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Subject: ==> Albert Gore Biographic Info
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Date: Friday, 16 Oct 1992 00:42:44 CDT
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                           SENATOR AL GORE

      In his l6 years representing the people of Tennessee, Senator Al
 Gore has been recognized as a national leader confronting America's
 most serious issues:  including the environment, health care, arms
 control and strengthening America's economy by ensuring that American
 companies are competitive in the high technologies that mean jobs.

      An outspoken advocate for the environment who has gained
 international recognition for his leadership, Gore served as Chairman
 of the U.S. Senate delegation to the Earth Summit.  He is the author
 of groundbreaking legislation and of a nationally best- selling book,
 Earth in the Balance:  Ecology and the Human Spirit, which outlines
 an innovative plan of action to confront the global environmental
 crisis.

      In what has been described as the single most important step
 America can take to become more competitive in the international
 marketplace, the high performance computing act is legislation Gore
 crafted and steered to passage that is creating the first national
 high-speed computer network--an "information superhighway,"  linking
 America's most powerful computers with schools and research centers.
 He also is the author of legislation to develop and disseminate new
 technologies to improve manufacturing and create jobs, improve health
 care and education, and to protect the environment.

      Gore has led the effort to provide real tax relief for middle
 income families, introducing the Gore-Downey Working Family Tax
 Relief Act.  And, to protect American children, Gore has led
 investigations into the mislabeling of food and toys hazardous to
 children and the prevalence of inadequate nutrition.

      Gore's health care record includes groundbreaking legislation
 that has created the first national organ donor network to match
 organ donors and recipients.  It is Gore's legislation that
 strengthened the warning labels on cigarettes and that for the first
 time placed warning labels on alcoholic beverages, to help warn
 pregnant women of the dangers of drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

      On arms control issues, Gore is recognized as a leading
 Congressional expert with his proposals now serving as the basis for
 key arms control agreements.  Gore voted to authorize the use of
 force in the war against Iraq and was the first in Congress to call
 on the Bush-Quayle Administration to recognize and respond to the
 plight of the Kurds and the Shiites after the war ended.

      Gore was born March 31, 1948.  After graduating from Harvard, he
 served in Vietnam with the U.S. Army.  He worked as a reporter and
 editorial writer for The Tennessean in Nashville before being elected
 to Congress in 1976.  He was elected to the Senate in 1984.  He is
 married to the former Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Atcheson and they have
 four children Karenna, Kristin, Sarah, and Albert III.


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