I wish to make clear my understanding that sections 252(a) (1) and (2) of the amended act do not preclude me or future Presidents from exercising our authority to supervise the execution of the law.
Statement on Signing the Bill To Increase the Federal Debt Ceiling
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I am delighted that later today I'll have the opportunity to welcome President Gorbachev to the United States and extend to him the hospitality and good wishes of the American people.
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.
I expressed to President Gorbachev my confidence that the work we began together at Geneva in 1985 will continue under the Bush administration.
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