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White House Fact Sheet: The North American Free Trade Agreement ID 4660 Date 08/12/1992 The President today announced that the United States, Mexico, and Canada have completed negotiation of a North American free trade agreement (NAFTA). The NAFTA will phase out barriers to trade in goods and services in North America, eliminate barriers to investment, and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights. As tariffs and other trade barriers are eliminated, the NAFTA will create a massive open …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Chemical Weapons Convention ID 4671 Date 08/13/1992 The President announced today strong United States support for the Chemical Weapons Convention completed at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, August 7. He said the United States is committed to signing the treaty as soon as it is open for signature, and he called on all other nations to make a similar pledge. The treaty, concluded after years of intensive negotiations, calls for the total banning of …
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting Proposed Legislation on Welfare Reform ID 4672 Date 08/13/1992 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Enclosed for the consideration of the Congress are four legislative proposals to promote work, provide flexibility, and encourage innovation in Federal public assistance programs. Enactment of these proposals is a necessary step to ending welfare being a way of life and accomplishing this task in a way that learns what works in making public assistance …
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White House Fact Sheet: The President's Welfare Reform Legislation ID 4673 Date 08/14/1992 The President has transmitted to the Congress by letters to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House four legislative proposals to implement those parts of his welfare reform strategy requiring legislative changes. The President announced his plans for further welfare reform on July 31, 1992, in Riverside, CA. The legislative proposals sent to the Congress today are the: ``Welfare Employment and …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Luxembourg-United States Social Security Agreement ID 4588 Date 07/21/1992 To the Congress of the United States: Pursuant to section 233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1977 (Public Law 95 - 216, 42 U.S.C. 433(e)(1)), I transmit herewith the Agreement between the United States of America and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on Social Security, which consists of two separate instruments -- a principal agreement and an …
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Remarks to the President's Drug Advisory Council ID 4594 Date 07/22/1992 Please be seated, and thank you very, very much. I don't know why they get such a distinguished group here so early. I would like the record to show that Jim and I are almost on time. I saw some nervous looks up at the sky. But here we are in the Rose Garden. I look around this audience, and I am very grateful not just for your being here but for this wonderful level of participation in the fight against drugs. Obviously, I remain not …
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Remarks on Signing the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 @36in Annandale, Virginia ID 4602 Date 07/23/1992 Please be seated, and thank you very, very much. Dr. Ernst, thank you, sir, for that very nice explanation and that wonderful introduction. Let me say how pleased I am to be here on this campus, be here at this marvelous community college about which I've heard so many good things. I'm delighted to be with Lamar Alexander. I know the Members of Congress here have met him and worked with him, but …
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Nominations to the National Institute Board for the National Institute for Literacy ID 4609 Date 07/24/1992 On the eve of the anniversary of his historic legislation for literacy, the President today announced his nominees for the National Institute Board for the National Institute for Literacy. The National Institute for Literacy is the centerpiece of the National Literacy Act, signed into law by the President on July 25 of last year. The Institute will catalyze the national effort to achieve full …
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Remarks to Outlook Graphics Employees in Neenah, Wisconsin ID 4613 Date 07/27/1992 Thank you all very, very much. Please be seated. Thank you and good afternoon, everyone. Let me just say thank you to the Governor for that very kind introduction. But let me tell you this: I know these Governors, all of them, and you've got one of the very best, if not the very best, in the entire United States. I really mean that, a solid friend, a strong leader and innovator. You're lucky, and I'm lucky, too, because he …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Report of the National Science Foundation ID 4615 Date 07/27/1992 To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1), I transmit herewith the annual report of the National Science Foundation for Fiscal Year 1991. George Bush The White House, July 27, …
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Remarks at the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory in Waxahachie, Texas ID 4622 Date 07/30/1992 Thank you all so much for that introduction. Thanks for that welcome back home. Thank you so very much, and good morning everyone. Please be seated -- never mind. [Laughter] Joe Barton, thank you sir, for your kind introduction, your generous comments. And let me just say to you, some of whom are constituents, many friends, the confidence I have in this man knows no bounds. He's an outstanding …
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Remarks to Odetics, Inc., Associates in Anaheim, California ID 4623 Date 07/30/1992 Thank you very much for that wonderfully warm Odetics welcome. Joel, let me tell you why Odetics was selected: its innovation, achievement, and attitude. May I thank your fellow founders, Mr. Gudmundson, Mr. Muensch, Daly, Schulz, and Jim Welch for the hospitality, and all of you most of all for this hospitality. On board every American space shuttle is Odetics. You're everywhere I'm told, in the security camera, in the …
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Nomination of Joseph S. Hulings III To Be United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan ID 4452 Date 06/17/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Joseph S. Hulings III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkmenistan. This is a new position. Since 1990, Mr. Hulings has served as Minister-Counselor for Management at the American Embassy in Moscow. He has served at the Department of State as Special Coordinator for Moscow Projects, 1988 - 90; …
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Question-and-Answer Session With Employees of Evergreen Oil in Newark, California ID 4455 Date 06/18/1992 Mr. Morgan. It's my pleasure, Mr. President, to introduce to you some of our friends, our neighbors. Evergreen Oil is only possible because we have had some shareholders that have had a lot of foresight. The city of Newark has been very cooperative, a partnership. But most of all, our employees are the ones that made this possible. So, now that I've got the mike, and I'm not going to have this chance …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Creation of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary ID 4456 Date 06/18/1992 As outlined in his FY 1993 budget, the President authorized the creation of the Nation's largest marine sanctuary off Monterey, CA, and approved a strict management regime including a permanent ban on oil and gas development for the area, which includes a wide variety of pristine habitats. The 5,312 square mile area proposed by the President was the largest option studied. With …
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Message to the Senate Transmitting a Protocol to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ID 4461 Date 06/19/1992 To the Senate of the United States: I am transmitting herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, the Protocol to 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 Protocol) signed at Lisbon, Portugal, on May 23, 1992. The Protocol is an integral part of the Treaty …
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Statement on Signing Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation ID 4469 Date 06/22/1992 Today I have signed into law H.R. 5132, an Act that provides supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance to meet urgent needs resulting from calamities such as those that occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago. This Act provides emergency funding for disaster programs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA). FEMA funds will be used to provide …
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Remarks Prior to a Meeting With the House Republican Health Care Task Force ID 4470 Date 06/22/1992 The President. Now, let me just say at the outset, what we are here to talk about is health care reform. We have some ideas up there that we feel make a great deal of sense. I know that some of you all have a program. I keep reading that the Democrats say they want to make a political statement before the convention. Far more important than a political statement, it seems to me, is getting something done …
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Nomination of Christopher H. Phillips To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace ID 4477 Date 06/23/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Christopher H. Phillips, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for the remainder of the term expiring January 19, 1993. He would succeed Evron M. Kirkpatrick. Since 1991 Ambassador Phillips has served as a consultant to the U.S. Department …
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Appointment of Douglas Alan Brook as Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management ID 4485 Date 06/24/1992 The President today announced that Douglas Alan Brook, of Virginia, will serve as Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, effective July 1, 1992. Currently Mr. Brook serves as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management. From 1982 to 1990, he served as president of Brook Associates, Inc., in Washington, DC. Mr. Brook also served with Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. in …
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Remarks at a Roundtable Discussion on Education Reform ID 4487 Date 06/25/1992 The President. Good morning, everyone, and welcome. Excuse me for keeping you all waiting. But what we want to do here is talk about choice in education. I remember the GI bill working so well. It did nothing but make the colleges better. It's our theory that choice, at the level that we're going to talk about it today, can do nothing but make things better. But here's the firing line; here are people from the Governor on down …
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Remarks on the Railroad Strike and an Exchange With Reporters ID 4490 Date 06/25/1992 The President. Let me just simply say that we're now in the second day of a national rail strike. And Secretary Card and his associates and others have worked all night, working with a bipartisan group on Capitol Hill to get the legislation to stop this strike. The trains are not moving as of this minute, however. Clearly the national interest is at stake here. We now face a complete halt of passenger and commuter rail …
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Nomination of Kathryn D. Sullivan To Be Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ID 4493 Date 06/25/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Kathryn D. Sullivan, of California, to be Chief Scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce. She would succeed Sylvia Alice Earle. Since 1990, Dr. Sullivan has served as NASA Mission Specialist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Sullivan graduated from the …
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Remarks to Town Hall of California in Los Angeles ID 4363 Date 05/29/1992 Thank you, Lod, for that very warm and very generous introduction and welcome back to Los Angeles. May I greet our Mayor, Tom Bradley, Governor Pete Wilson, and single out two of your former Governors, one sitting on the left and the other on the right of mine, read nothing into that politically -- [laughter] -- George Deukmejian and Pat Brown. It's a great pleasure to see both of them. And may I single out Pat Saiki, our head of …
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Remarks to Goddard Space Flight Center Employees in Greenbelt, Maryland ID 4372 Date 06/01/1992 Thank you very, very much. Thank you for this welcome to Goddard. And Dan Goldin, thank you, sir, for the introduction, the leadership you're giving the Agency. With me is Bill Reilly. We've been talking today about the upcoming summit in Brazil, the environmental meeting down there. And this visit is very timely for both of us, I think, seeing what magnificent contribution Goddard makes to a better …
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Nomination of Alison Podell Rosenberg To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development ID 4373 Date 06/01/1992 The President today announced his intention to nominate Alison Podell Rosenberg, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency, for the Bureau of Africa. She would succeed Scott M. Spangler. Since 1988, Ms. Rosenberg has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for …
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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Report of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Message to the Congress Transmitting the Report of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation ID 4378 Date 06/02/1992 To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation's Annual Report for fiscal year 1991. This report has been prepared in accordance with section 10 of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Act of May 13, 1954 (33 U.S.C. 989(a)), and covers the period October 1, 1990, through September 30, 1991. George Bush The White House, June 2, …
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Appointment of the 1992 - 1993 White House Fellows ID 4382 Date 06/02/1992 The President today announced the appointments of the 1992 - 93 White House fellows. This is the 28th class of fellows since the program was established in 1964. Fifteen fellows were chosen from nearly 700 applicants who were screened by 11 regional panels. The President's Commission on White House Fellowships, chaired by Ronna Romney, interviewed the 33 national finalists prior to recommending the 15 persons to the President. Their …
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Space-Based Global Change Observation ID 4398 Date 06/05/1992 President Bush last week approved a National Space Policy Directive establishing a focused national effort to improve the world's ability to detect and document changes in the Earth, especially the global climate. This policy directive, which was developed by the National Space Council chaired by Vice President Quayle: Establishes a comprehensive, multi-agency effort to collect, analyze, and archive …
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Remarks at the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony ID 4315 Date 05/15/1992 Thank you, Cyndi, very much. Thank you all. Cyndi, thank you. And may I salute our Attorney General who is doing an outstanding job for law enforcement, Bill Barr; the Members of Congress who are with us today; Adolph South; an old friend, Dewey Stokes; John Walsh; Suzie Sawyer; Barbara Dodge; Dave Derevere. Ten years ago the FOP auxiliary began this nationally recognized service for law enforcement officers who gave their …