THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
The First 100 Days
Accomplishments of Vice President Al Gore
"Season of America's Renewal"
January 20 - April 30, 1993
DAY
1 JANUARY 20, 1993
Inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States
2 JANUARY 21, 1993
The Council on Competitiveness is abolished.
"Today we send a clear message to the special interests who
used the Council on Competitiveness as a back door to avoid
the law. That back door is closed."
3 JANUARY 21, 1993
First Cabinet Meeting
6 JANUARY 25, 1993
The Vice President joins The President in a meeting with the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
7 JANUARY 26, 1993
The Vice President joins The President in a meeting with
bipartisan Congressional Leadership.
9 JANUARY 28, 1993
In Baltimore, the Vice President calls for new cooperation
to break gridlock at the National Legislative Education
Foundation Issues Conference. Speaking to members and
leaders of the Democratic House Caucus, Vice President Gore
called on Congress and the Administration to forge a new
relationship of cooperation to confront the country's major
challenges, starting with reviving the economy, creating new
jobs, and controlling skyrocketing health care costs.
Statement on Anniversary of Space Shuttle Disaster
Mrs. Gore is asked by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to
serve as Mental Health Advisor to the President's Task Force
on National Health Reform
10 JANUARY 29, 1993
Teleconference with the President with citizens concerned
about the Family and Medical Leave Act
11 JANUARY 30, 1993
Camp David Retreat
Weekend working meeting at Camp David with President
Clinton, the Cabinet and Senior White House staff.
15 FEBRUARY 3, 1993
Joins the President in meeting with Congressional leaders on
campaign finance and lobbying reform.
16 FEBRUARY 4, 1993
Addresses National Prayer Breakfast
Joins key sponsors of the Lobbying Reform Law at its
introduction to urge Congressional action. This new
legislation will strengthen and streamline lobbyists'
disclosures.
17 FEBRUARY 5, 1993
The signing of the Family Medical Leave Act
20 FEBRUARY 8, 1993
White House Office on Environmental Policy established.
The President and the Vice President announce the creation
of a new office in the White House to deal directly with
environmental policy. The White House Office on
Environmental Policy is established to more effectively and
efficiently coordinate environmental policy making across
the federal government. Reaffirmed support of legislation
to make the EPA part of the Cabinet.
22 FEBRUARY 10, 1993
Second Cabinet Meeting
The Vice President conducts first Town Hall Meeting with
citizens on jobs and the economy in Ontario, California.
23 FEBRUARY 11, 1993
Mrs. Gore accompanies First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on a
tour of a medical center and joins in a conversation with
Pennsylvania citizens about health care reform.
24 FEBRUARY 12, 1993
Commemorates President Lincoln's 184th Birthday.
This event, at the Lincoln Memorial, has been held every
year since 1923.
26 FEBRUARY 14, 1993
The Vice President and Mrs. Gore join the President in a 2-
mile run sponsored by the American Heart Association.
28 FEBRUARY 16, 1993
Meeting with Environmental Leaders
The Vice President meets with members of the Alliance for
Collaborative Research, a group of CEOs from R&D consortium
such as the microelectronics and computer technology
consortium and the Electric Power Research Institute.
Address to the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory
Council annual conference.
29 FEBRUARY 17, 1993
The Vice President joins the President in meeting with
bipartisan Congressional Leaders.
31 FEBRUARY 19, 1993
Address To North Carolina State Legislature
The Vice President carries The President's economic message
of investment, opportunity and hope to North Carolina in an
address to a joint session of the North Carolina State
Legislature.
"President Clinton is right. We can do better. We must do
better. And President Clinton is offering America a new
direction, a plan, first of all, to jump start our economic
growth now and keep it running strong into the future --
investing in our people, their jobs and their incomes."
"President Clinton is right. Instead of asking 'What's in
it for me?' we must ask each other, 'What's in it for us,
for our children, for our future, for North Carolina, for
the United States of America?'"
Remarks to a Joint Session of the North Carolina General
Assembly
FEBRUARY 19, 1993
Tours GTE in Atlanta, Georgia
The Vice President tours the GTE mobile communications
facility in Atlanta, GA and meets with workers there at a
town meeting on the President's economic plan.
Mrs. Gore meets with mental health experts to gather
information and talk about ideas for health care reform.
Mrs. Gore is the featured speaker in Washington, D.C. at the
celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's
206th Founder's Day. "Your Church's mission to help the
helpless, house the homeless and minister to the needs of
the disadvantaged is a beacon of hope for many in this
country."
32 FEBRUARY 20, 1993
Visit to Alabama Head Start Program
The Vice President visits with children and their parents at
a Head Start classroom in Birmingham, Alabama.
Visit to Tampa Housing Project in Florida
The Vice President tours and works at a Tampa housing
construction site, part of an innovative housing development
and restoration program that would benefit from the
President's economic package and continue to provide
affordable housing to Tampa residents. The Vice President
also meets with community leaders to discuss the President's
economic package.
33 FEBRUARY 21, 1993
Dinner with High Tech Business Executives in California
Joins the President in California on the eve of the
announcement of the President's technology initiative to
discuss the initiative with the leaders of high technology
businesses.34 FEBRUARY 22, 1993
Technology Initiative Announcement
The President and the Vice President unveil a comprehensive,
and ground-breaking technology policy: "Technology for
America's Economic Growth--A New Direction to Build Economic
Strength." In a meeting with employees of Silicon Graphics
in Mountain, View California. The Technology Initiative
provides a new framework for Federal technology programs
built around three goals: (1) Long term economic growth
that creates jobs and protects the environment, (2) A
government that is more productive and more responsive to
the needs of its citizens, and (3) World leadership in basic
science, mathematics, and engineering. The Vice President
plays a critical role in this effort, working with Dr. Jack
Gibbons, the President's Science and Technology Advisor.
"We face new challenges, from our competitors around the
world and from the people we serve here at home, that demand
new solutions and creative thinking. Technology offers new
opportunities for jobs, for a cleaner environment, for
better schools, for high-quality health care and for scores
of other advances. We must move to seize these
opportunities."
Town Hall Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri
The Vice President meets with students and local residents
for a town meeting at Penn Valley Community College in
Kansas City, Missouri to discuss the President's economic
package.
Mrs. Gore accompanies First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on a
visit to Boston-area small businesses and in a discussion
with Massachusetts health care professionals.
35 FEBRUARY 23, 1993
Meeting with Environmental Ministers
The Vice President meets with Environmental Ministers from
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to discuss the
environmental crisis in Eastern Europe.
36 FEBRUARY 24, 1993
Mrs. Gore meets with child mental health experts to gather
information and talk about ideas for health care reform.41 MARCH 1, 1993
Address to Veterans of Foreign Wars Annual Conference,
Washington, D.C.
National Service Day -- Summer of Service
In Madison Wisconsin, the Vice President tours the
University of Wisconsin's Arboretum, built with the help of
a youth conservation corps working in much the same way as
those who will take part in the President's new National
Service Initiative, praising the Wisconsin Conservation
Corps as a model for the nation. He also conducts a Town
Hall Meeting at the University of Wisconsin to discuss
National Service.
Mrs. Gore travels to Richmond, Virginia to tour a
transitional housing facility and talk to area youth about
the Summer of Service and the President's National Service
Program.
42 MARCH 2, 1993
Joins the President in meeting with Democratic Leadership
Joins the President in meeting with Republican House
Leadership
Joins the President in lunch meeting With Senate Republicans
Joins the President in meeting with NATO Secretary General
Woerner
Meets with British Secretary of State for the Environment
43 MARCH 3, 1993
Reinventing Government: National Performance Review
The President asks the Vice President to head a new
initiative on government reform, demonstrating his
commitment to streamlining the government to improve
efficiency and productivity.
"Mark this date: President Clinton is starting a revolution
in government. It won't happen overnight, and it won't be
easy, but it will fundamentally change the way our
government works -- for the people it serves and the people
it employs."
"Today, we are starting what will be a continuous and
vigilant process to make government work better -- to use
every tax dollar wisely, to weed out dead ideas and
encourage new, creative ways, and -- to borrow a phrase I've
heard once or twice before -- to put people first."
Statement on "A Revolution in Government"
44 MARCH 4, 1993
Criticizes Iran's Mistreatment of Bahais
Reaffirming his support of the oppressed Iranian Bahais, the
Vice President expresses concern over Tehran's human rights
violations outlined in a recently released United Nations
Report, and praises the work of the United Nations Human
Rights Commission.
Joins the President in meeting with former President Jimmy
Carter
48 MARCH 8, 1993
Joins the President in meeting with Members of the House
Budget Committee
Joins the President in meeting with the Congressional Black
Caucus
Mrs. Gore delivers the keynote speech before the American
Psychological Association in Washington, D.C. "It has been
truly inspirational to witness so many different interest
groups contributing to the creation of a plan to ensure
Americans have access to quality, affordable health care."
49 MARCH 9, 1993
Joins the President in meeting with Senate Budget Committee
Meeting with Inspectors General
The Vice President meets with the Inspectors General who are
required to promote efficiency in the administration and
prevent fraud and abuse throughout the different agencies
and departments.50 MARCH 10, 1993
Omaha, Nebraska Town Hall Meeting on Economic Recovery.
The Vice President meets with University of Nebraska
students and local residents at a Town Hall Meeting in Omaha
to discuss The President's economic initiative and the
National Performance Review the Vice President is directing
to make government more efficient, effective and responsive.
51 MARCH 11, 1993
Town Hall Meeting and visit to SouthWest Airlines, Dallas,
Texas
The Vice President and Senator Bob Krueger of Texas
participate in a town hall meeting with SouthWest Airlines
employees to discuss the total quality management practices
and other innovations that have made this company one of the
industry's most successful.
Visit to Austin, Texas and Tour of Motorola
The Vice President visits Austin with Sen. Krueger to
discuss with Motorola workers the President's technology
initiative and the new effort the Vice President is leading
to make government more efficient, effective and responsive.
Visits Houston Head Start Classroom
The Vice President joins Sen. Krueger in spreading the
President's message of economic recovery and investment
visiting with children and their parents at a Head Start
Classroom in Houston, TX.
52 March 12, 1993
Mrs. Gore accompanies First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to
Tampa, Florida to serve as a panelist during discussions
with Floridians about health care reform.
55 MARCH 15, 1993
Joins the President in his meeting with Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin56 MARCH 16, 1993
Joins the President in meeting with bipartisan Congressional
Leaders
Joins the President in meeting with Ireland's Prime Minister
Albert Reynolds.
Joins the President in meeting with House Hispanic Caucus
Joins the President in meeting with the Exiled Haitian
President Jean Bertrand Aristide
58 MARCH 18, 1993
Joins the President in meeting with the National Newspaper
Publishers Association
Joins the President in meeting with Commission of European
Communities President Jacques Delors.
59 MARCH 19, 1993
Joins the President in meeting with Members of the House of
Representatives to discuss the economic plan.
60 MARCH 20, 1993
Meets with Saud Nassir A-Sabah, Minister of Information and
former Ambassador of Kuwait.
Mrs. Gore is the keynote speaker at the renaming of the
Mental Health Law Project to the Bazelon Center. "The
President understands. He understands that mental illness
had biological roots and should be treated equally with so-
called physical illness."
62 MARCH 22, 1993
Joins the President in meeting with Democratic Governors
Association
MARCH 22, 1993
Access to Government Information
The Government Printing Office Electronic Access bill, based
on legislation Vice President Gore introduced last year,
passes the Senate. The bill authorizes the Government
Printing Office to make more Federal information such as the
Congressional Record) available on-line.
Mrs. Gore travels to Detroit, Michigan to serve as a
panelist during discussions with Michigan citizens about
health care reform. HHS Secretary Donna Shalala joins Mrs.
Gore.
64 MARCH 24, 1993
The Vice President addresses the American Medical
Association in Washington, D.C.
"Fixing this system ... will not be easy. But the American
people have demanded that we fundamentally reform a system
that costs too much and wastes too much and serves too few;
and, that we make the system work better for real people
with real problems."
"Last year, the American people proved that they have the
courage to change. Now it is time for us to prove ours, by
enacting real health care reform."
Joins the President in meeting with Russian Foreign Minister
Kozyrev
Meets with British Foreign Minister Sir Douglas Hurd
65 MARCH 25, 1993
Joins the President in working Dinner with Members of the
House of Representatives.
66 MARCH 26, 1993
Reinventing Government -- Town Hall Meeting
The Vice President, committed to personally meeting with
employees from federal agencies and departments, started his
series of visits at the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. In a Town Hall Meeting with Secretary Cisneros
and HUD employees, The Vice President listens to suggestions
for improving operations at HUD and across the government. MARCH 26, 1993
The Vice President joins the President in meeting with
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Meeting With President Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia-
Hercegovina
The Vice President meets with President Alija Izetbegovic of
Bosnia-Hercegovina to underscore United States support for
his decision to sign all of the principal documents of the
Bosnian Peace Plan. The Vice President praises the Bosnian
leader for his statesmanship and courage for taking this
critical step to move his country closer to peace and
expresses his hope for full and rapid agreement among all of
the parties on the terms of the Peace Plan.
The Vice President joins the President in working dinner
with Senators
Mrs. Gore serves as a panelist during Robert Wood Johnson's
health care discussions in Washington, D.C. HHS Secretary
Donna Shalala joins Mrs. Gore.
The Vice President announces the leadership team organizing
and implementing the National Performance Review.
67 MARCH 27, 1993
Addresses Gannett Pre-Gridiron Luncheon
69 MARCH 29, 1993
Chairs Official Hearing of The President's Task Force on
Health Care Reform. Mrs. Gore joins the Vice President at
this meeting.
70 MARCH 30, 1993
Meets with Hungarian Foreign Minister Jeszneszky.
71 MARCH 31, 1993
Cabinet Meeting (3) MARCH 31, 1993
Vice President meets with Ambassadors Aurel Dragos-Manteanu
of Romania, and Ognian Pishev of Bulgaria to deliver letters
to President Ion Iliescu of Romania and President Zhelyu
Zhelev of Bulgaria expressing the appreciation of the United
States for their governments' determined efforts to enforce
the United Nations sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro.
Mrs. Gore attends Congressional Breakfast and Briefing of
National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal
Justice System.
72 APRIL 1, 1993
Address to the American College of Physicians
Joins with the President in meeting with bipartisan
Congressional leadership
73 APRIL 2, 1993
Forest Conference, Portland, Oregon
Joins the President at the Forest Conference, in Portland,
which provides a comprehensive forum for a broad and diverse
range of views on the issues associated with the management
of federal forest lands in the Northwest and Northern
California.
"For far too long, bitter fighting and confused policy-
making have scarred this debate. As each side fought for
advantage, no one won and many lost their jobs, their way of
life, the wilderness they grew up to love, and even their
plans for their families and their future. It is time we
moved beyond argument and confusion to a new approach that
replaces fear with hope and stalemate with progress."
"The days when this debate was defined by either-or choices
are over. This isn't about saving jobs or saving the
environment, it's about saving jobs and saving the
environment, because we can't do one without the other,
certainly not in the long term. A healthy forest economy
demands healthy forests."
Remarks at Forest Conference75 APRIL 4, 1993
Commission on Russian Technological Improvements
The President announces the Vice President will co-chair,
along with Russian Prime Minister Chernomyrdin, a commission
on Technological Improvements on Russian energy and space
sectors.
77 APRIL 6, 1993
The Vice President joins the President meeting with Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak
Meets with Australian Foreign Minister and Senator, Gareth
Evans
78 APRIL 7, 1993
Reinventing Government Town Hall Meeting -- Department of
Agriculture
In the second of his visits to federal agencies and
departments, the Vice President meets with more than 300
employees at the United States Department of Agriculture to
hear their suggestions for improving efficiency and
effectiveness at USDA and across the government.
Recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
The Vice President is named the recipient of the 13th Annual
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for his book Earth In The
Balance. Each year this Award honors the literary work that
most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's
purpose.
79 APRIL 8, 1993
Reinventing Government Town Hall Meeting -- Atlanta, Georgia
The Vice President hosts a Town Hall meeting in Atlanta,
with federal employees from a variety of agencies with
regional offices there to hear their suggestions for
improving government efficiency and effectiveness.
The Vice President throws out the first pitch at the Atlanta
Braves opening game baseball game against the Los Angeles
Dodgers.83 APRIL 12, 1993
Economic Roundtable in Toledo, Ohio
The Vice President participates in an economic conference
hosted by Senator John Glenn.
85 APRIL 14, 1993
Meeting With Malawi's Ambassador
The Vice President meets with Malawi's Ambassador Robert
Mbaya urging democracy in Malawi and an end to human rights
abuses. They also discuss the country's upcoming referendum
on multi-party democracy.
Mrs. Gore joins First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a
meeting with members of the Latino community to discuss
specific health care concerns related to the Latino
community.
86 APRIL 15, 1993
National Performance Review Training Session
The Vice President opens an all-day training session for the
National Performance Review staff in a speech presenting the
team's vision, goals and agenda.
87 APRIL 16, 1993
Joins the President in meeting with Japanese Prime Minister
Kiichi Miyazawa
88 APRIL 17, 1993
First Childrens' Earth Summit and Town Hall Meeting
The Vice President joins students from across the United
States and around the world for the first ever Kids Earth
Summit in Orlando, FL. He tours a display of student
environmental projects and then participates in a Town Hall
Meeting with Linda Ellerbee later broadcast on "Nickelodeon"
where he discusses with student delegates their concerns
about the environment and their plans for an environmentally
sound future.
89 APRIL 18, 1993
New York Commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
At the Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden, the Vice
President participates in a ceremony commemorating the 50th
Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising .
Mrs. Gore travels to New Orleans, Louisiana to tour an
innovative community-based mental health program and learn
more about the area's mobile crisis transportation unit.
90 APRIL 19, 1993
The Vice President travels to Poland to participate in
ceremony marking the 50th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising.
Wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Meets with Poland's President Lech Walesa at Belweder.
Meets with members of Poland's Jewish Community, Jewish
Historical Institute
Meets with Poland's Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka, Council
of Ministers Building.
Meets with Poland's Foreign Minister Krzysztof Skubiszewski,
Council of Ministers Building.
Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Parkowa.
APRIL 19, 1993
IN POLAND -- Participates in a ceremony commemorating the
50th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Upraising at the
Monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto. The Vice
President speaks at the ceremony along with two survivors of
the ghetto uprising, President Walesa, Prime Minister Rabin,
and World Jewish Congress President Edgar Bronfman.
"How could the human race have allowed such a calamity as
the Holocaust to fall upon us? What terrible darkness lies
coiled in the human soul that might account for this
barbarism? The sorrow rising from such questions is deeper
than all tragedy and leaves us mute before a mystery the
human mind cannot penetrate. And yet the uprising of the
Warsaw Ghetto shines in our consciousness like a pole star
of the human spirit.
"The story of the Warsaw Ghetto is sacred text for our time.
It warns us of the unfathomable power of evil, the
pestilence of the human soul that for a time can dissolve
nations and devastate civilization. But the uprising in the
Ghetto also warns tyrannts wherever they rule that a fierce,
bright light blazes eternal in the human breast, that the
darkness can never be put out."
Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto
uprising in Warsaw, Poland.
91 APRIL 20, 1993
POLAND -- Address Polish Officials in speech at Parliament
"Every nation must find its own way to freedom. Every
nation must create its own institutions to preserve
democracy and find its own solutions to its internal
problems. The strength and endurance of the Polish people
have been tested in recent times; they will be tested again.
We believe with all our hearts that you will prevail. And
we will stand by you in the testing time that lies ahead."
Statement in Warsaw, Poland at the Seym (Polish
Parliament).
(Returns to Washington, D.C. April 20)
92 APRIL 21, 1993
Joins the President in commemorating Earth Day. President
Clinton announces the U.S will sign international treaty to
protect biodiversity; commits U.S. to specific targets and
timetables to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases; outlines
long-term strategy to protect the environment while
promoting economic growth and creating millions of new high-
skill, high wage-jobs.
Joins The President in meeting with President Walesa.
Mrs. Gore travels to Piscataway, New Jersey to participate
in a public hearing on national health care with Governor
Florio and the people of New Jersey.
93 APRIL 22, 1993
Meets with President Zhelyu Zhelev of Bulgaria
The Vice President and Mrs. Gore join the President in
dedication of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Meets with Romania's President Ion Iliescu
Meets with Croatian President Franjo Tudjman
Meets with Czechoslovakia's President Vaclav Havel
Mrs. Gore is the featured Speaker at the Picture of the Year
Awards presenting slides of her photographs from the
campaign.
94 APRIL 23, 1993
Meets with Hungarian President Arpad Goncz
Meets with Slovenia's President Milan Kucan
95 APRIL 24, 1993
Joins the President meeting with Democratic Senators in
Jamestown, Virginia.
Mrs. Gore travels to Raleigh, North Carolina to talk to area
graduate students about child mental health.
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