MRS. FORD and I send our warmest holiday greetings to all our fellow citizens.
We pray that the Christmas spirit of generosity and renewal will be with you throughout the coming year.
Nothing is more essential to the life of every single American than clean air, pure food, and safe drinking water.
Your leadership and sound judgment will be sorely missed.
Let us draw strength from our unity of purpose and hope from our past resourcefulness.
I am particularly and personally grateful for your unhesitating support.
Many compromises had to be made before this bill reached my desk.
You have served the Presidency and our Nation with high dedication and exceptional ability.
We reaffirm the continuing support of the United States for efforts to achieve European unity.
The cooperation between France and NATO is a significant factor in the security of Europe.
We regard it as important that all parties concerned should be better informed of their respective interests and concerns.
The personal contact and discussion in this meeting had demonstrated accord on many questions.
We must adopt consistent economic policies in order to be effective in avoiding unemployment while fighting inflation.
I am confident that our nations will reaffirm the tradition of Franco-American cooperation in great endeavors.
The friendship of our two countries spans the oceans as well as the centuries.
The Senate has demonstrated a willingness to set aside party differences when the interests of our Nation are at stake.
We must combine our efforts with those of our friends and our allies if we are to meet the challenges of the last quarter of the 20th centur...
Thank the United States Senate for approving the foreign trade bill.