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Executive Order 12859— Establishment of the Domestic 1638 Aug. 16 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1993 came out of her mother's womb she had al- that back to Washington. Think about that ready had about more than a dozen bones little girl, and help us solve this health care break in her body. problem. Just a few years ago, anybody like that Thank you. could never have grown up and had anything like a normal life. They just would have been NOTE: The President spoke at 10:50 a.m. at the helpless, just continually crumbling. Now, Tulsa Convention Center. In his remarks, he re- this girl has gone to the National Institutes ferred to John Motley, vice president, National of Health every 3 months for her entire life. Federation of Independent Business, and Gov. And even though she's just 13 years old, if George S. Mickelson of South Dakota, who died she were here talking to you, she would speak April 20 in an airplane crash. with the presence, the maturity, the com- mand of someone more than twice her age. And she looks a little different because the Executive Order 12859Ð bones in her skull have broken, the bones Establishment of the Domestic in her legs have broken, the bones in her Policy Council back have broken. But she can walk and she August 16, 1993 can function and she can go to school. And even though she's only 4 feet tall and weighs By the authority vested in me as President only 60 pounds, she can function. by the Constitution and the laws of the And she asked her father to take her to United States of America, including sections Iowa so she could help people in Iowa to 105, 107, and 301 of title 3, United States fight the flood. And she went to Iowa and Code, it is hereby ordered as follows: loaded sand in the sandbags, knowing that Section 1. Establishment. There is estab- any one of those bags could have broken her lished the Domestic Policy Council (``the leg above the knee, could have put her away Council''). for a year. She said, ``I cannot live in a closet. Sec. 2. Membership. The Council shall This is something that's there. I want to live. comprise the: I want to do my life. I want to do what other (a) President, who shall serve as a Chair- people do.'' man of the Council; And I was so overcome by it, I brought (b) Vice President; the girl to see me, and then we just quietly (c) Secretary of Health and Human arranged for her to be there when the Pope Services; was there. I say that to make this point. I (d) Attorney General; asked her why in the world she would have (e) Secretary of Labor; done that, why she would have risked literally (f) Secretary of Veterans Affairs; breaking her body apart to be there with all (g) Secretary of the Interior; these big, husky college kids fighting this (h) Secretary of Education; flood. And she said, ``Because I want to live. (i) Secretary of Housing and Urban De- And it's there, and I have to go on. I have velopment; to do things.'' (j) Secretary of Agriculture; If a child like that can do something like (k) Secretary of Transportation; that, surely to goodness, we can stop wring- (l) Secretary of Commerce; ing our hands and roll up our sleeves and (m) Secretary of Energy; solve this problem. And surely we can do it (n) Secretary of the Treasury; without the kind of rhetoric and air-filling (o) Administrator of the Environmental bull that we hear so often in the Nation's Protection Agency; Capital. We can do it. (p) Chair of the Council of Economic I miss you. I miss this. I miss the way we Advisers; make decisions. I miss the sort of heart and (q) Director of the Office of Manage- soul and fabric of life that was a part of every ment and Budget; day when I got up and went to work in a (r) Assistant to the President for Eco- State capital. Somehow we've got to bring nomic Policy; VerDate 14-MAY-98 11:07 May 27, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P33AU4.018 INET01 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1993 / Aug. 18 1639 (s) Assistant to the President for Domes- (c) All executive departments and agencies tic Policy; shall cooperate with the Council and provide (t) Assistant to the President and Direc- such assistance, information, and advice to tor of the Office of National Service; the Council as the Council may request, to (u) Senior Advisor to the President for the extent permitted by law. Policy Development; William J. Clinton (v) Director, Office of National Drug The White House, Control Policy; August 16, 1993. (w) AIDS Policy Coordinator; and (x) Such other officials of Executive de- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, partments and agencies as the President 3:48 p.m., August 17, 1993] may, from time to time, designate. Sec. 3. Meeting of the Council. The Presi- NOTE: This Executive order was released by the dent, or upon his direction, the Assistant to Office of the Press Secretary on August 17, and it was published in the Federal Register on August the President for Domestic Policy (``the As- 19. sistant''), may convene meetings of the Coun- cil. The President shall preside over the meetings of the Council, provided that in his Proclamation 6586ÐWomen's absence the Vice President, and in his ab- Equality Day, 1993 sence the Assistant, will preside. August 18, 1993 Sec. 4. Functions. (a) The principal func- tions of the Council are: (1) to coordinate the domestic policy-making process; (2) to By the President of the United States of America coordinate domestic policy advice to the President; (3) to ensure that domestic policy A Proclamation decisions and programs are consistent with On August 26, 1993, we celebrate the 73rd the President's stated goals, and to ensure anniversary of the ratification of the Nine- that those goals are being effectively pur- teenth Amendment to the Constitution. In sued; and (4) to monitor implementation of declaring that the right to vote shall not be the President's domestic policy agenda. The denied or abridged on account of sex, the Assistant may take such actions, including Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed for drafting a Charter, as may be necessary or women the most cherished prerogative of appropriate to implement such functions. American citizenship. (b) All executive departments and agen- Since America was founded, women have cies, whether or not represented on the demonstrated an active interest in shaping Council, shall coordinate domestic policy the practice of democratic government. But through the Council. it was not until the passage of the Nineteenth (c) In performing the foregoing functions, Amendment that women's myriad contribu- the Assistant will, when appropriate, work tions to the social, cultural, and economic life with the Assistant to the President for Na- of our Nation began to receive the full ac- tional Security Affairs and the Assistant to knowledgment they deserved. As women's the President for Economic Policy. voices continue to gain strength in the politi- Sec. 5. Administration. (a) The Council cal arena, female elected officials at every may function through established or ad hoc level of government bring crucial insight to committees, task forces or interagency the decision-making process. groups. The struggle for true equality among the (b) The Council shall have a staff to be sexes has not been limited to the public headed by the Assistant to the President for sphere. Broadening the franchise fundamen- Domestic Policy. The Council shall have tally changed our understanding of equal op- such staff and other assistance as may be nec- portunity, helping to encourage shared re- essary to carry out the provisions of this sponsibility in the home and personal growth order. in the work place. Today, more and more VerDate 14-MAY-98 11:07 May 27, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P33AU4.018 INET01.
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