My hope is that the postal reform bill as presently drafted will not get out of the Rules Committee and, if it does, that it won't pass.

I feel confident that now the regional offices will have a rapidly increasing degree of both autonomy and responsibility.

I have a great admiration for you all and a great appreciation for what you have meant for our country.

I don't think anybody could argue with those two basic principles.

I have taken a different philosophy from some of my predecessors in trying to concentrate Federal program funds in the most intensely needful areas.

Education will never get the visibility that it deserves.

I have determined that...further investigation of U.S. national security interests as they relate to bolts, nuts, and large screws is warranted.

I think we have made some good progress in the last 12 months in the Middle East.

Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1977.

I have determined that provision of import relief on U.S. imports of iron or steel lag screws or bolts would not be in the national economic interest.

It's a very discouraging and frustrating thing to be the intermediary or the messenger boy between a group of leaders in the Middle East who won't even speak to each other.

An act to amend Public Law 95-18, providing for emergency drought relief measures.

Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977.

I am pleased to submit a treaty with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

I urge the Senate to act favorably on this Agreement at an early date and give its advice and consent to ratification.

This treaty will signal our support for universal IAEA safeguards.

By participating in the set-aside programs, they help cut the oversupplies that are currently holding down prices.

If our farmers use this program, it will have a positive impact on prices, which are now too low.