PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/12/1998 - HFSID 277671
Price: $800.00
GEORGE W. BUSH
Typed letter signed as Governor, thanking a Democrat who was later elected
Governor of Maine, for supporting a plan for nuclear waste disposal in Texas
Typed Letter signed: "George W Bush" as Governor. 1 page, 6½x9½, matted and framed to
10¾x13¾. Office of the Governor, [Austin], Texas, 1998 August 12. On official letterhead
to Congressman Jon [sic] Baldacci, Washington, D.C. State seal imprinted at top. In full:
"Thank you for your continued support of the Texas Compact. Your favorable comments
every time this bill came before the House of Representatives helped to insure that Texas,
Maine and Vermont continue to move closer to the protection needed to dispose of our
low-level waste appropriately. I understand Ned Porter of your staff was invaluable in his
work on this issue. I appreciate his efforts as well. Thank you again for your hard work
on behalf of this important legislation. Sincerely". George W. Bush, the 43rd US
President and the son of the 41st, served as Governor of Texas from 1995 until his
election to national office in 2000. One of his initiatives as Governor was the Texas
Compact, an agreement by the states of Maine, Vermont and Texas for low-level,
commercial nuclear waste disposal at a site in Texas. The Compact required federal
approval, which is why Governor Bush wrote this letter to Maine's Democratic Congressman
John Baldacci. Congress passed legislation authorizing the Texas Compact, and President
Clinton signed it into law on September 20, 1998. However, no waste was actually stored
under this bill during the Bush governorship, because the Texas National Resource
Conservation Commission rejected the proposed site of the low-level waste dump. The affected
states are still grappling with the issue of nuclear waste disposal, as is the entire country. Bush
is the only U.S. President to be reelected after succeeding a two-term President of the
opposing political party. Most recently, he paired up with fellow former Commander-in-Chief
Bill Clinton to conduct an in-depth interview with Time magazine and regarding their plans for
the coming year and their take on the 2016 election. This issue of Time with Clinton and himself
on the cover will be the 31st cover he has been on since June 21, 1999. Baldacci was elected
Governor of Maine in 2003. Mailing folds. Otherwise, fine condition. Framed, not by
HistoryForSale: 7½x13. Not reviewed by us for conservation integrity. "As is"
framing purchase.
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