Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, May 15, 2000 Volume 36ÐNumber 19 Pages 1021±1101 Contents Addresses and Remarks Addresses and RemarksÐContinued Africa and Caribbean Basin trade legislationÐ Million Mom March representatives in 1072 AkronÐ1089 Arkansas Patients' Bill of Rights, congressional Departure for FayettevilleÐ1024 conferees meetingÐ1072 Reception for Hillary Clinton in Little Radio addressÐ1022 RockÐ1026 Senator Daniel K. Akaka, receptionÐ1044 China, permanent normal trade relations Senator Mary L. Landrieu, receptionÐ1041 statusÐ1036, 1092 Virginia, National Conference on Building Commander in Chief's Trophy presentation to Prosperity in the Delta in ArlingtonÐ1048 the U.S. Air Force Academy football White House News Photographers' teamÐ1040 Association dinner, videotape remarksÐ Forest fires in Los Alamos, New MexicoÐ 1046 1067 ``Good Morning America,'' townhall Communications to Congress meetingÐ1079 Maryland, reception for Representative Baron Access to HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and P. Hill in BethesdaÐ1032 medical technologies, letter to Senator Medicare prescription drug coverageÐ1047 Dianne Feinstein on signing Executive Million Mom March organizers, meetingÐ orderÐ1058 1030 Chemical and biological weapons defense, Minnesota, community in ShakopeeÐ1094 letter transmitting reportÐ1078 National Equal Pay Day, observanceÐ1067 District of Columbia Courts' budget request, National Teacher of the Year, award message transmittingÐ1032 ceremonyÐ1074 Communications to Federal Agencies Northern Ireland peace processÐ1024 Ohio Delegation of authority, memorandumÐ1040 Permanent trade relations status with China Listeria monocytogenes, memorandum on roundtable in AkronÐ1092 reducing riskÐ1023 (Continued on the inside of the back cover.) Editor's Note: The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is also available on the Inter- net on the GPO Access service at http://www.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html. 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ContentsÐContinued Executive Orders Statements by the President Access to HIV/AIDS Pharmaceuticals and Africa and Caribbean Basin trade legislation, Medical TechnologiesÐ1058 congressional actionÐ1076 Appropriations legislation, congressional Interviews With the News Media actionÐ1056 Exchanges with reporters ``Conservation and Reinvestment Act,'' House Akron, OHÐ1089 actionÐ1077 Cabinet RoomÐ1072 Federal Bureau of Investigation's uniform Roosevelt RoomÐ1030 crime reportÐ1030 Rose GardenÐ1069 Forest roadless areas, protectionÐ1039 Health care legislation, House actionÐ1039 South LawnÐ1024 Moreno, Enrique, Senate opposition to Interview and townhall meeting on ABC's nominationÐ1026 ``Good Morning America''Ð1079 Northern Ireland peace processÐ1021, 1026 Interview with Diane Rehm of WAMU Sierra LeoneÐ1077 National Public RadioÐ1060 Supplementary Materials Proclamations Acts approved by the PresidentÐ1101 Global Science and Technology WeekÐ1021 Checklist of White House press releasesÐ Mother's DayÐ1057 1100 National Equal Pay DayÐ1071 Digest of other White House Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police announcementsÐ1099 WeekÐ1077 Nominations submitted to the SenateÐ1100 Week Ending Friday, May 12, 2000 Statement on the Northern Ireland ableÐand more productiveÐthan ever be- Peace Process fore. May 5, 2000 In recent years, America has participated in numerous scientific endeavors that illus- I am greatly encouraged that Prime Min- trate the feasibility and the benefits of inter- isters Blair and Ahern have announced that national cooperation. For example, as one of their intensive talks in Belfast over the past 16 participating nations, we are advancing 2 days have made progress, providing a sound the frontiers of space exploration through a basis for restoring the political institutions partnership to build the International Space and achieving full implementation of the Station. Working together in the unique envi- Good Friday accord. I urge the parties and ronment of space, we will strive to solve cru- paramilitary organizations to seize this oppor- cial problems in medicine and ecology and tunity to realize these goals in order to secure lay the foundations for developing space- lasting peace for the people of Northern Ire- based commerce. land. The United States remains prepared to We are also participating in an inter- assist in any way we can. national scientific effort to map and sequence all human chromosomes. With the comple- NOTE: In his statement, the President referred tion of the Human Genome Project, we will to Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United King- have unprecedented knowledge about the dom; and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern of Ireland. cause of such genetic diseases as muscular This item was not received in time for publication dystrophy and Alzheimer's and greater hope in the appropriate issue. of preventing them in the future. Since the 1980s, under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program and Proclamation 7304ÐGlobal Science the World Meteorological Organization, and Technology Week, 2000 American scientists have been working with May 5, 2000 hundreds of scientists around the world to identify, understand, and raise public aware- By the President of the United States ness about the threat to our planet's ozone of America layer. Our collaborative efforts have led to an international agreement to eliminate near- A Proclamation ly all production of offending chemicals in At its core, science is an international en- industrialized countries and to work to re- deavor. The fundamental workings of na- duce their production in developing coun- tureÐthe function of a gene, the quantum tries. behavior of matter and energy, the chemistry Our Nation continues to reap rewards of the atmosphereÐare not the sole province from these and other important international of any one nation. At the same time, many scientific efforts. We benefit enormously of the greatest challenges our Nation faces from the large and growing international sci- are of global concern. Issues such as poverty, entific community within our borders. For disease, pollution, and sustainable energy generations, the world's brightest scientists production transcend national boundaries, have come to our country to study and con- and their solutions require international col- duct research, and many choose to remain laboration. With the advent of the Internet here permanently. From Albert Einstein to and the revolution in communications tech- four of this year's Nobel laureates, foreign- nology, such cooperation is more achiev- born scientists in America have made 1021 1022 May 5 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2000 extraordinary contributions to science and Our food supply is the most bountiful in technology and have played a vital role in the world. And for 7 years now, our adminis- the unprecedented prosperity and economic tration has been committed to making it the growth we have experienced in recent years. safest in the world. We've improved dramati- The great French scientist Louis Pasteur cally the Nation's inspection system for meat, noted more than a century ago that ``science poultry, and seafood. We've added new safe- knows no country, because knowledge be- guards to protect families from unsafe im- longs to humanity, and is the torch which ported foods. We've established a sophisti- illuminates the world.'' During Global cated early warning system that uses DNA Science and Technology Week, America fingerprinting techniques to detect and pre- joins the world community in celebrating the vent outbreaks of foodborne illness. From immeasurable benefits we have enjoyed from farm to table, we've made great strides to international scientific collaboration and ensure the safety of our food supply. But out- looks forward to a future of even greater breaks of food-related illnesses are still far achievements. too prevalent. In fact, millions of Americans Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, get sick from eating contaminated food each President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by year. the Constitution and laws of the United One threat we must address immediately States, do hereby proclaim May 7 to May comes from a foodborne pathogen called Lis- 13, 2000, as Global Science and Technology teria, which has been the cause of recent