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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval the Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 ID 1918 Date 05/24/1990 To the House of Representatives: I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 2364, the ``Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990.'' H.R. 2364 contains an unprecedented new regulatory review requirement and represents a step backward for the entire rail industry. This new regulatory burden would interfere with the ability of the Nation's largest …
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Nomination of Calvin A. Kent To Be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration ID 1926 Date 05/25/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate Calvin A. Kent to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration at the Department of Energy. He would succeed Helmut A. Merklein. Currently Dr. Kent serves as the Herman W. Lay Professor of Private Enterprise at Baylor University in Waco, TX, and director of the Center for Private Enterprise, and as an adjunct professor of law …
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Soviet-United States Joint Statement on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ID 1939 Date 06/01/1990 President Bush and President Gorbachev agreed that early conclusion of an agreement on conventional armed forces in Europe (CFE) is essential to the future stability and security of the continent. A CFE agreement will constitute the indispensable foundation for new European relationships and for a future security architecture in Europe. The Presidents reaffirmed the commitment they made at their meeting in …
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News Conference of President Bush and President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union ID 1946 Date 06/03/1990 President Bush. Good morning, everybody. Please be seated. Well, when President Gorbachev and I were at Malta, we agreed that we would try to build a fundamentally different U.S.-Soviet relationship, one that would move beyond containment to an era of enduring cooperation. At the time, no one knew the momentous events that would unfold around the world. And our task is, if anything, more urgent, …
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Soviet-United States Joint Statement on Technical Economic Cooperation ID 1953 Date 06/04/1990 The two sides reiterated their commitment to the program of technical economic cooperation outlined by Presidents Bush and Gorbachev at Malta in December and expressed a desire to expand the scope and number of joint projects. This program is a concrete expression of U.S. and Soviet commitment to work together in support of economic perestroyka. Its goal is to advance the process of market-oriented economic …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Meeting With Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar de la Guerra of the United Nations ID 1955 Date 06/04/1990 The President met today with United Nations Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar. Following a meeting, the President hosted a working luncheon in honor of the Secretary-General. They discussed United Nations activities and matters of mutual interest, and they noted the increased role the U.N. has been playing in the changing world. …
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Accordance of the Personal Rank of Ambassador to John F. Maisto While Representing the United States at the Organization of American States ID 1967 Date 06/06/1990 The President today accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to John F. Maisto, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, in his capacity as Vice Chairman of the U.S. delegation to the OAS General Assembly, and as Head of the U.S. delegation to the Inter-American Council for Education, Science, and …
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Remarks Following Discussions With Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu of Japan in Palm Springs, California
Remarks Following Discussions With Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu of Japan in Palm Springs, California ID 1611 Date 03/03/1990 The President. Well, I was very pleased to welcome my friend, the Prime Minister of Japan, here to Palm Springs for 2 days of very useful and far-reaching discussions about the critically important relationship between the United States and Japan. In the first instance, I wanted to see Prime Minister Kaifu again and extend personally my congratulations for his victory in the recent …
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Nomination of Lynne Vincent Cheney To Be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities ID 1616 Date 03/05/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate Lynne Vincent Cheney to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, for a term of 4 years. This is a reappointment. Since 1986 Dr. Cheney has served as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, DC. Prior to this she served as senior …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the Executive Order Terminating the National Emergency With Respect to Nicaragua ID 1642 Date 03/13/1990 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Enclosed is a copy of an Executive order that I signed today terminating the national emergency with respect to Nicaragua. Sincerely, George Bush Note: Identical letters were sent to Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Dan Quayle, President of the Senate. The letter referred to Executive Order …
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Appointment of Peter B. Teeley as United States Representative on the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund ID 1649 Date 03/14/1990 The President today announced his intention to appoint Peter B. Teeley as the Representative of the United States of America on the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund. He would succeed Rita Di Martino. Currently Mr. Teeley serves as president of Teeley and Associates, Inc., in Washington, DC. He has served as a political adviser to President …
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Nomination of G. Philip Hughes To Be United States Ambassador to Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines ID 1651 Date 03/14/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate G. Philip Hughes to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of Dominica, to St. …
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Appointment of Penelope Payne as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs ID 1652 Date 03/14/1990 The President today announced the appointment of Penelope Payne as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs (Senate) at the White House. For the past 3 years, Ms. Payne has been director of government affairs for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., working on legislative and regulatory issues. Prior to this she served as chief counsel to the Senate Budget Committee. Ms. Payne …
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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at a White House Briefing for the Board of Directors of the National Newspaper Association ID 1655 Date 03/15/1990 The President. Actually, I just came from a St. Patrick's Day lunch put on by Speaker Foley up in the Capitol. Very good hands-across-the-aisle kind of thing. Well, welcome. We call this the White House complex. That's not the ``beltway syndrome,'' but this is the White House complex. And you don't have to show any ID to get out of the place, so I'll …
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White House Statement on the Proposed Foreign Acquisition of UniSoft Group Limited ID 1841 Date 05/02/1990 The President has decided against intervening in the possible acquisition by CMC Limited, a firm owned by the Government of India, of UniSoft Group Ltd. (UGL), a British computer software firm with a subsidiary in the United States. The President based his decision on the results of the investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), chaired by Treasury Secretary …
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Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Achievement Against All Odds Awards ID 1844 Date 05/03/1990 Thank you all. I'm surprised you're so polite. A thousand apologies for keeping you waiting. Senator Kasten and Secretary -- glad to see you, Jack -- and other Members of Congress and other distinguished guests, again, my official apologies. But at least you had a fair weather in which to wait in this beautiful Rose Garden; look at it that way. But to Secretary Kemp and Bob Woodson, Wayne Hedien, …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Establishment of a Presidential Emergency Board To Investigate Railroad Labor Disputes ID 1847 Date 05/04/1990 The President today announced the creation, effective May 5, 1990, of a Presidential emergency board to investigate and report on the disputes between 11 railroad unions and most of the Nation's major railroads. The creation of this Board, pursuant to section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160), is necessary to forestall the possibility of a …
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Nomination of William Bodde, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands ID 1857 Date 05/07/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate William Bodde, Jr., of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Since 1989 Mr. Bodde has served as the dean for senior seminar at the Foreign Service Institute at the …
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Remarks at the Texas A I University Commencement Ceremony in Kingsville ID 1866 Date 05/11/1990 Thank you, Mr. Secretary. Thank you all. What a great day! Thank you. Thank you very, very much for that welcome back, and good luck to all of you. Please be seated. What a privilege for me to be introduced by our great Secretary of Education, Lauro Cavazos. We work closely on these problems, but I guess it was a wonderfully emotional return today as we flew into this city in which he grew up -- to see the …
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Nomination of Steven D. Dillingham To Be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics ID 1871 Date 05/11/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate Steven D. Dillingham to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the Department of Justice. He would succeed Steven Roger Schlesinger. Since 1988 Dr. Dillingham has served as Deputy Director for Policy and Special Programs for the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the Department of Justice. Prior to this, he served as a senior …
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Nomination of James F. Blumstein To Be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs ID 1795 Date 04/23/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate James F. Blumstein to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget. He would succeed S. Jay Plager. Mr. Blumstein serves as a professor of law at Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, TN. Prior to this, he served as the John M. Olin Visiting Professor …
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Message to the Senate Transmitting a Protocol to the Canada-United States Extradition Treaty ID 1799 Date 04/24/1990 To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Protocol signed at Ottawa on January 11, 1988, amending the Treaty on Extradition Between the United States of America and Canada, signed at Washington on December 3, 1971, as amended by an exchange of notes on June 28 and July 9, 1974. I transmit also, …
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Remarks at a White House Briefing for Conservative Leaders ID 1815 Date 04/26/1990 Did I interrupt Porter? And if so -- well, to Roger, my thanks if I did, and may I say hello to Doug Weed and, of course, the people that herded this outstanding group together: Jerry Falwell, Ed Prince, Mike Valerio. But in any event, I'm delighted to see you all. With all the traveling that I'm doing, it's a little different for me to be making an appearance so close to the White House. I was just talking to Barbara. She …
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Message to the Congress Reporting on the Transfer of Panamanian Governmen Assets Held By the United States ID 1827 Date 04/30/1990 To the Congress of the United States: 1. I hereby report to the Congress on developments since the last Presidential report of October 19, 1989, concerning the national emergency with respect to Panama that was declared in Executive Order No. 12635 of April 8, 1988. This report is submitted pursuant to section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and …
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Appointment of Joseph Sewall as an Alternate Member of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission ID 1658 Date 03/16/1990 The President today announced his intention to appoint Joseph Sewall to be an alternate member on the part of the United States on the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission. He would succeed Lawrence Stuart. Currently, Mr. Sewall serves as chairman and president of James Sewall and Co. in Old Town, ME. He is married, has one son, and resides in Old Town, …
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Nomination of Thomas Lawrence Sansonetti To Be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior ID 1661 Date 03/19/1990 The President today announced his intention to nominate Thomas Lawrence Sansonetti to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC. He would succeed Martin Lewis Allday. Since 1989 Mr. Sansonetti has served as administrative assistant and legislative director for Representative Craig Thomas. Prior to this, he served as Associate Solicitor for Energy and Natural Resources in …
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Remarks on Economic Assistance for Nicaragua and Panama and an Exchange With Reporters ID 1665 Date 03/20/1990 The President. What I wanted to say is that what I want to talk about today is Panama and Nicaragua. The changes there are dramatic in terms of democracy. Yesterday I was asked about Cuba, and of course, I'm terribly disappointed that Castro seems to be firming up his totalitarian position instead of moving towards the free and fair elections -- what I think all of us here would like to see. I'd …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Lithuanian Independence ID 1666 Date 03/20/1990 The Lithuanian people have freely expressed their intention to restore Lithuanian independence. The United States has consistently supported the Baltic people's right to peaceful self-determination. The United States notes that the Lithuanian Government has expressed its readiness to address all legitimate Soviet interests, including economic interests, during negotiations. We also note repeated Soviet statements that …
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Statement on Transmitting the Annual National Security Strategy Report ID 1667 Date 03/20/1990 Today I signed and forwarded to Congress the National Security Strategy Report for 1990. This report comes at a time when the international landscape is marked by change that is truly breathtaking in its character and pace. It is a time of great hope, a time when free peoples celebrate the march toward democracy that their commitment and steadfastness have helped bring about. Our national security strategy …
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Remarks at a White House Tree-Planting Ceremony ID 1679 Date 03/22/1990 Thank you, Secretary Yeutter, Bill Reilly, and Chairman Deland, to Senators Lugar and Leahy and Congressman Kika de la Garza, the chairman also in the House Ag Committee, and distinguished Members of Congress here. I want to single out two other special friends, pioneers in this greening effort, tree planting: Trammell Crow and Margaret [Crow] from Dallas, Texas. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen -- Irv, I haven't forgotten you. Irv …