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ought to ask the question, ‘‘What works?’’ If an example. I want to thank you for being your program is a faith-based program and a part of the greatest country on the face it changes people’s lives and they become of the Earth. less addicted, we ought to say thank you, and May God bless you all, and may God bless you can have equal access to money, and you America. don’t even have to change your mission. We understand the power of faith in our society, NOTE: The President spoke at 11 a.m. in the and we ought to welcome it. school’s gymnasium. In his remarks, he referred I understand the strength of America. The to Patrick J. Patterson, program assistant, Sisters strength of America is our people. It’s not of Charity Foundation. The Office of the Press our Government. It’s the people. And ours Secretary also released a Spanish language tran- is a compassionate and decent nation. You script of these remarks. know, I said earlier, out of the evil done to us will come some good. People in America understand that we’re into a different era, Remarks at a Luncheon for we’re heading into a different culture. It’s Gubernatorial Candidate Mark one that says, ‘‘Serving something greater Sanford in Charleston than yourself is an important part of being July 29, 2002 an American.’’ It’s a lesson that came through on Flight 93. People flew an airplane in the The President. Well, thank you, Gov- ground to save other’s lives. ernor. [Laughter] I want to thank you all for That example is one that I think is going coming. I’m really glad to be back in South to stand like a beacon for future generations Carolina. I’ve got a lot of fond memories to understand what it means to be an Amer- here, if you know what I mean. [Laughter] ican. It means that you, of course, make a And we’ve got a lot of friends here, too. It’s living for your family. But it also means that a great State. After all, it’s the State where when you find a neighbor in need, you love my mother went to high school. that person. It also means that while one of But it’s an honor to be here to work for us can’t do everything, each of us can do the next Governor of the State of South something to change America, one soul at Carolina. I want to thank you all very much a time. for supporting Mark. You know that when Out of the evil done to America will come you find a good one, you’ve got to help him, incredible good, because our fellow citizens and you’ve found a good one in Mark San- have taken a step back, taken an assessment ford. of what’s important in life, and realized serv- I particularly thank those who are going ing our Nation means helping somebody in to put up the signs and lick the envelopes need. The old culture used to say, ‘‘If it feels and make all the phone calls, those tireless good, just go ahead and do it, and if you’ve workers at the grassroots level who can de- got a problem, blame somebody else.’’ I cide the fate of an election. You’ve got a vi- sense a new change in America, where each brant Republican Party here in South Caro- of us understands we’re responsible for the lina. You’ve got a lot of folks who never get decisions we make in life. Each of us are re- thanked enough. And so not only do I want sponsible for loving our children, if we’re for- to thank those who have helped Mark finan- tunate enough to be a mom or a dad, loving cially, I want to thank those of you who are our children with all our heart and all our going to put some shoe leather out there to soul. And each of us understands that in work hard to make sure that you turn out order to be a patriotic American, we must the vote next November. It’s important for love our neighbor like we’d like to be loved our country; it’s important for this State that ourself, help a fellow American in need. this good man become the next Governor of And that’s happening all across our coun- the State of South Carolina. try. I want to thank those of you who are And I love a family man. They started com- doing just that. I want to thank you for hear- ing through the photo op line; I never ing the call. I want to thank you for setting thought the Sanford kids were going to stop.

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[Laughter] But it was an honor to meet Mar- publican candidate for the third congres- shall, Landon, Bolton, and Blake, but more sional district. We’re pulling for you, Gresh- importantly, the mom, Jenny Sanford, the am. We wish you all the best. Thank you for great future first lady of the State of South being here. Carolina. I think it’s fairly important to have some- We both married above ourselves. [Laugh- body who is going to be your Governor who ter] I’m sorry the First Lady is not here with is willing to change the tone if the tone is me. She’s hiking. But I can’t tell you how divisive. See, what we need is more people proud I am of her. She’s doing a fabulous in public office who understand it’s impor- job as the First Lady of the United States. tant to unite people to get things done. And Who would have thought a former public there’s nothing worse than old-style politics, school librarian, who didn’t like politics or the politics that wants to pit one group of politicians—[laughter]—would be where she people against another; the politics that says is? Thank goodness. She’s doing great. it’s much better to call somebody names than A lot of you who I met earlier said they’re to lead. praying for me and praying for my family. And when Mark says he wants to change It’s the kindest gift you can give a President the tone in the statehouse in South Carolina, and his family, and I want to thank you from I believe him. And I believe it will be impor- the bottom of my heart for your prayers. tant for the people of South Carolina to have I want to thank members of the fine South a change of tone in the capital, so he can Carolina delegation who are here. That get some things done on behalf of all the would be Congressman Henry Brown, right people of this State. Not just the Republicans here from Charleston; Congressman Joe Wil- but all the people of South Carolina need son, I first met him one time when I was a Governor who’s willing to set big goals, a marching with him in the Okra Strut in Irmo; strong agenda, willing to bring people to- Congressman Jim DeMint, from up north— [laughter]—and the next United States Sen- gether to work toward those goals. ator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham. And there’s nothing more important than I appreciate some of the State folks show- to making sure that every single child in this ing up, too. There will be two former Gov- State gets a good, quality education. We ernors here, Carroll Campbell and Jim Ed- passed some good legislation in Washington. wards. I want to thank them both for being And one of the things that legislation does here. And Mark, when you win, you need is passes power out of Washington, so that to ask their advice. They were great Gov- the local folks can figure out the path to ex- ernors for the great State of South Carolina. cellence for every child. And I’m confident I also want to thank Iris for being here as in saying to the people of South Carolina, well. Iris, it’s great to see you again. And I flexibility, with Mark as the Governor, will want to thank Ann Edwards as well. make it more likely that every child in this I also want to thank my friend the Lieuten- State will be educated. ant Governor, Bob Peeler, for being here as It also means you better have somebody well. Thank you for coming, Bob. And I want as the Governor who believes every child can to thank you and the attorney general, Char- learn. It means setting the highest of high lie Condon, for working hard to unite the standards. You see, I found out as the Gov- Republican Party. ernor of Texas, and I have learned as the And I know the Speaker is here. President, if you set the bar low, if you don’t Mr. David H. Wilkins. Yes, sir. believe everybody can learn, you’re going to The President. Mr. Speaker—oh, there get bad results. If you have low standards you are. [Laughter] I appreciate you coming. for every child, if you believe, ‘‘Oh, there are It’s great to see you again, friend; great to some kids in my State who can’t learn,’’ guess see your great wife. Tell those boys of yours what’s going to happen. Certain of the chil- hello for me. dren won’t learn. And the people will be sat- I also want to thank Gresham Barrett, isfied with just passing kids through the sys- who’s going to become the—who is the Re- tem, as if they don’t matter.

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No, I believe it’s important to put people And so I’m proud to be here to support in office who set the highest of high stand- Mark. And I ask you to work hard. It’s a ards, who believes every single child can tough run when you’re running against some- learn, and who’s willing to measure to deter- body who has been there for a while. It’s mine they are. I think it’s so important to never easy. But I’m convinced he’s going to have a Governor who believes in strong ac- win, and I want to thank you for helping him countability, who wants to measure early win. whether or not children can read and write We’ve got a big—we’ve got a lot to do in and add and subtract, and if they can’t, do Washington. Before they run me out of here, something about it early, before it’s too late. I’d like to tell you how I think things are It is so fundamentally important that we going in the Nation’s Capital. First, I know view each child as a child of potential, and there’s a lot of concern about our economy. that we determine whether or not the child After all, if somebody wants to work and can’t is learning. And if they are, praise the teach- find a job, can’t find work, that’s a concern. ers. But if we find children trapped in schools It’s a concern of mine to know that there that won’t teach and in schools that won’t are Americans who are still looking for a job change, you better have a Governor who’s and can’t find one. And we need to do some- willing to blow the whistle on failure. Every thing about it. We need to make sure that child matters, and no child in South Carolina the foundation that we’ve put in place for or no child in America should be left behind. job creation remains strong. And I believe I appreciate having a man who under- the foundation is strong for economic stands the money he’s spending as your Gov- growth. After all, inflation is down, and inter- ernor is not the government’s money. It’s the est rates are low. We’ve got wise monetary people’s money. And he’s a man who set a policy. I strongly believe the fiscal policy we good example. I was impressed when I read put in place—which is giving people some that he held his office expenses down, maybe of their own money back so they can spend thought the Government was writing too big it, as opposed to the Government—made a check for the expenses there when he was eminent sense for economic vitality and job a Congressman, saved a million and a half creation. And the Congress now needs to dollars of taxpayers’ money and gave it back make those tax cuts permanent so people can into the till, put it back in. plan. He understood that when he got a pay The Senate, when they get moving, is raise, that rather than accepting the raise, going to get me a trade bill so we can open he’d give it to charity. He’s a man who leads up markets, which will create jobs for work- by example. And I think the people of South ers all across the country. We need to get Carolina ought to pay attention to that exam- a terrorism insurance bill out that doesn’t re- ple, because I know firsthand that there’s al- ward the trial lawyers but in fact encourages ways a budget crisis if you have a Governor construction projects to go forward that can’t who’s saying, ‘‘Everything matters. We’re not get insurance. going to set priorities.’’ It’s important to have And tomorrow I’m signing a good bill. It’s somebody who’s fiscally sound with the peo- a bill overwhelmingly embraced by Repub- ple’s money, who understands whose money licans and Democrats that says loud and clear it is and is willing to set priorities. to corporate America, we expect you to be We need a little of that in Washington, responsible. We expect you to be responsible DC. It seems like every program that comes with the people’s money. We expect you to along is something that needs a little extra be responsible for the shareholders and your money. In order to make sure that we hold employees. And if you’re not, we’re going to the line in Washington or hold the line in investigate you, arrest you, and prosecute South Carolina, that’s why they give the chief you, if you don’t uphold your responsibilities. executives the veto. And I’m confident this I’m optimistic about our economic future, man will use his powers wisely to protect the and I’m optimistic about the security of our taxpayers’ money, for the good of all people homeland as well. You need to know that we who live in the State of South Carolina. face an enemy that are—coldblooded killers,

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the best way I can describe them. These are South Carolina and all across America— people that hate freedom. They hate what those would be your police officers and your we stand for, and they can’t stand the fact firefighters and your EMS teams—so that if that we are tolerant of each other, that we there’s an emergency, there’s an adequate re- worship freely and speak our minds. They sponse. We need to be able to better deal hate that. And therefore, so long as we’re with the potential threat of weapons of mass willing to defend our freedom, they’ll come destruction. And we need—we need to be after us. able to take all the intelligence gathered from But they also didn’t understand America. different agencies and analyze them and ad- I just can imagine their meetings. They must dress vulnerabilities to the United States of have sat around saying, ‘‘Well, we attack America. That’s what we need. them, they probably won’t do anything. It’s We need somebody who I can hold ac- such a materialistic society. You know, Amer- countable. We need to be able to say to the icans are so self-absorbed, so selfish, so wor- American people, ‘‘We understand our most ried about their own bottom line that they’ll important priority is to protect our country, just—oh, they may file a lawsuit or two’’— and therefore we formed a Department of [laughter]—‘‘but that’s all they’ll do.’’ They Homeland Security with a variety of agencies didn’t understand the nature of this country. underneath the umbrella, all of which have They didn’t understand that when somebody got one responsibility, a primary responsi- attacks our freedoms, when somebody tries bility. And that’s to protect the homeland.’’ to take away the values that we hold dear, And I want to thank the House for moving, we’re plenty tough; we’re plenty resolute; and I hope the Senate gets me a bill soon and we’re plenty strong. which will give me the ability to run the De- At home we’re doing everything we can partment and give me the ability to be able to protect the homeland by chasing down any to say to the American people, ‘‘We put poli- kind of lead, any kind of hint, any kind of— tics aside and focused on securing our home- any bit of evidence that somebody might be land as the most important priority in Wash- trying to do something to the American peo- ington, DC.’’ ple. Our most important priority in Wash- But the best way to protect our homeland ington is to protect the innocent lives of the is to hunt them down one by one and bring American people. them to justice, and that’s what our country As you know, after a lot of thought and is going to do. And we’re making progress. study, I decided to form what I call the De- This isn’t one of those wars where, you know, partment of Homeland Security. And the you can watch everything on TV or a war reason I did is because there’s hundreds— where they will eventually study—they’ve over 100 agencies all involved with securing had mass movements of infantry and artillery the homeland in Washington. They’re scat- and squadrons of aircraft flying all over the tered all over the place up there. And when place from one point to another. This is a you’ve got so many agencies, it makes it aw- war where we’re literally chasing them down fully hard to hold people accountable. I be- and treating them like they are, which is lieve in aligning authority and responsibility international criminals. That’s all they are. in order to get good results. And so I’ve asked And we’re making pretty good progress. Congress to join me in setting up a Depart- We’ve—we, when I say ‘‘we,’’ we’ve got a ment of Homeland Security so we can better mighty coalition of freedom-loving countries coordinate the efforts to secure the home- who’ve joined us, and others who have heard land. the message, ‘‘Either you’re with us, or You see, we need to know who’s coming you’re with the other ones.’’ And by the way, in our country and why they’re coming in that doctrine still holds. Either you’re with and what they’re bringing in and if they’re the United States, or you’re not. Over a cou- leaving on time. So we need to reform the ple of thousand of them have been captured. border security of the United States of Amer- And just about that many weren’t as lucky. ica. We need to have an effective strategy And our friends are still—still understand the dealing with the heroic first-responders in stakes.

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You know, I was a little worried about, the wealth to define the 21st century as one farther we got away from September the which will be peaceful and hopeful and, most 11th, the more likely it is people would forget importantly, free. the horror. But the coalition is still strong. Out of the evil done to America is going And the reason it’s strong is because the to come some incredible good. I truly believe American people are strong. The American that. I can say that with confidence. I believe people are united; the American people are that, when we remain strong and forceful and resolved. The American people understand tough and resolved, that we can bring peace the stakes, that we’re fighting for freedom not only to the United States but into parts itself, that we’re fighting for civilization. of the world which may never dream they’ll A good example of that came in the Phil- have peace. I believe, by the United States ippines a while ago. The President of the taking a leading role and standing on prin- Philippines asked for some help, would we ciple and speaking clearly, that we can help help her—she asked if we’d help her train achieve peace in the Middle East or in South some of her troops, and I said, ‘‘You bet. Ei- Asia. You need to go home and tell your kids ther you’re with us, or you’re with the other or your grandkids that the reason we fight guys, and we’re willing to help.’’ And as a the way we fight is because of peace. And result of the bravery of the Philippine troops this can happen, and I believe it will happen. and the skill of our troops training them, they And here at home, you’ve got to under- brought to justice, in the ultimate way, the stand—and I know you do—that in spite of leader of the Abu Sayyaf * group, which is our wealth, in spite of our prosperity, there an Al-Qaida-related organization. are pockets of despair and pockets of hope- In other words, what I’m telling you is, lessness, pockets of addiction, pockets where is that we’re denying them sanctuary. We people say, ‘‘America’s not meant for me.’’ routed them out of—we routed the Taliban. But I believe out of the evil done to America, If you harbor a terrorist, you’re a terrorist. this good will happen: that our fellow citizens The Taliban found out what we meant. We will understand that by loving a neighbor like got them on the run. Sometimes they light, they’d like to be loved themselves, they can and we figure out where they are, and the help eradicate that despair; that by brave United States military will chase them unleashing the great faith-based institutions down. Sometimes they’re scrambling around. which exist all across America, we can bring But wherever they try to go, we’re going to hope where there’s darkness; by calling upon get them, no matter how long it takes, be- the best of America, the great character of cause you see, history has called us into ac- the American citizens, the understanding tion. This is a defining moment. The 21st that when one of us suffers, all of us suffers, century will be decided as to how the United that we can change this country one heart, States responds. And so long as I’m the Presi- one soul, one conscience at a time. dent, we’re going to respond in a deter- You saw the great spirit of America re- mined, focused, effective way—by defending cently in Pennsylvania. When their miners freedom, no matter what the cost. were trapped, people prayed for their deliv- And that includes understanding we can- erance. Americans spent hours trying to fig- not let the world’s worst leaders blackmail ure out how best to save those miners, came the United States or our friends and allies up with a plan, successfully got each and with the world’s worst weapons. And so I every one of them out. I want to thank God want to share with you my thinking. My for the prayers of the American people for thinking is, we owe it to our children and helping them, and thank God for their sav- our grandchildren to do everything we can ior—their saving. That’s the kind of country to disrupt known terrorist groups, to find we live in. It’s a country fundamentally strong folks that think they want to team up with and great. terrorist groups, that we owe it to our future I believe out of the evil done to America, to use our standing and our might and our the culture of our country is changing from one which has said, ‘‘If it feels good, go ahead * White House correction. and do it, to—if you’ve got a problem blame

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somebody else,’’ to a culture which says, am pleased that Chairman Billy Tauzin and ‘‘Each of us are responsible for the decisions Chairman Joe Barton introduced this legisla- we make in life.’’ tion in the House on Friday and that Senator You see, there’s an understanding after Bob Smith will introduce it in the Senate September the 11th, after the evil people hit today on behalf of the administration. Clear us, that serving something greater than your- Skies will cut powerplant emissions by 70 self is a part of being a patriotic American. percent—much further, faster, more cer- That came home most clearly to me, most tainly, and more cost-effectively than current vividly to me, when I heard the story of law. Flight 93, where average Americans were fly- America has made significant progress ing across the land. They found out their over the last 30 years in our quest for cleaner plane was going to be a weapon. They told air, and we have learned a lot about what their loved ones they loved them. They said approaches work best. Now is the time to a prayer. One guy said, ‘‘Let’s roll.’’ They put those lessons to use. Building upon the took the plane in the ground to serve some- success of our most effective clean air pro- thing greater than themselves in life. That gram, we have crafted a new ‘‘Clean Air Act’’ example will shine brightly for a lot of Ameri- for the 21st century, one that will do more cans, including me, that in order to be an to clean up emissions from powerplants than American, in order to understand and help ever before. In the next decade alone, Clear people realize the full potential of our coun- Skies will eliminate 35 million more tons of try, it’s important to serve something greater pollution than the current Clean Air Act, than yourself. Now, out of the evil done to bringing cleaner air to millions of Americans. America is going to come incredible good, Clear Skies will also help save our forests, because this is such a good and compas- lakes, streams, and coastal waters from acid sionate and decent country. rain and nitrogen and mercury deposition. Thank you all for coming to help Mark. And Clear Skies will do this through the use May God bless you all, and may God bless of a market-based system that guarantees re- America. sults while keeping electricity prices afford- able for the American people. Administrator NOTE: The President spoke at 12:30 p.m. at the Whitman and I look forward to working with North Charleston Convention Center. In his re- Congress to deliver the health and environ- marks, he referred to Iris Campbell, wife of mental benefits promised by passage of Clear former Gov. Carroll Campbell of South Carolina; Skies legislation. Ann Edwards, wife of former Gov. Jim Edwards of South Carolina; David H. Wilkins, speaker, South Carolina House of Representatives, and his Proclamation 7581—The wife, Margaret Susan Wilkins; Gov. Jim Hodges of South Carolina; and President Gloria Bicentennial of the United States Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines. Patent and Trademark Office, 2002 July 29, 2002 Statement on Proposed Legislation By the President of the United States To Implement the Clear Skies of America Initiative A Proclamation July 29, 2002 For two centuries, the United States Pat- Today I am pleased to announce that Envi- ent Office has played a vital role in the sci- ronmental Protection Administrator Whit- entific, technical, and economic development man has submitted legislation to Congress to of our Nation by granting inventors patents implement the Clear Skies Initiative I pro- for their inventions. As Abraham Lincoln posed in February. Since February, my ad- once stated, patents ‘‘added the fuel of inter- ministration has been working to develop est to the fire of genius.’’ legislation that meets our common commit- The first Patent Act of the United States ment to cleaner air for all Americans. I also was signed into law by President George

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