Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Lunch Honoring President George H.W. Bush - Washington, D.C., 13 January 1993
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- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Lunch Honoring President George H.W. Bush - Washington, D.C., 13 January 1993
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- Draft of remarks by Senator Dole to the EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] Lunch Honoring President Bush. He comments on Bush's leadership, his signage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Paralympian, Kevin Saunders. Includes letter to Senator Dole inviting him to the luncheon.
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- 1993-12-01
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- 1993-12-01
- Congress (Dublin Core)
- 103rd (1993-1995)
- Topics (Dublin Core)
- See all items with this valuePeople with disabilities
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- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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- Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021
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- speech (document)
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- See all items with this valueBush, George, 1924-2018
- See all items with this valueDole, Robert J., 1923-2021
- See all items with this valueSaunders, Kevin, 1955-
- See all items with this valueUnited States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
- See all items with this valueUnited States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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- eng
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- https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=52&q=
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- Collection 019, Box 72, Folder 3
- Institution (Dublin Core)
- Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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- Robert J. Dole Speeches Collection, 1958-1996
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TRIBUTE TO BUSH COMMITTEE
C/O NATALIE SHEAR, 1629 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 802, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006
202-833-4456, FAX 202-775-7465
December 31, 1992
The Honorable Robert Dole
United States Senate
141 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Dole:
You are invited to attend a small private luncheon honoring the President of the United States. During his tenure as Vice President and President, George Bush has given unprecedented support to the rights and empowerment of citizens with disabilities. As Vice President, he counseled with disability rights groups on many occasions. As President, he cooperated with the disability community and a bipartisan coalition in Congress in the writing, passage and implementation of the world's first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities--the Americans With Disabilities Act. He empowered more disability community leaders in his Administration than any previous President.
Because of the leading role you played in this historic drama of democracy, your presence at the luncheon will be meaningful to the President, and will contribute to the dynamic unity of the disability community as we approach a new era of potential landmark progress.
The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 1993, 12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. in the Senate Room of the Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. No substitutes, please. RSVP to Natalie Shear, 202-833-4456 voice; 202-775-7465, fax; 202-484-1370 TDD; on or before January 8. When responding, please be prepared to provide your Social Security number and date of birth.
Sincerely,
Tony Coelho
Justin Dart
Osborn Day
Evan Kemp
Ginny Thornburgh
Pat Wright
SENATOR BOB DOLE
DRAFT REMARKS
EEOC LUNCH HONORING PRESIDENT BUSH
JANUARY 12, 1993
THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO JOIN WITH YOU IN SALUTING A MAN I AM PROUD TO CALL MY PRESIDENT AND MY FRIEND.
PRESIDENT BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR MANY THINGS: HIS VISION IN MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. HIS COURAGE IN DRAWING THE LINE IN THE SAND IN THE PERSIAN GULF. HIS LEADERSHIP IN CREATING A NEW SPIRIT OF VOLUNTARISM WHICH HAS SWEPT THE NATION. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE HISTORY BOOKS ARE WRITTEN, THEY WILL REFLECT THE FACT THAT ONE OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE CREATED FOR 43 MILLION AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES.
MANY OF YOU HERE HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE STATE MOTTO OF KANSAS--TO THE STARS THROUGH DIFFICULTIES.
AND NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, COUNTLESS MEN AND WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH THEIR STARS BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH.
LIKE MANY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, I WILL NEVER FORGET THE JULY DAY WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNED THE ADA INTO LAW. IT WAS A DAY THAT SIMPLY NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS ALSO HIS WHITE HOUSE THAT GAVE UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS AND SUPPORT TO AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES. AND IT WAS HIS PERSONAL INSISTENCE THAT LED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MORE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO KEY POSITIONS THAN IN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION--GOOD PEOPLE LIKE EVAN KEMP, JUSTIN DART, SANDY PARRINO, AND DEBBIE MCFADDEN ... TO NAME JUST A FEW.
I KNOW MANY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN HE APPOINTED ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A YOUNG MAN WHO IS ONE OF HIS NEWEST APPOINTMENTS, AND WHO IS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE.
IN OCTOBER, PRESIDENT BUSH APPOINTED KEVIN SAUNDERS OF KANSAS TO SERVE AS THE FIRST PERSON WITH A DISABILITY ON THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS.
PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN MORE THAN A DECADE AGO IN A GRAIN ELEVATOR EXPLOSION, KEVIN HAS OVERCOME ADVERSITY TO BECOME THE BEST ALL AROUND WHEELCHAIR ATHLETE IN THE WORLD, REPRESENTING AMERICA IN THE PARAOLYMPICS AND IN THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES.
KEVIN WAS IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEKEND FOR HIS FIRST MEETING AS A MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL, AND I INVITED HIM HERE TODAY SO ALL OF YOU COULD GET A CHANCE TO MEET THIS INSPIRING YOUNG MAN. KEVIN, COULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN KEVIN COMPETES IN COMPETITIONS, THE SYMBOL OF SUCCESS IS THE GOLD MEDAL.
AND I THINK IT IS VERY FITTING THAT, BEGINNING TODAY, THE SYMBOL OF SUCCESS FOR THOSE WHO SEEK TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WILL BE CALLED THE GEORGE BUSH MEDAL.
THANK YOU. -
TRIBUTE TO BUSH COMMITTEE
C/O NATALIE SHEAR, 1629 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 802, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006
202-833-4456, FAX 202-775-7465
December 31, 1992
The Honorable Robert Dole
United States Senate
141 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Dole:
You are invited to attend a small private luncheon honoring the President of the United States. During his tenure as Vice President and President, George Bush has given unprecedented support to the rights and empowerment of citizens with disabilities. As Vice President, he counseled with disability rights groups on many occasions. As President, he cooperated with the disability community and a bipartisan coalition in Congress in the writing, passage and implementation of the world's first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities--the Americans With Disabilities Act. He empowered more disability community leaders in his Administration than any previous President.
Because of the leading role you played in this historic drama of democracy, your presence at the luncheon will be meaningful to the President, and will contribute to the dynamic unity of the disability community as we approach a new era of potential landmark progress.
The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 1993, 12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. in the Senate Room of the Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. No substitutes, please. RSVP to Natalie Shear, 202-833-4456 voice; 202-775-7465, fax; 202-484-1370 TDD; on or before January 8. When responding, please be prepared to provide your Social Security number and date of birth.
Sincerely,
Tony Coelho
Justin Dart
Osborn Day
Evan Kemp
Ginny Thornburgh
Pat Wright
SENATOR BOB DOLE
DRAFT REMARKS
EEOC LUNCH HONORING PRESIDENT BUSH
JANUARY 12, 1993
THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO JOIN WITH YOU IN SALUTING A MAN I AM PROUD TO CALL MY PRESIDENT AND MY FRIEND.
PRESIDENT BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR MANY THINGS: HIS VISION IN MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. HIS COURAGE IN DRAWING THE LINE IN THE SAND IN THE PERSIAN GULF. HIS LEADERSHIP IN CREATING A NEW SPIRIT OF VOLUNTARISM WHICH HAS SWEPT THE NATION. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE HISTORY BOOKS ARE WRITTEN, THEY WILL REFLECT THE FACT THAT ONE OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE CREATED FOR 43 MILLION AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES.
MANY OF YOU HERE HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE STATE MOTTO OF KANSAS--TO THE STARS THROUGH DIFFICULTIES.
AND NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, COUNTLESS MEN AND WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH THEIR STARS BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH.
LIKE MANY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, I WILL NEVER FORGET THE JULY DAY WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNED THE ADA INTO LAW. IT WAS A DAY THAT SIMPLY NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS ALSO HIS WHITE HOUSE THAT GAVE UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS AND SUPPORT TO AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES. AND IT WAS HIS PERSONAL INSISTENCE THAT LED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MORE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO KEY POSITIONS THAN IN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION--GOOD PEOPLE LIKE EVAN KEMP, JUSTIN DART, SANDY PARRINO, AND DEBBIE MCFADDEN ... TO NAME JUST A FEW.
I KNOW MANY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN HE APPOINTED ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A YOUNG MAN WHO IS ONE OF HIS NEWEST APPOINTMENTS, AND WHO IS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE.
IN OCTOBER, PRESIDENT BUSH APPOINTED KEVIN SAUNDERS OF KANSAS TO SERVE AS THE FIRST PERSON WITH A DISABILITY ON THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS.
PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN MORE THAN A DECADE AGO IN A GRAIN ELEVATOR EXPLOSION, KEVIN HAS OVERCOME ADVERSITY TO BECOME THE BEST ALL AROUND WHEELCHAIR ATHLETE IN THE WORLD, REPRESENTING AMERICA IN THE PARAOLYMPICS AND IN THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES.
KEVIN WAS IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEKEND FOR HIS FIRST MEETING AS A MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL, AND I INVITED HIM HERE TODAY SO ALL OF YOU COULD GET A CHANCE TO MEET THIS INSPIRING YOUNG MAN. KEVIN, COULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN KEVIN COMPETES IN COMPETITIONS, THE SYMBOL OF SUCCESS IS THE GOLD MEDAL.
AND I THINK IT IS VERY FITTING THAT, BEGINNING TODAY, THE SYMBOL OF SUCCESS FOR THOSE WHO SEEK TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WILL BE CALLED THE GEORGE BUSH MEDAL.
THANK YOU. -
TRIBUTE TO BUSH COMMITTEE
C/O NATALIE SHEAR, 1629 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 802, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006
202-833-4456, FAX 202-775-7465
December 31, 1992
The Honorable Robert Dole
United States Senate
141 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Dole:
You are invited to attend a small private luncheon honoring the President of the United States. During his tenure as Vice President and President, George Bush has given unprecedented support to the rights and empowerment of citizens with disabilities. As Vice President, he counseled with disability rights groups on many occasions. As President, he cooperated with the disability community and a bipartisan coalition in Congress in the writing, passage and implementation of the world's first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities--the Americans With Disabilities Act. He empowered more disability community leaders in his Administration than any previous President.
Because of the leading role you played in this historic drama of democracy, your presence at the luncheon will be meaningful to the President, and will contribute to the dynamic unity of the disability community as we approach a new era of potential landmark progress.
The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 1993, 12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. in the Senate Room of the Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. No substitutes, please. RSVP to Natalie Shear, 202-833-4456 voice; 202-775-7465, fax; 202-484-1370 TDD; on or before January 8. When responding, please be prepared to provide your Social Security number and date of birth.
Sincerely,
Tony Coelho
Justin Dart
Osborn Day
Evan Kemp
Ginny Thornburgh
Pat Wright
SENATOR BOB DOLE
DRAFT REMARKS
EEOC LUNCH HONORING PRESIDENT BUSH
JANUARY 12, 1993
THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO JOIN WITH YOU IN SALUTING A MAN I AM PROUD TO CALL MY PRESIDENT AND MY FRIEND.
PRESIDENT BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR MANY THINGS: HIS VISION IN MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. HIS COURAGE IN DRAWING THE LINE IN THE SAND IN THE PERSIAN GULF. HIS LEADERSHIP IN CREATING A NEW SPIRIT OF VOLUNTARISM WHICH HAS SWEPT THE NATION. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE HISTORY BOOKS ARE WRITTEN, THEY WILL REFLECT THE FACT THAT ONE OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE CREATED FOR 43 MILLION AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES.
MANY OF YOU HERE HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE STATE MOTTO OF KANSAS--TO THE STARS THROUGH DIFFICULTIES.
AND NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, COUNTLESS MEN AND WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH THEIR STARS BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH.
LIKE MANY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, I WILL NEVER FORGET THE JULY DAY WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNED THE ADA INTO LAW. IT WAS A DAY THAT SIMPLY NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP.
IT WAS ALSO HIS WHITE HOUSE THAT GAVE UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS AND SUPPORT TO AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES. AND IT WAS HIS PERSONAL INSISTENCE THAT LED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MORE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO KEY POSITIONS THAN IN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION--GOOD PEOPLE LIKE EVAN KEMP, JUSTIN DART, SANDY PARRINO, AND DEBBIE MCFADDEN ... TO NAME JUST A FEW.
I KNOW MANY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN HE APPOINTED ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A YOUNG MAN WHO IS ONE OF HIS NEWEST APPOINTMENTS, AND WHO IS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE.
IN OCTOBER, PRESIDENT BUSH APPOINTED KEVIN SAUNDERS OF KANSAS TO SERVE AS THE FIRST PERSON WITH A DISABILITY ON THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS.
PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN MORE THAN A DECADE AGO IN A GRAIN ELEVATOR EXPLOSION, KEVIN HAS OVERCOME ADVERSITY TO BECOME THE BEST ALL AROUND WHEELCHAIR ATHLETE IN THE WORLD, REPRESENTING AMERICA IN THE PARAOLYMPICS AND IN THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES.
KEVIN WAS IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEKEND FOR HIS FIRST MEETING AS A MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL, AND I INVITED HIM HERE TODAY SO ALL OF YOU COULD GET A CHANCE TO MEET THIS INSPIRING YOUNG MAN. KEVIN, COULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.
WHEN KEVIN COMPETES IN COMPETITIONS, THE SYMBOL OF SUCCESS IS THE GOLD MEDAL.
AND I THINK IT IS VERY FITTING THAT, BEGINNING TODAY, THE SYMBOL OF SUCCESS FOR THOSE WHO SEEK TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WILL BE CALLED THE GEORGE BUSH MEDAL.
THANK YOU.
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