We know that this is an important period of a search for peace.

I will nominate Sam Y. Cross, Jr., of Falls Church, Va., to be U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund.

Our hope is that with rains this year and with heavier snowfall in the next winter, that 1978 might be better.

This is a step in the right direction.

We should identify as quickly as possible the best remaining candidates for inclusion in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System before they are dammed, channelized, or damaged by unwise development along their banks.

As we know now, that assumption was wrong; none of us is a stranger to environmental problems.

We share that freedom, and when the handicapped get benefits of education and a job and a purposeful life, we all share in the benefits.

We must no longer subsidize the destruction of wetlands.

Intelligent stewardship of the environment on behalf of all Americans is a prime responsibility of government.

I believe environmental protection is consistent with a sound economy.

This legislation will provide $5 billion in direct tax reduction to the American taxpayers to be implemented immediately.

This is a bill that provides immediate relief.

I will nominate Hans M. Mark, of Los Altos Hills, Calif., to be Under Secretary of the Air Force.

The civil rights of handicapped persons is not the only element of the laws that have been put into effect.

Our country needs you, and I know that you will never disappoint those who look to you for leadership.

The time for discrimination against the handicapped in the United States is over.

Protection of this country's natural resources depends in large part on the actions, leadership, and example of the federal government.

Most of the benefits in this tax reduction will go to lower- and middle-income families.