[House Document 107-39]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

107th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-39


 
                        NEW FREEDOM INITIATIVE

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

     HIS REPORT TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN AND ACCESS TO ASSISTIVE 
TECHNOLOGIES AND A QUALITY EDUCATION, AND HELP INTEGRATE AMERICANS WITH 
        DISABILITIES INTO THE WORKFORCE AND INTO COMMUNITY LIFE





February 6, 2001.--Referred jointly to the Committees on Education and 
the Workforce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, 
      Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and House 
                Administration and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, February 1, 2001.

Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Enclosed please find the blueprint for my 
``New Freedom Initiative'' to increase investment in and access 
to assistive technologies and a quality education, and help 
integrate Americans with disabilities into the workforce and 
into community life. I look forward to working with the 
Congress to ensure that these proposals are enacted into law 
and to working together to ensure that every American with a 
disability has access to the American dream.
            Sincerely,
                                                       George Bush.