President Carter's mother, Lillian Carter, will visit the Sahel region of West Africa as an emissary of the President.

We are all sobered by this reminder that, so late in the 20th century, a person can be sent to jail simply for asserting his basic human rights.

We don't expect to solve all the problems of the world, but we do expect to leave the economic summit with a more thorough understanding.

All of the information contained in this report is available to Congress during annual appropriations and oversight hearings.

I recognize the economic interdependence of the people of the world.

This visit will last 2 days.

We leave this morning for two trips combined into one.

I will nominate William K. Smith, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Railway Association for a 6-year term.

I will nominate Jane Hurt Yarn, of Atlanta, Ga., to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality.

I recommend that the statutory reporting requirement for this report be changed from once every year to once every three years.

This is a sober time.

The Commission shall conduct a comprehensive review of retirement, survivor, and disability programs existing in the United States.

I urge the Committee to exercise its authority to extend the ratification deadline for ERA.

There is established the President's Commission on Pension Policy.

I will nominate George M. Lane, of Westminster, Mass., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Yemen Arab Republic.

I am hopeful that ERA will be ratified before the present deadline expires.

Justice and fairness are essential for the health and stability of our society.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.