Special International Security Assistance Act of 1979.

You and Betty have my best wishes, and my thanks on behalf of a nation which has benefited from your service.

An aroused and united country can then guarantee our vital energy security.

I am well pleased with all the changes that have been made.

The Director shall represent the President in working with State and local governments and private sector to stimulate vigorous participation in civil emergency preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery programs.

Further reductions of our combat elements in Korea should await credible indications that a satisfactory military balance has been restored and a reduction in tension is underway.

The severe impacts on our economy—and potentially on our political and social institutions—posed by the prospective oil stringencies of the 1980's have not been fully recognized.

The first lunar landing and those which followed it were due to the unique and the specialized contributions of tens of thousands of Americans.

An act to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to plan for the development of the area south of the original Smithsonian Institution Building adjacent to Independence Avenue at Tenth Street, Southwest, in the city of Washington.

I share your belief that our country's system of transportation can and must be greatly improved in the future.

Under the most difficult of circumstances you have performed your many duties superbly.

Proposed legislation to establish a solar energy development bank and proposed energy tax incentives.

I have made some major changes in my Cabinet.

I need the full support of the American people in the future.

I accept your resignation with a genuine feeling of appreciation and of recognition for your notable accomplishments as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.

I accept your resignation with great appreciation for the excellent service you have rendered at the Treasury.

Whenever the laws that the Congress charges the Secretary of HEW to execute are administered with vigor, there will be controversy.

As you return to private life, you have my personal best wishes for the future and my thanks for your distinguished service.