I urge Americans to become better acquainted with the institutions that make up the United Nations.

I am confident the courage and determination shown by the Senate today will prevail in the week ahead.

The systematic extermination of millions of human beings by the Nazis during World War II was the most terrible crime in all recorded history.

I applaud the passage of S. 9, which is an important part of our energy program.

I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 12240, the Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1979.

I pledge that the executive agencies will continue their cooperation with the intelligence oversight committees of Congress.

I am signing into law today S. 9, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978.

This act symbolizes the recent achievements of the Congress that broaden and intensify oversight of intelligence activities through a cooperative effort with the executive agencies.

Today I have signed H.R. 13468, which makes appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia.

I would like to express particular commendation to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the House and Senate Armed Services Committees.

I have today signed House Joint Resolution 1014, designating April 28 and 29, 1979, as 'Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust.'

I favor the establishment of a formula which would consider the various factors involved in the Federal presence to determine the appropriate amount of the payment each year.

I intend to treat both of these provisions as 'report and wait' requirements.

The dates chosen by Senator Danforth and embodied in this resolution thus aptly symbolize both the horror of genocide and the imperative to fight against it.

To be performed without the approval of the President.

I will nominate Peter Wolf to the District of Columbia Superior Court.

This reflects our Nation's wholehearted conviction that the lessons of the Holocaust must never be forgotten.

This framework concerns the principles and some specifics, in the most substantive way, which will govern a comprehensive peace settlement.