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f/~9~ g;~ ~5~.· y~ ~ J~ c;/P.Jaa Senator Honorable Charles A. Gargano Hon. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison 9~o/~ Senator Lauch Faircloth David Mack RNC Chairman Haley Barbour J~ ?Jaa.· Rabbi Congressman Mrs. Donna Giuliani Hon. Rudy Giuliani Senator Ralph Marino ~ Hon. Joe Mondello Honorable Rudy Giuliani RNC Chairman Haley Barbour CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF Hon. Bill Powers Haley Barbour Senator Bob Dole REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Hon. Charles Gargano Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison Senator Al D'Amato SENATOR-TEXAS Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Honorable Bob Dole David Mack REPUBLICAN LEADER OF THE U.S. SENATE Honorable Alfonse M. D'Amato Senator Lauch Faircloth UNITED STATES SENATOR-NEW YORK Hon. Mike Long Assemblyman Clarence Rappleyea Congressman ~~~ The Honorable Charles A. Gargano

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Robert Abplanalp John Catsimatides Robert Entenmann Richard Gidron Daniel Abraham James Cayne Joseph Famighetti James Gill Joseph Allen Mickey Chasanoff Joseph Farber Tony Gioia Joseph Asaro Ned Cloonan Carl Figliola Tony Gleidman Harry Bjarkjtari Pat Costa Mario Fischetti Senator Roy Goodman Rabbi Milton Balkany Phil Damashek Richard Fisher Jeffrey Grant Wayne Berman Morton Davis Chris Flowers William Harman Jay Bernstein Howard DiMartini Jeff Forchelli Thomas Haythe Martin Bernstein Gerard DiMarco Alan Fortunoff John Hennessy Joseph Binder Charles Dorkey Joseph Frager Peter Hoffman Leon Black James Duffy Sidney Frank Monty Hundley Rose Boritzer Richard Dunne Francesco Galesi Carl Icahn Wilbur Breslin Ike Elias Bruce Gelb Peter Kalikow Giles Brophy Lawrence Elovich Edward Gibbons Louise Kane

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Michael Kaufman Senator Ralph Marino Frank Regnante Barry Slotnick Barbara Klein Robert McMillan Daniel Roberts Hank Sofer George Klein Parker Montgomery Robert Rosenberg Jud Sommer Hon. Ronald Lauder Jiro Murase Douglas Sarini Sidney Stein Kenneth Laux Rabbi Elimelech Naiman Alex Schachter Ed Steinberg Daniel Lehner Frank Nastasi Solly Scheiner Saul Steinberg Neil Levin Rick Nasti Al Schreiber Stanley Tollman Jack Libert John O'Mara Bernard Schwartz Charles Urstadt Leo Liebowitz Michael Pascucci Richard Schwartz Elliot Vernon Leonard Litwin Senator George Pataki Ira Scott Daniel Wassong David Mack Patricia Patterson Nat Serota Saundra Whitney Earle Mack Ronald Perelman Stanley Shaw Rexh Xhakli Robert Malito Harvey Pitt Jeff Silverman Jim Xhema William Mango Lewis Ranieri James Simpson Yung Soo Yoo

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September 27, 1993 Sheraton New York Hotel

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~'c.~~ "ii- Y~!»~ 9 ~ r::' ~§~.· ~~ cuid J~ c;/9aa Senator Bob Dole Honorable Charles A. Gargano Hon. Rudy Giuliani Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison g;~o/~ Senator Lauch Faircloth David Mack RNC Chairman Haley Barbour J~ 9aa.· Rabbi Milton Balkany Congressman Rick Lazio Mrs. Donna Giuliani Hon. Rudy Giuliani Senator Ralph Marino ~ Hon. Joe Mondello Honorable Rudy Giuliani RNC Chairman Haley Barbour CANDIDATE FOR Hon. Bill Powers Haley Barbour Senator Bob Dole REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Hon. Charles Gargano Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison Senator Al D'Amato UNITED STATES SENATOR-TEXAS Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Honorable Bob Dole David Mack REPUBLICAN LEADER OF THE U.S. SENATE Honorable Alfonse M. D'Amato Senator Lauch Faircloth UNITED STATES SENATOR-NEW YORK Hon. Mike Long Assemblyman Clarence Rappleyea Congressman Amo Houghton ~~~ The Honorable Charles A. Gargano

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Robert Abplanalp John Catsimatides Robert Entenmann Richard Gidron Daniel Abraham James Cayne Joseph Famighetti James Gill Joseph Allen Mickey Chasanoff Joseph Farber Tony Gioia Joseph Asaro Ned Cloonan Carl Figliola Tony Gleidman Harry Bjarkjtari Pat Costa Mario Fischetti Senator Roy Goodman Rabbi Milton Balkany Phil Damashek Richard Fisher Jeffrey Grant Wayne Berman Morton Davis Chris Rowers William Harman Jay Bernstein Howard DiMartini Jeff Forchelli Thomas Haythe Martin Bernstein Gerard DiMarco Alan Fortunoff John Hennessy Joseph Binder Charles Dorkey Joseph Frager Peter Hoffman Leon Black James Duffy Sidney Frank Monty Hundley Rose Boritzer Richard Dunne Francesco Galesi Carl Icahn Wilbur Breslin Ike Elias Bruce Gelb Peter Kalikow Giles Brophy Lawrence Elovich Edward Gibbons Louise Kane 1 .1

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Michael Kaufman Senator Ralph Marino Frank Regnante Barry Slotnick Barbara Klein Robert McMillan Daniel Roberts Hank Sofer George Klein Parker Montgomery Robert Rosenberg Jud Sommer Hon. Ronald Lauder Jiro Murase Douglas Sarini Sidney Stein Kenneth Laux Rabbi Elimelech Naiman Alex Schachter Ed Steinberg Daniel Lehner Frank Nastasi Solly Scheiner Saul Steinberg Neil Levin Rick Nasti Al Schreiber Stanley Tollman Jack Libert John O'Mara Bernard Schwartz Charles Urstadt Leo Liebowitz Michael Pascucci Richard Schwartz Elliot Vernon Leonard Litwin Senator George Pataki Ira Scott Daniel Wassong David Mack Patricia Patterson Nat Serota Saundra Whitney Earle Mack Ronald Perelman Stanley Shaw Rexh Xhakli Robert Malito Harvey Pitt Jeff Silverman Jim Xhema William Mango Lewis Ranieri James Simpson Yung Soo Yoo

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TO: Senator Dole FR: Kerry RE: New York

*Attached draft remarks contain some new material on "the American Century." I will continue to flesh it out, and will have a draft "stump" speech this week.

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By RICHARD L. BERKE Special to WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 - The The efforts on behalf of Mr. Dinkins White House and the national Demo- address immediate political concerns, cratic Party, increasingly worried but do nothing about the broader issue about Mayor David N. Dinkins's pros- of devising concrete answers to the pects for re-election, are organizing a cities' problems. Nor do they provide series of efforts to help his campaign, what Mr. Dinkins would probably find capped by a visit from President Clin- most beneficial: Federal money that ton on Sunday to help the Mayor raise a he has lobbied for but never received million dollars. as the Clinton Administration put other A Presidential appearance to raise priorities ahead of urban aid. · money in a mayoral race, even one as Mr. Clinton's visit comes at a crucial important as New York's, is unusual moment for the Mayor's campaign cof- enough. But the White House is not fers as Rudolph W. Giuliani, the Repub- stopping there - it is dispatching Vice lican-Liberal candidate, has outpaced President Al Gore and several Cabinet the Mayor by better than 2-to-l in fund members to the city to campaign for raising in recent weeks. Mr. Dinkins and sending money to help "There's a lot riding the state party get people to the polls. on it." said David Wilhelm, chairman The reasons are both narrowly tacti- of the Demo- cal and more broadly strategic. Al- though the New York mayoral race, with its many local issues, is far from a referendum on national Democratic urban policy, the Democrats are con- cerned that their troubles are spread- ing and that a Dinkins loss would only make it harder to rescue their image as the voice of the inner cities. Stunned in The Democratic Party was stunned by the election last spring of Richard J. Riordan as Los Angeles's first Republi- can Mayor in 36 years, and party offi- cials feared that it sprang from a per- ception that the party has nothing to offer to solve inner-city problems like and poverty. Democrats here are even more ner- vous that the election of a Republican Mayor in a Democratic stronghold like New York would complicate Mr. Clin- ton's re-election campaign in three years. "We'd rather be running in '96 with a Democratic mayor than a Re- publican mayor," said Joan N. Bag- gett, the White House political director. Page 10 of 44 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas bL\la, http://dolearchives.ku.edu

White House Thinks Nationally, Stumps Locally for Dinkins MAYORAL RACE

Continued From Page 1 Mr. Riordan in what was officially a nonpartisan race. One reason Mr. tight budget in Washington and. t~e Facts on the Fund-Raiser Clinton did not give more than a Congressional defeat of the Admm1s- cratic National Committee. "We're go- tration's economic stimulus package. ing to do whatever we can to help win lukewarm endorsement was that Comptroller Debate what promises to be a very close race." some of his top advisers were friends But despite these limits, Mr. Ickes of Mr. Riordan. Both Mr. Clinton Plans have been changed for a Where the Democrats see danger, and said that the Clinton Administration several of his aides have closer ties to debate between the candidates is scrambling to find ways to send the Republicans see political opportu- Mr. Dinkins. in the Democratic runoff for Federal help to New York City. "The nity. Because the New York campaign Presidents hardly ever deliver lo- New York City comptroller, City Hall people are working with is so tightly contested, and because cal elections, and most New Yorkers and Alan various Cabinet departments to get there are few other elections of nation- are certain to base their votes on G. Hevesi. The debate, to be some dollars into New York," he said. al interest this year, the Republican their views of Mr. Dinkins's perform- taped tomorrow morning, will "If we lost New York to the Republi- Party is also giving the race unusual ance in office, something much closer be televised from 11 P.M. to cans, obviously it would be disturb- attention, sending party leaders to and more tangible than a visit from 11: 30 P.M. tomorrow on ing." stump for Mr. Giuliani. Washington. Channel 13. Another fear among Democratic White House officials said the deci- ;But as the Dinkins campaign is officials is that a Dinkins defeat sion by Mr. Clinton to appear with Mr. struggling to keep Democrats from would suggest that Mr. Clinton lacks Dinkins shows the depth of his com- defecting to Mr. Giuliani, the Presi- Besides pulling in at least $1 mil- leverage in local races, giving Repub- mitment in the face of polls that sug- dent's support could make a differ- lion in contributions, the President's licans a boost in recruiting candi- gest a difficult race for Mr. Dinkins. ence by dramatizing the Mayor's ties visit, especially after a week when he dates to run next year in elections The officials said it was decided that to the White House. drew positive reviews from his health around the country. the potential payoff to the Mayor and "I think the connection between a care speech to Congress, is certain to Citing not only Los Angeles, but to the party of a high-profile appear- Democratic Mayor and a Democratic draw much-needed favorable publici- also the election in May of Mayor ance by Mr. Clinton outweighed the President is a very persuasive argu- ty for Mr. Dinkins. Bret Schundler in Jersey City, the risks of his alienating the white ethnic ment to vote for David Dinkins," said But the Democrats' ability to help city's first Republican Mayor since Democrats who do not support Mr. Harold M. Ickes, a New York lawyer in more tangible - that is, financial 1917, Republicans are trying to por- Dinkins, as well as the embarrass- who is a close adviser both to Mr. - ways is hampered by several fac tray the New York race as part of a ment if the Mayor loses. Clinton and to Mr. Dinkins. "The fact tors, among them election laws tha pattern and thus a high-stakes urban Closer Ties to Dinkins that the President is committed to limit the amount that national partie referendum on Mr. Clinton and the helping the Mayor sends a strong may funnel to local races. On a larger Democrats. By contrast, only after much inter- message to New Yorkers that there scale, Mr. Clinton lacks the tradition-• "Rudy Giuliani's election would be nal debate did Mr. Clinton appear al ability of some past presidents I will continue to be a good working t another powerful demonstration that briefly at a news conference in Los relationship between Washington woo voters by funneling Governmen Republican Angeles and ideas will sell in the big last spring with Michael New York City." resources to the city or some othe cities," said Haley Barbour, chair- Woo, the Democrat who ran against favored constituency because of th man of the Republican National Com- WHERE Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers mittee. "People are looking for alter- natives to the big government, high- WHEN Tomorrow; reception at 7 P.M.; dinner at 8 P.M. tax Democrat administrations that have been controlling these cities." SPECIAL President Clinton, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and Although the Administration is lim- GUESTS Senator ited in the Federal money it can dis- pense for New York, there are other COST $1,000 per person ways the White House can try to help Mr. Dinkins. Some Republicans have $10,000 per table suggested that Attorney General Jan- $25,000 for co-chairman status et Reno had sought to protect Mr. Dinkins by putting off an expected GOAL To raise more than $1 million for the Mayor's announcement that her agency would re-election campaign not prosecute civil-rights violations in the Crown Heights disturbances. The ORGANIZER James A. Harmon, chairman of Wertheim Justice Department denied any politi- cal motivation. Schroder & Company, a New York investment While Democratic officials speak banking firm of the need for a Democratic mayor who is in sync with Mr. Clinton's ENTERTAINMENT The singer Phyllis Hyman agenda, the President has more prag- matic reasons for wanting Mr. Din- kins to hold on to his job: Winning b~n Development New York was crucial to Mr. Clin- Secretary, who is one with the singer Bette Midler next viewed as one of the strongest early month to carry him into the final ton's campaign last year. Though is- cont~nders sues like the economy and health care for the Republican Presi- stretch. In the latest campaign fi- will likely determine dential nomination. "Giuliani would nance reports filed yesterday, Mr. Mr. Clinton's be. a signi~icant popularity in New York, the last thing ally of ," Giuliani outpaced the Mayor by bet- s~1d a sen~or Democratic Party offi- ter than 2-to-1 for the two weeks he wants is a Mayor who actively cial, works against his re-election, speaking on the condition that he ending Tuesday, taking in $549,733 to forcing not be identified. "That could him to spend time and resources se- be a $244,751 for the Mayor, and keeping problem at the time of President Clin- up a trend of leading the Mayor week- curing what should be a secure Dem- ton's re-election campaign." ocratic base. to-week that has prevailed since the end of July. Mr. Dinkins now has Mr. Giuliani is close to Jack F. Mr. Dinkins is depending on the $689,804 on hang, compared witl1. . Kemp, the former Housing and Ur- Sunday fund-raiser and anol'iier big $604,451 for Mr. Giuliani. '-:

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C T Y r------I . Giuliani Calls for Denying THE AD CAMPAIGN I Parole to Violent Criminals Giuliani: urnishing the Crime-Fighting Image Rudolph W. Giuliani, the Republican-Liberal l candidate By JAMES DAO or believes there is a place for pa- for mayor, released a new television role," said the commercial last week that tries to Striking again at what he clearly spokesman, Joseph A. burnish his image views as the tender underbelly DePlasco. as a hardened crime fighter with a soft touch for the of the Following the speech, Dinkins. administration, Rudolph W. Mr. Giuliani common folk. The commercial, one of three new said that, if elected, he would Giuham yesterday gave his most study radio and television commercials released this sweeping whether police officers are being speech on crime to date wee_k, neatly prefaced a major speech by Mr. calling for an end to treated fairly by the reorganized Ci- parole for violent vilian G1_ul1ani yesterday that brought gjminals and a host of other Complaint Review Board. If together his anti- pro- not, he said, cr1me proposals. grams intended to "regain control of he would ask the City everyday life." Council to revamp the board to allow To some degree, Mr. more people with law-enforcement PRODUCER The Garth Group of New York. Giuliani's po- backgrounds sition on parole, like his support of a to sit on the board which reviews ON state death-penalty law, is largely complaints about po~ THE SCREEN The one-minute commercial has symbolic since such measures lice brutality and misconduct. the gritty texture and quick pacing of the 11 o'clock must Aides to Mr. Giuliani be approved by the State Legislature. said that a television news. It opens in a handful of states have passed laws restaurant fl.ut Mr. Giuliani, the Republican-Lib- kitchen where a worker surrounded by eral candidate setting fixed sentences without the colanders for mayor, has said he and p~ns waxes nostalgic would use the mayor's possibility of parole for violent crimi- about times when people office as a nals, including has got to stop. Now f1u1ly pulpit to push such measures. murderers and rap- weren t afraid_ to sit outside at night. In rapid Rudolph Giuliani was a U.S. ists. Under sentencing A spokesman for Mayor David N. guideliness succession, tight shots of people identified as Attorney. He was our lawyer. He's gone to bat for passed by Congress in the mid-1980's, qtnkins, who used the day to talk Brooklyn commtmity "activists" in various locations us." about Federal prisoners also serve deter- his proposals to improve educa- - a book-linedtoom, a city park, an office - MS. FORD: "Rudy Giuliani could bring this city tjbn, said the Mayor minate sentences without parole. supports the Mr. Giuliani talking about n~ghborhoods gripped together by first getting rid of the problems that parole system as a way of reintegrat- has used the parole by tear of issue repeatedly crime. Then separate us." ilig prisoners into society. "The May- to portray Mr. Din- SC!fles of Mr. Giuliani walking under an kins as soft on crime. On the stump, elevated subw~ talking animatedly to a young MR. BALSAMO: "That would be a very big help to he often evokes the image of the "9- man'. bending _wn to us. Just to keep the neighborhood a little safer millimeter killer" chat with an elderly woman, and - a parolee re- sha_k1ng make it safer for our kids." cently charged with shooting to death hands 1th a woman outside a city housing Dead Heat Seen four people in Brooklyn - as an ex- proiect. At the d, underneath a shot of the SCOREC,ARD The commercial tries to capture ample of why parole should be ended restaurant work r, are the words: "Rudolph Giuliani Mr. G1ul1_ani s overarching vision In Mayor's Race for violent criminals. - You knowh I be tough on crime." of a gentler city while "Does the violent convicted crimi- making a targeted pitch to voters in Brooklyn, where nal benefit more from Two recent polls show the a lopsided jus- THE SCRIPT PA~L BALSAMO, restaurant worker: the mayoral battle is expected to be close. By New tice system which accords "I York City mayoral race much remember wheq having speakers who are white, Hispanic growing tighter, more help to the convicted criminal I was a kid, that Avenue N used to and black with Mayor talk about Mr. Giuliani's David N. Dinkins in a virtual than to the victim?" he asked in be lined with people just sitting out in front of their effectiveness as a crime dead heat with his challenger, yesterday's speech. houses or in frOlllt of their apartments at night to cool fighter, the commercial tries to convey the message Rudolph W. Giuliani. But several leading Democratic otL And you don't see that anymore because that his support 1s broad based, that his message Legislators The polls, one by the Marist and Gov. Mario M. everybody's afraid to come out at night." cuts across racial lines and that he could be a Institute Cuomo have expressed skepticism and the other for New MADGE FORD1 community racial healer - something he needs people York about ending parole, saying it would activist: "We, as to I WABC-TV, believe 1t they are going showed Mr. Dinkins gaining place an impossible burden on al- honest, _tax-payin' citizens, are really tired of living to vote against the city's ground on Mr. Giuliani since a ready overcrowded state prisons by behind iron bars and the criminals going free." first black mayor. And while touting Mr. Giuliani as a Daily News I WNBC-TV poll keeping prisoners in lockup longer. CARLOS HERNANDEZ, anti-drug activist: "You to_ugh prosecutor, it suggests that Mayor David N. In his 45-minute speech two weeks ago that showed the at the Sher- can't even stand out with kids or in front of our D1nk1ns has been soft on criminals - a theme that aton New York Hotel, Mr. Giuliani Mayor IO points behind. stores because we might may resonate with some voters but also may seem The New York united the loose strands of a theme he be afraid there might be a Newsday I shootout, hollow to liberals who contend WABC-TV poll, conducted salts into almost every stump mightbe something happening." Mr. Dinkins has expanded Sept. 19-21, found that Mr. Giu- speech: that New York City residents MYRTLE WHITMORE, community activist: "There the Police Department at the expense of liani was favored by 48 percent feel less secure about crime today seems to be no one at the top to say, look guys, this other city services. JAMES DAO of the voters, while Mr. Dinkins than they did four years ago and that was favored by 44 percent. The Mayor Dinkins is to blame. poll had a margin of "It is not living in the past, as error of 3 nized after a raucous police rally percentage points. David Dinkins would have you be- view Board. There is no reason to street-level outside City Hall earlier this year. revisit the issue. drug dealers and hiring The Marist poll, taken Sept. lieve, to want a restoration of our The legislation has more civilian workers right passed." so that uni- 19 and 20, found that 43.7 per- to safety, to regain control of Yesterday, Mr. Giuliani told report- formed officers can be removed from cent of those questioned fa- everyday life," Mr. Giuliani said. ers: "You have two interests _In _a speech earlier in the day, Mr. that Dmkms desk jobs and deployed on patrol. j vored Mr. Dinkins, compared "Wherever you live in our city, no have to be accommodated. One is the made proposals to improve matter who you are, your city schools, including transferring But he ended his speech sounding! with 40.3 for Mr. Giuliani. The civil right interest of civilians in that they are another poll to safety is being denied." going more functions from the Board of theme: that fear of crime had a margin of error of 5 to get a fail"'hearing. And sec- transcends percentage The review board has been the fo- ond of all, police Education to the schools, creating a racial bounds and shouy points. officers have just as unify city residents. Not surprisingl The Daily News cus of a bitter debate bewteen police strong an interest in $200 million endowment fund for edu- I WNBC getting a fair he suggested that he, not Mr. Dinkin poll, which was taken Sept. 9-13, unions and Mr. Dinkins over who hearing and being treated fairly. cational programs and placing the should judge police School Construction Authority would be the one to bring the ci~ showed Mr. Giuliani with the conduct. Earlier They are entitled to people with susb- in together. support of 52 this year, Mr. Dinkins successfully tantial law-enforcement charge of all school maintenance. percent of the backgrounds His proposals, Mr. Giuliani voters, while the Mayor pushed to make the board independ- shaping the standards and sai had the way the In his speech at the Sheraton yes- "are going to help all New Yorkers support of 42 percent. That poll ent of the Police Department for the board operates." terday, Mr. Giuliani first time. returned to sev- . _"Those are things all people c { had a margin of error of 3.4 Public support for the new When told of Mr. Giuliani's re- eral anti-crime ideas that board, whose members he has JOm t.~ try to solve the problem," percentage points. are named by marks, Mr. Dinkins said: "He and I made in the past: having police offi- the Mayor and cannot be employed are said. Maybf' we've got to move on philosophically apart. He doesn't cers establish "security zones" transcend by the Police Department, was galva- believe in the groups into whi the Civilian Complaint Re- around schools, arresting more we've been divided." Page 12 of 44 This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas http://dolearchives.ku.edu

SENATOR BOB DOLE TALKING POINTS D'AMATO VICTORY DINNER

SEPTEMBER 27, 1993

*I WAS LOOKING AROUND THE DIAS UP HERE AND THOUGHT THAT THERE AREN'T MANY DINNERS OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE YOU CAN FIND FOUR UNITED STATES

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SENATORS, THREE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. *SO WHAT BRINGS US HERE TONIGHT? WELL, I WOULD SAY THE FOOD, BUT THEY'RE NOT SERVING DINNER UNTIL AFTER WE LEAVE, SO I CAN'T SAY THAT. *I COULD TELL YOU THAT SINCE PRESIDENT CLINTON WAS IN TOWN, WE ALL WANTED TO

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KEEP AN EYE ON HIM. BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE TRUE EITHER. *BUT WHAT IS TRUE IS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE ALL HERE IS THAT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SIT ALONGSIDE THE NEXT MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY. *AND I KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT APPEARED AT A FUNDRAISER FOR MAYOR

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DINKINS YESTERDAY ... AND, OF COURSE, HE SPOKE AT THE TODAY. AND I SUSPECT HE FOUND THAT WHEN COMPARED TO THE DINKINS CAMPAIGN, THE U.N. IS A VERY EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION. *OF COURSE, THE REAL REASON WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE AL D'AMATO TOLD US THAT HE WANTED US HERE.

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*AND AS l'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW, SENATOR D'AMATO CAN BE VERY PERSISTENT AND VERY CONVINCING. *I DO WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE THIS EVENING. *FIRST, IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE BILL POWERS. BILL IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB AS YOUR CHAIRMAN AND AS

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CHAIRMAN OF ALL THE STATE CHAIRMEN. *ASKING BILL TO SERVE IN THAT POSITION WAS JUST ONE OF THE MANY GOOD DECISIONS THAT HALEY BARBOUR HAS MADE. *NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, HALEY IS THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN ... I KNOW IT'S A

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TOUGHJOB,BECAUSEISERVED AS CHAIRMAN FOR A WHILE DURING THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION. *IT'S ALSO A PLEASURE TO SEE AMO HOUGHTON, RICK LAZIO, AND . THEY'RE ALL PART OF NEW YORK'S 13 MEMBER REPUBLICAN DELEGATION. NOW THIRTEEN'S AN UNLUCKY

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NUMBER BECAUSE THAT MEANS

THERE ARE 18 DEMOCRATS IN NEW YORK'S HOUSE

DELEGATION. MY GOAL IN 1994 IS TO AT LEAST TURN THOSE NUMBERS AROUND. LET'S TRY

18 REPUBLICANS AND 13 DEMOCRATS FOR A CHANGE. *YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON ... AND IT WAS KAY'S

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CALLED EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A BUSINESS ... IN MEETING A PAYROLL ... AND IN TRYING TO OVERCOME GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS AND RED TAPE TO MAKE A PROFIT. AND HE'S DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THE SENATE AS A VOICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES.

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VICTORY EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT ABSOLUTELY GALVANIZED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BEHIND THE MESSAGE OF 11 CUT SPENDING FIRST. 11 *AND THEN THERE'S LAUCH FAIRCLOTH. SENATOR FAIRCLOTH CAME TO THE SENATE WITH SOME EXPERIENCE THAT IS LACKING IN WASHINGTON, D.C ... IT'S

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*FINALLY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE , JR., AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN WHO'S A MEMBER OF MY STAFF IN WASHINGTON, D.C ... SENATOR D'AMATO AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONVINCE HIM TO RETURN TO NEW YORK SOMEDAY SOON AND RUN FOR OFFICE ... WHATEVER NELSON

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DOES, I KNOW HE'LL CONTINUE HIS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. *IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO RETURN TO MY FORMER HOME ... THAT'S RIGHT, MY FORMER HOME. SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT I SPENT PART OF MY ARMY EXPERIENCE IN BROOKLYN. AND I KEEP TELLING AL THAT HE SHOULD

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RETURN THE FAVOR BY COMING DOWN AND LIVING IN RUSSELL, KANSAS FOR A LITTLE WHILE. *MY JOB TONIGHT IS TO INTRODUCE SENATOR D'AMATO ... BUT BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO SPEAK FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES ON SOME CHOICES THAT AMERICA FACES. *YOU CAN'T COME TO NEW YORK AND SEE THE STATUE OF

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LIBERTY, WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT AMERICA AND AMERICANS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PAST DECADES. *NO DOUBT ABOUT IT-- AMERICA IS THE WORLD'S ONLY SUPERPOWER. AND IT HAS BEEN OUR POWER--ECONOMIC POWER, MILITARY POWER, TECHNOLOGICAL POWER, AND

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MORAL POWER--THAT HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT FORCE FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS IN THE WORLD. *AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TERMED THE 20TH CENTURY THE 11AMERICAN CENTURY. 11 AND THAT'S PROBABLY ACCURATE-- UP UNTIL NOW. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE ARE QUITE A FEW CHALLENGES IN THE YEARS

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AHEAD ... CHALLENGES THAT AMERICA HAS TO MEET IF THIS CAN TRULY BE CALLED THE 11 AMERICAN CENTURY11 *FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S AN ECONOMIC CHALLENGE. THE GREAT LESSON OF THIS CENTURY IS THAT FREEDOM WORKS. THAT FREE ENTERPRISE WORKS. THAT INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE, RISK-

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TAKING, AND HARD WORK CAN BUILD THE STRONGEST MOST JOB PRODUCING ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. *AND NOW WE'RE AT A CROSSROADS. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW FOLKS IN WASHINGTON--INCLUDING SOME IN THE WHITE HOUSE--WHO HAVEN'T LEARNED THAT LESSON.

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*THEY THINK THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS SICK. AND THEIR PRESCRIPTION IS MOR-E TAXES, MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDING, AND MORE GOVERNMENT CONTROL. THAT'S THE BASIC FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

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BECAUSE REPUBLICANS THINK THAT IT'S NOT GOVERNMENT THAT MAKES THE ECONOMY GROW--IT'S YOU. IT'S MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE A DREAM AND START A BUSINESS. AND WE THINK THAT INSTEAD OF MORE TAXES AND MORE REGULATION, YOU NEED MORE FREEDOM, AND MORE MONEY KEPT IN YOUR POCKET TO

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INVEST IN YOUR BUSINESS AND TO RAISE YOUR FAMILY. *AND AMERICA IS ALSO FINDING ITSELF AT ANOTHER CROSS ROADS--A CROSS ROADS INVOLVING HEALTH CARE. IN THE LAST CENTURY, WE HAVE BUilT THE MOST ENVIED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. AMERICA'S DOCTORS, AMERICAN HOSPITALS,

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AMERICAN RESEARCH, AND AMERICAN INNOVATION CONTINUE TO SET NEW STANDARDS. *AND YES, OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CAN BE IMPROVED. AND WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO DOING JUST THAT. BUT WHICH ROAD WILL WE TAKE? *WILL WE FOLLOW THOSE WHOSE DEFINITION OF REFORM

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MEANS CREATING A HUGE NEW BUREAUCRACY AND TURNING CONTROL OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OVER TO UNCLE SAM? *OR, INSTEAD, SHOULD WE BUILD ON THE STRENGTHS OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, KEEPING CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS IN YOUR HANDS, ENCOURAGING CONTINUED INNOVATIONS, AND

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WORKING TO PROVIDE UNIVERSAL ACCESS? *THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. CLINTON WANT DO CHANGE OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ... OVER THE NEXT YEAR, REPUBLICANS WILL BE WORKING HARD IN WASHINGTON TO ENSURE THE CHANGE IS CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

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*ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT IF THIS IS TO TRULY BE THE AMERICAN CENTURY, THEN WE CAN'T LOCK OUR DOORS AND TRADE ONLY WITH OURSELF. *IN TODAY'S GLOBAL ECONOMY, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SUCCEED IS TO TRADE. AGAIN, THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT PATHS.

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*WE CAN LISTEN TO ROSS PEROT, JESSE JACKSON, , AND JERRY BROWN AND DEFEAT NAFTA--TELLING MEXICO AND THE OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE WAITING IN LINE THAT

WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN FREE MARKETS AND FREE TRADE. *OR WE CAN PLAY THE ROLE OF WORLD LEADER AND BRING JOBS TO COUNTLESS

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AMERICANS BY ACTIVELY SEEKING NEW MARKETS FOR AMERICAN PRODUCTS. *MUCH HAS CHANGED THROUGHOUT THIS CENTURY-- BUT ONE THING THAT HAS NOT IS THE FACT THAT IF YOU ASKED ANY AMERICAN IN ANY DECADE WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM, THE ANSWER YOU'LL HEAR IS 11 MY FAMILY. 11

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*IT'S IN THE FAMILY WHERE WE ARE ALL TAUGHT ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG, AND ABOUT A LITTLE THING CALLED 11 RESPONSIBILITY. 11 *DAN QUAYLE GOT IN SOME TROUBLE IN TALKING ABOUT 11 FAMILY VALUES. 11 SO LET ME TURN IT AROUND AND SAY THAT ONE THING ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THAT WE

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DO 11VALUE THE FAMILY. 11 *AND YOU AND I ALL KNOW THAT RUDY GIULIANI IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WHEN HE SAYS THAT CRIME IS THE #1 THREAT TO THE AMERICAN FAMILY. *AND MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI WILL BE THE TOUGHEST, MOST EXPERIENCED CRIME FIGHTER THIS CITY HAS EVER SEEN.

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*AND AL D'AMATO, MYSELF, AND SOME OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A LITTLE PROPOSAL CREATING 11 FAMILY PRESERVATION ZONES 11 IN HIGH- CRIME LOW-INCOME AREAS OF INNER CITIES. *UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, SINGLE-PARENT AND TWO- PARENT FAMILIES WHO WISH TO

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RESIDE WITHIN THE ZONES WOULD VOLUNTARILY APPLY FOR ADMISSION. ONCE ADMITTED, THEY WOULD RECEIVE CERTAIN BENEFITS-- SUCH AS BETTER SECURITY AND DECENT HOUSING. *TIED TO THESE BENEFITS WOULD BE CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND CERTAIN RULES. LIKE ZERO-TOLERANCE

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TOWARDS GUNS AND DRUGS. LIKE COMMUNITY SERVICE AS AN OBLIGATION OF EVERY RESIDENT. *IS THE 20TH CENTURY THE AMERICAN CENTURY? NOT YET. WE'VE GOT LOTS OF WORK TO DO AS REPUBLICANS AND AMERICANS .... AND WHETHER HE'S IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OR ALBANY, I KNOW FOR A FACT

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THAT AL D'AMATO WILL BE THERE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT. *I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S RUNNING FOR SENATOR OR GOVERNOR, BUT I DO KNOW THAT AFTER AL'S DONE WE HAVE TO RUN TO THE AIRPORT, SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING SENATOR AL D'AMATO.

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