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United States maintains its ability to use all available tools to
respond to the needs of the U.S. economy.
In addition, Congress should address other energy measures. Congress
should pass my comprehensive tax package, which includes new tax
incentives for domestic oil producers to reduce U.S. reliance on oil
imports, as well as other incentives to promote energy efficiency and
renewable sources of energy that Congress has failed to enact. Congress
should also fully fund the more than $1.4 billion that I have requested
in my fiscal year 2001 Budget and 2000 Supplemental to promote energy
security through the use of domestic energy technologies, including more
efficient homes and buildings, a new generation of more efficient
vehicles, renewable energy sources, and natural gas.
Finally, I have proposed the establishment of a regional home
heating oil reserve in the Northeast to reduce the likelihood of future
heating oil shortages. Congress should authorize a reserve with an
appropriate trigger to release heating oil to the market in the event of
a supply shortage. I have directed the Department of Energy to begin the
appropriate environmental reviews of the proposal to determine the
correct approach to creating this reserve.
These critical steps will strengthen the sound, comprehensive energy
strategy that has helped sustain the longest economic expansion in
American history. They will enhance America's energy security, create
jobs, protect the environment, and produce long-term savings for
consumers. Congress should waste no more time in enacting these measures
into law.
Sincerely,
William J. Clinton
Note: This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
April 1. An original was not available for verification of the content
of this letter.
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Week Ending Friday, April 7, 2000
The President's Radio Address
April 1, 2000
Good morning. Today I want to speak with you about an opportunity to
shape the future of our country, and a responsibility we all have to
make our voices count. I want to talk about this year's census and the
importance of filling out and sending in your census form right away.
The Constitution mandates that our Nation conduct a census every 10
years. The first was taken back in 1790 and was directed by Thomas
Jefferson when he served as Secretary of State. Every decade since then,
the census has helped tell the story of America--who we are and what
we're becoming.
Census 2000 is our chance to write the latest chapter in the
unfolding epoch of America. Even though the census is taken only once in
a decade, it has an impact on our lives every day. A report I'm
releasing today by the Council of Economic Advisers shows just how much
we need the census.
We need the census to help decide how almost $200 billion in Federal
funds will be invested in States and communities. We need the census to
draw legislative district lines and allocate seats for each State in the
U.S. House of Representatives. We need the census to help our hometowns
determine where to build everything from roads to schools to hospitals
to child care centers. And we need the census to help businesses make
decisions about where to invest and help individuals make informed
decisions about where to buy a home or take a job.
For all of these reasons, it's important to make sure the first
census of the 21st century is fair, accurate, and complete. After all,
if we want to make good decisions about where we need to go as a nation,
we first have to know where we are.
In the last census, we didn't know where more than 8 million people
were. They were left uncounted. Many of them were children, minorities,
and low income families. When people are uncounted, their voices are
unheard in the Halls of Congress and in their own communities.
Those who suggest that filling out your census form isn't essential
are plainly wrong. An inaccurate census distorts our understanding of a
community's needs, denies people their fair share of resources, and
diminishes the quality of life not only for them but for all of us. If
we believe everybody in our American community counts, we simply must
make sure everyone is counted.
That's an enormous undertaking. This year's census represents the
largest peacetime mobilization in American history, involving hundreds
of thousands of local census takers and community volunteers. But the
most important person in the process is you.
I want to thank the millions of Americans who have sent in their
forms. As of today, we're halfway there. But we must do better. We need
the most accurate picture of America in the dawn of the 21st century.
So today I'm issuing a proclamation declaring this Census Day and
urging all Americans to take a little time this weekend to fill out and
send in your form. I've also issued a memorandum to all Federal
employees urging them to do the same. Having completed our census form,
I can tell you it only takes a few moments.
You can also fill out your census form on-line, as the Vice
President did just recently. The on-line form can be found at
www.2000.census.gov. It won't take long. The short form is the shortest
since 1820. The long form is the shortest in history. And every question
on both forms was reviewed by Congress 2 years ago.
But more important, information from the long form is critical for
everything from helping communities design mass transit systems to
providing 911 emergency services. It also helps us calculate cost of
living increases for Social Security, military retirement, and veterans'
pensions.
I know Americans are concerned about their privacy, and that's why I
also want to stress that the information you provide is strictly,
absolutely confidential. Individual information will not be available to
anyone outside the Census Bureau for any reason.
So whether you have a long or a short form, please fill it out
completely and send it in promptly. America is counting on you. This is
your future. Don't leave it blank.
Thanks for listening.
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Note: The address was recorded at 12:38 p.m. on March 31 in the Map Room
at the White House for broadcast at 10:06 a.m. on April 1. The
transcript was made available by the Office of the Press Secretary on
March 31 but was embargoed for release until the broadcast.
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Proclamation 7286--Census Day, 2000
April 1, 2000
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
Every 10 years, as mandated by our Constitution, all persons living
in the United States are called upon to participate in the census. As
the foremost method of gathering information about our Nation, the
census plays a crucial role in helping us to maintain our democratic
form of government.
An accurate census helps to ensure that the rights and needs of
every person are recorded and recognized as we shape public policies,
programs, and services. Too often in the past, children, minorities, and
low-income individuals have not been counted and, as a result, have not
been fully and fairly served. Census data are also used to determine the
number of seats each State is allocated in the U.S. House of
Representatives, and State and local governments depend upon these data
to draw legislative districts that accurately represent their residents.
The census also serves as the basis for many public funding and
private investment decisions. Census results play a part in determining
the portion each State receives of more than $185 billion in funds
distributed by the Federal Government each year. State and local public
officials use census data to decide where to build public facilities
such as schools, roads, hospitals, and libraries. Census data also are a
valuable resource for businesses that are trying to identify where to
build stores, office buildings, or shopping centers.
The census is unique. It reaches every population group, from
America's long-time residents to its most recent immigrants, and every
age group from newborns to centenarians. The census touches every social
class and every racial and ethnic group. The census is truly a
democratic process in which we all can participate.
Census 2000 offers each of us an important opportunity to shape the
future of our Nation. By taking part, we help ensure the well-being of
our families and our communities, and we fulfill one of our fundamental
civic duties. The U.S. Census Bureau has taken unprecedented steps to
ensure full participation in this first census of the new millennium. At
the same time, the Bureau will continue its long tradition of protecting
the personal information of America's citizens, and no other Government
agency will be able to see any individual or family census form. I
strongly urge every man and woman living in the United States to fill
out and return his or her census form or to cooperate with census takers
who will help them do so.
Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 1,
2000, as Census Day. I call upon all the people of the United States to
observe this day with ceremonies, activities, and programs that raise
awareness of the importance of participating in Census 2000.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fourth.
William J. Clinton
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., April 4,
2000]
Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on April
5.
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Remarks at an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Luncheon
for Hillary Clinton
April 1, 2000
[The President's remarks are joined in progress.]
The President. ----we couldn't have done what has been done without
you, and I'll
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never forget you. I would also like to thank Denis and the New York AFL-
CIO. They supported--[inaudible]--and me and supported--[inaudible]--and
Hillary. I thought she made a really good talk today.
I just want to make three points very briefly. First of all, when I
showed up here in January of '93, thanks to the efforts of many of you
and millions and millions of people like you all across America, and the
economy was in a shambles, the deficit was huge, and the debt had been
quadrupled in 12 years, and the social problems were getting worse, and
Washington was like a political blood fight, I had basically some very
simple ideas about the economy and how it related to the rest of our
lives. And I just want to reiterate that because that's where the
differences are between us and our friends in the Republican Party.
That's where the differences between Al Gore and George Bush are, and
the differences between Hillary and her opponent.
Number one, I believe you could be pro-business and pro-labor. And
as a matter of fact, I didn't think you could successfully have an
economic policy unless you help both labor and business.
Number two, I believe you could be pro-work and pro-family, so that
I thought we ought to have things like annual leave and health
insurance, and if people were going to be required to move from welfare
to work, we ought to give them child care and food and medicine for
their kids and transportation to get to work and training to know what
they were doing, instead of just talking about welfare cheats and all of
that. I thought you could be pro-work and pro-family.
Number three, I thought you could be for economic growth and for
environmental protection. I thought working families could be able to
take their children to parks and that we could generally still grow the
economy. I believed all those things. And essentially, our friends in
the other party believe that they can only help business by sticking it
to labor, that every family protection is bad for the economy and the
work ethic, and that the environment's a nice thing as long as you don't
have to take too much trouble to protect it. Now, that's what they
believe. And so we've had this donnybrook for 7\1/2\ years.
But I think the evidence is in, and you need to think about that in
terms of Hillary's race, the Vice President's race, every other race
this year. It's not as if there is a debate here based on the evidence.
We have the longest economic expansion in history; we have these 21
million jobs; we have the lowest unemployment and welfare rates in 30
years; we have the lowest crime rate in 25 years, the lowest poverty
rate in 20 years, the lowest income tax burden on average families in 4
years, the lowest female unemployment rate in 4 years.
This is not some sort of fluke, friends. You're on the right side of
history. So when you fight for the Presidential campaign, and you fight
in the Senatorial race, tell people that this is not a debate, and they
are making a deliberate decision, if they vote for the other candidates,
to go back to a failed economic theory, a failed social theory, a failed
environmental policy.
And you've got to be serious and blunt here. And I'm not running for
anything, and you know, most days, I'm okay about it. [Laughter] What is
at stake here is bigger than me or the Vice President or Hillary or all
of you--it is the direction of our country. And you need to go out and
say you're not anti-business; you've proved you could be pro-labor and
pro-business. You've proved you could be pro-family and pro-work. You've
proved you could clean out the environment and grow the economy. That's
where you are. And they are making a deliberate decision to reject
policies that have worked for America if they don't support the Vice
President, Hillary, and our whole other crowd.
The second thing I want to tell you is, as you can see, my wife is
an enormously talented and passionate person. But what I want you to
know is that, particularly for a State like New York, which has always
had high-quality people in the United States Senate, I think she would
be a worthy successor to Robert Kennedy and Pat Moynihan. I think it's
important for people to understand that she's not just somebody who
lived in the White House for 8 years and would now like to be a Senator.
For 30 years, she has been a leading advocate for the cause of families
and children; for 20 years now, for specific,
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