[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[August 1, 1992]
[Pages 2305-2311]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]




                  Appendix C / Administration of George Bush, 1992-93
           

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Appendix C--Checklist of White House Press Releases

The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press 
Secretary which are not included in this book.

Released August 4

Transcript:

Press briefing on the President's health care plan--by Gail R. Wilensky, 
Deputy Assistant to the President for Policy Development, and Kevin E. 
Moley, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services

Released August 5

Announcement:

Nomination of Robert W. Kostelka to be U.S. District Judge for the 
Western District of Louisiana

Released August 6

Transcript:

Remarks by Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater in an exchange with 
reporters

Released August 7

Announcement:

Nomination of members of the Railroad Retirement Board

Released August 8

Announcement:

President's meeting on the situation in Bosnia

Released August 10

Transcript:

Press briefing on Governor Clinton's economic plan--by Clayton Yeutter, 
Counselor to the President for Domestic Affairs

Released August 12

Statement by the President:

Completion of negotiations on the North American free trade agreement

Transcript:

Press briefing on the North American free trade agreement--by Carla A. 
Hills, U.S. Trade Representative

Released August 13

Transcript:

Remarks to State Department employees--by Secretary of State James A. 
Baker III

Transcript:

Press briefing on AIDS research, prevention, and treatment efforts--by 
Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis W. Sullivan

Statement:

Resignation from White House staff and acceptance of position as general 
chairman of the Republican National Committee--by Samuel K. Skinner, 
Chief of Staff to the President

Released August 27

Announcement:

Appointment of Robert Mosbacher as general chairman of finance for the 
Republican Party

Released August 31

Fact sheet:

U.S.-Russian agreement on highly enriched uranium

Released September 1

Announcement:

President's address to the Nation

Released September 3

Fact sheet:

``Nevada Public Lands Wilderness Act''

Fact sheet:

Small Business Administration--Hurricane Andrew disaster assistance

Released September 4

Fact sheet:

``Idaho Public Lands Wilderness Act''

Advance text:

Remarks to the community in Fredericksburg, VA

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Released September 7

Fact sheet:

``Product Liability Fairness Act''

Released September 8

Announcement:

Nomination of Paul J. Barbadoro to be U.S. District Judge for the 
District of New Hampshire

Announcement:

Nomination of Steven J. McAuliffe to be U.S. District Judge for the 
District of New Hampshire

Announcement:

Nomination of Richard E. Dorr to be U.S. District Judge for the Western 
District of Missouri

Advance text:

Remarks to the B'nai B'rith International convention

Released September 10

Announcement:

Appointment of Mark A. Shiffrin as a member of the President's Committee 
on Mental Retardation

Announcement:

Nomination of Charles J. Heringer, Jr., to be U.S. Commissioner on the 
Bear River Commission

Released September 11

Fact sheet:

Saudi F-15XP

Released September 14

Advance text:

Remarks to Vaagen Brothers Lumber employees in Colville, WA

Announcement:

Nomination of Annette L. Kent to be U.S. Marshal for the District of 
Hawaii

Fact sheet:

Caring for America's forests

Fact sheet:

The spotted owl/timber supply crisis: a chronology

Released September 15

Transcript:

Press briefing on DOE support of the President's nonproliferation 
initiative--by Secretary of Energy James Watkins

Released September 16

Announcement:

Nomination of Joe L. Heaton to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District 
of Oklahoma

Fact sheet:

``Family Leave Tax Credit Act of 1992''

Released September 17

Announcement:

Nomination of James H. Payne to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern, 
Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma

Announcement:

Nomination of Walter B. Prince to be U.S. District Judge for the 
District of Massachusetts

Announcement:

Nomination of Timothy K. Lewis to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit

Announcement:

Nomination of Kay Bailey Hutchison to be a member of the Commission to 
Promote Investment in America's Infrastructure

Fact sheet:

President Bush's record on women appointees

Released September 18

Announcement:

Nomination of Ivan Selin to be a Representative and Richard T. Kennedy 
and Jane E. Becker to be Alternate Representatives of the United States 
of America to the 36th session of the General Conference of the 
International Atomic Energy Agency

Fact sheet:

North American free trade agreement: official notification of Congress

Released September 21

Announcement:

According the personal rank of Ambassador to Robert L. Hutchings in his 
capacity as Special Adviser for East European Assistance

Announcement:

Nomination of Mark McCampbell Collins, Jr., to be U.S. Executive 
Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Announcement:

Nomination of Blaine B. Goff to be U.S. Marshal for the Southern 
District of Iowa

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Announcement:

Nomination of Charles F. Little to be U.S. Marshal for the Northern 
District of West Virginia

Fact sheet:

The challenges of our age: peacekeeping, proliferation, and prosperity

Released September 22

Announcement:

Nomination of Frank B. Hower, Jr., to be a member of the Peace Corps 
National Advisory Council

Announcement:

Nomination of Craig B. Stapleton to be a member of the Peace Corps 
National Advisory Council

Released September 23

Fact sheet:

Encouraging entrepreneurial capitalism: strengthening small businesses

Announcement:

According the personal rank of Ambassador to Richard Lee Armitage in his 
capacity as Deputy to the Coordinator for Assistance to the Commonwealth 
of Independent States

Announcement:

Nomination of Edward L. Hennessey, Jr., to be a member of the Board of 
Governors of the United Service Organizations, Inc.

Released September 25

Announcement:

Nomination of George A. O'Toole, Jr., to be U.S. District Judge for the 
District of Massachusetts

Announcement:

Nomination of Barry M. Goldwater, Sr., to be a member of the Board of 
Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation

Announcement:

Nomination of Randall Brooks to be a member of the Board of Directors of 
the Commission on National and Community Service

Announcement:

Nomination of John W. Gillis to be a member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission

Fact sheet:

``Federal Pay Reduction Act of 1992''

Released September 28

Fact sheet:

The President's Agenda for American Renewal: combating violent crime

Statement:

Ceremony for initialing the North American free trade agreement--by 
Press Secretary Fitzwater

Released September 30

Announcement:

Nomination of Wayne Arthur Schley to be a Commissioner on the Postal 
Rate Commission

Fact sheet:

Child support enforcement initiative: Project KIDS

Announcement:

Nomination of Paul S. Sarbanes to be United States Representative to the 
General Assembly of the United Nations

Released October 1

Announcement:

Nomination of Thomas J. Tauke to be a member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.

Fact sheet:

The President's program to encourage ethanol use in meeting the 
environmental goals of the Clean Air Act

Released October 2

Announcement:

Nomination of William P. Dimitrouleas to be U.S. District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida

Announcement:

Nomination of Henry W. Saad to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan

Released October 5

Announcement:

Nomination of Donald E. Vinson to be U.S. Representative on the South 
Pacific Commission

Announcement:

Nomination of Roland I. Perusse to be U.S. Deputy Commissioner on the 
Commission for the Study of Alternatives to the Panama Canal

Announcement:

Nomination of Geraldine R. Gennet to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia

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Released October 6

Announcement:

The President's 1993 annual Points of Light awards program

Released October 7

Transcript:

Remarks of Prime Minister Carlos Salinas of Mexico at the initialing 
ceremony for the North American free trade agreement in San Antonio, TX

Transcript:

Remarks of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada at the initialing 
ceremony for the North American free trade agreement in San Antonio, TX

Transcript:

Press briefing on the North American free trade agreement--by U.S. Trade 
Representative Carla A. Hills

Fact sheet:

San Antonio meeting and the initialing of the North American free trade 
agreement

Statement:

Disaster assistance for the State of Florida as a result of tornadoes 
which struck on October 3--by Press Secretary Fitzwater

Announcement:

Nomination of John J. McKenna to be U.S. Marshal for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania

Announcement:

Appointment of Mary D. Fisher as a member of the National Commission on 
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Released October 8

Announcement:

Nomination of James C. Lin to be a member of the President's Committee 
on the National Medal of Science

Announcement:

Nomination of David M. Mulcahy to be a member of the President's Export 
Council

Announcement:

Nomination of Charles R. Lee to be a member of the President's National 
Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

Announcement:

Nomination of Ray E. Witter to be a member of the Chemical Safety and 
Hazard Investigation Board

Announcement:

Nomination of David M. Brewer to be a member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation

Released October 13

Announcement:

Nomination of 22 individuals to be members of the National Commission on 
Measured Responses to Achieve a Drug-Free America by 1995

Released October 14

Announcement:

Appointment of Juana Dainis and Robert D. Segura as members of the 
President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic 
Americans

Fact sheet:

Emergency suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act

Announcement:

Appointment of Eugene F. Yeates as Executive Director of the President's 
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

Released October 15

Announcement:

Appointment of Paul Findley, Christopher Hicks, and William Hodges 
Mobley as members of the Board for International Food and Agricultural 
Development

Announcement:

Appointment of Harold T. Shapiro as a member of the President's Council 
of Advisors on Science and Technology

Released October 19

Fact sheet:

President Bush's record on Hispanic appointments

Released October 21

Announcement:

Appointment of Huda Bingham Jones as a member of the Commission on 
Presidential Scholars

Announcement:

Nomination of John H. Harriman to be a member of the National Advisory 
Board on Public Service

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Released October 23

Announcement:

Nomination of Richard J. Wall to be a member of the Board of Visitors to 
the U.S. Military Academy

Announcement:

Emergency appropriations for Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, and Labor

Fact sheet:

Executive order to promote open bidding on Federal and federally funded 
construction projects

Announcement:

According the rank of Ambassador to Edward L. Lacey as head of 
delegation to the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention Verification 
Conference

Released October 25

Transcript:

Press briefing on availability of Vietnamese records relating to POW-
MIA's--by Gen. John W. Vessey, USA ret., Presidential Emissary to Hanoi 
for POW-MIA Affairs, and Senators John McCain and John Kerry

Released October 26

Transcript:

Remarks on poll results at Stapleton Airport in Denver, CO--by Press 
Secretary Fitzwater

Released October 30

Announcement:

Signing of H.R. 429, the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992

Transcript:

Remarks and question-and-answer session in St. Louis, MO--by Gov. 
William Donald Schaefer of Maryland

Released November 6

Statement:

White House staff's transition cooperation

Released November 16

Announcement:

Appointment of Keith M. Kaneshiro as a member of the National Commission 
on Measured Responses to Achieve a Drug-Free America by 1995

Announcement:

Appointment of Mike Moore as a member of the National Commission on 
Measured Responses to Achieve a Drug-Free America by 1995

Announcement:

Appointment of Thomas Neal Tripp as a member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

Released November 18

Announcement:

Appointment of Patricia Diaz Dennis as Commissioner-Observer on the 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Released November 19

Statement:

President's visit to his mother in Greenwich, CT--by Press Secretary 
Fitzwater

Statement:

Death of the President's mother, Mrs. Prescott Bush--by Press Secretary 
Fitzwater

Released November 20

Transcript:

Press briefing on the agreement on trade with the European Community 
Commission--by U.S. Trade Representative Carla A. Hills and Secretary of 
Agriculture Edward R. Madigan

Released November 24

Statement:

Foreign access to U.S. ports--by Press Secretary Fitzwater

Released December 2

Announcement:

President's Environment and Conservation Challenge Awards

Released December 3

Statement:

Signing ceremony for the North American free trade agreement--by Press 
Secretary Fitzwater

Released December 8

Announcement:

Recess appointment of Pauline Crowe Naftzger as Alternate Representative 
of the United States of America on the Executive Board of the United 
Nations Children's Fund

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Released December 9

Announcement:

Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

Released December 11

Announcement:

Presidential Medal of Freedom citations

Released December 22

Statement:

President's trip to Somalia--by Press Secretary Fitzwater

Announcement:

Appointment of Susan Porter Rose as a member of the Commission of Fine 
Arts

Released December 23

Announcement:

Appointment of Albert V. Casey as a member of the National Commission to 
Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry

Released December 30

Fact sheet:

START II treaty

Announcement:

Recess appointment of Robert F. Goodwin as a Commissioner on the 
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada

Announcement:

Recess appointment of Norman D. Shumway as a member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation

Released December 31

Announcement:

Recess appointment of David P. Prosperi as a member of the Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting

Announcement:

Recess appointment of Jeannette Louise Naylor as a member of the Board 
of Directors of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

Released January 1

Fact sheet:

START II treaty

Fact sheet:

Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation 
on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms

Fact sheet:

Update on the START treaty

Released January 6

Transcript:

Press briefing on the budget--by Richard G. Darman, Director, Office of 
Management and Budget

Released January 7

Fact sheet:

Forest Service study reports: Red River, KY; Greenbrier River, WV; and 
Pyramid Peak Planning Area, CA

Fact sheet:

``Colorado Public Lands Wilderness Act''

Fact sheet:

``Montana Public Lands Wilderness Act''

Released January 8

Announcement:

Appointment of Vincent H. Dreeszen as the U.S. Representative on the 
Kansas-Nebraska Big Blue River Compact Administration

Released January 11

Announcement:

Designation of Paul A. Vander Myde as Vice Chairman of the 
Administrative Conference of the United States

Released January 12

Announcement:

Appointment of Richard A. Hauser as a member of the Board of Directors 
of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

Statement:

President's physical examination--by Burton J. Lee III, Physician to the 
President

Released January 15

Announcement:

Appointment of Robert Zoellick as a member of the Board of Directors of 
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Announcement:

Appointment of William D. Novelli as a member of the Enterprise for the 
Americas Board


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Announcement:

Appointment of John Robert Longenecker as Transition Manager of the 
United States Enrichment Corporation

Released January 19

Announcement:

Appointment of John Patrick Schmitz as a U.S. Representative on the 
Joint Committee on the Environment between the United States and the 
Republic of Panama

Announcement:

Appointment of David Abshire as a member of the National Commission on 
Defense and National Security