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Presidential Documents Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, November 13, 2000 Volume 36ÐNumber 45 Pages 2761±2817 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 06:02 Nov 15, 2000 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\PD13NO00.PRE ATX006 PsN: ATX006 Contents Addresses and Remarks Communications to Federal Agencies See also Bill Signings Pipeline Safety, memorandumÐ2772 Arkansas Providing Patient Protections Through Final Civic leaders luncheon in Little RockÐ Regulations on Internal Appeals and 2790 Information Disclosure, memorandumÐ Community in Pine BluffÐ2797 2776 California Executive Orders Get out the vote rally in San FranciscoÐ 2763 Consultation and Coordination With Indian Get out the vote rally in San JoseÐ2767 Tribal GovernmentsÐ2806 New York Interviews With the News Media Bronx County Democratic Committee rally Exchanges with reporters in New York CityÐ2777 San Francisco, CAÐ2767 Get out the vote rallies in New York CityÐ South LawnÐ2812 2780, 2785 Interview with Steve Harvey of KKBT±FM Returning from ChappaquaÐ2812 Radio, Los Angeles, CAÐ2761 Radio addressÐ2774 2000 Presidential electionÐ2762, 2812 Proclamations National Adoption MonthÐ2811 Bill Signings National American Indian Heritage MonthÐ Debt-relief, legislation to fund poor nations, 2813 remarksÐ2802 National Family Caregivers MonthÐ2801 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Statements by the President Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, statementÐ2809 See also Bill Signings Indian Land Consolidation Act Amendments Death of David BrowerÐ2805 of 2000, statementÐ2811 Indian tribal governments, Executive order on Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, consultation and coordination, signingÐ statementÐ2810 2806 Pipeline safetyÐ2771 Bill Vetoes Supplementary Materials ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year Acts approved by the PresidentÐ2815 2001,'' messageÐ2784 Checklist of White House press releasesÐ 2815 Communications to Congress Digest of other White House See also Bill Vetoes announcementsÐ2814 Cyprus, letter transmitting reportÐ2810 Nominations submitted to the SenateÐ2814 Editor's Note: In order to meet publication and distribution deadlines during the Veterans Day holiday weekend, the cutoff time for this issue has been advanced to 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, 2000. Documents released after that time will appear in the next issue. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, approved by the President (37 FR 23607; 1 CFR Part 10). PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS Distribution is made only by the Superintendent of Docu- ments, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Reg- The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents will be ister, National Archives and Records Administration, Washing- furnished by mail to domestic subscribers for $80.00 per year ton, DC 20408, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Docu- ($137.00 for mailing first class) and to foreign subscribers for ments contains statements, messages, and other Presidential $93.75 per year, payable to the Superintendent of Documents, materials released by the White House during the preceding Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. The week. charge for a single copy is $3.00 ($3.75 for foreign mailing). The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is pub- There are no restrictions on the republication of material lished pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal Reg- appearing in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Docu- ister Act (49 Stat. 500, as amended; 44 U.S.C. Ch. 15), under ments. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 06:02 Nov 15, 2000 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\PD13NO00.PRE ATX006 PsN: ATX006 Week Ending Friday, November 10, 2000 Interview With Steve Harvey of blank, what can African-Americans and the KKBT±FM Radio, Los Angeles, Latino community expect from the Demo- California cratic Party in regards to education and af- firmative action? November 3, 2000 The President. Well, I think first of all, The President. Hey, Steve. you can expect them to build on the progress Mr. Harvey. President Clinton. of the last 8 years. RememberÐlet's start The President. How are you? We got cut with affirmative actionÐremember, there off. I'm glad to hear your voice. was a lot of pressure to eliminate affirmative Mr. Harvey. How are you doing? It's action, both from the Republican Party and okay. How are you doing, brother? from some court decisions, which required The President. Great. us to change it. And we took the position Mr. Harvey. Great. Glad you could call, that we should mend it, not end it, and that's man. Sorry we missed each other. You were the position that Vice President Gore has in Los Angeles. I was supposed to meet you steadily defended. I noticed in his third de- at an event. Sorry we missed each other. bate that he was the only candidate who The President. Are you in New York? would say that he was for affirmative action. Mr. Harvey. No, I'm in Los Angeles right And I can tell you, we had long, long discus- now. Hello? sions about this. He believes strongly in it. The President. Yes, I can hear you fine. And I believe virtually every one of our can- Mr. Harvey. Oh, yes. No, I'm in L.A. right didates for the Senate and the House does. now. We were supposed to meet at an event I know that my wife, who is running for the a few weeks ago, and we gotÐwe missed our Senate in New York, strongly feels that way, signal, so we didn't hook up. But ÐÐ and I believe all the others do, as well. So The President. Well, I'm sorry I missed I think you can feel very good about that. you. Mr. Harvey. That's okay. We got in today. Education My publicist told me that you're a big fan Mr. Harvey. Now, also in terms of edu- of mine. I just want to hear you say that out cation for the same communities. loud. [Laughter] The President. On the education issue, The President. I am a big fan of yours, I think the choices are quite clear here. The and I hear all the clapping in the background, Vice President and all the Democratic can- so I want to please everybody for you. didates, first of all, think that America ought Mr. Harvey. Thank you very much, Mr. to know our schools are getting better and President. That's all I needed to hear. our students are doing better. Reading [Laughter] You just pretty much made my scores, math scores, science scores are all up. whole career. [Laughter] In the last 7 years, there has been a 500 per- cent increase in African-American students Affirmative Action taking advanced placement courses, a 300 President Clinton, we are fans of yours percent increase in Latino students taking here, on ``The Beat.'' I cannot speak for the advanced placement courses. The college- entire radio station, but I know I am. I have going rate is at an all-time high because we always been a fan of yours and your work have pushed through the Congress the big- and your community development towards gest increase in student aid, from Pell grants the African-American community. I have one to work-study grants to the Hope scholarship question for you. I want to ask you, point tax credit, in 50 years. 2761 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 06:05 Nov 15, 2000 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\PD13NO00.000 ATX006 PsN: ATX006 2762 Nov. 3 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2000 So what does Al Gore want to do? What 2000 Election do the rest of our Democrats want to do? Mr. Harvey. Absolutely. Now, President, They want to finish the job of putting 100,000 you were at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw qualified teachers in our schools. They want Plaza on yesterday. Three thousand sup- to provide funds to poor school districts espe- porters came out. We thank you for stopping cially, and growing school districts, to build by, lending your support to the campaign. new school buildings and to overhaul others. We thank you for all of the work you have They want to finish the work of connecting done over the past 8 years. And we do ap- all the schools in the country to the Internet plaud you in both of these directions, espe- and all the classrooms. When Al Gore took cially in terms of education and affirmative on this project for our administration in 1994, action. We appreciate you so much. We know only 3 percent of the classrooms were con- you're busy; we know you're on a tight sched- nected. Today, 65 percent of the classrooms ule. And hey, man, we just want to say thank are, and 90 percent of the poorest schools you for calling. have at least one Internet connection. So we The President. Well, thank you, Steve. want to do that. Let me say, I wanted to go back to Watts, He wants to provide universal preschool a place I've been visiting for many years now, to thank the people of Watts, of L.A., and and more after-school programs for the kids of California for being so good to me and who need it, and he wants tax deductibility Hillary and Al and Tipper Gore these last for college tuition. Plus which, we have a His- 8 years, and for proving that we could turn panic Education Action Plan that is designed America around economically, educationally, to deal with the fact that the dropout rate environmentally, that we could provide more among Latino students is still too high, and health insurance. And you know there's a lot he has promised to build on that. So we've of laboratories of success there.
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