The comprehensive steel agreement that we've reached is proof that the proper role of government is to be a partner in economic change, not an impediment.

Our future will be determined by how well we pass along our knowledge and our values to our children.

I'm determined to carry it out, and I'm also equally determined that it will be successful.

Failure to modernize the steel industry would lead to still greater economic and personal distress, with permanent shutdowns of major plants.

We must meet foreign competition.

No nation can be a world power, with the ability to defend itself and to deter aggression, no nation can adequately defend itself without a strong industrial base.

This bill, which had its origins in the hard work of the President's Commission on Mental Health, is a landmark piece of legislation.

I have signed H.R. 3292, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980.

The challenge of revitalizing this essential industry must be met primarily by the industry itself.

We look forward to a final report which will present in an impartial and balanced manner the facts learned by the subcommittee and the conclusions it has reached.

A healthy and modern steel industry is vital to our Nation's economy and also to our Nation's security.

I am firmly committed to the reauthorization of a strong Clean Air Act next year.

My steel program will help improve the condition of the steel industry.

The mental health systems act will encourage the provision of services for the chronically mentally ill, severely disturbed children, the elderly, minorities, and other priority population groups.

It will also, for the first time, make grants available for the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health.

I am delighted that the House of Representatives today joined the Senate in accepting the conference report on the mental health systems act.

Modernization of the American steel industry will call for high levels of investment in new plant and equipment for a number of years.

This legislation will benefit the vast majority of species which have too often been neglected.