[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 25 (Monday, June 27, 1994)]
[Page 1337]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Exchange With Reporters Prior to a Meeting With the Democratic Nominee 
for California Governor

June 23, 1994

    The President. Let me say first it's a pleasure for me to have 
Kathleen Brown here in the White House, to have an opportunity to talk 
about the many issues and challenges facing California, what we can do 
to work on them together. I want to congratulate her on her win in the 
primary, and I look forward to working with her.

California Gubernatorial Campaign

    Q. Are you planning to campaign for Ms. Brown?
    The President. If she asks me to, I will. That's up to her.
    Ms. Brown. I'm asking. I'm asking. [Laughter] Come ride our bus.
    The President. I'm in California a lot, you know, and I expect to be 
back a lot. And I'm encouraged by the signs that our economic program is 
beginning to take hold in California. I'm encouraged by the very rapid 
work that was done to get the investments into southern California after 
the quake. I'm encouraged by a lot of the work that's being done in 
defense conversion in California. And I'm encouraged by the increasing 
exports coming out of California and going into the rest of the world. 
But there's still an awful lot to be done, so I expect to be there quite 
a lot.

World Cup

    Q. What about the World Cup?
    The President. I'm elated, aren't you? That's right, the United 
States won in California. It's great. I'm so excited about it. I went to 
the opening game in Chicago, you know, between Germany and Bolivia. And 
my daughter got me interested in soccer years ago, but I'm about to get 
totally hooked.
    I like this American team. You know, it reminds me of my campaign: 
They're kind of the underdogs, and they're coming on, and I'm really 
very hopeful for them now.

Note: The President spoke at 6:15 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White 
House. A tape was not available for verification of the content of this 
exchange.