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, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Annual N ~tional Conference of La Raza
Phil~delphia, Pennsylvania ,
'j, July 20, 1998
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, Thank you, Administrator AI~arez, for that kind introduction. But, more than that, for the
work that you and your colleagues atlthe Small Business Administration are doing every day to
expand the circle of economic opportunity for all Americans.
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It is indeed a great honor and ipleasure for me to join all of you today, at'this annual
gathering of the National Council of La Raza.For 30 years, your voices for freedom and
equality, for justice and inclusion, ha~e resonated across this nation. Every single significant
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social crusade of the last half centurY; -- froin voting rights to the expansion of educational
opporturiities, to fair housing and imfuigration reform and civil rights, and so much else -- has
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one thing in common -- the stamp oflLa Raza. Your values -- family, community, self reliance,
responsibility -- those are not just La!Raza's values, those are America's values. I thank y~u for ,
standing up for them year after year. I
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I especially want to join in applauding your leader. You know, it is hard to think of
enough superlatives to apply to your,president. Raul Yzaguirre has had the courage, the vision,
and the passion for equality, which h'as led,La Raza for nearly a quarter century. Even though
Raul traces his family roots in Texa~I back to the 1720's -- far before I could trace,my American
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roots ~- as a child he was forced to c~rry an identity card with him at all times as proof of his
American citizenship. His story is the story of so many Hispanic Americans, who have turned
obstacles and challenges into opportbnities and hopes fulfilled -- and like so many others he has
inspired so many young people tod6 the same. He has been a tireless voice in promoting ,
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greater educational opportunities foriHispanic children -- serving as the chairperson of President
Clinton's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. I believe
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, not just Hispanic Americans, but ev~ry American owes him a great debt of gratitude.
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I also want to acknowledge t~e outstanding work of your outgoing chair, Irma Flores
Gonzales. Thank you very much f01] what you have done on behalf of La Raza. I want to
welcome the incoming chair. Arou~d the White House, he is referred to as Janet's older brother,
but you know him as a very accompFshed Ramon Murguia -- who will be becoming the chair' ,
and will be leading La Raza into thelnext century.
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"Honoring the Past: 'Forging our Future."
The theme of this conferencJI is so
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Isn't it fitting that you would gather here in Philadelphia, where more than 200 years ago, people
responded to the ringing of the Libetty Bell, and came to hear for the first time the words of the
Declaration of Independence. 'This :is where a few years later, the founders of this nation affixed
their sigucitures to our Constitution, bnshrining in law the principles ofliberty, democracy, and '
equality. Where we have been c0nPnitting ourselves -., decade after decade -- to the fulfilling of
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those principles, by ensuring that the! promise of America is a reality for all Americans.
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I am delighted to be in a city that recognizes the Constitution with Hispanic Americans. I
am pleased.that you have so many elbcted officials from here in Philadelphia and throughout
Pennsylvania attending the conferenge. It is fitting that here in this city where our nation started,
we would take stock, about how to hopor the past, and forge our future. As sorpe of you may
know, I:am working on·behalf of a Millennium project sponsored by the White House
Millennium Council. 1 have just retu~rned from a trip that took me from Washington through
New Jersey and to Massachusetts an1 New York -- where I asked Americans to think about how
we save America's treasures. Those monuments, the documents, those places that tell our storyI
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- who we are as Americans, what weI stand for, and who we want to be. . I visited many
interesting places from the laboratory of Thomas Edison, to the home of Harriet Tubman --who
led so many slaves to freedom. I watched. proudly as our country made the commitment to save
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our Star Spangled Banner. And I visited with clan mothers from the Seneca Nation. I want to
make clear that America's history indludes every kind of American. It is not only in the places
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that I've, named or visited so far, but it is in.the ancient adobe churches in New, Mexico, and the
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San Miguel Mission in Santa Fe.
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Our history is in the lives of ~fforts and accomplishments of Hispanic Americans. Some
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of them are famous in this nation we Ihonor; some of them are only known to their families and
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generations that have gone on. We need to be sure that as we take stock of our past, as we honor
our past, we ensure that every Ameri~an appreciates the many contributions of Hispanic
Americans. Just think of where this tountry would be, who would be shut out by our system,
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without the pioneering legal work of Mario Obledo, who helped pull down so many of the
barriers ()f discrimination throughoutjthe Southwest. Who could imagine America's struggle for
human freedom and dignity without ~hinking abo~t Cesar Chavez, and his courageous crusade on
behalfofthe poor and the dispossessyd? [Applause over remarks]
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As I continue my work on behalf of saving America's treasures, I look forward to
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bringing to public attention many of the treasures that many of the natives from our Hispanic'
past that need to be included. [ApplaiIse over remarks] History is still being made. What
countries might" still be at war, or toni apart by fear and hatred,without the work of United
Nations Ambassador, Bill Richardso~1,and all'that he has done to make'our country 'and our
world a safer place? We hope that Bill Richardson will be the next Secretary of Energy, and I
hope that happens soon so that he co~ld bring -his talent to a number of very important tasks in
our country. Think about the talents :ofCabinet members like Administrator Alvarez or Henry .
Cisneros or Frederico Pena. Many otpers, who in this Administration are making history
themselves. [Applause over remarks~ .
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I couldn't possibly mention all of them, but I must mention a few because of my personal
relationship with them. Maria Echa~este has been a friend of mine for more than i 5 years. I
recruited her into the campaign in 1992 -- I'm not sure she knew exactly what she was g~tting
into. She grew up in California -- th9 child,of farm wor~ers ~- and because of her extraordinary
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�achievements, first, in the Departme~t of Labor, then in the White House. She is now the Deputy
Chief of Staff for the President of the United States and she briefs the President every morning
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on what is going on in our country arid the world.
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As I just said, I care deeply about the state of our children and young people, and I was
delighted that, last Friday, the Presid6nt announced his intention to nominate Patricia Montoya as
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the commissioner for Children, Youth and Families at HHS. She will be overseeing Head Start,
welfare, child support enforcement, dnd other issues critical to the health and well being of all of
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America's children.
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making his
reflect the'
diversity of our country. That means I that he's not only placed Hispanics at the highest level of
his Administration -- but has also aPBointed more Hispanics to the federal bench than the past
two presidents combined. He's had 12 years to do it, and he has done it in five'and a half years.
Yet the Senate -- as many of you kno~ all too well-- has refused to act on many of these
appointments. That means that ever){ day that goes by, our Judicial system and Americans are
deprived of the skills of people like Sonia Sotomayer -- up for the Court of appeals in the 2nd
Circuit, Richard·Paez -- nominated fdrU.S. Court of appeals in the 9th circuit, and Jorge Rangel
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-- nominated for the court of Appeals in the 5th Circuit. Let's put these qualified Americans into
their position, so that they can begin to administer justice for all Americans. I hope that the
Senate acts quickly to confirm these htraordinary nominees and give them the positions they are
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entitled.and qualified for.
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, Now, many of you know, it'J certainly becoming the topic' of some national discu~sion,
that the Latino community is the fast6st growing ethnic group in our nation. A recent report
confirms that there are now over 1O~1illion Hispanic children under 18 -- ~nd soon -- as early as'
seven years from now -- Hispanics wpl become the nation's largest minority group. [Applause]
Now that's very' exciting news, but it:also suggests some challenges and opportunities that can
. only be taken by those of you who ar~ her today, and.the people you.represent. Never before
'. have you been in a stronger position to work to improve.the future of your. families, your
community, and your nation. Never before -- as we move towards this new century and
millennium -- has education been so !critical to fulfilling that future.
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of~ducation
Hispanic families have long rlcognized the importance
as the gateway to .
opportunity; and they know that wh~n education is married to responsibility, it does become the
recipe for the American dream. I als~ know that for too many of our young people --living in
inner cities or barrios throughout our ;country -- that dream is not yet a living reality in their lives.
They do not yet respond to the call of action -- "Leer es poder." It is that call to action that we
must continue to repeat over and ovet again -- readingis power, education is power. Without it,
you cannot possibly be successful w~ether you are Hispanic American, African American, Asian
American. or any other kind of Ameriban, because the 21 st century will be ruthless. It. is a
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demand that all of us do what we canlto gen~e education and skills necessary to compete in the
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global economy.
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I have seen first hand, and I khow, that so many of the lives here, if we turn out the lights
and ask people to stand and tell their Ibory, we would be here for a week. There are so many
. stories about parents who sacrificed, pow great parents encouraged, how siblings did everything
possible to make sure that every chilq in: their family would get the education necessary. I know
first hand about the story of on~ of m:y top aides -- Patti Solis Doyle. She has worked with me
ever since 1991. She comes from my home town in Chicago, where she was born to Mexican
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immigrant parents in a poor neighbor:hood -- one of six children. Her mother only made it
through .sixth grade. And her father had only a 3rd grade education, but he understood the
importance of making sure his childr¢n were educated; he held down three jobs from time to
time. Both of Patti's parents were prfmd to become American citizens and determined to take
advantage of the opportunities this country offered. They believed -- and it is still as true today
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as it was years ago in their house in (Chicago -- that education was the key to.a better'life. Patti's
father would say over and over againlto each of his children: "you must always value yourself."
Your values must be enhanced by the education you can achieve for yourself. Patti went on to
college, leads a productive life and hblds down a very important position. She recently had her
own child -.,. and she will pass on that same love. of learning asher parents did for her.
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Yet, we know; ina recent repbrt from here, that is not happening in 'every family even
today. The good news that just came: out in a report of educational attainment is that African.
American students are now graduatirig from high school at the same rate as Caucasian
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Americans.. Latino children are still dropping out. You know better than I do, the cultural and
familial reasons why children still drbp out. You know better than I how we must do everything
in our power to reach every family --Ievery mother and father -- to persuade them to stand behind .'
their children's education as Patti Solis' parents stood behind hers. It may take three jobs, it may
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mean stretching very slim resources that the family has, but it is an investment in the future. You
ca~ot forge the future in today's wohd without education.
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te1ease a report this week -- "Latino Education: Status and
Prospects" -- that reveals the serious~ess of the education gap that exists today, and underscores
the tremendous urgency for action. The gap of leaming and opportunity not only. hurts
. individual young people, and not evehjust holds back their families~ it hurts all of us . .It weakens'
America's chances to make sure eve~ American has a productive future: How do we forge a
~tu~e for all. Americans when Latin?: children today are more likely to enter school wit~
sIgmficant disadvaritages, and less hKely to be promoted to the next grade than other chIldren?
.When today, as many as a third ofLJtino teenagers drop out of high school, and don't finish
college? How do we move forward I a nation, when today, too many of our children are being
left behind, deprived ofthe opportunfties they need to participate fully in the growth and
prosperity of America? The report not only lays out the challenges before us,' it also offers a blue
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print for what's working.
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I want to thank La Raza for bhcking the trend that only tells the bad side oJ the 'story.
There is a lot of good stories out therb of schools and teachers and communities coming together
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to make sure children are educated. : have seen that in my own time. A few years ago, I visited
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a school that is ensuring that Latino ~hildren succeed, an elementary school in one of the poorest
areas in the San Fernando Valley. Tne vast majority of students are Hispanic, and, in the past,
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student achievement was at an all·titrle low.
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Finally, parents and teachers ~d business leaders and others in the community w~o cared
about these children and said "enougp." We know what will work; we just have to apply .
ourselves. So they did -- that school !became a charter school. The parents and the teachers--they .
took action. They got rid ofthe crack!I house that was down at the comer. They made it possible
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for parents -- without any education themselves -- to feel welcome in the school because,they'd
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show their respect for who they were : the parents of a child. So all of a ·sudden parents. began to
come into the school, volunteering t~eir time, everybody worked together. Now there are
computers in the classrooms, children wearing uniforms, parents volunteering'as tutors.
Academic achievement has soared, ahd this school has recently been named a National Blue
Ribbon School-- the pride ofthe corlununity.
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. Now, thereiare many. schools Ilike that that lcouldtalk ~bout, but ther~are not enough.
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That IS where we all need: to work together. We need to make It clear that children canleam; that
. all children have talents; that all children can contribute:.For years; La Raza has made them a' ..
central commitment --from theenriqhment programs yo~.started in the community-.based· ,.'
projects, that you work on with Amen Corps and other partners. I believe that we need a
partnership in order to improve educ~tional opportunities for our children. I believe that you
have shown how to do that. You know as well as I that this is not a matter that should be or can
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be left to ,the private marketplace wh~ch has never valued poor children ever.' We need to be sure
we make the public school system wprk. We need to ma~e sure it works well as the time passes.
I am certainly aware that maJy people have discovered Hispanic communities. Many
leaders have come to talk to you. T~ey have talked to you abput an . education agenda and· their
plans to create more jobs and greate~ opportunities. But I am reminded of something my mother
and father taught me as Iwas growi~g up -- watch what they do, not what they say. [Applause]
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Every child in America deserlves a world class education. The ~dministration under the
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President's leadership is pushing such an aggressive education agenda -- that agenda includes
100,000 new teachers. I don't knOWlhOW many of you have ever taught or spent a lot of time in a
classroom in the last few years. But Iin our poor schools, there are sometimes 30-35, even 40
children demanding the attention of ~me teacher. In our suburban schools, children are going to
. school, throughout their entire schodl year, in portable bathrooms. Jfwe have more teachers in
the classroom, then we as a nation Je putting our resources where our rhetoric is. We're saying
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that we want to be sure that every child gets that attention through a teacher that that child needs.
It is far more important'that that chiltl gets that attention from a qualified, passionate teacher if .
English is not the child's first langudge. [Applause]
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The federal government pled~e to hire 100,000 .new teachers is similar to what the
President did when he said that we c:ould lower .the crime rate if we put 100,000 new policemen
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on the streets. And guess what? He
right. We have now put 76,000 police on the streets,
the President has worked within his Balanced budget to ask for the other 24,000. Crime has gone
down. But it is still too high in man~ places. We are finally on the mend, seeing we can work
our way out of this problem with the Iright kind of strategy. There are no [Applause over
remarks] President from completing his plan for 100,000 police on the street. That makes no
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sense to me. When something is wor;king, let's not change. I have faith and confidence that
100,000 teachers would have the sall1e results in our classrooms.
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We also need, as the Presidedt has advocated, to help build new schools and modernize
the old,schools. I have been to schodls where the classroom is falling down, where the windows
are broken, where the restrooms don'it work. And we expect our children to feel good about
themselves? They know better than that. Those poor children .going to those decrepit schools
know, despite the rhetoric, they are nbt valued, and we need to end that. [Applause over
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to promJtemore,public 'school ,choice ;--like the charter, school I.
visited in theSanFernando::Valley;c~eate higher standards so that all of our youngsters know.
what they're aiming for, and will.coritinue to.open wide the-door. to college through Pell' Grants
and Hope Scholarships. .
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In an unprecedented committ)1ent to boost the educational opportunities for Hispanic
children, the Clinton Administration has requested more than $600million for the Hispanic
Education Action Plan. It is a comp¥hensive new approach that will help Latino youngsters
master the basics of reading and math, and help them, and their parents learn English, finish
school, and pn:pare for college. NoJ" this education agenda cannot be enacted unless Congress
voted to ~nact it. I urge the Congres~ to make this commitment to educate all of our children -
with a special commitment to educat~ Hispanic children-- on the top of our priority list. We
cannot wait any longer for Congress ,to pass and implement a strategy that would work.
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These young people -- who are waiting for classrooms that are. overcrowded, who are
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hoping for a chance to engage in pub;lic school choice, or go to college if they can afford it, who
have corne here from many countries around the world -- know how important it is that they are
successful in America. Teaching thim English, as Education Secretary Riley. has so often said, is
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one of the great tasks of nation-building. We want every child to be able to speak English. Does
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that mean that children should give J there native tongue? Of course not. It does mean we
must demand the best ofprograrns fcir all our children. [Applause] That's why the administration
is committed to doubling federal funtls, from $25 to $50 million, to meet the increasing demands
for trained and certified teachers.
cannot afford to enact extreme measures that would simply
cut off bilingual education and the obportunity that it provides for our children. [Applause]
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We are taking other steps as 1e;l, to improve educational opportunities for Latino
children, from a toll free line to mak6 it easier for Spanish-speaking callers to get the information
they need, to 200,000 Spanish-Iangu~ge copies of the Education Department's guide, "Getting
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�Ready for College Early."
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Ifwe are to forge a future for all of our children, then every college classroom, every
corporate board room, every elected fuody, must reflect the diversity that has always made this
nation the stro~ge~t.and most vibrantlnat~on .in th~ world. I hope that each of you will think of
ways that you mdividually and for orgamzatIons, such as La Raza, can make sure that everyone
in public life on the locallevels--on the state levels and on the federallevels-:-is held accountable
for what he ~r she is willing to do onlbehalf of education. The most important issue for America
as we move mto our future.
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',uwe are to forge a futu~e for i ll, then every child needs a safe, healthy, stimulating start
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in life. We now know how critical th~ first three years are for a child's brain development -- and
for how that child will grow and leadl' for a lifetime. That'$ Why the President is calling for a
major investment in the Early Leamihg Fund -- seeking to double the number of infants and
toddlers in Early HeadStart'Programk -- and proposing the largest investment in quality,
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affordable child,care in,our:nation'sJlistory."
. [fwe are to forge a futurdor !all, ilien every child in America'needs to· grow up healthy· ,
-- and every family in America needs to have adequate health coverage.,' Yet right now, there are
10 million children without health in~urance coverage. I know that Hispanic children remain
grossly under represented when it co,nes to that coverag~: This Administration committed $24
billion in last year's balanced budget! to provide health care coverage to millions of uninsured
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'Even when you are able to get a law passed, and the President wants to invest $24 million
in children's health, we have to havelyour help in getting the word out. Through every way you
can, please, let families and communities know that in every state there will be a program for
uninsured children. Some children~ill be enrolled in the existing Medicaid program, others will
, , be enrolled in a separate children's h~alth insurance program. No motheror father, grandmother
or grandfather, should be unaware o£whatis available. Unless parents and family members
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know about this expanding health care, children will still go without the care they need. So,
please, get the word out. We would like to see by the end of the year 2000, 5 million fewer
uninsured children -- and many of thbse will be Latino children whose parents will finally have
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the piece of mind to know they could play sports without worrying about getting hurt, chronic
, conditions like asthma can be taken dare of, emergencies, accid~nts, illnesses can also be taken
care of. Please help us make sure ev¢ry child is enrolled.
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Ifwe are to forge a future for all, then everyfamily must be able to benefit from the
expanding econoiny. As you alreadylheard from Administrator' Alvarez, we are making the
Hispanic community a top priority for expanding economic opportunity. W4en the President ran
in 1992; he said he would work as hcird as he could to make sure 8 million new jobs were
created.' Some people said that he sHould never have make that pr9mise because it is very hard to
keep. Well, today, five and a halfy~ars into the Administration, over 16 million new jobs have
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been created, and 40% of those new jobs are filled by Hispanic Americans. [Applause]
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Ifwe are to forg~ a future forlall, we must protect the most vulnerable in our society. '
That means not denying legal immigrants the benefits they've worked for -- and deserve.
[Applause] When the President sign~d the Welfare bill he promised to restore the egregious cuts
in benefits for legal immigrants mad6 by the Republican Senate. And thanks to the tireless work
of so many of you, he .was able to ful!fill that promise. Last year's balanced budget bill provided
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over $,1 1 billion to restore and provide Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands oflegal
immigrants. Last month's Agriculture bill contained over $800 million to restore food stamps to
250,000 legal immigrants, including:the elderly, the disabled, and 75,000'children. [Applause]
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I want publicly to thank La Raza for the work they did -- particularly Cecilia Munoz who
worked very hard to pass the [Appla~se over remarks] initiative.
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Ifwe'are to forge.a future for!all--then, we must have a fair and accurate census.
According to the CensusBureau,Jhe~1990,Censusmissed 8.4million,people,:and undercounted :.
Hispanics' by 5%. As the,·President.llas<saidafter the census; "It's not about politics; ,it is:about, '
people." We need an. accurate,censukto'detennine who we are; ,and what we ,need to!prepareall···,
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This is no time to retreat ondur nation's fundamental commitment to education and
economic opportunity. This is no titbe to forget our common values. Today, as we face a new
century and a new millennium, we ate facing a stark choice: will education be available
primarily to those whose families cart afford to send their children to college? Will we begin to
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close the doors of economic opporturity and pull up the ladder!:) that many of us have been
fortunate to climb?
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Or will 'We --true to our
our,ownhistory--recognize.that we must
continue to invest in our young people and their futures? Tobe'surethatevery young person -- .'
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no matter whether they live in a border town in Texas or in the' heart ,of the city in L.A. or Boston
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-- will have the chance to realize their own American dream? ..
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In these times of possibilities' and challenges~ we should all remember, we are a nation of
immigrants -- people of diverse beliJfs, cultures and opi~ions -- bound together by our common
faith in democracy and our common Icommitment to our children -- the next generation. This
country has survived and thrived forimore than two centuries because those who came before us
were willing. to take risks -- often against great odds because they believed there was a better
future.
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I can recall as Aida was intro1ducing me -- and I wrote about this in my book, It Takes a
Village --: as a young girl growing uJ in the suburbs in Chicago, which may be impossible for
many to believe now because ofho~ that city has developed --I lived right on the edge of
fannland. Every spring and summer. into the fall, migrant workers would come to pick the crops.
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Their children would come to SChool! with us .. Through my church, I began babysitting for
children in migrant camps on Saturd~ys; so that the older children could also work in the fields. '
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Nothing in my life before thJage of twelve' had ever prepared me for that experience. I
loved the children; I loved playing ~ith them, reading stories to them, and running around with
them. What I remember most, is hot at the·end of the day -- when those old buses would drop
off the mothers and fathers and the o~der brothers and sisters -- the children would light up. They
would begin running towards their pkents. About halfway down the road, you'd see mothers
and fathers and big brothers and sist~rs scooping up these little children. Sometimes scooping up
two because a: 7-year-old might have: carried a 2-year-old to get there just as fast as her legs could
carry her. I remember watching that Iscene and thinking to myself -- everybody has the same
dreams; everybody loves their child1en; everybody wants the best.
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I was only twelve, but I've n~ver forgotten how for me that was a significant, changing
momenbnmy 'own growing·,up:;Th6n,.some.years later --·because ·ofthegood.work of.a
wonderfuEminister)in;~ychurch.,.- J,e·.would,godown to.the inner city.of Chicago where we. .'
would.hav.e 'exchanges':with:you~g;p60ple from·:AfricamAmerican·and ,Hispanic. churches., .We ;.. '.
would. sit in. basements.. of~hurches,:~nd. we would talkaboutwhattheir .lives andoudives. were· .
like. Many of'them:hadvery. differeilit:experiences·,than mine; but I Jound;.I·heard,JI saw, I felt ' .
the common inspiratiQnsthat bound hs together, and how lucky we all were that by whatever
means we all .found ourselves in Am6rica.
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All of you who are gathered liere today, part of La Raza, have risen to the challenge that
has always been given to every genetation of Americans -- to do what you can to fulfill the
promise of opportunity by taking responsibility, and by givirig back to the community that
helped you along the way. You have put education and economic opportunity at the top of your
agenda. You have placed the highe~t value on civic participation and have ~rged your fellow
Americans to use their votes and rais~ their voices on behalf of themselves, their children, and
the future.
:
I cannot think of any more iniportant words as we move towards the end of this century.
Yes. Let us honor the past in our ow1n individual lives, our own stories, our own memories -
those who came before, helped us ha~e a brighter future. The best way to honor the past is by
forging a productive, confident future for every American child. Ifwe want to keep faith with
the promise of this nation, started hete in Philadelphia, over 200 years ago, then we must forge a
future in which the Liberty Bell ring~I for all Americans -- so that every child is valued and
,
respected in the family in which thatlchild is born. Every child get the attention, the discipline,
and the love and guidance that every child needs to grow safely. And every child can attend a
good sc~ool with teachers who have Ithe time and the training to give them the attention they.
need, that every child can gain the tools to succeed in the 21st century.
'
parti~ipate
. Children cannot vote; they cLot
in the deba;es in the Congress. And thatis
why all of us must be their voices an~ use our votes on their behalf. Let us honor the past, and
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forge the future in a way that makes it possible for us to look into the eyes of any little boy or
. girl, anywhere in America, and say Je are going to do the best we know how to make sure you
, have the brightest teachers we can fidd for you.' That, I think, is a dream we share in common-
that is a future we all see. I greatly a~preciate all you are doing to make it possible, and pledge
our continuing partnership on behalf!of the children of America.
Viva la Raza!
Thank you all very much.
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Lissa Muscatine - Press Office
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First Lady's Office
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Lissa Muscatine
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1993 - 1997
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<p>Lissa Muscatine first served in the Clinton Administration as a speechwriter. Within the First Lady’s Office, she served as Communications Director to the First Lady.</p>
<p>Lissa Muscatine’s records consist of materials from First Lady Hillary Clinton’s Press Office, highlighting topics such as health care, women’s rights, the Millennium Council, Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign, and deal extensively with press interviews given by the First Lady; her domestic and foreign travel; and speeches and remarks, on a wide variety of topics, given by her before and during her time as First Lady. The records include interview transcripts, press releases, speeches and speech transcripts.</p>
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1,324 folders in 27 boxes
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FLOTUS Statements and Speeches 6/27/98 - 11/30/98 [Binder]: [Remarks at National Conference of La Raza, Philadelphia, PA 7/20/98]
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Box 22
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2011-0415-S
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