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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, March 14, 1994 Volume 30ÐNumber 10 Pages 441±503 1 VerDate 31-MAR-98 13:12 Apr 08, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00001 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 C:\TERRI\P10MR4.000 INET03 Contents Addresses and Remarks Interviews With the News Media American Society of Association ExecutivesÐ Exchanges with reporters 454 Briefing RoomÐ462 Earned-income tax credit announcementÐ478 Oval OfficeÐ445, 478 Habitat for HumanityÐ443 News conference with Chairman New York City Shevardnadze of the Republic of Georgia, AmeriCorps Public Safety ForumÐ487 March 7 (No. 52)Ð445 United Negro College Fund DinnerÐ496 Radio addressÐ441 Joint Statements ``Reemployment Act of 1994''Ð481 Declaration on Relations Between the United Special Counsel to the President, States and the Republic of GeorgiaÐ452 announcementÐ462 Summit of the AmericasÐ499 Letters and Messages Appointments and Nominations See also Resignations and Retirements Id al-Fitr, messageÐ484 See also Addresses and Remarks Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Board of Meetings With Foreign Leaders DirectorsÐ478 Republic of Georgia, Chairman U.S. District Court, judgesÐ486 ShevardnadzeÐ445 White House Office, Deputy Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Proclamations ResearchÐ486 Irish-American Heritage MonthÐ461 Communications to Congress Resignations and Retirements Corporation for Public Broadcasting, message transmitting reportÐ461 Counsel to the President, letterÐ442 Maritime boundary treaties with the United Statements by the President Kingdom, message transmittingÐ486 Nuclear cooperation with EURATOM, See also Appointments and Nominations messageÐ485 Energy efficiency and water conservation at Trade agreements program, message Federal facilitiesÐ477 transmitting reportÐ461 ``Maritime Security and Trade Act of 1994''Ð 499 Communications to Federal Agencies Supplementary Materials Earned-income tax credit, memorandumÐ481 Acts approved by the PresidentÐ503 Executive Orders Checklist of White House press releasesÐ502 Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation at Digest of other White House Federal FacilitiesÐ470 announcementsÐ501 Nuclear Cooperation With EURATOMÐ484 Nominations submitted to the SenateÐ501 WEEKLY COMPILATION OF regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, approved by the President (37 FR 23607; 1 CFR Part 10). 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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. 2 VerDate 31-MAR-98 13:12 Apr 08, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00001 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 C:\TERRI\P10MR4.000 INET03 Week Ending Friday, March 11, 1994 The President's Radio Address sector jobs than the total for the entire pre- vious 4 years. March 5, 1994 Of course it's heartening that more people Good morning. Today I want to talk to you are collecting paychecks and many Ameri- about what we're doing to put America back cans are personally feeling the economic turn to work and to have more good-paying jobs. for the better, maybe with a first home or a new car financed at lower interest rates. When you sent me to Washington, you en- But still there are too many Americans hurt- trusted me with the responsibility of turning ing, without jobs, or people settling for part- our Nation's economy around and improving time work, many too discouraged to even the lives of hardworking, middle class Ameri- look for work, and millions and millions of cans, the people who were hit hardest during Americans working harder every year for the the recession and the jobless recovery that same or lower wages. I say to those Ameri- followed. So this administration took action, cans, don't give up. I promise all of you, when took responsibility. And in the last 13 it comes to lifting our economy and creating months, we've worked to change the eco- opportunity, we won't let up, not for an in- nomic course of our country from recession- stant. When it comes to jobs, we want to cre- weary to healthy and growing. And that ate 2 million more in '94. We'll keep building began to change the mood of our people, on the firm foundations already set in place. making us more confident again in ourselves Last year Congress passed the first phase and our possibilities. of our economic plan. It's already had a We had to break gridlock in Congress to major impact on the deficit. The 1995 deficit get discipline into the budget and to begin projection has gone down $120 billion, that's bringing down our Nation's deficit. We cre- 40 percent lower than it was estimated to ated a healthier climate for business, leading be when I took office. The next installment to more investment and more jobs coming of the plan is now before the Congress. It into the economy. We began to level the cuts spending in more than 350 nondefense playing field in global trade, opening up op- programs, eliminates 100 of them outright. portunities to sell American products and We are keeping faith with our goal to reduce services around the world. And at the same the deficit by $500 billion in 5 years. This time, we began to expand access to education is the first serious effort by any recent admin- and training at home so that more of our istration to attack this deficit. And it set the people can compete and win in the world stage for much of the economic progress economy. that's been made. When I took office as your President, I Because of this progress, because of the said our goal was to create 8 million jobs in lower interest rates, we're in a better position 4 years. Critics said it couldn't be done. But to compete in the world. It's a fact, once it can if we have the right economic strategy again, from agricultural products to tech- and if we stick with it. nology and services, America is making the The Department of Labor has just con- products the world wants to buy. Our chal- firmed that in the first 13 months of our ad- lenge is gaining access to the markets of our ministration, the economy has created an ad- competitors, and we're taking that challenge ditional 2,090,000 jobs, more than 90 percent head-on, too. We've torn down trade barriers of them in the private sector, so we're well with NAFTA, the North American Free on our way. In just 13 months, the economy Trade Agreement, with the worldwide Gen- has generated nearly twice as many private eral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to nego- 441 VerDate 31-MAR-98 14:07 Apr 08, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00001 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 C:\TERRI\P10MR4.007 INET03 442 Mar. 5 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1994 tiate open markets everywhere and at our economy, and create jobs. We can do that conference with the Asian and Pacific nations by passing this tough new budget, adopting where so much of the world's growth is oc- our programs for skills, new jobs, and new curring. opportunities. Thanks for listening. In one year, we've done more to open markets than any other recent administration, but where unfair barriers to our exports re- NOTE: The President spoke at 10:06 a.m. in the main, we still have work to do. So this week, Oval Office at the White House. I signed an Executive order reviving a proc- ess to open markets called Super 301. It will help us to set priorities for opening markets Letter Accepting the Resignation of around the world by identifying those prac- Bernard W. Nussbaum as Counsel to tices, wherever they occur, that erect unfair the President barriers to American products and to the products of other countries as well. It will March 5, 1994 help us tailor our responses to these barriers to trade. And this is the payoff: 20,000 jobs Dear Bernie: for every $1 billion we sell in American ex- With deep regret, I accept your decision ports, jobs that pay, on average, 22 percent to resign as Counsel to the President. Your more than other American wages. And be- friendship and advice have meant a great cause these jobs require the most up-to-date deal to me over the years. skills, we're moving to make our workers the During your tenure, this Administration best trained in the world. Next week, with named the highest percentage of women and the support of business and labor, we will minorities to the Federal Judiciary in history, introduce the ``Reemployment Act of 1994'' while meeting, in a vast number of cases, the to bring our training programs into the 21st highest standards set by the American Bar century, replacing the existing unemploy- Association. These Judges and Justices will ment system with a reemployment system, leave a lasting imprint on our case law, and recognizing that most Americans don't get their places on the federal bench will be clear called back to the same jobs they lose, and and abiding signs of encouragement to those the average American will change work seven long excluded from administering our system times in a lifetime.

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