Informal Exchange With Reporters
10/30/1988
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
SDI is not now, nor will I ever permit it to become, a mere bargaining chip.
The choice is communism versus freedom, and I don't care what '60 Minutes' said last night about it.
The truth is Congress must stick to its Gramm-Rudman-Hollings commitment, and do so without raising taxes.
I intend to become personally involved in meeting the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings target.