I believe that this program can be an effective business development tool for small minority enterprises.

I will sorely miss your wise counsel and sharp judgment in the difficult and complex times ahead.

It's time America listened to you again, respected you again, and rewarded your effort and excellence with salaries that will encourage our best young people to follow in your footsteps.

There's nothing the matter with our children, and I'd like to make it plain once and for all: There's nothing the matter with America's teachers.

Reform of the Fair Housing Act is a necessity that is acknowledged by all.

No person in the United States should be denied full freedom of choice in the selection of housing because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Effective enforcement of our Nation's fair housing laws is . . . essential to ensuring equal opportunity.

Science, as we know, has always had a special international character, and the advancement of science can make profound contributions to freedom and prosperity around the world.

International collaboration can help advance many of our own national interests.

Science and technology are an essential part of that relationship and I have taken steps recently to ensure that China has improved access to the U.S. technology it needs for its economic modernization goals.

I ask that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the two Protocols so that ratification by the United States can be effected at an early date.

America is a wealthy nation, but our wealth is not unlimited.

The problem we set out to solve back when we inherited those record inflation and interest rates was not government doing too much for the needy, but government doing too much for the non-needy.

Low-income Americans are receiving more food assistance in 1983 than ever before in history.

Nothing was more cruel for them than those back-to-back years of double-digit inflation.

Helping those who truly need assistance is what fairness in government spending should be all about.

This will include stiff fines up to $50,000 for a first offense and $100,000 for a second offense.

America is heading in a better direction today than before.