Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, March 8, 1999 Volume 35ÐNumber 9 Pages 329±376 1 VerDate 03-MAR-99 08:00 Mar 10, 1999 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P09MR4.000 txed02 PsN: txed02 Contents Addresses and Remarks Meetings With Foreign Leaders California, Saxophone Club and Women's Italy, Prime Minister D'AlemaÐ365 Leadership Forum reception in Los AngelesÐ329 Proclamations ``Dare To Compete: The Struggle of Women Death of Harry A. BlackmunÐ364 in Sports,'' screeningÐ365 Irish-American Heritage MonthÐ334 Death of Harry A. BlackmunÐ360 Save Your Vision WeekÐ336 Democratic congressional leaders, unity Women's History MonthÐ335 meetingÐ338 Interior Department, 150th anniversaryÐ359 Statements by the President Internet accessibility in classrooms, radio remarksÐ333 California's Headwaters Forest, agreement to New Jersey, reception for Senator Robert G. preserveÐ337 Torricelli in NewarkÐ350 Deaths Radio addressÐ332 Billy Jack GaitherÐ374 ``Read Across America'' Day, radio remarksÐ Harry A. BlackmunÐ364 333 ``Education Accountability Act,'' proposedÐ Communications to Congress 334 Internet accessibility in classroomsÐ333 Federal Labor Relations Authority, message Kennedy-Murray amendments to proposed transmitting reportÐ337 education flexibility partnership International agreements, letter transmitting legislationÐ373 reportÐ337 National Assessment of Education ProgressÐ Iraq, letter reporting on compliance with U.N. 363 Security Council resolutionsÐ341 Uganda, murder of touristsÐ364 Republic of Korea-U.S. extradition treaty with documentation, message transmittingÐ337 Supplementary Materials Interviews With the News Media Acts approved by the PresidentÐ376 Interview with Janet Langhart Cohen of Checklist of White House press releasesÐ375 Armed Forces TelevisionÐ353 Digest of other White House News conference with Prime Minister announcementsÐ374 D'Alema of Italy, March 5 (No. 170)Ð365 Nominations submitted to the SenateÐ375 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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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 03-MAR-99 08:00 Mar 10, 1999 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P09MR4.000 txed02 PsN: txed02 Week Ending Friday, March 5, 1999 Remarks at a Saxophone Club and only has about a million people, and Califor- Women's Leadership Forum nia has a few more. [Laughter] It has a lot Reception in Los Angeles, California of people living in small towns and in rural February 26, 1999 areas. But on this cold, rainy day, everywhere I went, there were schoolchildren standing Thank you. [Applause] Thank you. Thank out in the rain, and people standing there. you very much for the standing ovation. I hadn't been there in a good while. They [Laughter] I want to thank Janice Griffin and normally vote for Republicans. They voted Joe Andrew for their service and their for Al Gore and me twice there, and I'm very speeches. I want to thank Trudi Loh, the grateful for that. Women's Leadership Forum southern Cali- But the reason I was thinking about it to- fornia chair. And the Sax Club cochairs, Lara night is that when I traveled around the Brown and Paul Krekorian, thank you very country, beginning in 1991 and throughout much. I'd like to thank Kathleen Connell and 1992, I think the two places that, in some Representatives Waters and Sanchez for ways, most clearly embodied the anxiety, the being here, and Speaker Villaraigosa for difficulty, the frustration of America, were being here. And I'd like to thank Governor New Hampshire and California. Because Davis and Sharon for being here. while you were very different, both places You know, Governor Davis has decided were used to being on the cutting edge of that he will sort of cultivate this ``gray'' image. economic progress. Both places believed in [Laughter] And it is so bogus, I can't believe hard work and opportunity, and both places it. [Laughter] We were standing up hereÐ were pretty devastated by what was going on. you know what he said to me when I came In New Hampshire, five of the seven big- here? I said, ``Gray, that was a wonderful in- gest banks had failed. I met people who had troduction, and I really appreciate it.'' And their business loans called even though they he said, ``Well good, you can give me two weren't delinquent. I met children whose strokes the next time we play.'' [Laughter] parents became seriously depressed, clini- Let me say to all of you, first of all, a pro- cally depressed, simply because they couldn't found thanks. Thank you for the support of stand coming home at night to dinner not the WLF and the Saxophone Club. The Saxo- being able to work and provide for their chil- phone Club's been going now for several dren. years, and the biggest one we have in the And I saw a lot of incredible things. But country is right here in southern California. when I came back to see New Hampshire, And I thank you. I thank the people of Cali- with one of the lowest unemployment rates fornia for being so wonderful to Hillary and in the country, and a great deal of self-con- to the Vice President and to me, all along fidence, one of the things that touched me, the way. It has been an amazing journey. because it was such a small State, is that all I'm thinking today about a trip I made al- these people said, ``We want you to know, most exactly a week agoÐI guess it was a Mr. President, we're for you not only because week ago yesterdayÐto a place that super- we're doing better, but because you did ex- ficially is very different from California. On actly what you said you would do when you February the 18th I went back to New ran for President.'' And that meant a great Hampshire, on the 7th anniversary of the deal to me. New Hampshire primary in 1992. And every- So increasingly over these next 2 years, as where I went, it was cold and rainy and just I travel around America to events like this, the antithesis of today. And New Hampshire I will be here advocating the agenda that I 329 VerDate 03-MAR-99 08:02 Mar 10, 1999 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P09MR4.001 txed02 PsN: txed02 330 Feb. 26 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1999 intend to pursue until the last hour of my of all of them connected by the year 2000, last day in office. But I will also be reminding with over 90 percent of our children getting the American people of the ideas and the their basic immunizations for the first time ideals, which are bigger than any administra- in American history, I think we can say tion and bigger than any person, that we have America is on the right path to the future tried to bring to bear in American public life and moving in the right direction. for the last 6 years. Tonight I want you to remember basically In 1992 I came to California and I said just two things: Number one, I believe that this country needs new ideas. We can't stand for our party and our supporters, the best inaction. But these new ideas have to be pre- politics is doing the right thing. And that mised on fulfilling the historic mission of means trying to get as much done as we can America: opportunity for everybody who is this year to take advantage of our prosperity, responsible enough to work for it; a commu- to take advantage of our confidence, and not nity of all Americans, not just some; and the to simply relax and enjoy it. leadership of the whole world for peace and California, of all places, with all the diver- freedom and prosperity. sity and all the change and people here from And we have been about that business, and everywhere else, aware of conflicts and trou- guess whatÐit worked. It worked. And bles and instability in other parts of the sometimes I thinkÐand I say that in all hu- worldÐthis State knows that we have to look mility. I don't take full responsibility for all to the long-term challenges facing our coun- the good things that have happenedÐneither try. And that is why I have asked the Con- should anyone else. America has produced gress to join me now in dealing with the chal- this.