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Monday, April 10, 2000
Volume 36--Number 14
Pages 691-770
Contents
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Weekly Compilation of
Presidential
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Addresses and Remarks
See also Bill Signings
AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department conference--717
California
Arrival in San Jose--704
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reception in Palo
Alto--704
Democratic Leadership Council conference in San Jose--709
Democratic National Committee dinner--728
Digital divide, efforts to bridge--722
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers luncheon for Hillary
Clinton--694
International family planning assistance, legislative agenda--764
Japan, Prime Minister Obuchi--704
Nevada
Democratic National Committee and Nevada State Democratic Party
reception in Las Vegas--700
Democratic National Committee brunch in Las Vegas--697
One America initiative, corporate leaders--754
Radio address--693
Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner--758
Senator Patrick J. Leahy, reception--727
Social Security Internet retirement planner, radio remarks--767
Addresses and Remarks--Continued
White House Conference on the New Economy
Session 1--732
Session 2--738
Session 3--743
Bill Signings
Senior Citizens Freedom to Work Act of 2000, remarks--761
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st
Century, statements--745, 747
Communications to Congress
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, message transmitting report--
727
Energy Policy and Conservation Act extension, letter on House
inaction--692
Hazardous materials transportation, message transmitting report--747
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, letter
transmitting report--748
National Endowment for the Arts, message transmitting report--758
Communications to Federal Agencies
Emergency Response Assistance Program, memorandum--760
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Contents--Continued
Interviews With the News Media
Exchange with reporters in San Jose, CA--704
Interview with Dan Rather of the ``CBS Evening News''--748
Proclamations
Census Day--694
National Child Abuse Prevention Month--691
National Volunteer Week--767
Statements by the President
See also Bill Signings
Budget resolution, Democratic amendment--726
Deaths
Former Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba--757
John Robert Starr--697
Statements by the President--Continued
Independent Counsel's investigation of Alexis Herman, conclusion--
747
Maryland State action on gun safety legislation--726
Senate inaction on the supplemental budget request--726
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--770
Checklist of White House press releases--769
Digest of other White House announcements--768
Nominations submitted to the Senate--769
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Monday, April 10, 2000
Volume 36--Number 14
Pages 691-770
Week Ending Friday, April 7, 2000
Proclamation 7285--National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 2000
March 31, 2000
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
Children are our link to the future and our hope for a better
tomorrow. Within a few short years, we will look to today's children for
the vision, strength, creativity, and leadership to guide our Nation
through the challenges of this new century. If they are to grow into
healthy, happy adults and responsible citizens, we must provide our
children with the love, nurturing, and protection they need and deserve.
However, many of America's children are not safe, even in their own
homes. The statistics are staggering. Every year, there are nearly one
million reported incidents of child abuse; and even more disturbing,
more than 2,000 of these incidents result in the child's death. Whether
suffering neglect, harsh physical punishment, sexual abuse, or
psychological trauma, the children who survive will carry the scars of
their abuse for the rest of their lives.
We now know that there are a variety of risk factors that contribute
to child abuse and neglect--including parental substance abuse, lack of
parenting skills and knowledge, domestic violence, or extreme stress--
and there are practical measures and programs we can use to mitigate
such factors. Social service providers can offer substance abuse
programs for adults with children; schools can offer educational
programs to teach parenting skills to teen mothers or instruct children
on how to protect themselves from sexual predators; faith organizations
can offer respite care for parents of children with special needs; and
employers can introduce family-friendly policies, from child care to
parental leave to flexible work schedules, to reduce the stress on
working families.
Keeping children safe is a community responsibility, and prevention
must be a community task. Every segment of society must be involved,
including health and law enforcement professionals, schools, businesses,
the media, government agencies, community and faith organizations, and
especially parents themselves. Teachers and physicians need to recognize
the symptoms of child abuse; parents need to ask for help in overcoming
addictions or controlling violent behavior; communities must be willing
to fund programs and services to protect children from abuse; and the
media needs to raise public awareness of the availability of those
programs and services.
My Administration is committed to doing its part to ensure the
health and well-being of all our Nation's children. We have worked to
increase funding at the State level for child protection programs and
family preservation services. Working with the Congress, we have enacted
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Adoption and Safe
Families Act, and we have established the Safe and Stable Families
Program. Just a few weeks ago, I signed into law the Child Abuse
Prevention and Enforcement Act, which gives State and local officials
greater flexibility in using Department of Justice grant programs to
prevent child abuse and neglect. This new legislation will increase
funding to enforce child abuse and neglect laws, to enhance the
investigation of child abuse and neglect crimes, and to promote programs
to prevent such abuse and neglect. Through these and other measures, we
continue our efforts to create a society where every child is cherished
and no child bears the lasting scars of abuse or neglect.
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
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States, do hereby proclaim April 2000 as National Child Abuse Prevention
Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month by demonstrating
our gratitude to those who work to keep our children safe, and by taking
action in our own communities to make them healthy places where children
can grow and thrive.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first
day of March, 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. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate
issue.
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Week Ending Friday, April 7, 2000
Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on House Inaction
on Extending the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
March 31, 2000
Dear Mr. Speaker:
While the U.S. economy is the strongest it has ever been and
inflation and unemployment remain at historically low levels, high oil
prices have caused concern for many Americans. As a short-term measure,
my Administration urged oil-producing nations to take steps to narrow
the gap between worldwide production and consumption of crude oil in
order to preserve sustained worldwide economic growth. Our focused
diplomatic efforts helped produce tangible commitments by oil-producing
nations to increase production to more appropriate levels that reflect
current demand in the global economy.
While my Administration has worked hard to increase the supply of
oil on the market, the House has failed to take one of the most critical
steps necessary to maintain America's energy security--an extension of
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), which includes authority
to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), authority that expires
today. The option to use the SPR is an essential line of defense against
an interruption in oil supplies. Although the Senate passed a four-year
straight reauthorization of EPCA, the House has failed to act. It is
critical that the House reauthorize EPCA immediately to ensure that the
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