I have implicit trust in Judge Griffin Bell.

I will walk the straight and narrow path, Senator, between what is right and what is wrong.

This is a great day in my own life and, I believe, a great day in the life of our Nation.

I have selected, and the Senate has now confirmed, a man who will not just be an adequate Attorney General but who will be a great Attorney General.

Many natural gas systems have already largely depleted the storage fields from which they must draw to meet essential human needs if the cold weather persists.

I'm very grateful that our Chief Justice, Warren Burger, has come to administer the oath to our Attorney General.

My nomination of Elliot Richardson, with his extensive experience and abilities, testifies to the importance I personally attach to achieving success in these negotiations.

I am confident that the United States will be most ably represented in these negotiations.

But we have been slow to appreciate their increasing importance.

I think that his appointment as Secretary of HEW will be a very good place for him to demonstrate his sensitivity about this need.

The Secretary of State and I consider the Law of the Sea negotiations to be a very high priority.

The oceans comprise over two-thirds of the Earth's surface.

Time is urgently needed now both by the administration and the Congress to focus immediate attention on the present major shortages of natural gas and its substitute fuels.

President Carter does not by this withdrawal intend to imply any position on the ultimate merits or demerits of gasoline decontrol.

Although I feel close to all of them, I think the next one is the one with whom I have the deepest sense of mutual sympathy.

There will never be an instance, while I am President, when the members of the White House staff dominate or act in a superior position to the members of our Cabinet.

I want to thank the Congress for their close cooperation so far.

I believe in a Cabinet administration of our Government.