824 May 11 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1993 positive learning environment in post- and a member of the Coalition of Citi- riot Los Angeles. zens with Disabilities in Greater St. Ronnie Fern Liebowitz, New Jersey, part- Louis. ner in the Newark law firm of Hellring, Margaret M. Whillock, Arkansas, executive Lindman, Goldstein & Siegal; former vice president of the Baptist Medical general counsel to Rutgers University. Systems Foundation in Little Rock; di- Bill Marshall, Ohio, law professor; served rector of development at the University as the State director of Maine for the of Arkansas. Clinton campaign. Tracey Bailey, Florida, National Teacher Penny Miller, Kentucky, assistant profes- of the Year. sor of political science at the University of Kentucky; chair of the Kentucky Commission on Women. Nomination for Assistant Secretaries Sandy Miller, Nevada, First Lady of the State of Nevada; former teacher and ad- at the Departments of vocate for children with learning disabil- Transportation and the Interior ities. May 11, 1993 Marilyn Monahan, New Hampshire, sec- retary-treasurer of the National Edu- The President named a total of four offi- cation Association. cials at the Departments of Transportation Dan Morales, Texas, attorney general of and the Interior today. He expressed his in- Texas; first Hispanic elected to a state- tention to nominate Frank Kruesi to be As- wide constitutional office in the State of sistant Secretary of Transportation for Trans- Texas. portation Policy and Ada Deer to be Assistant Daniel Morris, Colorado, former teacher Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs. and president of the Colorado Edu- The President also approved the appoint- cation Association; former Peace Corps ment of Richard Mintz to be the Director volunteer. of Transportation's Office of Public Affairs, Carla Nuxoll, Washington, President of the and Patricia Beneke to be Associate Solicitor Washington Education Association; for Energy and Resources at Interior. chair of the board of PULSE. ``I am gratified that these individuals will James Shimoura, Michigan, former special be joining me in Washington,'' said the Presi- assistant attorney general for the State dent. ``Frank Kruesi has been an innovative of Michigan; shareholder in the law firm and successful policy adviser to Mayor Daley. of Kemp, Klein, Umphrey, and Ada Deer has been a powerful and eloquent Edelman. voice for changing national Indian policy. Eddie L. Smith, Jr., Mississippi, former Both will be valuable parts of this administra- high school teacher; Mayor of Holly tion, as will Richard Mintz and Patricia Springs, MS. Beneke.'' Dawn Steel, California, president of Co- lumbia Pictures from 1987 to 1990, the NOTE: Biographies of the nominees were made first woman to head a major motion pic- available by the Office of the Press Secretary. ture studio. Niara Sudarkasa, Pennsylvania, president of Lincoln University in Chester Coun- ty, PA; previously the associate vice Interview With Don Imus of WFAN president for academic affairs at the Radio in New York City University of Michigan, where she was May 12, 1993 the first African American woman to re- ceive tenure. Mr. Imus. Good morning, Mr. President. Nancy Verderber, Missouri, administrative The President. Good morning. How are liaison for disability-related issues for you? the St. Louis County School Districts Mr. Imus. I'm fine. How are you? VerDate 04-MAY-98 08:52 May 08, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P19MY4.013 INET01 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1993 / May 12 825 The President. I'm all right. The President. Well, I don't think so. You know, the filibuster on the jobs bill was an The First 100 Days unusual thing, I thinkÐnot that they tried Mr. Imus. Let me ask you something. to do it, but that they never let the majority What the hell is going on down there in that vote. And I think the American people have White House? What do you mean, you've lost got that figured out. And there are always your focus? [Laughter] going to be Republicans, or most always, that The President. I haven't lost my focus. agree with some aspect of what we're doing. You've just been seeing me through the foggy And when you reach out to them and you lens of television instead of the directÐof try to work out compromises, there are, al- radio. [Laughter] There's a big headline in most always, there are some who want to go the Washington Post today, ``Clinton Wins for the national interest over the partisan- Third Major Victory In Congress.'' I think ship, and that's what happened here. We we're doing fine. You know, we lost one bill, worked out some problems with that motor and a lot of people think it's like the last days voter bill, and it rolled right through. The of Pompeii. I mean, if you're going to fight same thing with family and medical leave. for change, you've got to be prepared to lose So I think if we just keep working at it, we'll a few as well as win some. But I think we're have some success. well on track. We've had 12 cloture votesÐthat's the at- Let me just point out that when the Con- tempt to get 60 percent of the Senate just gress adopted my budget outline, it was the so a majority can vote their willÐ12 already first time in 17 years that they adopted it in the first 31¤2 months. So I imagine they'll within the legal time limit, faster than they've make us do this a lot, but I think there are moved in 17 years. Everybody complained always going to be some Republicans who about the appointments process. When 100 want to be part of a bipartisan movement days went by, it turned out I'd made more for change, and I'm encouraged by it. appointments during the period than my two Mr. Imus. Or Republicans who want to predecessors did. We just passed the motor be President. voter bill yesterday, a big issue for younger The President. There are always going to voters making it easier for them to register be people who want to be President, and to vote. We've got the economic program on some days I like to give it to them. But if track. I feel good about the way things are. I did that, at least I'd have a telephone con- But, you know, change is not easy and peo- versation with you before I give it up so you pleÐif you want to keep score after 100 days, can call me President Bubba. See, I've been when theÐwhere we had 4,500 days of trick- waiting for this all this time. le-down economicsÐyou know, I haven't done everything I meant to do in 100 days, The Economy but I never promised to do it in 100 days. Mr. Imus. Well, Mr. President, I don't I think we're doing fine. know what you've heard about what's been going on in this program, but it's always been Voter Registration Bill very respectful. And anything you've heard Mr. Imus. I think that looked good last to the contrary would just be further evi- night, breaking that Republican filibuster, dence of the collapse of the intelligence com- because it looks like Bob DoleÐit's like the munity. And I mean, these guys didn't even ``Friday the 13th'' movies, you know, where know that the Berlin Wall went down until you think you've finished him off and then they saw it on CNN. So you can't trust what next thing you know that hand comes pop- you hear from them. ping up out of the lake there and, of course, I was talking to my friend Jeff Greenfield in this case there was a pin in it. [Laughter] over at ABC, and he had a good observation. But this is an indication that it doesn't look He said, is this economic program of yours like the Republicans are going to be able to tougher to sell now, you think, because for waylay everything you're trying to do, does whatever circumstances you weren't able to it? run on it? VerDate 04-MAY-98 08:52 May 08, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P19MY4.013 INET01 826 May 12 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1993 The President. No, I don't think so. The I think there are two sides of the same difference in the program that we're advocat- coin; I think until we show we can get control ing and the one I ran on over a 5-year period over the Government's budget and we can is not very great, but what happened was make some spending cuts, as well as restore after the electionÐI want to emphasize some of the tax loses that we had in the early thisÐafter the election the Government years of the trickle-down revolution, I don't came outÐthe previous administrationÐand think we can get a job program going in the said that the deficit was going to be $50 bil- country. So I think this getting the deficit lion a year bigger than they had said before down is part of a long-term job growth strat- in 3 of the 4 years of the term that I now egy. Jobs are the issue; reducing the deficit occupy. So I had to do more to cut the defi- is a means to get control of our economic cit, and we had to put that up front.