[THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION HELD VIA THE TELEPHONE RELAY NETWORK FOR THE DEAF.] THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release July 27, 1994 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN PHONE CALL TO DR. GLENN ANDERSON The Oval Office 10:26 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Anderson? Good morning. I want to begin by congratulating you on your appointment as the Chair of the Galludet University Board of Trustees. I also want to thank you for your great career in rehabilitation work, and your earlier help to me when I served as governor. [... NON-HEALTH CARE REFORM TEXT OMITTED. ...] DR. ANDERSON: Good morning, Mr. President. Thank you very much for your kind words. [...] Also, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your appearance at the Galludet University commencement last May. [...] THE PRESIDENT: Well, the honor was mine. I was very inspired by the students and their dreams. I also want to say how very proud I am of the strong support we have been receiving from the deaf and disabled communities on health care reform. Go ahead. DR. ANDERSON: Great. Yes, we very much care about improving health care services, and we are so glad that you have taken the lead in advocating for health care reform. Hopefully, you will also be able to remind health care providers of how important it is that they be sensitive to the needs of people with disabilities for health care services and for access to reasonable accommodations. I am very inspired by your hard work, and will do all I can to support your efforts. THE PRESIDENT: Well, of course, I will be sensitive to those things. And I think you well understand that the only way we can extend those benefits and opportunities to the disabled community is to cover all Americans. If we do that, we will be able to contain costs and empower disabled Americans to work and to live to the fullest of their abilities. [...] END 10:35 A.M. EDT