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Monday, April 4, 1994
Volume 30--Number 13
Pages 645-661
Contents
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Weekly Compilation of
Presidential
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Addresses and Remarks
See also Bill Signings
Middle East peace process--650
Radio address--646
Teleconference prior to signing the Goals 2000: Educate America Act
in San Diego, CA--654
Appointments and Nominations
Energy Department, Chief Financial Officer--652
State Department, Ambassador to Algeria--652
Bill Signings
Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994, statement--651
Goals 2000: Educate America Act, remarks--656
Communications to Congress
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, letter transmitting
report--649
Communications to Federal Agencies
Assistance in the establishment of the Palestinian Police Force,
memorandum--653
Assistance to Israel, memorandum--653
Interviews With the News Media
Exchanges with reporters
Dallas, TX--645
San Diego, CA--650, 658
Interview with Jim Nantz of CBS Sports in Dallas, TX--647
Letters and Messages
Easter, message--652
Proclamations
Small Family Farm Week--645
Statements by the President
See also Appointments and Nominations; Bill Signings
Death of Representative William H. Natcher--653
Tornado destruction in the South--648
Violence in South Africa--648
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--661
Checklist of White House press releases--660
Digest of other White House announcements--659
Nominations submitted to the Senate--660
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Week Ending Friday, April 1, 1994
Proclamation 6660--Small Family Farm Week, 1994
March 25, 1994
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
Small-scale family farms are a vital part of U.S. agricultural and
rural life, and their activities add significantly to the economic and
social strength of communities everywhere.
The majority of America's farms are small--out of more than two
million farms, seven out of ten gross less than $50,000 annually. Small-
scale farms, with their varied range of needs and interests, provide an
array of agricultural products to the consumers of our Nation and our
world.
Since the time of Thomas Jefferson, Americans have realized that
family farmers are essential to making our rich land one of the most
agriculturally productive in the world. Today, these diverse
entrepreneurs represent the historical foundation of America's
prosperity.
Small-scale family farms have survived the winds of change that have
blown across our country's landscape in recent years. Farmers are ever
more entrepreneurial, responding to unique niches and specialty-market
opportunities. Many small-scale family farms are responsible for the
innovations that are advancing new and enhanced technologies in
agriculture and farming systems.
Family farmers are also stewards of the land and have a vested
interest in energy conservation and protection of the environment. Many
occupy land that their families have farmed for generations, and they
seek to pass on the proud legacy of farming to their children.
More and more farmers are providing their products directly to
consumers. Through such direct sales, the family farmer is creating
market opportunities that benefit and strengthen rural economies and
communities throughout America.
With each season, America's farmers demonstrate anew our ability to
persevere and thrive. The great traditions of hard work and
determination that have consistently characterized American agriculture
will help our Nation envision a rich harvest of plenty for the twenty-
first century.
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 171, has designated the
week of March 20 through 26, 1994, as ``Small Family Farm Week'' and has
authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in
observance of that week.
Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning March 20, 1994,
as Small Family Farm Week.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth
day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-four,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred
and eighteenth.
William J. Clinton
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:51 a.m., March 28,
1994]
Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on March
29. This item was not received in time for publication in the
appropriate issue.
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Week Ending Friday, April 1, 1994
Exchange With Reporters in Dallas, Texas
March 26, 1994
Health Care Reform
Q. Mr. President, what's the message from this part of the visit?
The President. Did you see the people we saw outside?
Q. Yes.
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The President. The people we saw outside either don't have coverage,
or they're afraid of losing it. These children got this care because
this hospital is open to all children and gives all children great care,
without regard to their income. But not all children have access to
hospitals like this. So the message is that all families with children
should have some insurance coverage so they can get health care and so
they can be well like this. It was great.
Roger Clinton's Wedding
Q. How are the wedding preparations going?
The President. Fine. We're excited.
Note: The exchange began at 8:22 a.m. at the Scottish Rite Hospital for
Children. A tape was not available for verification of the content of
this exchange.
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Week Ending Friday, April 1, 1994
The President's Radio Address
March 26, 1994
Good morning. This morning I'm speaking to you from Dallas, Texas,
courtesy of station KRLD in Dallas, and from the Scottish Rite Hospital
for Children, one of the finest pediatric medical centers in America.
Today in the audience we have parents and children who have been
patients here. I want to thank the president of the hospital, J.C.
Montgomery, and Dr. Tony Herring and all the others who gave Hillary and
me such a wonderful tour today.
Places like Scottish Rite don't ask children with severe
disabilities or serious illnesses, ``Can you pay?'' They just ask, ``How
can I help?'' The wonderful team of doctors, nurses, and other hospital
workers here take all children in need. That's what we want for all of
America.
Last Wednesday at the White House, Sister Bernice Coreil, a member
of the Sisters of Charity, the religious order which runs the largest
nonprofit hospital system in America, spoke about health care in a way
seldom heard in the Nation's Capital. She pushed all the politics and
complex arguments aside and said health care is about basic human
values, about honoring the intrinsic value of every person.
She knows, as so many health professionals do, that if we don't do
something now, the future of health care is in trouble in America,
because more Americans are losing their health coverage or can't get it
because someone in their family has been sick, because more people with
coverage are losing the right to choose their doctors or their health
plans, because more of our hospitals are in trouble.
Without change, the future of health care will include less choice
and bigger bills and maybe lower quality, too. Instead of health care
being available to all Americans, more Americans are losing their health
coverage every month.
How can we change? How can we keep what's best about our system, our
wonderful caregivers, our wonderful medical research system, and fix
what's wrong, the fact that there aren't enough places like this
Scottish Rite Hospital, that too many people are losing their coverage,
that the financing system is a bureaucratic nightmare full of
unfairness? I think we can do better simply by building on what works in
the current system, using the workplace to guarantee private insurance
for every American. It is the foundation of our plan.
Just a few days ago, the first of many committees considering health
care reform in Congress approved a plan like ours, covering every
American. In spite of all the special interest and TV ads, the committee
made an important statement. After 60 years of gridlock, the American
people are being heard. They want us to take care of their important
business, like health care reform, and now we're beginning to do that.
The administration's approach to health care reform is
straightforward: guaranteed private insurance for every American that
can never be taken away. And we want to be careful to base our approach
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