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Remarks on Presenting the Environmental Youth Awards ID 3589 Date 11/05/1991 Welcome all. And thank you, Bill Reilly, for getting all this together. And I'm glad to see our in-house environmentalists, CEQ Chairman Mike Deland, sitting over here. And I also want to thank the EPA regional officers and the teachers and the administrators, who together make this program work. And finally, let me especially welcome the award winners, America's young environmentalists, welcome all to the White House on this …
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Remarks to American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in Dallas, Texas ID 3774 Date 12/18/1991 Ray, thank you very much for that introduction. It's nice to see the former AASHTO Presidents Hal Rives and Kermit Justice; AASHTO Vice President Wayne Muri; Frank Francois, the director. And I really must acknowledge somebody that's very special to this occasion, and to thank the new Chief of Staff in the White House, but the Secretary of Transportation just gone out of office, Sam …
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Statement on Signing the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991 ID 3780 Date 12/19/1991 Today I have signed into law H.R. 1776, the ``Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991,'' notwithstanding reservations about several of its provisions. Section 37 purports to require the Secretaries of Transportation and State to undertake discussions with the Canadian Government regarding alternatives to improve commercial vessel traffic safety. The Constitution vests the authority to conduct U.S. foreign policy, including …
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The President's News Conference ID 3792 Date 12/26/1991 Secretary-Designate of Commerce The President. Good afternoon, the day after Christmas. Let me just say I am very pleased to announce my intention to nominate Barbara Hackman Franklin as the next Secretary of Commerce. I've known Barbara for many years, and I am confident that her outstanding record of achievement in both the public and private sector will serve her well as she tackles this tough and important assignment. Barbara has dealt with a …
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Remarks on Disaster Relief Efforts in Beeville, Texas ID 3799 Date 12/27/1991 Let me just say first, I'm pleased to be back here in Beeville. But last night I signed a statement declaring a major disaster in the State of Texas, due to the severe thunderstorms and flooding that began last week. This declaration will allow Federal funding to be made available to affected individuals and local governments in a five-county area, which includes Bastrop, Bosque, Brown, Dallas, and Travis counties. Grant …
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Appendix F -- Points of Light Recognition Program ID 3807 Date 12/31/1991 The President named the following individuals and institutions as exemplars of his commitment to making community service central to the life and work of every American. The daily recognition program, which began on November 22, 1989, was a national tribute to voluntarism. The recipients for the period covered by this volume are listed in chronological order. Colonial Club Senior Center, of Sun Prairie, WI Chicago Christian …
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Remarks During a Luncheon Cruise in Sydney Harbor, Australia ID 3810 Date 01/01/1992 Mr. Premier, thank you, sir. I prepared rather extensive remarks I'd hoped to give, but the Premier said we're making short remarks here at lunch. So, I tore up this. I will forego these, but simply to say that Barbara and I first want to thank everyone involved for this extraordinary hospitality. There is no way that I can tell you what it feels like to travel with so little hostility on the street. And I'm starting right …
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Remarks to Business and Community Leaders in Melbourne ID 3815 Date 01/03/1992 Premier, thank you for that wonderfully warm introduction; and to all of the people of Victoria, this wonderful city, for the warmth of your reception. I'd like to salute the Deputy Premier, Jim Kennan, and his wife, Janet; Governor McCaughey and his wife, Jean; our Ambassador, Mel Sembler, and his wife, Betty. I'd like to single out and identify, for those of you who have not met him, our very able Secretary of Commerce who's …
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The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in Singapore ID 3816 Date 01/04/1992 The Prime Minister. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The President and I have had discussions on many wide-ranging topics. I will not go into details. I would invite the President to say a few words, and then you can ask the questions from there. Mr. President. The President. Well, thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. And let me just say that it is an honor and a privilege to be the first American President …
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Teleconference Remarks With the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association ID 3645 Date 11/19/1991 The President. Thank you very much, all of you. And thank you, Ashton Phelps. And I'm glad to see that you survived yesterday's tennis tournament. And I'd like to now kind of arrogantly challenge you to bring your partner, if you had one there, and maybe we can play it off here on the White House court. I might also say that I'm very pleased that you said you're pleased you could look me in the eye after the …
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Exchange With Reporters in the Oval Office ID 3646 Date 11/19/1991 Soviet-U.S. Relations Q. Mr. President, what do you think of Shevardnadze becoming the new Foreign Minister? The President. We just began discussing that. And we know him well and have great respect for him. As I say, this is a matter for the Soviet Union to determine, but he has many friends in this country, one close one sitting right on this couch here, and all the rest of us have respect for him. So, we will work closely with him, and …
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Executive Order 12782 -- Amending Executive Order No. 12594 ID 3662 Date 11/21/1991 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to amend Executive Order No. 12594, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 12594 is amended to read as follows: ``Awards shall be given for the purpose of recognizing outstanding voluntary contributions by individuals and organizations toward helping others in our …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the Cyprus Conflict ID 3663 Date 11/22/1991 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Chairman:) In accordance with Public Law 95 - 384 (22 U.S.C. 2373(c)), I am submitting to you this bimonthly report on progress toward a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus question. This report covers August, September, and the first part of October 1991. During this period the U.N. Secretary General's representatives made intense efforts to bring major points of difference on Cyprus within …
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Nomination of Scott M. Spangler To Be an Associate Administrator of the Agency for International Development ID 3664 Date 11/22/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate Scott M. Spangler, of Arizona, to be Associate Administrator of the Agency for International Development for Operations. He would succeed C. Anson Franklin. Since 1990 Mr. Spangler has served as Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Africa at the Agency for International Development in Washington, DC. Prior to this, …
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Remarks to the Ohio Education Community ID 3669 Date 11/25/1991 Thank you, Governor, for that warm Ohio welcome. And I'm just delighted to be here with George Voinovich, a friend of mine for many, many years. Because, you see, he is leading Ohio on a drive for better schools, clearly for a better future. We've just heard from Lamar Alexander, who is working on an historic mission, nationally, to change American education, to help our country become all that it should be. And I'm delighted to be working …
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Interview With Bob Orr of WBNS - TV in Columbus, Ohio ID 3670 Date 11/25/1991 The Economy Q. Mr. President, thanks for seeing us today. I want to ask you about the economy, sir. Americans say, almost across-the-board, it's the one issue they care most about going into 1992. Yet, their perception is that you haven't paid much attention to it. Is that a fair criticism? The President. No, it's not a fair criticism. But I recognize that's the perception of some. I think we're getting caught up a little in the …
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Message to the Senate Transmitting the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks Treaty ID 3675 Date 11/25/1991 To the Senate of the United States: I am transmitting herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the START Treaty) signed at Moscow on July 31, 1991. The START Treaty includes the following documents, which are integral parts …
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Proclamation 6381 -- National Accessible Housing Month, 1991 ID 3676 Date 11/25/1991 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation We Americans cherish the many blessings that we enjoy in this land of freedom and opportunity -- including our ability to decide where we live and work. During much of our Nation's history, however, that prerogative has frequently been denied to persons with disabilities. For example, in the past, it has often been difficult for a person who uses a wheelchair …
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Proclamation 6382 -- National Family Caregivers Week, 1991 and 1992 ID 3677 Date 11/25/1991 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Each day millions of Americans provide nursing care and other forms of assistance to relatives who are incapacitated by age, illness, or disability. These family caregivers not only help to support loved ones who might otherwise be forced to live in an institutional setting but also exemplify the kind of unconditional love and commitment that is the …
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Remarks at the Minority Business Development Week Awards Ceremony ID 3425 Date 09/25/1991 Thank you all very, very much. Please be seated and welcome to the East Room. And particularly, welcome to our Secretary Bob Mosbacher, our SBA Administrator Pat Saiki, right behind me here. I want to single out Maurice Stans who, years ago, took the real national leadership role in the minority enterprise approach that brings us together today. And I also want to thank two leaders of the Congress with us today, John …
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Remarks to the Department of Education's 1990 - 1991 Blue Ribbon Schools ID 3426 Date 09/25/1991 Thank you all very, very much. Thank you ever so much, Lamar Alexander. What a job our Secretary is doing. First class. I kind of like the music beyond the wall over there -- [laughter] -- but I don't think they could hold a candle to the Marine Band. I want to thank them very much for being here. And I know that all of you were perhaps as disappointed as Barbara and I were by the weather today. You see, we'd …
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Message to the Congress on the Extension of the National Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12730
Message to the Congress on the Extension of the National Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12730 ID 3431 Date 09/26/1991 To the Congress of the United States: On September 30, 1990, in light of the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2401, et seq.), I issued Executive Order No. 12730, declaring a national emergency and continuing the system of export regulation, including antiboycott provisions, under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. …
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Address to the Nation on Reducing United States and Soviet Nuclear Weapons ID 3438 Date 09/27/1991 Good evening. Tonight I'd like to speak with you about our future and the future of the generations to come. The world has changed at a fantastic pace, with each day writing a fresh page of history before yesterday's ink has even dried. And most recently, we've seen the peoples of the Soviet Union turn to democracy and freedom, and discard a system of government based on oppression and fear. Like the East …
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Proclamation 6343 -- To Implement an Accelerated Schedule of Duty Elimination Under the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement, to Make Technical and Conforming Changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, and for Other Purposes ID 3440 Date 09/28/1991 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. On January 2, 1988, the President entered into the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement (the Agreement). The Agreement and certain letters exchanged between the …
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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for Governor Buddy Roemer in New Orleans, Louisiana ID 3446 Date 09/30/1991 Thank you all very, very much. Thank you, Buddy, and thank all of you. Thank you so very much for that warm welcome. I'm just delighted to be here. It was a wonderful introduction, recalling why the author Pearl Buck wrote, ``I fell in love with Louisiana generally and New Orleans in particular.'' Well, thinking back to the 1988 convention, this town reminds me of winning. And I have a feeling that, …
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Nomination of Michael G. Kozak To Be United States Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador ID 3455 Date 10/02/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate Michael G. Kozak, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of El Salvador. He would succeed William Graham Walker. Currently Mr. Kozak serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs …
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Nomination of Victor H. Reis To Be Director of Defense Research and Engineering at the Department of Defense ID 3456 Date 10/02/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate Victor H. Reis, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering at the U.S. Department of Defense. He would succeed Charles M. Herzfeld. Since 1990 Dr. Reis has served as Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency at the U.S. Department of Defense. Prior to this, he served …
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Nomination of Donald C. Fraser To Be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition ID 3457 Date 10/02/1991 The President today announced his intention to nominate Donald C. Fraser, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. He would succeed Donald J. Yockey. Since 1990 Dr. Fraser has served as Deputy Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence at the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on Federal Regulatory Policy ID 3593 Date 11/05/1991 To the Congress of the United States: This annual Regulatory Program of the United States Government, created pursuant to Executive Order No. 12498, sets forth my Administration's regulatory policies, goals, and objectives for the coming year. This Regulatory Program, containing submissions of the most significant regulatory activities planned for the year, increases agency accountability for regulatory …
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Statement on the Confirmation of Robert M. Gates as Director of Central Intelligence ID 3594 Date 11/05/1991 Today's vote is a confirmation that Bob Gates has the professional expertise and experience to lead our intelligence community during these changing times. I look forward to Bob undertaking his duties quickly as Director of Central Intelligence and guiding our intelligence community during this historic era. He is a true professional of great integrity who will bring a wealth of experience and …