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Monday, February 14, 2000
Volume 36--Number 6
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Contents
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Weekly Compilation of
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Addresses and Remarks
Congressional Medal of Honor, presentation--247
Democratic National Committee
Dinner--252
Reception--249
Democratic Unity reception--269
Discrimination in Federal employment based on genetic information,
signing an Executive order to prohibit--241
Federal budget, fiscal year 2001--234
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, dedication--281
Patients' Bill of Rights--255
Radio address--233
Texas
Departure for McAllen--255
Democratic National Committee dinner in Dallas--265
Democratic National Committee luncheon in McAllen--256
Luncheon honoring Representative Ruben Hinojosa in McAllen--261
Communications to Congress
Albania, message transmitting report on the extension of normal
trade relations status--264
Egypt-U.S. mutual legal assistance in criminal matters treaty with
documentation, message transmitting--233
Middle East peace process, message transmitting report on the
national emergency--237
Rescissions and deferrals, message transmitting report--264
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International
Trade with annexes, message transmitting report--264
Russia-U.S. treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters
with documentation, message transmitting--273
Sudan, letter transmitting report--274
Communications to Federal Agencies
U.S. Military Activities in East Timor, memorandum--281
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WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
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Contents--Continued
Executive Orders
To Prohibit Discrimination in Federal Employment Based on Genetic
Information--244
Interviews With the News Media
Exchanges with reporters
Briefing Room--281
South Lawn--255
Interviews
Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today--274
Willow Bay of Cable News Network's ``Moneyline News Hour''--237
Statements by the President
Croatia, election of Stipe Mesic as President--249
Death of Carl B. Albert--234
East Timor, peacekeeping efforts--285
Embassy security initiatives--273
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--289
Checklist of White House press releases--288
Digest of other White House announcements--285
Nominations submitted to the Senate--286
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Week Ending Friday, February 11, 2000
Message to the Senate Transmitting the Egypt-United States Mutual Legal
Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Documentation
February 2, 2000
To the Senate of the United States:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to
ratification, I transmit herewith the Treaty Between the Government of
the United States of America and the Government of the Arab Republic of
Egypt on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Cairo on
May 3, 1998. I transmit also a related exchange of diplomatic notes for
the information of the Senate. The report of the Department of State
with respect to the Treaty is enclosed.
The Treaty is one of a series of modern mutual legal assistance
treaties being negotiated by the United States in order to counter
criminal activities more effectively. The Treaty should be an effective
tool to assist in the prosecution of a wide variety of crimes, including
terrorism and drug-trafficking offenses. The Treaty is self-executing.
The Treaty provides for a broad range of cooperation in criminal
matters. Mutual assistance available under the Treaty includes taking
the testimony or statements of persons; providing documents, records and
items of evidence; locating or identifying persons or items; serving
documents; transferring persons in custody for testimony or other
purposes; executing requests for searches and seizures; assisting in
proceedings related to immobilization and forfeiture of assets,
restitution, and collection of fines; and any other form of assistance
not prohibited by the laws of the Requested State.
I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
to the Treaty and give its advice and consent to ratification.
William J. Clinton
The White House,
February 2, 2000.
Note: This item was not received in time for publication in the
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Week Ending Friday, February 11, 2000
The President's Radio Address
February 5, 2000
Good morning. Today I want to talk about what we can and must do to
help more women get the lifesaving treatment they need to fight breast
and cervical cancer. More than 180,000 American women will be diagnosed
with these diseases this year. Each of us has a sister, a daughter, a
friend, or in my case, a mother, who has struggled against them.
These cancers can be treated and cured--if we catch them early and
fight them aggressively. But more than 40,000 women will die from breast
and cervical cancer this year. Many are women whose cancer was detected
or treated too late because they had no health insurance and no hope of
paying for
treatment.
In fact, older women with breast cancer are 40 percent more likely
to die from the disease if they're uninsured. With strong leadership
from the First Lady, we've worked hard over the past 7 years to increase
free and low-cost cancer screenings and to help women catch these
diseases in time.
We've expanded the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program to serve hundreds of thousands of women a year in all
50 States. And Vice President Gore has
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led us to make a dramatic increase in our commitment to cancer research
and treatment. But still, it's true that every year, thousands of women
are told they have cancer and must cope without insurance.
This is especially troubling, given the stunning progress scientists
are making in the fight against cancer. Researchers now can identify
genes that predict several kinds of cancers. They're experimenting with
therapies that will shut down defective genes so they can never multiply
and grow. New drugs and new combinations of drugs will bring hope to
those whose cancer has spread, or who suffer from the side effects of
chemotherapy.
These breakthroughs will make a big difference for some of our most
prevalent cancers, like breast cancer, which strikes one in eight
American women over a lifetime. But these lifesaving new therapies can
only help if patients have insurance or other resources that enable them
to afford state-of-the-art treatment or any treatment at all.
At a time when we know more about cancer than ever and can fight it
better than ever, we must not leave women to face cancer alone. That's
why today I'm announcing a proposal to help States eliminate the
barriers low income women face to getting treatment for breast or
cervical cancer. The budget I'm sending to Congress on Monday will allow
States to provide full Medicaid benefits to uninsured women whose
cancers are detected through federally funded screening programs. Too
often, uninsured women face a patchwork of care, inadequate care, or no
care at all. Many are denied newer, better forms of treatment or wait
months to see a doctor.
Judy Lewis was one of the lucky ones. When a screening program
detected her breast cancer, she had no health insurance and no money to
spare. Fortunately, she found doctors who would treat her. And 17 months
later, she's cancer-free. But she and her husband are also $28,000 in
debt, with nothing left for their retirement. That is wrong, and it
doesn't have to happen.
This initiative will help women get comprehensive treatment, and get
it right away. It will make state-of-the-art therapies available to
women who need them, not just those who can afford them. And it will
free State and Federal dollars to be spent on cancer screening and
outreach to women at risk.
This proposal has strong bipartisan support in Congress, led by
Senators Barbara
Mikulski and Olympia Snowe and Representatives Anna Eshoo and Rick
Lazio. It was also strongly supported by the late Senator John Chafee of
Rhode Island.
These Senators and Representatives from both parties have put
forward legislation to meet our goal, and my budget includes the funds
to make it happen. This is an issue that transcends political
boundaries, because it touches all of us. Together, we can save lives
and bring medical miracles of our time within the reach of every
American. We can do it this year, and we ought to do it soon.
Thanks for listening.
Note: The address was recorded at 1:43 p.m. on February 4 in the Oval
Office at the White House for broadcast at 10:06 a.m. on February 5. The
transcript was made available by the Office of the Press Secretary on
February 4 but was embargoed for release until the broadcast.
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