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Nominations are crucial to maintaining the balance of power in our government.

I hereby exempt Roy T. Sessums from mandatory retirement until October 1, 1978.

I will nominate Paula Stern, of Washington, D.C., to be a member of the United States International Trade Commission.

By the authority vested in me as President by Section 5317 of Title 5 of the United States Code, in order to place in level IV of the Executive Schedule the positions of Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State and Special Assistant to the…

We have been especially careful in natural gas legislation to protect the interests of the poor, the underprivileged, and those who don't have the flexible capability to accommodate changing prices.

This legislation, when passed, will give us a new national market, making available new supplies of natural gas which will be at a lower price than competitive foreign oil.

No. The only thing they were interested in was that I would repeat for the Congress and for the American public my interests along with theirs to protect the interests of the poor and the underprivileged.

There is no doubt that this legislation, when passed, will protect the security interests of our country.

We will work towards this end because we know the challenge that racism poses, and for more than a century we have struggled to heal its scars.

The United States cannot associate itself with the Decade so long as it endorses the patently false definition of Zionism as a form of racism.

I cannot foreclose the option that I have to act unilaterally through Executive order if the Congress does not act.

I am deeply concerned about the dollar.

I hereby transmit the annual report of the Railroad Retirement Board which summarizes its fiscal year 1977 operations under both the Railroad Retirement and Railroad Unemployment Insurance Acts.

I adhere firmly to my request that the Congress provide $126.0 billion for defense in Fiscal Year 1979.

Each of these appointees is extremely well qualified and can be expected to set a high level of public service.

I cannot, consistently with my constitutional responsibilities, sign into law a bill that in my view would weaken our national security in certain critical areas and wastes scarce defense dollars.

It is a special opportunity to reaffirm this Administration's commitment to ensuring the full participation of our Hispanic citizens in all levels of our society and government.