A clipping of an Oregonian newspaper article titled "AFL-CIO endorses AuCoin" by Jeff Mapes, published on October 26, 1991. As the Democratic candidate for the 1992 US Senate election in Oregon, US Congressman Les AuCoin received an endorsement from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrials Organizations (AFL-CIO).
A clipping of a Corvallis Gazette-Times newspaper article titled "AuCoin offers to debate," published on October 11, 1991. The article described US Congressman Les AuCoin's proposal to debate his challenger in the 1992 US Senate primary election in Oregon, Harry Lonsdale.
A clipping of a Bend Bulletin newspaper article titled "Packwood, AuCoin campaigns differ" by Scott Sonner, published on November 28, 1991. In the article, Sonner compares and contrasts the campaign styles of the two candidates of the 1992 US Senate Election in Oregon, incumbent Bob Packwood and challenger US Congressman Les AuCoin.
A clipping of a Springfield News article titled "Cheerio, Mr. Bush," published on December 7, 1941. Written during US Congressman Les AuCoin's time on the campaign trail for the 1992 US Senate race, the article features a photograph of Congressman AuCoin with four-year-old Justin Bush at a breakfast for Head Start students.
A clipping of a Corvallis Gazette-Times op-ed article titled "Quit making tritium, redirect spending" by US Congressman Les AuCoin, published on December 30, 1991. In the article, Congressman AuCoin criticizes the Department of Energy's then recent decision to restart the Savannah River K reactor to produce tritium for nuclear weapons, and instead calls for arms control in the context of the fall of the Soviet Union four days earlier on December 26, 1991.
A lecture by US Congressman Les AuCoin titled "Who Sends America to War?" delivered to the "Leadership and Public Policy" class at Pacific University on February 4, 1991. The class was designed to have Congressman AuCoin meet with the students for one and a half hours each month to "try to see how America works-- examining the distinctions between democratic governance in theory and as it is practiced by real people with real passions, feares, prejudices, principles, cynicism, and idealism." Discussing the Persian Gulf War, Congressman AuCoin states "The United States has unleashed the most powerful air campaign in military history and is posed for the largest tank and infantry battles in history. I find disturbing flaws in our policy. But I [sic] what I find more disturbing is President Bush's view that he, alone, has the power to wage this war-- notwithstanding the terms of the War Powers Resolution or Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution....What we have here is a President who refused to follow the law. His Administration went to ridiculous length to define 'hositilies' so as to avoid sending a report to Congress that would have triggered the War Powers Act and required an affirmative vote by Congress in order to maintain the troop development."
A video recording of KATU 2 and Northwest News news coverage of Harry Lonsdale's announcement to run for one of Oregon's US Senate seats in the 1992 race against fellow challenger US Congressman Les AuCoin and incumbent Bob Packwood.
A video featuring 1991 news coverage and a group interview with US Representatives Les AuCoin, Susan Molinari, Harley Staggers, and Jack Fields on the of the Brady Bill. Officially named the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, the Brady Bill did not officially pass into law until 1993.
A video recording primarily featuring two interviews with US Congressman Les AuCoin on gun control and the Brady Bill of 1991 (officially named the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, it was not officially passed into law until 1993) which proposed a five-day waiting period for the purchase of handguns. AuCoin, who originally opposed the bill, advocated for the bill as a form of gun control following the news of Ronald Reagan's support the bill.
A video featuring a House floor speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin advocating for a bill to extend unemployment benefits for Oregonians affected by mass layoffs, as President H. W. Bush traveled through Europe. The video also includes news coverage on the 1991 national luxury tax, especially the automobile luxury tax, enacted and signed by Congress and President H. W. Bush.
A video of the grand opening of the new Fort Clatsop Visitor Center near Astoria, Oregon, on August 28, 1991. Notably, the two candidates of the 1992 US Senate election in Oregon, US Congressman Les AuCoin and US Senator Bob Packwood, were among the guests asked to give a dedication speech. As a Congressman, AuCoin had appropriated funds for the new center, delivering his speech at the 32:30 minute mark.
A video of U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin hosting a small, televised press conference from Washington, D.C. addressing how legislation that extended unemployment benefits was likely initially defeated by President H. W. Bush for not declaring the unemployment crisis an emergency. He also discussed the Bureau of Land Management's Cy Jamison's decision to petition the Secretary of Interior to convene the "God Squad" (environmentalist members of the ESA Committee) during the early 1990s logging crisis. AuCoin took questions from Oregon reporters who called in over the phone.
A video featuring footage of U.S. representatives Les AuCoin and Peter DeFazio hosting a televised press conference addressing legislation they had helped introduce to Congress that proposed giving states the right to levy a tariff on the export of raw logs, most funds of which would directly go back into the state by investing in communities suffering from the declining logging industry. For most of the program, DeFazio and AuCoin took questions from reporters who called in over the phone.
A video primarily featuring Les AuCoin giving two short House floor speeches in November 1991. In the first speech, AuCoin advocates for proposed terms of renewing China's most favored nation status "only if China releases pro-democracy demonstrators imprisoned in China and Tibet, does not sell missiles to Syria and Iran, makes significant progress in improving human rights, preventing nuclear proliferation, removing trade barriers to US products, and ending the export of prison-made goods." In his second speech, AuCoin mentions President George H. W. Bush's 1991 trip to Rome and asserts that Oregonians would have preferred for the president to "have been in Roseburg, not Rome" to focus on extending unemployment benefits and improving economic security.
Article written by Representative Les AuCoin discussing his changing perspective on the National Rifle Association and his support for the Brady Bill. The Brady Bill, a short name for the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, mandated background checks and a waiting period for firearm purchases. Representative AuCoin had previously argued against gun control, but this 1991 article in the Washington Post marked a significant change in his position. This document is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives.
Statement by Representative Les AuCoin on November 14th, 1991 about the introduction of the Nuclear Weapons Production Termination Act. The act would have prohibited further production of tritium, plutonium, and highly enriched uranium for weapons and allocated the money saved to cleaning up environmental damaged caused by earlier production of nuclear weapons. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. See also PUA_MS147_104 for an overview of the bill. See also PUA_MS147_93 through PUA_MS147_110 for other materials related to nuclear arms control.
A summary of the Nuclear Weapon Material Production Termination Act, which was introduced by Representative Les AuCoin on November 18th, 1991. The act would have prohibited further production of tritium, plutonium, and highly enriched uranium for weapons and allocated the money saved to cleaning up environmental damaged caused by earlier production of nuclear weapons. This document discusses details of the bills, including descriptions of the nuclear materials, budget, and impact of the bill. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. See also PUA_MS147_105 for statement by Representative AuCoin on the Nuclear Weapon Material Production Termination Act. See also PUA_MS147_93 through PUA_MS147_110 for other materials related to nuclear arms control.
Typed speech by Les AuCoin declaring his candidacy for the US Senate against Senator Bob Packwood. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS 147) at the Pacific University Archives.
