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Volume 34--Number 33
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Weekly Compilation of
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Addresses and Remarks
California
Harry Tracy Water Filtration Plant in San Bruno--1607
Lt. Gov. Gary Davis fundraisers
Dinner in Los Angeles--1618
Luncheon in San Francisco--1610
Reception in Los Angeles--1613
Democratic National Committee labor luncheon--1628
Illinois, Unity '98 dinner in Chicago--1602
Kentucky
Bombing incidents in Africa, remarks in Louisville--1593
Patients' Bill of Rights in Louisville--1593
Victory in Kentucky luncheon in Louisville--1598
Kenya and Tanzania, videotaped remarks--1633
Maryland, memorial service for victims of the Embassy bombings in
Kenya and Tanzania at Andrews Air Force Base--1622
Radio address--1592
Bill Signings
Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998, statement--1623
Credit Union Membership Access Act, statement--1591
Emergency Farm Financial Relief Act, statement--1621
Communications to Congress
Bombing incidents in Africa, letter reporting--1607
Export Administration Act of 1979 lapse, letter on continuation of
the national emergency--1624
Communications to Congress--Continued
Iraq, letter reporting on the national emergency--1625
Communications to Federal Agencies
Assistance for Federal employees affected by the Embassy bombings in
Kenya and Tanzania, memorandum--1621
Letters and Messages
Co-Chairmen of the National Coordination Office for Computing,
Information, and Communications, letter--1601
Notices
Continuation of Emergency Regarding Export Control Regulations--1624
Statements by the President
See also Bill Signings
Heat-stricken areas in the South and Southwest, assistance--1633
Holocaust assets lawsuits, settlement--1624
House of Representatives action on District of Columbia
appropriations legislation--1592
New World Mine, acquisition--1591
Tobacco products, petition to the Court of Appeals on regulation--
1633
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--1635
Checklist of White House press releases--1635
Digest of other White House announcements--1634
Nominations submitted to the Senate--1634
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Statement on Signing the Credit Union Membership Access Act
August 7, 1998
Today I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 1151, the ``Credit Union
Membership Access Act,'' which will ensure that millions of Americans
have the choice of getting consumer financial services from a credit
union.
Our credit unions are special institutions. Providing primarily
consumer loans--for cars, education, home improvement and home
purchases--and other financial services, like checking accounts and
certificates of deposit, they are democratically controlled, member-
owned cooperatives, with volunteer, unpaid directors. Because they are
not-for-profit organizations, credit unions often can charge lower fees,
require lower minimum deposits, and provide more personalized service.
Early this year, a decision by the Supreme Court created uncertainty
about the future of credit unions in a case about how credit unions
could draw their membership. This bill will restore membership
flexibility to credit unions, allowing, for example, employees of a
number of smaller companies or members of a number of churches to join
together to form a credit union. The bill also provides important new
safety and soundness reforms. Unfortunately, the bill does not include
some important reforms to reaffirm the responsibility of credit unions
to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income persons, and to assess
their performance in meeting that goal. However, on balance, this bill
will significantly strengthen credit unions, which provide so many
benefits to consumers.
William J. Clinton
The White House,
August 7, 1998.
Note: H.R. 1151, approved August 7, was assigned Public Law No. 105-219.
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Statement on Acquisition of the New World Mine
August 7, 1998
I am proud to announce completion today of a major initiative to
preserve one of America's true crown jewels, Yellowstone National Park.
Two years ago, to protect the park from the potential ravages of
mining, I announced an agreement to acquire the proposed New World Mine
outside Yellowstone from its owner, Crown Butte Mines, Inc. Last year,
with critical support from Senator Max Baucus, Congress appropriated $65
million for the acquisition. Over the past several months, the
administration completed several intermediate steps, including an
agreement with Crown Butte to ensure cleanup of contamination from
nearly 100 years of mining near Yellowstone. Today, the New World Mine
property was formally transferred to the U.S. Forest Service, completing
this historic acquisition.
Yellowstone, America's first national park, is the heart of a
magnificent landscape and ecosystem that we are working to restore and
preserve for all time. Today's action culminates an extraordinary
collaboration by the administration, the State of Montana, Crown Butte,
and conservationists to protect both Yellowstone and the economy it
sustains. Years from now, bison, wolves, and other wildlife will
flourish, and visitors will enjoy Yellowstone in all its splendor.
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Statement on House of Representatives Action on District of Columbia
Appropriations Legislation
August 7, 1998
I am deeply disappointed that the District of Columbia
appropriations bill passed by the House imposes unacceptable
restrictions on our Nation's Capital City.
Early this morning, the House adopted a series of objectionable
amendments. They include provisions to establish a school voucher
program that would drain resources and attention from the hard work of
reforming the District's public schools, to prohibit adoptions in the
District by unmarried or unrelated couples, and to prohibit the use of
Federal and local funds for needle exchange programs or to deny any
funding in the bill to private agencies that operate such programs.
These measures all undermine local control, are unacceptable, and should
be dropped before Congress completes action on the bill.
I am concerned that other shortcomings in this bill undermine the
District of Columbia's autonomy by imposing severe restrictions on local
operations. For example, this bill would also bar the use of local
District funds for abortions and strip local funds from the advisory
neighborhood commissions, which are a foundation of local government.
I am also disappointed that the House fails to fund the much-needed
economic revitalization plan for the District of Columbia. I urge
Congress to provide appropriate resources for the economic development
plan in order to capitalize the locally chartered National Capital
Revitalization Corporation, which is key to the future economic growth
of the Nation's Capital.
At a time when the District of Columbia has made enormous strides
toward financial responsibility and the eventual return of self-
government, it is wrong for Congress to turn the clock backward by
imposing unwarranted restrictions on broad policymaking and on day-to-
day decisionmaking at the local level.
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