I think it's unlikely that we would mount a new effort for manned space flight to the moon or to the planets.

I feel it is binding on me to carry those commitments out.

I think that the nuclear power plants have demonstrated themselves to be safe.

I certainly wouldn't want to associate myself with the statement that Jim Eastland is an anomaly or an anachronism that needs to be purged.

Nordhaus is counsel of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

An orderly marketing agreement with Japan will considerably moderate the significantly increased exports from Japan which occurred in 1976.

We will not be the first supplier to introduce into a region newly developed, advanced weapons systems.

The United States, as a condition of sale for certain weapons, may stipulate that we will not entertain any requests for retransfers.

The virtually unrestrained spread of conventional weaponry threatens stability in every region of the world.

The United States will henceforth view arms transfers as an exceptional foreign policy implement.

I believe that the United States must take steps to restrain its arms transfers.

It is important that the remedy achieve the maximum benefit for domestic producers or workers while having the minimum impact on consumers.

I will nominate Robert L. Nelson, of Washington, D.C., to be Assistant Secretary of the Army.

But in the future the burden of persuasion will be on those who favor a particular arms sale, rather than those who oppose it.

Expected higher sales and profits should encourage American companies to expand production here and to invest in the latest available machinery.

I have concluded that an orderly marketing agreement is the most effective remedy for the injury caused by increased imports to the color television receiver industry and its employees.

I believe that the United States can and should take the first step.

This is typical, I think, of what does occur quite often unnecessarily in our government structure, but it's also a tribute to him that his persistence and his ingenuity has brought such rich dividends to the American people.