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

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.

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

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

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

We have experienced in the last number of months, the worst drought in more than 40 years.

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 have seen many Members of the Congress work long hours on this very fine legislation.

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

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

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

This is a step in the right direction.

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

One of the most pleasant things for a Member of Congress or a President is to be able to reduce taxes.

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

To halt the degradation of the urban environment and to conserve and develop its rich historic and physical resources, the place to begin is with the neighborhoods themselves.

The time has come for the principle of majority rule to be the basis for political order.

We will cooperate more closely with the newly influential countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.