An act to authorize appropriations under the Arms Control and Disarmament Act for the fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes.

I think the answer is that it is inevitable.

Since I've been in office this is the 30th session we've had with special groups who represent the major news media in our country.

The Congress has been helpful to some degree, but there is still some old, ancient, pork barrel-type legislation that really costs a lot of money and wastes a lot of money.

I don't fear any competition that I might get in 1980.

An act relating to the disposition of certain recreational demonstration project lands by the State of Oklahoma.

American Indian Religious Freedom.

ERISA was an essential step in the protection of worker pension rights.

This proposal is designed to simplify and improve the unnecessarily complex administrative requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

I am confident that this reorganization will significantly relieve much of that burden.

This plan is the culmination of our effort to streamline ERISA.

True progress is achieved when we work together to overcome our challenges and build a better future.

I, Jimmy Carter, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the year 1978, diamond jubilee anniversary of powered flight, as National Aviation Year.

What we do here today is not an end but a beginning—a beginning of a new life, a better life for us all.

Fire causes more loss of life and property in the United States than all other natural disasters combined.

This year, 1978, is the diamond jubilee anniversary of aviation.

I call upon American families and other property owners to install smoke detectors, to practice exit drills, and to be especially vigilant in guarding against fires caused by cooking and fires caused by smoking materials.

This is a good day for New York City.