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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, April 17, 1995
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Dole opposes Foster nomination
Majority leader also criticizes movie 'Priest'
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Dr. Henry Foster's bid to be surgeon general is all but dead, according to Sen-
Dole, who said he might use his position to block a vote on the nomination.
Dole also singled out the controversial movie "Priest" for criticism and suggested political leaders have a responsibility to engage the entertainment industry in debate about the content of movies and television programs.
Bob Dole
the United States, I'm going to encourage people to turn off their TV sets and not patronize these movies," he said.
"If I'm the president of
Dole is the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and his comments broadcast yesterday on NBC's "Meet the Press" appeared aimed at conservatives who are angered by what they see as America's moral decline.
Another contender for the GOP presidential nomination, Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, reiterated his pledge yesterday to end affirmative action and balance the federal budget by the end of his first term if elected president.
The film "Priest" has generated controversy for its portrayal of some troubled Roman Catholic clerics.
"It's about a gay priest, an alcoholic priest," said Dole, a Methodist from Kansas. "It gives the impression that all Catholic priests are like these two."
He noted that protests by Catholic groups forced the film's distributor to delay its national release, which had been slated for Good Friday.
"I don't want to be a censor," he said. "My view is that shame is still an important tool in America."
On the Foster nomination, Dole said it might not even get out of committee.
"If it does, I'm not certain that I'll call it up," he said. "I'd say the nomination is 'in extremis.' It's not very viable right now."
Hearings are slated to begin May 2 before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. Only Foster and members of Congress will be called to testify.
Foster has run into opposition on Capitol Hill for understating the number of abortions he
"Things dribbled out about Foster's past record that has nothing to do with abortion. In fact, he didn't tell the truth," Dole said.
has performed.
On other Senate business, Dole said that while he still hoped to repeal a ban on 19 types of assault weapons, he had no immediate plan to try to reverse the Brady Law, which requires a waiting period for handgun purchases.
Both Dole and Gramm said they did not believe there were enough votes in Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to ban abortion. But both suggested that if elected president, they would use the executive power to limit access to abortion.
"We all know that the there is not a consensus in the party or in the country to reform the Constitution," Grammon said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "But that doesn't mean there aren't things we can do."
Gramm refused to support the Clinton administration's review of affirmative action, saying "the facts are in," and vowing to end "quotas and set-asides."
He also said he could balance the federal budget through spending cuts in four years, a proposal Dole said voters wouldn't support because it would require too severe a cut in government services.
Dole's appearance on NBC was taped Saturday in his hometown of Russell.
Dole accepts flights on corporate jets
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has flown 187 times since 1993 on private jets, most of them owned by corporations which had interest in congressional business, according to Newsweek.
The Associated Press
Senator takes 187 rides from an ally company in exchange for tax breaks
The most frequent sponsor of Dole's private flights was Archer Daniels Midland Co., an agribusiness owned by Dole ally Dwayne Andreas, Newsweek said in its April 24 edition, on
newsstands today. The magazine said Dole had sponsored tax breaks to back the company's development of ethanol.
"It is ludicrous to suggest that Senator Dole's position on any of these issues has been influenced by campaign contributions or entirely legal and fully disclosed rides on corporate planes," Dole representative Nelson Warfield told the magazine.
ADM ferried Dole on 29 flights, Newsweek said, and Dole's political committee complied with campaign finance law by reimbursing the company the equivalent of first-class airfare. But that was less than 25 percent of what it cost to operate the jet, according to Newsweek.
U. S. Tobacco Inc., which has contributed $40,000 to Dole campaigns since 1987, flew Dole on its planes 26 times, according to the magazine.
Dole has worked to hold down taxes on smokeless tobacco, *Newsweek* reported.
Dole, a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for president, also flew three times on jets owned by American Financial Corp., which is linked to Chiquita Banana, a company that benefited from Dole's urging the administration to attack European banana quotas.
There is nothing uncommon or illegal about politicians' taking such flights. But the magazine suggested Dole, of Kansas, seeks such flights more than others.
"It allows him to be both Senate majority leader and presidential aspirant, moving quickly from the Capitol to campaign stops," the magazine said. "And as a Senate power and Finance Committee member, he has helped his corporate fliers in a variety of ways."
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