster relief. This includes $14.3 million in assistance to recoverfromwildlandfiresthat occurred
in June of 1996.
•
110 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office, Alaska has
increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 110. Since 1993,
the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased by 5 .4%. As more
individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster assistance is lessened resulting in a
reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRAVEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Nearly $23 Million to Improve Mass Transit: The FTA has provided $22.6 million since 1993
to improve public transportation in Alaska [through FY97].
•
Over $1 Billion in Highway Funding: Since 1993, Alaska has received more than $1 billion in
federal highway aid. These funds have helped generate approximately 43,630 jobs [through
FY97].
•
$287 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Alaska has received $287 million in airport
improvement funds since 1993 [through 6/97].
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�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Alabama
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 4.9%: The unemployment rate in Alabama has declinedfrom7.6% to 4.9%
since 1993.
•
143.300 New Private Sector Jobs: Since 1993, 143,300 new private sector jobs have been created -an average of 30,707 jobs per year, compared to an average of just 28,700 private sector jobs per
year in the previous administration.
•
The Poverty Rate Has Fallen: Nationally, the poverty rate has fallenfrom15.1% in 1993 to 13.7%
in 1996. Since the President signed his 1993 Economic Plan into law, the nation has seen the largest
three year drop in poverty in a decade. In Alabama, the poverty rate has dropped 3 .4% since 1993.
[1996 data]
•
252,000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 105,000 Alabama workers benefitedfroman
increase in the minimum wage ~from$4.25 to $4.75 - on October 1, 1996. They, along with about
147,000 more have received an additional raise —from$4.75 to $5.15 ~ on September 1, 1997.
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A $m Child Tax Credit to Help Familm Ramng Childrtn; To help m k it easierforfamilies
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raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for children under 17.
Thanks to President Clinton, the balanced budget delivers a child tax credit to 455,000
families in Alabama.
Business Failures Down 6.1% Per Year: Business failures have dropped an average of 6.1% per
year since 1993, after increasing 15.9% per year during the previous 12 years.
Home Building Up 8.1%: Home building has increased by an average of 8.1% per year since 1993,
after falling over 2% per year during the previous 12 years.
Over $40.000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Everv Family of Four. The national debt will be
more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President Clinton's
economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of four in Alabama.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
Nearly $70 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY97, Alabama received $64 million in Head Start
funding. This year [FY98], Alabama receives $69.7 million for Head Start, an increase of nearly $6
million over 1997.
•
$7.2 Million in Goals 2000 Funding This year [FY98], Alabama receives $7.2 million in Goals
2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic standards,
increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use of computers and
technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional development.
•
$6.8 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], Alabama receives $6.8 million ~ nearly
doubling its funding over FY97 - for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund, which helps
communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the computer literacy
skills needed for the 21st century.
•
$127 Million for Students Most in Need: Alabama receives $127 million in Title I Grants (to Local
Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need, particularly
communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income families [FY98].
•
$111.8 Million in Pell Grants: Alabama received $111.8 million last year in Pell Grant funding,
helping Alabama's low-income students go to college [FY97].
•
Over 1000 Have Served in Alabama through AmeriCorps: Last year. 210 AmeriCorps participants
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�served their communities while earning money for college by working in Alabama's schools,
hospitals, neighborhoods and parks. Since the National Service program began in 1993, over 1000
members have served Alabama in 93 different programs [through FY97].
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote L{felong
Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship to help
make thefirsttwo years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a Lifetime Learning Tax
Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans pursuing lifelong
learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be applied to thefirst$5,000 of tuition and
fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000 thereafter. 90,000 students in Alabama will receive a
HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500. 109,000 students in Alabama will receive the
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls 5 in Alabama: Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 10% in Birmingham and 5%
%
statewide. [1996 data].
•
9? 7 More Police The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 931 new police officers to date in
communities across Alabama [through 10/97].
•
$2.2 Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act, Alabama
will have used approximately $2.2 million in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish more
women's shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. Alabama received
approximately $2.0 million under VAWA in FY96.
•
$722.000 in Grants for Battered Women and Children : In 1998, Alabama will receive an
estimated $722,000 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women and
children fleeing domestic abuse.
•
$8.6 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Alabama's Schools Alabama receives $8.6 million
in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school security and drug
prevention programs.
MOVING ALABAMA RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
54.329 Fewer People on Welfare: There are 54,329 fewer people on welfare in Alabama now than
there were at the beginning of 1993 ~ a 38% decrease [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 61% : Child support collections have increased by nearly $60 million - or 61% -- in Alabama since FY92 [through FY96].
INVESTING IN ALABAMA'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single investment in
health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 ~ an unprecedented $24 billion over
five years to cover as many asfivemillion children throughout the nation. This investment
guarantees the full range of benefits —fromcheckups to surgery — that children need to grow up
strong and healthy. It ensures that prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage
now offered at the state level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health
coverage to 154,000 uninsured children in Alabama the balanced budget provides $86 million
in 1998. This compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have
denied health care coverage to 18,900 children in Alabama.
November 1997
�More Toddlers Are Being ImmuniTed: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high. According
to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most critical doses of each
of the routinely recommended vaccines -- surpassing the President's 1993 goal. In Alabama in
1996, 93% of two-year olds received the vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 89% received
the vaccine for polio; 91 % received the vaccine for measles, and 91 % received the vaccine for
Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
Superfund Clean-up in Perdido: In July 1993, the EPA completed a toxic waste site clean-up in
Perdido, Alabama [through 6/97].
•
Brownfields Pilots in Birmingham and Prichard: The EPA has awarded a national Brownfields
Demonstration Pilot in Birmingham and a regional pilot in Prichard. These projects are intended
to jump-start local clean-up efforts by providing funds over a two year period to return
unproductive, abandoned, contaminated urban properties to productive use.
SPEARHEADING URBAN AND RURAL RENEWAL EFFORTS:
•
S12 Million to Communities Across Alabama: Birmingham, Chambers County, Greene County,
and Sumter Counties were all designated Enterprise Communities in December, 1994 and were
awarded $3 million each to create more jobs, housing, and economic opportunity for area residents.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
$103 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Alabama has received $103 million in
disaster relief. This includes $51.1 million in assistance to recoverfromHurricane Opal, which
occurred in October of 1995.
•
8.964 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office, Alabama has
increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 8,964. Since 1993,
the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased by 42 %. As more
individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster assistance is lessened resulting in a
reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over $69 Million to Improve Mass Transit. The FTA has provided over $69 million since 1993 to
improve public transportation in Alabama [through FY97].
•
Si. 6 Billion in Highway Funding: Since 1993, Alabama has received $1.6 billion in federal highway
aid. These funds have helped generate approximately 68,265 jobs [through FY97].
•
Nearly $81 Million in Airport Imprevment Funds; Alabama has received nearly $ 1 million in
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airport improvement funds since 1993 [through 6/97].
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�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Arkansas
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 5.2%: The unemployment rate in Arkansas has declinedfrom6.7% to
5.2% since 1993.
•
121.800 New Jobs: 121,800 new jobs have been created in Arkansas since 1993 - an average of
26,100 per year, compared to an average of just 24,300 jobs per year in the previous
administration.
•
174.000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 75,000 Arkansas workers benefitedfroman
increase in the minimum wage ~from$4.25 to $4.75 - on October 1, 1996. They, along with
about 99,000 more, received an additional raise ~from$4.75 to $5.15 - on September 1,
1997.
•
The Poverty Rate Has Fallen: Nationally, the poverty rate has fallenfrom15.1 % in 1993 to
13.7% in 1996. Since the President signed his 1993 Economic Plan into law, the nation has seen
the largest three year drop in poverty in a decade. In Arkansas, the poverty rate had dropped
2.8% since 1993. [1996 data]
•
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Childrftt; To help m k it easier for
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families to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for
children under 17. Thanks to President Clinton the balanced budget delivers a child tax
credit to 263,000 families in Arkansas.
Over $40 000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four. The national debt will be
more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President
Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of
four in Arkansas.
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EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
Over $40 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY97, Arkansas received $37 million in Head
Start funding. This year [FY98], Arkansas receives $40 million for Head Start, an increase of
$3 million over 1997.
•
$4.5 Million in Goals 2000 Funding: This year [FY98], Arkansas receives $4.5 million in
Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic
standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use of
computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional
development.
•
$4 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], Arkansas receives $4 million --doubling
its funding over FY97 - for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which helps communities
and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the computer literacy skills
needed for the 21 st century.
•
$76 Million for Students Most in Need: Arkansas receives $76 million in Title I Grants (to
Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need,
particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income families
[FY98].
•
559 Million in Pell Grants: Arkansas received $59 million last year in Pell Grant funding,
helping Arkansas's low-income students go to college [FY97].
November 1997
�Nearly 800 Have Served in Arkansas through AmeriCorps: Last year, 98 AmeriCorps
participants served their communities while earning money for college by working in Arkansas'
schools, hospitals, neighborhoods and parks. Since the National Service program began in
1993, nearly 800 members have served Arkansas in 137 different programs [through FY97].
Tuition Tax Credits to Open the Doors of College and Promote Ljfelong Learning: The
balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship to help make the
first two years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a Lifetime Learning Tax
Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans pursuing lifelong
learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be applied to thefirst$5,000 of tuition
and fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000 thereafter. 37,000 students in Arkansas will
receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500. 44,000 students in Arkansas will
receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls in Little Rock Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 23% in Little Rock [ 1996
data].
•
773 More Police: The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 773 new police officers to date in
communities across Arkansas [through 10/97].
•
$1.5 Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act,
Arkansas will use $1.5 million in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish more women's
shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. Arkansas received
more than $1.3 million under VAWA in FY96.
•
$419.771 in Grants for Battered Women and Children: In 1998, Arkansas will receive an
estimated $419,771 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women
and children fleeing domestic abuse.
•
$5.2 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out ofArkansas'Schools Arkansas receives $5.2
million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school security and
drug prevention programs.
MOVING ARKANSANS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
22.137 Fewer People on Welfare: There are 22,137 fewer people on welfare in Arkansas now
than there were at the beginning of 1993 - a 30% decrease [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 89% : Child support collections have increased by $37 million ~
or 89% -- in Arkansas since FY92 [through FY96].
INVESTING IN ARKANSAS'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single
investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 ~ an unprecedented
$24 billion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children throughout the nation. This
investment guarantees the full range of benefits —fromcheckups to surgery that children
need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and
mental health coverage now offered at the state level are extended to millions of uninsured
children. To expand health coverage to approximately 90,000 uninsured children in
Arkansas the Balanced Budget provides $47 million in 1998. This compares to the 1995
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Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have denied health care coverage to
48,700 children in Arkansas.
Helping Arkansas Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration is committed
to fiill funding in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
(WIC). Today, in Arkansas, 3,184 more women and children in need are receiving health and
food assistance than in 1994.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
5 Toxic Waste Sites Cleaned Up Since 1993, the EPA has completed Superfund toxic waste
cleanups in Omaha, Edmondson, Ola, and two in Jacksonville, Arkansas [through 6/97]. In
contrast, only 3 sites were cleaned up in the previous 12 years.
SPEARHEADING URBAN AND RURAL RENEWAL EFFORTS:
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59 Million to Counties Across Arkansas: Little Rock/ Pulaski County, East Central, and
Mississippi County were all designated Enterprise Communities in December, 1994 and were
awarded $3 million each to create more jobs, housing, and economic opportunity for area
residents.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRAVEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over $39 Million to Improve Mass Transit: The FTA has provided $39.3 million since 1993 to
improve public transportation in Arkansas [through FY97].
•
$1.3 Billion in Highway Funding: Since 1993, Arkansas has received $1.3 billion in federal
highway aid. These funds have helped generate 53,266 jobs [through FY97].
•
Nearly $83 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Arkansas has received nearly $83 million
in airport improvement funds since 1993 [through 6/97].
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�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Arizona
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
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Unentployment Down to 4.2%: The unemployment rate in Arizona has declinedfrom7
%
to 4.2% since 1993.
•
459 700 New Jobs: 459,700 new jobs have been created in Arizona since 1993 - an
average of 98,507 jobs per year, compared to an average of just 22,850 jobs per year
during the previous administration.
•
33 100 New Manufacturing Jobs: 33,100 manufacturing jobs have been created in
Arizona since 1993 — an average of 7,222 jobs per year. In contrast, an average of 3,800
manufacturing jobs were lost each year during the previous administration.
•
191000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 76,000 Arizona workers benefited from
an increase in the minimum wage —from$4.25 to $4.75 ~ on October 1, 1996. They,
along with about 115,000 more, received an additional raise ~from$4.75 to $5.15 ~ on
September 1, 1997.
•
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for
families to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for
children under 17. Thanks to President Clinton the Balanced Budget delivers a child
tax credit to 403,000 families in Arizona.
•
New Business Incorporations Up 7.4%: New business incorporations have increased
7.4% per year ~ after decreasing 7.4% per year during the previous administration.
•
Over $40.000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four. The national debt
will be more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of
President Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for
each family of four in Arizona.
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EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
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$60 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY97, Arizona received $54 million in Head
Start funding. This year [FY98], Arizona receives $60 million for Head Start, an increase
of $6 million over 1997.
•
$7.4 Million in Goals 2000 Funding This year [FY98], Arizona receives $7.4 million in
Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising
academic standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education,
expanding the use of computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality
teacher professional development.
•
$6.4 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], Arizona receives $6.4 million —
more than doubling its funding over FY97 — for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
which helps communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with
the computer literacy skills needed for the 21st century.
•
$114 Million for Students Most in Need: Arizona receives $114 million in Title I Grants
(to Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in
November 1997
�need, particularly conununities and schools with high concentrations of children in lowincome families [FY98].
$105 Million in Pell Grants Arizona received $105 million last year in Pell Grant
funding, helping Arizona's low-income students go to college.
Over 2.100 Have Served in Arizona through AmeriCorps Last year, 1183 AmeriCorps
participants served their communities while earning money for college by working in
Arizona's schools, hospitals, neighborhoods and parks. Since the National Service
program began in 1993, over 2,100 members have served in Arizona in 207 different
programs [through FY97].
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote
Ljfelong Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE
Scholarship to help make thefirsttwo years of college as universal as a high school
diploma and a Lifetime Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students
and working Americans pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax
credit will be applied to thefirst$5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to the first
$10,000 thereafter. 112,000 students in Arizona will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax
credit of up tp $1,500. 138,000 students in Arizona will receive the Lifetime
Learning Tax Credit
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
1.156 More Police: The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 1,156 new police officers
to date in communities across Arizona [through 10/97].
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Nearly $2,2 Million to C m a Domestic Fwlence; T r u h the Violence Against
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Women Act, Arizona will use nearly $2.2 million in federal funds this year [FY97] to
establish more women's shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims'
services. Arizona received over $1.9 million under VAWA in FY96.
$697.336 in Grants for Battered Women and Children: In 1998, Arizona will receive an
estimated 697,336 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist
women and children fleeing domestic abuse.
$7.9 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Arizona's Schools: Arizona receives $7.9
million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school
security and drug prevention programs.
MOVING ARIZONA RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
53.827 Fewer People on Welfare: There are 53,827 fewer people on welfare in Arizona
now than there were at the beginning of 1993 — a 28% decrease [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 141% : Child support collections have increased by over
$65 million - or 141% - in Arizona since FY92 [through FY96].
November 1997
�INVESTING IN ARIZONA'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single
investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 - an
unprecedented $24 billion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children
throughout the nation. This investment guarantees the fiill range of benefits ~ from
checkups to surgery — that children need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that
prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at the state
level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health coverage to
approximately 184,000 uninsured children in Arizona the balanced budget provides
$113 million in 1998. This compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President
Clinton that would have denied health care coverage to 10,400 children in Arizona.
•
Helping Arizona Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration is
committed to fiill funding in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants and Children (WIC). Today, in Arizona, 37,435 more women and children in need
are receiving health and food assistance than in 1994.
•
More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most
critical doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines ~ surpassing the
President's 1993 goal. In Arizona in 1996, 93% of two-year olds received the
vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 89% received the vaccine for polio; 86%
received the vaccine for measles, and 90% received the vaccine for Haemophilus
influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
•
$3.4 Million in Ryan White Funds: Since President Clinton took office, funding for
the Ryan White CARE Act has increased by 159% nationwide. In FY97, Phoenix
received a $1.8 million Ryan White formula award and a $1.6 million supplemental
grant to care for people living with AIDS and HIV.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
Brownfields Pilots in Tuscan and the Navqjo Nation: The EPA has awarded a regional
Brownfields Demonstration Pilot in Tuscon and a national pilot in the Navajo Nation.
These projects are intended to jump-start local clean-up efforts by providing funds over
a two year period to return unproductive, abandoned, contaminated urban properties to
productive use.
SPEARHEADING URBAN AND RURAL RENEWAL EFFORTS:
•
$6 Million for Job Creation: Phoenix and the Arizona Border were designated Enterprise
Communities in December, 1994 and were awarded $3 million each to create more jobs,
housing, and economic opportunity for area residents.
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�PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
2.HH4 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office, Arizona
has increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 2,884.
Since 1993, the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased
by 16%. As more individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster
assistance is lessened resulting in a reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRAVEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over $180 Million to Improve Mass Transit The FTA has provided over $ 180 million
since 1993 to improve public transportation in Arizona [through FY97].
•
$1.3 Billion in Highway Funding. Since 1993, Arizona has received more than $1.3
billion in federal highway aid. These funds have helped generate approximately 55,043
jobs [through FY97].
•
$173.2 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Since 1993, Arizona has received nearly
$173.2 million in airport improvement funds, which have gone to Phoenix Sky Harbor
International and Tucson International for runway construction, noise monitoring
equipment, and terminal building improvements [through 6/97].
November 1997
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
California
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 6.3%: The unemployment rate in California has declined from 9.7% to 6.3%
since 1993.
•
Over 1 Million New Jobs: Over 1 million new jobs have been created in California since 1993 ~ an
average of 238,200 jobs per year. In contrast, an average of 13,075 jobs were lost each year during
the previous administration.
•
1.2 Million Have Received a Raise: 999,000 California workers benefited from an increase in the
minimum wage - from $4.25 to $4.75 - on October 1, 1996. They, along with 200,000 more,
received an additional raise - from $4.75 to $5.15 - on September 1, 1997.
•
A %50(l Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for famiUes to
raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for children under 17.
Thanks to President Clinton, the balanced budget delivers a child tax credit to 3,229,000
families in California.
•
Over tdf) OOP qf Reduced Federal Debt for Everv Family of Four. The national debt will be more
than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President Clinton's
economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of four in California.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
U94 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY97, California received $446 million in Head Start
funding. This year, California receives $494 million for Head Start, an increase of $48 million over
1997.
•
Z54.7 Million in Goals 2000 Funding This year [FY98], California receives $54.7 million in Goals
2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic standards,
increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use of computers and
technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional development.
•
$465 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], California receives $46.5 million -more
than doubling its funding over FY97 - for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which helps
communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the computer literacy
skills needed for the 21st century.
•
$830 Million for Students Most in Need: California receives $830 million in Title I Grants (to Local
Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need, particularly
communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income families [FY98].
•
$677 Million in Pell Grants: California received $677 million last year in Pell Grant funding,
helping California's low-income students go to college [FY97].
•
Nearly 8 000 Have Served in California through AmeriCorps: Last year, 102 AmeriCorps
participants served their communities while earning money for college by working in California's
schools, hospitals, neighborhoods and parks. Since the National Service program began in 1993,
nearly 8,000 members have served California in 441 different programs [through FY97].
•
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote Lifelong
Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship to help
make the first two years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a Lifetime Learning Tax
Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans pursuing lifelong learning
to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be applied to the first $5,000 of tuition and fees
r
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�through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000 thereafter. 761,000 students in California will receive a
HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500. 934,000 students in California will receive the
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls 19% in California Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 26% in Long Beach, 31% in Los
Angeles, 12% in Sacramento, 33% in San Diego, 26% in San Francisco, and 14% in San Jose and
serious crime has fallen 1 % statewide- [1996 data].
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•
•
•
•
8.693 More Police The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 8,693 new police officers in
communities across California [through 10/97].
Nearly SI ? Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act,
California will use $12.9 million in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish more women's shelters
and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. California received $11.5 million
under VAWA in FY96.
$57.4 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of California's Schools. California receives $57.4
million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school security and drug
prevention programs.
Over $40 O P of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four. The national debt will be more
O
than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President Clinton's
economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of four in California.
r
MOVING CALIFORNIANS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
78.883 Fewer on Welfare: There are currently 78,883 fewer people on welfare than there were in the
beginning of 1993- a 3% decrease, [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 38%: Child support collections have increased by over $249 million —
or 38% - in California since FY92. [through FY96]
INVESTING IN CALIFORNIA'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single investment in
health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 - an unprecedented $24 billion over
five years to cover as many asfivemillion children throughout the nation. This investment guarantees
thefiillrange of benefits -fromcheckups to surgery - that children need to grow up strong and
healthy. It ensures that prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at
the state level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health coverage to more
than 1.2 million uninsured children in California the balanced budget provides $855 million in
1998. This compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have
denied health care coverage to 356,600 children in California.
•
Helping California Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration is committed to
full funding in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
Today, in California, 402,496 more women and children in need are receiving health and food
assistance than in 1994.
•
More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood Immunization
Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high. According to the CDC,
90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most critical doses of each of the
November 1997
�routinely recommended vaccines - surpassing the President's 1993 goal. In California in 1996,
94% of two-year olds received the vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 91% received the
vaccine for polio; 90% received the vaccine for measles, and 90% received the vaccine for
Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
11 Toxic Waste Sites Cleaned Up: Since 1993, the EPA has completed 11 Superfund toxic waste
cleanups in California, in Sunnyvale (3), Santa Clara, Porterville, Coalinga, Richmond, Oroville,
Cloverdale, Fillmore, and Scotts Valley [through 6/97]. Only 14 sites were cleaned up in the previous
12 years combined.
SPEARHEADING URBAN RENEWAL EFFORTS:
•
S128 Million to Los Angeles: Los Angeles/ Huntington Park was designated an enterprise community
in December, 1994 and was awarded $3 million to create more jobs, housing, and economic
opportunity for city residents. Later, it was designated a Supplemental Empowerment Zone and was
awarded $125 million for similar job creation efforts.
•
S28 Million to Oakland: Oakland was designated an Enterprise Community in December 1994, and
was awarded $3 million to create economic opportunity for area residents. Later, it was designated an
enhanced enterprise community and was awarded an additional $25 million.
•
$12 Million t Qthfr CQmnwnities AcrQSS California Additionally, Imperial County, San Diego,
Q
San Francisco, and Watsonville were all designated Enterprise Communities and were each awarded
$3 million for job creation efforts.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
S6.4 Billion in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, California has received $6.4 billion in
disaster relief. This includes $5.7 billion in assistance to recoverfromthe Northridge Earthquake,
which occurred in January of 1994.
•
343 More National Flood Insurance Policies; Since the President took office, California has
increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 56,343. Since 1993,
the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased by 28%. As more
individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster assistance is lessened resulting in a
reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
$3,2 Billion to Improve Mass Transit; The FTA has provided approximately $3.2 billion since 1993
to fund improvements in public transportation in California, including construction of the Los Angeles
Red Line Subway, extension of BART service to Colma in San Francisco, extension of light rail
service in San Jose/Santa Clara County, and other projects [through FY97].
•
$9.6 Billion in Highway Funding: California has received $9.6 billion in Federal highway funding.
These funds have helped generate over 400,000 jobs [through FY97].
•
$503 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Since FY93, California has received more than $503
million to fund improvements at Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International
Airport [through 6/97].
November 1997
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Colorado
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 3.4%: The unemployment rate in Colorado has declinedfrom6.1% to
3 .4% since 1993.
•
314.200 New Jobs: 314,200 new jobs have been created in Colorado since 1993 - an average of
67,329 jobs per year, compared to an average of just 43,700 jobs per year in the previous
administration.
•
75.000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 37,000 Colorado workers benefitedfroman increase
in the minimum wage -from$4.25 to $4.75 - on October 1, 1996. They, along with about 38,000
more, received an additional raise -from$4.75 to $5.15 - on September 1, 1997.
•
A S500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for families to
raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for children under 17.
Thanks to President Clinton the balanced budget delivers a child tax credit to 409,000 families
in Colorado.
•
Homebuilding Up 13.3%: Home building has increased 13.3% per year since 1993.
•
Over UP. O P of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family o f Four. The national debt will be
O
more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President Clinton's
economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of four in Colorado.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
Over S43 Million in Head Start Funding In FY97, Colorado received $40 million in Head Start
funding. This year [FY98], Colorado receives $43.7 million for Head Start, an increase of nearly $4
million over 1997.
•
$5.4 Million in Goals 2000 Funding This year [FY98], Colorado receives $5.4 million in Goals
2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic standards,
increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use of computers and
technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional development.
•
S4 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], Colorado receives $4 million ~ doubling its
funding over FY97 - for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which helps communities and the
private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the computer literacy skills needed for the
21st century.
•
$70 Million for Students Most in Need: Colorado receives $70 million in Title I Grants (to Local
Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need, particularly
communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income families [FY98].
•
$76 Million in Pell Grants Colorado received $76 million last year in Pell Grant funding,
helping Colorado's low-income students go to college.
•
1874 Have Served in California through AmeriCorps Last year, 242 AmeriCorps participants
served their communities while earning money for college by working in Colorado's schools,
hospitals, neighborhoods and parks. Since the National Service program began in 1993, 1,874
members have served California in 100 different programs [through FY97].
•
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote Ljfelong
Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship to help
make thefirsttwo years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a Lifetime Learning Tax
Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans pursuing lifelong
learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be applied to thefirst$5,000 of tuition and
fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000 thereafter. 101,000 students in Colorado will receive a
November 1997
�HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500.124,000 students in Colorado will receive the
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls 5% in Colorado Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 15% in Denver and 5%
statewide. [1996 data].
•
729 More Police The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 729 new police officers in
communities across Colorado [through 7/97].
$1.9 Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act, Colorado
will use more than $1.9 million in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish more women's shelters
and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. Colorado received $1.7 million
under VAWA in FY96.
•
$625.635 in Grants for Battered Women and Children: In 1998, Colorado will receive an
estimated $625,635 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women and
children fleeing domestic abuse.
•
$6 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Colorado's Schools Colorado has received $6 million
in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school security and drug
prevention programs.
MOVING COLORADO RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
44.098 Fewer People on Welfare There are 44,098 fewer people on welfare in Colorado now than
there were at the beginning of 1993 ~ a 36% decrease [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 81% Child support collections have increased by nearly $47 million - or 81% - in Colorado since FY92 [through FY96].
INVESTING IN COLORADO'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single investment in
health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 » an unprecedented $24 billion over
five years to cover as many asfivemillion children throughout the nation. This investment
guarantees the full range of benefits ~fromcheckups to surgery ~ that children need to grow up
strong and healthy. It ensures that prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage
now offered at the state level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health
coverage to 72,000 uninsured children in Colorado the balanced budget provides more than
$41 million in 1998. This compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that
would have denied health care coverage to 50,200 children in Colorado.
•
Helping Colorado Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration is committed to
full funding in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
Today, in Colorado 6,488 more women and children in need are receiving health and food assistance
than in 1994.
•
More Toddlers Are Being Immunised: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high. According
to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most critical doses of each
of the routinely recommended vaccines ~ surpassing the President's 1993 goal. In Colorado in
1996, 94% of two-year olds received the vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 91% received
the vaccine for polio; 89% received the vaccine for measles, and 91% received the vaccine for
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�Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
4 Toxic Waste Sites Cleaned Up Since 1993, the EPA has completed 4 Superfund toxic waste
cleanups in Colorado, in Denver, Boulder, Commerce City and Aspen [through 6/97]. There was
only one site cleaned up in Colorado during the previous twelve years combined.
•
Brownfields Pilot in Englewood: The EPA has awarded a regional Brownfields Demonstration
Pilot in Englewood, which is intended to jump-start local clean-up efforts by providing funds
over a two year period to return unproductive, abandoned, contaminated urban properties to
productive use.
SPEARHEADING URBAN RENEWAL EFFORTS:
•
S3 Million to Denver: Denver was designated an Enterprise Community in December, 1994 and was
awarded $3 million to create more jobs, housing, and economic opportunity for city residents.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
4,798 More National Flood Insurance Policies; Since the President took office, Colorado has
increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 4,798. Since 1993,
the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased by 54%. As more
individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster assistance is lessened resulting in a
reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over S126 Million to Improve Mass Transit: The FTA has provided $ 126.4 million since 1993 to
improve public transportation in Colorado [through FY97].
•
Over Sl Billion in Highway Funds: The FHWA has provided over $ 1 billion highway funds to
Colorado since 1993. This money has helped generate approximately 46,000 jobs [through FY97].
•
Over S271 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Colorado has received $271 million to fund
improvements at Denver International Airport and Colorado Springs Municipal Airport [through
6/97].
November 1997
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Connecticut
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 4.6%: The unemployment rate in Connecticut has declined from
6.6% to 4.6% since 1993.
•
66.900 New Private Sector Jobs: 66,900 new private-sector jobs have been created in
Connecticut since 1993 ~ an average of 14,336 jobs per year. In contrast, an average of
34,725 private sector jobs were lost each year during the previous administration.
•
$9.000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 18,000 Connecticut workers have benefited
from an increase in the minimum wage --from$4.25 to $4.75 ~ on October 1, 1996. They,
along with about 41,000 more, received an additional raise on September 1, 1997.
•
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for
families to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for
children under 17. Thanks to President Clinton the balanced budget delivers a child tax
credit to 362,000 families in Connecticut.
•
Business Failures Down 13.7%: Business failures have dropped 13.7% per year since 1993,
after increasing 68.5% per year during the previous four years.
•
Over $40.000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four. The national debt will
be more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President
Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of
four in Connecticut.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCA TION:
•
$34 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY97, Connecticut received $30.6 million in Head
Start funding. This year [FY98], Connecticut receives $33.6 million, an increase of $3 million
over 1997.
•
$4.7Million in Goals 2000 Funding: This year [FY98], Connecticut receives $4.7 million in
Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic
standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use of
computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional
development.
•
$3.8 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], Connecticut receives $3.8 million more than doubling its funding over FY97 — for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
which helps communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the
computer literacy skills needed for the 21st century.
•
$68 Million for Students Most in Need: Connecticut receives $68 million in Title I Grants (to
Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need,
particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income
families [FY98].
•
Over 1100 Have Served in Connecticut through AmeriCorps: Last year, 127 AmeriCorps
participants served their communities while earning money for college by working in
Connecticut's schools, hospitals, neighborhoods and parks. Since the National Service
program began in 1993, over 1100 members have served Connecticut in 87 different programs
[through FY97].
November 1997
�$36.6 Million in Pell Grants: Connecticut received $36.6 million last year in Pell Grant
funding, helping Connecticut's low-income students go to college.
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote Lifelong
Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship
to help make thefirsttwo years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a Lifetime
Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans
pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be applied to the
first $5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000 thereafter. 69,000
students in Connecticut will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500.
85,000 students in Connecticut will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls 16% in Connecticut: Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 37% in Hartford, 14%
in New Haven, 17% in Stamford, 14% in Waterbury, and 16% statewide. [1996 data].
•
587More Police: The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 587 new police officers to date
in communities across Connecticut [through 7/97].
•
$1.8 Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act,
Connecticut will be able to use $1.8 million in federal funds by the end of this year [FY97] to
establish more women's shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims'
services.
•
$560.435 in Grants for Battered Women and Children: In 1998, Connecticut will receive an
estimated $560,435 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women
and children fleeing domestic abuse.
•
$4.8 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Connecticut's Schools: Connecticut has
received $4.8 million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in
school security and drug prevention programs.
MOVING CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
6.849 Fewer People on Welfare: Since 1993, there are 6,849 fewer people on welfare in
Connecticut [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 48% : Child support collections have been increased by $40
million -- or 48% - in Connecticut since FY92 [through FY96].
INVESTING IN CONNECTICUT'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care For Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single
investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 — an
unprecedented $24 billion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children throughout
the nation. This investment guarantees the fiill range of benefits —fromcheckups to surgery that children need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that prescription drugs, vision,
hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at the state level are extended to millions of
uninsured children. To expand health coverage to 53,000 uninsured children in
Connecticut the balanced budget provides $35 million in 1998. This compares to the
1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have denied health care
coverage to 53,600 children in Connecticut.
•
More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
November 1997
�Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most
critical doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines - surpassing the President's
1993 goal. In Connecticut in 1996, 99% of two-year olds received the vaccines for
diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 95% received the vaccine for polio; 96% received the vaccine
for measles, and 98% received the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria
causing a form of meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
2 Toxic Waste Sites Cleaned Up. Since 1993, the EPA has completed 2 Superfund toxic
waste cleanups in Connecticut, in Norwalk and Cheshire [through 6/97].
•
4 Brownfields Pilots in Connecticut: The EPA has awarded national Brownfields
Demonstration Pilots in Bridgeport and Hartford, and regional pilot in New Haven and the
Naugatuck Valley. These projects are intended to jump-start local clean-up efforts by
providing funds over a two year period to return unproductive, abandoned, contaminated
urban properties to productive use.
SPEARHEADING URBAN RENEWAL EFFORTS:
•
$6 Million to Bridgeport and New Haven: Bridgeport and New Haven were designated as
Enterprise Communities in December, 1994 and were awarded $3 million each to create more
jobs, housing, and economic opportunity for area residents.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
$8.1 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Connecticut has received $8.1
million in disaster relief. This includes assistance to recoverfromthe Blizzard of 1996.
•
7.583 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office, Connecticut
has increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 7,583.
Since 1993, the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased by
40%. As more individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster assistance is
lessened resulting in a reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over $292 Million to Improve Mass Transit: The FTA has provided over $292 million since
1993 to improve public transportation in Connecticut [through FY97].
•
Nearly $1.8 Billion in Highway Funding: Since 1993, Connecticut has received nearly $1.8
billion in federal highway aid. These funds have helped generate approximately 73,873 jobs
[through FY97].
•
Over $21 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Since 1993, Connecticut has received over
$21 million to fund airport improvements [through 6/97].
November 1997
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
The District of Columbia
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 8.1%: The unemployment rate in the District of Columbia has declined
from 8.9% to 8.1% since 1993.
•
The Poverty Rate Has Fallen Nationally, the poverty rate has fallenfrom15 .1% in 1993 to
13.7% in 1996. Since the President signed his 1993 Economic Plan into law, the nation has seen
the largest three year drop in poverty in a decade. In the District of Columbia, the poverty rate has
fallen 2.3 percentage points since 1993. [1996 data]
•
Business Failures Down 15.4%: Business failures have dropped 15.4% per year since 1993, after
increasing 40.7% per year during the previous four years.
•
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for families
to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for children under
17. Thanks to President Clinton the balanced budget delivers a child tax credit to 43,000
families in the District of Columbia.
•
Highest Hemeownership Ever in the District: Since 1992, homeownership in the District of
Columbia has increasedfrom35% to 44% ~ its highest rate on record.
•
Over $40.000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Everv Family of Four. The national debt will be
more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President
Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of four
in the District of Columbia.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
$17 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY97, the District of Columbia received $15.8 million in
Head Start funding. This year [FY98], the District of Columbia receives $17 million, an increase
of $1.2 million over 1997.
•
$1.8 Million in Goals 2000 Funding This year [FY98], the District of Columbia receives $1.8
million in Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising
academic standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the
use of computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional
development.
•
$2 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], the District of Columbia receives $2
million - doubling its funding over FY97 — for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which
helps communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the computer
literacy skills needed for the 21st century.
•
$21.7 Million for Students Most in Need The District of Columbia receives $21.7 million in
Title I Grants (to Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most
in need, particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income
families [FY98].
•
$15.4 Million in Pell Grants The District of Columbia received $15.4 million last year in Pell
Grant funding, helping the District's low-income students go to college.
•
Nearly 1300 Have Served in the District of Columbia through AmeriCorps: Last year, 132
AmeriCorps participants served their communities while earning money for college by working in
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�District schools, hospitals, neighborhoods or parks. Since the National Service program began in
1993, nearly 1300 members have served the District of Columbia in 107 different programs.
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote Lifelong
Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship to
help make the first two years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a Lifetime
Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans
pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be applied to the first
$5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000 thereafter. 34,000 students in
the District of Columbia will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500. 42,000
students in the District of Columbia will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls 3% in the District g/Cfrfamfr/g: Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 3% in the
District of Columbia [1996 data].
•
648 More Police: The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 648 new police officers to date in
neighborhoods across the District of Columbia [through 7/97].
•
$718.000 to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act, the District
of Columbia will use $718,000 in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish more women's
shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. The District of Columbia
received $699,000 under VAWA in FY96.
•
$400.000 in Grants for Battered Women and Children In 1998, the District of Columbia will
receive an estimated $400,000 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist
women and children fleeing domestic abuse.
•
$2.6 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of District of Columbia Schools The District of
Columbia receives approximately $2.6 million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools
Program, which invests in school security and drug prevention programs.
MOVING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
529 Fewer People on Welfare: IN 1996, President Clinton signed a land mark welfare reform bill
which promises to move thousands of DC residents from welfare to work. Since 1993, there are
529 fewer people on welfare in the District of Columbia.
•
Child Support Collections Up 38%: Child support collections have increased by $7.6 million ~ or
38% -- in the District of Columbia since FY92 [through FY96].
INVESTING IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single
investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 - an unprecedented
$24 billion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children throughout the nation. This
investment guarantees the full range of benefits ~fromcheckups to surgery ~ that children need
to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental
health coverage now offered at the state level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To
expand health coverage to 16,000 uninsured children in the District of Columbia the
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�balanced budget provides $13 million in 1998. This compares to the 1995 Republican plan
vetoed by President Clinton that would have denied health care coverage to 10,700 children in
D.C.
Over Sl5.8 Million in Ryan White Funds'. Since President Clinton took office, funding for the
Ryan White CARE Act has increased by 159% nationwide. In FY97, the District of Columbia
received a $8.4 million Ryan WTiite formula award and a $7.4 million supplemental grant to
care for people living with AIDS and HIV.
More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most critical
doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines ~ surpassing the President's 1993 goal.
In District of Columbia in 1996, 98% of two-year olds received the vaccines for diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis; 94% received the vaccine for polio; 94% received the vaccine for measles,
and 93% received the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of
meningitis.
SPEARHEADING URBAN RENEWAL EFFORTS:
•
S3 Million to the District of Columbia: In December 1994, the District was designated an
Enterprise Community, and was awarded $3 million to create jobs, housing, and economic
opportunity for its residents.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
115 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office, the District of
Columbia has increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 115.
Since 1993, the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased by 62
%. As more individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster assistance is
lessened resulting in a reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over S1.5 Billion to Improve Mass Transit The FTA has provided over $1.5 billion since 1993
to improve public transportation in the District [through FY97].
•
S414.7 Million in Highway Funding: Since 1993, the District of Columbia has received $414.7
million in federal highway aid. These funds have helped generate approximately 17,462 jobs
[through FY97].
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�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Delaware
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 3.7%: The unemployment rate in Delaware has declined from
5% to 3.7% since 1993.
•
47.200 New Jobs: 47,200 new jobs have been created in Delaware since 1993 ~ an
average of 10,114 per year, compared to an average of just 750 jobs per year in the
previous administration.
•
17.000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 10,000 Delaware workers benefited from
an increase in the minimum wage - from $4.25 to $4.75 ~ on October 1, 1996. They,
along with about 7,000 more, received an additional raise ~ from $4.75 to $5.15 - on
September 1, 1997.
•
The Poverty Rate Has Fallen Nationally, the poverty rate has fallen from 15.1% in 1993
to 13.7% in 1996. Since the President signed his 1993 Economic Plan into law, the nation
has seen the largest three year drop in poverty in a decade. In Delaware, the poverty rate
has fallen 1.6% since 1993. [1996 data]
•
A SS00 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children. To help make it easier for
families to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for
children under 17. Thanks to President Clinton the balanced budget delivers a child
tax credit to 77,000 families in Delaware.
•
Over $40.000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four. The national debt
will be more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of
President Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for
each family of four in Delaware.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
$7.4 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY97, Delaware received $6.9 million in Head
Start funding. This year [FY98], Delaware receives $7.4 million, an increase of $500,000
over 1997.
•
$1.7Million in Goals 2000 Funding This year [FY98], Delaware receives $1.7 million
in Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising
academic standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education,
expanding the use of computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality
teacher professional development.
•
$2 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], Delaware receives $2 million doubling its funding over FY97 - for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which
helps communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the
computer literacy skills needed for the 21st century.
•
$18 Million for Students Most in Need: Delaware receives $18 million in Title I Grants
(to Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in
need, particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in lowincome families [FY98].
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�S8 Million in Pell Grants: Delaware received $8 million last year in Pell Grant
funding, helping Delaware's low-income students go to college.
Nearly L O Have Served in Delaware through AmeriCQW Last year, 6 6
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AmeriCorps participants served their communities while earning money for college by
working in Delaware's schools, hospitals, neighborhoods and parks. Since the National
Service program began in 1993, nearly 1,000 members have served Delaware in 73
different programs.
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote
Ljfelong Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE
Scholarship to help make thefirsttwo years of college as universal as a high school
diploma and a Lifetime Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students
and working Americans pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax
credit will be applied to thefirst$5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to the first
$10,000 thereafter. 19,000 students in Delaware will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax
credit of up to $1,500. 24,000 students in Delaware will receive the Lifetime
Learning Tax Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
313 More Police: The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 313 new police officers to
date in communities across Delaware, [through 7/97]
•
782.000 to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act,
Delaware was allocated 782,000 in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish more
women's shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services.
Delaware received $746,000 under VAWA in FY96.
•
S400.000 in Grants for Battered Women and Children: In 1998, Delaware will receive
an estimated $400,000 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist
women and children fleeing domestic abuse.
•
S2.6 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Delaware's Schools Connecticut has
received $2.6 million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in
school security and drug prevention programs.
MOVING DELAWARE RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
6.056 Fewer People on Welfare: Since 1993, there are 6,056 fewer people on welfare in
Delaware - an 22% decrease [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 39% : Child support collections have increased by $ 10
million - or 39% - in Delaware since FY92 [through FY96].
INVESTING IN DELA WARE'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single
investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 — an
unprecedented $24 billion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children
throughout the nation. This investment guarantees thefiillrange of benefits ~ from
checkups to surgery — that children need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that
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�prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at the state
level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health coverage to more
uninsured children in Delaware the balanced budget provides $8 million in 1998. This
compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have
denied health care coverage to 1,700 children in Delaware.
More Toddlers Are Being ImmuniTed: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most
critical doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines ~ surpassing the
President's 1993 goal. In Delaware in 1996, 97% of two-year olds received the
vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 93% received the vaccine for polio; 90%
received the vaccine for measles, and 95% received the vaccine for Haemophilus
influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
Seven Superfund Sites Cleaned Up Since the President took office in 1993, the EPA
completed toxic waste site clean-up in Cheswold, New Castle, Kirkwood, Laurel,
Wilmington, Smyrna, and Millsboro, Delaware [through 6/97]. In contrast, only 4 sites
were completed in the previous 12 years combined.
•
Brownfields Pilot in Wilmington: The EPA has awarded a national Brownfields
Demonstration Pilot in Wilmington, which is intended to jump-start local clean-up
efforts by providing funds over a two year period to return unproductive, abandoned,
contaminated urban properties to productive use.
SPEARHEADING URBAN AND RURAL RENEWAL PROJECTS:
•
S3 Million to Wilmington: Wilmington was designated an Enterprise Community in
December, 1994 and was awarded $3 million to create more jobs, housing, and economic
opportunity for area residents.
PROVIDING DISASTER REUEF:
•
19.5 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Delaware has received
$9.5 million in disaster relief. This includes $3.5 million in assistance to recover from
the Blizzard of 1996.
•
4.880 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office,
Delaware has increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
policies by 4,880. Since 1993, the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP
policies has increased by 54%. As more individuals gain policies through the NFIP,
the need for disaster assistance is lessened resulting in a reduced burden on America's
taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over S27 Million to Improve Mass Transit The FTA has provided $27.4 million since
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�1993 to improve public transportation in Delaware [through FY97].
S377Million in Highway Funding. Since 1993, Delaware has received $377 million in
federal highway aid. These fimds have helped generate nearly 16,000 jobs [through
FY97].
Over S3.5 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Since 1993, Delaware has received
over $3.5 million to fund airport improvements [through 6/97].
November 1997
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Florida
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.
•
Unemployment Down to 4.7%: The unemployment rate in Florida has declinedfrom7.3%
to 4.7% since 1993.
•
995.800 New Jobs. 995,800 new jobs have been created in Florida since 1993 — an average
of 213,386 jobs per year, compared to an average of just 70,725 jobs per year in the
previous administration.
•
556.000 Have Received a Raise. Approximately 214,000 Florida workers benefited from
an increase in the minimum wage ~from$4.25 to $4.75 — on October 1, 1996. They,
along with about 342,000 more, received an additional raise ~from$4.75 to $5.15 ~ on
September 1, 1997.
•
The Poverty Rate Has Fallen. Nationally, the poverty rate has fallenfrom15.1% in 1993
to 13.7% in 1996. Since the President signed his 1993 Economic Plan into law, the nation
has seen the largest three year drop in poverty in a decade. In Florida, the poverty rate has
fallen 3.6% since 1993. [1996 data]
•
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for
families to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for
children under 17. Thanks to President Clinton, the balanced budget delivers a child
tax credit to 1,333,000 families in Florida.
•
Business Failures Down 14.4%: Business failures have dropped 14.4% per year since
1993, after increasing 27.8% per year during the previous 12 years.
•
Home Building Up 4.9% Per Year: Home building has increased 4.9% per year since
1993.
•
Over $40.000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four. The national debt
will be more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of
President Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each
family of four in Idaho.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
Over $159 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY97, Florida received $ 144 million in
Head Start funding. This year [FY98], Florida receives $159 million, an increase of $15
million over 1997.
•
$21 Million in Goals 2000 Funding: This year [FY98], Florida receives $21 million in
Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic
standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use
of computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher
professional development.
•
Over $16 Million for Technology Literacy . This year [FY98], Florida receives over $16
million ~ doubling its funding over FY97 ~ for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
which helps communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with
the computer literacy skills needed for the 21st century.
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�$332 Million for Students Most in Need Florida receives $332 million in Title I Grants
(to Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in
need, particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in lowincome families [FY98].
$278 Million in Pell Grants Florida received $278 million last year in Pell Grant
funding, helping Florida's low-income students go to college.
Over 2000 Have Served in Florida through AmeriCorps Last year, 246 AmeriCorps
participants served their communities while earning money for college by working in
Florida's schools, hospitals, neighborhoods and parks. Since the National Service program
began in 1993, over 2000 members have served Florida in 194 different programs [through
FY97].
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote
Ljfelong Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE
Scholarship to help make thefirsttwo years of college as universal as a high school diploma
and a Lifetime Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and
working Americans pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit
will be applied to thefirst$5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000
thereafter. 255,000 students in Florida will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of
up to $1,500. 311,000 students in Florida will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax
Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls 4 in Florida: Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 15% in Jacksonville, 19%
%
in Miami, 27% in Tallahassee, 7 in Tampa, and 4% statewide [1996 data].
%
•
3.519 More Police: The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 3,519 new police officers to
date in communities across Florida [through 7/97].
•
$&1 Million to Combat Domestic Violence; Through the Violence Against Women Act,
Florida will use approximately $6.1 million in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish
more women's shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services.
Florida received $5.3 million under VAWA in FY96.
•
$2,4 Million in Grants for Battered Wmn and Children in 1998, Florida will receive a
oe
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•
estimated $2.4 million in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist
women and children fleeing domestic abuse.
$2.6 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Florida's Schools: Florida has received
$2.6 million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school
security and drug prevention programs.
MOVING FLORIDIANS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
279.659 Fewer People on Welfare: There are 279,659 fewer people on welfare in Florida
now than there were at the beginning of 1993 ~ a 40% decrease [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 61% : Child support collections have increased by $154
million - or 61% - in Florida since FY92 [through FY96].
November 1997
�INVESTING IN FLORIDA'S HEALTH
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single
investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 ~ an
unprecedented $24 billion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children
throughout the nation. This investment guarantees the fiill range of benefits ~ from
checkups to surgery ~ that children need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that
prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at the state
level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health coverage to more
uninsured children in Florida the balanced budget provides more than $270 million
in 1998. This compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that
would have denied health care coverage to 272,000 children in Florida.
•
Helping Florida Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration is
committed to full funding in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants and Children (WIC). Today, in Florida, 64,306 more women and children in need
are receiving health and food assistance than in 1994.
•
More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most
critical doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines — surpassing the
President's 1993 goal. In Florida in 1996, 96% of two-year olds received the vaccines
for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 92% received the vaccine for polio; 90% received the
vaccine for measles, and 92% received the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B, the
bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
17 Toxic Waste Sites Cleaned Up Since 1993, the EPA has completed 17 Superfund toxic
waste cleanups in Florida, in Miami (3), Hialeah (2), Pensacola, Lake Park, Pompano
Beach, Orlando, Davie, Cantonment, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, Medley, Tampa,
Baldwin and Madison [through 6/97]. There were only 9 sites cleaned up in the previous 12
years combined.
•
7 Brownfields Pilots in Florida: Since 1993, the EPA has awarded 7 Brownfields
Demonstration Pilots in Florida — regional pilots in Clearwater, Gainesville, Miami, and
St. Petersburg, and national pilots in Dade County, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee. These
projects are intended to jump-start local clean-up efforts by providing funds over a two
year period to return unproductive, abandoned, contaminated urban properties to
productive use.
SPEARHEADING URBAN AND RURAL RENEWAL EFFORTS:
•
S9 Million to Communities Across Florida: Tampa, Jackson County and Miami were all
designated Enterprise Communities in December, 1994 and were awarded $3 million each
to create more jobs, housing, and economic opportunity for area residents.
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�PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
$261.7 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Florida has received
$261.7 million in disaster relief. This includes $107.2 million in assistance to recover from
Hurricane Opal, which occurred in October of 1995..
•
610.256 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office, Florida
has increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 610,256.
Since 1993, the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased
by 62%. As more individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster
assistance is lessened resulting in a reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over $700 Million to Improve Mass Transit The FT A has provided $721.2 million since
1993 to improve public transportation in Florida [through FY97].
•
Si. 9 Billion in Highway Funding: Since 1993, Florida has received $3.9 billion in federal
highway aid. These funds have helped generate approximately 165,203 jobs [through
FY97].
•
Over $346 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Florida has received over $346
million in airport improvement funds, which have gone to Miami International and Orlando
International for constructing terminal buildings, acquiring land for runways, and improving
runway lighting [through 6/97].
November 1997
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Georgia
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 4.5%: The unempT
4.5% since 1993.
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oyment rate in G
•
600.500 New Jobs: 600,500 new jobs have been created in Georgia since 1993 — an average of
128,679 jobs per year, compared to an average of just 31,625 jobs per year during the previous
administration.
•
281.000 Have Received a Raise: Approximate y 96,000 Georgia workers benefited from an
increase in the minimum wage ~ from $4.25 to $4.75 - on October 1, 1996. They, a ong with
about 185,000 more, received an additiona raise - from $4.75 to $5.15 - on September 1,
1997.
•
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To he p make it easier for
fami ies to raise their chi dren, the ba anced budget inc udes a $500 per-chi d tax credit for
chi dren under 17. Thanks to President Clinton, the balanced budget delivers a child tax
credit to 847,000 families in Georgia.
•
Business Failures Down 15.6% Per Year: Business fai ures have dropped an average of 15.6%
per year since 1993, after increasing 20.1% per year during the previous 12 years.
•
Highest Home Ownership Ever: Home ownership in Georgia increased from 66.9 to 70.8 since
1992 and it is now the highest on record.
•
Over $40.000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four. The national debt will be
more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President
Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of
four in Georgia.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
$107 Million in Head Start Funding: In FY97, Georgia received $97.2 mi ion in Head Start
funding. This year [FY98], Georgia receives $107 mi ion, an increase of $9.5 mi ion over
1997.
•
$12 Million in Goals 2000 Funding This year [FY98], Georgia receives $ 12 mi ion in Goa s
2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic standards,
increasing parenta and community invo vement in education, expanding the use of computers
and techno ogy in c assrooms, and supporting high-qua ity teacher professiona deve opment.
•
$11 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], Georgia receives $11 mi ion -doub ing its funding over FY97 — for the Techno ogy Literacy Cha enge Fund which he ps
communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the computer
iteracy ski s needed for the 21 st century.
•
$194 Million for StltdentS Most in Need: Georgia receives $194 mi ion in Tit e I Grants (to
Loca Educationa Agencies) providing extra he p in the basics for students most in need,
partial ar y communities and schoo s with high concentrations of chi dren in ow-income fami ies
[FY98].
•
$131 Million in Pell Grants Georgia received $131 million last year in Pell Grant funding,
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�helping Georgia's low-income students go to college.
Nearly 2000 Have Served in Georgia through AmeriCorp Since the Nationa Service program
began in 1993, near y 2000 AmeriCorps participants, working in 143 different programs, have
earned money for co ege whi e working in Georgia's schoo s, hospita s, neighborhoods or
parks.
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote Lifelong
Learning: The ba anced budget inc udes both President C inton's $1,500 HOPE Scho arship to
he p make the first two years of co ege as universa as a high schoo dip oma and a Lifetime
Learning Tax Credit for co ege juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans
pursuing ife ong earning to upgrade their ski s. This 20% tax credit wi be app ied to the first
$5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000 thereafter. 122,000 students
in Georgia will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500. 149,000 students
in Georgia will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls in Savannah Since 1992 serious crime has fa en 2% in Savannah [1996 data].
•
1.425 More Police The President's 1994 Crime Bi has funded 1,425 new po ice officers to
date in communities across Georgia [through 7/97].
•
$3.3 Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Vio ence Against Women Act,
Georgia wi use $3.3 mi ion in federa funds this year [FY97] to estab ish more women's
she ters and bo ster aw enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. Georgia received
approximate y $3 mi ion under VAWA in FY96.
•
$1.2 Million in Grants for Battered Women and Children In 1998, Georgia wi receive an
estimated $1.2 mi ion in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women
and children fleeing domestic abuse.
•
Nearly $13.3 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Georgia's Schools Georgia receives
$13.3 mi ion in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schoo s Program, which invests in schoo
security and drug prevention programs.
MOVING GEORGIANS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
147.338 Fewer People on Welfare: There are 147,338 fewer peop e on we fare in Georgia now
than there were at the beginning of 1993 - a 37% decrease [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 49% : Chi d support co ections have increased by $85 mi ion ~
or 49% - in Georgia since FY92 [through FY96].
INVESTING IN GEORGIA'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The ba anced budget inc udes the argest sing e
investment in hea th care for chi dren since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 - an unprecedented
$24 bi ion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemi ion chi dren throughout the nation. This
investment guarantees the fu range of benefits —fromcheckups to surgery — that chi dren
need to grow up strong and hea thy. It ensures that prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and
November 1997
�menta hea th coverage now offered at the state eve are extended to mi ions of uninsured
chi dren. To expand health coverage to more uninsured children in Georgia the balanced
budget provides S125 million in 1998. This compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed
by President Clinton that would have denied health care coverage to 174,700 children in
Georgia.
Helping Georgia Women and Children with WIC: The C inton Administration is committed
to fu funding in the Specia Supp ementa Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Chi dren
(WIC). Today, in Georgia, 15,854 more women and chi dren in need are receiving hea th and
food assistance than in 1994.
More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most critical
doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines - surpassing the President's 1993 goal.
In Georgia in 1996, 96% of two-year olds received the vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus,
pertussis; 94% received the vaccine for polio; 92% received the vaccine for measles, and
92% received the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of
meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
5 Toxic Waste Sites Cleaned Up: Since 1993, the EPA has comp eted 5 Superfund toxic waste
c eanups in Georgia ~ three in Cedartown and one each in Augusta and Powersvi e [through
6/97]. On y one site was c eaned up in a ofthe preceding twe ve years.
•
Brownfields Pilot in Atlanta: The EPA has awarded a regional Brownfields Demonstration
Pilot in Atlanta, which is intended to jump-start local clean-up efforts by providing funds
over a two year period to return unproductive, abandoned, contaminated urban properties to
productive use.
SPEARHEADING URBAN AND RURAL RENEWAL EFFORTS:
•
$100 Million to Atlanta: At anta was designated an Empowerment Zone and was awarded
$100 mi ion to create more jobs, housing, and economic opportunity for city residents.
•
$12 Million to Other Communities Across Georgia: A bany. Centra Savannah, Crisp County
and Doo ey County were a designated Enterprise Communities in December, 1994 and were
awarded $3 mi ion for simi ar job creation efforts.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
$429.6 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Georgia has received $429.6
mi ion in disaster re ief. This inc udes $381.3 mi ion in assistance to recoverfromdevastating
f oods that occurred in Ju y of 1994.
•
20.243 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office, Georgia has
increased the number of Nationa F ood Insurance Program (NFIP) po icies by 20,243. Since
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�1993, the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP po icies has increased by 70%. As
more individua s gain po icies through the NFIP, the need for disaster assistance is essened
resu ting in a reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
$344 Million to Improve Mass Transit The FTA has provided $344 mi ion since 1993 to
improve pub ic transportation in Georgia [through FY97].
•
NfMly $1M WflliQtt in Airport ImprQvment FHnds; Since 1993, Georgia has received near y
$ 180 mi ion to fund airport improvements [through 6/97].
•
52 7 Billion in Highway Funding: Since 1993, Georgia has received $2.7 bi ion in federa
highway aid. These funds have he ped generate approximate y 112,683 jobs [through FY97].
November 1997
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Hawaii
HELPING FAMILIES:
•
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for
families to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for
children under 17. Thanks to President Clinton, the balanced budget delivers a child
tax credit to 111,000 families in Hawaii.
•
Over $40,000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four. The national debt
will be more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of
President Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for
each family of four in Hawaii.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCA TION:
•
$13 Million in Head Start Funding; In FY97, Hawaii received $ 12.2 million in Head
Start funding. This year [FY98], Hawaii receives $13.3 million, an increase of $1.1
million over 1997.
•
$1.7 Million in Goals 2000 Funding This year [FY98], Hawaii receives $1.7 million in
Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising
academic standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education,
expanding the use of computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality
teacher professional development.
•
$21 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY98], Hawaii receives $2 million ~
doubling its funding over FY97 - for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which
helps communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the
computer literacy skills needed for the 21st century.
•
$20 Million for Students Most in Need: Hawaii receives $20 million in Title I Grants (to
Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need,
particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income
families [FY98].
•
$11 Million in Pell Grants: Hawaii received $11 million last year in Pell Grant
funding, helping Hawaii's low-income students go to college.
•
Over 300 Have Served in Hawaii through AmeriCorps Last year, 109 AmeriCorps
participants served their communities while earning money for college by working in
Hawaii's schools, hospitals, neighborhoods or parks. Since the National Service program
began in 1993, over 300 members have served Hawaii in 44 different programs [through
FY97].
•
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote
Ljfelong Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE
Scholarship to help make the first two years of college as universal as a high school
diploma and a Lifetime Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students
and working Americans pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax
November 1997
�credit will be applied to thefirst$5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to the first
$10,000 thereafter. 28,000 students in Hawaii wiU receive a HOPE Scholarship tax
credit of up to $1,500. 35,000 students in Hawaii will receive the Lifetime Learning
Tax Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
87 More Police. The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 87 new police officers to date
in communities across Hawaii [through 7/97].
•
$967.000 to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act,
Hawaii was appropriated $967,000 in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish more
women's shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. Hawaii
received more than $911,000 under VAWA in FY96.
•
$400.000 in Grants for Battered Women and Children In 1998, Hawaii will receive an
estimated $400,000 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist
women and children fleeing domestic abuse.
•
52.6 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Hawaii's Schools Hawaii has received
$2.6 million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school
security and drug prevention programs.
MOVING HA WAII RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
Landmark Welfare Reform Bill: In 1996, President Clinton signed a landmark welfare
reform bill which promises to move thousands of Hawaii residentsfromwelfare to work.
•
Child Support Collections Up 57% : Child support collections have increased by $20
million - or 57% - in Hawaii since FY92 [through FY96].
INVESTING IN HA WAIFS HEALTH
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single
investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 ~ an
unprecedented $24 billion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children
throughout the nation. This investment guarantees the full range of benefits ~ from
checkups to surgery — that children need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that
prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at the state
level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health coverage to
more uninsured children in Hawaii the Balanced Budget provides $9 million. This
compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have
denied health care coverage to 14,500 children in Hawaii.
•
Helping Hawaii Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration is
committed to fiill funding in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants and Children (WIC). Today, in Hawaii, 5,412 more women and children in need
are receiving health and food assistance than in 1994.
November 1997
�More Toddlers Are Being ImmuniTed: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most
critical doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines ~ surpassing the
President's 1993 goal. In Hawaii in 1996, 93% of two-year olds received the
vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 91% received the vaccine for polio; 92%
received the vaccine for measles, and 91 % received the vaccine for Haemophilus
influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
55./ Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Hawaii has received $5.1
million in disaster relief. This includes assistance to recover from floods that occurred
in November of 1996.
•
29.703 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office,
Hawaii has increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies
by 29,703. Since 1993, the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP
policies has increased by 169%. As more individuals gain policies through the NFIP,
the need for disaster assistance is lessened resulting in a reduced burden on America's
taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over $89 Million to Improve Mass Transit The FTA has provided $89.4 million since
1993 to improve public transportation in Hawaii [through FY97].
•
$862 Million in Highway Funding: Since 1993, Hawaii has received $862 million in
federal highway aid. These funds have helped generate approximately 36,291 jobs
[through FY97].
•
Nearly $82 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Since 1993, Hawaii has received
nearly $82 million to fimd airport improvements [through 6/97].
November 1997
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Iowa
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 2.7%: The unemployment rate in Iowa has declinedfrom4.2% to
2.7% since 1993.
•
140.300 New Jobs: 140,300 new jobs have been created in Iowa since 1993 ~ an average of
30,064 jobs per year, compared to an average ofjust 19,900 jobs per year during the
previous administration.
•
64.000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 6,000 Iowa workers benefitedfroman
increase in the minimum wage -from$4.25 to $4.75 -- October 1, 1996. They, along with
about 58,000 more, received an additional raise -from$4.75 to $5.15 - on Sept. 1, 1997.
•
A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children To help make it easier for
families to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for
children under 17. Thanks to President Qinton, the balanced budget delivers a child tax
credit to 312,000 families in Iowa.
•
Business Failures Down 5.9%: Business failures have dropped 5.9% per year since 1993,
after increasing 18% per year during the previous two administrations.
•
Highest Home Ownership Ever: Home Ownership in Iowa has increasedfrom66.3 to 74.7
since 1992 and it is now the highest on record.
•
Over 40.00 of Reduced Federal Debt for Everv Family of Four: The national debt will be
more than $2 .5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before passage of President
Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of four
in Iowa.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
HMMillivn in Head Start FHtlding; In FY97, Iowa received $29 million in Head Start
funding. In FY98 Iowa will receive $31.7 million, an increase of $2.7 million over 1997.
•
$3.8 Million in Goals 2000 Funding: This year [FY98], Iowa receives $3.8 million in Goals
2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic
standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use of
computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional
development.
•
$2.7 Million for Technology Literacy This year [FY98], Iowa receives $2.7 million for the
Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which helps communities and the private sector ensure
that every student is equipped with the computer literacy skills needed for the 21st century.
•
$51.9 Million for Students Most in Need: Iowa will receive $51.9 million in Title I Grants
(to Local Education Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need,
particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income
families [FY98].
•
$72 Million in Pell Grants: Iowa received $72 million last year in Pell Grant funding,
which helps Iowa's low-income students go to college.
November 1997
�Over 500 Have Served in Iowa through AmeriCorps: This year, 35 AmeriCorps
participants are serving their communities while earning money for college by working in
Iowa's schools, hospitals, neighborhoods or parks. Since the National Service program
began in 1994, over 500 members have served Iowa in 72 different programs [through FY97]
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote Ljfelong
Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship
to help make thefirsttwo years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working
Americans pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be
applied to thefirst$5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000
thereafter. 69,000 students in Iowa will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to
$1,500. 84,000 students in Iowa will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls 6 in Iowa. Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 8% in Des Moines and 6%
%
Stalfisudtl 1996 data].
•
420 More Police The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 420 new police officers to date
in communities across Iowa [through 10/97].
•
SL 6 Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act,
Iowa will use $1.6 million in federal funds this year [FY97] to establish more women's
shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. Iowa received $1.5
million under VAWA in FY96.
•
S484.114 in Grants for Battered Women and Children In 1998, Iowa will receive an
estimated 484,114 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women
and childrenfleeingdomestic abuse.
•
S4.6 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Iowa's Schools Iowa receives $4.6 million
in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school security and
drug prevention programs.
MOVING IOWANS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
24.259 Fewer People on Welfare: There are 24,259 fewer people on welfare in Iowa now
than there were at the beginning of 1993 - a 24% decrease [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 56%: Child support collections have increased by $54 million
- or 56% - in Iowa since FY92 [through FY96].
INVESTING IN IOWA'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single
investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 ~ an
unprecedented $24 billion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children
throughout the nation. This investment guarantees the full range of benefits ~fromcheckups
to surgery — that children need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that prescription
November 1997
�drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at the state level are extended
to millions of uninsured children. To expand health coverage to more uninsured children in
Iowa the balanced budget provides $32.5 million in 1998. This compares to the 1995
Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have denied health coverage to
26,400 children in Iowa.
Helping Iowa Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration is committed to
fiill funding in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
(WIC). Today, in Iowa, 7,837 more women and children in need are receiving health and
food assistance than in 1994.
More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most
critical doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines ~ surpassing the President's
1993 goal. In Iowa in 1996, 97% of two-year olds received the vaccines for diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis; 94% received the vaccine for polio; 92% received the vaccine for
measles, and 94% received the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria causing
a form of meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
6 Toxic Waste Sites Cleaned Up: Since 1993, the EPA has completed 6 Superfund toxic
waste cleanups in Iowa, in West Point, Fairfield, Mason City, Maurice, Kellogg, and Charles
City [through 6/97]. This is more than the number of sites cleaned up in Iowa during the
previous twelve years combined (4).
SPEARHEADING URBAN RENEWAL EFFORTS:
•
Si Million to Des Moines: Des Moines was designated an Enterprise Community in
December, 1994 and was awarded $3 million to create more jobs, housing, and economic
opportunity for city residents.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
&263.1 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Iowa has received $263.1
million in disaster relief. This includes $251 million in assistance to recover from the
Midwest Floods of 1993.
•
3 329 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office, Iowa has
increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 3,329.
Since 1993, the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased
by 52%. As more individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster
assistance is lessened resulting in a reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
t
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
November 1997
�Over $86 Million to Improve Mass Transit The FTA has provided $86.2 million since 1993
to improve public transportation in Iowa [through FY97].
Over Sl Billion in Highway Funding Since 1993, Iowa has received over $1 billion in
federal highway aid. These funds have helped generate approximately 46,167 jobs [through
FY97].
Over $68 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Since 1993, Iowa has received over $68
million to fund airport improvements [through 6/97].
November 1997
�PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACCOMPUSHMENTS:
Idaho
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL:
•
Unemployment Down to 5.0%: The unemployment rate in Idaho declinedfrom6.5% to
5.0% since 1993.
•
72.200 New Jobs 72,200 new jobs have been created in Idaho since 1993.
•
59.000 Have Received a Raise. Approximately 22,000 Idaho workers benefitedfroman
increase in the minimum wage —from$4.25 to $4.75 ~ on October 1, 1996. They, along
with about 37,000 more, received an additional raise —from$4.75 to $5.15 — on
September 1, 1997.
•
251 300 Protected By Family & Medical Leave: Approximately 251,300 Idaho workers
are covered by the Family & Medical Leave Law, which allows workers to take up to 12
weeks unpaid leave to care for a new baby or ailing relative [1995 data].
•
A S500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for
families to raise their children, the balanced budget includes a $500 per-child tax credit for
children under 17. Thanks to President Clinton, the balanced budget delivers a child
tax credit to 116,000 families in Idaho.
•
Over $40.000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Everv Family of Four. The national debt will
be more than $2.5 trillion lower in 2002 than was projected before the passage of President
Clinton's economic plan. That's over $40,000 of reduced federal debt for each family of
four in Idaho.
r
EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION:
•
$ 12,4 MflliQtt in Head Start Funding; In FY97, Idaho received $ 10 million in Head Start
funding. This year [FY98], Idaho receives $12.4 million, an increase of $2.4 million over
1997.
•
$1,9 Million in Goals 2909 Funding: This year [FY98], Idaho receives $1.9 million in
Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic
standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use
of computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher
professional development.
•
$2 Million for Technology Literacy This year [FY98], Idaho receives $2 million ~
doubling its funding over FY97 — for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which helps
communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the computer
literacy skills needed for the 21st century.
•
$22 Million for Students Most in Need. Idaho receives $22 million in Title I Grants (to
Local Educational Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need,
particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income
faimlies [FY98].
•
$32 Million in Pell Grants. Idaho received $32 million last year in Pell Grant funding,
which helped Idaho's low-income students go to college.
November 1997
�Over 500 Have Served in Idaho through AmeriCorps Last year, 334 AmeriCorps
participants served their communities while earning money for college by working in
Idaho's schools, hospitals, neighborhoods or parks. Since the National Service program
began in 1993, over 500 members have served Idaho in 110 different programs.
Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote
L[felong Learning: The balanced budget includes both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE
Scholarship to help make thefirsttwo years of college as universal as a high school diploma
and a Lifetime Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and
working Americans pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit
will be applied to thefirst$5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to thefirst$10,000
thereafter. 24,000 students in Idaho will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up
to $1,500. 29,000 students in Idaho will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit.
FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE:
•
Crime Falls in Boise. Since 1992, serious crime has fallen 15% in Boise [1996 data].
•
203 More Police The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 203 new police officers to
date in communities across Idaho [through 7/97]
•
$958.000 to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act,
Idaho will use $958,000 in federal funds in FY97 to establish more women's shelters and
bolster law enforcement, prosecution, and victims' services. Idaho received $895,000 under
VAWA in FY96.
•
M QQ in Grants for Battered Wmn and Children. In 1998, Idaho will receive a
QJQ
oe
n
•
estimated 400,000 in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women
and children fleeing domestic abuse.
$2,6 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Idaho's Schools Idaho receives $2.6
million in FY97 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school security
and drug prevention programs.
MOVING IDAHO RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK:
•
4312 Fewer People on Welfare: There are 4,312 fewer people on welfare in Idaho now
than there were at the beginning of 1993 ~ a 20% decrease [through 6/97].
•
Child Support Collections Up 58%: Child support collections have increased by $16.2
million ~ or 58% ~ in Idaho since FY92. [through FY96]
f
INVESTING IN IDAHO'S HEALTH:
•
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget includes the largest single
investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 - an
unprecedented $24 billion overfiveyears to cover as many asfivemillion children
throughout the nation. This investment guarantees the fiill range of benefits ~ fiom
checkups to surgery - that children need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that
prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at the state
November 1997
�level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health coverage to more
uninsured children in Idaho the balanced budget provides $15.8 million in 1998. This
compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have denied
health care coverage to 11,900 children in Idaho.
More Toddlers Are Being Immunired: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood
Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high.
According to the CDC, 90% or more of America's toddlers in 1996 received the most
critical doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines ~ surpassing the
President's 1993 goal. In Idaho in 1996, 89% of two-year olds received the vaccines
for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 86% received the vaccine for polio; 84% received the
vaccine for measles, and 86% received the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B, the
bacteria causing a form of meningitis.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT:
•
Superfund Clean-up in Pocatello: In September 1996, the EPA completed toxic waste
site clean-up in Pocatello, Idaho [through 6/97].
•
Brownfields Pilot in Panhandle Health District: The EPA has awarded a regional
Brownfields Demonstration Pilot in the Panhandle Health District, Idaho, which is
intended to jump-start local clean-up efforts by providing funds over a two year period to
return unproductive, abandoned, contaminated urban properties to productive use.
PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF:
•
•
145,5 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance; Since 1993, Idaho has received $45.5
million in disaster relief. This includes $24.4 million in assistance to recoverfromflood that
occurred in February of 1996.
6.071 More National Flood Insurance Policies: Since the President took office, Idaho has
increased the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies by 6,071. Since
1993, the number of homes and structures protected by NFIP policies has increased by
260%. As more individuals gain policies through the NFIP, the need for disaster assistance
is lessened resulting in a reduced burden on America's taxpayers.
EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRA VEL IMPROVEMENT:
•
Over $22 Million to Inqtrove Mass Transit The FTA has provided $22.3 million since
1993 to improve public transportation in Idaho [through FY97].
•
Over $560 Million in Highway Funding Since 1993, Idaho has received over $560
million in federal highway aid. These fimds have helped generate approximately 23,591
jobs [through FY97].
•
$34.6 Million in Airport Improvement Funds: Since 1993, Idaho has received $34.6
million to fund airport improvements [through 6/97].
November 1997
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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
Office of Speechwriting
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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.
Segment Two contains 868 folders in 66 boxes.
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Publisher
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Format
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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paper
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Title
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[State-by-State Figures Nov. 1997] [1]
Creator
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Office of Speechwriting
Michael Waldman
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Box 7
<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/36404"> Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7763296">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
Identifier
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2006-0469-F Segment 2
Provenance
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White House Staff and Office Files
Publisher
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Format
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Adobe Acrobat Document
Medium
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Preservation-Reproduction-Reference
Date Created
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6/3/2015
Source
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7763296
42-t-7763296-20060469F-Seg2-007-008-2015