A video recording of an episode of America's Defense Monitor titled "Can America Be Defended?" hosted by the WHMM television station in Washington, D.C. The program interviews experts on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) "Star Wars" and Global Protection Against Limited Strikes (GPALS) programs. U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin, an advocate for arms control, appears at the 1:20, 7:35, 11:18, 16:12, 22:47, minute marks.
A video featuring footage of Les AuCoin hosting a small, televised press conference in Washington D.C. to discuss the 1993 federal budget, "America's first post-Cold War budget for our nation and for our people," that was to be debated the next day. AuCoin advocates for a federal budget that invests in the economy, infrastructure, and education. AuCoin is joined by Ginny Markell of the Oregon Parent Teacher Association and Cindy Weeldreyer of Lane Community College's Board of Education. For a portion of the, AuCoin took questions from Oregonians (likely reporters) who called in over the phone.
A video featuring US House of Representatives consideration footage on the 1993 federal budget, including a "Walls Down" bill, an initiative seemingly led by Congressman John Conyers, Jr. of Michigan, which aimed to add more highway, housing, mass transit, airport improvement, and Social Security jobs to the federal budget than proposed by President H. W. Bush in 1992. US Congressman Les AuCoin notably appears at the 8:30 minute mark discussing the hypothetical reasons for a potential veto by President H. W. Bush. At the 24:50 mark, AuCoin advocates for a peace dividend -- decreased defense spending -- in the budget, the reduction of budget deficits, and investments in education spending.
A video compilation primarily featuring KOIN 6, KGW 8, and KATU 2 news coverage of US Congressman Les AuCoin and other members of Congress during the 1992 House banking scandal in Congress, of which AuCoin was later cleared of any wrongdoing by the US Department of Justice. In 1992, an investigation discovered that hundreds of members of Congress had overdrafted their House bank accounts numerous times, although it was found that the vast majority did so unintentionally -- as the House bank system did not properly alert members of their overdrafts and delayed processing deposits -- and did not break any laws. Other footage featured in the video includes news coverage of the Packwood's "outburst" -- pushing a camera lens away with his hands -- after he noticed he was being recorded by a Bob Squier film crew hired by the Les AuCoin 1992 Senate campaign.
A video recording primarily featuring US House of Representatives consideration footage for a defense spending bill in 1992. US Congressman AuCoin notably appears at the 14:50, 29:00, and 33:50 minute marks asserting that high, status quo military spending was unnecessary following the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. AuCoin instead advocates for investing in education programs such as Head Start and the Pell Grant program so that "our kids can acquire not only values but the kind of training that will meet the new threat, the threat in the 21st century, and that's a security threat." At the 1:01:20 minute mark, AuCoin uses a chart to criticize the structure of the federal budget in the 1980s, what he calls "the grand heist of the '80s. Where we had the largest transfer of wealth from the middle class and from the working poor to the richest of the rich, perhaps in my lifetime." At the 1:06:00 minute mark, in House footage from a separate day, AuCoin discusses the "junk bond king" Michael Milken financial scandal and Milken's settlement with federal banking regulators. At the 1:38:15 minute mark, AuCoin advocates for the northern spotted owl and expresses disappointment over the Bush administration's delay in implementing a recovery plan.
A video featuring a Les AuCoin campaign ad paid for by the AuCoin for Senate Committee during the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The ad, titled "Pentagon," states that AuCoin wrote legislation to cut the Star Wars program, and highlights his goals to rebuild the economy and cut military spending.
A video featuring a Les AuCoin campaign ad paid for by the AuCoin for Senate Committee during the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The ad, titled "Town," highlights AuCoin's childhood and his efforts to help working class families in Oregon by advocating to improve public schools and bring tax breaks for working families. While AuCoin defeated Lonsdale in the Democratic primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood.
A video recording of C-SPAN's "Democratic Candidates Debate" during the 1992 Senate race in Oregon. Hosted at the City Club of Portland, the candidates in the debate included US Congressman Les AuCoin and scientist and businessman Harry Lonsdale. Topics featured in the debate included the decline of the timber industry, the House banking scandal, public school funding, unemployment, the healthcare system, middle income tax breaks, women's health and abortion rights, social security, the federal budget, defense spending, campaign spending, the B-2 program, the MAX light rail service in Portland, the Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill scandal, the Cold War, the Star Wars program, the issue of Lonsdale not releasing his tax returns, and the minimum wage. While AuCoin defeated Lonsdale in the Democratic primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood.
A video of an anti-Harry Lonsdale campaign ad paid for by the AuCoin for Senate Committee during the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The ad, titled "Eyes," criticizes Lonsdale for his "blatantly misleading and deceptive" anti-Les AuCoin campaign ad, and his refusal to release his tax returns. While AuCoin defeated Lonsdale in the Democratic primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood.
A video of an anti-Harry Lonsdale campaign ad paid for by the AuCoin for Senate Committee during the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The ad, titled "Save," criticizes Lonsdale for stating that "the American worker is overpaid," and contrasts Lonsdale's statement with AuCoin's support for family wage jobs. While AuCoin defeated Lonsdale in the Democratic primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood. Nearly identical to PUA_MS147_vid_049, this version lacks music and seems to be an unfinalized draft.
A video of an anti-Harry Lonsdale campaign ad paid for by the AuCoin for Senate Committee during the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The ad, titled "Save," criticizes Lonsdale for stating that "the American worker is overpaid," and contrasts Lonsdale's statement with AuCoin's support for family wage jobs. While AuCoin defeated Harry Lonsdale in the Democratic primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood.
A video recording primarily featuring House consideration for HR 3090, the Family Planning Amendments Act of 1992. At the 28:33 minute mark, Congressman Les AuCoin appears on the House floor and advocates for the bill, sharing how "the board of Planned Parenthood of Columbia Willamette in Oregon voted to give up its half a million dollar Title X grant, one quarter of its budget, rather than comply with the institutional, medical malpractice that the White House, through the gag rule is imposing on this country. Why is medical malpractice government imposed? Because healthcare professionals at Title X programs are not permitted to give pregnant women the information they need to make informed medical decisions. That's wrong, we can stop that by passing this bill." From the 30 minute mark on is miscellaneous house remarks unrelated to a singular piece of legislation. At the 38 minute mark, Congressman AuCoin discusses corporate greed, discussing how, despite the fact that the US was experiencing a relatively poor economy with high unemployment, corporate executive compensation had only risen; he asserts that the "the Securities and Exchange Commission should require full disclosure of financial packages to the shareholders of these companies."
A compilation of video clips featuring remarks and votes on the US House of Representatives floor in 1992. Congressman Les AuCoin notably appears at the very beginning of the video, discussing a Rules Committee rule that prevented amendments from being debated and voted on on the House floor. At the 12:00 minute mark, AuCoin advocates for a pro-arms control amendment of his which centered around the US disarming their tactical nuclear weapons. From the 22:00 minute mark on, House consideration takes place on what is referred to as the "AuCoin amendment" -- at the 38:50 minute mark, AuCoin explains this amendment, which seemed to have proposed clarifications for the Military Health Care Initiatives Act of 1992 and strengthened abortion rights for military women serving abroad.
A video of an anti-Harry Lonsdale campaign ad paid for by the AuCoin for Senate Committee during the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The ad centers around newspaper articles in which Lonsdale allegedly defended the Rajneesh movement and Rajneeshpuram commune in Oregon. While AuCoin defeated Lonsdale in the Democratic primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood.
A video of a Les AuCoin campaign ad for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. Paid for by the Realtors Political Action Committee, the ad is titled "Courage" and mentions the endorsements of The Bulletin and The Oregonian for AuCoin's campaign.
A video of a Les AuCoin campaign ad for the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The ad contrasts AuCoin to Harry Lonsdale, his opponent in the Democratic primary. While AuCoin defeated Lonsdale in the Democratic primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood.
An anti-Harry Lonsdale campaign advertisement paid for by the AuCoin for Senate Committee during the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The ad is titled "Sustain" and discusses Lonsdale's record with logging environmental groups. While AuCoin defeated Lonsdale in the Democratic primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood.
A video of a Les AuCoin campaign ad for the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The video features Dr. Elizabeth Newhall, who expresses her support for Les AuCoin on the basis of his track record supporting women's health and abortion rights. In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood.
A video recording of a Les AuCoin campaign ad for the Democratic primary for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. The ad contrasts AuCoin to Harry Lonsdale, his opponent in the Democratic primary. While AuCoin defeated Lonsdale in the Democratic Primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood.
A video featuring a Les AuCoin campaign advertisement for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. In the video, AuCoin states: "Whatever else you've heard in this campaign, there are some fundamental values at stake. For me, they come down to what sort of country we want to be. I believe in a country where the Supreme Court defends, not attacks, a woman's right to choose. Where the gun lobby is beaten, and illegal handguns are kept off our streets, and where a growing economy means family wage jobs for working Americans. On Tuesday, let's look beyond the name calling. Judge me on the values you and I have always shared." In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Bob Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. This ad was produced following a swarm of attack ads against the AuCoin campaign.
A video featuring several Les AuCoin campaign ad outtakes for the 1992 Senate election in Oregon. In the video, AuCoin states: "Whatever else you've heard in this campaign, there are some fundamental values at stake. For me, they come down to what sort of country we want to be. I believe in a country where the Supreme Court defends, not attacks, a woman's right to choose. Where the gun lobby is beaten, and illegal handguns are kept off our streets, and where a growing economy means family wage jobs for working Americans. On Tuesday, let's look beyond the name calling. Judge me on the values you and I have always shared." In 1992, US Congressman Les AuCoin campaigned for Bob Packwood's US Senate seat, ultimately losing to Packwood. This ad was produced following a swarm of attack ads against the AuCoin campaign.
A video compilation of PBS NewsHour and C-SPAN coverage of the 1992 Senate primary elections in Oregon. The first 34 minutes of the video includes footage of PBS NewsHour covering the Bosnian War, as well as the conflict in the early 1990s in Oregon between environmentalists concerned about protecting the northern spotted owl and the members of the logging industry who argued that the Endangered Species Act and its regulations reduced the number of jobs for timber workers. Congressman AuCoin appears at the 31:50 minute mark of the video, expressing his support for the Endangered Species Act. Various C-SPAN interviews and news stories of the 1992 Senate primary election in Oregon span from the 35:00 minute mark to the end of the video. Footage of AuCoin interacting with voters at the AFL-CIO Trade Show in Portland is at the 1:13:00 minute mark, and he is interviewed by C-SPAN at the 1:22:50 minute mark.
A video featuring a KATU 2 Sunday NW interview of US Congressman Les AuCoin on his decision to leave his position in the House of Representatives to run for Bob Packwood's seat in the US Senate in the 1992 election. Topics discussed in the interview include the Housing Bank scandal, environmental policy and the Endangered Species Act, the timber industry in Oregon, abortion rights, the federal budget and military spending, school funding, Anita Hill's Testimony, gun control, and the 1992 presidential election.
A video compilation mostly featuring footage of a session of Congress in which members of the U.S. House of Representatives discuss various topics, including what is presumably the United States-China Act of 1992 (S. 2808 and H.R. 5318), which proposed that the the United States should avoid extending normal standards of trade with China until the Chinese government recognized the deaths and released imprisoned protestors of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. US Congressman Les AuCoin appears at the 1:31:50 minute mark, stating: "This bill does not kill MFN. Under the Pease-Mitchell Bill, Most Favored Nation status is right there for the taking for the Chinese government. They just have to do two things: account for the missing pro-democracy protesters from Tiananmen Square, and release the others who have been rotting in prisons after that bloody massacre at the square.... How can any freedom loving senator or congressman ignore the plight and the bravery of the Chinese protestors in Tiananmen Square?" At the 1:34:40 minute mark, AuCoin again appears, this time asking a question relating to a budget bill affecting the city of Portland and the US Forest Service. From the 1:34:40 minute mark to the end of the video, various clips of television programs are featured, including advertisements and ABC World News Tonight and Nightline. Coverage of the candidates of the 1992 Senate primary election in Oregon, Les AuCoin and Harry Lonsdale, appear around the 1:52:00 minute mark.
