Ronald Reagan: “H.R. 1567 could expose the United States to unwarranted financial liability.”

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.