Government

I was determined to end the logjam of power in an ever centralizing Washington bureaucracy and to strengthen government at the grass roots.

For every $1 spent to fight pollution 4 years ago, we have budgeted $3.50 this year.

Nearly 4 million widows and widowers will get larger social security benefits--the full 100 percent of what was payable to the individual's late husband or wife.

It reaffirms and reinforces America's traditional efforts to assist those of our citizens who, through no fault of their own, are unable to help themselves.

I cannot responsibly approve H.R. 15657.

Steps will be taken to increase the quality and the appropriateness of services which are paid for by Medicare and Medicaid.

I believe that the Government in Washington is taking too much money out of your pocket.

It answers a long-felt need, and I am happy to give it my approval.

I am directing the Administrators of these two agencies to work in close consultation to ensure that duplication can be avoided and information can be fully shared between them as they confront this vital challenge.

That is why I vetoed a number of budget-breaking money bills yesterday.

We have stood up for the men of law and order, and we are going to for the next 4 years.

I signed S. 3507, then, as an important first step toward a more comprehensive program.

I have recently visited the sites of these recreation areas, and it is with particular pleasure that I sign the legislation which officially authorizes their establishment.

The new American majority knows that government ought to spring from the people.

We are also moving forward in mine safety.

We think we can achieve that goal. We ask for the opportunity to continue the policies that have come so far in achieving it already.

The Government should never dictate to the people what kind of education is best, but it has an obligation to provide the people with the research and the information they need to decide these matters for themselves.

We have had an all-out program in which we have had splendid cooperation from the Government agencies, from private enterprise, and from the media in working on jobs for veterans.