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Subject: Gore Text on Industry and Jobs
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Subject: GORE SAYS BUSH FAILS AEROSPACE INDUSTRY AND WORKERS
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Clinton/Gore Email
9 A-M (EDT) FRIDAY
October 23, 1992
In second major speech on space, aerospace policy:
GORE SAYS BUSH FAILS AEROSPACE INDUSTRY AND WORKERS
OUTLINES PLAN FOR ACTION TO STRENGTHEN INDUSTRY, PRESERVE JOBS
MELBOURNE, FL - The U.S. aerospace industry and American jobs
are threatened by the failed policies of the Bush-Quayle
Administration, said Sen. Al Gore, D-TN, offering a new approach to
strengthen the industry and America's civil space program in a speech
at the Florida Institute of Technology near Cape Canaveral and at the
U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
"The time when we could assume continued American supremacy in
aerospace is gone. And President Bush's hands-off economic policies
have dangerously weakened the ability of American aerospace to fight
back," said Gore, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee's
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, which has jurisdiction
over NASA.
"During his Administration, President Bush has had the
opportunity to take steps needed to reinvigorate our aerospace
industry. He never recognized that opportunity and never responded,"
said Gore, in the second of two major policy speeches focusing on the
civil space program and the aerospace industry.
"He has failed to provide U.S. aircraft manufacturers with a
level playing field on the international market. He has failed to
invest in new technologies needed to maintain the competitiveness of
U.S.-built aircraft. And, President Bush has failed to create an
economic climate in which American business, including our domestic
airline industry, can compete and prosper," said Gore.
Gore outlined specific action that would be taken by a
Clinton-Gore Administration to strengthen America's aerospace
industry and the civilian space program and to increase investment in
advanced aeronautics technologies:
* Investing in NASA's aeronautical research and technology
policies;
* Increased emphasis on the development of new subsonic aircraft
technologies;
* A new approach to developing advanced technology by renewing the
civilian technology base.
-- creating 170 market-driven manufacturing centers to
help American manufacturers attain global economic
leadership,
-- reinvesting every dollar cut from defense research and
development into federal civilian R&D and generic
technology programs,
-- helping communities hit hard by defense cuts by
creating at least 25 Manufacturing Extension Centers --
Regional Alliances -- that will employ the expertise of
our defense industry and scientists in civilian technology
and manufacturing programs.
* Creating a defense conversion plan to help companies make the
transition from military contractor to commercial contractor;
* Supporting the state-of-the-art aeronautical testing facilities,
including subsonic, advanced supersonic, and hypersonic wind
tunnels.
"Under the Bush-Quayle Administration policies, U.S. aircraft
manufacturers are losing market share. Testimony before Congress
earlier this year put the U.S. share of the large civil transport
aircraft market at 70 percent, down from 90 percent in 1980.
Industry experts have said that without action to strengthen NASA's
aeronautical research program, the U.S. market share could fall
another 10 points," said Gore.
"America cannot continue to rely on trickle-down technology
from the military to maintain the competitiveness of our high-tech
and manufacturing industries. Civilian industry, not the military,
is the driving force behind technology today," said Gore.
Gore also reprised from earlier this week his criticism of the
Bush-Quayle Administration's space policy, saying that "because of
the failed policies of the last four years, our national space
program is as lost as a satellite thrown out of orbit" and that
"George Bush and Dan Quayle have perilously weakened our space
program."
"By failing to set priorities within NASA, by failing to make
investments that strengthen the space program and create new jobs,
the Bush-Quayle Administration has weakened every component of that
program," said Gore
Gore said that he and Governor Bill Clinton would make the
space program more cost-effective and flexible, "spending more wisely
in line with established priorities [that] will enable us to preserve
jobs and ensure that the United States remains a leader in space."
Space science should be a priority for NASA, Gore said.
Gore also reinforced the Clinton-Gore support to move forward
to complete the Space Station Freedom, the Advanced Solid Rocket
Motor program, and to upgrade our existing fleet of expandable launch
vehicles and invest in the future of America's commercial launch
industry.
The Florida Institute of Technology is the first school in the
country to offer a degree in space technology. Many of its graduates
go on to work at NASA, Grumman, Lockheed, and Martin Marietta. The
school is located about 25 miles south of Cape Canaveral. Gore
echoed his remarks in Florida during a visit later in the day to the
U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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